#ThePlaylist Archive

Podcast: #ThePlaylist

#ThePlaylist is a weekly dive into seeing how tenuously people can connect a song they love to a given theme.

It goes out live on https://stream.djdarren.site every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time.

  • #ThePlaylist – 039 – heavy

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 039 – heavy
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred 02. Heavy D & The Boyz - Now That We Found Love 03. Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard 04. Reverend & the Makers - Heavyweight Champion of the World 05. Eels - Sixteen Tons (KCRW Session) 06. Bruce Springsteen - John Henry 07. The Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy 08. The Band - The Weight 09. Free - Mr. Big 10. Sting - Heavy Cloud No Rain 11. Yemen Blues - Heavy Weight 12. Damien Rice - Cannonball 13. The Housemartins - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 14. Mick Gordon - BFG Division 15. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole 16. AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie 17. The Darkness - Heavy Metal Lover 18. Gojira - Stranded 19. Kyuss - Fatso Forgotso Phase II 20. Collective Soul - Heavy 21. Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe 22. Linkin Park - Heavy Is the Crown 23. Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You 24. Man Parrish - Boogie Down (Bronx) 25. Radikal Guru - 10 Ton Dub

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 038 – Radio

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 038 – Radio
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Starship - We Built This City 02. Donna Summer - On The Radio 03. Raydio - Jack and Jill 04. ABBA - SOS 05. Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves 06. LO'JO - Mojo Radio 07. Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 08. The Human League - WXJL Tonight 09. Roxy Music - Oh Yeah 10. Roger Waters - Radio Waves 11. Shakespears Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 12. Harry Chapin - W.O.L.D. 13. Rage Against the Machine - Guerrilla Radio 14. NOFX - Please Play This Song On The Radio 15. Rancid - Radio 16. Sex Pistols - Road Runner 17. The Ataris - Radio #2 18. Electric Six - Radio Ga Ga 19. Rush - The Spirit Of Radio 20. Wildhearts - Vanilla Radio 21. The Presidents - Video Killed The Radio Star 22. Josh Ritter - Golden Age of Radio 23. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? 24. Golden Earring - Radar Love 25. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly 26. Public Service Broadcasting - Lit Up

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 037 – Hospital

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 037 – Hospital
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) 02. Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat 03. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap 04. The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital 05. Pendulum - Blood Sugar 06. Weird Al Yankovic - Like A Surgeon 07. The Amateur Transplants - Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin 08. 10cc - The Hospital Song 09. Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show 10. Lord Kitchener - Doctor Kitch 11. Snooks Eaglin - St. James Infirmary 12. Johnny Rivers - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu 13. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse 14. Goldfrapp - A & E 15. PEARL - Fish 16. Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer 17. Flyleaf - I'm So Sick 18. Dr. Feelgood - You Shouldn't Call the Doctor (If You Can't Afford the Bills) 19. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine 20. Fugazi - Give Me The Cure 21. The Blood Brothers - Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck 22. Manic Street Preachers - Suicide is Painless 23. Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors 24. The Fray - How to Save a Life 25. Athlete - Wires 26. David Gray - Hospital Food 27. David Shrigley - Doctors 28. The Other Half - Mr. Pharmacist 29. They Might Be Giants - ECNALUBMA

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 036 – Workin’

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 036 – Workin’
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 02. La Santa Cecilia - Pa' Que Trabajar 03. Charlotte Plank - Nightshift 04. Mumu Fresh - Work 05. Canibus with Biz Markie - Shove this J-O-B 06. The Bangles - Manic Monday 07. Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang 08. Billy Bragg - There is Power in The Union 09. The Finns - Workers Song 10. Joe Fagin - That's Living Alright 11. Chumbawamba - I Wish That They'd Sack Me 12. Eddie Kendricks - Skipping Work Today 13. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 14. Roy Orbison - Working for the Man 15. Skid Row - Slave To The Grind 16. Monster Magnet - Powertrip 17. Sugar Pit - Customer Service 18. Tools You Can Trust - Working and Shopping 19. Rush - Working Man 20. Nina Simone - Work Song 21. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons 22. Harry Belafonte - Day O (Banana Boat Song) 23. Chris Rea - Working on It 24. Heaven 17 - Crushed By The Wheels of Industry 25. Baker Boy - Headphones 26. RJD2 - Work It Out 27. Dire Straits - Industrial Disease 28. Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 035 – Twenty Twenty Four

