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Angella Dee, Cannonbury. UK.
I dont mind what you play tonight as long as you play the wistfullness when I am in my loverly hot bath tub. I like to keep this Roman tradition evan though the Roman Army left these shores many moons ago! all my love Angella Dee, Cannonbury. UK.

Anne, Chippenham
ahh, this new single surely fits the bill...."We're All In This Together" by Gabby Young and Other Animals, definitely wist!

Jerry in bed in Bedford
Two Steps by Low. It makes me all of a quiver!

Neil, Langtoft
Gid - what's the track playing on your current advert thingy?

KLC - Near Washington DC
That Summer Feeling - Jonathan RichmanHe is all about the wist.

diss labelled, Greater Londinium
absolutely anything by alison krauss is my thing for daydreaming these days

Noz, Bedford
Swollen by Bent always does it for me, and a new discovery, a chap called Brian Eno, with a top drawer slice of library ambience called Sparrowfall (3)

Allan, Glasgow
My picks of the moment would be The Lovers (Rod McKuen version) and Springsister by Pia Fraus a bit of Estonian contemporary shogazing wistfulness

Alan Howie, Chesham UK
The kaleidoscopic "Balloon" from White Flags of Winter Chimneys by Wendy & Lisa then maybe a little Joni? Hejira would be an appropriate song choice

bob Nottingham
really in the mood for betty serveert's 'silent spring'. rip out the seeds and watch it bleed. Bless all the children

DC Mike, Bearwood, Birmingham.
Hello GC. In this world of oily price stress and crunchy credits, let me soothe your ears with the musical joyness of 'Hoppipolla' by Sigur Ros, nestled next to 'Calvary Cross' by Richard Thompson. I would settle for 'No Face, No Name, No Number' by Traffic or 'Vessel In Vain' by Smog. Any combination of these musical masterpieces would render me as weak as a kitten, and of no use to anyone. Thank you for reading this Big G.

John G, Droitwich
You need to check out Mellow Drunk! They live for the wist..

Steve Rees, Richmond Upon Thames, UK
Memserise By Chapterhouse, wistfully shoegaze-ingly lovely. Oh and Overture by The Unbending Trees & Tracy Thorn (because it's gorgeous and the Trees are mates and bloody good!!)

Emerson, NYC
"Twin Falls" by Built to Spill. Has references to elementary school games, moving away from your home town, and a kind of cracked wistfulness

Ben Tucker (recently moved to) amsterdam
a song named 'i could just die' by Earthling used to send me to maryland as a high teenager. i remember it being the first song i put on a compilation tape dubbed 'musical laxitives'. The typography was felt tipped in brown, much like poo. Very clever.

Maria in Hastings
Josef K's "It's Kinda Funny" or The Pale Fountains "Thank you" or The Fire Engines "Shut up and Use It" - all these songs remind me of when I fell for Lawrence Sparey......

Danny, Dundee
I reckon '84 Pontiac Dream by the Boards of Canada is one of the most wist-inducing tunes I've heard in a while - particularly when listened to on a chilly, spring morning whilst walking to the shops for a pint of milk.

Mr Graham Burgess, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent
two Wist Wagon (how many wheels are on it, by the way?) dead-certs have to be "Letter From Spain" by ELO (from their oft-overlooked "Secret Messages" LP of 1983) and "Stoneage Dinosaurs" by Cardiacs (from the "Big Ship" mini-LP circa 1987) which is a rare mellow moment for them but completely wonderful with some awesome synthesized strings, a great sax solo (that's usually an oxymoron) and lyrics that name-check Mr T, Liberace and Peter Glaze who used to be in Crackerjack. CRACKERJACK!

Steve, Leeds
M Ward - 12 string plucker of the highest quality with the finest voice this side of Tom Waits - anything from The Transfiguration of Vincent (his most wistful album) would be perfect

Simon Boniface, Vancouver, Canada.
Ahhhhh well let me see wistful tune for me could be...."This is the Day" by THE THE that piano ending sends me into blissful remeberance of when I was a swagggering young, cool guy dressed entirely in Black, with a chip on my shoulder and my front teeth...

GLenn N. , Cooper CIty. Florida
Whenever I get wisty, I want to hum "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" and "Waterloo Sunset". At least that is what I do in Florida.Thanks

W, Belfast
I recommend Lakes Of Canada by The Innocence Mission for premier wisting...a cloudy day, an unfinished essay, a girlfriend recently moved to Aberystwyth, and recently finding out that my passport has been lost in the post...[sigh]. Wist away, you lost, you lonely, you struggling masses.

