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Rupert Everett, Hugh Dennis, Jane Asher and Jimmy Somerville

Chris chats to Rupert Everett, Hugh Dennis, Jane Asher and Jimmy Somerville, who plays live in the studio.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 8 May 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Philip Bailey & Phil Collins

    Easy Lover

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Jimmy Somerville

    Lights Are Shining

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Space

    Female Of The Species

    • Crush (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Joss Stone

    Super Duper Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • AC/DC

    You Shook Me All Night Long

    • AC/DC - Back In Black.
    • EMI.

  • Paul Weller

    Saturns Pattern

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    How Do You Do It

    • The Hits Of 1963 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Guy Mitchell

    Singing The Blues

  • UB40

    Red Red Wine

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Donovan

    Mellow Yellow

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1967 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Visage

    Fade To Grey

  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Carole King

    I Feel The Earth Move

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Nell Bryden

    What Does It Take

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

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

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

  • Michael Jackson

    The Way You Make Me Feel

    • The Essential.
    • Epic.
    • 14.

  • Texas

    Are You Ready

    • (CD Single).
    • PIAS.

  • Hozier

    Someone New

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Will Young

    Love Revolution

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • The Communards

    You Are My World

    • The Singles Collection 1984-1990.
    • London.
    • 7.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev’d Richard Coles, cleric and broadcaster:

I stopped at a service station on the M1 recently and accidentally walked in front of a car so the driver had to jam on the brakes. As I ate my burger a man came up and said, "I think I nearly ran you down just now".Β  I said sorry, but he replied, "are you Richard Coles?" and went on to say how much he liked our music in the 1980s.Β  I wished him well, and as he left he remarked, "to think I nearly ran over a Pet Shop Boy".

Β Well, close enough. Gay keyboard duos with a retro disco feel are easily confused and the 80s were so long ago I sometimes forget myself that I was in fact not a Pet Shop Boy but a Communard.

Β When others discover that I was - very often the first question they ask is β€œDo you still see Jimmy?” I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s just curiosity about what happens to people in bands – where are they now? – but sometimes I sense a slight edge, a bit like asking after someone’s ex husband or wife. Yes, there were tears, there were tantrums, there was the time Jimmy told a security guard I was an unwelcome fan and had me thrown out of a hotel. Unfortunately it was the hotel I too was staying in, but every time I tried to get back in, I was thrown out again. Four times.

Β Bands crash and burn, friendships falter, old comrades fade: but one thing I’ve learned in a life of faith is not to say β€˜The End’ too hastily. Last year when I was writing my memoir, Fathomless Riches, a lot about Jimmy. some of it personal, I got in touch, offered him a preview and a right of veto. Not necessary: β€œyou have every entitlement to write your truth”, he wrote: β€œI'm very aware of our history, and some of it I may shudder and cringe at. We also have a powerful, unique and truly wonderful history too. Bring it on.”

Β On this retrospective day, when the world looks back to conflicts forgotten, and peace restored, I look back too, Jimmy, to our truly wonderful history and thank you for it.Β 

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