Weekend Playlist: Guns

Weekend Playlist: Guns

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Stephen looking at X/twitter selections (18/07/2025) with Songs that reference guns or weapons.
This was inspired by the release of Gun n'Roses anthemic studio album, "Appetite for destruction" which was released on 21st July 1987.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list (Guns 1)

[Side 1] Me & my gun
1. M.I.A. - Paper planes
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday night special
3. PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise
4. Tori Amos - Me and a gun
5. Aerosmith - Janie's got a gun
6. Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues

[Side 2] Multi guns
7. Gun n' Roses - Civil War
8. Angelic upstarts - Guns for the Afghan rebels
9. Cranberries - Zombie
10. Foster the people - Pumped up kicks
11. INXS - Guns in the Sky
12. John Farnham - You're the voice

[Bonus A]
Nirvana - Come as you are
B52s - Love shack

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list (Guns 2)

[Side 3] 3,2,1 Bang!
13. ShrapKnel & Controller 7 - Deep Space 9 Millie pulled a pistol
14. New Order - 1963
15. Bruce Springsteen - 41 Shots
16. Motorhead - 1916
17. Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
18. Alarm - 68 Guns

[Side 4] Other Weapons
19. Grinderman - Depth charge Ethel
20. Fairpoint Convention - Matty Groves
21. Fischer Z - Cruise missles
22. Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missle
23. Cher - If I could turn back time
24. Taylor Swift - Call it what you want

[Bonus B]
Fixx - Red skies
Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The Ghost of Tom Joad

Long list

• Fairpoint Convention - Matty Groves
• Dean Martin - My rifle my pony and me
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
• Angelic upstarts - Guns for the Afghan rebels
• Alarm - 68 Guns
• Junior Walker - Shotgun
• Bruce Springsteen - 41 Shots
• Cher - Bang Bang
• New Order - 1963
• Fischer Z - Cruise missles
• Moby - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
• John Farnham - You're the voice
• Cher - If I could turn back time
• Aerosmith - Janie's got a gun
• Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missle
• Andy White - Religious Peruasion
• Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99
• Jam - Eton Rifles
• Prefab Sprout (or Cher) - Gunman
• Clash - Guns of Brixton
• Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
• Wham! - Young Guns
• Kasabian - Fire
• Nirvana - In bloom
• Space - Me & you vs the world
• ShrapKnel & Controller 7 - Deep Space 9 Millie pulled a pistol
• Neneh Cherry - Shot gun shack
• Run The Jewels - A few words for the firing squad
• Bon Jovi - Blaze of glory
• Planet Perfecto - Bullet in the gun
• Wombats - Lemon to the knife
• M.I.A. - Paper planes
• Clash - Guns of Brixton
• Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang
• Selecter - Celebrate the bullet
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday night special
• Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
• Marty Robbins - Big Iron
• Garth Brooks - Thunder rolls
• Madonna - Revolver
• Tommy Shaw - Girls with guns
• INXS - Guns in the Sky
• Cannonball - The Breeders
• Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• Stiff Little fingers - Each dollar a bullet
• Depeche Mode - Barrel of a gun
• Nirvana - Come as you are
• Betty Hutton - You can’t get a man with a gun
• George Ezra - Shotgun
• Tori Amos - Me and a gun
• Rage against the machine - Bullet in the head
• Fatboy Slim - Weapon of choice
• Foster the people - Pumped up kicks
• Madonna - God Control
• Sam Fender - The Borders
• PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise
• Fixx - Red skies
• Tom McRae - Boy with the bubblegun
• Cranberries - Zombie
• House of Pain - Jump Around
• Grinderman - Depth charge Ethel
• Public Enemy - Louder than a bomb
• Taylor Swift - Call it what you want
• Clash - Guns on the roof
• Gun n' Roses - Civil War
• Motorhead - 1916
• Skid Row - 18 and live
• Warren Zevon - Roland the headlessThompson Gunner
• Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
• Dire Straits - Brothers in arms
• Green Day - 21 guns
• ABBA - Fernando
• Mike Oldfield ft Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow
• Buffalo Springfield - For what it's worth
• Ice Cube - It was a good day
• Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
• Bon Jovi - Stick to your guns
• JX - Son of a gun
• Rod Stewart - Shotgun wedding
• Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The Ghost of Tom Joad
• Guns of Navarone - Night Boat to Cairo
• Kirsty MacColl - Miss Otis Regrets
• B52s - Love shack
• Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff

Weekend Playlist: Life

Weekend Playlist: Life

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (11/07/2025) with Songs that reference life or lives.
This was inspired by the 40th anniversairy of Live Aid!

