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  • #ThePlaylist – 127 – Underworld

    #ThePlaylist – 127 – Underworld

    This week's theme-specific artwork, courtesy of Troggie. In it, I'm the Devil with all big horns and that, looking menacingly upwards at the camera. I'm very much in a burning hell, where I belong.
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    #ThePlaylist – 127 – Underworld
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    It’s spoopy season once more, so this week’s theme on #ThePlaylist takes us down to the:

    Underworld

    So will it be two hours of songs about a fictional lingerie factory in Manchester, or something less interesting. Let’s find out…

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. AC/DC - Highway To Hell 02. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 03. Leftfield - Shallow Grave 04. Underworld - King Of Snake 05. Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground 06. Matt Berry - Devil Inside Me 07. Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil 08. Soft Cell - Down in the Subway 09. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Lyre Of Orpheus 10. The Unthanks - The Testimony of Patience Kershaw 11. Ríoghnach Connolly - The Old Miner 12. Myrkur - Himlen Blev Sort 13. Green Lung - Necropolitan Line 14. Beast In Black - Cry Out For A Hero 15. Billy Talent - River Below 16. James - Just Hip 17. The Frank and Walters - Underground 18. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars 19. Lords of the Underground - Keep It Underground 20. Coolio, L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise 21. Satan, The Dark Prince - Up There 22. Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know 23. Scylla - Helen's Face 24. Scowl - Not Hell, Not Heaven 25. Orbital, Tilda Swinton - Deepest 26. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

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  • #ThePlaylist – 126 – The Clap

    #ThePlaylist – 126 – The Clap

    This week's theme-specific artwork, courtesy of Troggie. It's a red pair of hands clapping, over a multi-coloured, psychedelic background.
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    #ThePlaylist – 126 – The Clap
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    Behold this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist, where @MrAndrewD@aus.social wanted to hear your suggestions for songs about:

    The Clap

    Is this about rounds of applause, or the ol’ Val Doonicans? Listen in and find out.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. The Rembrandts - I'll Be There for You 02. Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song 03. The Chats - The Clap 04. Chilly Gonzales - Never Stop 05. Lady Gaga - Applause 06. Taku Iwasaki - Clap Your Hands 07. The Darkness - Growing on Me 08. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap 09. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 10. The Guess Who - Clap For The Wolfman 11. The Blues Brothers - The Old Landmark (feat. James Brown) 12. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy 13. The Meters - Hand Clapping Song 14. Madonna - Take A Bow 15. Massive Attack - Paradise Circus 16. Lawnmower Deth - I Got The Clap And My Knob Fell Off 17. Tom Waits - Clap Hands 18. The Loved Ones - The Loved One 19. Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane 20. Walk off the Earth - Red Hands 21. The Coup - The Magic Clap 22. E‐40 - Yay Area 23. Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano 24. Jimmy Edgar - I Wanna be Your STD 25. Ben Lee - Catch My Disease 26. The Specials - Stereotypes 27. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next 28. The Cure - Burn

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  • #ThePlaylist – 125 – Misconstrued

    #ThePlaylist – 125 – Misconstrued

    This week's theme-specific artwork, courtesy of Troggie. It features a collage of misheard lyrics and their related artists. This includes: Bob Dylan, and the line "The ants are my friends" Paul Young looking at a chunk of meat on a fork with the line: "You take a piece of meat with you" Alanis Morrisette and a cross eyed bear with the line: "The cross-eyed bear that you gave to me" Two guys kissing, with the line: "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" Elton John with Tony Danza and the line: "Hold me Closer Tony Danza" An out of focus picture of an Asian spy, with the line: "Secret Asian Man"
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    #ThePlaylist – 125 – Misconstrued
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    This week on #ThePlaylist

    You know all those tracks where the lyrics say one thing, but people stubbornly refuse to accept them? Well, those songs have been:

