The (Christmas) Rock'n'Roll Manifesto - Setlist

Well without wishing to blow our own trumpet too much (like we mind!) I have to say the Saturday's Manifesto was a great success and probably our best night yet. Both the brandy shots and the Christmas selection boxes (complete with Chomps) went down a treat, as did the music. Photos of the night will follow but, for now, here's our festive setlist in full.

DJ Bid-Up's opening hour:

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant
The Moonglows - Hey Santa Claus
Andy Williams - Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule
Babs Gonzales - Be-Bop Santa
Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman
Brooke Benton - Soul Santa
The Emotions - Black Christmas
Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes
Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
Sugar 'Chile' Robinson - Christmas Boogie
The Crystals - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Barry Richards - Baby Sittin' Santa
Dinning Sisters with Bob Archer - Christmas Island
Margie Joseph - Christmas Gift
Jethro Tull - Ring Out The Solstice Bells
The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
Little Joey Parr - Rock'n'Roll Santa
The O'Jays - Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Year's Ain't New New Year Without The One You Love
The Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter

Another Guy Called Gerald then took over for the 2nd hour:

Beck - Little Drum Machine Boy
My Chemical Romance - All I Want For Christmas Is You
The Wombats - Is This Christmas (video mix with Les Dennis intro)
The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want For Christmas
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Lets Boogie to the Elf Dance!
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire - Santa Claus
The Ravers - (It's Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas
The Joseph & Mary Chain - The Twelve Days of Christmas
Go Home Productions (Blondie/Paul McCartney/J-Lo 'mash-up') - High Tides and Blocked Peace Pipes
The Killers - Great Big Sled
The Black Arts - Christmas Number 1
The Long Blondes - Christmas is Cancelled
Malcolm Middleton - We're All Going To Die
The Hives/Cyndi Lauper - Christmas Duel
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

DJ Bid-Up then returned from 10-11pm with:

Blink 182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Snog - Hey Christian God
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Big John Greer - We Want To See Santa Do The Mambo
Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker - Jingle Bell Rock
Darlene Love - Winter Wonderland
Rotary Connection - Christmas Love
Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
Christina - Things Fall Apart
Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien for Christmas
Standstill - I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus
They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard
Far (featuring Chico Moreno) - Feed The World
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
The Marshall Brothers - Mr Santa Boogie
The Hepsters - Rockin' and Rollin' with Santa Claus
Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

And Another Guy Called Gerald finished off the Christmas part of the evening with:

Liberace's 1954 Christmas Greeting (also featuring his brother Johnny)
The Fall - No Christmas For John Quays
Go Home Productions (Boston/The Beatles/Greg Lake this time) - Christmas In Boston
The White Stripes - Candy Cane Children
Frightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop
Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
No Doubt - Oi To The World
Daniel Johnston - Some People Don't Even Know It's Christmas
Wall of Voodoo - Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas
Arcade Fire - Jinglebell Rock
The Wedding Present - Step Into Christmas
Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Cliched To Be Cyncial At Christmas
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas
El Vez - Feliz Navi-Nada
Scaffold - Lily The Pink
St Etienne/Tim Booth - I Was Born On Christmas Day
Eels - Everything's Going To Be Cool This Christmas
Throwing Muses - Santa Claus
Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - I Am Santa Claus
Lucious Jackson - Let It Snow
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

And as the clock struck midnight, we went into rock/party mode for the last hour, the idea of throwing in some of our favourite songs of 2008 being dropped as we were having such a good time with the rock'n'roll we vowed at the end to do the original (non-christmas) rock'n'roll idea again for a whole evening at some point in the future.

