Tag: Music

  • #ThePlaylist – 080 – Ocean

    Artwork for this week's episode of #ThePlaylist. Drawn by Troggie, it's a digital painting of under the sea. Shafts of light are dappled on the sea bed, coming down through the waves below. In the middle is the word "Ocean" with bubbles coming from it.
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    Artwork for this week's episode of #ThePlaylist.

Drawn by Troggie, it's a digital painting of under the sea. Shafts of light are dappled on the sea bed, coming down through the waves below. In the middle is the word "Ocean" with bubbles coming from it.

    Bust out your sextant and chart a course for the deep, dark waters of #ThePlaylist, where our theme this week is:

    Ocean

    Two hours of nautical tunes that are …mostly… about actual oceans.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are:

01. Billy Ocean - Red Light Spells Danger
02. OMD - Sailing on the Seven Seas
03. Cinerama - Pacific
04. Cardiacs - Big Ship
05. Waterboys - This Is The Sea
06. Pogues And The Dubliners - The Irish Rover
07. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
08. Billy Joel - The Downeaster "Alexa"
09. Elle Cordova - Untitled Sea Shanty
10. John Glacier - Ocean Steppin' (ft. Sampha)
11. Ina Wroldsen - Sea
12. Tori Amos - 1000 Oceans
13. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
14. Twin Atlantic - Make A Beast Of Myself
15. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
16. The Frank & Walters - Grand Parade
17. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
18. Hector Zazou feat. Suzanne Vega & John Cale - The Long Voyage
19. Charles Trenet - La mer
20. Donovan - Atlantis
21. Marshmallow - Seabird
22. Mr. Scruff - Ahoy There!
23. Geechi Suede - El QuaPO
24. Underworld - Pearl's Girl
25. Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow-Wipeout
26. Hey Ocean! - Big Blue Wave

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  • #ThePlaylist – 079 – Festival of Lights

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's simply the word 'Light" in front of a sky full of fireworks. The bottom half of the image is a reflection of the top half.
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    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's simply the word 'Light" in front of a sky full of fireworks. The bottom half of the image is a reflection of the top half.

    Look ye to the sky, for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist is kinda sorta about bonfire night and the end of Diwali, but maybe kinda sorta not. The theme is:

    Festival of Lights

    So we’ve built two wonderful hours of music about splody things and lights and that, and it’s all great.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Queen - Flash's Theme
02. Johnny Marr - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
03. The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight
04. Kate Bush - Rocket's Tail
05. Andreas Johnson - Shine
06. Royksopp - What Else Is There (Thin White Duke mix)
07. VÉRITÉ - Colors
08. J Dilla - Lightworks
09. The Go! Team - Flashlight Fight (feat. Chuck D)
10. The Tragically Hip - Fireworks
11. Villagers - A Trick of the Light
12. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
13. Leon Rosselson - Tim Mcguire
14. Explosions in the Sky - Moving On
15. Feuerschwanz - Blinding Lights
16. Biffy Clyro - Tiny Indoor Fireworks
17. Kyuss - Phototropic
18. Lanterns On The Lake - Don't Have Nightmares
19. Dead Can Dance - Carnival of Light
20. Lila Tirando a Violeta - Seeing the Light
21. Knife Party - Bonfire
22. B-52's - Strobe Light
23. Gene - Be My Light, Be My Guide
24. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
25. Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight
26. Lou Reed - White Light, White Heat
27. Elton John - Rocket Man '03

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  • #ThePlaylist – 078 – Haunting

    The artwork for this week's show. It features an image of my massive, ghostly head, hovering over the stairway of an old stately home.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's show.

It features an image of my massive, ghostly head, hovering over the stairway of an old stately home.

    Mind the shivers down your spine, because the theme on #ThePlaylist this week is:

    Haunting

    Two hours of haunting tunes, most of which are about ghosts and ghoulies and that. But not all.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 02. PVRIS - Mirrors 03. SoKo - I'll Kill Her 04. Concrete Blonde - Ghost Of A Texas Ladies Man 05. The Cure - A Forest 06. Sinead O'Connor & Shane Macgowan - Haunted 07. St. Vincent - Slow Disco 08. The Chieftains with Mick Jagger - The Long Black Veil 09. Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party - The lover's ghost 10. Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched on Your Grave 11. Annie Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire 12. Agnes Obel - Aventine 13. Lau - Ghosts 14. Rob Zombie - Dragula 15. Therapy? - Joey 16. The Awakening - Haunting 17. Gerry Cinnamon - Ghost 18. Ella Henderson - Ghost 19. Buraka Som Sistema Afrikan Boy - Eskeleto 20. Shirt - Phantom (Redux) 21. The Wailers - Mr Brown 22. 10CC - I'm Not In Love 23. Peter Knight's Gigspanner - Two Constant Lovers (Live) 24. Hannah Cartwright & Ross Tones - All You Leave Behind 25. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren 26. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

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  • #ThePlaylist – 077 – Science

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, in which Troggie has used a photo of me looking quite mad, staring at a flask of blue liquid that "#ThePlaylist" written on it. On the bench are more flasks with different genres written on them. Behind me are indistinct creatures in tanks.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, in which Troggie has used a photo of me looking quite mad, staring at a flask of blue liquid that "#ThePlaylist" written on it. On the bench are more flasks with different genres written on them. Behind me are indistinct creatures in tanks.

