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The Brownlee Brothers, Strictly Come Dancing and the World Bread Awards

Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 22 Sep 2016 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The J. Geils Band

    Centrefold

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

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Hole In My Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 001.

  • The Darkness

    I Believe In A Thing Called Love

    • The Darkness - Permission To Land.
    • Atlantic.

  • Squeeze

    Up The Junction

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

  • The Shires

    Beats To Your Rhythm

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Nik Kershaw

    I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Coldplay

    A Head Full Of Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Bryan Adams

    (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Beach Boys

    Sloop John B

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • Betsy

    Lost & Found

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

    • Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA.
    • CBS.

  • The Temptations

    I Can't Get Next to You

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Bon Jovi

    Bad Medicine

  • Van Morrison

    Too Late

    • Keep Me Singing.
    • Exile.

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Cast

    Finetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Deacon Blue

    This Is A Love Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Ear Music.

  • Electronic

    Get The Message

  • Muse

    Feeling Good

  • Shakin鈥� Stevens

    Last Man Alive

    • (CD Single).
    • HEC.

  • The Hollies

    He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

    • The Hollies.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • DNCE

    Cake By The Ocean

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

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

On Saturday night, we鈥檒l be holding a Selichot service, meaning forgiveness, designed to get us into the mood for the upcoming Jewish High Holy Days. Within a short service, we鈥檒l be singing many of the important prayers and songs of the season. It鈥檚 deliberately utterly heart rending, with the choir singing their hearts out, the congregation joining in, and everyone getting ready for the High Holy Days鈥� soul searching.

For some people it is the most spiritually uplifting, if challenging, service of the year. Though designed merely to prepare us for the big festivals, it is late at night- in many congregations at midnight-, quiet, contemplative, and full of the most wonderful, evocative music.

I love it. And I find it strangely powerful. Scientists still don鈥檛 understand enough about music鈥檚 abilities to soothe or inspire us. We know it can bring huge relief to some people with mental illness. We know that, for some people, it is as necessary as eating and drinking- their brains simply don鈥檛 function well without it. We know that many famous conductors of great orchestras are increasingly interested in the effect of music on the mind, heart and soul. And at the Selcihot service, more than any other, I feel the power of that particular music in calming the mind, then challenging it, in raising us to a spiritual 鈥榟igh鈥�, and then asking questions of us. 鈥淒id you do well this past year? Have you sinned? Have you made peace with those you have offended?鈥�

We all have different musical tastes, but for all of us there are some songs or pieces, rock, pop, jazz, or classical , which press a particular memory button, bring back associations, and give us pause. Selichot does all of that- it鈥檚 a time when we allow the music to change our mood, set an agenda, and encourage us to look deep inside ourselves. Beautiful certainly, but also challenging. And an annual inspection of our souls, inspired by great music, is surely no bad thing for any of us!

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