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)
