Sara Cox sits in
Sara Cox sits in for Chris and gets us ready for the weekend with the Whole Wower with top tunes from the likes of Destiny's Child, DJ Casper and Oasis.
Sara Cox sits in for Chris and gets us ready for the weekend with the Whole Wower with top tunes from the likes of Destiny's Child, DJ Casper and Oasis. We hear from three fabulous Early Achievers including Big Dan in Sheffield who's been up since 5am cooking a chilli ahead of his boys, beers and biking weekend. Karthi Gnanasegaram has the weekend sports preview. Art Historian Dr Jim Harris has the final Pause For Thought of the week.
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Edwyn Collins
A Girl Like You
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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Rod Stewart
Look In Her Eyes
- Blood Red Roses.
- Decca.
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Fine Young Cannibals
Johnny Come 91Èȱ¬
- Fine Young Cannibals.
- London.
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Heatwave
Boogie Nights
- Too Hot To Handle.
- BBR.
- 013.
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Girls Aloud
The Promise
- (CD Single).
- Fascination.
- 1.
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Candi Staton
Young Hearts Run Free
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Tom Walker
Angels
- (CD Single).
- Relentless.
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Deniece Williams
Let's Hear It For The Boy
- History Of Dance Music Vol.2 (Variou.
- Connoisseur Collection.
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Florence + The Machine
Ship To Wreck
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 001.
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Vera Lynn
We'll Meet Again
- The Very Best Of Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Barbra Streisand
Don't Lie To Me
- Walls.
- Columbia.
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Queen
Bicycle Race
- Jazz.
- Island.
- 4.
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Shakira
Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)
- (CD Single).
- Sony BMG.
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Blossoms
Charlemagne
- (CD Single).
- Virgin EMI.
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Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough
- Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
- Columbia.
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Gina G
Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
- Now 34 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Liquid Gold
Dance Yourself Dizzy
- NOW Yearbook 1980 (Various Artists).
- Now.
- 40.
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Billy Ocean
Love Really Hurts Without You
- The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
- Premier.
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Oasis
Wonderwall
- What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
- Creation Records.
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Shawn Mendes & Zedd
Lost In Japan (Remix)
- Shawn Mendes: The Album.
- Virgin EMI Records.
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Sister Sledge
We Are Family
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Destiny’s Child
Bootylicious
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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The Communards
Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)
- Now 1986 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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DJ Casper
Cha Cha Slide
- Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Diana Ross
Chain Reaction
- Now That's What I Call Music '86.
- Now.
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Nelly Furtado
Maneater
- Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (Various Artists).
- Now.
- 2.
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Rita Ora
Let You Love Me
- Phoenix.
- Atlantic.
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Michael Jackson
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'
- The Essential Michael Jackson.
- Epic.
- 7.
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Coldplay
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Hozier
Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Climie Fisher
Love Changes (Everything)
- Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Squeeze
Is That Love?
- Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
- Universal/A&M.
Pause For Thought
From Jim Harris, Art Historian:
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When I was young I used to run cross-country. I was part of a great team.Ìý We won races.Ìý We took home trophies.Ìý I was not, however, a great runner.Ìý I was the makeweight in a team full of talent.
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My brother Bill, on the other hand, was a proper sportsman.Ìý He played cricket and rugby and hockey and he was really good at them, like our Dad had been.On Saturdays, Dad liked to watch Bill bat, or play scrum half; and every once in a while he’d come with me to a race.Ìý For him, I suspected, this was not an agreeable task.
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One week, as we drove home from some muddy wood or other he said to me, ‘You know, Jim, I love to see you run’.Ìý And he paused. And I guessed there was going to be a ‘but’. And there was.Ìý ‘I love to see you run - but the thing is, I don’t see much running.Ìý You go off into the woods.Ìý Half an hour later you come back. It’s just not that much fun’.Ìý And I smiled.Ìý Because what I heard was that Dad loved to see me run.
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Last week I spent a day with a brilliant bunch of RE teachers in Cornwall.Ìý We talked about worldviews and cultural difference and shared attitudes to ethical questions – like whether it’s ever ok to lie.Ìý To my surprise the consensus was that yes, sometimes it is – because sometimes the unvarnished truth, frankly, is just not kind.
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Before he died, Jesus taught his friends about what was going to happen to him.Ìý But in the Bible it’s interesting to see what he focused on.Ìý It wasn’t the horror of being crucified, but peace: ‘Peace I leave you; my peace I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled’.
Now that sounds very much like Jesus was being economical with the verité.Ìý But he wasn’t. He told the truth but it was a kind truth that his friends could bear.
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My Dad was truthful about the joys of watching cross-country. But the little kindness about loving to see me run made the truth ever so much easier to hear.Ìý So it’s not really that lying is ok, but I reckon the RE teachers are right: in a fight between brutal honesty and kindness, kindness should always win.
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