The Whole Nine Yards Ep 170 28.4.24 Angling for Hope with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 170

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 28th April 2024 3-5pm

http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Angling for Hope

Fishing, with its dull, patient anticipation of an exciting catch, is a metaphor for hope, symbolizing our pond larvae belief that the sediment will always be greener on the other side.  Throwing out lines into polluted rivers in the hope that nothing too mutant-like will attach itself to them, reeling in a little peace and quiet, exacting a kind of revenge on the maggots that have consumed the other parts of our life. Always exaggerating our catch with the best of them.

With that in mind, here are some really big songs.

Hour One

Pixies – Ring The Bell (Indie Cindy 2014)

Throwing Muses – Fish (The Season Sessions: Spring 2012)

Pixies – Catfish Kate (Beneath The Eyrie 2019)

King Missile – The Fish That Played the Ponies (Mystical Shit 1990)

Bailter Space – Fish Eye (Tanker 1989)

Headless Chickens – Fish Song (Stunt Clown 1988)

Joe Bonamassa – The Whale that Swallowed Jonah (Dust Bowl 2011)

The Clean – Fish  (Great Sounds Great EP 1982)

B52s – Give Me Back My Man (Wild Planet 1982)

The 3Ds – Fish Tails (Fish Tales EP 1990)

Prince – Dolphin (The Gold Experience 1995)

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Fishing in the Dark (Hold On 1987)

Billy Joel – The Downeaster Alexa (Storm Front 1989)

Hour Two

The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues (Fisherman’s Blues 1988)

Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me (Moondance 1970)

Bow Triplets – The Fisherman (So Do I) (Fair Play to You 2006)

The Imagined Village – Fisherman (Bending the Dark 2012)

Fred Neil – The Dolphins (Fred Neil 1966)

Linda Perhacs – Dolphin (Parallelograms 1970)

Nick Drake – River Man (Five Leaves Left 1969)  

KT Tunstall – The River (Wax 2019)

Beth Nielsen Chapman – Sand and Water  (Sand and Water 1997)

Chris Rea – Gone Fishing (Auberge 1991)

Martyn Joseph – Dolphins Make Me Cry (Being There 1992)

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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