    Don your safety goggles and white lab coats, because this week #ThePlaylist is concerned only with the highest scientific rigour. The theme this week is:

    Science

    Two hours of dangerous bangers for you to enjoy. Just keep them away from sources of ignition.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Girls Aloud - Biology
02. The Pointer Sisters - Neutron dance
03. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
04. Public Service Broadcasting - ROYGBIV
05. Moby - We Are All Made of Stars
06. CHVRCHES - Science/Visions
07. Björk - Human Behaviour
08. They Might Be Giants - Science Is Real
09. They Might Be Giants - Solid Liquid Gas
10. They Might Be Giants - Particle Man
11. They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine?
12. They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
13. Anja Kotar - Anja Kotar - Timekeeper's Secret
14. Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told
15. Coldplay - The Scientist
16. Pixies - Distance equals rate times time
17. We Are The Physics - Goran Ivanisevic
18. Chris Knox - The Uncertainty Principle
19. Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
20. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity
21. Tom Lehrer - The Elements song
22. Mighty Sparrow - Russian Satellite
23. Cut Chemist - Work My Mind
24. LAAKE - ELECTRICITY
25. Landscape - Einstein a Go-Go
26. Eat Static - Science of the Gods
27. The Coup - The Gods of Science
28. Semisonic - Chemistry
29. Hawkwind - Silver Machine
30. GLaDOS - Still Alive

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  • #ThePlaylist – 076 – Duets

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's my head. Twice, facing away from each other, like conjoined twin folks artists.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist.

It's my head. Twice, facing away from each other, like conjoined twin folks artists.

    Break out a second microphone, because this week #ThePlaylist is all about:

    Duets

    Two hours of fine, fine tunes tunes featuring featuring two two singers.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are:

01. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
02. Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds
03. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)
04. Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want
05. Nancy & Frank Sinatra - Something Stupid
06. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine
07. Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Jackson
08. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter
09. Bitter Ruin - Trust
10. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Dinner For Two
11. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
12. Mark Knopfler & James Taylor - Sailing To Philadelphia
13. Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer for Love
14. Emigrate - Get Down (ft. Peaches)
15. Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two
16. FFS - Johnny Delusional
17. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Hanging up My Heart
18. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
19. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
20. Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Ukulele Lady - (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice
21. Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
22. UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe
23. The Beautiful South - A Little Time
24. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
25. Spiritualized - Lord Can You Hear Me

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  • #ThePlaylist – 075 – Samples

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features me, a bearded man, offering a bottle of Vimto to the camera. Behind me, a table covered in other bottles of Vimto, offering samples.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist.

It features me, a bearded man, offering a bottle of Vimto to the camera. Behind me, a table covered in other bottles of Vimto, offering samples.

    Enjoy a tiny paper pot full of #ThePlaylist, because this week’s theme is:

    Samples

    We’ve got two glorious hours of music that samples, and music that has been sampled, all of which has been suggested YOU, the fine folks of the Fediverse. So bust out your spelunking helmets and join us in digging through the rarest of vintage crates.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Chic - Good Times 02. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 03. Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle 04. Al Bowlly & White Town - MYour Woman 05. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 06. Various - The Last Mix 07. Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub 08. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil 09. The Winstons - Amen, Brother 10. Eddie Johns - More Spell On You 11. Labi Siffre - I Got The 12. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back 13. M.I.A. - Born Free 14. The Prodigy - Firestarter 15. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia 16. Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul 17. Public Enemy - Caught, Can We Get A Witness 18. Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin 19. Enigma - Modern Crusaders 20. Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel - Dueling Banjos 21. Camille Yarborough - Take Yo' Praise 22. Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise 23. TomTom Club - Genius of Love 24. The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) 25. Steely Dan - Peg

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  • #ThePlaylist – 074 – Instruments (of pleasure)

    The artwork for this week's show. It's "#ThePlaylist" spelled out in instruments that are roughly the same shape as the letters they represent. In the background, a photo of the Royal Albert Hall.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's show. It's @#ThePlaylist@ spelled ou in instruments that are roughly the same shape as the letters they represent.

In the background, a photo of the Royal Albert Hall.

