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Richard Allinson sits in with a fully interactive show.

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Tue 17 Jun 2014 06:30
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  • For Colour on the Radio, Pause For Thought considers Rembrandt's famous painting.

Music Played

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Cry Me A River

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • The Very Best Of Randy Crawford.
    • Dino.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    I'm Alive

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Faces

    Pool Hall Richard

    • The Sound Of The Seventies (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.

  • David Gray

    Back In The World

    • (CD Single).
    • IHT.
    • 001.

  • The Hollies

    I'm Alive

    • The Hits Of 1965 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.
    • 3.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Walk Me To The Bridge

    • Futurology.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Take That

    Greatest Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Joe Walsh

    Life's Been Good

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    She Drives Me Crazy

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • La Roux

    Uptight Downtown

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley

    If I Had Words

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1978.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • The Police

    Walking On The Moon

    • The Very Best Of The Police.
    • A&M.

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • Michael Jackson

    Leave Me Alone

    • Michael Jackson - Bad.
    • Epic.

  • Ella Henderson

    Ghost

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Don McLean

    Vincent

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Git Gone (feat. Sunny Ozel)

  • The Coasters

    Yakety Yak

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Heinz

    Just Like Eddie

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1963 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Love Is A Camera

    • (CD Single).
    • Douglas Valentine.
    • 001.

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet Home Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Watching the Detectives

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • Eddy Grant

    I Don't Wanna Dance

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Byrds

    All I Really Want to Do

    • Ready Steady Go! (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.

  • Gaz Coombes

    This Time Tomorrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • Deacon Blue

    Real Gone Kid

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Dodgy

    Staying Out For The Summer

    • The No.1 Summer Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister

听

I鈥檓 a preacher 鈥� my job is to paint pictures with words so that people can see, really see, what I鈥檓 trying to say. One of my favourite Bible stories is the one about the lad who took his father鈥檚 money, left home, had a whale of a time, spent everything before, broke and broken-hearted, he pined for home. But how would he be received? Surely he鈥檇 be in for a tough time. But no. Far from it. The old man had longed for the day when his boy would come home. There he was, looking out for him and, when he saw him, he dashed out to meet him, threw his arms around him, welcomed him home.

听

I thought I knew how to tell this tale. Then, one day, I saw how an artist painted it. I knew at once that my efforts had only scratched the surface. Rembrandt鈥檚 picture shows the tender-hearted father with his boy kneeling in front of him. His arms are stretched over the boy鈥檚 shoulders. It is so poignant, so moving. The artist鈥檚 use of light brings up details on the faces and in the posture of the main characters. I first saw this picture in a glossy format in a book. It wowed me. Then someone gave me a fancy reproduction which is now framed and in the hallway of my house. But when I saw the real thing, hanging in a gallery in St Petersburg, I found myself reduced to tears. Could I love my sons that much? Could I ever be that generous? Why doesn鈥檛 everyone want that love to be the very rock on which we build our world?

听

They say a picture鈥檚 worth a thousand words. One glance at Rembrandt鈥檚 picture of the return of the Prodigal and you know just how true that is.

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