The Langdon Auger Show
March 4th 2026
Featured Artists: Chicago, Sawyer Brown, Bono
I really liked todays episode because of all the different vibes that it came with, starting off with “Lonely nights” by Long John Baldry and having Bono doing the Michael Hutchence “Slide Away” Song both are so very rich with emotions. Cranking it up with Chicago, and Sawyer Brown shows how music can be felt regardless of what type of music it comes from, country, blues, jazz or just straight up rock and roll. We all have a variety of music in our lives, we have that song when we are feeling down, that song where angry moods rule the day, we know what song to listen to. Music the great equalizer for moods, emotions, need to feel better. Even listening to a nice smooth song like America`s Horse With No Name has it`s place.
Ward opens this Langdon Auger Show with Long John Baldry’s “Lonely Nights,” greets listeners and invites song requests in the chat. Later he shares his version of the story behind Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4,” gets listeners ready for a dance portion with reminders to stretch and hydrate, and previews a following-night set of female lead singers.
About this episode
Early on, Ward says a Sawyer Brown request is coming and explains how listeners can send requests in the chat. He also shares his account of the story behind “25 or 6 to 4,” describing a deadline, a late night, and the effort to name the song.
As the dance portion approaches, Ward reminds listeners to stretch and hydrate. He previews a following-night show about female solo singers, thanks listeners for their requests, then wishes them a good night.
Full spoken transcript
Transcribed from the recording and lightly edited for readability. Song lyrics and recorded interludes are omitted. Some audio could not be transcribed; those gaps and unclear words are marked in brackets. Timestamps are approximate. The comments reflect the speakers’ own experiences and views.
Full spoken transcript (click to collapse or expand)
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00:04:01
From his 1979 album, Baldry’s Out. Of course, that is Long John Baldry starting off the show with “Lonely Nights.” How are you doing out there? It’s two minutes after five o’clock. Thanks for tuning in here on the Langdon Auger Show, right here on mentalhealthradio.ca. We’ve got two hours to go and lots of music to listen to.
If you do want to hear me, we already have one request. We’re going to hear some Sawyer Brown within the next half hour, so thanks for that request. But if you do want to hear anything, go on down to the chat. Put your username in, make sure you save it, and just start chatting. If I have a song and you want to hear it, we’ll definitely play it, as long as we’re not playing the same artist three, four, five, six, seven times. We’re going to get some different kind of music to listen to today, so I hope you enjoy it.
Got to go back to an old song with brass involved in rock and roll music. It’s just the way it goes. I’m sorry.
00:04:56
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00:18:27
That’s introducing “The Hardline” according to Terence Trent D’Arby. And he has recently, 2001, changed his name to Sananda Maitreya. But that is “Wishing Well,” and that whole album was just absolutely spectacular. We had Steve Winwood in there as well with “Back in the High Life Again.” Chicago started us off with “25 or 6 to 4.”
If you don’t know the story, they were trying to beat a deadline on their record, and they were kind of staying up all night. And they finally finished the name of this. They finished the song, and they didn’t know what to call it. “So what do you want to call it?” “I don’t know. I finished writing it about 25 or 6 to 4.” So that’s what it became. Just trivia, you know. All right, let’s get back to it. A little “Fashion.”
00:20:00
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00:31:31
And that’s his response after he heard about the death of Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS. And they had been working on it, but they never even got close to completing it. Bono went in there. Him and Daniel Lanois, producer, went in and finished off the album. And it’s a great album. Released in 1999. Great album. If you ever want to pick up an album, Michael Hutchence’s album in 1999, it’s amazing. We had INXS before that from their 1991 Baby Live album and “Guns in the Sky.” And David Bowie started it all off with “Fashion.”
How are you all doing? Oliver is in the house now. So, yeah, it’s 5:30, so we still got about an hour and a half left. So if you want to request a song, come on down to our chat, enter your username, make sure you save it, and just put it in there. We got 51,000 songs. If we have it, we most certainly will play it. We do have a request coming up in this set. But first, America.
00:32:31
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00:40:00
The disco era, of course. That is Alicia Bridges and “I Love the Nightlife.”