DJ-Bid Up rocked out to:

Hawkwind - Silver Machine
Slade - Cum on Feel The Noize
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town
Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
T-Rex - Get It On
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Free - All Right Now
Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
Ram Jam - Black Betty

And Nicey ... I mean Another Guy Called Gerald, brought things to a rocking conclusion with:

Def Leppard - Animal
AC/DC - Back in Black
Jet - Are You Going To Be My Girl?
NERD - Rock Star
The Strokes - Last Night
David Essex - Rock On
and finally, and appropriately, a reprise from our very first night, the New York Manifesto: Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights

Manifesto returns on Saturday 24th January with the Grim Up North? Manifesto - of course it won't be that grim - what it will be is a trip through the North of England, from Morrissey and Madchester, to Merseybeat and the 80's Liverpool New Wavers, over to the sounds of Sheffield, the Yorkshire goths, up to the new indie bands of the North East (and Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet is the first song on my playlist!) and not forgetting of course, er, It Bites of Cumbria

Hope to see you then (it's my birthday as well!)

The (Christmas) Rock'n'Roll Manifesto - Saturday 8th December

Well we’ve had sex, we’ve done drugs, so all we’re left to do now is Rock’n’Roll! Having moved forward a week this month to Saturday 20th December, the 3rd Saturday of the month, we thought we had to inject some Christmas into the Rock’n’Roll proceedings, but as time has passed, you know what, the spirit of Christmas has consumed us and now the evening is going to be a truly Rock’n’Roll Christmas in every sense.

There’ll be Rock’n’Roll Christmas songs galore, some of which you’ll know, some of which we hope are new to you, plus some classics as you’ve never heard them before.

Instead of Wham there’ll be The White Stripes and The Wedding Present, instead of Shakey there’ll be the Smashing Pumpkins and Sufjan Stevens, instead of Mariah Carey there’ll be My Chemical Romance (covering Mariah Carey!), instead of Gary Glitter there’ll be … actually no, there’ll be Gary Glitter … come on, it is Christmas after all. Plus we’ll be playing some of our favourite songs of 2008 when we’re all Christmas’d out or just fancy a change.

As always, not only is entrance free, there’ll also be Christmas booze giveaways, plus after October’s Love Hearts and November’s Sherbet Dip-Dabs & Blue Smarties, expect some Christmas confectionary treats! The night kicks-off at 8pm and as it’s Christmas we’ll be carrying ‘til late (1-ish, maybe later)

The Drugs Manifesto - Setlist and Photos

Please note that Manifesto does not to condone the use of drugs - and to prove this point we played Just Say No TWICE!

DJ Bid-Up started off the evening with ...

The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Talking Heads - Drugs
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Baker Knight and the Knightmares - Hallucinations
Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night
Warren Zevon - Detox City
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
Blondie - I'm on E
Tricky - Overcome
Depeche Mode - It's No Good
Sisters of Mercy - Amphetamine Logic
Dillinger - Cocaine in My Brain
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Oceanic - Insanity
Jesus & Mary Chain - Cracking Up

Another Guy Called Gerald followed with ...

Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting for the Man
Mansun - She Makes My Nose Bleed
Killers - Uncle Johnny
Moldy Peaches - Who's Got The Crack
Groove Armada - Purple Haze
Gorillaz - Dare
D12 - Purple Pills
The Streets/Pete Doherty - Pranging Out (mix with Pete Doherty vocal throughout)
Free Association - Sugarman
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
The Doors - The Crystal Ship
The Cast of Grange Hill - Just Say No
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Don't Do It)
Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
Sid Vicious - My Way

DJ Bid-Up carried on with ...

Black Uhuru - Sensemilla
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
Dr Feelgood - Milk & Alcohol
The Fall - Totally Wired
Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of my Mind
Soulwax - E Talking
The Droyds - Girls on Pills
Underworld - Pearl's Girl
Josh Wink - Higher State of Conciousness
Prodigy - Charley
Orbital - Chime
SL2 - On a Ragga Tip
Echo & The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace
De La Soul - Say No Go
Chicks On Speed ... was meant to be We Don't Play Guitars but accidents will happen!

Another Guy Called Gerald then finished off the drugs with ...

Pulp - Sorted for E's & Whizz
Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
EZ Possee - Everything Starts With An E
Velvet Underground - Heroin
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last Junkie ...
Afroman - Cos I Got High
Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon
Cast of Grange Hill - Just Say No (again by request!)