The Chain is our never-ending list of records, with every new track somehow connected to the last.
On each of their Radio 2 shows, Stuart and Mark played three records and discussed the connections that link them.
You can follow the whole Chain by clicking through the links below.
2966. COMMODORES - MACHINE GUN
^ Another machine gun link...
2965. PORTISHEAD - MACHINE GUN
^ A machine gun link...
2964. THE CRAMPS - BIKINI GIRLS WITH MACHINE GUNS
^ If you go to the beach on a sunny day you might see girls in bikinis, so...
2963. THE BEACH BOYS - I CAN HEAR MUSIC
^ Hawaii is known for surfing and beaches so to The Beach Boys...
2962. FRIENDLY FIRES - HAWAIIAN AIR
^ From flaming to fires...
2961. THE FLAMING LIPS - JETS PART 2 (MY TWO DAYS AS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER)
^ If you need help then you might need an ambulance...
2960. THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - SOMEBODY HELP ME
^ A Spencer link...
2959. JOHN MARTYN - SPENCER THE ROVER
^ Kaiser was the nickname of Franz Beckenbauer, he was born on September 11th, as was John Martyn...
2958. KAISER CHIEFS - RUBY
^ Justin Haywood from The Moody Blues was in the original production of Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds, Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs is going to perform in the 2012 version...
2957. THE MOODY BLUES - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
^ From black to white...
2956. ANNA CALVI - BLACKOUT
^ 'What's Next To The Moon' is on the album 'Powerage', so to power outage which is another term for a blackout...
2955. AC/DC - WHAT'S NEXT TO THE MOON
^ From KC to Casey Jones who is name checked in 'What's Next To The Moon' also a sunshine/moon link...
2954. KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND - GET DOWN TONIGHT
^ A get down link...
2953. SLADE - GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT
^ From The Smiths 'Strangeways, Here We Come' to another prison, Slade, the fictional prison from the TV series 'Porridge'...
2952. THE SMITHS - I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH
^ The opening line to 'Cellphone's Dead' is "Strange ways coming today" which leads to The Smiths' album 'Strangeways, Here We Come' and this track from it...
2951. BECK - CELLPHONE'S DEAD
^ From 'Fanfare' to 'The Horrible Fanfare' by Beck which samples another of Beck’s songs 'Cellphone's Dead'...
2950. ERIC MATTHEWS - FANFARE
^ From 'Redemption Song' to another song, 'Fanfare'...
2949. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - REDEMPTION SONG
^ From whale to the wailers...
2948. NOAH AND THE WHALE - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
^ Double Link: Seal sang on 'Killer,' so a sea mammal link: from seal to whale. And 'Killer' is a type of whale, so to Noah & The Whale...
2947. ADAMSKI - KILLER
^ From The Kills to 'Killer'...
2946. THE KILLS - CHEAP AND CHEERFUL
^ From 'Burning The Midnight Lamp' to the album 'Midnight Boom' and this song from it...
2945. THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - BURNING THE MIDNIGHT LAMP
^ A burning link...
2944. ROXY MUSIC - BOTH ENDS BURNING
^ 'Krafty' was on the album 'Waiting For The Sirens' Call' so to the album 'Siren' and this track from it...
2943. NEW ORDER - KRAFTY
^ A kraft link...
2942. KRAFTWERK - ANTENNA
^ Double link: From 'Radio' to 'Radio-Activity', the album that this track is on. Also, radios usually have antennas...
2941. TEENAGE FANCLUB - RADIO
^ Ladykillers is on the album 'Lovelife', which leads to Gerard Love of Teenage Fanclub...
2940. LUSH - LADYKILLERS
^ Double link: Girlfriends are usually ladies and 'Ladykillers 'contains the line "Come and meet my girlfriend"...
2939. THE MODERN LOVERS - GIRLFRIEND
^ From The Dandy Warhols to Andy Warhol and to the song 'Pablo Picasso' from the album 'The Modern Lovers'. And here's another track from that album...
2938. THE DANDY WARHOLS - NOT IF YOU WERE THE LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH
^ If you take 'Heroin' regularly then you're a junkie...
2937. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - HEROIN
^ 'Give It Up' is what people often say to people on 'Heroin'...
2936. TALK TALK - GIVE IT UP
^ Eddie Hollis once managed Eddie & The Hot Rods, his brother Mark Hollis, was in Talk Talk...
2935. EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS - TEENAGE DEPRESSION
^ A depression link...
2934. JIMI HENDRIX - MANIC DEPRESSION
^ A manic link...
2933. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - EVERYTHING MUST GO
^ From sails to the sales and 'Everything Must Go'...
2932. DAVID BOWIE - RED SAILS
^ A ship will often have a sail...
2931. BE BOP DELUXE - SHIPS IN THE NIGHT
^ To cross the sea you'll need a ship...
2930. DOVES - SEA SONG
^ A dove link...
2929. MADNESS - WINGS OF A DOVE
^ A hooker is rugby position as is a wing, which leads to 'Wings Of A Dove'...
2928. JOHN LEE HOOKER - THIS IS HIP
^ A hip link...
2927. LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS - FROM THE HIP
^ From elbow to hip...
2926. ELBOW - FORGET MYSELF
^ The Flaming Lips played Jodrell Bank Observatory in 2011, Elbow are due to play it in 2012...
2925. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS FEAT. THE FLAMING LIPS - THE GOLDEN PATH
^ From pavement to path...
2924. HEAVEN 17 - PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT
^ Double link: A number link, from 14 to 17. And from street to pavement...
2923. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - 14TH STREET
^ After 13th comes 14th...
2922. 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME
^ If you need to get out of the basement you should get into an elevator...
2921. BASEMENT JAXX - WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT?
^ A double X link: Foxx to Jaxx...
2920. JOHN FOXX - UNDERPASS
^ From tunnel to underpass...
2919. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - TUNNEL OF LOVE
^ Double Link: A Rollercoaster and a Tunnel of Love would both be found at a fairground, also a love link...
2918. OHIO PLAYERS - LOVE ROLLERCOASTER
^ Devo are from Ohio, which leads to the Ohio Players...
2917. DEVO - UNCONTROLLABLE URGE
^ From the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!" which are the opening lyrics to 'Uncontrollable Urge'...
2916. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - ZERO
^ From 'Buy Nothing Day' to nothing which is another word for zero...
2915. THE GO! TEAM - BUY NOTHING DAY
^ A go link...
2914. THE GO-BETWEENS - CATTLE AND CANE
^ The Church are from Australia as are The Go-Betweens...
2913. THE CHURCH - UNDER THE MILKY WAY
^ From 'Starfish & Coffee' to the album 'Starfish' from which 'Under The Milky Way' is from...
2912. PRINCE - STARFISH AND COFFEE
^ A regal link: from King to Prince...
2911. CAROLE KING - I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
^ From Inspiral Carpets to 'Tapesty' by Carole King, the album from which this track is from...
