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

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Wed 3 Jun 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Perfect Love Affair

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

    • High Fidelity (Film S/Track).
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Go West

    King Of Wishful Thinking

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Keep The Customer Satisfied

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
    • Columbia.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Take That

    Higher Than Higher

    • III.
    • Polydor.
    • 6.

  • The Kinks

    Lola

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

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

  • The Dave Clark Five

    Bits and Pieces

    • Glad All Over Again.
    • EMI.

  • Take That

    Kidz

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Lieutenant Pigeon

    Mouldy Old Dough

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Pink Floyd

    Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2

    • Pink Floyd.
    • Harvest.

  • Simply Red

    Shine On

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

  • Kacey Musgraves

    Yellow (Radio 2 Jo Whiley Session, 02 Jun 2015)

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Fun Boy Three

    Our Lips Are Sealed

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Andy Williams

    It's So Easy

    • The Very Best Of Andy Williams.
    • Pickwick.

  • Alesha Dixon

    The Way We Are

    • (CD Single).
    • Precious Stone Records.

  • Texas

    When We Are Together

    • Texas - The Hush.
    • Mercury.

  • Black Grape

    Reverend Black Grape

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    Digging Your Scene

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

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

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

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

    • Very Best Of KC & The Sunshine Band.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Olly Murs

    Beautiful To Me

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

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    The Zephyr Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Counting Crows

    Big Yellow Taxi (feat. Vanessa Carlton)

  • Jools Holland, Ruby Turner & Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

    Jumpin' In The Morning

    • Golden Age Of Song.
    • Rhino.
    • 001.

  • A1

    Caught In The Middle

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Guess Who

    American Woman

    • American Dreams (The Best Of The 70's.
    • RCA.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

Last Saturday, our weekly bible reading, from the book of Numbers, contained the priestly benediction - May God bless you and keep you, May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious to you, May God’s presence turn towards you and give you peace. You hear it frequently in many different places. Indeed, at a big memorial service last week, many people there - who weren’t Jewish - said they hadn’t realised we used the Christian blessing. My reply was that we had it first! In fact, it’s the oldest Biblical text found so far by archaeologists. Amulets containing these verses have been found in graves going back to the First Temple Period, before 586 BCE. We Jews often recite it at the end of services. More traditional Jews ask people allegedly descended from the priestly caste, often called Cohen - which means priest in Hebrew - to recite the blessing for the congregation, with their arms raised.

So I felt like asking my congregation what sounds like a riddle - what links Star Trek, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen? Leonard Nimoy used a single-handed version of the traditional arm raising by the priestly caste in Judaism to create the Vulcan salute for Spock on Star Trek. While attending services as a child, he peeked from under his father's prayer shawl and saw the gesture. Meanwhile Bob Dylan's song, "Forever Young", from the Planet Waves album, uses part of the priestly blessings. And Leonard Cohen occasionally used it at the end of concerts. So it’s not just an ancient blessing, nor indeed only Jewish. It’s part of popular culture. But just because it’s part of Star Trek doesn’t mean we don’t have to think about it. For the blessing takes us on a journey. From being blessed and preserved in this world we go to a plea for grace, and graciousness, the stuff that makes life worth living. The last part gives us the chance to encounter God’s presence - and to gain peace. Amen to that - for that desire for peace unites us all. 

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  • Wed 3 Jun 2015 06:30
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