The Whole Nine Yards Episode 228

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio103.8FM

Sunday 8th June 2025 3-5pm

Every song tells a story

Sometimes the best tales don’t come from books but from three-minute masterpieces with a killer chorus. We’re plundering the music library back to the simple storytelling days of folk ballads and narrative songs, starting with how the famous Terry died in a motorbike accident. So sit back and let me tell you a story, from the early 60s to the present day. No need to turn the page; just tune your ears.

Hour One
Twinkle – Terry (Single 1964)
Bob Lind – Cool Summer (The Elusive Bob Lind 1966)
Elton John – Ticking (Caribou, 1974)
Michael Martin Murphey – Wildfire (Blue Sky – Night Thunder, 1975)
Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Summertime Dream, 1976)
Rod Stewart – “The Killing Of Georgie (Part I and II) (You’re In My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2019)
America – The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn Soundtrack, 1982)
The Pogues – A Rainy Night in Soho (Poguetry in Motion, 1986)
Foy Vance – Guiding Light (Joy of Nothing, 2013)

Hour Two
Zealyn – Summer (Lithium, 2023)
The Streets – Weak Become Heroes (Original Pirate Material, 2002)
Kathleen Edwards – The Logical Song (Covers 2023)
Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter (O, 2002)
Julien Baker – Appointments (Turn Out the Lights, 2017)
Phoebe Bridgers – Scott Street (Stranger in the Alps, 2017)
Tom Odell – Don’t Cry, Put Your Head on My Shoulder (A Wonderful Life 2025)
Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy Jr. (Illinois, 2005)
James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart (Friends That Break Your Heart 2021)
Big Thief – Paul (remastered) (Masterpiece 2016)
Deary – I Still Think About You (Single 2025)
Porij – Stranger (Teething, 2023)
For Those I Love – Of The Sorrows (Single 2025)