The Whole Nine Yards Ep 222 27.4.25 Burnt by the Spotlight with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 222                                                                                              

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 27th April 2025 3-5pm

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

Burnt by the Spotlight

Fame can be both a dream and a heavy burden, especially for musicians whose lives are constantly under public scrutiny. While fame brings admiration, it also invites pressure, loss of privacy, and emotional strain. Many artists have used their music to explore and expose the personal cost of celebrity – writing candidly about the anxiety, isolation, and identity struggles that come with being constantly watched and judged. Through music, the price of fame is often counted, reminding us that beneath the glamour there is often decay.

Hour One

The New Radicals – You Get What You Give (Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too 1998)

Kings of Leon – The Bucket (Aha Shake Heartbreak 2004)

Menswear – Public Image (The Menswear Collection 1995)

Johnny Marr – Sun & Moon (The Messenger 2013)

Yungblud – Weird! (Weird! 2020)

Palma Violets – Hollywood (I Got It) (Danger In The Club 2015)

Future Islands – Through the Roses (The Far Field 2017)

The Ting Tings – Keep Your Head (We Started Nothing 2008)

Just Jack – Starz In Their Eyes (Overtones 2007)

Melanie – Some Day I’ll be A Farmer (Gather Me 1971)

Laura Marling – Wild Fire (Semper Femina 2017)

Aimee Mann – Stranger Into Starman (@#%&*! Smilers 2008)

Aurora – The Seed (A Different Kind of Human, 2019)

Taylor Swift – Nothing New (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) (Red (Taylor’s Version) 2021)

Hour Two

David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (The Next Day 2013)

Jesse Ware – Spotlight (Extended) (What’s Your Pleasure 2020)

Faye Webster – Wanna Quit All The Time (Underdressed At The Symphony 2024)

Elton John – Candle in the Wind (Acoustic Mix 2003) (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973)

Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? (Peter Sarstedt 1969)

Lewis Capaldi – Before You Go (Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, 2019)

Passenger – Whispers (Whispers 2014)

Birdy – Strange Birds (Fire Within 2013)

Dave Matthews Band – #41 (Crash 1996)

The Swell Season – People We Used to Be (The Swell Season 2025

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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