The Whole Nine Yards Ep 253 30.11.25 Rock School of Thought with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 253     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 30th November 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Rock School of Thought

This week we move into the mystic where philosophy meets melody – from homespun wisdom to classical reflection, from desert travellers to street prophets. Each song in this journey asks a question or offers an answer: Eddie & the Hot Rods urging freedom, Dylan rolling through existential doubt, Tinariwen tracing nomadic truths, and Van Morrison drifting into mystical rivers. These songs riff on identity, meaning, and the restless search for something greater – whether it’s happiness, faith, or simply the courage to grow up..

Hour One

Eddie & the Hot Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do (Life on the Line 1977)

Elvis Presley – Milkcow Blues Boogie (The Sun Sessions 1956)

Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (Highway 61 Revisited 1965)

Bruce Springsteen – Growing’ Up  (Greetings from Asbury Park N.J. 1973)

Tinariwen – Amassakoul ‘n’ Tenere (The Traveller in the Desert)  (Amassakoul 2004)

David Honeyboy Edwards – Things Gonna Be Alright (Mississippi Delta Bluesman 1997)

Nashville Cast – The World Don’t Owe Me Nothin’ (Nashville Series V 2017)

Catie Curtis – World Don’t Owe Me (A Crash Course in Roses 1999)

David Honeyboy Edwards – Remarks to his Mother 1997) (RS Mix)

Cat Power – Rambin’ (Wo)Man (Jukebox 2008)

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Wolf Among Wolves (Master and Everyone 2010)

Gang of Four – Not Great Men (Entertainment! 1979)

Wishbone Ash – All There Is To Say (Blue Horizon 2014)

Elliott Smith – Ballad of Big Nothing (Either/Or 2014)

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – What I Am (Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars 1988)

Hour Two

Kula Shaker – Tattva (K 1996)

Mumford & Sons – The Cave (Sigh No More 2009)

Van Morrison – You Don’t Pull No Punches, But You Don’t Push The River (Veedon Fleece 1974)

Marillion – Happiness Is The Road (Happiness Is The Road 2008)

The Beach Boys – All This Is That (Carl and the Passions – “So Tough” 1972)

The Police – Spirits In The Material World (Ghost in the Machine 1981)

U2 with A.R. Rahman – Ahimsa (Single release only 2019)

The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Let it Bleed 1969)

The Weeknd – Faith (After Hours 2020)

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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