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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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Tue 19 May 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Hozier

    Someone New

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Crystals

    Then He Kissed Me

    • The Best Of The Crystals.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The Crystals

    Then He Kissed Me

    • The Best Of The Crystals.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The Bluebells

    Young At Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Crystals

    Then He Kissed Me

    • The Best Of The Crystals.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The Crystals

    Then He Kissed Me

    • The Best Of The Crystals.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The 5.6.7.8’s

    Woo Hoo

    • The Best Summer...Ever! (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • 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.

  • Johnny Cash

    Ring Of Fire

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.

  • Andreya Triana

    That's Alright With Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Counter Records.
    • 001.

  • Dire Straits

    Sultans Of Swing

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 5.

  • The Cast Of My Fair Lady

    With A Little Bit Of Luck

  • Nell Bryden

    Waves (feat. Tom McRae)

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • The Vapors

    Turning Japanese

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Kermit the Frog

    Rainbow Connection

    • The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, And More (The 25th Anniversary Collection).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 10.

  • Joey Ramone

    What A Wonderful World

    • (CD Single).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Caro Emerald

    Quicksand

    • (CD Single).
    • Grandmono.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Foxy Lady

    • Are You Experienced?.
    • Polydor.
    • 13.

  • Steve Miller Band

    The Joker

    • Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-.
    • Mercury.

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Matthew Butler & The Four Bucketeers

    Bright Eyes

  • Larry Hagman

    Ballad Of The Good Luck Charm

  • Take That

    Higher Than Higher

    • III.
    • Polydor.
    • 6.

  • The Osmonds

    Crazy Horses

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Little Richard

    Good Golly Miss Molly

  • Bryan Ferry

    Midnight Train

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 001.

  • Four Bucketeers

    The Bucket Of Water Song

    • The Tiswas Album (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Simply Red

    Shine On

    • (CD Single).
    • East West.
    • 002.

Pause for Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ

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Who’d ever have thought it – a full length feature film called β€œI am Big Bird”? It’s only showing in America just now but I’ll be at the head of the queue when it gets here. While kids over here were watching Bill and Ben and Trumpton, my kids were growing up across the Atlantic and exposed to American TV. So we all lived on Sesame Street and I fell in love with the 8ft high, bright yellow, adorable Big Bird with his immense capacity to engender love and to make people feel good. All this came flooding back when I heard Caroll Spinney, the man inside that muppet outfit, being interviewed the other day. He’s been doing this job since the character was invented in 1969. He’s 81 years young and the proverbial sandboy’s got nothing on him when it comes to happiness.

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Even more astonishing, it’s the very same Caroll Spinney who plays Oscar the Grouch, the slimey green character who sits in his dustbin hollering out his favourite song β€œI love trash,” the character who deliberately misunderstands, loves being awkward, hates having people around him.

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It’s mystifyingΜύ how one person can play two such opposite characters at the same time. Yet it may not be that difficult when we think about it. We’re all made up of good and bad; sometimes we see something that’s good but manage not to do it; even worse, we do bad things that we hate ourselves for. It’s as if there’s a struggle between good and bad deep down inside us. As if both Big Bird with his capacity to bring a little love into the world and also Oscar the Grouch with his misery and pessimism are two sides of our inner selves.

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Hate what is evil, cling to what is good, says Saint Paul in the hope that the Big Bird side of us may gain the upper hand.Μύ

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