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist 1!

[Side 1] Journey of Life
1. Queen - Radio Ga Ga
2. David Bowie - Life on Mars
3. Snow Patrol - Life on Earth
4. Tom Cochrane - Life is a highway
5. Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
6. Cars - Drive
Bonus: Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley

[Side 2] Living your life
7. Noah and whale - LIFEGOESON
8. Ezra Collective (Ft Sampa the great) - Life goes on
9. John Cougar - Jack and Diane
10. Jay-Z - Hard knock life
11. Frank Sinatra - That's life
12. Wings - Live and let die
Bonus: Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

[Hidden]
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's only love

Here's the final playlist 2!

[Side 3] Help Life
1. Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas
2. Fray - How to save a life
3. Indeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
4. Evanescence - Bring me to life
5. Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
6. Bill Withers - Lean on me
Bonus: Birdy - People help the people

[Side 4] Celebrate Life
7. American Authors - Best day of my life
8. OPUS - Live is life
9. Black - Wonderful life
10. Level 42 - Sun goes down (livin' it up)
11. Talk Talk - Life's what you make it
12. Iggy Pop - Lust for life
Bonus: Amy Macdonald - This is the life

[Hidden]
David Bowie - Heroes

Long list

• James - Life's a f***ing miracle
• Richard Ashcroft - This thing called life
• James - Sit down
• David Bowie - Heroes
• Cars - Drive
• Hampshire/Horsey (Oliver!) - Consider yourself
• Oasis - Live forever
• Iggy Pop - Lust for life
• Elton John - Someone saved my life tonight
• Frank Sinatra - That's life
• Japan - Quiet Life
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA..What a life
• Inner City - Good life
• Manic Street Preachers - A design for life
• Noah and whale - LIFEGOESON
• Jay-Z - Hard knock life
• Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
• Good Life Theme
• Queen - One vision
• Elton John - Someone saved my life
• Four Tops - Reach out I'll be there
• Buju Banton - Helping hand
• Joan Armatrading - Help yourself
• Birdy - People help the people
• American Authors - Best day of my life
• Amy Macdonald - This is the life
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
• Self Esteem - How can I help you
• Catmando - Today's the first day of your life
• Indeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
• 21 Pilots - My blood
• Fray - How to save a life
• Passenger - Life’s for the living
• Band - Life is a carnival
• Rascal Flatts - Life is a highway
• 10cc - Life is a minestrone
• Madness - Run for your life
• OPUS - Live is life
• Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
• Steve Winwood - Back in the high life again
• Talking Heads - Life during wartime
• Simple Minds - Life in a Day
• David Bowie - Life on Mars
• Tina Turner - One of the living
• Snow Patrol - Life on Earth
• Dream Academy - Life in a Northern town
• Oasis - Live Forever
• George Harrison - What is life
• Wings - Live and let die
• Band Aid - One year on
• Queen - Radio Ga Ga
• Girls Aloud/Pretenders - I'll stand by you
• John Cougar - Jack and Diane
• Skid Row - 18 & Life
• Thunder - Low life in high places
• Talk Talk - Life's what you make it
• Eric Idle - Always look on the bright Side of life
• Dido - See the sun
• Evanescence - Bring me to life
• Mike & Mechanics - Get up
• Audioslave - Show me how to live
• Eagles - Life in the fast lane
• Level 42 - Sun goes down (livin' it up)
• Black - Wondeful life
• Kirsty MacColl - Still life
• Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
• Carole King - You've got a friend
• Ezra Collective (Ft Sampa the great) - Life goes on
• Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley
• Glasvegas - Geraldine
• Kris Kristofferson - Help me make it through the night
• Levellers - One way
• Slade - Do you believe in miracles?
• Shania Twain - C'est la vie
• Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's only love
• Tina Turner - Help
• USA for africa - We are the world
• Bill Withers - Lean on me

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Foreign Words

Midnight Mixtape: Foreign Words

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (10/07/2025) with Songs with foreign words in them! This comes after King Charles III speaking French at the French state banquet.

