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Fearne Cotton and Tamara Bloch

Fearne Cotton gives Chris a big 'Eh-Oh' to the new Teletubbies series and also tells him about presenting at the BAFTA TV awards. Chris is also sweetly serenaded by Swiss yodeller Tamara Bloch. Plus Ivo Gormley has an inspirational story of doing good deeds through fitness!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 9 May 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Queen

    Hammer To Fall

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    Hold On

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    I Can See Clearly Now

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Jamie Lawson

    Someone For Everyone

    • (CD Single).
    • Gingerbread Man Records.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Jim Reeves

    Welcome To My World

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1963.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 3.

  • Paul Carrack

    Sleep On It

    • (CD Single).
    • Carrack-UK.
    • 002.

  • Texas

    In Demand

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Bryan Adams

    Back To You

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Tom Odell

    Magnetised

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Got To Get You Into My Life

    • Revolver.
    • Parlophone.
    • 13.

  • The Monkees

    Last Train To Clarksville

    • Delilah - Jukebox 60's Hits.
    • Old Gold.
    • 2.

  • Focus

    Hocus Pocus

    • (Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Joe and Jake

    You're Not Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

    I Love Rock 'n' Roll

    • Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n' Roll.
    • Blackheart.

  • KISS

    God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Gregory Porter

    Don't Lose Your Steam

    • Take Me To The Alley.
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Muse

    Starlight

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Remona Aly, freelance journalist and editor:

听

I am not renowned for my singing voice. On occasion, friends have implored, 鈥淢ona, please stop trying to sing.鈥� But I鈥檝e often deluded myself into thinking I could duet with Bruce Springsteen. Like when I鈥檓 in the car on my own, music up loud, air-vent full blast on my face, and I think wow I can really sing! But take away Bruce and the music, and I鈥檓 left sounding like a banshee.

听

While my singing is certainly not music to the ears, there was the thought in Muslim lands during medieval times that music possessed a healing power for the mind, body and spirit.

听

Music therapy entered Europe through Arab medical texts from Muslim thinkers like Al Razi and Ibn Sina also known as Averroes and Avicenna. Unlike the Dr Khans and Dr Alis of today, medieval Muslim physicians were expected to have training in music. And I can see why. They witnessed the power that music and song had in restoring harmony in the body, and how this in turn would improve mental health.听

听

One remarkable account that sticks out to me is of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II, who, in the 15th century, founded what could be called the first mental health hospital. The sultan employed a team of musicians made up of singers, violinists, harpists and flutists who would play and sing to the patients to help cure their conditions.

听

I met Yusuf Islam once, also known as Cat Stevens, who told me how powerful a song could be during wartime. He talked of Bosnia in the early 90s, when people sang traditional Islamic songs to keep their spirits high during the horrors of war. Hearing him talk about song as a means of survival and hope struck a chord with me too.

听

The famous Lebanese-American writer, Kahlil Gibran said that 鈥淢usic is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.鈥�

听

So while my singing voice might be described as ungodly, and would probably hinder rather than help people, I reflect on these wise words and feel that nothing lifts the spirits like a good old song.

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