Weekend Playlist: West & East

Weekend Playlist: West/East

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Andrew looking at X/twitter selections (24/10/2025) with Songs that reference West and/or East.
This was inspired by the 40th anniversary of the release the Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls" as well as the World Series starting between LA Dodgers (West) and Toronto Blue Jays (East).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] West Side
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Nick Cave - West country girl
Deacon Blue - Kings of the Western World
Tupac - California Love
Escape Club - Wild Wild West
Beach Boys - California girls

[Side 2] East End
Big Country - East of Eden
Gene Pitney - Mecca
Jerry Reed - East bound and down
Water Boys - Raggle taggle gypsy
Wet Wet Wet - East of the river
Beatles - Back in the USSR

[Bonus]
Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows
Anita Dobson - Anyone can fall in love (Eastenders theme)
Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)

Long list

• Big Country - East of Eden
• Deacon Blue - Kings of the Western World
• Theatre of Hate - Do you believe in the Westworld?
• Franglish ft. Fally Ipupa - Est/Ouest
• Proclaimers - Scotland’s story
• Water Boys - Raggle taggle gypsy
• Clash - Gates of the west
• Chris De Burgh - Eastern Wind
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Go West - King of wishful thinking
• Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows
• Godspeed you! - East Hastings (28 days later)
• John Denver - Take me home, country roads
• ELO - Wild west hero
• Herman’s Hermit - East West
• Beach Boys - California girls
• Kingsmen - Week end
• Wet Wet Wet - East of the river
• Escape Club - Wild Wild West
• Head East - Never been any reason
• Tupac - California Love
• Man from Atlantis - Which way's East?
• Parlor Greens - West Memphis
• Zara McFarlane - East of the River Nile
• Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)
• Casting Crowns - East to West
• Steely Dan - East St Louis Toodle-oo
• Chris Stapleton - Outlaw state of mind
• Tom Waits - Golin’ out west
• East of Eden - Jig a jig
• Blur - Under the westway
• Dire Straits - Eastbound train
• Jerry Reed - East bound and down
• Beatles - Back in the USSR
• Marty Robbins - ElPaso
• Will Smith - Wild wild west
• Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the west
• Stevie Ray Vaughn - Blues at sunrise
• Zella Day - East of Eden
• Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
• Anita Dobson - Anyone can fall in love (Eastenders theme)
• Green Day - East Jesus nowhere
• Lana Del Ray - West coast
• Catatonia - Goldfish & Paracetamol
• Lily Allen - West End Girl
• Nick Cave - West country girl
• Sensational Barnet Bros - Janner song
• Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
• Simple Minds - East of Easter
• Ultravox - Western Promise
• Billy Gibbons - West coast junkie
• Bob Seger - East side story
• Gene Pitney - Mecca
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• Annie Lennox - Into the West
• Tom McRae - How the west was won
• Pet Shop Boys - Go west
• Bryan Adams - East side story
• Blackstreet - No Diggity
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
• David Hasselhoff - Looking for freedom
• Jean Michel Jarre - Souvenir of China
• Survivor - Burning heart
• Corries - Westering home
• Ella Fitzgerald - East of the sun
• Tasmin Archer - Lords ot the new church

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Small Things

Midnight Mixtape: Small Things

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (23/10/2025) with Songs that reference small things based on International Mole Day (October 23rd)!

Songs in contention

• Soft Cell - Say hello wave goodbye
• Blink 182 - All the small things
• Martika - Toy Soldiers
• Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
• Sydney Devine - Tiny bubbles
• Elton John - Tiny dancer
• Small Faces - Itchychoo Park
• Nick Cave - Higgs Boson Blues
• Bob Marley - 3 little birds
• David Bowie - Little wonder
• Blondie - Atomic
• Salt’n’Pepa - Push it
• Tiny Habits - Tiny things
• D'Angelo - Brown sugar
• Dave Berry - Little Things
• Army of Lovers - Particle Song
• Suzanne Vega - Small blue thing
• Doobie Brothers - Minute by minute
• Klaxons - Atom to atom
• Joni Mitchell - Little green
• Mudhoney - Little dogs
• Prince - Little red corvette
• Searchers - Needles & Pins
• Heather Small - Proud
• Cardiacs - Insect hoofs on Lassie
• P!nk - Just like a pill
• X-Ray Spex (Poly Styrene) - Germ free adolescents
• Mazzy Star - Into dust
• Aretha Franklin - Say a little prayer
• Thom Yorke - Atoms for peace
• Shed Seven - Devil in your shoes
• UB40 - There's a rat in my kitchen
• 1D - Little things
• The be good Tanyas - Littlest birds
• Modest Mouse - Tiny cities made of ashes
• Tinie Tempah - Pass out
• Tori Amos - Little earthquakes
• Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy
• Bob Dylan - Every grain of sand
• Adam & Ants - Ant music
• Sweet - Little willy
• Who - Boris the Spider
• BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head
• Groove Armada - Little by little
• Gina G - Ooh aah just a little bit
• Amyl & Sniffers - Tiny bikini
• Ronnie Hilton - Windmill in old Amsterdam
• Brian Hyland - Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini
• Sisqo - Thong song
• Bach - Air on a g string
• Jimi Hendrix - Little wing
• Cure - Caterpillar
• Steely Dan - Peg

