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)

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Landforms

Midnight Mixtape: Landforms

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (03/07/2025) with Songs that have a connection with natural landforms (like mountains, rivers, lakes, caves, oases)!
This is on the news that Oasis' long awaited reunion tour starts on Friday.

Songs in contention

• Marvin & Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough
• Mumford & Sons - The Cave
• Billie Ellish - Ocean Eyes
• John Denver - Take me home country roads
• Biffy Clyro - Mountains
• Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
• Brand New Heavies/Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
• Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side
• Kenny & Dolly - Islands in the stream
• Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
• Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river
• Nick Cave - Song of the lake
• Ed Sheeran - I see fire
• Weeknd - Hills
• Nightwish - Ocean of strange islands
• CMAT - Geography teacher
• Doors - Yes the river knows
• Blue Nile - Over the hillside
• Noah Cahan - Caves
• Neil Young - Deep Forbidden Lake
• Yes - Roundabout
• James Bay - Hold back the river
• Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
• Bob Seger - Fire Lake
• Mountains - Valleys
• Jam - Going underground
• Steely Dan - Caves of Altamira
• 10cc - Waterfall
• Milky Chance - Down by the river
• Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
• Tauren Wells - Hills and valleys
• Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
• Billy Joel - River of dreams
• Stevie Nicks - Love is like a river
• Dan Mangan - Peaks & Valleys
• Skids - Into the valley
• Groove Armada - At the river
• Pendlefolk - Old Pendle
• Osmonds - Down by the lazy river
• Jake Xerxes Fussell - River St Johns
• Ike & Tina - River deep mountain high
• JJ Cale - River runs deep
• Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
• Stone Roses - Waterfall
• Toyah - Thunder in the mountains
• Bjork - Hyperballad
• Gorillaz - On melancholy hill
• Doves - Winter Hill
• Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
• Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
• Erasure - Blue Savannah
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Nicki Minaj - Starship
• Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1] Peaks & Valleys
1. Marvin & Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough
2. Ike & Tina - River deep mountain high
3. Blue Nile - Over the hillside
4. Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
5. Pendlefolk - Old Pendle
6. Skids - Into the valley

[Side 2] Waterside
7. 10cc - Waterfall
8. Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
9. Bjork - Hyperballad
10. John Denver - Take me home country roads
11. Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
12. Nick Cave - Song of the lake
Hidden: CMAT - Geography teacher

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before Pendlefolk, Skids and CMAAT... Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 11: Nick Cave, Marvin Gaye (9+2)
• 6: 10cc (4+2)
• 5: Tina Turner (4+1)
• 4: Otis Redding
• 3: John Denver (2+1), Willie Nelson (2+1)
• 2: Bjork
• 1: Blue Nile, Fat Domino