2910. INSPIRAL CARPETS- FIND OUT WHY
^ If 'He Doesn't Know Why' he should 'Find Out Why'...
2909. FLEET FOXES - HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY
^ Sly is a word commonly associated with foxes, so to Fleet Foxes...
2908. SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - STAND!
^ A mother is a member of a family, so to Sly & The Family Stone...
2907. PINK FLOYD - MOTHER
^ A mother link...
2906. JETHRO TULL - MOTHER GOOSE
^ A bird link: from Doves to goose...
2905. DOVES - CAUGHT BY THE RIVER
^ A river link...
2904. JOHNNY CASH - BIG RIVER
^ The Nile is a Big River...
2903. THE BLUE NILE - EASTER PARADE
^ From pageant to parade...
2902. THE FELICE BROTHERS - FIRE AT THE PAGEANT
^ A fire link...
2901. DEEP PURPLE - FIREBALL
^ The sun is a giant fireball...
2900. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - SETTING SUN
^ A setting sun link...
2899. FYFE DANGERFIELD - FASTER THAN THE SETTING SUN
^ 'Place To Be' is on the album 'Pink Moon', so from moon to sun and 'Faster Than The Setting Sun'...
2898. NICK DRAKE - PLACE TO BE
^ A place link...
2897. RADIOHEAD - JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
^ A fall/falling link...
2896. R.E.M. - FALL ON ME
^ Natalie Merchant from 10,000 Maniacs recorded several songs with Michael Stipe of R.E.M....
2895. 10,000 MANIACS - TROUBLE ME
^ Morrissey has a song called' Trouble Loves Me' which leads to 'Trouble Me'...
2894. MORRISSEY - YOU HAVE KILLED ME
^ Tony Visconti produced David Bowie's 'Low' and also Morrissey's 'Ringleader Of The Tormentors' from which this track is from...
2893. DAVID BOWIE - SUBTERRANEANS
^ Double link: 'Sub-Culture' is on the album 'Low-Life', 'Subterraneans' is on the album 'Low' so a low link. Plus a sub link...
2892. NEW ORDER - SUB-CULTURE
^ From Daft Punk, to punk, which is a type of sub-culture...
2891. DAFT PUNK - AROUND THE WORLD
^ A punk link...
2890. THE RAMONES - JUDY IS A PUNK
^ 'Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard' was on The Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack, as was...
2889. PAUL SIMON - ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD
^ From Julia to Julio...
2888. THE BEATLES - JULIA
^ 'Ocean Spray' was written about James Dean Bradfield's mother, so to 'Julia' which was written about John Lennon's mother...
2887. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - OCEAN SPRAY
^ An ocean link...
2886. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - OCEAN RAIN
^ Sailors sail on the ocean...
2885. THE GADSDENS - SAILOR BOY
^ The lyrics to 'Sister Europe' include the line 'The sailors drown', so to 'Sailor Boy'...
2884. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS - SISTER EUROPE
^ A sister link...
2883. THE SMITHS - SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER
^ Billy Bragg is a famous protest singer. The song 'Shakespeare's Sister' contains the lyrics: "Then it meant that you were a protest singer"...
2882. BILLY BRAGG - WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARDS
^ The Little Red Book was a book of quotations by Chairman Mao. He had a five-year plan called 'The Great Leap Forward' which leads to 'Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards'...
2881. LOVE - MY LITTLE RED BOOK
^ A love link...
2880. THE SONICS - HAVE LOVE, WILL TRAVEL
^ A sonic link...
2879. WESTWORLD - SONIC BOOM BOY
^ Double Link: A West link and a boys/boy link...
2878. PET SHOP BOYS - GO WEST
^ 'Five Years' is on Bowie's album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'. On the cover of that album is a sign reading 'K West,' which leads to 'Go West'...
2877. DAVID BOWIE - FIVE YEARS
^ Michael Jackson was in the Jackson 5, which leads to Five Years...
2876. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER
^ The Doors were named after Aldous Huxley's novel 'The Doors Of Perception'. It's a drug-fueled novel, as is Thomas De Quincey's 'Confessions Of An English Opium-Eater'. Quincy Jones produced Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'...
2875. THE DOORS - THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO AND THE BIG BEAT)
^ From a bee to a wasp...
2874. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - ANT MAN BEE
^ From 'Country Honey' to 'Ant Man Bee'. Honey is made by bees...
2873. T. REX - COUNTRY HONEY
^ A double link: A country link and at the end of 'Black Country Rock', Bowie does an impression of T Rex's Marc Bolan...
2872. DAVID BOWIE - BLACK COUNTRY ROCK
^ Pop Will Eat Itself were from Stourbridge in the Black Country which leads to 'Black Country Rock'...
2871. POP WILL EAT ITSELF - THERE IS NO LOVE BETWEEN US ANYMORE
^ A box link: From 'Glory Box' to 'Box Frenzy', an album by Pop Will Eat Itself from which this song is from...
2870. PORTISHEAD - GLORY BOX
^ A glory link...
2869. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - GLORY DAYS
^ Nostalgia is a yearning for so called 'Glory Days'...
2868. BUZZCOCKS - NOSTALGIA
^ Kenickie rhymes with hickey, which is another word for love bite. 'Nostalgia' is on the album 'Love Bites'...
2867. KENICKIE - PUNKA
^ An anagram of 'A-Punk' is 'Punka'...
2866. VAMPIRE WEEKEND - A-PUNK
^ Buffy is a famous vampire slayer, which leads to Vampire Weekend...
2865. BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - SOLDIER BLUE
^ Double link: Neil Young is Canadian as is Buffy Sainte-Marie. Pocahontas was a Native American as is Buffy Sainte-Marie...
2864. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - POCAHONTAS
^ Apache is a collective term for several groups of Native Americans. A famous Native American was Pocahontas...
2863. MICHAEL VINER'S INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND - APACHE
^ From Siouxsie to Sioux who are a Native American people, which leads to Apache...
2862. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - THE KILLING JAR
^ Copenhagen is the setting for the TV show 'The Killing'. Which leads to 'The Killing Jar'...
2861. SCOTT WALKER - COPENHAGEN
^ The Cardigans are from Malmö. The Øresund Bridge connects Malmö to Copenhagen...
2860. THE CARDIGANS - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
^ A Sabbath link...
2859. BLACK SABBATH - IRON MAN
^ Hollywood is an area of Birmingham and so is Aston, where Black Sabbath hail from...
2858. SUEDE - THIS HOLLYWOOD LIFE
^ At Weezer's first gig they supported Dogstar who are Keanu Reeves' band. Reeves is a famous Hollywood actor which leads to...
2857. WEEZER - UNDONE - THE SWEATER SONG
^ From cardigans to sweater...
2856. THE CARDIGANS - MY FAVOURITE GAME
^ The Wannadies are Swedish as are The Cardigans...