Songs in contention

• David Bowie - It's no game (part 1)
• Beck - Loser
• Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato
• Lana Del Rey - Carmen
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
• Wyclef Jean ft Lauren Hill - Sang Fezi
• Doris Day - Que sera sera
• Visage - Fade to grey
• Blondie - Sunday girl
• Bill Wyman - Je suis un rockstar
• Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont
• Wizkid - Essence
• Beatles - Michelle
• Eighth Wonder - I'm not scared
• Manhatten Transfer - Chanson d'amour
• Roxy Music - Song for Europe
• Ian Drury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
• DCUP & Yolanda be cool - We no speak Americano
• Stardust - Music sounds better with you
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Cabron
• ABBA - Hasta Manana
• Dean Martin - Volare
• Simon Dupree - Kites
• LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
• M83 - Bibi the dog
• Plastic Bertrand - Ca plane pour moi
• Clash - Spanish Bombs
• Blur - To the end
• PSY - Gangnam Style
• Franz Ferdinand - Darts of pleasure
• 4hero - Les fleur
• Ricky Martin - Living la vida loca
• Talking Heads - Psycho killer
• Paul Young & Zucchero - Senza una donna
• ELO - Hold on tight
• Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando quando quando
• Kylie - Your disco needs you
• U2 - Vertigo
• Cat Stevens - Rubylove
• Elvis - Wooden heart
• Falco - Rock me Amadeus
• Lionel Richie - All night long
• Lady Gaga - Bad romance
• Stevie Wonder - Ma Cheire amour
• Shakira - Hips don't lie
• Chic - Le Freak
• Tom Tom club - Wordy rappinghood
• Kula Shaker - Tattva
• Burna boy - Last last
• Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soul of her shoes

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Beck - Loser
2. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
3. Kula Shaker - Tattva
4. Franz Ferdinand - Darts of pleasure
5. Wyclef Jean - Sang Fezi
6. Lionel Richie - All night long
[Side 2]
7. Dean Martin - Volare
8. Simon Dupree - Kites
9. David Bowie - It's no game
10. ELO - Hold on tight
11. Cat Stevens - Rubylove
12. Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soul of her shoes
Hidden: Roxy Music - Song for Europe

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before Kula Shaker, Wyclef Jean, Simon Dupree, Cat Stevens and Roxy Music. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 10: David Bowie (8+2)
• 6: Paul Simon (5+1)
• 4: Beck, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• 3: Dean Martin (2+1)
• 2: ELO, Franz Ferninand, Lionel Richie (1+1)

Weekend Playlist: Health

Weekend Playlist: Health

Here's the weekend playlist created by Cookie and Fozzie looking at X/twitter selections (04/07/2024) with Songs that reference health (but not solely doctors/nurses).
This theme based on the 77th anniversairy of the NHS.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] What seems to be the matter?
1. Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
2. Kylie - Fever
3. Matchbox 20 - Unwell
4. The The - Infected
5. Smiths - Still Ill
6. George Michael - Heal the pain

[Side 2] Making me feel better
7. Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
8. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
9. Dr Feelgood - She does it right
10. Julie Andrews - A spoonful of sugar (Sound of Music)
11. P!nk - Just like a pill
12. Sellers & Loren - Goodness gracious me

[Bonus]
Simple Minds - Alive & kicking
Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
Cure - Numb