    Misconstrued

    We wanted to hear your favourite examples of these, and you didn’t disappoint.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. OutKast - Hey Ya! 02. The La's - There She Goes 03. The Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 04. Prince - Little Red Corvette 05. Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting 06. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA 07. Cold Chisel - Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh 08. The Stranglers - Golden Brown 09. Vance Joy - Riptide 10. Sarah McLachlan - Possession 11. Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 12. Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz 13. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) 14. Lou Reed - Perfect Day 15. System of a Down - Science 16. Faith No More - Epic 17. Body Count - Cop Killer 18. Public Enemy - Don’t Believe the Hype 19. The Killers - Human 20. Daði Freyr - Think About Things 21. P!nk featuring Steven Tyler - Misery 22. Earl Gaines - You Are My Sunshine 23. Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush - Games Without Frontiers 24. The Shins - Phantom Limb 25. R.E.M. - Orange Crush 26. Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life 27. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Smells Like Nirvana

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  • #ThePlaylist – 124 – Horticulture

    #ThePlaylist – 124 – Horticulture

    This week's theme-specific artwork, courtesy of Troggie. It's the Night Garden from the popular BBC kid's TV show, but it also features Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock, and Monty Don. But they're all far more beautiful now, because they have my beardy face.
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    #ThePlaylist – 124 – Horticulture
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    Our theme this week comes courtesy of @losttourist who wanted to hear YOUR favourite songs about:

    Horticulture

    So bust out your little trowels, and grab that foam pad you have to kneel on these days because your knees aren’t what they used to be, and join in the fun.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love 02. The Move - Flowers In The Rain 03. Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down 04. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed 05. Sting - Shape of My Heart 06. Shed Seven - Going for Gold 07. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 08. Forest for the Trees - Dream 09. Flesh Tetris - Rabbits 10. Marv Johnson - I’ll Pick a Rose for My Rose 11. Little Rose Little - You've Got The Love 12. The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall 13. Joyce Grenfell - Maud 14. Max Bygraves - Tulips From Amsterdam 15. Duke Ellington - Passion Flower 16. Dartz - Bush Weed 17. Dune Rats - Scott Green 18. Cypress Hill - Dr. Greenthumb 19. Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope) 20. The Triffids - Wide Open Road 21. Pixies - Cactus 22. Nirvana - Marigold 23. Alan Menken - Grow for Me 24. Foy Vance - Sapling 25. ARGATU' - Foaie Verde-a Bobului (feat. Andreea Niculae) 26. deadmau5 - Pomegranate 27. Collie Buddz - Come Around 28. Mouse on Mars - Albion Rose 29. MF Doom - Saffron 30. Fletcher Sheridan - Let It Grow

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  • #ThePlaylist – 123 – Birthday Numbers One

    #ThePlaylist – 123 – Birthday Numbers One

    This week's theme-specific artwork, which is the late '90s Top of the Pops artwork, but instead it says 'The Playlist'.
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    #ThePlaylist – 123 – Birthday Numbers One
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    On this week’s episode of #ThePlaylist…

    Two weeks ago I admitted the terrible secret of my birth, and the disco banger that heralded it, which has led to wanting to hear your:

    Birthday Number Ones

    We weren’t cruel though, and allowed you to pick from tracks that have attained the summit of Mount Pop on any of your birthdays, be they singles, or from albums. And there are some CRACKERS in the pile.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Donna Summer - I Feel Love 02. Chic - Le Freak 03. M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume 04. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe 05. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' 06. ABBA - Waterloo 07. Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver 08. The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 09. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction 11. T'pau - China In Your Hands 12. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) 13. No Doubt - Don’t Speak 14. Perry Como - Catch a Falling Star 15. The Chi-lites - Oh Girl 16. Skindred - You Got This 17. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 18. Irene Cara - Fame 19. Aqua - Doctor Jones 20. TWICE - What is Love? 21. MC Miker G & Deejay Sven - Holiday Rap 22. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks 23. Pet Shop Boys - Heart 24. Dolores Keane - Lion In A Cage 25. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking 26. Rod Stewart - Baby Jane 27. The Beatles - Get Back 28. Elmore James - Dust My Broom 29. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

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  • #ThePlaylist – 122 – Format Wars

    #ThePlaylist – 122 – Format Wars

    This week's theme specific artwork, courtesy of Troggie. It's a jumbled pile of CDs, MiniDiscs, and cassettes, all brightly coloured. Over them is written "ThePlaylisst"
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    Last week’s theme inspired this week’s, so, from perfect 3 minute 45rpm vinyl to:

