My Radio Boo broadcast (Wednesday 23 December 2015)

Some of my most favorite songs of the period 1995-2015


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22:00-23:00

01. 505 - ARCTIC MONKEYS (LP Favourite Worst Nightmare, 2007)
The song title refers to the number of a hotel room. It's one ot the most popular songs refering to female self-satisfaction ever released (next to ''I Touch Myself '' & ''She Bop'')
Lyrics


02. Are You Afraid? - ROONEY (LP Calling The World, 2007)
DE # 59
The band was named after the principal in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986)
Lyrics


03. Monday Morning 5:19 - RIALTO (LP Rialto, 1997)
UK # 37, NL # 67
Lyrics


04. The Way You Love Me - ARCHIVE feat. SUZANNE WOODER (LP Take My Head, 1999)
Lyrics


05. What's Missing In Your Life - THE ORANGE LIGHTS (LP Life Is Still Beautiful, 2007)
Paul Tucker, the bands songwriter & keyboard player was a member of The Lighthouse Family.
Lyrics


06. Ballad Of A Landlord - TERRY HALL (LP Laugh, 1997)
No Doubt are co-starring in the video.
Terry was the lead vocalist of:
The Specials (1977-81 /  Ghost Town, 1981)
Fun Boy Three (1981-83 / Tunnel Of Love, 1983)
The Colourfield (1984-87 / Castles In the Air, 1984)
Terry, Blair & Anouchka (1989-92 / Missing, 1989)
Lyrics


07. Summerfling - kd lang (LP Invincible Summer, 2000)
The album quotes Albert Camus: ''In the depth of winter, I found there was within me an Invincible Summer and that makes me happy...  For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger - something better, pushing right back''
Lyrics


08. Falling From Grace - THE GENTLE WAVES (LP Swansong For You, 2000)
Artistic pseudonym for Isobel Campbell (former member of Belle & Sebastian)
Lyrics


09. Black Black Heart - DAVID USHER feat. JULIE GALIOS (LP Morning Orbit, 2001)
CH # 45, DE # 82, NL # 87
Former singer of Moist.
The songs chorus samples The Flower Duet (Lakme)  by Leo Delibes (1883)
Julie sings in 2 out of three versions of the song.
A rocking version of the song was recorded with Kim Bingham on vocals.
Lyrics


10. Black Amour - BARRY ADAMSON (LP King Of Nothing Hill, 2002)
Barry released one of the most popular instrumentals of the 00s (Saturn In The Summertime, 1999)
He was a member of:
Magazine
Visage (Fade To Grey, 1980)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Lyrics


11. Juxtapozed With U - SUPER FURRY ANIMALS (LP Rings Around The World, 2001)
Welsh band. Singer Gruff Rhys scored a recent hit with ''American Interior'' (2014)
Lyrics


12. Maybe - BRAINSTORM (LP Online, 2001)
The Latvian band came third in the Eurovision Song Contest of 2000 with ''My Star''.
Lyrics


13. Cantinero De Cuba - BIG BAND HÖTTING feat. SEMINO ROSSI (LP Best Of... 2005)
Cover version of ''Cantinero De Cuba'' by Sergio y Estibaliz (1985)
The above video was created by parts of the film Chico i Rita (2010)
Lyrics


14. Les Courants d'Air- GRAND TOURISM feat. TERRY CALLIER (LP Le Surboomer, 2001)
The song translates ''draft'' in English (ρεύμα αέρα) or as it is used in the song metaphorically ''floating in the air''.
Lyrics



23:00 - 00:00


15. Grumpus - LAMBCHOP (LP Nixon, 2000)
Lyrics


16. Evidence - FAITH NO MORE (LP King For A Day / Fool For A Lifetime, 1995)
UK # 32, AU # 27, NZ # 38, NL # 42
Lyrics


17. The Last Good Day Of The Year - COUSTEAU (single, 1999 / LP Cousteau, 2000)
Lyrics


18. Just To Let You Know - CULTURED PEARLS (LP Space Age Honeymoon, 1997)
Singer Astrid North on Facebook
Lyrics


19. Dance Of The Bad Angels - BOOTH & THE BAD ANGEL (LP Booth & The Bad Angel, 1996)
Tim Booth (lead singer of James) & Angelo Badalamenti
Lyrics 


20. Angel - GAVIN FRIDAY (LP Shag Tobacco, 1995 / OST Romeo & Juliet, 1996)
Former singer of The Virgin Prunes.
Gavin's other known songs: ''I Want To Live'' (1992) & ''You & Me & World War Three'' (1996)
Lyrics


21. Yes Boss - HESS IS MORE (LP Captain Europe, 2006)
Danish musician Mikkel Hess.
Lyrics


22. The Second You Sleep - SAYBIA (LP The Second You Sleep, 2002)
NL # 95
Lyrics


23. Für Hildegard Von Bingen - DEVENDRA BANHART (LP Mala, 2013)
The song refers to the famous German abbess Hildegard Of Bingen (1098-1179)
Lyrics


24. Just Because I Love You - B.C. CAMPLIGHT (LP How To Die In The North, 2015)
Lyrics


25. Suicide - BOBBY GAYLOR (LP Fuzzatonic Scream, 2000)
Lyrics


26. Mosque Of Babur - AXON [SND] feat. did Jer iddi M
The song refers to The Babri Masjid, destroyed in 1992.


27. The Mystery Of Love - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
...what you see in me, I will never know...
Lyrics


28. The Ocean - RICHARD HAWLEY (LP Coles Corner, 2005)
Lyrics