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Portugal The Man & Milkmen

Chris is joined by Portugal. The Man's John Gourley, Milkman of the Year Darren Barnes and some amazing listeners perform 70s sound effects with their mouths.

Chris speaks to John Gourley from Portugal. The Man all about his hit single Feel It Still and how it feels to be nominated for a Grammy award at this Sunday's award ceremony. For Great Job Wednesday Chris meets Darren Barnes whose been named Milkman of the Year and been delivering dairy for over thirty years.

Chris get some listeners on the line to perform 70s sound effects with their mouths. Stefan the cognitive neuro-scientist performs the William Tell Overture on his teeth, Ian from Essex plays the Theme from The Third Man on his nose and Callum mimics the sound of a trimphone!

Plus we ask for your claims to the fame of prizes you've won on 70s gameshows. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by the world's best bowls player Greg Harlow. Broadcaster and Vicar Kate Bottley has the mid-week Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 24 Jan 2018 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Michael Jackson

    Smooth Criminal

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Naughty Boy & Joe Jonas

    One Chance To Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.

  • Avicii

    Hey Brother

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Alphabeat

    Fascination

    • (CD Single).
    • Copenhagen.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Fatboy Slim

    Praise You

    • Now 1999 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Johnny Cymbal

    Mr Bass Man

    • The Very Best Of Johnny Cymbal.

  • Simple Minds

    Magic

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Maneater

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

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

  • SZA & Calvin Harris

    The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records.
    • 1.

  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Robert Miles

    One & One (feat. Maria Nayler)

  • Crash Test Dummies

    Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

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

  • The Wonder Stuff

    Size Of A Cow

    • EMI.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Garbage

    The World Is Not Enough

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Take That

    Rule The World

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Midge Ure

    Breathe

    • Orchestrated.
    • BMG.

  • Hot Chocolate

    Every 1's a Winner

    • Hot Chocolate - Their Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From the Reverend Kate Bottley:

It’s still Christmas in our house. Not just because officially the Christmas season isn’t over (it ends a week on Sunday by the way, Candlemas) but because we are still opening presents in Bottley towers. It’s not that we got an extravagant amount and we haven’t waded through the pile or that we found an undiscovered stocking under the sofa, no, it’s that my youngest likes to take his time. Rather than ripping all wrapping at 7am on the 25th our Arthur likes to pace himself. He’s always been the same. He’s got quicker in recent years but when he was little Christmas could last well into July. He’d open one present play with it until he was done before reaching for the next, enjoying the anticipation. He’s the same with TV box sets and while the rest of the family binge those blockbusters, consuming a whole series in a matter of hours, gorging ourselves on the latest must see TV, an all you can buffet of broadcasting, my lad watches his favourite shows one by one, on the same day and at the same time each week, enjoying the anticipation and letting the cliff-hanger do what it does best, hang.

And I wonder if our Arthur’s got it right, and I’ve got it wrong, neglecting the joy that’s to be found in waiting and exercising the Christian virtue of patience. The bible gives us loads of examples of patient people and worthy wait-ers. At Candlemas Christians remember two of them, Simeon and Anna, a very elderly pair, who waited their whole lives living in the temple for years and years to meet God’s chosen one and recognised him in an instant in the face of Mary’s son. Simeon declaring that at last he could go on his way a happy man his patience finally paying off. 

So yet again I’m going to try and learn a lesson from my son and embrace the wait, seeing life as a marathon and not a sprint. Relishing the sweet feeling of anticipation and trying my best to have just a little more patience.

Right after I’ve watched another episode of that box set. 

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