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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans with music and chat.

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Thu 16 Jul 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 008.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Written In Scars

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

  • Andy Grammer

    Honey I'm Good

    • Magazines Or Novels.
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 001.

  • Edwin Starr

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

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

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Texas

    Summer Son

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Paul Simon

    Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 3.

  • Wizzard

    See My Baby Jive

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur.

  • James Blunt

    Wisemen

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The 5th Dimension

    Up, Up And Away

    • This Is Easy (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 74.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Little Mix

    Black Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Will Young

    Thank You

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Elvis Costello

    Everyday I Write The Book

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

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

  • Boyz II Men

    End of the Road

    • (CD Single).
    • Motown.

  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Million Sellers Vol.12 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • David Dundas

    Jeans On

    • Super 70's Summer (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Will Young

    Thank You

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • James Bay

    Let It Go

    • Chaos And The Calm.
    • Republic Records.
    • 3.

  • Was (Not Was)

    Walk The Dinosaur

    • (Single).
    • Fontana.

  • Shalamar

    A Night To Remember

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 5.

  • Billy Joel

    My Life

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Jackson Sisters

    I Believe In Miracles

    • 100% Pure Groove (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Beautiful South

    A Little Time

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Del Amitri

    Roll To Me

    • Twisted.
    • A&M.
    • 007.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Kiss

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

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

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

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

  • Swing Out Sister

    Breakout

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Ram Jam

    Black Betty

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll: 1977 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 2.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

  • The Monkees

    I'm A Believer

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.
    • 7.

  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • 20 Number 2's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

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

  • Tiffany

    I Think We're Alone Now

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • Mark Ronson

    I Can't Lose (feat. Keyone Starr)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 005.

  • Lianne La Havas

    What You Don't Do

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • The Soggy Bottom Boys

    I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

    • O Brother Where Art Thou?.
    • Mercury.
    • 7.

  • Kenny Rogers

    The Gambler

    • Kenny Rogers - The Very Best Of.
    • Reprise.

  • Little Mix

    Black Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Japan

    I Second That Emotion

    • You Can't Hurry Love (Various Artist.
    • Stateside.
    • 2.

  • The Beatles

    Revolution

    • 1967-1970.
    • Apple.
    • 8.

  • The Beach Boys

    Sail On Sailor

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 2).
    • EMI.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Come On Eileen

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Ramones

    Rockaway Beach

    • Rhino.

  • Slade

    Cum On Feel The Noize

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

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

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Mary J. Blige

    Family Affair

    • Now 50 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Adam Lambert

    Ghost Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Maccabees

    Something Like Happiness

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.

  • The Isley Brothers

    This Old Heart Of Mine

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sheryl Crow

    A Change Would Do You Good

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Eddie Rabbitt

    I Love A Rainy Night

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
It is almost Eid – the festival to mark the end of Ramadan – the month of fasting from before dawn to sunset. As the month currently falls in British summer time this means the fasts have been over 19 hours long.

You wake up at an unspeakable hourβ€”bleary eyed to eat and pray. You try and grab a couple of hours sleep again before the proper start to your day. Your body wonders β€œwhere’s breakfast” and that is the first hunger pang of the day. There is a tummy jolt where morning coffee usually is. Lunchtime finds the body demanding like a petulant child. By the time dinner should normally arrive there is a strange gasp – β€œstill three hours to go!” You eventually eat. Gratitude abounds. The body is exhausted, but there are still prayers to be done. Time for a quick cup of tea – a luxury of luxuries- before collapsing into bed, only to start it all again the next day.

I can hear the questions of β€œwhy on Earth do you do such a strange thing?”

I wonder myself sometimes. Yet there is a huge joy to the month.

Perhaps when you were a child there was a power cut, and you had to run around finding candles, and yet you remember it as a super adventure despite having cold beans for dinner. Β Or perhaps there was a Christmas when money was tight so the entire festival was spent playing board games and hide and seek with your family, yet for some strange reason you remember it as the happiest of all your Christmases. I think Ramadan is like that. Despite how hard it is – and it is very hard – it can bring out the best in people. There is a sense of solidarity with others in a time of collective difficulty, there is a shared experience of adversity. And that sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself is very, very special. Perhaps ultimately it is what we all yearn for, because joy when things are easy should be simple, but joy when things are hard – that is a powerful emotion.

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