    Format Wars

    Do *you* know any songs about wax cylinders, or shellac discs, or MiniDiscs? Listen in, and you just might hear them…

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix) 02. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 03. Deacon Blue - Real gone kid 04. The Gaslight Anthem - 45 05. Reef - Naked 06. NTFS - Burn 4 U 07. Mohinder Kaur Bhamra - Disco Wich Aa 08. The Nonce - Mix Tapes 09. Barry Adamson - Cinematic Soul 10. Imogen Heap - First Train Home 11. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On 12. Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done 13. Radiohead - Videotape 14. Dinosaur Pile-up - Thrash Metal Cassette 15. Creeper - VCR 16. Television Personalities - Part Time Punks 17. Vinyl Stripes - I've Just Seen A Face 18. Lucius - Old Tape (feat. Adam Granduciel) 19. Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club - Video Killed the Radio Star 20. The Buggles - Kid Dynamo 21. Stereophonics - T-Shirt Suntan 22. Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90, Go! 23. Joy Division - Komakino 24. Mama's Boys - Needle In The Groove 25. Tracy Chapman - Talkin' 'bout a Revolution 26. Beth Gibbons - Rewind 27. The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind 28. Feeder - Buck Rogers

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  • #ThePlaylist – 121 – Three Minute (or thereabouts) Pop Bangers

    #ThePlaylist – 121 – Three Minute (or thereabouts) Pop Bangers

    This week's theme specific artwork, which is, quite simply, a three minute countdown timer with lots of ghostly '03:00' behind a big '03:00' in the middle.
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    #ThePlaylist – 121 – Three Minute (or thereabouts) Pop Bangers
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    This week’s theme is:

    Three Minute (or thereabouts) Pop Bangers

    So, very simply, the favourite songs of the Suggestorate that fall into the three minute pop song category. How many of them could charitably be described as ‘pop’ we will leave up to you to decide.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The Selecter - Three minute hero 02. Kelis - Milkshake 03. Yazoo - Don't Go 04. M - Pop Muzik 05. The Jackson 5 - i Want You Back 06. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher 07. Tim Minchin - Three Minute Song 08. The Fauves - Dogs Are The Best People 09. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze 10. Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 11. Emei - Night at the Opera [Explicit] 12. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love 13. Pantelis Pantelidis - Ginete 14. Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai 15. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Horology 16. Amy Winehouse - Love Is a Losing Game 17. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 18. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love 19. The Romantics - What I Like About You 20. Press Club - Tightrope 21. Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love 22. The Beatles - Twist and Shout 23. Sofie Royer - Actress 24. Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers 25. Beastie Boys - Sabotage 26. bis - Kandy Pop 27. Queen - Coming Soon 28. The Beaches - Blame Brett 29. The Scarlet Opera - What Good Is Love 30. Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy 31. Madness - Embarrassment 32. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain 33. Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men 34. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

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  • #ThePlaylist – 120 – Furniture

    #ThePlaylist – 120 – Furniture

    This week's theme specific artwork. It's me, a baldy beardy bloke with glasses, but I'm a grumpy armchair. Obviously.
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    This week we have a theme brought to you by none other than @daveybot, Laird of the Wild Lands Beyond The Wall, who wanted to hear your best songs about:

    Furniture

    So we’ve got two hours of tunes about tables and chairs and ottomans and beds, and armchairs and sofas and that. Or whatever sparked in your brains at seeing the word ‘furniture’.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Furniture - Brilliant Mind 02. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 03. Wolf Alice - The Sofa 04. Wet Leg - Chaise Longue 05. Warmduscher - Top Shelf 06. TV on the Radio - Happy Idiot 07. Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair 08. Victoria Wood - Barry And Freda 09. They Might Be Giants - Bed Bed Bed 10. PJ Harvey - C’mon Billy 11. Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman - Stumblin' In 12. Johnny Cash - Grandfather's Clock 13. Gwen McCrae - Rockin’ Chair 14. Nits - The Bauhaus Chair 15. Daze of June & Hollow Front - Hospital Bed 16. The Twilight Sad - Another Bed 17. bdrmm - It's Just A Bit Of Blood 18. Stray Kids - Back Door 19. Missy Higgins - Futon Couch 20. Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawn Chairs 21. The Weakerthans - Sun In An Empty Room 22. The Cure - Close to Me 23. The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom 24. The Modern Lovers - Government Center 25. Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier 26. Martika - Martika's Kitchen 27. Sub Urban - Cradles 28. Green Day - Basket Case

