#313 - Daylight Savings Time

About this episode

This episode features a selection of songs that reference time in various ways, coinciding with the upcoming Daylight Savings Time change.

Clocks moves forward soon, so why not songs about, or that reference, time? Track Listing: 1) Clocked In - Black Flag 2) Got The Time - Joe Jackson 3) Like Clockwork - Boomtown Rats 4) 11:59 - Blondie 5) Five Minutes - The Stranglers 6) Minutes To Midnight - Midnight Oil 7) 12 O'Clock Tick Tock - U2 8) A Question Of Time (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode 9) Midnight - Yazoo 10) Cry, The Clock Said - Gary Numan 11) Time/The End Of Time - The Chameleons 12) Seven Minutes To Midnight - Wah! 13) Clockface - Siouxsie And The Banshees 14) Beat The Clock (Extended Version) - Sparks 15) 10:15 Saturday Night - The Cure 16) Time The Avenger - The Pretenders 17) Clockwork (Extended) - SSQ 18) Time It's Time - Talk Talk 19) Midnight To Midnight - The Psychedelic Furs 20) Seconds - U2 21) How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths 22) Some Other Time - X 23) Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division 24) Seconds (Extended Vocal Re-Edit) - Human League 25) Clockout - Devo

People in this episode

Host: SurfingTrucker

Topics covered

• Daylight Savings Time
• songs about time
• music references to time
• 80s music
• track listing

Keywords

• Daylight Savings Time
• time songs
• 80s music
• track listing
• music references

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Clocked In, Got The Time, Like Clockwork, 11:59, Five Minutes, Minutes To Midnight, 12 O'Clock Tick Tock, A Question Of Time (Extended Mix), Midnight, Cry, The Clock Said

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