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified and a applified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Blink 182 - All the small things
2. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
3. Gina G - Ooh aah just a little bit
4. Blondie - Atomic
5. Tiny Habits - Tiny things
6. Jimi Hendrix - Little wing

[Side 2]
7. Steely Dan - Peg
8. Searchers - Needles & Pins
9. Ronnie Hilton - Windmill in old Amsterdam
10. Cardiacs - Insect hoofs on Lassie 
11. Who - Boris the Spider
12. Adam & Ants - Ant music
Hidden: Soft Cell - Say hello wave goodbye

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Jackie Wilson, Gina G, Ronnie Hilton, Tiny Habits. Furthermore none of them have featured in the original midnight mixtapes neither. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: The Who (8)
• 3: Jimi Hendrix (6)
• 2: Blondie (6), Cardiacs (2)
• 1: Adam & Ants (4), Blink 182 (2), Searchers (1), Soft Cell (2), Steely Dan (1)

Weekend Playlist: Silence

Weekend Playlist: Silence

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator Paul the trucker looking at X/twitter selections (17/10/2025) with Songs that reference silence.
This was inspired by the original release of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" on 19/10/1964.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Sounds of Silence
1. Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
2. John Cage - 4'33"
3. Tremeloes - Silence is golden
4. Tori Amos - Silent all these years
5. Dido - Quiet Times
6. Miles Davis - In a silent way
[Side 2] Enjoy the silence
7. Mylène Farmer - Peut-être toi
8. Nils Lofgren - Shine silently
9. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
10. Bjork - It’s oh so quiet
11. Gorillaz - Silent Running
12. Queensrÿche - Silent lucidity
[Bonus]
Go-Gos - Our lips are sealed
Anthrax/Public Enemy - Bring the noize

Long list

• Nils Lofgren - Shine silently
• Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
• John Cage - 4'33"
• Tremeloes - Silence is golden
• Japan - Quiet Life
• Supertramp - Even in the quietest moments
• Fun boy three - Our lips are sealed
• Bjork - It’s oh so quiet
• Stromae - Silence
• Crowded House - Silent House
• Japan - Quiet Life
• Mark Hollis - A life (1895-1915)
• Miles Davis - In a silent way
• Pastor TL Barrett & Youth for Christ Choir - Blessed Quietness
• Mike + Mechanics - Silent Running
• Linkin Park - One step closer
• Bjork - It's oh so quiet
• Feeder - Wall Of Silence
• Ren - Tale of Jenny & Screech
• Five satins - In the still of the night
• Vince Gill - When I call your name
• Who - Pinball Wizard
• Queensrÿche - Silent lucidity
• Birdy - Quietly yours
• Keane - Silenced by the night
• Roe - Quiet place
• No Doubt - Don’t speak
• Ronan Keating - When you say nothing at all
• Ian Dury - Quiet
• Queen of the stone age - Song for the deaf
• Starsailor - Silence is easy
• Dido - Quiet Times
• Missy Elliott - Get ur freak on
• Shakespear’s Sister - Stay
• King Crimson - Epitaph
• Massive Attack - Silent Spring
• Radiohead - Stop whispering
• Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
• Joy Division - Atmosphere
• Anthrax/Public Enemy - Bring the noize
• Hans Erdmann - Nosferatu
• Idlewild - Quiet crown
• Annie Lennox - No more I love yous
• Natasha Bedingfield - Silent movie
• New Order - Your silent face
• Gorillaz - Silent Running
• Radiohead - Dollars & Cents
• REM - Nigthswimming
• Madison Beer - Silence between songs
• Delerium - Silence
• Mark Lanegan - Radio Silence
• Mylène Farmer - Peut-être toi
• Patrick Rondat - World of Silence
• Disturbed - Sound of Silence
• Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
• Tori Amos - Silent all these years
• Go-Gos - Our lips are sealed

