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Beth brightens up your Saturday with a healthy dose of tunes, laughs and caffeine!

Beth brightens up your Saturday with a healthy dose of tunes, laughs and caffeine! This week, Beth tells the story behind her favourite band tee in honour of T-Shirt Day. She also shares some listener stories (one involving a chance encounter with the singer Seal), as well as some requests, including a cut from Elton John's 1969 album Empty Sky. Her Matter of Life and Beth combines Kim Gordon and the Nirvana song Aneurysm, and this week's Caffeine Kick is another listener request special! If you have any requests for the Caffeine Kick, or you’d like to get in touch with the show, get in touch at bethditto@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Cocteau Twins

    Heaven Or Las Vegas

    • HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS.
    • 4 A.D..

  • Paul McCartney

    Coming Up

    • Pure McCartney.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 1.

  • Thundercat

    Them Changes

    • Brainfeeder.

  • Marlena Shaw

    California Soul

    • Sampled 3 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • DIIV

    The Fountain

    • Fantasy Records.

  • Count Five

    Psychotic Reaction

    • Ace.

  • Sheena Easton

    Strut

    • RT Industries.

  • Dijon

    Baby!

    • R&R/Warner Records.

  • Wire

    Mannequin

    • MCA.

  • Violet Grohl

    595

    • Auroura Records / Sacred Heart Recordings.

  • Kim Gordon & Nirvana

    Aneurysm (Rock And Roll Hall of Fame 2014)

  • Charli xcx

    Camera

    • Atlantic.

  • Dos

    Intense Song For Madonna

    • Kill Rock Stars.

  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Reward

    • The Teardrop Explodes - Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Ojerime

    Topdown

    • Single.
    • fang.

  • Jackie Wilson

    Lonely Teardrops

    • (CD Single).
    • Pickwick.

  • The Presidents of the United States of America

    Lump

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Dijon & Hockey

    Too Fake

    • Capitol Records.

  • Daft Punk

    Around The World

    • (CD Single).
    • VIRGIN.
    • 2.

  • John Lennon

    Watching The Wheels

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Dos & Rick James

    Cold Blooded

    • Motown Records.

  • Remi Wolf

    Bottle

    • Island Records.

  • Dijon, Hockey & Christie Laume

    La Musique et la Danse

    • Parlophone Records.

  • Indeep

    Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • The Long Blondes

    Once And Never Again

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Dos, Rick James & Annie Ross

    Twisted

    • El Records.

  • Elton John

    Western Ford Gateway

    • Mercury Records.

  • Mykki Blanco

    NYC DOGS

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • NOW - Yearbook 1973 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Dijon, Hockey, Christie Laume & Tearist

    Headless

    • Post Present Medium.

  • Cardi B

    Be Careful

    • Atlantic/KSR.

  • Young MC

    Bust A Move

    • My Name Is Earl O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Shout Factory.
    • 5.

  • Elton John, Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

    Breezy

    • Control Freaq Records.

  • Dijon, Hockey, Christie Laume, Tearist & CCFX

    The One to Wait

    • DFA LLC.

  • Rapture

    Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks

  • Yard Act

    You're Gonna Need A Little Music (6 Music Session, 20 Jul 2026)

  • The Smiths

    Sheila Take A Bow

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 20.

  • George Benson

    Turn Your Love Around

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 5.

  • Paul Simon

    Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

    • Warner Bros.

  • Odetta

    Hit Or Miss

    • Take ME to The Pilot / Hit Or Miss.
    • Polydor.

  • Hamilton Bohannon

    Disco Stomp

    • Best Of The Seventies (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Elton John, Erykah Badu, The Alchemist & Ann Peebles

    Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness

    • Demon Music Group.

  • Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats

    DIFFERENCE (feat. Yebba)

    • Loma Vista.

  • Ngozi Family

    Hi Babe

    • Now Again Records.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Jungle Boogie

    • MCA.

  • Dijon, Hockey, Christie Laume, Tearist, CCFX & ROSALÍA

    BIZCOCHITO

    • Columbia Records,.

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