The Langdon Auger Show
September 2nd 2026
Featured Artists: Elton John, Audioslave, Genesis.
Well September is off to a flying start, got a lot accomplished today but mostly just more clarity than accomplishment but still so far so good. Todays featured artists were picked for their words, thought process and outright honesty. Audioslave with Chris Cornell amazing vocals on “Show me how to Live” is almost a semi biography for me, because it is a desperate demand for guidance when existence feels burdensome, trapped, and devoid of natural direction as I have always felt like I’m out playing right field during a hockey game. A total description of feeling stitched together and unable to fit into normal human expectations. Probably because of my upbringing or the lack there of and looking toward some unknown creator and asking why would you bring me into a confusing mess of my life. True some was my fault, not trying to deflect all the missteps but looking for some guidance. Toxic relationships, toxic moments, toxic hopes just makes life long and tedious. I wish I had a friend or mentor like Elton John did and steering me in the right direction, where is my “Sugarbear”? I do feel like the “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” from Genesis album hopefully the future has some more clarity. Positive hopes…
In this archived September 2 Langdon Auger Show, Ward opens by wishing Jocelyn a happy birthday and inviting listeners to send requests through mentalhealthradio.ca. Between music sets, he talks about Elton John’s “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” a story he frames as a rumor, and previews the dance portion with a reminder to hydrate and stretch.
About this episode
Ward says it is Wednesday, September 2nd, at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. He wishes Jocelyn a happy birthday and invites listeners to submit requests at mentalhealthradio.ca. He hopes listeners stay until 8 o'clock and says he will play requests he has. If he does not have one, the music will continue.
Ward introduces Elton John’s “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” and recounts a story he frames as rumor. In his telling, Long John Baldry called Elton while he was considering marriage and talked him out of it. Ward says Baldry is the song’s “Sugar Bear.” He then names tracks by Billy Joel, the Bee Gees, The Monkees and The Police.
Later, Ward comments on songs by Kylie Minogue and Redbone, then cues the dance portion and asks listeners to hydrate and stretch. He recaps a disco set and thanks listeners at the close. He says they will be back the next day and again on Sunday.
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)
00:00:00
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00:01:28
From the Recovering the Satellites CD in 2006, that is The Counting Crows. And I'm Not Sleeping. Wednesday, September 2nd, 6 p.m. here, Mountain Standard Time. Happy birthday going out to Jocelyn, who is celebrating a birthday today. So we'd like to wish her a happy birthday.
And that means it must be time for the Mental Health Radio Show. And hopefully you'll hear until 8 o'clock. We do have all kinds of tunes coming up.
But we also take requests. So go to our website, mentalhealthradio.ca. Put a username in. Make sure you save it. Put your request down below there. And if I have it, we'll play it. If not, we'll just keep playing great tunes like this one.
00:05:17
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00:30:49
Okay, as rumor has it, that song was for Long John Baldry, because Elton was thinking about marrying this lady, and then he got a late night call from Long John Baldry and kind of talked him out of marriage, this woman. So he wrote that song. And it's Sugar Bear is Long John Baldry in that song, for those of you that didn't know. That is Elton John and “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.”
Billy Joel in there with “My Life.” Bee Gees, “Nights on Broadway,” The Monkees, and a great tune, “Daydream Believer.” [Unclear phrase] with music, and we started off with The Police and “Message in the Bottle.” Welcome to the Langdon Auger Show. 6:27 here on Wednesday, September 2nd.
Thanks for tuning in. We're going to be here until 8 p.m. playing all kinds of great tunes. Hopefully you enjoy them. If not, you can request on the website, mentalhealthradio.ca, in the live chat there. Just put your username in there and what song you want to hear. Let's get back to some music. Al Stewart right now.
00:31:51
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00:59:26
Oh, great song there from Kylie Minogue. We just love the feel and the groove of that song. And that's “Can't Get You Out of My Head.” Redbone in before that with “Come and Get Your Love.” And the funny thing is it was released in late 1973 as a [unclear album name]. And they became the first Native American band to reach the top five on the Billboard Hot 100. And it got a big, massive resurgence in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. That's right. It was on that one, too.
What do we have in there? We also had the Rolling Stones from the Steel Wheels album. “Rock in a Hard Place.” Mory Kanté as well. In there with [Fadden?], Genesis, “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.” And the picture on the album is a lamb lying down in the middle of Broadway. And he just said that was kind of a pure innocence inside the classic grit of New York. And we also had Al Stewart in there with “The Year of the Cat.”
We're almost at our dance portion of the show. We have a couple of songs to go just yet. Want to warm you up. Want to give you a bit of warning about that. Get yourself hydrated. Make sure you stretch yourself out. You got a three-song set to get all that done before we start that. So let's get right to it.
01:00:45
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01:11:21
Great song there from Chris Rea and “Blue Cafe.” Natalie Imbruglia in there from her Left of the Middle album and “Torn.” And that set, we started off with Dusty Springfield, “Wishing and Hoping.”
Seven minutes after seven right here on the Langdon Auger Show, which means that it's time for the dance portion of the show. Hopefully you're hydrated, you're stretched out, and you're ready to go because we've got a couple of really hot ones for you today. Going to kick it off with this one.
01:11:50
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01:23:15
That is Sister Sledge and “We Are Family.” In before that, Hot Chocolate and “You Sexy Thing.” Two of the biggest hits of that little disco era that we had, for sure. Geri Halliwell in before that with “It's Raining Men.” And, of course, that was from the Bridget Jones Diary. However, they weren't the original ones that did it. The Weather Girls did it back in, let's say, 1982. And the song was offered to all kinds of artists, including Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, and [Sharon?]. They all said, no, we don't want to do that. So the Weather Girls did it and made a big hit of it. And it was also co-written by Canada's very own Paul Shaffer.
Well, I hope you enjoyed the dance portion of our show. We still have about 40 minutes' worth of music coming your way. Going to kick it off with a little Dire Straits.
01:25:06
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01:50:00
That is, of course, Dexys Midnight Runners with “Come On, Eileen.” Dead or Alive was in there as well with “You Spin Me Around.” Billy Ocean, and “Get Out of My Dreams and Into My Car.” We had a great tune from Audioslave and “Show Me How to Live.” Matchbox 20 in there as well with “Real World” from Yourself or Someone Like You, and Dire Straits started off that set from Love Over Gold. Great tune, “Industrial Disease.”
We are almost out of here. We've got time for like three more songs. We'll come back and say our goodbyes right after that.
01:50:36
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02:02:10
Oh, yeah, Aldo Nova and “Fantasy.” What a great song that is. We also had Roxy Music in there with “Love is a Drug.” We started off with Rush and “Closer to the Heart.” That's it for me. I'm out of here. Thanks, everybody, for tuning in tonight. Don't forget, we're back tomorrow night, starting at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, and that'll be our last show of this week, and then we'll start back up again on Sunday. So happy mental health to you. We got great tunes coming your way. We have Page and Plant coming up. [Laka Llama?] is coming up as well, but we're going to end the show with the Guess Who.
02:02:47
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