Nick, Manila, The Philippines
Last Good Day of the Year by Cousteau if you please, Mr. Coe. It's lush autumnal majesty makes it perfect cargo for the wagon. It hardly gets more magically wistful than this.

gillian morrison, glasgow
as I look out the bedroom window from my sickbed,sob,sob,cough,cough, surrounded by the sunday papers and contemplate the world, I thought Indiana Gregg's new single would be apropriate,"What if God was one of us".Cough,splutter, cough.

Neil - London
Dancing Girl by Terry Callier. Extended soul/folk wist of the highest order. Magic.

Chris, Shrewsbury
Gideons wednesday wist wagon request,as I sit here at work, in the dingy top floor away from the rest of the workers on my solitary mission of cutting papers clips out of documents, I remember my youth and look out the window at the drizzle..and what do I hear? I hear the smoothing sounds of The Smiths singing Suffer Little Childen (preferably from the legendary John Peel sessions), and Grandaddy's brilliant Lost on Yer Merry Way. Those two tracks would be incredible, and would inflict upon everyone listening at least a few wistful moments.Sorry for sending it this way, but at work I cant use email. I'm that low down the ladder.

jackie rowson, london
she's a rainbow, the stonesmystery girl, roy orbisonwistful, yeah, happy and sad, and timeless, loving

Ryan, Liverpool
Anything from Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' would qualify, I think. Especially the title track, or Two Headed Boy. You NEVER hear them on the radio!

John D, Luton
About time we had something by The Shamen; no not the cod-cockney geezer-rap tosh from the later years, I mean the dreamy melancholy psychedelia from the early days. How about Strange Days Dream or Velvet Box.

Kenny Bell, Edinburgh
Dear Mr Coe,some Wist Wagone suggestions:Man of the World by Fleetwood Mac,Thorntree in the Garden by Derek and the Dominoes,Rain by Martin Stephenson and the Daintees.cheersKenny

Paul, Hampton
Wild is the wind - the hours I spent, during my teens, staring out of windows listening to Bowies version. If Cat Power's version had been around, I'd probably still be there!! P.S. Are bat tatoos, inspired by the Bat Cave compilation acceptable?

Laura De Vere Edinburgh
Has to be Scottish singer David Heavenor's song Jenny and the Cold Caller (from Private The Night Visitors) Amazing imagery about space and the wind (cold caller). High octane wist I would say. New listener to your prog since Santa brought be a digital radio.

Adam, West Sussex
I have to say that the Wednesday Wist Wagon is always a welcome mid-week distraction. Indeed, obvious aliteration aside, it always seems to be that at the middle of the week, such as Wednesdays always are, is an ideal time to take a wistful break from the hectic proceedings of a working week, and sit back to enjoy something slightly less-hectic. Keep up the good work Gideon, and to all fellow listeners, keep the wistful suggestions flowing ... my Wednesdays, I fear, would be incomplete without them.

Leigh, Reading
You'll catch you death with door open like that. What were you? Born in a...? Country Mile from Camera Obscura sounds wistalicious to me.

Stax, London W10
Forgive me if I'm confusing my wist whith my whimsy but there's all manner of good wist from the 80s. Billy Bragg's Don't Walk Away Rene is a classic, as is Darkness and Colour by the Railway Children. Then, how about There is a Light by the Smiths? Maybe even the Shop Assistants version of Train To Kansas City. The Style Council's Have You Ever Had it Blue. *Proper wist*! I could go on, and probably will, but not today. Keep up the good work!

Jan Lovell - Chatham
Can I have The Promise by Yracy Chapman played on next week's Wist Wagon please?

Adrian Brown, Pimlico
I was recently browsing the vinyl stored lovingly in my Dad's loft. (Look, I've offered to have the loft floor reinforced.) Reminded of a whole bundle of wist from back in the days before I left for London (and shortly after I arrived) I found the eponymous 1000 Violins and Fantastic Something's "If she doesn't smile it'll rain" Top Trumps in the game of Wist, I am sure. But unsurprising as it was to find the first two Aha albums, I have to say "The Soft Rains of April" brought home the Wist. Of course, my fondness of Thereza Bazar may have been dullened by that show where they went to America with some old pop stars, and Sonia, but I still enjoyed raiding the 7" box for "Give Me Back My Heart" (aka a Wistful of Dollar). Let the Wist Wagon keep on rolling!

olly st mary cray
how long are you staying on the wagon?

Sheila, Nottingham
Gideon fits so well into the above vision of a Haywane - I wonder what he's pondering in that thar barn??