2855. WANNADIES - YOU AND ME SONG
^ A you and me link...from 'Every You Every Me' to 'You And Me Song'...
2854. PLACEBO - EVERY YOU EVERY ME
^ 'Flash Light' was on the album 'Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome' which links to Placebo...
2853. PARLIAMENT - FLASH LIGHT
^ From 'Da Funk' to P-Funk and Parliament...
2852. DAFT PUNK - DA FUNK
^ LCD Soundsystem had a single called 'Daft Punk Are Playing At My House'...
2851. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - ALL MY FRIENDS
^ A friends link...
2850. BUZZCOCKS - FRIENDS OF MINE
^ From 'Friends' to 'Friends Of Mine'...
2849. THE BEACH BOYS - FRIENDS
^ From The Enemy to 'Friends'...
2848. THE ENEMY - WE'LL LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TOWNS
^ Double link: From Townes to towns and a die link...
2847. TOWNES VAN ZANDT - WAITING AROUND TO DIE
^ From Waits to waiting...
2846. TOM WAITS - DOWN, DOWN, DOWN
^ A down link...
2845. NEIL YOUNG - DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN
^ A young link...
2844. CANDI STATON - YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE
^ From Candy to Candi...
2843. IGGY POP - CANDY
^ Sufjan Stevens is from Michigan, as is Iggy Pop...
2842. SUFJAN STEVENS - FUTILE DEVICES
^ A devices link...
2841. PET SHOP BOYS - LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
^ Trevor Horn from The Art Of Noise also produced 'Left To My Own Devices'...
2840. ART OF NOISE - CLOSE (TO THE EDIT)
^ The Prodigy sampled Art Of Noise's 'Close (To The Edit)' in their song 'Firestarter'...
2839. THE PRODIGY - OUT OF SPACE
^ Max Romeo was sampled by The Prodigy in 'Out Of Space'...
2838. MAX ROMEO & THE UPSETTERS - WAR INA BABYLON
^A river link! From a river to the rivers of Babylon...
2837. PREFAB SPROUT - MOVING THE RIVER
^ 'Jackson' contains the lyric 'We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout' so to Prefab Sprout...
2836. NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZELWOOD - JACKSON
^ Captain's album is called 'This Is Hazelville' which links to Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood...
2835. CAPTAIN - BROKE
^ A captain link...
2834. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - SURE 'NUFF 'N YES I DO
^ From milkshake to the 'Safe As Milk' album and this track is from it...
2833. KELIS - MILKSHAKE
^ Yazoo is a popular brand of milkshake...
2832. YAZOO - DON'T GO
^ A go link...
2831. THE GO! TEAM - BOTTLE ROCKET
^ From 'Thunders' to lightning and the album 'Thunder, Lightning, Strike' which contains this song...
2830. JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS - BORN TO LOSE
^ From 'Sexy M. F. ' to the album 'L. A. M. F.' by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. The M. F. in both cases stands for the same thing...
2829. PRINCE - SEXY M.F.
^ From 'Hot Love' to sexy...
2828. T.REX - HOT LOVE
^ Fires are hot...
2827. KASABIAN - FIRE
^ A fire link...
2826. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - I'M ON FIRE
^ From burn to fire...
2825. THE CURE - BURN
^ Carrion is a type of crow which leads to 'The Crow' film. And from that soundtrack is...
2824. BRITISH SEA POWER - CARRION
^ 'Towers of London' is on the album 'Black Sea', so a sea link...
2823. XTC - TOWERS OF LONDON
^ 'I'm So Tired' mentions Walter Raleigh who was imprisoned in the Tower of London for thirteen years...
2822. THE BEATLES - I'M SO TIRED
^ Beach House are from Nacka. So from Nacka to nackered to 'I'm So Tired'...
2821. THOSE DANCING DAYS - THOSE DANCING DAYS
^ A dancing days link...
2820. LED ZEPPELIN - DANCING DAYS
^ A dancing link...
2819. GENERATION X - DANCING WITH MYSELF
^ From lazy to idle and from idle to idol. Which leads to Billy Idol who was in Generation X...
2818. HAPPY MONDAYS - LAZYITIS
^ Ohio Players were famous for their risqué album covers. Happy Mondays' album 'Bummed' features a naked woman on the inside cover and 'Lazyitis' is from it...
2817. OHIO PLAYERS - FIRE
^ An Ohio link...
2816. THE NATIONAL - BLOODBUZZ OHIO
^ A buzz link...
2815. WIRE - EARDRUM BUZZ
^ Nicky Wire is in the Manic Street Preachers so, staying with Wire...
2814. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - YOUR LOVE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH
^ A Camp features the vocals of Nina Persson, as does the next song...
2813. A CAMP - I CAN BUY YOU
^ From A House to A Camp...
2812. A HOUSE - ENDLESS ART
^ A house link...
2811. RADIOHEAD - HOUSE OF CARDS
^ From Prefab Sprout to prefab housing to ‘House Of Cards’...
2810. PREFAB SPROUT - THE KING OF ROCK'N'ROLL
^ A rock and roll link...
2809. CHUCK BERRY - ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
^ Chuck D is in Public Enemy which leads neatly to Chuck Berry...
2808. PUBLIC ENEMY - DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE
^ From Gruff Rhys to Professor Griff of Public Enemy...
2807. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - ICE HOCKEY HAIR
^ Double link: In an arcade you might find an air hockey table which leads to ice hockey. Arcade Fire are Canadian and ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada...
2806. ARCADE FIRE - THE SUBURBS
^ A suburbs link...
2805. BEN FOLDS - ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS
^ From suburbia to the suburbs...
2804. PET SHOP BOYS - SUBURBIA
^ Actor David Tennant - who plays Dr Who in the BBC series - took his name from Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys ...
2803. BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP - DR WHO THEME
^ Sticking with Delia ... a famous Delia (Derbyshire) wrote this tune ...
2802: JOHNNY CASH - DELIA’S GONE
- Daddy’s Gone ... now so has Delia!
2801. GLASVEGAS - DADDY'S GONE
^ Cocteau Twins had an album called ‘Heaven Or Las Vegas’, so staying with vegas...
2800. COCTEAU TWINS - BLUE BELL KNOLL
^ From one geographical feature (a dell) to another (a knoll)...
2799. THE DELLS - THERE IS
^ From The Shondells to The Dells...
2798. TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
^ A James link...
2797. JAMES - SAY SOMETHING
^ A double link: a say link and a Manchester band link...
2796. OASIS - SOME MIGHT SAY
^ Inspiral Carpet's roadie in 1988 was Noel Gallagher who was in Oasis...
2795. INSPIRAL CARPETS - JOE
^ A Joe link...
2794. JOE GODDARD FEAT. VALENTINA - GABRIEL
^ A Gabriel link...
2793. LAMB - GABRIEL
^ A lamb link...
2792. LAMBCHOP - UP WITH PEOPLE
^ Broadcast's 'Come On Let's Go' is on the album 'The Noise Made By People'. So a people link to 'Up With People'...
