The Whole Nine Yards Ep 298
With Roy Stannard
On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM
Sunday 18 October 2026 3-5pm
www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen
Borrowed from the Masters
Classical music has the reputation as sophisticated, symphonic – but separate from modern life. Yet the great composers never really went away. Their melodies, chord progressions and musical ideas still inspire artists across every genre imaginable.
Over the next two hours we’ll hear artists from Stevie Wonder and Procol Harum to Billie Eilish, Muse and RAYE, discovering how centuries-old melodies, harmonies and musical ideas have found new life in pop, rock, folk, dance and electronic music. We’ll uncover the hidden links between the concert hall and the recording studio. From direct adaptations to snippets and samples, these are songs that prove that great music is timeless.
Hour One
Electric Light Orchestra – Roll Over Beethoven (ELO 2 1973)
Billie Eilish – Goldwing (Happier Than Ever 2021)
Raye – Winter Woman (This Music May Contain Hope 2026)
Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers (Sunship remix) (In Person 2000)
Shanice – I Love Your Smile (Inner Child 1991)
Jem – They (Finally Woken 2005)
Stevie Wonder – Pastime Paradise (Songs In The Key Of Life 1976)
The Toys – A Lover’s Concerto (The Toys Sing A Lover’s Concerto and Attack! 1965)
The Mindbenders – A Groovy Kind Of Love (A Groovy Kind Of Love 1966)
Procul Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procul Harum 1967)
Eric Carmen – All By Myself (Eric Carmen 1975)
James Gang – The Bomber (Rides Again 1970)
Hour Two
William Orbit – Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten remix) (1999 + 2005)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Joybringer (Masque: Songs & Planets 1987)
The Farm – All Together Now (Spartacus 1991)
Paul Simon – American Tune (There Goes Rhymin’ Simon 1973)
The Korgis – If I Had You (The Korgis 1979)
The Beach Boys – Lady Lynda (L.A. Light Album 1979)
Weezer – The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn) (Weezer (The Red Album) 2008)
Wishbone Ash – Everybody Needs A Friend (Wishbone Four 1973)
Sting – Russians (Dream of the Blue Turtles 1985)
Yusuf Islam – How Good It Feels (King Of A Land 2023)
Lamb – “Górecki” (Lamb 1997)
