Weekend Playlist: Playlist

Weekend Playlist: Playlist

This is the 100th WeekendHere's the weekend playlist created by Benny and Adrian with help from guest curator Jo Kendall looking at X/twitter/bsky selections (21/11/2025) with Songs that reference or contain lists of things.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire
2. Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your love
3. Rose Betts - Guy Friends
4. Ian Dury - What a waste
5. A House - Endless Art
6. REM - It’s the end of the world as we know it

[Side 2]
7. Julie Andrews - My favourite things
8. Michael M - Do Americans wear Easterhouse T-Shirts?
9. Praga Khan - Love
10. Carole Bayer Sager - You’re moving out today
11. Oleta Adams - Get here
12. Johnny Cash - I’ve been everywhere

[Bonus]
Gilbert & Sullivan - I’ve got a little list (Mikado)
Maisie Peters - The List
Hall & Oates - Kiss on my list

Long list

• Flanders & Swann - Slow train
• Simon & Garfunkel - At the zoo
• Franz Lizt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
• NKOTB - Step by step
• Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire
• Madonna - Vogue
• Hall & Oates - Kiss on my list
• Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your love
• Julie Andrews - My favourite things
• Oleta Adams - Get here
• Kate Bush - 50 words for snow
• Tom tom club - Downtown Rockers
• Praga Khan - Love
• Zazie - Tout le monde
• Johnny Cash - I’ve been everywhere
• Dua Lipa - New rules
• Beloved - Hello
• Cure - Friday I'm in love
• Killers - My List
• Frank Kelly - 12 days of Christmas
• Los Campesinos! - My year in lists
• George Thorogood - One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
• Huey Lewis & News - Heart of rock and roll
• Tubes - What do you want from life
• Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris - Bare Necessities
• Damon Locks - List of Demands
• LCD Soundsystem - Losing my edge
• Art Pepper - Make a wish, make a list
• REM - Man on the moon
• Destiny’s Child - 8 days of Christmas
• Beautiful South - Song for whoever
• Ian Dury - What a waste
• JAMMs - It’s grim up North
• Perry Como & Fontane Sisters - You’re adorable
• Jason Isbell & 400 Unit - Songs that she sang in the shower
• Nat King Cole - These foolish things
• Taylor Swift - Wi$h li$t
• Max Wall - England’s glory
• Princess Buster - Ten commandments
• A House - Endless Art
• My life story - 12 reasons why I love her
• Rose Betts - Guy Friends
• Alanis Morissette - 8 easy steps
• Carole Bayer Sager - You’re moving out today
• Eartha Kitt - Santa baby
• Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
• Maisie Peters - The List
• REM - It’s the end of the world as we know it
• Fluke - Absurd
• Nick Cave - There she goes my beautiful world
• Lyricslinger - Listen Listen Listen
• Nickelback - Rockstar
• Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the cradle
• Jam - That’s entertainment
• Alanis Morissette - 21 things I want in a lover
• Terrorvision - Celebrity hit list
• Bjork - I’ve seen it all
• Chats - Drunk n disorderly
• Paulo Nutini - Pencil full of lead
• Queens of the Stone Age - Feel good hit of the summer
• Jamie Callum - Mixtape
• Gilbert & Sullivan - I’ve got a little list (Mikado)
• Jean Michel Jarre - Sale of the century
• U2 - Numb
• Pointer Sisters - Santa Claus is comin’ to town
• Michael M - Do Americans wear Easterhouse T-Shirts?
• Meredith Brooks - Bitch

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Cricket

Midnight Mixtape: Cricket

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (20/11/2025) with Songs that reference Cricket to commemorate the start of 2025-2026 Ashes between England and Austraila!

