Some of the requests we received for this morning's rain theme

Tom Waits has a brilliant song from his 'real gone' album called' make it rain

Hi sarah how about rhythm of the rain by jason donovan.

How about "rainy night in Paris" by Chris de Burgh? Mario

Hi sarah how about raindrops keep falling on my head sacha distel.

its raining again by supertramp john the us expat

I'll take the rain by REM. Great track. Eoin

Rain by the cult - Pat t

i think its going to rain today by randy newman john the us expat

Tinseltown in the rain by The Blue Nile. F.

how about rain and tears by aphrodite 's child.

aint gonna rain anymore by nick cave john the us expat

Rain drops kefp fallin on my head

Rain drops and roses.

Hi sarah how about raincloud by lighthouse family.

Ok. Here's a great song. 'Just like the rain' by Richard Hawley. From vinno.

Make it rain Tom Waits

Tina Turner. I can't stand the rain. Please. the frog.

How about Singing in the Rain or April Showers?

i think its going to rain today by randy newman

Rain by Beatles please. Ben.

Madness - the sun and the rain

Hi Sarah. How about some Soul. Have you got Rainy Night in Georgia. Willie

Credence, who'll stop the rain/have you ever seen the rain? Billy Myers, kiss the rain, raining in baltimore by counting crows, rain dogs/make it rain by Tom Waits. But mostly Billy Myers! :) Paul

A hard rains gonna fall. Bryan Ferry.

How about the everly brothers crying in the rain?

Here are a few of my suggestions :-):-) Guns N Roses - November Rain, The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men, The Cure - Prayers for Rain, Prince - Purple Rain, Dinah Washington - September in the Rain, Adele - Right as Rain, The Butch Cassidy & Sundance song - Raindrops Keep Falling, the Pogues - A Rainy Night in Soho. :-):-) Thanks, Keith.

Can you please play naked in da rain by blue pearl. Auds

Morning folks, can you play the 'A Rainy Night In Soho' by The Pogues please? Thanks, Jam Dodger

Hi, i expect that you have been 'deluged' with suggestions, but how about "I think it's going to rain today" by Peter Gabriel or Grace Jones' Walking in the rain? All clear on N11. Routefinderman

Ok then how about purple rain by Prince.

NC

Only happy when it rains???? Maybe? By Garbage.

TheTimo

Its a long shot, but..... Slayer "Raining Blood"?

NC

Morning Sarah & fronds. Can we please have Led Zep's The Rain Song? Tanks

Rainy day women by bob dylan john the us expat

Playlist Wednesday 31st August 2011

6.30-7

The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine

Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

Aquarius - Let The Sunshine In

7-8

The Radio - Whatever Gets You through The Day

Bob Dylan - Buckets Of Rain

James Taylor - Fire & Rain

Gene Kelly - Singin' In The Rain

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Naked In The Rain

Moby - Southside

Prince - Purple Rain

Grace Jones - Walking In The Rain

Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia

8-9

Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day

Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Hothouse Flowers - I Can See Clearly Now

Moby - Raining Again

Guns n Roses - November Rain

Nina Simone - I think It's Going To Rain Today

The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho

9-10

Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

Tina Turner - I Can't Stand The Rain

B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

Moby - The Sky Is Broken

The Beatles - Rain

Madness - The Sun And the Rain

Kormac - Rainstorm

Moby - The Rain Falls And the Sky Shudders

Playlist Tuesday August 30th 2011

6.30-7

Geroge Michael - Monkey

Louis Prima & Phil Harris - I Wanna Be Like You

The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide 'Cept For Me And My Monkey

Sparks - Let The Monkey Drive

Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven

7-8

The Radio - Watever Gets You Through The Day

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Yuor Scene

Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars

David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

Lemon Jelly - Space Walk

Moby - Porcelain
Hot Chip - Over & Over

Nina Simone - Poppies

Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella

Roxy Music - The Thrill Of It All

8-9

Sparks - Let The Monkey Drive

The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet

The Jam - Beat Surrender

Moby - Southside

Jamie Woon - Lady Luck

This Club - I Won't Worry

Jimi Hendrix - Highway Chile

9-10

Minnie Ripperton - I'm A Woman

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Cookie Monster & The Girls - C Is For Cookie

Codes - Starry Eyed

Moby - James Bond Theme

Jane's Addiction - Irresistible Force

The Rolling Stones - Angie

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed

Little Green Cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River

Playlist Monday August 29th 2011

6.30-7

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul

Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

Neil Young - Mr. Soul

Yael Naim - New Soul

Curtis Mayfield - Woman's Got Soul

7-8

The Radio - Whatever Gets You Through The Day

Moby - One Of These Mornings

Paul Simon - Kodachrome

Radiohead - No Surprises

Beck - Tropicalia

My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy

Moby - Study War

Cake - The Distance

Little Green Cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River (To Silence Me)

Mercedes Sosa - Gracias A La Vida

Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action

Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

8-9

Jane's Addiction - Irresistible Force

Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova

Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks

This Club - I Won't Worry

Yes - I've Seen All Good People

Moby - Where Does My Heart Feel So Bad

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

The Soup Dragons - I'm Free

Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

9-10

The Beatles - Long Tall Sally

Codes - Starry Eyed

Austra - Lose It

Feist - How Come You Never Go There

Thievery Corporation - The Heart's A Lonely Hunter

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Moby - Sunday, The Day Before My Birthday

Hal - Be With You

James Vincent McMorrow - This Old Dark Machine

Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm

Miracle Bell - Fit For Love

Moby - I'm Not Worried At All

...and the Fartist for next week is...