2791. BROADCAST - COME ON LET'S GO
^ A 'Come On' link...
2790. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - COME ON EILEEN
^ The National's 'England' contains the lyric 'Someone send a runner through the weather' which leads to Dexys Midnight Runners...
2789. THE NATIONAL - ENGLAND
^ Prefab Sprout features the McAloon brothers, The National features two sets of twin brothers...
2788. PREFAB SPROUT - LIONS IN MY OWN GARDEN (EXIT SOMEONE)
^ 'Mandinka' is on an album called 'The Lion & The Cobra', so to 'Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)'...
2787. SINEAD O'CONNOR - MANDINKA
^ Mike Joyce drummed in The Smiths, he also drummed on this track...
2786. THE SMITHS - THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE
^ KORT features Kurt Wagner from Lambchop. Lamb is a type of meat and that leads to 'Meat Is Murder' from which this song is from...
2785. KORT - PICKIN' WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES
^ Kurt Cobain went out with Courtney Love. Kurt Wagner and Cortney Tidwell are in KORT...
2784. NIRVANA - LITHIUM
^ E.M.I. is on an album with the word 'Nevermind' in the title and this song is on the album 'Nevermind'...
2783. THE SEX PISTOLS - E.M.I.
^ Tracey Thorne was the guest vocalist on 'Protection'. Thorn electronics merged with EMI in 1979...
2782. MASSIVE ATTACK - PROTECTION
^ From Tracy Chapman to Tracey Thorne who sings on this track...
2781. TRACY CHAPMAN - TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION
^ A revolution link...
2780. THE WILD SWANS - REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT
^ Ian McNabb was in The Icicle Works and also The Wild Swans...
2779. THE ICICLE WORKS - UNDERSTANDING JANE
^ A Jane link...
2778. BOB DYLAN - QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY
^ The last track, Sigourney Weaver, was from the album 'Queen Of Denmark'. So, a queen link...
2777. JOHN GRANT - SIGOURNEY WEAVER
^ From Gorillaz to 'Gorillas In The Mist', a film that starred Sigourney Weaver...
2776. GORILLAZ - ON MELANCHOLY HILL
^ Badly Drawn Boy is named after a character in the cartoon 'Sam and his Magic Ball'. The Gorillaz are a cartoon band...
2775. BADLY DRAWN BOY - SILENT SIGH
^ From Damon Albarn to Damon Gough AKA Badly Drawn Boy...
2774. BLUR - FOR TOMORROW
^ From The Modern Lovers to 'Modern Life Is Rubbish', the album that this song is taken from...
2773. JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS - HOSPITAL
^ From 'Song of a Baker' to 'Hospital' which contains the lyric "I go to bakeries all day long"...
2772. SMALL FACES - SONG OF A BAKER
^ A faces link...
2771. THE FACES - POOL HALL RICHARD
^ From face to faces...
2770. NEW ORDER - YOUR SILENT FACE
^ From silence to silent...
2769. STARSAILOR - SILENCE IS EASY
^ Tim Buckley had an album called 'Starsailor'...
2768. TIM BUCKLEY - BUZZIN' FLY
^ From one flying creature to another...
2767. BE BOP DELUXE - SISTER SEAGULL
^ From guillemots to another sea bird...
2766. GUILLEMOTS - WE'RE HERE
^ The last track was from the album 'A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window' so staying with the window theme, here’s a song from Guillemots' album 'Through The Windowpane'
2765. CARDIACS - IS THIS THE LIFE
^ There are two brothers in The Kinks, as there are in the Cardiacs
2764. THE KINKS - HOLLOWAY JAIL
^ The last song was from the album ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’ - Strangeways is a jail, so...
2763. THE SMITHS - GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
^ A coma link...
2762. MASSIVE ATTACK - KARMACOMA
^ A karma link...
2761. RADIOHEAD - KARMA POLICE
^ A Commodore 64 was a computer, so to a track from Radiohead's 'OK Computer' album...
2760. COMMODORES - BRICK HOUSE
^ From haus to house...
2759. BAUHAUS - BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD
^ From Wonder Stuff to a band that was on the label 'Small Wonder Records'...
2758. THE WONDER STUFF - IT'S YER MONEY I'M AFTER BABY
^ Staying with the money theme...
2757. FUNKADELIC - FUNKY DOLLAR BILL
^ Iron Maiden's mascot is called Eddie The Head. Eddie Hazel was the guitarist in Funkadelic...
2756. IRON MAIDEN - CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS
^ From Seine to sane. The opposite of sane is madness...
2755. THE STYLE COUNCIL - DOWN TO THE SEINE
^ A famous river is the Seine...
2754. ALISON KRAUSS - DOWN TO THE RIVER
^ You might find muddy waters in a river...
2753. MUDDY WATERS - GOT MY MOJO WORKIN'
^ The Doors' Jim Morrison used an anagram of his name 'Mr Mojo Risin' in the lyrics of another Doors track... so, staying with mojo...
2752. THE DOORS - FIVE TO ONE
^ A five link...
2751. MC5 - RAMBLIN' ROSE
^ From UMC to MC5...
2750. THE UMC'S - ONE TO GROW ON
^ From growin' to grow...
2749. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - GROWIN' UP
^ A double link: An up link... and from Radiohead's 'Sit Down, Stand Up' to Springsteen's 'Growin' Up' which contains the lyric "but when they said, 'Sit down,' I stood up"...
2748. RADIOHEAD - SIT DOWN, STAND UP
^ From sittin' to sit...
2747. FREDDIE KING - SITTIN' ON THE BOAT DOCK
^ A boat link...
2746. KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - BOAT BEHIND
^ If you're seasick, you're probably on a boat...
2745. SEASICK STEVE - WHISKY BALLAD
^ A still is used to distill alcoholic beverages such as whisky...
2744. THE STILLS - CHANGES ARE NO GOOD
^ Another change link...
2743. BOB DYLAN - THINGS HAVE CHANGED
^ A change link...
2742. OTIS REDDING - A CHANGE GONNA COME
^ Linda Womack's father is Sam Cooke who wrote the next song...
2741. WOMACK & WOMACK - TEARDROPS
^ Julian Cope formed the band The Teardrop Explodes, so staying with teardrops...
2740. JULIAN COPE - UPWARDS AT 45 DEGREES
^ From pentangle to angle, which might be at 45 degrees...
2739. PENTANGLE - LIGHT FLIGHT
^ From Jackie Wilson to Jacqui McShee who is the lead singer of Pentangle...
2738. JACKIE WILSON - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
^ Cream is poured onto puddings which are sweet...
2737. CREAM - POLITICIAN
^ From parliament to poltician...
2736. PARLIAMENT - TEAR THE ROOF OF THE SUCKER (GIVE UP THE FUNK)
^ From government to parliament...
2735. JAMES - GOVERNMENT WALLS
^ Staying with walls...
