The Whole Nine Yards Episode 216                                                                                              

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 16th March 2025 3-5pm

http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Notes on History

Every song tells a story. This week we looking at the historical contexts and inspiration for some well known songs. Tracks where music met the moments that shaped our world. Every song has a story, and this afternoon we’re diving into the tracks inspired by real-life events – songs that echo revolutions, commemorate tragedies, and celebrate triumphs. From anthems of protest to ballads of remembrance, we’ll explore how artists have turned history into melody. So sit back, turn up the volume, and let’s journey through time – one song at a time.

Hour One

Siouxsie & The Banshees / Strange Fruit / Through the Looking Glass/ 1987

Disturbed / The Sound of Silence / Immortalised / 2015

The Walker Brothers / The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore  / Portrait/ 1966                                                                                           

John Fogerty & The Foo Fighters / Fortunate Son / Wrote a Song for Everyone / 2013

The Jam / Down in the Tube Station at Midnight / All Mod Cons 1978                                                                                           

Sex Pistols / God Save the Queen” / Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols / 1977                                                       

The Clash / Spanish Bombs / London Calling / 1979

The Specials / Ghost Town / Single Release  / 1981                                                                                               

U2 / Sunday Bloody Sunday / War / 1983                                                                                                                    

Elvis Costello / Shipbuilding / Punch the Clock / 1983                             

Billy Bragg / Between the Wars / Between the Wars EP / 1985                                                                             

Special AKA  / Free Nelson Mandela  / In The Studio / 1984

Hour Two

Pet Shop Boys / West End Girls / Please / 1986

Trevor Horn with The Sarm Orchestra & Robbie Williams / Everybody Wants to Rule the World  / The Eighties Reimagined / 2019                                                                                                                                                                                               

Sting / Russians / The Dream of the Blue Turtles / 1985

The Pogues / Thousands Are Sailing / If I Should Fall from Grace with God / 1988                                                                                    

Simple Minds / Belfast Child / Street Fighting Years / 1989                                                                               

The Cranberries / Zombie / No Need to Argue / 1994                                                                                                                           

Radiohead / You and Whose Army? / Amnesiac / 2001                                                                                                       

Frank Turner / Long Live the Queen / Love Ire & Song / 2008                                                                                      

PJ Harvey / The Glorious Land / Let England Shake / 2011                                                                                                                                 

The 1975 / Love It If We Made It / A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships / 2018                                                                

Kae Tempest / People’s Faces / The Book of Traps & Lessons / 2019