13 February 2012 - 12:32 am NZ time
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with Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris
Monday to Friday from 12:35 pm
12:35pm - 1pm
Track: Dancing in the Street
Artist: The Leningrad Cowboys
Track: Walk on the Wild Side
Artist: Brook Benton
Track: D'yer maker
Artist: Sheryl Crow
Track: Shadow on the Wall
Artist: Mike Oldfield and Roger Chapman
1pm - 2pm
Track: Blame Canada
Artist: South Park
Track: Trans-Canada Highway
Artist: Gene Pitney
Track: Superman Song
Artist: Crash Test Dummies
Track: Canada is Really Big
Artist: The Arrogant Worms
Track: Mr Soul
Artist: Buffalo Springfield
Track: Take Off
Artist: Bob and Doug McKenzie
Track: When She Loved Me
Artist: Sarah McLachlan
Track: Canadian Sunset
Artist: Andy Williams
Track: Chest Fever
Artist: The Band
Track: Wondering Where the Lions Are
Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Track: These Eyes
Artist: The Guess Who
Track: Raised on Robbery
Artist: Joni MItchell
2pm - 3pm
Track: In My Room
Artist: Billy Thorpe
Track: Funny How Love Can Be
Artist:The Ivy League
Track: Nucular
Artist: George W Bush Singers
Track: After You've Gone
Artist: Cow Bop
Track: Oops!...I Did it Again
Artist: Richard Thompson
Track: Bad is Bad
Artist: Dave Edmunds
Track: Red Sector A
Artist: Rush
Track: Freedom for the Stallion
Artist: Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint
Track: Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
Artist: THe Pretty Things
Track: Zip a dee doo da
Artist: Bill Bailey
3:00 Classic Concert: Richard and Linda Thompson - In Concert, November 1975
Former husband and wife Richard and Linda Thompson in the prime of their musical partnership, recorded during a UK tour promoting their Sufi influenced album "Pour Down Like Silver" and backed by Dave Pegg on bass, Dave Mattacks on drums and accordionist John Kirkpatrick. The recording highlights the intensity of the vocals, both solo and in harmony, of Richard and Linda as well as Thompson fiery guitar work. Hear why this grouping has been called the best folk rock line-up of all time (Universal)
4pm - 5pm
Track: Rip it Up
Artist: Little Richard
Track: One
Artist: Harry Nilsson
Track: Maybe Tomorrow
Artist: Goldenhorse
Track: Skid Row Joe
Artist: Porter Waggoner
Track: Promises, Promises
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Track: I'll See You in My Dreams
Artist: Joe Brown
Track: Yellow Rainbow
Artist: The Move
Track: Deteriorata
Artist: National Lampoon
Track: I am the Walrus
Artist: Jim Carrey
Track: Fabio
Track: If a Song Could be President
Artist: Over the Rhine
Track: Temple
Artist: Jane Siberry
Track: I Only Wanna be With You
Artist: The Tourists
Track: Louie Louie
Artist: The Beach Boys
Email: phil@radionz.co.nz
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Facebook: I (heart) Matinee Idle
'Matinee Idle is Radio New Zealand's Mufti Day. They let me and Simon "loose in the asylum". We get to be the guys testing the outer limits of listener patience and we benignly abuse this privilege.' says O'Brien. 'They let us play whatever we want! It's every radio presenter's dream.'
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