The Whole Nine Yards Episode 225

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 18th May 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Gold Standards

Gold. It’s a word that carries weight, prestige and power. It has fuelled ambition, ignited wars, and forged dreams. So, when an artist is brave enough to put ‘gold’ in a song title, they are making a statement – whether they realize it or not.

Gold isn’t just a colour or a commodity; it’s a symbol. A song with ‘gold’ in its name should be something special, worthy of its own precious title. If you’re going to evoke gold, your song better shine, stand the test of time, and grow in value. It had better be solid..

Hour One

The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For, 1989)

Midnight Oil – Golden Age (Capricornia, 2002)

Klaxons – Golden Skans (Myths Of The Near Future, 2007)

Shed Seven – Going For Gold (Going For Gold, 1999 (New version) Liquid Gold 2024)

Camp Claude – Golden Prize (Swimming Lessons 2016)

Nada Surf – Gold Sounds (You Know Who You Are, 2016)

Snail Mail – Golden Dream (Lush, 2018)

The Damnwells – Golden Days (Air Stereo, 2006)

The Lemon Twigs – My Golden Years (A Dream Is All We Know, 2024)

Starflyer 59 – Lust For Gold (Lust For Gold, 2024)

The National – Don’t Swallow the Cap (Trouble Will Find Me, 2013)

Hour Two

Spandau Ballet – Gold (The Twelve Inch Mixes, 1983)

Nuyorican Soul Feat. Jocelyn Brown – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Nuyorican Soul, 1997)

Jill Scott – Golden (Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 2004)

Tones and I – Gold (The Kids Are Coming, 2019)

Rebecca Hurn – Fire Gold (Waves EP, 2018)

The Wandering Hearts – Gold (The Wandering Hearts, 2021)

The National Parks – You Are Gold (Until I Live 2015)

London Grammar – Into Gold (Into Gold, 2024)

Tori Amos – “Gold Dust” (Gold Dust, 2012)

Ron Sexsmith – Gold In Them Hills (About Time, 2002)