00:42:24
Sawyer Brown by request, in before that with “Six Days on the Road,” doing the old Dave Dudley tune. And America started off with “A Horse with No Name.” Twenty minutes before six. Thanks again for tuning in. Hope you’re enjoying the requests and music so far. If not, come on down, give us a chat. Let us know what you’d like to hear. We’re going to keep it going with Five for Fighting.
00:42:47
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00:55:38
From the No Jacket Required album, of course, that is Phil Collins and “Sussudio” in before that, the unplugged version of Paul Simon doing “Graceland.” And we started all off with Five for Fighting from the Smallville soundtrack. If you’re a TV show watcher and we want to listen to “Superman,” it’s not easy. We got about six minutes before six o’clock, so our dance portion of the show is coming up. We just got one more set of music before we get to that. So let’s get it going.
00:56:07
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01:05:34
Ah, Sir Elton John, what a great tune that is, “Rocket Man.”
01:08:07
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01:08:10
Been used in so many movies. So many movies. Absolutely brilliant song. Lenny Kravitz in before that, and “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” Started off with Billy Squier and “In the Dark.” Six minutes after six now. That means it must be time for the dance portion of the show. So hopefully you’re all hydrated and stretched out and all that, and ready to go. If not, we got a song here that’ll kind of get you ready. Time to stretch it out. Make sure you get hydrated. No injuries here on the Langdon Auger Show. Here’s the Bee Gees and “Too Much Heaven.”
01:10:00
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01:15:57
Taking us all the way back to 1979, of course, it is Anita Ward and “Ring My Bell.” [Timing uncertain.]
01:19:33
The Mamas and Papas in there doing a great version of the Martha and the Vandellas tune, “Dancing in the Street.” And we started off with the Bee Gees and “Too Much Heaven.” How are you all doing? It’s 17 minutes after 6. We’ve got about 45 minutes left in the show, and we have had a couple of requests already, so thank you for those.
Don’t forget about tomorrow night, starting at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. We’re going to be discussing and playing female lead singers. I mean, solo this time around. We’ll maybe do groups next time. But all the beautiful voices and the queens of music start tomorrow night, right here on the Langdon Auger Show, starting at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. So if you’re in and around, come on by and see if your favorite female artist made it into the two hours. There’s so many. It’s hard. It’s hard to fill. It’s not hard to fill two hours. So somebody is going to be left out, unfortunately. But here we go. Back to the music. Cat Stevens.
01:20:31
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01:30:01
Great voice there. That is Wynonna, of course, going out by request, and “No One Else on Earth.” Mouth & MacNeal in before that. We’re talking about that. It’s 55 years old, that song. Where were you when you first heard it? How do you do? Cat Stevens started off that set with “Two Fine People.” We only got about a half hour left, and we have some great tunes coming your way. So we should get to them right away. What do you think? Yeah? No? All right, let’s do it.
01:31:16
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01:41:27
Taking you back a year or two.
01:44:32
That is Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Down on the Corner.” Dr. Hook in before that, and The Medicine Show, with “Queen of the Silver Dollar,” and Gordon Lightfoot, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Just a reminder, it’s our last set of music, so thank you all for tuning in. Thank you for your requests. Tomorrow night we’re doing a female voice, the voices of music, the queen of music. Check it out. Let’s see if one of these two will show up in tomorrow night’s show.
01:45:00
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01:59:15
Of course, that is Stompin’ Tom Connors. Elbows up, everybody, and believe in your country. Tony Orlando and Dawn in there, before that with “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around That Old Oak Tree”. Annie Lennox, “Walking on Broken Glass.” And Carly Simon started off with “You’re So Vain.” We were just talking in the chat about all the many females and vocals that they’ve gotten. It’s hard to narrow it down to two hours, but we’ll do our best tomorrow night starting at 8 p.m. Maybe we’ll have to do a part two. We’ll see. I want to thank everybody for tuning in, and a happy mental health to you. Hopefully you have a good night, and hopefully you enjoyed the show today so far. We’re going to end it with a great tune. I love it. But we’ve also got some [Kaiser Kings?] coming up. Michael Bublé coming up, the The Beatles coming up, so stick around. We’re going to end the show today with Pink Floyd and “Have a Cigar.”
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