Songs in contention

• Engelbert Umpiredinck - Please release me
• Crowded House - Don’t dream it’s over
• Shed Seven - Waiting for the catch
• Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
• Travis - Turn
• Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
• Mungo Jerry - Long leg woman dress in black
• Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
• Tom Petty - Nightwatchman
• Foo Fighters - Rope
• Moody Blues - Nights in white satin
• David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
• Kane Gang - Crease in his hat
• Kosheen - Catch
• Bobby Womack - It’s all over now
• Portishead - Glory box
• Bay City Rollers - Bye bye baby
• Sherbet - Howzat
• Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
• Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo
• Kiss - Fits like a glove
• Roy Orbison - It's over
• Duckworth-Lewis Method - Jiggery pokery
• Duckworth-Lewis Method - Nightwatchman
• Lindasfarne - Run for home
• Vaccines - All in white
• Minor Threat - Stumped
• Taylor Swift - Willow
• Living in a box - Living in a box
• Fall out boy - Centuries
• Pat Benetar - Hit me with your best shot
• Anton Karas - Third Man Theme
• White Stripes - Red bowling ball Ruth
• Roy Harper - When an old cricketer leaves the crease
• Smiths - Hand in glove
• Greg Champion - I made a hundred in the backyard at mum’s
• Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
• Commentators - 19 not out
• Kylie - Spinning around
• Little Richard - Slippin' & sliding
• Christians - When the fingers point
• Calvin Harris ft Kelis - Bounce
• Loretta Lynn - Third man
• Paul Simon - Slip sliding away
• Ramones - Pinhead
• Spencer Davis Group - Keep on running
• Kicks like a mule - The Bouncer
• 10cc - Dreadlock holiday
• Joy Division - Day of the Lords
• Snoop Dogg - Drop it like it’s hot
• Alice Cooper - Catch me if you can
• Kinks - Village green preservation society

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
2. 10cc - Dreadlock holiday
3. Little Richard - Slippin' & sliding
4. Calvin Harris ft Kelis - Bounce
5. Minor Threat - Stumped
6. Roy Orbison - It's over

[Side 2]
7. Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo
8. Duckworth-Lewis Method - Jiggery pokery
9. Bay City Rollers - Bye bye baby
10. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
11. Greg Champion - I made a hundred in the backyard at mum’s
12. Roy Harper - When an old cricketer leaves the crease
Hidden: Kinks - Village green preservation society

Previous Appearances

From the new midnight mixtape era, 7 acts had never been on before Calvin Harris/Kelis (1), Booker T (2), Stealers Wheel (1), Duckworth-Lewis Method, Greg Champion, Minor Threat, Roy Harper. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: David Bowie (13)
• 3: 10cc (7), Kinks (9)
• 2: Bay City Rollers (2)
• 1: Little Ricard (2), Roy Orbison (1)

Weekend Playlist: Reptiles

Weekend Playlist: Reptiles

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator (Stockport) Stephen looking at X/twitter selections (14/11/2025) with Songs that reference reptiles.
This was to commemorate Steve Irwin on Steve Irwin Day on Saturday (15th Novemeber).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Reptiles
1. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Les Crocodiles
2. Bill Haley & Comets - See you later alligator
3. Strokes - Reptila
4. Shovels & Rope - Leaving Louisana in the broad daylight
5. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
6. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down

[Side 2] Snakes
7. Alice Cooper - Black mamba
8. Pixies - Snakes
9. Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Rattlesnakes
10. Al Wilson - Snake
11. Goldie Boutilier - Snake Eyes
12. Underworld - King of snake (everything…)

[Bonus]
Nick Lowe - So it goes
Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon
Wiggles ft Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter

