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The tracks played this week, in case you couldn't hear me because my mic was muffled by gorillas.

#ThePlaylist

This week's nationals treasure, may they last twice as long as Lord Sir David, 200 years old, dragging their frail carcasses around, praying for the end, but too beloved to be allowed to expire.

@alicemcalicepants
@Andyyyfish82
@arakin
@astronomerritt
Ben Gray c/o @RealAleRocks
@bigvimto
Dr Caitlin @swisslet
@ccferrie
@daveybot
Mrs @dddz
@dddz
@FloatingOnion
@giflian
@julianlawson
@KaraLG84
@MrAndrewD
@Nickiquote
Papa Irish c/o @astronomerritt
@RealAleRocks
@RolloTreadway
Mrs @roytoo
@rvedotrc
@sheepnik
@slevelt
@sodslawyer
@swisslet
@Troggie
@woe2you
@WiteWulf

#ThePlaylist

As ever, we've collected all the tracks from this week's show into streaming playlists, so you can add your favourites to your own libraries:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/theplaylist-lord-sir-david-attenborough/pl.u-KVXB2zLu11xZMjD
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WZjN21P4brqG3dQBMkgaS

And #ThePlaylistExtras; all the other tunes that we didn't have time for:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/theplaylist-lord-sir-david-attenborough-extras/pl.u-oZylKNgCqqBRENX
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xYYIFbdcucd0CqhZSx4nf

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NEXT WEEK ON #ThePlaylist, a GUEST theme from @sodslawyer, who wants to know about your:

Rumours

(or Rumors, if you're one of those Americans you get these days)

Bring us your finest tell-tales and snidery, as we put together two scurrilous hours of the finest music radio humans have ever heard. Or as near as dammit.

Use #ThePlaylistSuggestion, that my bot may hear all of your whispers and report them back to me.

// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
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sodslawyer May 11

'Our Lips Are Sealed' - Fun Boy 3

'After The Goldrush' - Neil Young

@sodslawyer Will the other 33 be forthcoming?

sodslawyer May 11

@DJDarren Yeah I'm just drip-feeding you (so to speak) over the next coupla days.

@sodslawyer You can feed me your drip for as long as you need.

@sodslawyer (sorry)

@DJDarren Heh ;)

@DJDarren I'll also throw in

'The Things You Said' by Depeche Mode

3/35 ;)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TSffz_bl6zo

Giflian May 11

@DJDarren oh, I'm choosing CanCon violence this week

Snow - Informer

#theplaylistsuggestion

Snow - Informer (Official Music Video) [4K Remaster]

You're watching the official 4K music video for Snow - "Informer" from the album '12 Inches of Snow'. "Informer" is sampled and Snow is featured in Daddy Yan...

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@giflian Oof, she went there!

(and we loved it)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_gd-4s7knI

Giflian May 11

@DJDarren for something more classic (1980)

Rough Trade - High School Confidential

#theplaylistsuggestion

Rough Trade - High School Confidential (Official Music Video)

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Giflian May 11

@DJDarren according to Wikipedia, seeing this song performed at the Juno Awards showed a young k.d. lang she could be an out musician. Hurray!

Sheepnik May 11

@DJDarren I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips

Rumours of War - Billy Bragg

Sheepnik May 11

@DJDarren And the semi-obligatory HMHB suggestion: Secret Gig

Steph (toothless version)May 11

@DJDarren before anyone else gets it in:

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (for being the best song off Rumours and one of the best songs ever written)

And from Papa Irish:

Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You (about learning some troubling things about someone via rumours)

Might throw a couple more over later.

Steph (toothless version)May 12

@DJDarren Okay, here’s some suggestions from me that have nothing to do with Fleetwood Mac. Two of them are k-pop but they both slap so I have no regrets.

KARD - Rumor
Billlie - the rumor (yes, Billlie has three Ls)
Stone Sour - A Rumor of Skin
Måneskin feat. Tom Morello - Gossip!

swisslet May 11

- Here Comes the Rumour Mill by Young Knives

- Secret by The Pierces (“two can keep a secret if one of them is dead”

- The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret by QotSA

- Standing in the Way of Control by The Gossip

Dr Caitlin Swisslet suggests:

- I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic at the Disco

- I heard it through the grapevine by Marvin

- Somebody Told me by the Killers

Nick May 11

@swisslet @DJDarren Dr S beat me to The Killers.

swisslet May 11

@Nickiquote @DJDarren what can I say? Smart and a killer.

swisslet May 12

@DJDarren this is also a splendid opportunity for the peerless Careless Whisper by George Michael. Ah. Such a talented boy. What a saxophone break.

Steph (toothless version)May 12

@swisslet @DJDarren I thought of the Panic! At The Disco track too. Still a banger, honestly.

swisslet May 12

@astronomerritt @DJDarren it really is. 2006! It’s twenty bloody years old.

