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Norman Cook and Baylen Leonard

Norman Cook revels in the the zenith of music rebellion, punk rock, and Baylen Leonard tells Chris about the wonders of the Country Music capital, Nashville.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 6 Jun 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • James Brown

    Living in America

    • 40th Anniversary Collection.
    • Polydor.
    • 4.

  • Coldplay

    Up & Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

  • Rick Astley

    Never Gonna Give You Up

    • Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Someb.
    • RCA.

  • Keane

    Is It Any Wonder?

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.
    • 001.

  • Dodgy

    Staying Out For The Summer

    • The No.1 Summer Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • OneRepublic

    Wherever I Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Kim Wilde

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Bryan Adams

    You Belong To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Crazy Elephant

    Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'

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

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • Tori Amos

    Cornflake Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Sigma

    Cry (feat. Take That)

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 001.

  • The Clash

    Should I Stay Or Should I Go

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

    • EMI.

  • Sex Pistols

    Silly Thing

  • The Beatles

    Magical Mystery Tour

    • Magical Mystery Tour.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Kings of Leon

    Use Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    Hold On

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • AC/DC

    Whole Lotta Rosie

    • AC/DC - Let There Be Rock.
    • Atco.

  • Dire Straits

    Tunnel Of Love

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 8.

  • Paul Simon

    Wristband

    • (CD Single).
    • Concord Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D鈥橝rcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

听2016 so far has robbed us of many friends and icons. Will there be a hero left when December comes? Sir Terry, Bowie, Prince and now Muhammad Ali, whom Michael Parkinson says was probably greatest showman he ever interviewed.

I first knew him as Cassius Clay, the young, brash, Olympic gold medallist who went on to revolutionise heavyweight boxing in the early 60s. As a boy I got up in the middle of the night to listen to his fights live. I heard on a crackling wireless that Henry Cooper鈥檚 famous left hook had floored the cocky Cassius. He was saved on the night by a mysterious split in his glove, giving him time to recover.

At the top of his career he changed his name to Muhammad Ali and refused induction into the United States army; he reasoned war was immoral. Later he explained:听 鈥淐assius Clay is a slave name. I didn鈥檛 choose it, and I didn鈥檛 want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name 鈥搃t means beloved of God.鈥� That was the moment I became a fan.

I saw him fight live just once 鈥� in 1974 in Dublin when he demolished Al Blue Lewis. I shook his hand that night and boasted about it for weeks.

Later I visited Louisville Kentucky, Ali鈥檚 home town, to make a pilgrimage to the monastery of another hero Thomas Merton, the famous Trappist monk who lived there.

Coincidentally, one day Merton left his monastery just to experience the rush of the world in downtown Louisville. He had a vision which changed his life forever. He saw different races, different colours and different religions criss-crossing the junction and became convinced deep in his soul that all creation is beautiful and cherished by God.

And that鈥檚 really the legacy of Ali too. We once were fans but we loved him even more for his life-long fight with Parkinson鈥檚 disease which he coped with nobly. 鈥淚 am the greatest鈥� took on a whole new meaning.

Perhaps his most fitting quote this morning is this one: 鈥淗e who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.鈥澨� Today we are truly grateful for such a courageous and beautiful hero of our time.

听

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