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16/02/2010

More confessions of secret infantile behaviour: toy rubber ducks, tantrums and more! Plus, there is a new member to the gang and more from Lester's and Listeners' Libraries.

There is a new member of the gang on The Best Time of the Day Show. His arrival has been the talk of Buffoon Town. It is... the big, red spot on producer Dr. Strangelove's nose. It has taken on a life of its own with its own thread. Plans for a West End musical about it are underway. The mickey-taking is in full force this morning. We are also saying, "Oh Grow Up You Big Baby" to those who still bathe with their rubber duck, ask the other parent when one the first one says "no", and reject high-interest savings accounts in favour of the plastic blue police-man moneybox they got when they enrolled with a bank at school. Classic Velvet Underground and '80s synth-pop with Eighth Wonder in Lester's Library, plus a forgotten rock gem from FM in the Listener's Library. More from the Album of the Week from Johnny Cash, Record of the Week from sensational new artist, Rox, and Pause for Thought with David Wilkinson.

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Music Played

  • Charles & Eddie

    Would I Lie To You?

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music.
    • 14.

  • Uncle Kracker

    Follow Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava/Atlantic.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Rhiannon

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 003.

  • Robbie Williams

    Morning Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 5.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Iron Lion Zion

    • (CD Single).
    • Tuff Gong.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "MEMOIRS" (Rough Trade)

    • Rox

      My Baby Left Me

      • (CD Single).
      • Rough Trade.
      • 1.

  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY Taken from the CD, "VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO" (Mercury)

    • The Velvet Underground

      I'm Waiting for the Man

  • Otis Redding

    These Arms of Mine

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Norah Jones

    Stuck

    • (CD Single).

  • David Bowie

    John, I'm Only Dancing

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Van Halen

    Why Can't This Be Love

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • MIKA

    Blame It On The Girls

    • (CD Single).

  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Foreigner

    When It Comes To Love

    • (CD Single).

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Shola Ama

    You Might Need Somebody

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Will Kevans

    Sand Makes A Pearl

    • (CD Single).

  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY featured on the CD, "APHRODISIAC" (Code7), suggested by Lee Brogden of Lancashire

    • FM

      Blood and Gasoline

      • Aphrodisiac.

  • Gwen Stefani

    Cool

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Little Big Town

    Fine Line

    • A Place To Land.
    • Humphead Records.
    • 1.

  • The Four Seasons

    Big Girls Don't Cry

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 7.

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • The Supremes

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Owl City

    Fireflies

    • (CD Single).
    • Island Records.
    • 1.

  • Lyle Lovett

    She's No Lady

    • It Could Happen To You - Orig S/Track.

  • The Connells

    74-75

    • Top Of The Pops 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Morrissey

    First Of The Gang To Die

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK Track taken from the CD, "AMERICAN VI: AIN'T NO GRAVE" (Mercury) Released on Monday 22nd February

    • Johnny Cash

      Cool Water

      • American VI: Ain't No Grave.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Carly Simon

    You're So Vain

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Cry Me A River

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY taken from the re-issued CD, "FEARLESS" (Cherrypop)

    • Eighth Wonder

      I'm Not Scared

  • Van Morrison

    Moondance

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Noisettes

    Wild Young Hearts

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Feb 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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