The Whole Nine Yards Ep 71 5.6.22 ‘Never Out of Dates’ with Roy Stannard​ on Mid Sussex Radio​ 103.8FM.

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Never Out of Dates

On the weekend that we celebrate Our Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee I thought it would be interesting to play some songs with dates in the title and explore why these dates are important. The thing about dates is we don’t know when they might come around again. Music ensures that some dates live forever.r Out of Dare

So we played songs with dates in the title and explored the stories behind the lyrics covering events from WW1 to Tiannamen Square, the assassination of JFK to Prince anticipating 1999 and Bowie writing a song for a 1984 musical that never happened.

Hour One

Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 1995)

New Order – 1963 (Substance 1987)

Passion Pit – Lifted Up (1985) (Kindred 2015)

Television – 1880 Or So (Television 1992)

Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 1998)

Amy MacDonald – 4th of July (Life In A Beautiful Light 2012)

Aimee Mann – 4th of July (Whatever 1993)

Bruce Springsteen – 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle 1973)

Prince – 1999 (1999 1983)

David Bowie – 1984 (Diamond Dogs 1974)

The Sisters of Mercy – 1959 (Floodland 1987)

Beth Orton – 1973 (Kidsticks 2016)

The Decemberists – 12/17/12 (What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World 2015)

Hour Two

Jamala – 1944 (1944 2016)

Kelis – 4th of July (Fireworks) (Flesh Tone 2010)

Estelle – 1980 (The 18th Day 2004)

Ash – True Love 1980 (Single Release Only 2009)

Fleet Foxes – Third of May / Odaigahara (Crack-Up 2017)

Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July (Carrie & Lowell 2015)

Mary Gauthier – March 11, 1962 (The Foundling 2010)

Motörhead – 1916 (1916 1991)

The Zombies – Butcher’s Tale Western Front 1914 (Odessey & Oracle 1968)

Mary Chapin Carpenter – 4 June 1989 (The Age Of Miracles 2010)

Ron Sexsmith – Man at the Gate (1913) (The Last Rider 2017)

Published by Roy Stannard

I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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