Playlist Friday 26th August 2011

6.30-7

David Bowie - Five Years

David Bowie - Soul Love

David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

7-8

The Rado - Whatever Gets You Through The Day

Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank

Moby - Run On

Kirsty MacColl - A New England

The Verve - Lucky Man

Villagers - Becoming A Jackal

David Bowie - Let's Dance

Modest Mouse - Float On

This Club - I Won't Worry

Moby - One Of These Mornings

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Please Don't

David Bowie - Starman

8-9

Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Moby - Find My Baby

Little Green Cars - The John Wayne

Jane's Addiction - Irriesistible Force

David Bowie - Fame

Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

Moby - Extreme Ways

Feist - How Come You Never Go There

David Bowie - Five Years

9-10

Sammy Davis Jr - Rhythm Of Life

David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind

Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin'

David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday

David Bowie - Quicksand

Holy Ghost! - Wait & See

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister

David Bowie - Sound & Vision

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice

For Your Fartist Consideration!

Fatboy Slim

Vs

Moby

Playlist Thursday 25th August 2011

6.30-7

David Bowie - Space Oddity

David Bowie - Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed

David Bowie - (Don't Sit Down)

David Bowie - Letter To Hermione

David Bowie - Cygnet Committee

7-8

The Radio - Whatever Gets You Through The Day

California Wives - Tokyo

10cc - Dreadlock Holiday

Citizen Cope - Son's Gonna Rise

Air - All I Need

David Bowie - Rock N' Roll Suicide

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

David Bowie - Sorrow

Devotchka - 100 Other Lovers

David Bowie - Underground

David Bowie - Young Americans

Flight Of The Conchords - Bowie

David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure

8-9

David Bowie - Golden Years 

Lulu - the Man Who Sold The World

David Bowie - Across The Universe

Metronomy - The Look

David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

David Bowie - New Killer Star

Bob Marley - Redemption Song

David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging 

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax

9-10

David Bowie - Sound And Vision

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome

Jane's Addiction - Irresistible Force

David Bowie - Hallo Spaceboy

Phil Retrospector - The Boys Are Back In Heaven

David Bowie - The Loneliest Guy

Chris DeBurgh - Lonely Sky

Little Green Cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River

David Bowie - TVC15

David Bowie - Life On Mars?

David Bowie - Cactus

Some of the requests we received for this morning's day and night theme

J j cale. After midnight.

The Ghosts Of Saturday Night Tom Waits john

summer nights by olivia newton - john

Hi sarah how about george benson give me the night

If you're playing night train songs it has to be midnight train to Georgia. Love that song. Little Missy

Something by Madness; Night Boat to Cairo, Grey Day, Tomorrow's Just Another Day john the us expat

how about night fever by the bee gees.

Chelsea morning by Joni Mitchell? A nice sunny song!

Three more days from ray lamontagne. From dee and vinno

Hi Sarah, HOW about Miles Davis Round about Midnight ?? Regards Gerry

Hi sarah how about daydreame believer by the monkees

Good Morning all, what about The Living Daylights, Duran Duran. Elaine

Hi Sarah, How about "Good Night" from the White LP? .. Patrick.

Such a night by dr.john elston gunn

Hi sarah how about nightshift, by commodores.

Night moves , bob seager please

10:15 on a saturday night by the cure ? Elston gunn

A Night On Bop Mountain Chet Baker john the us expat

What about ' Night Porter ' by Japan. This Eugene

How about The Cures "A Night Like This" and don't The Villagers have "Day of The Jackel"? :-):-) Thanks, Keith.

Sarah the boss better days peter

In Between Days The Cure john the us expat

Into the Night by the Average White Band. Didn't Joni cover Night and Day?

Sarah Guns n roses nighttrain peter

Nights In White Satin Moody Blues john the us expat

any chance of the jam's down in the tube station at midnight

One Day from The Verve please.

Bono singing night and day by cole porter

Could you play The Beatles "Day Tripper". You could go for the obvious "A Hard Days Night" but I prefer Day Tripper

Elbow one day like this. Taz

Can u play buddy hollys everyday for james. Thanks muireann

are you playing 'days ' by ray davies or kirsty mccoll and 'quiet nights' astrud gilberto .ella also has lovely version of 'night and day' what a romantic theme today . . . Sigh. . . Liza .

Playlist Wednesday 24th August 2011

6.30-7

David Bowie - New Killer Star

David Bowie - Pablo Picasso

David Bowie - Never Get Old

David Bowie - The Loneliest Guy

David Bowie - Looking For Water

7-8

The Radio - Whatever Gets You Through The Day

David Bowie - Days

The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

Frank Sinatra - Last Night When We Were Young

REM - Nightswimmer

Elbow - On A Day Like This
U2 - Night & Day
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
Buddy Holly - Everyday
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together

8-9
Van Morrison - Days Like This
Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
The Cure - Inbetween Days
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Chet Baker - A Night On Bop Mountain
Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
David Bowie - Here Comes The Night
Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
A-Ha - The Living Daylights
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight

9-10
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
Guns N Roses - Nighttrain
Sheryl Crow - Every Day Is A Winding Road
David Bowie - Thursday's Child
Lionel Richie & The Commodores - All Night Long
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Cat Stevens - Another Saturday Night
Frank Sinatra - Night And Day