LNL Midnight Mixtape: Christmas Dinner

Midnight Mixtape: On the Christmas table

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (18/12/2025) with Songs that reference things you would find on a Crhistmas table!

Songs in contention

• Blondie - Heart of glass
• Frank Sinatra - Mack the Knife
• Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar
• Prefab Sprout - Appetite
• Alien Sex Fiend - Stuff the turkey
• Cranberries - No need to argue
• Elton John - Candle in the wind
• Erin LeCount - Silver Spoon
• Neil Diamond - Red red wine
• Benny Hill - Ernie
• Radiohead - Vegetable
• Little Eva - Let’s turkey trot
• Associates - Geese
• Oasis - Champagne Supernova
• Gorillaz - Cracker Island
• Cream - Strange brew
• Sailor - Glass of champagne
• Ed Sheeran - Old phone
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Let’s call the whole thing off
• Lynyrd - Needle and the spoon
• Smiths - Meat is murder
• Taylor Swift - Champagne Problems
• Wishbone Ash - Wings of desire
• Salt'n'Pepa - Shake your thang
• B Young - Wine
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Christmas Dinner
• Chappell Roan - Red wine supernova
• kd lang - Constant Craving
• Kate & Anna McGarrigle - I eat dinner
• Herb Albert - Whipped cream
• 1975 - Chocolate
• Nirvana - Big Cheese
• B52s - Rock Lobster
• Wilco - A bowl and a pudding
• Jelly Roll Morton - Bottle of Mary Jane
• Dee Dee Sharp - Gravy (for my mashed potatoes)
• Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine
• Newbeats - Bread & butter
• Go-go’s (UK) - I’m gonna spend my Christmas with a dalek
• Clay Walker - Napkin
• Cardiacs - All his geese are swans
• Elbow - Golden Slumbers
• Dickies - Banana splits
• 10cc - Life is a minestrone
• Booker T - Green onions
• Sasha - Wavy gravy
• David Bowie - Heroes
• UB40 - Red red wine
• Marvin Gaye - Wherever I lay my hat
• CMAT - Another day (KFC)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created an "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Salt'n'Pepa - Shake your thang
2. Cranberries - No need to argue
3. Elton John - Candle in the wind
4. Erin LeCount - Silver Spoon
5. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
6. Sailor - Glass of champagne

[Side 2]
7. Prefab Sprout - Appetite
8. Little Eva - Let’s turkey trot
9. Radiohead - Vegetable
10. Dee Dee Sharp - Gravy (for my mashed potatoes)
11. Wilco - A bowl and a pudding
12. David Bowie - Heroes
Hidden:
kd lang - Constant Craving
Elbow - Golden Slumbers

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before... Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: David Bowie (14)
• 3: Elton John (8), Radiohead (13)
• 1: Gorillaz (2), Prefab Sprout (4)