LNL Midnight Mixtape: Landmarks

Midnight Mixtape: Landmarks

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (27/05/2026) with Songs that reference landmarks following Crystal Palace winning the UEFA Conference League and Crystal Palace being a landmark!

Songs in contention

• Fairport Convention - Fotheringay
• Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
• Vera Lynn - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
• Gerry & Pacemakers - Ferry across the Mersey
• Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
• New Vauderville Band - Winchester Catherdral
• S&G - 59th bridge street song
• Frank Sinatra - Three coins in the fountain
• Barry Manilow - Cocacabana
• Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
• Vera Lynn - White cliffs of Dover
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Sesame Street - Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
• Jay-Z/Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
• HMHB - Dickie Davies Eyes
• Goanna - Solid Rock Ayres Rock
• 10cc - Life is a minestrone
• Human League - Things that dreams are made of
• Wombles - Wombling song
• Laurel & hardy - Trail of lonesome pine
• Clannad - Newgrange
• Sheryl Crow - All I wanna I do
• Bastille - Pompeii
• Saw Doctors - N17
• Prince - Paisley Park
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
• Lighthouse Family - Ocean drive
• Doves - M62
• Runrig - Loch Lomond
• Wings - Mull of Kintyre
• Chris Rea - Steel River
• Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
• Budgie - Pyramids
• Paul Simon - Graceland
• Barry Manilow - London
• Billy Joel - Great wall of China
• Gerry Rafferty - Royal mile
• Spinal Tap - Stonehenge
• Fergie - London Bridge
• Beatles - Penny Lane
• XTC - Statue of Liberty
• Rae Morris - Old Blackpool Tower
• Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elysees
• Jackie Leven - Snow in Central Park
• Alan Parsons Project - La Segrada Familia
• Strokes - Machu Pichu
• Antony Szmierek - Great Pyramid of Stockport
• Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
• Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
• Bible - Crystal Palace
• Blur - Under the westway
• 10cc - Wall street shuffle
• Nena - 99 Red Balloons
• Quantum Jump - Lone Ranger

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
2. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
3. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
4. Clannad - Newgrange
5. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
6. Budgie - Pyramids

[Side 2]
7. Saw Doctors - N17
8. Rae Morris - Old Blackpool Tower
9. Beatles - Penny Lane
10. Paul Simon - Graceland
11. Blur - Under the westway
12. Vera Lynn - White cliffs of Dover
Hidden: Sesame Street - Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before: Budgie, Clannad, Rae Morris, Richard Hawley (1), Saw Doctors (2), Sesame Street, Vera Lynn... (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 10: Beatles (25)
• 4: Peter Gabriel (7)
• 3: Blur (11), Kinks (9)
• 2: Paul Simon (7)
• 1: Alicia Keys (2), Jay Z (1)