LNL Midnight Mixtape: Weird Weather

Midnight Mixtape: Weird weather

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (16/10/2025) with Songs that reference weird/impossible weather conditions on the anniversairy of Michael Fish downplaying and getting weather wrong about the Great storm of 1987

Songs in contention

• Fortunes - Storm in a teacup
• Weather Girls - It's raining men
• Jimi Hendrix - Winds cries Mary
• Len - Steal my sunshine
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Peter Gabriel - Red rain
• Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
• Doors - Riders on the storm
• Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
• Prince - Purple Rain
• Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart
• Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
• Counting Crows - Rain King
• Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
• Buddy Holly - Raining in my heart
• Adele - Set fire to the rain
• Robert Cray - Forecast (Calls for pain)
• Slayer - Raining blood
• Stevie Wonder - Sunshine of my life
• Christopher Cross - Ride like the wind
• Bob Marley - Rainbow country
• Justin Heyward - Forever Autumn
• Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine
• Lindasfarne - Fog on the tyne
• Rolling Stones - She’s a rainbow
• AC/DC - Thunderstruck
• Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
• Taylor Swift - Lavender haze
• Spinal Tap - Break like the wind
• Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
• Anggun - Snow in the Sahara
• Mud - Moonshine Sally
• Barry Manilow - It never rains in Southern California
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Jam - Burning Sky
• Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
• Vanessa Williams - Save the best for last
• Steps - Hundred years of winter
• Frank Zappa - Don't eat the yellow snow
• Donald Fagen - Weather in my head
• Crowded House - Four seasons in one day
• Mogwai - Sun smells too loud
• Bill Withers - Ain’t no sunshine
• Grease - Grease Lightning
• Manic Street Preachers - You stole the sun from my heart
• Yoko Ono - Who has seen the rain
• Rolling Stones - Get off my cloud
• Katrina & Waves - Walking on sunshine
• Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Weather Girls - It's raining men
2. Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart
3. Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
4. Barry Manilow - It never rains in Southern California
5. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
6. Slayer - Raining blood

[Side 2]
7. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
8. Grease - Grease Lightning
9. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
10. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
11. Buddy Holly - Raining in my heart
12. Prince - Purple Rain
Hidden:
Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before, they are Grease (1), Leo Sayer, Slayer (2) Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Kate Bush (17)
• 3: Arctic Monkeys (7), Bob Dylan (13)
• 2: Barry Manilow (2), Bruce Springsteen (8), Isaac Hayes (2)
• 1: Buddy Holly (3), Marianne Faithfull (1), Prince (14), Weather Girl (1)

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Weather

Midnight Mixtape: Weather

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (01/05/2025) with Songs that reference TEMPLATE!

Songs in contention

• Martha Reeves - Heat wave
• Carpenters - Rainy days and Mondays
• Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the city
• AC/DC - Thunderstruck
• Two door cinema club - Sun
• Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
• Orb - Little fluffy clouds
• Gram Parsons/Byrds - Hickory Wind
• Weather Girls - It's raining men
• Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows
• Pogues - Rainy day in Soho
• Rhianna - Umbrella
• Tribe of Toffs - John Kettley is a weatherman
• Bee Gees - How deep is your love?
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Tom McRae - Sao Paulo Rain
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call me the breeze
• Queen - Rain must fall
• Crowded House - Weather with you
• Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
• Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
• Beyonce - Hold up
• Alarm - Rain in the summertime
• Cadallaca - Winter Storm 98
• Crowded House - 4 seasons in one day
• Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
• Garbage - Only happy when it rains
• Bob Marley - Sun is shining
• Lovin' Spoonful - You and me and rain on the roof
• Aztec Camera - Boy Wonders
• Oasis - Shock of lightning
• Supergrass - Sun hits the sky
• Bob Dylan - It's a hard rain gonna fall
• Finlay Quaye - Sunday shining
• Darude - Sandstorm
• Blind melon - No Rain
• Kinks - Sunny afternoon
• Maniacs - You stole the sun
• Beatles - Rain
• JJ72 - Snow
• Beach Boys - Cool cool water
• Howlin' Wolf - Smoke stack lightning
• Travis - Why does it always rain on me?
• Frightened Rabbit - Scottish Wind
• Steve Harley - Here comes the sun
• Tom Waits - More than rain
• Bob Dylan/Roxy Music - A hard rain's a-gonna fall
• B*Witched - Blame on the weathermen
• Meredith Brooks - Thunder & Lightning
• Johnny Nash - I can see clearly the rain has gone
• Bryan Adams - Thunderbolt
• Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy when it rains
• Beth Orton - Weather alive
• Sunhouse - Hurricane
• Madness - Sun and the rain