Long list

• Big Country - Republican Party Reptile
• Embrace - Chameleon
• Embrace - Snake Oil
• Dolly Parton - Snakes in the grass
• Psycho Reptiles - Monster from the bog
• Peter Best - Crocodile Dundee Theme
• Motorhead - Love me like a reptile
• Doors - Celebration of the Lizard
• Jimmy Nail - Crocodile shoes
• Muppets - Never smile at crocodile
• Elton John - Crocodile Rock
• Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes
• Gary Numan - Music for Chameleons
• Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive)
• Python Lee Jackson - In a broken dream
• Charlotte Gainsbourg - Les Crocodiles
• Hooverphonic - Pink fluffy dinosaurs
• Partners in Kryne - Turtle Power
• Everything everything - No Reptiles
• Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
• REM - Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter
• Bill Haley & Comets - See you later alligator
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
• Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
• Whitesnake - Here I go again
• Phantom Band - Crocodile
• Sacco & Vanzetti - Kill your own snakes
• Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down
• Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
• REM - It’s the end of the world
• Pixies - Snakes
• T-Rex - 20th Ceontury Boy
• Underworld - King of snake (everything…)
• Bow Wow Wow - Go wild in the country
• Goldie Boutilier - Snake Eyes
• Nine Inch Nails - Reptile
• Alice Cooper - Snakebite
• Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
• Shovels & Rope - Leaving Louisana in the broad daylight
• Bonnie Raitt - Fundamental things
• Jack van Cleaf - Rattlesnake
• Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
• David Bowie - Jean Genie
• Flying Lizards - Money
• Nick Lowe - So it goes
• Was (Not Was) - Walk the dinosaur
• Al Wilson - Snake
• Bee Gees - Night Fever
• Of monsters & men - Alligator
• Rose Betts - This year’s gonna be different
• Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon
• King Crimson - Cirkus
• Underworld - Crocodile
• REM - Sidewinder sleeps tonite
• Rugrats - Reptar I love you
• Certain Ratio - Bitten by a lizard
• Grateful Dead - Terrapin Sauce
• Lee Morgan - Sidewinder
• Alice Cooper - Black mamba
• Dogs d’amour - Ballad of Jack
• Watercress - Alligators
• JVKE - This is what heartbreak feels like
• Skid Row - Rattlesnake shake
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
• Strokes - Reptila
• Art of Noise - Chameleon’s dish
• Coast to Coast - (Do) the hucklebuck
• Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
• King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Gila Monster
• Schnappi - Das kleine krokodil
• Duran Duran - Union of the snake
• Eric Idle - One foot in the grave
• Steve Vai - Little Alligator
• Flanders & Swann - The spider
• Paula Abdul - Cold hearted
• Upsetters - Croaking Lizard
• Wiggles ft Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter
• Turtles - Happy together

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Gold

Midnight Mixtape: Gold

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (15/11/2025) with Songs that reference Gold to celebrate Livesey's 50 mixtape!

Songs in contention

• Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
• Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
• Tina Turner - Goldeneye
• Eels - Goldy
• Hidden Camera - Golden Streams
• Spandau Ballet - Gold
• Fleetwood Mac - Gold dust woman
• Sting - Fields of Gold
• Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
• Steely Dan - Good teeth
• Nico - We’ve got gold
• Beyonce - Hey Goldmember
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion
• David Bowie - Golden Years
• Stranglers - Golden Brown
• Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
• Harry Styles - Golden
• Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
• Mika - We Are Golden
• Bonnie Tyler - Band Of Gold
• Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
• Bad Company - Silver, blue and gold
• Razorlight - Golden touch
• Chemical Brothers / Flaming Lips - The Golden Path
• Artist Formerly Known As Prince - Gold
• Jesus & Mary Chain - Almost gold
• Siouxsie & Banshees - Ornmants of gold
• U2 - All I want is you
• Pointer Sisters - Goldmine
• Andrew Gold - Thank you for being a friend (Golden Girls)
• Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Golden Age
• Klaxons - Golden skans
• Mott The Hoople - Golden age of Rock 'N' Roll
• Beautiful South - Good as Gold
• Dolly Parton - After The Goldrush
• K Pop Demon hunters - Golden
• Simple Minds - New gold dream
• Pavement - Gold soundz
• DJ Fresh - Gold Dust
• Martin Stephenson & Daintees - Little red bottle
• Stevie Wonder - Golden lady
• Beatles - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight
• James Gilreath - Gold mother
• Death Cab For Cutie - Gold rush
• Shed Seven - Going for Gold
• Aztec Camera - Working in a goldmine
• T Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action
• (Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a spotified and applified playlist.

[Side 1] New Gold
1. Spandau Ballet - Gold
2. Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
3. Razorlight - Golden touch
4. Klaxons - Golden skans
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion
6. Shed Seven - Going for Gold
[Side 2] Classic Gold
7. Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
8. Tina Turner - Goldeneye
9. Stevie Wonder - Golden lady
10. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
11. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
12. Beautiful South - Good as Gold
Hidden: Andrew Gold - Thank you for being a friend (Golden Girls)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, Spandau Ballet, Razorlight, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Andrew Gold have never been on before... Only Shed Seven, Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner have appeared on a final Livesey mixtape. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Stevie Wonder (6+1)
• 5: Shirley Bassey, Tina Turner (4+1)
• 3: Neil Young
• 2: Beautiful South, Shed Seven (1+1)
• 1: Black Keys, Freda Payne, Klaxons

Most times made on Livesey's mixtape

After 50 mixtapes...