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Weird Weather

Midnight Mixtape: Weird weather

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (16/10/2025) with Songs that reference weird/impossible weather conditions on the anniversairy of Michael Fish downplaying and getting weather wrong about the Great storm of 1987

Songs in contention

• Fortunes - Storm in a teacup
• Weather Girls - It's raining men
• Jimi Hendrix - Winds cries Mary
• Len - Steal my sunshine
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Peter Gabriel - Red rain
• Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
• Doors - Riders on the storm
• Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
• Prince - Purple Rain
• Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart
• Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
• Counting Crows - Rain King
• Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
• Buddy Holly - Raining in my heart
• Adele - Set fire to the rain
• Robert Cray - Forecast (Calls for pain)
• Slayer - Raining blood
• Stevie Wonder - Sunshine of my life
• Christopher Cross - Ride like the wind
• Bob Marley - Rainbow country
• Justin Heyward - Forever Autumn
• Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine
• Lindasfarne - Fog on the tyne
• Rolling Stones - She’s a rainbow
• AC/DC - Thunderstruck
• Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
• Taylor Swift - Lavender haze
• Spinal Tap - Break like the wind
• Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
• Anggun - Snow in the Sahara
• Mud - Moonshine Sally
• Barry Manilow - It never rains in Southern California
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Jam - Burning Sky
• Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
• Vanessa Williams - Save the best for last
• Steps - Hundred years of winter
• Frank Zappa - Don't eat the yellow snow
• Donald Fagen - Weather in my head
• Crowded House - Four seasons in one day
• Mogwai - Sun smells too loud
• Bill Withers - Ain’t no sunshine
• Grease - Grease Lightning
• Manic Street Preachers - You stole the sun from my heart
• Yoko Ono - Who has seen the rain
• Rolling Stones - Get off my cloud
• Katrina & Waves - Walking on sunshine
• Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Weather Girls - It's raining men
2. Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart
3. Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
4. Barry Manilow - It never rains in Southern California
5. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
6. Slayer - Raining blood

[Side 2]
7. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
8. Grease - Grease Lightning
9. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
10. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
11. Buddy Holly - Raining in my heart
12. Prince - Purple Rain
Hidden:
Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before, they are Grease (1), Leo Sayer, Slayer (2) Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Kate Bush (17)
• 3: Arctic Monkeys (7), Bob Dylan (13)
• 2: Barry Manilow (2), Bruce Springsteen (8), Isaac Hayes (2)
• 1: Buddy Holly (3), Marianne Faithfull (1), Prince (14), Weather Girl (1)

Weekend Playlist: Tube

Weekend Playlist: Tube

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (10/10/2025) with Songs that reference the tube/london underground.
This was inspired by the anniversairy of the opening of Wood Lane underground station on Sunday (12/10/2008)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1]
ABBA - Waterloo
Squeeze - Up The Junction
Belle & Sebastian - Mornington Crescent
Catatonia - Londinium
Alan Hacksaw - Grange Hill
Kinks - Victoria

[Side 2]
Fergie - London Bridge
Underworld - Born Slippy
Jade - Angel of my dreams
Duffy - Warwick Avenue
Wombles - Wombling Song
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

[Bonus]
Girls aloud - Sounds of the underground
Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight

Long list

• Pierre Perret - Bercy Madeleine
• Pogues - White City
• Steve Harley - Harrow on the Hill
• Kitchens of distinction - On Tooting Broadway Station
• Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
• Judy Collins - Sunny Goodge Street
• Duffy - Warwick Avenue
• Girls aloud - Sounds of the underground
• Al Stewart - Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
• Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love
• Tom Robinson Band - Winter of 79
• Catatonia - Londinium
• ELO - Last train to London
• Squeeze - Piccadilly
• Clash - Guns of Brixton
• Pet Shop Boys - King's Cross
• Royksopp & Robyn - Momument
• Chubby & Gang - All along the Uxbridge road
• Pete Townshend - Stardom in Acton
• Taylor Swift - London boy
• Alan Hacksaw - Grange Hill
• Tim & Roly - Northern Line Song
• LV - Northern Line
• Jonathan Kirby - Stratford
• Lisa O'Neill - Seven Sisters
• Steve White & Protest Family - One night in Walthamstow
• Ramz - Barking
• Roxy Music - Do the Strand
• Suggs - Camden Town
• Squeeze - Up The Junction
• Fall - Victoria
• Belle & Sebastian - Mornington Crescent
• Fergie - London Bridge
• Dire Straits - Walk of life
• J Geils Band - Centerfold
• Notting Hillbillies - Your own sweet way
• Dolly Parton - Unlikely Angel
• Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
• Feeling - Blue Piccadilly
• Ian Dury & Blockheads - What a waste
• Jay Foreman - Every tube song
• Nathan Lay - It's a long way to Tipperary
• Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
• Appleton - Everything Eventually
• Wombles - Wombling Song
• Jade - Angel of my dreams
• Massive Attack - Angel
• Rufus Wainwright - Damsel in Distress
• Depeche Mode - Monument
• Kitchens of Distinction - On Tooting Broadway station
• My life story - Angel
• Aerosmith - Angel
• Dan Reed Network - Seven Sisters Road
• Rainbow - Temple of the King
• ABBA - Waterloo
• Jane's Addiction - Been caught stealing
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
• St Etienne - Archway people
• Madness - Primrose Hill
• Gary P Nunn - London Homesick Blues
• Gomez - Whippin’ Piccadilly
• John Sullivan - Only fools & Horses (Closing Theme)
• Pulp - Mile End
• Underworld - Born Slippy
• Marillon - Kayleigh
• Carter USM - Only living boy in New Cross
• Clannad - Tower Hill
• Roddy Frame - Marble Arch
• Clash - London calling
• Ralph McTell - Streets of London
• Odin - Turnpike Lane
• Clash - Train in vain
• Scouting for girls - Mind the gap

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Gameshows

Midnight Mixtape: Gameshows

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (09/10/2025) with Songs that reference gameshows on the return of Celebrity Traitors!

Songs in contention

• Olivia Rodrigo - Traitors
• Europe - Final Countdown
• Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers [It’s a knockout]
• Who - My Generation
• Charles’n’Eddie - Would I lie to you
• Huey Lewis - Hip to be square [Hip hop square]
• Kay Starr - Wheel of fortune
• Motorhead - Chase is better than the catch
• Sleeper - Sale of the Century
• Sweet - Blockbuster
• Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1
• Beyonce - Countdown
• Carole King - It’s too late [Up late game show]
• Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
• James Arthur - Impossible
• Shed Seven - Going for gold
• Just Jack - Starz in their eyes
• Alan Parsons Project - Games people play
• Prmatics - Tipping Point
• Stranglers - Raven
• Queen - We are the champions
• Breeders - Cannonball
• Survivor - Eye of the tiger
• Frank Sinatra - Who wants to be a millionaire?
• Undertones - My perfect cousin [University Challenge]
• Nanci Griffith - The wheel
• Lucy Dacus - Bullseye
• Kinks - (Strictly) Come Dancing
• Lewis Calpadi - Pointless
• Sugababes - Push the button
• Slade - In for a penny
• Surfaris - Wipeout
• George Michael - Spinning the wheel
• Fox & Hound - Best of friends
• Giorgio Mordoer - The Chase
• Tears for Fears - Tipping Point
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Sonic Youth - 100.00%
• Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekers - Perfection
• Bad Company - Shooting star
• Sparks - Beat the clock
• Planet Funk - Chase the sun
• Taylor Swift - Mastermind
• Bag Raiders - Shooting stars

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
2. Breeders - Cannonball
3. Sleeper - Sale of the Century
4. Sonic Youth - 100.00%
5. Charles’n’Eddie - Would I lie to you
6. Frank Sinatra - Who wants to be a millionaire?
[Side 2]
7. Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
8. Giorgio Mordoer - The Chase
9. Sparks - Beat the clock
10. Surfaris - Wipeout
11. Shed Seven - Going for gold
12. Queen - We are the champions
Hidden: Europe - Final Countdown

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before Sonic Youth (2), Charles'n'Eddie (1), Europe (1), Frankie goes to Hollywood (1), Sleeper, Surfaris.

Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 3: Queen (18)
• 1: Breeders (2), Frank Sinatra (8), Franz Ferdinand (3), Giorgio Mordoer (2), Shed Seven (2), Sparks (2)

Extended Long List

• ABBA - Winner takes it all
• Ace of base - Wheel of fortune
• Alice Cooper - School’s out
• Alicia Myers - If you play your cards right
• Andy Williams - Impossible dream
• Anouk - We are [Only Connect]
• Barenaked Ladies - It’s all been done [Price is Right]
• Bell & Spurling - Goldenballs
• Bellhead - Double Jeopardy
• Benny the Butcher - Deal or No Deal
• Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire [Wheel of Fortune]
• Blues Traveler - Run around
• Bob Dylan - Wheels on fire
• Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero
• Brainbug - (K)nightmare
• Calling - Final Answer
• Cardiacs - Stoneage Dinosaurs [Crackerjack]
• Carter USM - Rubbish [Price is right]
• Chris Rea - Every second counts
• Clash - Remote Control
• Cliff Nobles - Price is right
• Cloura - Only Connection
• Coventry City - Go for it
• Damien Rice - Cannonball
• Damned - Silly kid’s games
• Dave - My 19th birthday [Takeshi’s Castle]
• Destiny’s Child - Survivor
• Dion - Runaround Sue
• Dolly Parton - Crackerjack
• Ed Sheeran - Punchline
• Elton John - Circle of life [Wheel of fortune]
• Eurythmics - Would I lie to you
• Flaming Lips - (Sorry) Haven’t got a clue
• Freddie Mercury - Great Pretender
• Genesis - Domino
• Genesis - Whodunnit
• Gloria Estefan - 1-2-3
• Gloria Gaynor - Let’s make a deal
• Greg Kikn Band - Jeopardy
• HMHB - Knobheads on Gameshows
• HMHB - Paintball’s coming home [Crystal Maze]
• Howard Jones - The Chase
• Iron Maiden - Ace’s high
• Jam - News of the World
• Jefferson Airplane - Runaround
• JJ Cale - Runaround
• John Farnham - You’re the voice
• John Parr - Restless heart [Running Man*]
• Julius Fucik - Entry of the Gladiators
• Kate Bush - Babooshka
• Lady Gaga - Poker Face
• Lene Lovich - Jeopardy
• Lulu - Man with the golden gun (golden shot)
• Madness - House of fun
• Mandamyth - Bullseye
• MC Hammer - U can’t touch this
• Megadeth - Tipping Point
• Morgen - Odd one out
• P!nk - Funhouse
• Perrie - Punchline
• Pet Shop Boys - Opportunity Knocks
• Phil Collins - I missed again
• Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall
• PJ Harvey - The wheel
• Platters - Great Pretender
• Portishead - Chase the tear
• Roachford - Cuddly Toy
• S’Xpress - Theme from S’Xpress [Countdown]
• Shinedown - Second Chance
• Shontelle - Impossible
• Sister Sledge - We are family (fortunes)
• Snuff - Blankety Blank
• Somewhere in Between - Mr & Mrs
• St Etienne - You’re in a bad way [Generation Game]
• Stereophonics - Mr & Mrs Smith
• Supertramp - Cannonball
• Survivor - High on you [wheel of the fortune]
• Tate McRae - Call my bluff
• Terrorvision - Celebrity Hitlist
• Tom Waits - Day after tomorrow [21/The Wheel]
• Tony Hatch - Mr & Mrs
• Weather Girls - It’s raining men [Have we got news for you]
• Wham! - I’m your man [you bet]
• Whitesnake - Would I lie to you
• Who - University Challenge
• Who - You better you bet

Weekend Playlist: North & South

Weekend Playlist: North & South

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (03/10/2025) with Songs that reference North and/or South.
This was inspired by the match between Adrian's Preston North End and Benny's Charlton Athletic

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] North
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern town
Renaissance - Northern Light
Johnny Horton - North to Alaska
Charlatans - North country boy
Razorlight - North London trash
JAMs - It's grim up North

[Side 2] South
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
Moby - South side
Neil Young - Southern man
Ed Sheeran - South of the border
Little Mix - Power
Frank Sinatra - South of the border

