Friday, 4 July 2025

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