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Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 22 Apr 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 021.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Can't Deny My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Junior Murvin

    Police And Thieves

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

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Scritti Politti

    Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • AC/DC

    Rock The Blues Away

    • Rock Or Bust.
    • Columbia.
    • 003.

  • The Jam

    In The City

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Hollywood Nights

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Judy Garland

    Over the Rainbow

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.
    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Stevie McCrorie

    Lost Stars

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • The Beatles

    Octopus's Garden

    • 1967-1970.
    • Apple.
    • 5.

  • Ringo Starr

    You're Sixteen

    • Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo.
    • Parlophone.

  • The Beatles

    With A Little Help From My Friends

  • Mungo Jerry

    In The Summertime

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Zombies

    She's Not There

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Bellowhead

    Roll Alabama

    • Revival.
    • Island.

  • Aztec Camera & Mick Jones

    Good Morning Britain

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Maneater

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Geno

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 5.

  • Various Artists

    Perfect Day

    • The Best 90's Album In The World...Ev.
    • Virgin.

  • Rae Morris

    Love Again

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Transvision Vamp

    Baby I Don't Care

    • Smash Hits Party '89 (Various).
    • Dover Records.

  • MAGIC!

    No Way No

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Sidney Torch & His Orchestra

    Barwick Green (Theme From 'The Archers')

    • Instrumental Memories Are Made Of Thi.
    • Virgin.

  • Edwin Starr

    Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rabbi Pete TobiasÌý

It’s more than thirty years since I was offered the opportunity to begin the course of study that would lead to my becoming a rabbi. It was a decision that was greeted with alarm and disbelief by most of my family and friends who knew that I had spent most of my teens rejecting most of Judaism’s ritual laws and regulations and questioning the existence of a divine power as described in the bible.

To those who were sufficiently intrigued to ask me what was the basis of my decision (rather than just assuming that I had taken leave of my senses) I was pleased to be able to introduce the biblical prophets. Look at Isaiah, I would say. He stood before the Temple as my ancient ancestors insincerely carried out their ritual obligations, screaming at them that worship was futile unless it encouraged those offering it to work towards establishing a just society.

There were others too: Amos attacked the wealthy who would ‘…buy the poor with silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals’. And Micah had a vision of an ideal future where ‘nation would not lift up sword against nation and never again learn to make war.’

Many are the times that I’ve imagined myself as a biblical prophet. I’ve even dressed up to try and get the point across, like the time at an American summer camp when I wrapped myself in a sheet and put on my specially adapted clip-on sunglasses with a pretend eye drawn on to make the old joke about his name (‘Why’s he called Isaiah? Cos one eye’s ‘igher than the other) which, incidentally, didn’t work, because the Americans call him Iseyah.

Needless to say, the Americans thought I was crazy. Not a million miles from what my family and friends thought fifteen years earlier, I guess. But I don’t think crying out for justice and peace is a crazy message and, like my ancient prophetic ancestors, I shall carry on declaring it in the hope that one day it’ll be heard. Now – where are those sunglasses…?

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