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James Martin's Mouth-Watering Mackerel

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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Tue 12 May 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck

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

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Waiting For A Star To Fall

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Wow

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Sheppard

    Geronimo

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • John Denver

    Take Me Â鶹ԼÅÄ, Country Roads

    • A Song's Best Friend: Very Best Of.
    • RCA/BMG.

  • Stereophonics

    C'est La Vie

  • The Farm

    All Together Now

    • Smash Hits Massive! (Various Artists).
    • Dover Records.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Longfellow

    Where I Belong

    • Remedy.
    • Fierce Panda Records.

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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

  • XTC

    Senses Working Overtime

    • Power Pop Anthems (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 3.

  • Matt Monro

    On Days Like These

    • Matt Monro Sings Don Black.
    • EMI.

  • Chris Isaak

    Wicked Games

    Remix Artist: Trentemøller.
    • Wild At Heart (Original S/Track).
    • London.

  • Sweet

    Ballroom Blitz

    • The Sweet - Originals.
    • RCA.

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • UB40

    Red Red Wine

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Caro Emerald

    Quicksand

    • (CD Single).
    • Grandmono.

  • U2

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    • war.
    • Island.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Roll Over Beethoven

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Texas

    Are You Ready

    • (CD Single).
    • PIAS.

  • 10cc

    Dreadlock Holiday

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & Writer Paul Kerensa:

800 years ago to this very day, English barons gave an ultimatum to King John, which led to the Magna Carta. This ‘Magna Carta’, which I think is Latin for ‘big bit of paper’, means that today we are all subject to the law, from pauper to prince, with a right to justice and a fair trial. And it led in some way towards parliamentary democracy.

I’ve been elected, once in my life – as President.  President of Rutland Hall at Nottingham University, standing on a platform of getting games machines into the bar. In my tenure we delivered on that promise, and more – I also booked Lightning Seeds to play the Spring Party.

Some may have grumbled at my actions. For a few, perhaps there was a tedious wait for my term to be served, for those who preferred Space Invaders to my chosen quiz machine, and who wished we’d booked Dario G or Chumbawumba instead. But that ‘big bit of paper’ from 800 years ago helped ensure I was held accountable. Indeed, one committee member took actions into her own hands: she heard a dance cover version by Judge Jules on the radio, and booked him for the Summer Ball. Good on her. I'd never book a Judge by his cover.

For those who didn’t vote for me, there was a wait. But waiting doesn’t mean stopping. The Hebrew words for ‘waiting’ in the Old Testament, are all active – there’s a sense of getting on with things and shaping the future you want through your own actions. The exiled Israelites trusted in God’s plan, but as they waited, they lived out the future they wanted, there and then.

Regardless of how we voted last week, as we all wait to see what the future holds, perhaps in the mean time we can wait actively, getting our hands dirty with community, making a difference. I know a couple of folks who, over the weekend, have volunteered for food banks, or joined local causes at the ground level.

So while we’re waiting, maybe we can get stuck in ourselves. Because after all, the best things come to those who...

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