Steph (toothless version)May 12

@swisslet @DJDarren That album still holds up imo. So many albums from that time period absolutely did not 😆

Nick May 11

https://youtu.be/Res3-YX4X8g

Shipbuilding. It’s just a rumour that was spread around town…

Will accept Elvis Costello, Robert Wyatt, Suede, The Unthanks, June Tabor or whoever. Lots of lovely versions of a brilliant, powerful song.

#ThePlaylist #theplaylistsuggestion

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

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Ciarán Ferrie May 11

@Nickiquote @DJDarren such a beautiful song!

swisslet May 11

@Nickiquote @DJDarren oh! Great choice. A magnificent song.

Chipotle Axolotl (aka Julian)May 12

@Nickiquote @DJDarren yes I would second Robert Wyatt. Remember seeing that on the Old Grey Whistle Test. I feel like a dusty fossil just typing this.

Ciarán Ferrie May 11

Pixies - I'm Amazed (but you must include the spoken word intro!)

Ciarán Ferrie May 11

@DJDarren And seeing as how that one is very short I'll add...

Bob Dylan - If You See Her Say Hello

Pete May 11

@DJDarren Going straight in with Depeche Mode’s ‘Breathe’. 🖤
🎶 I heard a rumor
They travel far
You know what it's like
The way people are …

Roy May 12

@DJDarren
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine
#ThePlaylistSuggestion

Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word

Bob Dylan - Tell me that isn't true

A late addition that I like but not as much as the Thin Lizzy one:

The Zombies - She's not there

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Ciarán Ferrie May 12

@artnacrea @DJDarren Oh, good call, on both counts!

Rhevian May 12

@DJDarren
The Eurythmics - Paint a Rumour
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RolloTreadway May 12

@DJDarren @sodslawyer #ThePlaylistSuggestion
My first thought, other than one that's already been suggested a few times, was

Gil Scott-Heron - Johannesburg

because it's literally about unconfirmed rumours: They tell me that our brothers over there are defying the Man/And we don’t know for sure because the news we get is unreliable

Was tempted to leave it at that, because it's obviously the best suggestion I'm going to come up with. But here are another couple of songs that came to mind while my mind was wandering through the idea of gossip as an interpretation of the theme:

Pulp - Have You Seen Her Lately?

The Pipettes - Guess Who Ran Off With The Milkman?

RolloTreadway May 12

@DJDarren #ThePlaylistSuggestion
I've been thinking this morning, can I add something? Not another song, a clarification.

Gil Scott-Heron recorded and released Johannesburg quite a few times in his career. And I really want to stress that I'm suggesting the original, from the album From South Africa To South Carolina - which I think is credited to Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson.

Other opinions are available, of course, but to my mind this has both the most insistent music and the freshest-sounding vocals. Also, later versions tend to be longer.

I'm not entirely sure how available that album is on the big streaming services so the particular recording is here if it helps https://youtu.be/-KkQiCMdMH4

Gil Scott-Heron - Johannesburg

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RolloTreadway May 12

@DJDarren (I mention this because I know there was discussion last night about different versions of songs, and when I was checking how long Johannesburg was, the first version I came across was a six minute jazzy recording which I don't think is anything like as good as the original.)

Chipotle Axolotl (aka Julian)May 12

@DJDarren @sodslawyer Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him. #thePlaylistSuggestion

Arratoon May 12

@DJDarren @sodslawyer Arabian Nights by Siouxsie and the Banshees. “I heard a rumour…”

@DJDarren @sodslawyer #ThePlaylistSuggestion

Daveybot May 12

Gaaah, too many good options, again! I think I like these the best, though:

🍇 The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
💔 Maxine Brown - Oh No Not My Baby
⛪ Abyssinian Baptist Choir - Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody

That last one probably wants trimming a bit, if I'm honest. And I also wanted to give an honourable mention to a kick-ass track which is just far too long to be reasonable:

🎤 Mad Kap & Daddy Freddy - Ph*uck What Ya Heard

DJDarren May 12

@daveybot Given how many suggestions I've had for the Marvin Gaye version, it would be quite funny to play the Slits cover. @sodslawyer

Daveybot May 12

@DJDarren @sodslawyer I'll be honest: those were my thoughts exactly!

...But also it's a hell of a version.

sodslawyer May 12

@daveybot @DJDarren There's also Creedence Clearwater Revival's version which is great, but is about 11 minutes long if I recall.

Gary

May 12

@sodslawyer @daveybot @DJDarren yeah, I was gonna suggest that, but it’s long even by my standards 😂

sodslawyer May 12

@WiteWulf @daveybot @DJDarren Some have high standards, others have long standards.

@DJDarren @sodslawyer #ThePlaylistSuggestion

Mel May 12

Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through the Grapevine

Kara Goldfinch May 15

@DJDarren @sodslawyer Brownstone - grapevyne, which is nice and smooth. lol
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News, or anything else off Rumours.
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