LNL Midnight Mixtape: Moon

Midnight Mixtape: Moon

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (02/04/2025) with Songs that reference the Moon! This is commemorate the launch of Artemis 2 on 02/04/2026.

Songs in contention

• REM - Man on the moon
• Waterboys - Whole of the moon
• Nick Drake - Pink Moon
• Television - Marquee Moon
• Toploader - Dancing in the moonlight
• Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
• Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
• Police - Walking on the moon
• Duran Duran - New moon on Monday
• Fairport Convention - Riding for the moon
• Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
• Frank Ocean - Moon river
• Shirley Bassey - Moonraker
• Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
• Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
• Laurel & Hardy - Shine on harvest moon
• Duke of Stratosphere - Bike ride to the moon
• Creedance Clearwater Revival - Bad moon rising
• Stranglers - Rocket to the moon
• Neil Young - Harvest Moon
• Black Sabbath - Barking at the moon
• Rah Band - Clouds around the moon
• Joy Division - Atmosphere
• Handsome Family - Sad Milkman
• DJ Jean - The Launch
• Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart
• Only ones - Another girl another planet
• Echo & Bunnymen - Killing moon
• Savage Garden - To the moon and back
• Johnny Cash - You are the sunshine
• David Bowie - Space Oddity
• ELO - Ticket to the moon
• Dubliners & Pogues - Irish Rover
• Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
• Elton John - Rocketman
• Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
• Europe - Final Countdown
• Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I’m the urban spaceman
• Starbuck - Moonlight feel right
• Tori Amos - Edge of the moon
• Sam Ryder - Spaceman
• Firm - Star Trekkin
• Sun Ra - Walking on the moon
• Jeff Wayne - Eve of the war
• Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
• Showwaddywaddy - Under the moon of love
• Fat Larry’s Band - Zoom

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
2. David Bowie - Space Oddity
3. Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
4. Only ones - Another girl another planet
5. Laurel & Hardy - Shine on harvest moon
6. Sun Ra - Walking on the moon

[Side 2]
7. Waterboys - Whole of the moon
8. Echo & Bunnymen - Killing moon
9. Television - Marquee Moon
10. Handsome Family - Sad Milkman
11. Dubliners & Pogues - Irish Rover
12. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

Hidden: Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before, Richard Strauss, Sun Ra, Television (1), Handsome Family (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 8: David Bowie (16)
• 4: Frank Sinatra (11), Pogues (10)
• 3: Dubliners (5)
• 2: Warren Zevon (4)
• 1: Echo & Bunnymen (4), Laurel & Hardy (2), Only ones (2), Public Service Broadcasting (2), Waterboys (3)