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Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra

Chris learns how to turn his voice into an instrument with Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra, and Trevor Nelson reveals what music inspires and motivates one of the UK's top athletes.

Chris has a tutorial in transforming his voice into an impressive instrument with World Record Breaking beatboxing champ Shlomo and The Vocal Orchestra! Trevor Nelson tells us what music inspires and motivates one of the UK's top athletes with his new 麻豆约拍 iPlayer programme, Training Tunes. Brilliant bird man Peter Birch explains why ducks need to go on a diet and avoid bread. Plus we hear your Top Tenuous links to Albert Einstein on his birthday, and Father Brian D'Arcy provides the Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 14 Mar 2016 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

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

  • Walking on Cars

    Speeding Cars

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 001.

  • Tom Jones

    You Can Leave Your Hat On

    • The Full Monty Ost - Various Artists.
    • Rca Victor.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.

  • Katy Perry

    Roar

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Squeeze

    Nirvana

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Boy George

    Everything I Own

    • Culture Club - Greatest Moments.
    • Virgin.

  • Little Big Town

    Stay All Night (Live From C2C: Country to Country 2016)

  • Harry J. Allstars

    Liquidator

    • Rhythm & Blues Beat Volume 2.
    • Island.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Motown Party (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Holly Johnson

    Ascension

    • Fly (Songs Inspired By Eddie The Eagle) O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • UMC.
    • 001.

  • Thomas Rhett

    Uptown Funk! - Radio 2 Session 11th March 2016

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

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

  • Edwin Starr

    25 Miles

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • Spice Girls

    Say You'll Be There

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • The Awards 1992 (Various).
    • PolyGram TV.

  • Otis Redding

    Try a Little Tenderness

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Frankie Laine

    Champion The Wonder Horse

    • On the Trail Again.
    • Bear Family.

  • Denis King

    Galloping 麻豆约拍

    Performer: London String Chorale.
    • Polydor Records.

  • Jackie Lee

    White Horses

    • This Is The Return Of Cult Fiction (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 24.

  • Spandau Ballet

    Lifeline

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • James Morrison

    I Need You Tonight

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

  • Landscape

    Einstein A Go-Go

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

  • Lighthouse Family

    High

    • Uplifting Anthems (Various Artists).
    • UME.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D鈥橝rcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

聽鈥淭he time is always right to do the right thing鈥� is a mantra which helps keep me focussed on those busy days when I slip into my comfort zone. That鈥檚 when I have a little chat with myself. 鈥淩emember boy鈥�, I say, 鈥淵our comfort zone is your greatest enemy.鈥� And so it is. How can I ever achieve anything worthwhile if I wallow in my pain-free bubble.

No one looks forward to pain, insecurity or possible failure. Comfort zones seem soothing because they鈥檙e familiar. It鈥檚 where we feel safe. It鈥檚 also where we remain small and languish in mediocrity.

聽A wise old Saint, Iranaeus, in the 3rd聽century quoting St John鈥檚 Gospel said, 鈥淭he glory of God is a human being fully alive. Life is full of possibilities, if we鈥檙e willing to risk the pain. The secret is 聽to turn pain into power.

I spend evenings working as a chaplain for young athletes. Through the winter they鈥檝e trained for two hours, a couple of nights a week, in frost, snow, biting winds and endless rain. It鈥檚 tough but they know that unless they break their personal pain barriers they鈥檒l achieve nothing. They have discovered the marvellous truth that when you face pain it diminishes, but when you run from pain it becomes a monster.

For example, at my age I need physical exercise. I walk in the fresh air and I do as much as I can in the gym. I don鈥檛 look forward to it yet if I don鈥檛 do it, I鈥檒l become a sad old couch potato. So I don鈥檛 think about it, I just do it. And it鈥檚 amazing how good I feel when it鈥檚 over.

It鈥檚 exactly the same with everything else in life. If there鈥檚 a consoling phone-call to make, lift the phone and make it; if there鈥檚 someone in need, help them today. Face it, do it and turn pain into power.

As Adlai Stevenson used to preach, 鈥淚t鈥檚 not the years in your life that counts but the life in your years."

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