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

#ThePlaylist

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.

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@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?

@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