The Whole Nine Yards Episode 247     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 19th October 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

When Ends Don’t Meet

This is a show where the rhythm hits harder than the rent, and every chord carries the weight of the week. This is music for the overdraft generation – for those who know the sound of a final notice and the silence of an empty fridge.

Tonight, we tune into the blues – not the genre, but the feeling. The kind that creeps in when the cost of living climbs and the pay cheque falls.

But in the struggle, there’s soul. In the hardship, harmony. So whether you’re counting coins or counting blessings, this is your soundtrack. A show that goes for broke.

Hour One

Nina Simone – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out (Pastel Blues 1965)

The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket (The Pretenders 1979)

OneRepublic – Stop And Stare (Dreaming Out Loud 2008)

The Script – For The First Time (Science & Faith 2010)

A-ha – Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale (Hunting High and Low 1985)

Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under (Seventeen Going Under 2021)

The View – Cracks (Ropewalk 2015)

Chuck Berry – No Money Down (After School Session 1955)

George Thorogood – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (George Thorogood and the Destroyers 1977)

Dire Straits – Southbound Again (Dire Straits 1978)

Five Man Electrical Band – Signs (Good-byes And Butterflies 1970)

The Kinks – Dead End Street (Face To Face 1966)

Drive-By Truckers – 21st Century USA (The Unraveling 2020)

Uncle Tupelo – No Depression (No Depression 1990)

Hour Two

Buzzcocks – Credit (Flat-Pack Philosophy 2006)

The Zutons – Family of Leeches (You Can Do Anything 2008)

Jake Bugg – Messed Up Kids (Shangri La 2013)

Cat Power – Ruin (Sun 2012)

Talib Kweli – Get By (Quality 2002)

Shontelle – Life Is Not An Easy Road (Shontelligence 2008)

Speech Debelle – Better Days (Speech Therapy 2009)

Kurtis Blow – Hard Times (Kurtis Blow 1980)

Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar (Good Things 2010)

Valentine Brothers – Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) (First Take 1982)

Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (What’s Going On 1971)

Gregory Porter – Take Me To The Alley (Take Me To The Alley 2016)

George Michael – Brother Can you Spare a Dime (Songs from the Last Century 1999)