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  • #ThePlaylist – 119 – Radio Desolation

    #ThePlaylist – 119 – Radio Desolation

    This week's theme specific artwork. My head is laying on the floor of a desolate wasteland. In the mid ground two people are picking though the stony ground. Off in the distance, a Nikola Tesla's huge tower has been repurposed as a radio tower, broadcasting #ThePlaylist and making everything ever worse.
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    #ThePlaylist – 119 – Radio Desolation
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    I bought a t-shirt that made me laugh last week, and, well, @MintSpies decreed that it should be a theme. Therefore it is this week’s theme:

    Radio Desolation

    We asked what that might conjure up in your lightly broken minds, as you trawl your way across an empty wasteland, desperately trying to survive. Or as you watch people doing that from your secure, well-appointed bunker.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire 02. Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere 03. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes 04. Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation 05. Kraftwerk - Radioaktivität 06. Metric - All Comes Crashing 07. Electric Six - Radio Ga Ga 08. The Dears - No Cities Left 09. James - Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) 10. Monty Python - I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio 11. Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is 12. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 13. Emmylou Harris Linda Ronstadt And Dolly Parton - After The Gold Rush 14. My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row 15. Rage Against The Machine - Guerilla Radio 16. Liz Phair - Supernova 17. Bongwater - Great Radio 18. 10,000 Maniacs - Green Children 19. The Whitlams - Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) 20. Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Jingle, Jangle, Jingle 21. Nirvana - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 22. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (original Hib-Tone single) 23. Mark Knopfler - Je Suis Desole 24. Frank Turner - The Road 25. Superheaven - Stare at the Void 26. Linkin Park - Wastelands 27. Nelly Furtado - Shit On The Radio

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  • #ThePlaylist – 118 – Broke. Skint. Strapped. Brassic.

    #ThePlaylist – 118 – Broke. Skint. Strapped. Brassic.

    This week's theme specific artwork, courtesy of @Troggie@beige.party. It's a banking app on a phone, showing an empty account, £0 on the overdraft, and a bunch of failed payments to #ThePlaylist for £1. The owner of that phone is no longer allowed to listen to the show. Povvo.
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    #ThePlaylist – 118 – Broke. Skint. Strapped. Brassic.
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    This week on #ThePlaylist, the theme is brought to you by none other than @swisslet and Dr Caitlin, who want to hear YOUR suggestions about being:

    Broke. Skint. Strapped. Brassic.

    Two hours of tunes about poverty. What could be more cheerful in *this* economy?

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Spın̈al Tap - Gimme Some Money 02. Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want) 03. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar 04. Gwen Guthrie - Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ on but the Rent 05. Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 06. Cut La Roc - Post Punk Progression 07. Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 08. The Smashing Pumpkins - Zero 09. The Brilliant Corners - One Of These Days 10. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get 11. Lindisfarne - Together Forever 12. Seasick Steve - Started out with Nothin 13. Woody Guthrie - Do Re Mi 14. The Streets - Dry Your Eyes 15. A Lazarus Soul - Black & Amber 16. Lankum - What Will We Do When We Have No Money 17. Panic Shack - Meal Deal 18. Dartz - Steal from the Supermarket 19. The Wildhearts - Greetings From Shitsville 20. bbno$ - Burger 21. Gala - Freed From Desire 22. Mathieau Boogaerts - The Price 23. Busdriver - Worlds to Run (feat. Milo & Anderson .Paak) 24. Shinyribs - Poor People's Store 25. O.V. Wright - A Nickel And A Nail 26. Paul Young - Love of the Common People 27. Ian Prowse - My Name Is Dessie Warren 28. Amyl and the Sniffers - Big Dreams 29. Laura Nyro - Poverty Train 30. Flight of the Conchords - Inner City Pressure 31. Wolfsbane - Money to Burn

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