• 7: Beatles
• 6: Kate Bush
• 5: David Bowie, Who
• 4: AC/DC, Arctic Monkeys, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Pogues, Queen

Weekend Playlist: Tongue Twister

Weekend Playlist: Tongue Twisters

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator Heather looking at X/twitter selections (07/11/2025) with Songs that are or reference tongue twisters.
This was inspired by the fact that it is international tongue twister day on Sunday.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
Danny Kaye - Tounge Twisters
Tom Lehrer - Elements
Julie Andrews - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
Allergies ft Andy Cooper - Rock Rock

[Side 2]
Trashcan Sinatras - Only tongue can tell 
Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
Furniture - Love your shoes
Sundays - Here's where the story ends
Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (Click Song)
Tanya Tagaq - Tongues

[Bonus]
Cat - Tongue tied (Red Dwarf)
Till Lindemann - Zunge

Long list

• Adriano Celetanio - Prisencolinensingincuisol
• Aerosmith - Lick and a promise
• Alison Moyet - Is this love?
• Allergies ft Andy Cooper - Rock Rock
• Arcade Fire - Speaking in tongues
• Arno - Enleve ta langue
• Barenaked Ledies - One week
• Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire
• Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
• Cat - Tongue tied (Red Dwarf)
• Cult - She sells sanctuary
• Danny Kaye - Tounge Twisters
• De La Soul - Pease Porridge
• Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina
• Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
• Depeche Mode - Wagging Tongue
• Dire Straits - Twisting by the pool
• DJ Format - Separated at birth
• Eagles of death metal - Speaking in tongues
• Eminem - Rap God
• Eurythmics - Who's that girl
• Extreme - Suzi (wants her all day what)
• Freestyle Fellowship - 7th Seal
• Furniture - Love your shoes
• Future Sound of London - Her tongue is like a jellyfish
• Group love - Tongue tied
• Happy Mondays - Step on
• Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
• Julie Andrews - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
• King Crimson - Larks Tongue
• Meatloaf - Hot patootie (Rocky Horror)
• Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (Click Song)
• Moonface - Love the house you're in
• Moses supposes - Singing in the rain
• Neil Finn - Loose tongue
• Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
• Police - De do do do…
• Primus - Tommy the cat
• Quantum jump - Lone ranger
• RA the rugged man - Definition of a rap flow
• Radiohead - Myxomatosis
• Ram Jam - Black Betty
• REM - It's the end of the world as we know it
• Ren - Money Game Part 2
• Run DMC - It's tricky
• Run DMC - Peter Piper
• Salt'n'Pepa - Shake your thang (ItHs your thang)
• Scatman John - Scatman
• Seamus Kennedy - Pheasant plucker song
• Sergeant Buzfuz - Tongues they wag away
• Shania Twain - No one needs to know
• Shirley Ellis - Clapping song
• Shirley Ellis - Name game
• Sundays - Here's where the story ends
• Switchfoot - Native tongue
• Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my sobriety
• Tanya Tagaq - Tongues
• Till Lindemann - Zunge
• Tom Lehrer - Elements
• Trashcan Sinatras - Only tongue can tell
• Twista (ft Kanye & Jamie Foxx) - Slow Jamz
• U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
• US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
• Weird Al Yankovic - Hardware Store
• Wildhearts - Caffeine Bomb
• Zebra Katz - Tear the house up

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Brackets

Midnight Mixtape: Brackets

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (06/11/2025) with Songs that have brackets in the title following on the previous week's theme of DIY!