[Bonus]
Louise Attaque - Du Nord au Sud
Cho Yong-pil - Holo Arirang

Long list

• Icicle Works - Up here in the North of England
• Renaissance - Northern Lights
• Japandroids - North East South West
• Bruce Springsteen - Somewhere North of Nashville
• Robert Fripp - North Star
• LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
• Thomas Dolby - Flying North
• Musical Youth - Pass the dutchie
• REM - Stand
• Charlatans - North Country Boy
• Louise Attaque - Du Nord au Sud
• Praga Khan - Northern Lights
• Isaac Hayes - Southern Breeze
• Texas - South side
• Doves - Northenden
• Gerry Rafferty - North & South
• JJ72 - Long way south
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - Way down south (My Cousin Vinny)
• Gigspanner Big Band - Northern Frisk
• Throwing Muses - South Coast
• Elkhorn - South
• E-motion - Naughty north and sexy south
• Icehouse - Great Southern Land
• Bloc Party - Helicopter
• Ordinary Boys - Boys will be boys
• Bananarama - Nathan Jones
• Frank Sinatra - South of the Border
• Madness - NW5
• Fall - NWRA
• Johnny Horton - North to Alaska
• Elvis - American Triology
• Nash & Crosby - Southbound Train
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
• Tom Petty - Southern Accents
• Kate Bush - Lyra (Golden Compass)
• Razorlight - North London Trash
• Mark Knopfler - Going home
• Fall - Hit the north
• Frank Turner - The Road
• Robbie Williams - South of the Border
• Little Mix - Power
• Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
• Disney - Song of the South (Zip a Dee Doo Dah)
• Nick Drake - Northern Sky
• Death Cab for Cutie - Northern Lights
• Ian Brown - Northern Lights
• Beautiful South - One last love song
• Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
• Ed Sheeran - South of the Border
• Sea Power - North Hanging Rock
• Hope & Social - South facing
• Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
• Christy Moore - North & South of the river
• Black Sabbath - Sign of the Southern Cross
• Neil Young - Southern man
• Cho Yong-pil - Holo Arirang
• IdleWild - Quiet Crown
• Feelers - Venus
• Moby - South side
• U2 - North & South of the river
• Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
• Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
• Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude
• Jay Semko - Due South Theme
• JAMMs - It's grim up North
• Louis Armstrong - It's sleepy time down south
• Clash - North & South
• Edwyn Collins - North of Heaven
• Mica Paris - South of the river
• Melanie C - Northern Star

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Wild Animals

Midnight Mixtape: Wild Animals

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (02/10/2025) with Songs that reference wild animals/wildlife! This is in memory of primatologist Jane Goodall who passed away at the age of 93

Songs in contention

• Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
• Duran Duran - Hungry like a wolf
• Kinks - Apeman
• Pixies - Monkey gone to Heaven
• Tones & I - Dance Monkey
• Flanders & Swann - Gnu Song
• Elton John - Crocodile Rock
• Alien Ant Farm - Movies
• ABBA - Eagle
• Adam & Ants - Dog eat dog
• Prince - When doves cry
• Echo & Bunnymen - Crocodile
• Bloodhound Gang - Bad touch
• Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
• Toots & Maytals - Monkey Man
• Gorillaz - Feel good inc
• Crazy Town - Butterfly
• Blow Monkeys - He shedding
• Arctic Monkeys - I wanna be yours
• Goodies - Funky gibbon
• Shakira - She wolf
• Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
• Led Zeppelin - Black dogG
• Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
• Ted Nugent - Cat scratch fever
• Black Sabbath - War pigs
• Ylvis - The Fox
• Dave Matthews band - Shake me like a monkey
• Blossoms - Gary
• Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
• Vampire Weekend - Young Lion
• Survivor - Eye of the tiger
• Beatles - I am the walrus
• Scissor Sisters - Only the horses
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slow cheetah
• Mud - Tiger Feet
• Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
• Beck - Paper tiger
• Nirvana - Very ape
• Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
• VV Brown - Shark in the water
• Elvis - Hound dog
• Jefferson Airplane - Whit Rabbit
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Deer & Wolf
• A-Ha - Cry wolf
• Rolling Stones - Wild horses
• Tight Fit - Lion sleeps tonight
• TV on the radio - Wolf like me
• Heart - Barracuda
• Wolf Alice - Silk
• Stevie Nicks - Jane

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape! Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
2. VV Brown - Shark in the water
3. TV on the radio - Wolf like me
4. Toots & Maytals - Monkey Man
5. Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
6. Flanders & Swann - Gnu Song
[Side 2]
7. Mud - Tiger Feet
8. Beatles - I am the walrus
9. Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
10. Echo & Bunnymen - Crocodile
11. Scissor Sisters - Only the horses
12. Vampire Weekend - Young Lion
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Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before Echo & Bunnymen (3), Flanders & Son (1), Gorillaz (1), Scissor Sisters, Toy dolls, TV on the radio, Vampire Weekend, VV Brown

Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: Beatles (21)
• 1: Bob Marley (12), Blossoms (2), Mud (1), Stevie Nicks (1), Toots & Maytals (4)