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Nile Rodgers, Sharleen Spiteri, Will Poulter, Adam Henson and Manic Street Preachers.

Chris is joined by Nile Rodgers, Sharleen Spiteri, Will Poulter, Countryfile's Adam Henson and Manic Street Preachers perform live in the studio!

Chris is joined by The Hitmaker Nile Rodgers to talk about 麻豆社 Music Day, the super Sharleen Spiteri looks forward to her Top Gear debut, home-grown Hollywood star Will Poulter gets reverent over The Revenant, Countryfile's Adam Henson tells us about his new book and Manic Street Preachers perform live in the studio including Wales' official Euro 2016 anthem!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 Jun 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Glam Crazee - Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Ladyhawke

    A Love Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Mid Century Records.
    • 001.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Think

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jamiroquai

    Love Foolosophy

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Barenaked Ladies

    One Week

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • ABC

    Viva Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 001.

  • The Kinks

    Lola

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.

  • Simply Red

    Ain't That a Lot of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.

  • Guy Mitchell

    She Wears Red Feathers

    • The Number 1s Collection.
    • Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Eric Clapton

    Can't Let You Do It

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • The Beat

    Tears Of A Clown

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • One Direction

    History

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
    • 13.

  • The Weeknd

    Can't Feel My Face

    • Beauty Behind The Madness.
    • Republic.
    • 7.

  • Texas

    Detroit City

    • The Conversation.
    • Pias.
    • 1.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • All Saints

    This Is A War

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 001.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Everything Must Go

  • OneRepublic

    Wherever I Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Together Stronger [Live]

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Twenty Something

    • (CD Single).
    • x2 Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Chic

    I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • It's About Time.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Australia [Live]

  • Guy Garvey

    Let's Dance (Radio 2 Session, 22nd Jan 2016)

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Feels Like Heaven (Fiction Factory) [Live]

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & Writer Paul Kerensa:

In our house, we start our children鈥檚 musical education early. So in amongst Baa Baa Black Sheep鈥檚 wool, or Mary Mary鈥檚 garden growing 鈥� both highly educational songs for farming聽 my three - and five-year-old get a healthy dose of cultural classics. 70s disco is a particular favourite, and I promise no pretending because Nile Rodgers is here 鈥� but I鈥檝e genuinely played Chic to them so many times, that my 3 year old can鈥檛 hear me sympathise with an 鈥淎aaaaaah鈥�, without adding: 鈥溾�reak out!鈥�

The children tolerate me, so the Manic Street Preachers and Texas will be next. Oh yes, they have class. But one of the quirks of our children being different ages, as most are, is that different ages mean different stages鈥� puzzling the world out a year or two apart. While our preschool-girl tests out statements like 鈥淲hen I鈥檓 a man, I鈥檒l have a tail like my bunny-rabbit鈥� (diagrams necessary), our schoolboy meanwhile is onto mortality: 鈥淲hy doesn鈥檛 daddy have a granny or granddad? Are there planes from heaven to Gatwick Airport? What do we say when God sneezes?鈥�

I鈥檓 delighted they鈥檙e inquisitive, and I pray they don鈥檛 stop being so. They know at church each week I say 鈥淚 believe in God the Father鈥� Christ the Son鈥� the Holy Spirit.鈥� But to me, belief means acknowledging there seem to be more questions than answers 鈥� which there certainly are in our house. Only yesterday they were playing doctors with their soft toys. 鈥淥h no!鈥� said our youngest. 鈥淟ook at Mr Tiger鈥檚 bruise!鈥� 鈥淵es!鈥� added my boy. 鈥淎nd I can see Mr Tiger鈥檚 blood! I think he鈥檚 dead!鈥� His younger sister looked stoney-faced, wondering if she should apply the bandage after all. As I saw that poor soft toy, I cried, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a miracle!鈥� He鈥檚 not just Mr Tiger who came to tea, he鈥檚 Mr Tiger who came back from the dead. We now call him Lazarus.

We don鈥檛 know all the answers, but we do what we can. So bring on the puzzling and the pondering. As the writer Elisabeth Elliot suggested, 鈥淔aith doesn鈥檛 eliminate questions; faith knows where to take them.鈥� As children, as adults, I pray they keep asking, and keep listening to the answers. To quote our musical guests: This is my truth, tell me yours鈥� and say what you want! I promise I won鈥檛 鈥渁aaaaaaaah鈥� freak out!鈥�

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