{"id":490,"date":"2025-12-22T21:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=490"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:21:40","slug":"theplaylist-086-the-twelve-days-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/podcast\/theplaylist-086-the-twelve-days-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThePlaylist &#8211; 086 &#8211; The Twelve Days of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An image depicting the 12 days of Christmas. \nThere is:\n1 partridge\n2 turtle doves\n3 hens in striped jumpers and French berets\n4 blackbirds\n5 gold rings\n6 geese\n7 swans\n8 copies of the same image of Mel Giedroyc mimicking the Polish milk maids from Eurovision.\nLegs &amp; co dance troupe from Top of the Pops with an extra copy of two of them so there are 9 and their shirts say \u201cLEGS &amp; Co &amp; Co\u201d.\n10 posh twats in suits jumping in the air. \nA stream of Scottish pipers. \nA LOT of drummers on many kits trying to break some world record.\" class=\"wp-image-493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ROLL UP ROLL UP for this week&#8217;s edition of #ThePlaylist, and the final show of the year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our theme this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yeah, you lot have dug deep and managed to rustle up a whole bunch of songs that are almost about the things from the song. Almost. And a quick look down the running order tells me that only two of the tunes in our massive record bag are Christmas songs. So that could well be a bonus for you.<\/p>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary style=\"text-align: center;\">Click to see the track listing<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-494 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2212-620x1024.png\" alt=\"The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: \n\n01. Frank Kelly - Christmas Countdown\n02. Roachford - Cuddly Toy\n03. Prince And The Revolution - When Doves Cry\n04. Stereolab - French Disco\n05. Fleetwood Mac - Songbird\n06. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold\n07. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay\n08. T. Rex - Ride a White Swan\n09. Kelis - Milkshake\n10. Beyonc\u00e9 - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)\n11. Basement Jaxx - Jump N' Shout\n12. Billie Piper - Because We Want To\n13. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight\n14. The Three Wise Men - Thanks for Christmas\n15. Partners in Kryme - Turtle Power\n16. D'Angelo - Chicken Grease\n17. Telling The Bees - Blackbird (A Crumb For a Song)\n18. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell\n19. Aimee Mann - Goose Snow Cone\n20. Megadeth - Black Swan\n21. Helmet - Milktoast\n22. The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited\n23. Mogwai - The Lord Is Out of Control\n24. The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine\n25. 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