LNL Midnight Mixtape: Guitar Riffs

Midnight Mixtape: Guitar Riffs

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (13/03/2024) with Songs that reference guitar riffs! After Tony chatted to iconic guitarist Steve Jones of Sex Pistols fame on BBC5 Live.

Songs in contention

• Sex Pistols - Anarchy
• Stiff Little fingers - Alternative Ulster
• AC/DC - It's a long way to the top
• Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta love
• Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar
• Talking Heads - Pyscho Killer
• Who - I can't explain?
• Dire Straits - Money for nothing
• AC/DC - Thunderstruck
• Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat Song
• Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
• Steely Dan - Don't take me alive
• Crazy Horse & Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
• (Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street)
• Deftones - My own summer
• Suede - Animal Nitrate
• Cory Brass Band - Animal Nitrate
• Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
• Derek & Dominos - Layla
• Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows
• Beach Boys - Wipeout
• Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
• Muse - Plug in baby
• Metallica - Master of puppets
• Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
• Guns'n'roses - Sweet child o' mine
• Wolfmother - Joker & the thief
• Tom Auton - Go back
• Pearl Jam - Alive
• Spin Doctors - Off my line
• Focus - Hocus Pocus
• Smiths - This charming man
• Eagles - Hotel California
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
• Kinks - You really got me
• (Stranglers - Golden Brown)
• (Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown)
• UFO - Rock bottom
• AC/DC - Back in black
• Skids - Into the valley
• Church Party - How can u know
• Rainbow - Since you been gone?
• U2 - I will follow
• Electric 6 - Gay bar

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] Classic
1. Dire Straits - Money for nothing
2. Derek & Dominos - Layla
3. AC/DC - Back in black
4. Metallica - Master of puppets
5. Guns n'Roses - Sweet child o' mine
6. Focus - Hocus Pocus
[Side 2] Modern
7. Muse - Plug in baby
8. Deftones - My own summer
9. Electric 6 - Gay bar
10. Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows
11. Suede - Animal Nitrate
12. Church Party - How can u know
Hidden: Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before Church Party, Derek & Dominos, Focus, Muse, Deftones, Electric Six, and Earl Scruggs. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: AC/DC
• 6: Metallica
• 4: Guns n'Roses
• 3: Dire Straits
• 1: Queens of the Stone Age, Suede

Lead Guitars

On April 17, 2023, the monday night fan club feature on Colin Murray's weeknight show was on lead guitarists and featured staggering number of namedrops and in-depth knowledge from guests, Steve Lukather (Toto), Bernie Marsden, Jennale Adams and Zoe Howe. So here are the name drops (non-guitarists {in curly brackets}, songs played in background highlighted)

• Eddie Van Halen ("Eruption")
• Steve Howe
• Peter Townshend [The Who]
• Prince ("Purple Rain")
• Jimmy Page [Led Zeppelin]
• Jimi Hendrix ("Foxy Lady", "Red House")
• Bonnie Raitt ("Something to talk about")
• Sheryl Crow
• Guitar Gaby
• Desiree Ragoza
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe ("This Train") (Didn't it rain)
• Steve Lukather [Toto] ("I won't hold you back")
• Quote of the night #1: "Most fun you can have with your clothes on"
• Van Halen, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Boz Scaggs [Steve Miller Band], Jackson Browne [Eagles], Eric Clapton, Santana
• Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Dave Gilmour [Pink Floyd], Beach Boys, Beatles, Chuck Berry
• Beatles ("I saw her standing there")
• David Gilmour (Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb")
• {Michael Jackson} ("Beat it")
• {Dionne Warwick}, {Joni Mitchell}, {Elton John}, {Miles Davis}, {Quincy Jones}, {Stevie Wonder}
• Toto ("Africa")
• Quote of the night #2: (About Africa) "It's like herpes, just when you forget about it, get an outbreak"
• Elvis Presley
• Steve Rothery [Marillion]
• Gary Moore
• Nancy Wilson [Heart]
• Steve Vai [Whitesnake]
• Rory Gallagher ("?")
• Carlos Santana ("Black magic woman")
• Bernie Marsden [Whitesnake]
• Whitesnake ("Fool for loving")
• {David Coverdale} [Whitesnake]
• Ritchie Blackmore [Deep Purple/Whitesnake]
• Peter Green [Fleetwood Mac], John Mayall, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher
• BB King ("The thrill is gone")
• {Martin Birch}
• Albert King ("Born under a bad sign")
• Brian May ("Queen - Bohmeian Rhapsody")
• Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits - "Money for nothing")
• George Harrison [Beatles]
• Keith Richards [Rolling Stones]
• Lindsay Buckingham [Fleetwood Mac]
• Wilko Johnson [Dr Feelgood]
• John Frusciante (Red Hot chili peppers - "Under the bridge")
• Angus Young [AC/DC]
• Slash (Guns'n'Roses - "Paradise City")
• Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven")

Random Musings - Day #203

The art of complaining was taken to a new level by Canadian country singer/songwriter, Dave Carroll. Whilst on a flight, he saw baggage handlers manhandling his guitar and that broke. He complained to stewards and the operator and got nothing. So what did he do? He penned a song and as part of duo Sons of Maxwell, "United break guitars" was released and the video became a big youtube hit. As a consequence, the share price of United airlines took a nosedive. Dave got his compensation!

I think London is made up of a bunch of part-timers. When I got on the tube to get back home from work, it wasn't even 4:30 and the tube was packed. A lot of people got on from Old Street.

"The Lord giveth, the lord taketh" is a slight misinterpretation. It is in fact supposed to be "the Lord gave and the Lord take hath taken away" (Job)