Songs in contention

• Clash - (White man) In Hammersmith Palais
• Cheeky Girls - Cheeky Song (Touch my bum)
• Jam - The bitterest pill (I ever had to swallow)
• Bryan Adams - (Everything I do) I do it for you
• Queen - Las Palabras de Amor (Words of love)
• White Stripes - Pretty good looking (for a girl
• Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't fear) The reaper
• Meatloaf - I'll do anything for love (but i won't do that)
• Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo chile (Slight Return)
• REM - It's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
• Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have)
• Wet Wet Wet - Angel Eyes (home & away)
• Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons - December 1963 (Oh what a night)
• (We've got a) Fuzzbox (and we're gonna use it) - Pink Sunshine
• T-Pain - Up down (Do this all day)
• Rolling Stones - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
• Libertines - Up the Bracket
• Billy Joel - Moving out (Anthony’s song)
• My Chemical Romance - I'm not ok (I Promise)
• Boomtown Rats - (I never loved) Eva Braun
• Beastie Boys - (You gotta) Fight for your right (to party)
• Otis Redding - (Sitting on) Dock of the bay
• Elvis Costello - (Angels wanna wear my) Red Shoes
• Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out)
• Doors - Break on through on other side
• Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a white guy)
• Bloc Party - Song for Clay (Disppear here)
• Tina Turner - We don't need another hero (Thunderdome)
• Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This bird has flown)
• Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen (To your heart)
• Shangri-las - Remember (Walking in the sand)
• Tom McRae - End of the world news (Dose me up)
• Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
• James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
• The The - Armageddon Days (Are here again)
• Duke Ellington/Ella Fitzgerald - It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)
• Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I knew you were waiting (for me)
• JoJo - Leave (Get out)
• Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west)
• Dawn Penn - You don't love me (No No No)
• Eurythmics - Beethoven (I love to listen)
• Stevie Wonder - Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours)
• Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (The best that you can do)
• Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)
• Tribe called Quest - Jazz (We've got)
• Elvis Presley - (Marie's the name) His latest flame
• Proclaimers - (I'm gonna be) 500 miles
• Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
• Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Bridge Street Song (Feelin' Groovy)
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (Come up and see me)
• Hall & Oates - I can't go for that (No can do)
• Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it)
• Sean Paul - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me
• Elton John - Rocket Man (It’s going to be a long long time)
• Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A little bit of)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

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

[Side 1]
1. Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have)
2. White Stripes - Pretty good looking (for a girl)
3. Meatloaf - I'll do anything for love (but I won't do that)
4. Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
5. James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
6. Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out)

[Side 2]
7. Duke Ellington - It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)
8. Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it)
9. Dawn Penn - You don't love me (No No No)
10. Undertones - You've got my number (Why don't you use it!)
11. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (Come up and see me)
12. Stevie Wonder - Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours)
Hidden: Libertines - Up the Bracket

Previous Appearances

From this era of Livesey mixtapes, all but 4 have never been on before. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 2: Radiohead (12)
• 1: James Brown (4), Undertones (5), White stripes (6)

Weekend Playlist: Roads

Weekend Playlist: Roads

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (31/10/2025) with Songs that reference Roadst.
This was to commemorate the opening of the M1 on Sunday (02/11/1959).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1] Traffic Jam
Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
Green Day - Boulevard off broken dreams
Kelly Clarkson - High road
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic
America - Ventura Highway
Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway

[Side 2] Drive all night
Canned Heat - On the road again
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Van Morrison - Bright side of the road

[Bonus]
A1 - Take on me
Spice Girls - Stop
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas

Long list

• Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
• Primitives - Crash
• Trashcan Sinatras - Maybe I should drive
• Ella Fitzgerald - Manhatten
• Iron Maiden - 22 Acacia Avenue
• Sinead O'Connor - Raglan Road
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Eagles - Life in the fast lane
• Radiohead - Street spirit
• Chris Rea - Road to Hell
• Bon Jovi - Runaway
• Sheryl Crow - Every day is a winding road
• Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Hiway
• dEUS - Instant Street
• Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elysées
• America - Ventura Highway
• Aztec Camera - Killermont St
• David Ford - Song for the road
• Van Morrison - Bright side of the road
• Jane Wiedlin - Rush hour
• Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic
• Queen - I'm in love with my car
• Radar Love - Golden Earring
• Willie Nelson - On the road again
• AC/DC - Highway to hell
• Beatles - Why don't we do it in the road
• Grand Funk Railroad - Some kind of Wonderful
• East River Pipe - Down 42nd Street to the Light
• Heshoo Beshoo Group - Armitage Road
• Primal Scream - Kowalski
• 3 Doors down - Road I'm on
• Allman Brothers - Jessica (Top Gear)
• Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
• Stereophonics - Traffic
• A1 - Take on me
• Toots & Maytals - (Take me home) Country roads
• Saw Doctors - N17
• Billy Bragg - A13 Trunk Road
• Gorillaz - M1 A1
• Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
• Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
• Beatles - Long and winding road
• Go-Gos - Skidmarks on my heart
• Ocean colour Scene - One for the road
• Tracy Chapman - Crossroads
• Richard Hawley - Not the only road
• Spice Girls - Stop
• Flaming Lips - Go
• I Royals - Coronation Street
• Proclaimers - King of the Road
• Doors - Roadhouse Blues
• U2 - Where the streets have no name
• Kelly Clarkson - High road
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn
• Ian Brown - Longsight M13
• Portishead - Roads
• Deep Purple - Highway star
• B52s - Love Shack
• Kirsty MacColl - Walking down Madison
• Doves - M62
• Jimmy Cliff - Hard road to travel
• Catatonia - Road Rage
• Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
• Billy Gibbons - I was a highway
• Cinderella - Gypsy Road
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• Levellers - The Road
• Tom McRae - Silent boulevard
• Lock - Everlasting road
• Robert Plant - Tie dye on the highway
• St Etienne - Like a motorway
• Bryan Adams - Open Road
• New Order - 60 miles an hour
• Blur - He thought of cars
• Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway
• Shara Nelson - Down that road
• Stock, Aitken & Waterman - Roadblock
• Green Day - Boulevard off broken dreams
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Zazie - Rue de la Paix
• Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
• Canned Heat - On the road again
• Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night
• Satoshi Tomiie ft Kelli Ali - Love in traffic
• Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas
• Ralph McTell - Streets of London

LNL Midnight Mixtape: DIY

Midnight Mixtape: DIY

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (30/10/2025) with Songs that reference anything found at a DIY store! The inspiration was wen it was suggested by Tony and Paul previously when Peter Gabriel's "Red rain" was mentioned and that he'd (with Sledgehammer) have better chance if it was a "things you'd find in a DIY store".

Songs in contention

• Michael Torke - Architrade
• Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
• English Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
• Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
• Rolling Stones - Paint it black
• Shed Seven - Waiting for the catch
• Dr Hook - Sharing the night together
• Peter Paul Mary - I had a hammer in the morning
• Muse - Plug in baby
• Black Crowes - Hard to handle
• Metallica - Hit the lights
• Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string
• Gary Numan - Metal
• Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
• Goo Goo Dolls - Lights
• Shakin' Stevens - Green door
• Squeeze - Another nail in my heart
• Pretenders - Back in the chain gang
• Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay
• MC Hammer - U can’t touch this
• Blur - Coping
• Motorhead - Ace of Spades
• Bread - If (picture paints 1000 words)
• Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
• Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
• Melanie - Brand new key
• White Stripes - Screwdriver
• Pulp - Common people
• Queen - Hammer to fall
• Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
• Barenaked Ladies - Duct tape heart
• Floaters - Float on
• Tom Robinson - Wallpaper
• Minor Threat - Filler
• CCS - Taps turn on the water
• Nova Twins - Toolbox
• Coldplay - Fix you
• Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
• Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
• Elton John - Screw you
• Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
• Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder she wrote
• Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sand
• Spinners - Rubberband man
• Athlete - Wires
• Breeders - Divine hammer
• Jam - Bricks & mortar
• Nick Berry - Every loser wins
• Patty Loveless - Timber I’m falling in love
• Peter Bjorn John - Young Folks
• Soft Cell - Torch
• Taylor Swift - Wood
• Tom Waits - New coat of paint
• Stereophonics - Hanging on your hinges
• Zach Bryan - Sandpaper
• Tubes - Power Tools

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

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

[Side 1]
1. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
2. English Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
3. Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
4. Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string
5. Pretenders - Back in the chain gang
6. Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
[Side 2]
7. Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
8. Spinners - Rubberband man
9. Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay
10. Athlete - Wires
11. Rolling Stones - Paint it black
12. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Hidden: Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite

Previous Appearances

From this era of Livesey mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before English Beat*, Hank Williams(1), Tim Hardin*, Dream Warriors*, Spinners(1), Unit4+2*, Athlete(1), Motorhead(3) have not been on before (* neither on Colin's Midnight Mixtapes) Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 3: Peter Gabriel (6)
• 1: Pretenders (2), Rolling Stones (8), Sandie Shaw (2), Smiths (3)