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European Tree of the Year

Chris hears from people who nominated the UK's best trees for European Tree of the Year 2017, and snoring super string player Graham Clark, who used to play with Elbow, calls in.

Chris hears from amazing members of the British public who nominated the UK's best trees for the European Tree of the Year 2017. Snoring super string player Graham Clark who used to play improv violin with Elbow calls in. We hear where you are listening in the world for international Radio 2 calling, plus your surprise party successes and mishaps. Vassos has a Margate Top Tenuous and Father Brian D'Arcy, Catholic Passionist Priest provides a Johnny Cash inspired Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 6 Feb 2017 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Razorlight

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Ward Thomas

    Boomerang

    • Cartwheels.
    • Sony Music.
    • 009.

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Vanessa Paradis

    Be My Baby

    • Vanessa Paradis - Vanessa Paradis.
    • Remark.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lightning Bolt

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • Michael Bolton

    Old Time Rock & Roll

    • Songs Of Cinema.
    • Frontiers Records.

  • The J. Geils Band

    Centrefold

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • Bryan Adams

    Do What Ya Gotta Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 006.

  • Len Barry

    1-2-3

    • It's A Sixties Party (Various Artist.
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Van Halen

    Jump

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Spinning Around

    • Now 46 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Joey Ramone

    What A Wonderful World

    • (CD Single).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Dua Lipa

    Be The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tony Orlando & Dawn

    Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.

  • Robert Parker

    Barefootin'

    • The 60's - Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Elbow

    Magnificent (She Says)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Aloe Blacc

    I Need A Dollar

    • Good Things.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.

  • Deacon Blue

    Real Gone Kid

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Stereophonics

    Handbags and Gladrags

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • Bon Jovi

    Born Again Tomorrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

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

One of my favourite recordings is Johnny Cash鈥檚 version of Trent Reznor鈥檚 song Hurt. 鈥淚 hurt myself today to see if I still feel,鈥� it begins. 鈥淚 wear a crown of thorns / Upon my liar鈥檚 chair/ Full of broken thoughts/ I cannot repair鈥澛� - a stark description indeed of an addict鈥檚 despair.

聽Johnny had this major hit towards the end of a life 鈥� a life which was at times dogged by his own demons.

I met Johnny Cash countless times when he and his wife June Carter toured here to spread the good news of country music. He was a sincere man who always asked me to pray with him before he went on stage. He knew his gifts came from a higher power. 鈥淭he Master of Life鈥檚 been good to me鈥� he told me, 鈥渟o it鈥檚 good to have faith in something bigger than yourself.鈥�

He got his music and his faith from his mother. When he was 12 years old, she asked him to hand his life over to the Lord. 鈥淲henever I did what she advised,鈥� he recalled, the last time we chatted, 鈥淚 had peace in my soul. But whenever I relied on my own strength I travelled the road to self-destruction.鈥�

To many fans, his prison ministry was his most successful period. He understood the down trodden. To highlight the prisoners鈥� plight, he planned to record a live album inside a prison. His record company objected:聽 鈥漎our fans are good Christian people and they don鈥檛 want you making life easier for rapists and murderers,鈥� they told him.

聽鈥淚f they don鈥檛 want me helping prisoners, then they are not good Christians,鈥� he insisted. The result was the legendary 鈥淗ello I鈥檓 Johnny Cash鈥� album from Folsom Prison.

Johnny Cash is one of the few artists to become a member of The Gospel, the Country, and the Rock 鈥榥鈥� Roll Halls of Fame. But I remember him as a talented, vulnerable, friend whose rules of life were simple 鈥� Find the positive in everything; find someone to love; and use your failures as stepping stones to success. Do that and you鈥檒l Walk the Line!

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