Roger Daltrey, Sue Perkins, Alistair McGowan and Gabrielle
Chris chats to Roger Daltrey about his upcoming solo album, Sue Perkins on hosting the BAFTA TV awards, Alistair McGowan on The Week That Wasn't and Gabrielle performs live.
Chris chats to The Who's Roger Daltrey about creating his latest solo album As Long As I Have You and we hear the World Exclusive first play of his brand new single 'How Far'. Sue Perkins tells us what we can expect from this year's BAFTA TV Awards and also reveals we can look forward to a spectacular Strictly Come Dancing reunion. Alistair McGowan talks about his topical comedy show 'The Week That Wasn't' on Sky one and receiving his BAFTA TV Award, and Gabrielle performs a few of her famous hits and a cover of Tina Turner's - What's Love Got To Do With It live in the studio. Today's Pause For Thought comes from cleric Rev'd Richard Coles.
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The Lightning Seeds
The Life Of Riley
- Sense - The Lightning Seeds.
- Virgin.
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础苍苍别鈥怣补谤颈别
2002
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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The Who
5.15
- Quadrophenia.
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Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn
Physical
- Physical.
- Virgin EMI Records.
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Paolo Nutini
Pencil Full Of Lead
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
- 1.
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Katrina and the Waves
Walking On Sunshine
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Franz Ferdinand
Glimpse Of Love (Version)
- (CD Single).
- Domino.
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Cornershop
Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)
Remix Artist: Norman Cook.- The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
- Columbia.
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SuRie
Storm
Lyricist: Nicole Blair. Lyricist: Gil Lewis. Lyricist: Sean Hargreaves.- Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Lisbon (Various Artists).
- UMC.
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The Velvelettes
Needle In A Haystack
- Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
- Polygram Tv.
- 6.
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Gloria Jones
Tainted Love
- The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
- Virgin.
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Barry Ryan
Eloise
- Hits Of 1967 & 1968 (Various Artists.
- Polydor.
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Tom Jones
Delilah
- Delilah - Jukebox 60's Hits.
- Old Gold.
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Steppenwolf
Born To Be Wild
- Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
- Dino.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Purple Haze
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Black Sabbath
Paranoid
- Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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AC/DC
Highway To Hell
- AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
- Albert.
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Arctic Monkeys
Four Out Of Five
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Pratt & McClain
Happy Days
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Pharrell Williams
Happy
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
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Paloma Faith
Make Your Own Kind Of Music
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
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Roger Daltrey
How Far
- As Long As I Have You.
- Polydor.
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Reef
My Sweet Love (feat. Sheryl Crow)
- (CD Single).
- earMUSIC.
Pause for Thought
From the Reverend Richard Coles:
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On the tube, a stranger comes up, 鈥淩ichard?鈥 he asks.听 I peer at him, thinking 鈥榳ho are you? I really wanna know?鈥 (thank you for that Roger);听 then my facial recognition circuit fires, and I see it is a school friend not seen in forty years. We went to Young Farmers鈥 discos in the seventies. He was handy with a hay bale, as I recall.
I do what you do when you encounter someone not seen in forty years: hairline,
waistline, complexion, teeth. All in remarkably good order. His smile was
broad, unconstrained by the need to conceal gnashers past their sell-by; his
handshake firm, his palm pleasantly dry even on this hot day, and his trousers,
unlike mine, showed no evidence of the technology whereby a man with a forty
inch waist can maintain the illusion that he鈥檚 still in the high thirties.
Not only nature had been kind: he was smartly turned out, soign茅 but
age-appropriate, and as we talked I discovered he was nicely set up in the Home
Counties, prosperous and content, running a media company with a fashionably
misspelt name. We parted - but I kept thinking about the encounter, and
eventually I had to admit I was comparing myself with my old pal. No leafy Home
Counties billet for me, no high corner office with a view of St Paul鈥檚, no
brilliant children playing in County Youth Orchestras or having trials with
Wycombe Wanderers. I don鈥檛 actually know if he even has kids but that was the
scenario running through my mind.
And then I thought, get a grip. It鈥檚 just someone else鈥檚 life, not a judgement
on your own - and if we really were to compare like with like (maybe he was
doing it too?) we would find the same mixture of prestige and disappointment,
the stuff we put on show and the stuff we seek to hide.
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Once you鈥檝e passed the mid-point (and who am I kidding at 56?) you look behind you at genes, luck, the way the wind blows, and see the unique pattern of a life taking shape: but look forwards and the view and different, for what comes into focus is so much more about what we share than what divides us.
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Be kind to each other, be generous: we鈥檙e all in it together, and heading the same way.
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