2734. THE STYLE COUNCIL - WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN
^ The line 'public enemies number 10' features in the lyrics of the next song...
2733. PUBLIC ENEMY - BRING THE NOISE
^ Tricky covered 'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos' by Public Enemy which is on their album 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'. And here's another song from that album...
2732. TRICKY FEAT. PJ HARVEY - BROKEN HOMES
^ 'Angels With Dirty Faces' is also the name of a Tricky album which 'Broken Homes' is on...
2731. SHAM 69 - ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
^ '2HB' was about Humprey Bogart who appeared in a film called 'Angels With Dirty Faces'...
2730. ROXY MUSIC - 2HB
^ The B-side to 'Ceremony' is 'In A Lonely Place' which is also the name of a Humprey Bogart film. The song '2HB' is about the actor...
2729. NEW ORDER - CEREMONY
^ Barney is the nickname of Bernard Sumner who founded New Order...
2728. THE BOO RADLEYS - BARNEY (...AND ME)
^ Captain Beefheart leads to bravecaptain which is the solo project of Martin Carr from The Boo Radleys...
2727. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND - ELECTRICITY
^ AC/DC refers to electricity, so...
2726. AC/DC - DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
^ The last song was from the album 'Dirty Paper Cup' so, continuing the dirty theme...
2725. HAFDIS HULD - TOMOKO
^ Sigur Ros are from Iceland, as is Hafdis Huld...
2724. SIGUR ROS - HOPPIPOLLA
^ The last song included some made up words...one band famous for using made up words in lyrics is...
2723. JOHN LENNON - #9 DREAM
^ Staying with the number 9...
2722. DR FEELGOOD - RIOT IN CELL BLOCK NO. 9
^ Doctors can be described as 'on call' so...
2721. KINGS OF LEON - ON CALL
^ From king to kings...
2720. TYRANNASAURUS REX - KING OF THE RUMBLING SPIRES
^ One type of dinosaur is a T Rex...
2719. DINOSAUR JR - FREAK SCENE
^ A freak link...
2718. GRAHAM COXON - FREAKIN' OUT
^ The last song contained the lyric 'But you're freaking me out' which leads to 'Freakin' Out'...
2717. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN
^ A New York link...
2716. BEASTIE BOYS - AN OPEN LETTER TO NYC
^ 'Sonic Reducer' was sampled by the Beastie Boys in 'An Open Letter To NYC'...
2715. THE DEAD BOYS - SONIC REDUCER
^ Young Knives' Thomas Dartnall is also known as The House of Lords. 'Lords of the New Church' was an album by The Dead Boys...
2714. YOUNG KNIVES - LOVE MY NAME
^ Bowie is a type of knife, which leads to Young Knives...
2713. DAVID BOWIE - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
^ Jean Cocteau directed the film of 'Beauty and the Beast'...
2712. COCTEAU TWINS - LORELEI
^ And from Lorelai to Lorelei...
2711. FLEET FOXES - LORELAI
^ From Laurel to Lorelai...
2710. LAUREL AITKEN - LITTLE SHEILA
^ A Laurel & Hardy link! From Francoise Hardy to Laurel Aitken...
2709. FRANCOISE HARDY - JE N'ATTENDS PLUS PERSONNE
^ The word 'Francois' features in the lyrics of the last track, so to Francoise Hardy...
2708. BLONDIE - RAPTURE
^ The lyrics of the last track mention 'Frankie Fontaine'... Frank Fontaine is the name of a character in video game BioShock which is set in the fictional city of Rapture, so...
2707. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - HOMETOWN UNICORN
^ From felt via children's craft toy 'Fuzzy Felt' to a song from SFA's album Fuzzy Logic...
2706. FELT - SUNLIGHT BATHED THE GOLDEN GLOW
^ A material link from suede to felt…
2705. SUEDE - MY DARK STAR
^ Staying with star…
2704. DUBSTAR – STARS
^ The Sun is a big star, so…
2703. EMPIRE OF THE SUN - WE ARE THE PEOPLE
^ And another newspaper... 'The Sun'...
2702. THE JAM - NEWS OF THE WORLD
^ The Daily Planet was the newspaper in Superman, so to another newspaper...
2701. LOVE - THE DAILY PLANET
^ From Ooberman to Ubermensch; German for Superman...Superman's day job (as Clark Kent) was working as a reporter at the 'The Daily Planet'...
2700. OOBERMAN - SHORLEY WALL
^ The last song mentions the Berlin Wall so, staying with wall...
2699. THE SEX PISTOLS - HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN
^ The name Johnny Rotten appears in the lyrics of the last track and is also the name of a member of...
2698. NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE - HEY HEY MY MY (INTO THE BLACK)
^ A chief link; Crazy Horse was a Native American sioux indian chief, so...
2697. KAISER CHIEFS - OH MY GOD
^ Buzzcocks are often incorrectly called 'The' Buzzcocks...Kaiser Chiefs - often called 'The' Kaiser Chiefs - also regularly suffer the incorrect addition of the definite article...
2696. BUZZCOCKS - BOREDOM
^ The last song was written by Junior Murvin and Lee 'Sratch' Perry...using scratch as the link, here's a track from Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch EP...
2695. THE CLASH - POLICE AND THIEVES
^ From Roxy Music to the Roxy club, where The Clash famously played...
2694. ROXY MUSIC - EDITIONS OF YOU
^ Brian Eno produced and provided backing vocals on the last track...he was also in...
2693. JAMES - SOMETIMES
^ From phone booth to Tim Booth, lead singer of James...
2692. PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS - STANDING OUTSIDE A BROKEN PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND
^ Staying with primitive...
2691. THE PRIMITIVES - WAY BEHIND ME
^ A behind link...
2690. SUFJAN STEVENS - GET BEHIND ME, SANTA!
^ 'My Doorbell' is from the album 'Get Behind Me Satan' which leads to 'Get Behind Me, Santa!'...
2689. THE WHITE STRIPES - MY DOORBELL
^ A chime sound comes from a doorbell...
2688. ORBITAL - CHIME
^ The Doctor Who theme tune has been covered by Orbital, so to another track by them...
2687. THE WHO - THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
^ Another word for children is kids...
2686. NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD - STORYBOOK CHILDREN
^ The title of the last track references Enid Blyton's 'Famous Five' stories...The Famous Five could be described as storybook children...
2685. THE HOUSEMARTINS - FIVE GET OVEREXCITED
^ 'Fun fun fun' also appears in the lyrics of the next track
2684. THE BEACH BOYS - FUN FUN FUN
^ A fun link
2683. THE STOOGES - FUN HOUSE
^ Staying with house
2682. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - DAFT PUNK IS PLAYING AT MY HOUSE
^ From one house to another...
2681. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - GOD IS IN THE HOUSE
^ A God link...
2680. THE SEX PISTOLS - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
^ An anthem link; the UK's national anthem is God Save The Queen, so to the Sex Pistols' song of the same name...