    Wrap your lips around your horns, and finger your banjo strings, because this week the theme on #ThePlaylist is:

    Instruments (of pleasure)

    And what a pleasure this week’s show is. Who knew that two hours of music about instruments could be so enjoyable? WE DID, THAT’S WHY WE CHOSE THE THEME

    …breathe…

    Enjoy.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 1. Mike Oldfield - The Bell 2. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) 3. The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart 4. Flanders & Swann - Ill Wind 5. Dennis Brain & Morley College Symphony Orchestra - Concerto For Hosepipe And Strings (3rd Movement) 6. Lord Kitchener - Saxophone No. 2 7. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Braggin’ in Brass 8. Black Moon - Two Turntables & A Mic 9. MC Honky - 3 Turntables & 2 Microphones 10. Billy Joel - Piano Man 11. Pete Atkin - Thirty Year Man 12. The Watersons - Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy 13. Portishead - Roads 14. Joyryde Joyryde Joyryde - HOT DRUM 15. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life 16. Man Parrish - Six Simple Synthesizers 17. N.R.G. - Instruments of Destruction 18. Vibrators - Stiff Little Fingers 19. Candy Dulfer - Saxuality 20. The Gift - Love Without Violins feat. Brian Eno 21. The Alice Band - Tambourine song 22. Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark 23. Stereophonics - Violins And Tambourines 24. Blink - Cello 25. B.B. King - My Lucille

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  • #ThePlaylist – 073 – Days become Nights

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a drawing of a crescent moon with twinkling stars, with layers of clouds, all designed to look like they're made from felt.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a drawing of a crescent moon with twinkling stars, with layers of clouds, all designed to look like they're made from felt.

    Rage, rage against the dying of the light with #ThePlaylist, and this week’s theme of:

    Days become Nights

    We intended it to be about the equinox, the nights getting longer, but most of you suggested songs about night and twilight. And honestly, you all understood the assignment better than I did, because these tunes are magnificent.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod 

The songs are: 

01. The KLF - 3 A.M. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.)
02. Selena Gomez, benny blanco - Sunset Blvd
03. Ed Rush vs Tali - Dark Days
04. Commodores - Nightshift
05. Leathers - Day for Night
06. Massive Attack - Hymn of the Big Wheel
07. Breakestra - At The End Of The Day
08. Ice-T - Midnight
09. Keith Hudson - Darkest Night
10. Ella Fitzgerald - A Night in Tunisia
11. Melody Gardot - Your Heart Is as Black as Night
12. Alan Clayson - The Moonlight Skater
13. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
14. Reginald Mobley - Sunset
15. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
16. Pet Shop Boys - In The Night
17. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
18. Jovanotti - Gente Della Notte
19. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
20. Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising
21. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
22. Them - Here Comes the Night
23. Marc Laidlaw - Evening Air
24. R.E.M. - Daysleeper
25. Indigo Girls - Midnight Train To Georgia
26. The Gloaming - Freedom

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  • #ThePlaylist – 072 – International

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist It looks like an old BBC ident screen, featuring a drawing of Earth, with 'INTERNATIONAL' written across it in a very 70s font.
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    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist

It looks like an old BBC ident screen, featuring a drawing of Earth, with 'INTERNATIONAL' written across it in a very 70s font.

    Grab your passports and your tiny bottles of liquid, because this week #ThePlaylist is going:

    International

    Two hours of cromulent bangers, crossing the globe from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (though not necessarily touching down in either country)

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated ipod The songs are: 01. Animaniacs - Yakko's World 02. Fuzzbox - International Rescue 03. Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn 04. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World 05. New Order - World in Motion 06. Sys Bjerre - Hey Vanessa 07. Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out of This Country 08. Japan - Visions Of China 09. Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes 10. Luna - IHOP 11. Tom Waits - Singapore 12. Pekko Kappi - Sonja 13. Daniel Kahn - Ekh lyuli lyuli 14. Billy Bragg - The Internationale 15. The HU - The Trooper 16. The Von Bondies - It Came From Japan 17. La Femme Pandu - Je Vous Jette Dehors 18. Ladytron - International Dateline 19. Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World 20. Think of One - Tirar Onda 21. Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - La Travesia 22. Vaudou Game - Garantie 23. The Beach Boys - Kokomo 24. Stereophonics - Long Way Round 25. Dolly Parton - Travelin' Prayer 26. Mr. Oizo - Toodoo (feat. Carmen Castro) 27. Riit - Qaumajuapik 28. Hamish Hawk - Bridget St. John 29. Daft Punk - Around The World

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  • #ThePlaylist – 071 – School Days

    The artwork for this week's episode, featuring me as a headmaster wearing a mortarboard, looking very stern in front of a blackboard.
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    The artwork for this week's episode, featuring me as a headmaster wearing a mortarboard, looking very stern in front of a blackboard.

    You boy! Don your starchy, new, ill-fitting uniform and pray you’re not late for your first lesson, because the kids are back to school, so we’re celebrating with two hours of the finest tunes about, well, school. And learning.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are:

01. Madness - Baggy Trousers
02. Busted - What I Go to School For
03. The School - I Want You Back
04. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
05. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
06. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
07. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
08. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Schooldays
09. Cat Stevens - (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard
10. Pete Seeger - What Did You Learn In School Today
11. Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
12. Chuck Berry - School Day
13. Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
14. The White Stripes - We're Going to Be Friends
15. Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
16. The Replacements - Fuck School
17. Nirvana - School
18. Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School
19. Nada Surf - Popular
20. U.S. Maple - Breeze, It's Your High School
21. Pulp - Pta
22. Ooberman - Physics Disco
23. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
24. The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
25. The Prodigy - Back 2 Skool
26. Monie Love - Monie In The Middle
27. Jurassic 5 - Lesson 6: The Lecture
28. School Of Rock - School Of Rock

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