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 035 – Twenty Twenty Four
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Pale Waves - Gravity 02. Regina Spektor - SugarMan 03. Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun 04. Zoot Money's Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator 05. Stick In The Wheel - What Can The Matter Be? 06. The Weakerthans - Sun In An Empty Room 07. The Beach Boys - Sloop John B 08. Peter Knight's Gigspanner - Picnic 09. Jaxomy x Agatino Romero x Raffaella Carrà - Pedro 10. Ana Lua Caiano - Que Belo Dia Para Sair 11. Venjent - We Need Jungle [I'm afraid] 12. Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! 13. Taylor Swift - Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? 14. Nils Frahm - You Name It 15. Electric Callboy - We Got The Moves 16. Devin Townsend - PowerNerd 17. Fu Manchu - Dehumanize 18. Porcupine Tree - Halo 19. Sahra Halgan - Sharaf 20. Crow - UPIKO 21. The Streets - Who’s Got The Bag (21st June) 22. Elisapie (feat. The Westerlies) - Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here) 23. Beth Gibbons - Floating On A Moment 24. Liz Lawrence - Big Machine 25. Shawn James - Through the Valley 26. Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes 27. Rónán Ó Snodaigh & Myles O'Reilly - Níl Aon Easpa Orm

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 034 – CHRISTMAS PARTY!

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. In this festive version of the artwork, I am wearing a Santa hat. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 034 – CHRISTMAS PARTY!
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Wham! - Last Christmas 02. The Vamps - Hoping For Snow 03. Marika Hackman - Driving Under Stars 04. Katherine Priddy - Close Season 05. Saint Etienne - No Cure for the Common Christmas 06. Spongebob Squarewave - Hark The Blud Klart Angels Sing 07. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone on Christmas in Montpelier, VT 08. Low - Just Like Christmas 09. Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas 10. Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol 11. Froggy Fresh - Christmas 12. Joseph Spence - Santa Claus is Coming to Town 13. Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden - Fairytale of New York 14. Peter Bellamy - Eddie's Service 15. John Denver - Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) 16. Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa 17. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Please Come Home for Christmas 18. No Doubt - Oi To The World 19. King Diamond - No Presents For Christmas 20. Tenacious D, Sum 41 - Things I Want 21. Sabaton - Christmas Truce 22. The Greedies - A Merry Jingle 23. Shonen Knife - Space Christmas 24. Emmy The Great, Tim Wheeler - Zombie Christmas 25. Dread Zeppelin - All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) 26. Eels - Christmas Is Going To The Dogs 27. Field Music - Home For Christmas 28. Kate Rusby - Glorious 29. Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun 30. Spinal Tap - Christmas With The Devil

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 033 – Literature

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 033 – Literature
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War 02. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Everyday I Write The Book 03. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes 04. MC Tunes, 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites 05. Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins 06. Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ernie Sabella - (I, Don Quixote) 07. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - The Impossible Dream 08. Talking Heads - The Book I Read 09. Crash Test Dummies - Afternoons & Coffeespoons 10. The Real Tuesday Weld - Me and Mr Wolf 11. Broadcast - The Book Lovers 12. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit 13. Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet 14. Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein 15. Kyuss - Odyssey 16. Metallica - Turn The Page 17. Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbird 18. Horslips - Dearg Doom 19. The Cure - Killing An Arab 20. Scars - Your Attention Please 21. Maximo Park - Books From Boxes 22. The Magnetic Fields - The Book of Love 23. The Alan Parsons Project - The Raven 24. Dave Greenslade - Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End 25. Eric Bibb - Turning Pages 26. Iron Maiden - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 032 – Clothing