2679. THE LOW ANTHEM - BOEING 737
^ Avi Buffalo are from Long Beach, California which is also home to a Boeing manufacturing plant, so...
2678. AVI BUFFALO - WHAT'S IT IN FOR?
^ From one buffalo to another...
2677. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - MR SOUL
^ A soul link...
2676. DE LA SOUL - ME MYSELF AND I
^ From one 'I' to another...
2675. THE ALL SEEING I - BEAT GOES ON
^ A beat link...
2674. THE LOOK - I AM THE BEAT
^ Staying with 'the look'...
2673. METRONOMY - THE LOOK
^ PJ Harvey won 2011's Mercury Music Prize... also nominated that year were...
2672. PJ HARVEY - THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER
^ Lyrics ('take my problem to the United Nations') from another Eddie Cochran song (Summertime Blues) appear in the next track...
2671. EDDIE COCHRAN - C'MON EVERYBODY
^ From 'Free' to 'Liberty' Records, the label which released many Eddie Cochran singles, including...
2670. FREE - ALL RIGHT NOW
^ Staying with ‘right now’...
2669. FATBOY SLIM – RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
^ Another song with the same name...
2668. JESUS JONES - RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
^ A Jones link...
2667. TALKING HEADS - MR JONES
^ U-Roy is from Jones Town, so staying with Jones...
2666. U-ROY - NATTY REBEL
^ A rebel link...
2665. THE CRYSTALS - HE'S A REBEL
^ From crystal to crystals...
2664. NEW ORDER - CRYSTAL
^ William Bragg was also the name of a physicist who researched crystals ...
2663. BILLY BRAGG - A NEW ENGLAND
^ Albion is an old name for England so to a new England ...
2662. BABYSHAMBLES - ALBION
^ Inspiral Carpets are from Oldham, a town which is mentioned in the lyrics of the next track ...
2661. THE INSPIRAL CARPETS - DRAGGING ME DOWN
- A carpet link ...
2660. PIZZICATO 5 - MAGIC CARPET RIDE
- A Kafka link! From Josef K, to "Kafka On the Shore" - a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Also from Japan are ...
2659. JOSEF K - HEART OF SONG
- From Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Josef K ...
2658. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - MAPS
^ From ‘Fever’ to ‘Fever To Tell’ the album from which ‘Maps’ comes from ...
2657. ELVIS PRESLEY - FEVER
^ ‘The Greatest’ was recorded in Memphis which is where Elvis spent many of his formative years ...
2656. CAT POWER - THE GREATEST
^ Aztec Camera were on Postcard Records which had the emblem of a cat, which leads to Cat Power ...
2655. AZTEC CAMERA - WE COULD SEND LETTERS
^Johnny Marr co-wrote 'Walking Down Madison'. Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame was once asked to replace Johnny Marr in the Smiths....'
2654. KIRSTY MACCOLL - WALKING DOWN MADISON
^ This was on her album Electric Landlady - a nod and a wink to Electric Lady Land!' ...
2653. JIMI HENDRIX - LONG HOT SUMMER NIGHT
^ Electricity is measured in amps, so why not some James Marshall Hendrix? Marshall being a famous amp maker...'
2652. AC/DC - IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP (IF YOU WANNA ROCK N ROLL)
^ Staying with the school theme…to a song on the soundtrack of the film ‘School of Rock’ ...
2651. HOT CHIP - AND I WAS A BOY FROM SCHOOL
^ Adam Ant’s real name is Stuart Goddard… Joe Goddard is in Hot Chip ...
2650. ADAM & THE ANTS - DOG EAT DOG
^ Adam Ant wore ‘white stripes’ on his face, so ...
2649. THE WHITE STRIPES - WELL IT'S TRUE THAT WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER
^ From Holly Johnson to Holly Golightly, who sings with Jack White on the next track…
2648. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - THE POWER OF LOVE
^ The Bandwagon’s lead singer was Johnny Johnson, so to another Johnson… Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood…
2647. THE BANDWAGON - BREAKIN' DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE
^ Stone can be used to make walls…
2646. SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGAIN)
^ From please to thank you...
2645. JAMES BROWN - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
^ The last track is widely thought to be about the band James...so to another James...
2644. MORRISSEY - WE HATE IT WHEN OUR FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL
^ If you've hit the 'big time' you could be classed as successful...
2643. PETER GABRIEL - BIG TIME
^ From small to big...and from hours to time...
2642. JOHN MARTYN - SMALL HOURS
^ The last track references The Shipping Forecast, which is broadcast on Radio 4 in the small hours of the morning...
2641. BLUR - THIS IS A LOW
^ From 'seasick' to a song with lyrics referencing The Shipping Forecast...
2640. SEASICK STEVE - ST LOUIS SLIM
^ Moving from Memphis to St Louis...
2639. THE HOLD STEADY - SEQUESTERED IN MEMPHIS
^ Elvis is from Memphis...
2638. ELVIS PRESLEY - SUSPICIOUS MINDS
^ David Bowie shares a birthday (8th January) with Elvis Presley...
2637. DAVID BOWIE - LET'S DANCE
^ Double link alert! A boogie is a dance AND Mott The Hoople famously sung All The Young Dudes, a song written by David Bowie
2636. MOTT THE HOOPLE - HONALOOCHIE BOOGIE
^ From hunter to Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople
2635. THE MARVELETTES - THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME
^ A ‘fox on the run’ could be being chased by a hunter
2634. SWEET - FOX ON THE RUN
^ A fox link
2633. FLEET FOXES - BATTERY KINZIE
^ From Helpless to a song from the Fleet Foxes album Helplessness Blues
2632. CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG – HELPLESS
^ Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian singer-songwriter as is Neil Young…
2631. GORDON LIGHTFOOT - IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND
^ From 'your mind' to 'my mind'...
2630. SUGAR - IF I CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND
^ Staying with sugar...
2629. SUGARCUBES - REGINA
^ A Regina link...
2628. REGINA SPEKTOR - ON THE RADIO
^ The Ronettes were produced by Phil Spector...so from Spector to Regina Spektor...
2627. THE RONETTES - WALKING IN THE RAIN
^ Another song with the same title...
2626. GRACE JONES - WALKING IN THE RAIN
^ From walk to walking...
2625. LEMON JELLY - SPACE WALK
^ A space link
2624. KRAFTWERK - SPACELAB
^ From one lab to another
2623. STEREOLAB - FLUORESCENCES
^ From fluorescent to fluorescences
2622. ARCTIC MONKEYS - FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT
^ From neon to fluorescent...
2621. ARCADE FIRE - INTERVENTION
^ The last track was from the album 'The Holy Bible'... so to a track from Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible'...
2620. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - FASTER
^ The last song was also sung by R. Dean Taylor... another 'Dean', James Dean Bradfield is in Manic Street Preachers...
