with Simon Morris & Phil O'Brien
12.35pm - 1pm
Title: Ten Degrees and Getting Colder
Artist: Nanci Griffith
Title: Darkness, Darkness
Artist: Robert Plant
Title: Valleri
Artist: The Monkees
Title: Just Like A Woman
Artist: Charlotte Gainsbourg and Calexico
1pm - 2pm
Title: I'm Leaving it All Up to You
Artist: Donny and Marie Osmond
Title: Scream
Artist: Michael and Janet Jackson
Title: Deep Purple
Artist: Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Title: Anyone Else
Artist; Bart and Lisa Simpson
Title: Island of Dreams
Artist: The Springfields
Title: Goodbye To Love
Artist: The Carpenters
Title: Mockingbird
Artist: Charles and Inez Foxx
Title: Rock Lobster
Artist: The B52s
Title: I Want to Take You Higher
Artist: Sly and the Family Stone
Title: Everybody Hurts
Artist: The Corrs
Title: Coca Cola Commercial
Artist: Gladys Knight and the Pips
TItle: I've Got to Use My Imagination
Artist: Gladys Knight and the Pips
2pm - 3pm
Title: King Rocker
Aritst: Generation X
Title: Moonlight Shadow
Artist: Mike & Maggie Rielly
Title: Framed
Artist: Burton Cummings
Title: Fortunate Son
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Title: Baby, It's You
Artist: Promises
Title: California Sun
Artist: Joe Jones
Title: Ship of Fools
Artist: World Party
Title: Caravan of Love
Artist: The Isley Brothers
Title: Theme From Harry's Game
Artist: Clannad
Title: All Along the Watchtower
Artist: The Fratellis
3pm - 4pm
Feature: Alison Krauss and Union Station Live at the Mermaid Theatre in London, produced by BBC Radio Two
Title: Fiesta
Artist: The Pogues
TItle: Never Say Never
Artist: Romeo Void
Title: Going Up The Country
Artist: Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
Title 1, 2, 3
Arits: Len Barry
Title: The Big Sky
Artist: Kate Bush
4pm - 5pm
Title: Agnes (The Teenaged Russian Spy)
Artist: MAD Magazine
Title: Mannish Boy
Artist: Muddy Waters
Title: There She Goes
Artist: Babyshambles
Title: Love Cats
Artist: The Cure
TItle: Don't Talk to Strangers
Artist: The Beau Brummels
Title: Funny How Love Can Be
Artist: Three Dog Night
Title: Emma
Artist: Hot Chocolate
Title: The Power of Love
Artist: The Pigeon Detectives
Title: Foteringay
Artist: Fairport Convention
Title: Wo Sind Die Clowns
Artist: Zarah Leander
Title: Summertime
Artist: Angelique Kidjo
Email: phil@radionz.co.nz
Text: 2101 (texts cost 20c)
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'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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