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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 26 Nov 2015 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Jess Glynne

    Take Me Home

    • I Cry When I Laugh.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm on My Way

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • Chrysalis.

  • The Script

    Superheroes

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Pentatonix

    Can't Sleep Love

    • Pentatonix.
    • RCA.

  • The Stone Roses

    Waterfall

    • (CD Single).
    • Silvertone.
    • 8.

  • Chic

    I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • It's About Time.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

    • NOW That's What I Call Jukebox Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Little Richard

    Long Tall Sally

  • James Bay

    If You Ever Want To Be In Love

    • Chaos & The Calm.
    • Republic Records.
    • 001.

  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

    • Talking Heads - Remain In Light.
    • Sire.

  • Chairmen of the Board

    Give Me Just A Little More Time

    • Hits Of Hot Wax & Invictus (Various).
    • Hdh.

  • The Coral

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Whole Lotta Love

    • Early Days.
    • Atlantic.
    • 13.

  • Stereophonics

    Song For The Summer

    • Keep The Village Alive.
    • Stylus Records.
    • 005.

  • Seal

    Kiss From A Rose

    • ZTT.

  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

  • Blondie

    One Way Or Another

    • Blondie - Parallel Lines.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 2.

  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

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

  • The Lightning Seeds

    The Life Of Riley

    • Sense - The Lightning Seeds.
    • Virgin.

  • Blur

    Coffee & TV

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Cream

    Strange Brew听

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1967 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • James Morrison

    Stay Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Ultravox

    Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Chrysalis Records.

  • Duran Duran

    The Reflex

    • Now.

  • Enya

    Echoes In Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

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

  • Joni Mitchell

    Help Me

    • Dreamland.
    • SNOWSTORM.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Abdul-Rehman Malik, journalist and broadcaster

Chris, when I got married I was confronted with a very difficult choice. I had to make a decision that would reflect both on my character and the way my in-laws would see me for years to come. I had to choose a nickname.

听

Let me explain. My wife 鈥� born in London, bred in Singapore 鈥� has roots in Bangladesh where it is common for people to have a 鈥減roper鈥� name for listing on passports and other official documents, and some kind of pet name. In her family there is a Nancy, a Mary, a few Daisies and at least one Tito. It was only right and proper that I had one too.

听

At my wedding reception, it was decided that my closest friends would make the final decision. After some transatlantic consultation, a name was chosen. I would be heretofore known as Humphrey, after Humphrey Bogart, of course. It was perfect.

听

I confess that I have a thing for Bogie.听 Call it a man-crush if you will. Saturday nights when I was growing up were reserved for curling on the couch with classic cinema. And it was Bogart that I looked forward to. His characters were the perfect cocktail of grit and cunning. Bogie鈥檚 acting surged with an intensity that sometimes bordered on feverish. I wish I could match his sense of style.

听

73 years ago today, audiences saw the film Casablanca for the first time. It was Bogie鈥檚 most iconic turn. A man running away from his past in a godforsaken desert town during the middle of a world war ends up running straight into his worst fears and his deepest loves. It is, of course, the stuff of legend.听

听

鈥淲ear gratitude like a cloak,鈥� said the mystic Rumi, 鈥渁nd it will feed every corner of your life.鈥�

听

As my American friends celebrate Thanksgiving today, I want to join them in giving thanks for the storytellers 鈥� people who, through their words or performance, are able to shed light on our humanity and reveal some secret of our souls. Bogie did that.

听

Sadly, my new nickname hasn鈥檛 really stuck. I sometimes wish it had. 鈥淎cting is experience,鈥� Bogart said, 鈥渨ith something sweet behind it.鈥� It is this sweetness 鈥� the syrup of life 鈥� that keeps me coming back. If I may, here鈥檚 looking at you, Humphrey.

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    麻豆社 Radio 2

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