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Scott Mills goes deep on the unexpected objects that made the Radio 2 playlist look the way it does today. This time, Freddie Mercury's make up brush, The Flaming Lips space bubbles, New Order's floppy disk and Cher's connection to an oil drill take centre stage.

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Sun 30 Apr 2023 03:00
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Music Played

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Bohemian Rhapsody.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 17.

  • Humpy Bong

    We're Alright Til Then

    • Single.
    • Parlophone.

  • Thomas & Friends

    Thomas the Tank Engine Theme

    • Single.

  • Queen

    My Fairy King

    • Queen.
    • EMI.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Freddie Mercury

    Living On My Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Freddie Mercury

    The Great Pretender

    • Now 9 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Queen

    The Show Must Go On

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Queen, George Michael & Lisa Stansfield

    These Are The Days Of Our Lives

    • Five Live E.P..
    • Parlophone.

  • The Flaming Lips

    She Don't Use Jelly

    • Warner Bros.

  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

  • The Flaming Lips

    Everything's Explodin'

    • Oh My Gawd!!!.
    • Restless Records.

  • The Flaming Lips

    The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)

    • Warner Bros.

  • Louise Dearman, Katie Hall, Nadim Naaman, Jamie Parker, Clarke Peters & ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Oklahoma!

  • The Flaming Lips

    Do You Realize??

    • Warner Bros.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Race For The Prize

  • New Order

    Temptation

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Joy Division

    She's Lost Control

    • London.

  • The Scaffold

    Liverpool Girls

    • Sold Out.
    • Warner Bros. Records.

  • Joy Divison

    Digital

    • Permanent: Joy Divison.
    • London Records.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • Sugarhill Records.

  • Έι³ά²Τ‐D.²Ρ.°δ. vs Jason Nevis

    It's Like That

    • Sm:)e Communications.

  • New Order

    Prime 586

    • Single.
    • Factory Records.

  • New Order

    Blue Monday

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.

  • The Ronnettes

    Be My Baby

  • The Righteous Brothers

    You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Bonnie Jo Mason

    Ringo I Love You

    • Single.
    • Annette Records.

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Love is Strange

    • Single.
    • Reprise.

  • Sonny & Cher

    I Got You Babe

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Cher

    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

  • Cher

    Believe

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Apr 2023 03:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2