Long list

• Carter USM - Is wrestling fixed?
• Dolly Parton - Chemo Hero
• Weird Al Yankovic - Like a surgeon
• Damned - Street of dreams
• Dr Feelgood - She does it right
• Nick Lowe - Dose of you
• Fischer Z - Pretty Paracetamol
• The The - Infected
• Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive
• Red hot chili peppers - Scar tissue
• Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
• Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• Smiths - Still III
• Sellers & Loren - Goodness gracious me
• Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat
• Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
• Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
• Soft Play - Cut and run
• Harry Nillson - Coconut
• Radiohead - Fitter happier
• Billy woods x Messiah Music - Pollo Rico
• Joe Gideon - Heart attack girl
• NRG - I need your lovin'
• David Gray - Hospital Food
• Huey Lewis & The News - I want a new drug
• Owl City - Hospital Flowers
• Conor Oberst - Bright eyes
• Jam - Bitterest Pill
• Madness - House of fun
• Prodigy - Take me to the hospital
• Dr Hook & Medicine Show - Sylvia's mother
• Jason Isbell - Elephant
• Robert Palmer - Bad case of loving you
• Cheaptrick - The doctor
• Simple Minds - Alive & kicking
• Julie Andrews - A spoonful of sugar (Sound of Music)
• Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
• Fray - How to save a life
• Disturbed - A reason to fight
• Kylie - Fever
• Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
• Garbage - I think I'm paranoid
• Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb
• Marvin Gaye - Sexual healing
• George Michael - Heal the pain
• U2 - Electric Co
• Athlete - Wires
• Alice Cooper - Ballad of Dwight Fry
• Metallica - Welcome home (sanitarium)
• Quiet Riot - Bang your head
• Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
• P!nk - Just like a pill
• Ramones - I wanna be sedated
• Beatles - Dr Robert
• Garbage - Medication
• Goldfrapp - A&E
• Cold War Kids - Hospital beds
• Lemonheads - My drug buddy
• Radiohead - My iron lung
• Switchfoot - Mess of me
• Faithless - God is a DJ
• Elton John - Healing Hands
• Ultra Nate - Found a cure

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Landforms

Midnight Mixtape: Landforms

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (03/07/2025) with Songs that have a connection with natural landforms (like mountains, rivers, lakes, caves, oases)!
This is on the news that Oasis' long awaited reunion tour starts on Friday.

Songs in contention

• Marvin & Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough
• Mumford & Sons - The Cave
• Billie Ellish - Ocean Eyes
• John Denver - Take me home country roads
• Biffy Clyro - Mountains
• Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
• Brand New Heavies/Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
• Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side
• Kenny & Dolly - Islands in the stream
• Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
• Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river
• Nick Cave - Song of the lake
• Ed Sheeran - I see fire
• Weeknd - Hills
• Nightwish - Ocean of strange islands
• CMAT - Geography teacher
• Doors - Yes the river knows
• Blue Nile - Over the hillside
• Noah Cahan - Caves
• Neil Young - Deep Forbidden Lake
• Yes - Roundabout
• James Bay - Hold back the river
• Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
• Bob Seger - Fire Lake
• Mountains - Valleys
• Jam - Going underground
• Steely Dan - Caves of Altamira
• 10cc - Waterfall
• Milky Chance - Down by the river
• Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
• Tauren Wells - Hills and valleys
• Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
• Billy Joel - River of dreams
• Stevie Nicks - Love is like a river
• Dan Mangan - Peaks & Valleys
• Skids - Into the valley
• Groove Armada - At the river
• Pendlefolk - Old Pendle
• Osmonds - Down by the lazy river
• Jake Xerxes Fussell - River St Johns
• Ike & Tina - River deep mountain high
• JJ Cale - River runs deep
• Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
• Stone Roses - Waterfall
• Toyah - Thunder in the mountains
• Bjork - Hyperballad
• Gorillaz - On melancholy hill
• Doves - Winter Hill
• Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
• Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
• Erasure - Blue Savannah
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Nicki Minaj - Starship
• Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1] Peaks & Valleys
1. Marvin & Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough
2. Ike & Tina - River deep mountain high
3. Blue Nile - Over the hillside
4. Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
5. Pendlefolk - Old Pendle
6. Skids - Into the valley

[Side 2] Waterside
7. 10cc - Waterfall
8. Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
9. Bjork - Hyperballad
10. John Denver - Take me home country roads
11. Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
12. Nick Cave - Song of the lake
Hidden: CMAT - Geography teacher

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before Pendlefolk, Skids and CMAAT... Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 11: Nick Cave, Marvin Gaye (9+2)
• 6: 10cc (4+2)
• 5: Tina Turner (4+1)
• 4: Otis Redding
• 3: John Denver (2+1), Willie Nelson (2+1)
• 2: Bjork
• 1: Blue Nile, Fat Domino