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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen chats to Zoe about his latest series of shows for 麻豆约拍 Radio 2. Plus Zoe catches up with the families taking part in the 麻豆约拍's Tiny Happy People project.

Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, chats to Zoe about his latest series of shows for 麻豆约拍 Radio 2. From My 麻豆约拍 To Yours is recorded at Bruce's home in New Jersey in the USA and features records from the Boss鈥� own collection. Each of the hour long programmes are themed and feature collections of songs to do with the radio, with the relationship between bands and their fans, with lawyers, guns & money and a special mix after a hard working week. The original four-part series ran from through July into August 2020 and in that first series, he had one show dedicated to cars, one to songs that reflected life in lockdown and another where he was joined by his wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa. Since releasing his debut Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1972, Bruce Springsteen has released 20 studio albums, many of with his backing band, the E Street Band. His first major brush with fame came with the release of his third album Born to Run in 1975, which received wide spread critical acclaim and sold some 6 million copies. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide and more than 64 million albums in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award and a Tony Award.

Zoe hears from some of the families taking part in the 麻豆约拍's Tiny Happy People project as they celebrate the 6 month milestone of their development. Plus she chats to Dr Guddi Singh about what makes babies development so fascinating.

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Jul 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Mabel

    Let Them Know

    • About Last Night....
    • Polydor.

  • Years & Years

    King

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

  • Incognito

    Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

    • (CD Single).
    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Supertramp

    Dreamer

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Coldplay

    Princess Of China (feat. Rihanna)

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

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • David Guetta, MistaJam & John Newman

    If You Really Love Me (How Will I Know)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Bad Habits

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Weeknd

    Blinding Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.
    • 1.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

  • Bruce Springsteen

    The Power Of Prayer

    • Letter To You.
    • Columbia.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lost

    • Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.
    • RCA.

  • Riton & Nightcrawlers

    Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit) (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • S Club

    S Club Party

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Conchita

    Rise Like a Phoenix

    • Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
    • Universal Music.
    • 3.

  • Christina Aguilera, Lil鈥� Kim, 惭媒补 & P!nk

    Lady Marmalade

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.

  • RAYE

    Call On Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I came to the sea this week and I swam in it and was remade. It鈥檚 breathtaking, the sea: the scale and unspoken threat of it, the sheer blank, power of it.听听And this is no ordinary sea.听听This is the deep, grey North Sea of Northumberland.听听And these are no ordinary swimming places.听听These are the lonely, windswept sands, the bleak, seaweed-strewn beaches of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Now there is a long tradition of sea-swimming here, where the great saints, Cuthbert and Aidan, embraced the cold, cold water just as they embraced the grass, the trees and all of the defiant little sandbank they called home.

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So, I came prepared to emulate them and equipped to embrace the cold, cold water as they did.听听Which is to say, I brought my wetsuit. Now there are, I know, those who think that a wetsuit betrays the purity of the sea-swimming experience.听听I respect that.听听But I wear it anyway because I love swimming in the sea, but I really don鈥檛 like pain. So, I dress up, like a great neoprene seal and as soon as I am in the water, I am visited by the real thing: sleek, grey seals pop up to watch me, and suddenly I know that these empty beaches and blank waters are not actually empty at all but someone else鈥檚 home.

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One of the poets whose collected works we call the Bible, wrote that 鈥淭he earth is the Lord鈥檚 and everything in it鈥�. In other words, it鈥檚 not ours, but we are made to share it.听This is why Cuthbert and Aidan knew Holy Island is holy, because although it is a place apart, it is not a place alone.听听It鈥檚 a place where we are part of something. And that is holy. Because holiness consists in completeness, and in restoration to completeness.

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This summer, I reckon we all need restoration.听But we will all be restored differently - in the sea or the hills, at a gig or in the pub; alone, with friends, with family. I am restored in the sea, under the watching eye of the seals. And as I swim and am put back together, I hope that when I go home and to work next Monday, I won鈥檛 just feel myself again but be a part of something.听听I hope I鈥檒l remember the seals watching me.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Jul 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2