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Lenny Kravitz, Denzel Washington, David Walliams, Simple Minds and Craig Revel Horwood

Chris gets that Friday feeling going with Lenny Kravitz, Denzel Washington, David Walliams, Simple Minds and Craig Revel Horwood.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 26 Sep 2014 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bryan Adams

    She Knows Me

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

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    Talk To The Animals

    • Sammy Davis Greatest Hits.
    • Curb.
    • 1.

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • The Dixie Cups

    Chapel Of Love

    • Sweet Talkin' Guy - Sound Of 60's Gal.
    • Old Gold.

  • George Ezra

    Blame It On Me

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Yeh Yeh

    • 20 Beat Classics.
    • Polydor.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    New York City

    • Kobalt.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Dirty White Boots

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Danger Zone

    • Top Gun O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Dedicated To The One I Love

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Imelda May

    Johnny Got A Boom Boom

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Classics & Jazz.
    • 1.

  • P!nk

    Get The Party Started

    • The Very Best Of All Woman 2003 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

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

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Kiss

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Cliff Richard

    Wired For Sound

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.

  • B.A. Robertson

    Bang Bang

    • The 70's: Back In The Groove - 1979.
    • Time Life.

  • La Roux

    Kiss And Not Tell

    • Trouble In Paradise.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Space

    Female Of The Species

    • Crush (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Taylor Swift

    Shake It Off

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

  • The Who

    Be Lucky!

    • Who Hits 50.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Abdul-Rehman Malik, journalist and broadcaster:

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This summer, during a visit back to my childhood home in suburban Toronto, I reconnected with an old friend. Maybe friend is too strong a word, but certainly a trusty companion. Someone who helped me get around when I needed to and was always there for late night runs to the cornerstore. I鈥檇 like to call her the Pink Panther 鈥� my sister鈥檚 pink bicycle.听

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It was my final year of high school and I was without wheels. I was tired of waiting for another unreliable bus or begging for a ride. My sister鈥檚 bike 鈥� unloved and unused 鈥� was just what I needed.

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It wasn鈥檛 quite as daring as dressing up like a 鈥渓ady鈥� David, but the sight of a big brown kid on a girl鈥檚 bike was enough to raise some eyebrows and elicit more than a few heckles.

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I was always a bit clueless about keeping up appearances. I remember once walking to a neighbour鈥檚 house when I was 11 or 12 and being laughed at by some teenage girls for carrying a bag from one of the low cost stores where we shopped. I was later told by schoolyard friends that they wouldn鈥檛 be caught dead carrying one of their bags. 鈥淚t makes you look poor,鈥� I was told.

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My parents never let us want for anything, but I know there were some tough times. The summer that I commandeered the pink bike was particularly hard.

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The 18th century mystic Baba Bulleh Shah, in his search for truth became so overwhelmed by the beauty of the cosmos and the astonishing creative power of God that he began to twirl and whirl with joy. 鈥淵our love,鈥� he exclaimed to God, 鈥渉as made me dance like mad.鈥� Dressed in colourful rags and singing frenzied couplets, he must have made quite a scene.

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Many mocked his spiritual two-step, but Bulleh Shah was in good company. The prophets, saints and truth-tellers of the past had in their pursuit of mercy and justice overturned more than a few conventions 鈥� and endured worse for it.

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I鈥檇 like to think riding around on that pink 10-speed helped me build character. I hope I can teach my son to break the mould. To make a scene, for all the right reasons. The pink bike, of course, is optional.听

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