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 032 – Clothing
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 02. Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 03. Sultans Of Ping F.C. - Where's Me Jumper? 04. Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves 05. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 06. Sugar Pie Desanto - Soulful Dress 07. Ella Fitzgerald - Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails 08. Lord Kitchener - My Wife's Nightie 09. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil 10. RUN DMC - My Adidas 11. Professor Elemental - Fighting Trousers 12. Skeewiff - These Boots Are Made for Walking 13. Taylor Swift - Style 14. Sugababes - Red Dress 15. John Shuttleworth - Fleece the World 16. Billy Connolly - If It Wasnae for Your Wellies 17. Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes 18. Wire - Mr Suit 19. Iron Maiden - Die with Your Boots On 20. The Frank And Walters - Fashion Crisis Hits New York 21. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance 22. John Grant - Black Belt 23. Clannad - Robin (The Hooded Man) 24. Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat 25. Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors 26. Kate Bush - The Red Shoes 27. Neil Diamond - Forever In Blue Jeans 28. Pete Atkin - A Hill of Little Shoes 29. Madness - Baggy Trousers 30. Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes? 31. Underworld & Iggy Pop - Get Your Shirt

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 031 – Food & Drink

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 031 – Food & Drink
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Prince & The New Power Generation - Cream 02. Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One 03. Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1,000,000 04. Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried 05. Dr. Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol 06. The Contours - Do You Love Me 07. Hot Chocolate - Emma 08. Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade 09. Dove Cameron - Breakfast 10. Abdominal and The Obliques - A Brief History of the Chicken Wing 11. Julianna Raye - Dewberry Wine 12. The Handsome Family - So Much Wine 13. Eliza Carthy - Oranges and Seasalt 14. Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl 15. Aerosmith - Eat The Rich 16. Feeder - Tangerine 17. Rammstein - Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit Remix By Pet Shop Boys) 18. System Of A Down - Chic 'N' Stu 19. Skindred - That's My Jam 20. Salad - Drink The Elixir 21. TAD - Jack 22. The Adicts - Chinese Takeaway 23. The Wonder Stuff - A Great Drinker 24. Crowded House - Chocolate Cake 25. Ivor Cutler - Jam 26. Spiers & Boden - Butter & Cheese & All 27. Judy Collins - Bread and Roses 28. Linda Ronstadt - You Go to My Head 29. Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Roast Fish And Cornbread

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 030 – Surprise!

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    #ThePlaylist – 030 – Surprise!
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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Cilla Black - Surprise Surprise 02. The Divine Comedy - Something For The Weekend 03. The Sugarcubes - Hit 04. Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) 05. The KLF - Justified & Ancient 06. Richard Cheese - Chop Suey 07. Tone-Loc - Funky Cold Medina 08. The Kinks - Lola 09. Tiny Topsy - You Shocked Me 10. David Bowie - Where Are We Now? 11. David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away 12. De Dannan - Hey Jude 13. The Hell - Doosh 14. Faith No More - Surprise! You're Dead! 15. Faith No More - From Out of Nowhere 16. Jinjer - Pisces 17. Heapy & Stocko - Photosynthesis 18. Within Temptation feat. Xzibit - And We Run 19. Charlotte Church - How Not To Be Surprised When You're a Ghost 20. Joanna Gruesome - Secret Surprise 21. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 22. Ian Prowse - I Did It for Love 23. Kate Bush - Heads We're Dancing 24. Radiohead - No Surprises 25. San Fermin - Sonsick 26. Tall Dwarfs - Possum Born 27. The Baptist Generals - Ay Distress

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