My Radio Show Playlist Diary Saturday 3rd January 2015
My first radio playlist since transferring to Persona-Papers. Each week soon after my broadcasts I present the playlist of recordings aired and a brief summary of the context of their usage on my shows.
The first live show I did for 2015 opened up dramatically with
1 John Williams – The Imperial March – The Empire Strikes Back
2 Billy Joel – Piano Man
I read out a short story of mine with a surprise ending so I played
3Theme from Tales Of The Unexpected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0itlB23fFY
4 Andy Williams – Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
Getting onto the sciences I played
5 Thomas Dolby & Magnus Pyke – She Blinded Me With Science
6 Cerrone – Supernature
I moved on to getting highly excited and highlighted that with these two tunes;
7 Frank Sinatra – Nancy With The Laughing Face
8 Toni Basil – Mickey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ
Discussing the seeking of wisdom & knowledge I played two generations of Seekers tunes;
9 The Seekers – Georgie Girl
10 The New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing
I set a for fun only quiz question relating to the next two bands;
11 New Order – Blue Monday
12 Blur – Country House
Discussing murderous criminal activity I played;
13Tina Turner – It Would Be a Crime
14 Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Murder On The Dance Floor
Talking of accumulating knowledge was a perfect opportunity to play
15 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know
16 Mike Batt & The Wombles – Wombling Free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ2mJPSccvo
My classical corner feature followed with
17 The Bulgarian Voices – Midnight Class
18 The Glynebourne Opera Company – When Britain Really Ruled The Waves (Iolanthe)
Talking of reasons to be unhappy or angry was a chance for
19 Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixy Down
20 Jamie Glover reading Robert Browning’s Home Thoughts From Abroad
21 Clifford T Ward – Home Thoughts From Abroad
I talked about surviving disasters and played tracks by both of the Lennons;
22 Julian Lennon – Saltwater
23 John Lennon – Watching The Wheels
I drew proceedings to a close in typically silly fashion with;
24 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song
A fun show to do and a cool start to the year for me that was well received by listeners I heard from later.
Arthur Chappell
Image Credit » Photo the radio station Myriad studio decks, taken by myself.
Comments
maxeen wrote on January 3, 2015, 6:27 PM
A nice varied choice,how do you choose which artistes to interview ? (Nice to hear that the 2 Lennons were played)
arthurchappell wrote on January 3, 2015, 6:34 PM
I don't interview the artistes maxeen - I play tracks relating to what I talk about - picking tracks by keywords in my text but often avoiding obvious selections
LadyDuck wrote on January 4, 2015, 2:27 AM
Are you conducting a radio show? This is very interesting, I love your playlist.
peachpurple wrote on January 4, 2015, 3:53 AM
are you a radio DJ at home or at work? Cool songs although oldies
arthurchappell wrote on January 4, 2015, 4:44 AM
LadyDuck yes I have a live weekly show on a North Manchester community radio station every Saturday afternoon peachpurple the studio is based at a college about fifteen minutes walk from my house - I do tend to play more oldies though other presenters there do more contemporary music too
WordChazer wrote on January 4, 2015, 7:49 AM
Funny you should have played Cerrone - Supernature. There was an article on him on the Guardian this weekend.
BodieMor wrote on January 6, 2015, 8:22 PM
Great playlist. Do you do an online feed of your show? Or should I say, could you?