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Sara catches up with the rowing wonders that are the Coxless Crew! Sara welcomes 2016 with top tuneage in the Half Wower and plays music from one of your first and last gigs.

Sara catches up with the rowing wonders that are the Coxless Crew, who've been celebrating the new year from their pink boat 'Doris'. They are now on the home stretch to Cairns of their Pacific Ocean challenge! Sara welcomes in the new year with top tuneage in the Half Wower. Plus we put another one of your bopping beats to Tom's toe tapping test as well as music from your first and last gigs, and Ruth Scott Anglican Priest and Quaker provides the first wise words of 2016 in today's Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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New Year's Day 2016 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • INXS

    New Sensation

    • INXS - Kick.
    • Mercury.

  • Destiny鈥檚 Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Destiny's Child #1's.
    • Columbia.

  • Grace

    You Don't Own Me (feat. 骋鈥怑补锄测)

    • Memo E.P..
    • Columbia.

  • Pilot

    January

    • 25 Years Of No.1 Hits Vol.3 (1974/19.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Little Mix

    Black Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Aztec Camera & Mick Jones

    Good Morning Britain

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Charlie Puth

    One Call Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • U2

    New Year's Day

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Johnny Nash

    I Can See Clearly Now

    • I Believe.
    • Telstar.

  • Glenn Miller

    In The Mood

    • Big Bands (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.

  • Bryan Adams

    You Belong To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Whitney Houston

    Queen Of The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • The Police

    Spirits In The Material World

    • The Police - Message In A Box (Cd 3).
    • A&M.

  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 021.

  • Lily Allen

    The Fear

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.
    • 1.

  • Aerosmith

    Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • UMC.

  • Girls Aloud

    Love Machine

    • Now 59 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Contours

    Do You Love Me

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Do Your Thing

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Take Me Out

    • Now That's What I Call Music 57.
    • Now.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Olly Murs

    Stevie Knows

    • Never Been Better.
    • Sony Music.

  • Jessie J

    Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)

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

  • Seal

    Every Time I'm With You

    • 7.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Petula Clark

    My Friend The Sea

    • Sanctuary Records Group.

  • Blue 脰yster Cult

    (Don't Fear) The Reaper

    • Chart Show Ultimate Rock - Various.
    • Hit.

  • John Newman

    Come And Get It

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

  • Four Tops

    Ask The Lonely

    • The Four Tops: Ultimate Collection.
    • Polydor Limited.
    • 4.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Tusk

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 012.

  • Honey Ryder

    What If We've Only Got Tonight

    • (CD Single).
    • Oceanic Music.
    • 001.

  • CeeLo Green

    It's OK

    • The Lady Killer.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • The Chiffons

    He's So Fine

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1963 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev Ruth Scott, Anglican Vicar in Richmond:

In many ways January 1st seems an odd day to choose as the beginning of each year. A better choice, for example, might be March 1st when spring is in the air and new life begins to emerge after the gloom of winter. Of course the month of January gets its name from the Roman god, Janus, who was the god of doorways and beginnings. He was often depicted with two faces, one looking back to the past and the other looking forward into the future. With this in mind January 1st may well be the obvious day to start each year because it suggests the possibility of a threshold, a doorway from what鈥檚 gone before into the future that is yet to unfold. For me, among all the many good experiences, 2015 has included a brush with cancer and major bereavement alongside other more minor painful losses and difficult lessons. Rationally, there鈥檚 no reason why the days and months of this new year will be any better than those of the last 12 months, but making an end point to the year helps me to draw a psychological line in the sands of time, and to feel the future can be different. It offers my imagination the possibility of a new beginning and new beginnings invite me to put down the burden of past struggles so I鈥檓 free to embrace or create positive changes in my life. I love the work of the poet, T. S. Eliot. In 鈥楲ittle Gidding鈥�, the last of his Four Quartets, Eliot writes, 鈥楩or last year鈥檚 words belong to last year鈥檚 language / And next year鈥檚 words await another voice.鈥� This time last year my voice was badly affected by the lump growing in my throat, but following surgery and speech therapy, my voice has been restored. As 2016 begins, I鈥檓 ready to sing a new song, and I intend to make it one where love and compassion are the major themes that run through it. Happy New Year!

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