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Bros & Rod Temperton Tribute

Chris pays homage to super soul songwriter Rod Temperton, who penned Thriller. Bros tell us about their pop reunion and we find out if they still have Chris's orange tree.

Chris pays homage to super soul songwriter Rod Temperton with a mega mix including tracks he penned from Michael Jackson's Thriller to Heatwave's Always and Forever. Matt and Luke Goss from Bros tell us about their big pop reunion and we find out if they still have Chris's orange tree? Vassos talks rugby super league with ex England player Kevin Sinfield ahead of the grand final between Wigan and Warrington this weekend. Plus Leslie Griffiths provides the daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 6 Oct 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Killers

    Read My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Passenger

    Anywhere

    • Young As The Morning Old As The Sea.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 001.

  • Prince

    When Doves Cry

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Turtles

    Happy Together

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Dear Future Husband

    • Title.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Melanie C

    Anymore

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Girl Records.

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Brotherhood of Man

    Save Your Kisses For Me

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Tor Miller

    Surrender

    • (CD Single).
    • Glassnote Entertainment.
    • 002.

  • Tears for Fears

    Head Over Heels

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 5.

  • Coldplay

    Charlie Brown

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Heatwave

    Always & Forever

    • Nite Flite 3 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • James Ingram & Michael McDonald

    Yah Mo B There

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.

  • George Benson

    Give Me The Night

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 1.

  • The Brothers Johnson

    Stomp!

    • 10 Star Collection: Soul 2 (Various).
    • Stardust.
    • 5.

  • Michael Jackson

    Thriller

    • Diana-Michael-Gladys-Stevie (Compilat.
    • Priority.

  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.

  • Pretenders

    Holy Commotion

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

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

  • C+C Music Factory

    Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams)

  • Bros

    Drop The Boy

    • Push.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 013.

  • Gavin James

    Nervous

    • (CD Single).
    • GS Believe.

  • Marvin Gaye

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    Hurts

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Michael Jackson

    Off The Wall

    • Michael Jackson - Off The Wall.
    • Epic.

  • The Monkees

    I'm A Believer

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

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:ΜύΜύΜύΜύ Μύ

Who could fail to be moved by the sight of Terry Jones, accompanied by his tearful son Paul, receiving his Bafta award earlier this week? There he was, one of our cultural heroes, a member of the Monty Python gang, by turns actor, director, poet, historian, polemicist and creative genius, rendered speechless by dementia. I found it gutting.Μύ

Μύ

I feel so connected to Terry Jones. We’re both Welshmen, both born on a Sunday – he exactly two weeks before me.Μύ And he loves Penny Lane, my favouritest Beatles track of all time. All those lovely people living along that street, - the barber, the banker, the children, the fireman, the pretty nurse and so on with their little tics of character and eccentric ways. So vivid, so real, so ordinary, and all played out under a blue suburban sky. Dear, dear Terry Jones.

Μύ

I remember how religious people got so upset when he and his pals brought out the film β€œLife of Brian.” They thought it was a send-up of Jesus but they couldn’t have been more wrong. Certainly, the film-makers began by thinking what a wheeze it would be to satirise Christ but, as Terry once said, β€œwhen we studied the gospels to see how best to do it, we found he was a very good bloke, that he said a lot of good things and we tended to agree with him.” It was the church they poked fun at for having failed, again and again down the centuries, to honour and reflect the fabulous qualities of the man they call Lord. So their Brian was born in the next-door manger to Jesus and that’s where the fun began.

Μύ

Our first son and his lovely wife chose to end their church wedding service with the chorale sung in that film by Eric Idle with Terry in the backing group - the β€œCrucifixion Singers.” I thought of that when I saw his smile on Sunday. β€œAlways look on the bright side of life,” they sang and that’s just what he seemed to be doing. When life’s rough and the going’s tough, what better advice could anyone give?

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