2619. THE FALL - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE
^ Staying with the spooky ghost theme...
2618. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - SPOOKY
^ Ghosts are spooky...
2617. MADNESS - WAITING FOR THE GHOST TRAIN
^ A fairground link; from rollercoaster to ghost train...
2616. JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS - ROLLER COASTER BY THE SEA
^ The last song mentions the Coney Island roller coaster, so...
2615. FRANZ FERDINAND - ELEANOR PUT YOUR BOOTS ON
^ Prince is a royal title, as is archduke...one famous archduke was Franz Ferdinand, so...
2614. PRINCE - CREAM
^ If you take the 's' from scream, you have cream...
2613. WAH! HEAT - BETTER SCREAM
^ A scream link...
2612. PRIMAL SCREAM - COME TOGETHER
^ An answer to the question Ain't That Enough? might be 'it's all too much' which is also a lyric in the single version of the next track...
2611. TEENAGE FANCLUB - AIN'T THAT ENOUGH
^ Fatboy Slim's real name is Norman Cook, so to another Norman...Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub...
2610. FATBOY SLIM - WEAPON OF CHOICE
^ From a song from Richard Hawley's album 'Truelove's Gutter' to a song from the album 'Between The Gutter And The Stars'...
2609. RICHARD HAWLEY - FOR YOUR LOVER GIVE SOME TIME
^ Richard Hawley also made a track called Born Under A Bad Sign, so another song from him...
2608. CREAM - BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN
^ From good luck to a song about bad luck...
2607. BASEMENT JAXX - GOOD LUCK
^ The last track was from the album '13'...13 is often considered an unlucky number, so staying with luck...
2606. BLUR - NO DISTANCE LEFT TO RUN
^ From thirteen to a song from Blur's album '13'...
2605. BIG STAR - THIRTEEN
^ Constellations are made up of stars, so...
2604. DARWIN DEEZ - CONSTELLATIONS
^ The last track was on BSP's album 'Open Season', which features a great bear on the cover... the great bear is a constellation, so...
2603. BRITISH SEA POWER - OH LARSEN B
^ A ship might sail on the sea...
2602. THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - I'LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE
^ Roxy Music's lead singer is Bryan Ferry... a ferry is a type of ship...
2601. ROXY MUSIC - OVER YOU
^ Staying with 'over'...
2600. HOT CHIP - OVER AND OVER
^ A monkey link...the next track features the lyric 'like a monkey with a miniature cymbal'...
2599. SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - MICKEY'S MONKEY
^ From one Motown artist to another...
2598. DIANA ROSS - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
^ There is a Ross Sea... so from Seven Seas to Diana Ross...
2597. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - SEVEN SEAS
^ Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen has covered a Leonard Cohen track, so...
2596. LEONARD COHEN - FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT
^ Dr John's real name is Malcolm 'Mac' Rebennack...a mac is a type of raincoat , so...
2595. DR JOHN - RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME
^ A 'right place' link...
2594. RADIOHEAD - EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE
^ From one band with two brothers in, to another...
2593. SPARKS - BEAT THE CLOCK
^ If you're a 'man out of time' you would have been racing against time trying to 'beat the clock'...
2592. ELVIS COSTELLO - MAN OUT OF TIME
^ An 'out of time' link...
2591. BLUR - OUT OF TIME
^ Richard Ashcroft was in The Verve with Simon Tong, who also played on tour with Blur...
2590. RICHARD ASHCROFT - A SONG FOR THE LOVERS
^ Moby's real name is Richard, so from one Richard to another...
2589. MOBY - PORCELAIN
^ From whale, via fictional whale Moby Dick, to Moby...
2588. YES - DON'T KILL THE WHALE
^ Rick Wakeman played keys for both The Strawbs and Yes...
2587. THE STRAWBS - OH HOW SHE CHANGED
^ A bowl of salad features on the front cover of The Strawbs first album which includes the following song...
2586. SALAD - DRINK THE ELIXIR
^ If you were ill, you might drink an elixir...
2585. THE BEASTIE BOYS - TIME TO GET ILL
^ From Def Con One to Def Jam Records, and a song from a band on that label...
2584. POP WILL EAT ITSELF - DEF CON ONE
^ Members of The Wonder Stuff were in a band with members of Pop Will Eat Itself...
2583. THE WONDER STUFF - ON THE ROPES
^ From one boxing phrase to another...
2582. REVEREND AND THE MAKERS - HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
^ From Parson to Reverend...
2581. GRAM PARSONS - HICKORY WIND
^ From air to wind...
2580. AIR - ALL I NEED
^ From sun to moon, and a song from the Air album Moon Safari...
2579. FLEET FOXES - SUN IT RISES
^ At the start of 'a new day' the sun rises...
2578. MARY MARGARET O'HARA - ANEW DAY
^ A Mary link...
2577. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - SOME CANDY TALKING
^ From sweet to candy...
2576. BLUR - SWEET SONG
^ The last track was from Prefab Sprout's album Steve McQueen. The actor Steve McQueen was in the film The Great Escape, which is also the title of an album by Blur... so to a Blur song...
2575. PREFAB SPROUT - GOODBYE LUCILLE #1
^ Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills is the son of actress Hayley Mills, who gets a mention in the lyrics of the next track...
2574. KULA SHAKER - TATTVA
^ The last track was from the album The Fat Of The Land...Another track from that album was Narayan which featured vocals from Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker...
2573. PRODIGY - BREATHE
^ Air is what we breathe, so...
2572. TALKING HEADS - AIR
^ Brian Eno also recorded 'King's Lead Hat' which is an anagram of Talking Heads...
2571. BRIAN ENO - BABY'S ON FIRE
^ A baby link...
2570. ELLIOTT SMITH - BABY BRITAIN
^ The Damned appeared on the TV programme 'The Young Ones'... babies are 'young ones', so...
2569. THE DAMNED - WAIT FOR THE BLACKOUT
^ A blackout link...
2568. BRITISH SEA POWER - BLACKOUT
^ And from one band with brothers in, to another...
2567. SUPERGRASS - MOVING
^ From one band from Oxford to another...
2566. RIDE - LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND
^ An all link; from 'carry it all' to 'leave them all'
2565. THE DECEMBERISTS - DON'T CARRY IT ALL
^ From 'Kings' to a song from The Decemberists' album 'The King s Dead'...
2564. KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - TOXIC GIRL
^ A royal link AND a girl link...
2563. PRINCE - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
^ From boyfriend to girlfriend...
2562. BEST COAST - BOYFRIEND
^ Staying with coast...
2561. DUCKS DELUXE - COAST TO COAST
^ A drake is a male duck, so...
2560. NICK DRAKE - MAYFAIR
^ A may link; from Mayfield to Mayfair...
2559. CURTIS MAYFIELD - SUPERFLY
^ From Joy Division's Ian Curtis to another Curtis...
2558. JOY DIVISION - HEART AND SOUL
^ A person's pulse is generated by their heart...