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Martha Reeves - Heat wave
2. Carpenters - Rainy days and Mondays
3. Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the city
4. AC/DC - Thunderstruck
5. Two door cinema club - Sun
6. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
[Side 2]
7. Orb - Little fluffy clouds
8. Gram Parsons/Byrds - Hickory Wind
9. Weather Girls - It's raining men
10. Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows
11. Pogues - Rainy day in Soho
12. Rhianna - Umbrella
Hidden: Tribe of Toffs - John Kettley is a weatherman

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before tribe of toffs, two door cinema club and weather girls Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 13: Kate Bush (12+1)
• 9: Pogues (6+3)
• 8: AC/DC (6+2)
• 3: Carpenters(2+1)
• 2: Martha Reeves, Rihanna (1+1)
• 1: Byrds, Lovin' Spoonful, Orb, Shed Seven

Random Musings - Day #33

Snowed under
I looked out last night and a foot of snow wow. But today, it's been an absolute disaster getting around particularly in the south east of the UK. London transport was stuffed with no bus services and all tube services with delays or partial suspensions except the Victoria line and that's only because it is one line that is completely underground. The snow evidently got to the Internet too. Not only the trains were suspended but it looked like both the South East Trains (No suitable nodes are available to serve your request) and National Rail websites were suspended or at least experiencing heavy delays!

I remember way back in January 2004, I was getting back from work in Quinton, Birmingham after it snowed. It was so icy, the main road into the city centre, Hagley Road was completely blocked. No cars were moving for 3 hours. So I decided to walk from near near enough Quinton to the city centre, which is about 6 miles. This seemed like double that as it was very very icy. Throughout the journey, not one car moved! However, it took me another 3 hours to get to town. I didn't get to the train station until 11pm and I had to get home with the night bus in London.

The thing is, the snowy weather was expected and the country should have been prepared. For example, I have not seen in any salt-gritting.

Weather watch
Obviously, keep your eyes out on the weather. Such weather sites include Metcheck and Met office.

Rickrollin'/Rick Astley
The phenomenon that is rickrolling took another turn in the form of Barackrolling. Yes, it's Barack Obama singing Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up". Coincidently Astley has signed up on the 80s here and now tour.

Superbowl porn
I find it funny when porn magically appeared on the tv screens towards the end of the superbowl.

Nurse suspended for prayer
Something a little controversial is the case of the Nurse that asked if she could pray for her patient. The patient declined. Next day, nurse is disciplined and suspended for her indiscretion. The patient had remarked to her superior about it. That she wasn't offended other patients maybe offended. Fair enough if the nurse was ramming in faith down the patient's throat. But that wasn't the case. The authorities are being very insensitive as it looks like another one for the secular world... I'd love to know what the patient has to say for herself now, though.

Random Musings - Day #6

It's freezing in the UK! Everything is frozen, just look at the fountains in Trafalgar Square. THe big freeze is certainly not helping with the colds and flus that are kicking about. I swear everyone I know has had it at least once. I originally had after my awful journey to Dublin last month, where I got completely frozen and possibly caught hypothermia. But since then I've had a couple sore throats and felt really really flat over Christmas but thankfully not a full blown cold/flu. I may be strong enough or just plain lucky. So I swear there is a cold/flu epidemic and this article from around Christmas supports my view. Coincidentally, there is an newscientist article from 2007 that strongly suggests the cold does indeed spread the flu.

There are apparently loads of free sites to download episodes of your favourite tv shows. I should have a look at some point...

Also had a listen to (and I'll give a namecheck to) lovetofunk radio!