2557. STEEL PULSE - KU KLUX KLAN
^ From Steely to steel...
2556. STEELY DAN - PEARL OF THE QUARTER
^ A pearl link...
2555. PEARL JAM - ALIVE
^ A 'badly-drawn boy' appears on the cover of Pearl Jam's Alive single...
2554. BADLY DRAWN BOY - YOU WERE RIGHT
^ Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is mentioned in the lyrics of the next track...
2553. NIRVANA - PENNYROYAL TEA
^ You can put milk in tea, so...
2552. GARBAGE - MILK
^ From one dairy product to another...
2551. CREAM - N.S.U.
^ There used to be a motorcar called an NSU Prinz, so from Prince to N.S.U...
2550. PRINCE - 7
^ From seven to 7...
2549. THE CLASH - THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
^ The last track was on the album 'Guerrilla'...guerrilla group could be used to describe the Sandanista political group, so to a song from The Clash's Sandanista album...
2548. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - FIRE IN MY HEART
^ A fire link...
2547. ARCADE FIRE - NO CARS GO
^ Iggy was in a car insurance advert, so...
2546. IGGY POP - CHINA GIRL
^ The last song was from the album 'The Wall'... The Great Wall is in China so, staying with China...
2545. PINK FLOYD - HEY YOU
^ Stan Ridgway was in Wall Of Voodoo...The Wall is an album by Pink Floyd, so to a song from that album...
2544. STAN RIDGWAY - CAMOUFLAGE
^ An army captain might wear camouflage...
2543. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND - BIG EYED BEANS FROM VENUS
^ Captain Sensible is in The Damned, so from one Captain to another...
2542. THE DAMNED - SMASH IT UP
^ A way to destroy something might be to 'smash it up'...
2541. THE SOFT BOYS - I WANNA DESTROY YOU
^ 'Ghosts of Princes in Towers' contains the lyric 'They're the soft boys' which leads to...
2540. RICH KIDS - GHOSTS OF PRINCES IN TOWERS
^ Visage were founded by Midge Ure and Rusty Egan who were previously in Rich Kids...
2539. VISAGE - FADE TO GREY
^ Face in French is 'Visage' which leads to...
2538. THE FACES - OOH LA LA
^ From Grandaddy to a song about a grandad talking to his grandson...
2537. GRANDADDY - HE'S SIMPLE, HE'S DUMB, HE'S THE PILOT
^ A helicopter needs a pilot...
2536. XTC - HELICOPTER
^ You fly a helicopter, so...
2535. 10CC - I'M MANDY FLY ME
^ The last song features the lyric 'Me and Mr CC', so staying with 'CC'...
2534. THE REVILLOS - MOTORBIKE BEAT
^ Steppenwolf songs feature on the soundtrack to the film 'Easy Rider' in which the main characters ride motorbikes, so...
2533. STEPPENWOLF - SNOWBLIND FRIEND
^ Staying with snow...
2532. SNOW PATROL FEAT. MARTHA WAINWRIGHT - SET THE FIRE TO THE THIRD BAR
^ Teddy Thompson has performed with Martha Wainwright who sings on the next track...
2531. TEDDY THOMPSON - I SHOULD GET UP
^ Get up!... it's another chain link...
2530. JAMES BROWN - GET UP OFFA THAT THING
^ The Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra shares his initials 'JB' with James Brown...
2529. DEAD KENNEDYS - HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA
^ Felt were on the Cherry Red label, as were the Dead Kennedys...
2528. FELT - PENELOPE TREE
^ A fabric link...
2527. SUEDE - LAZY
^ 'Them that do nothing' could be called lazy...
2526. FIELD MUSIC - THEM THAT DO NOTHING
^ A 'do nothing' link...
2525. THE SPECIALS - DO NOTHING
^ The last track was from the album 'Dolittle', so from 'do little' to 'do nothing'...
2524. PIXIES - WAVE OF MUTILATION
^ A Charles link; From Ray Charles to Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, aka Black Francis of the Pixies...
2523. RAY CHARLES WITH THE BLUES BROTHERS - SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER
^ The last track features in the film 'The Blues Brothers'... Ray Charles also appears in the film...
2522. SAM & DAVE - HOLD ON I'M COMING
^ Ryan Adams' first name is David so, staying with Daves...
2521. RYAN ADAMS - NEW YORK NEW YORK
^ Staying with New York...
2520. NEW YORK DOLLS - LOOKING FOR A KISS
^ The last song is referenced by the New York Dolls in the next track (and both bands are from New York)...
2519. THE SHANGRI-LAS - GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG KISS
^ The Kings Of Leon have recorded in the Shangri-La studio in Malibu, so...
2518. KINGS OF LEON - REVELRY
^ Eminem sounds like 'M&Ms'... Revels are another type of chocolate, so to 'revelry'...
2517. EMINEM - THE REAL SLIM SHADY
^ Happy birthday to Eminem, it was his birthday when this show was broadcast, October 17th...
2516. ALTERED IMAGES - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
^ A birthday link...
2515. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - RELEASE THE BATS
^ A party link...
2514. WORLD PARTY - IS IT LIKE TODAY
^ From one world to another...
2513. WORLD OF TWIST - SHE'S A RAINBOW
^ Chameleons can be many colours... many colours can also be found in rainbows...
2512. THE CHAMELEONS - UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR
^ The last track was from the album 'Lady's Bridge'...so to a song from another album with the word 'bridge' in the title (The Chameleon's 'Script of the Bridge' album)...
2511. RICHARD HAWLEY - TONIGHT THE STREETS ARE OURS
^ The last song mentions 'the Hendersons' in the lyrics... and specially-labelled bottles of Henderson's Relish were used by Richard Hawley to promote one of his albums, so...
2510. THE BEATLES - BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE
^ The last track was on Kirsty's album 'Kite' so, staying with kite...
2509. KIRSTY MACCOLL - FREE WORLD
^ A world link...
2508. RODDY FRAME - SMALL WORLD
^ Earth is also known as 'the world', so...
2507. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - MOTHER EARTH (NATURAL ANTHEM)
^ From one ecological-themed song to another...
2506. MARVIN GAYE - MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)
^ A mercy link...
2505. SISTERS OF MERCY - TEMPLE OF LOVE
^ Staying with the religious theme...
2504. MINISTRY - JESUS BUILT MY HOTROD
^ Staying with the divine theme, going to Jesus...
2503. THE DIVINE COMEDY - AT THE INDIE DISCO
^ The Cure are one of the bands mentioned in the lyrics of the next track...
2502. THE CURE - PICTURES OF YOU
^ Staying with pictures...
2501. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - PICTURES ON MY WALL
^ Julian Cope's band Teardrop Explodes were on Zoo Records...Also on that label were...
2500. JULIAN COPE - THE GREATNESS AND PERFECTION OF LOVE
^ Julian Cope was a big Scott Walker fan and put together a Scott Walker compilation album, so...
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