Nicki Chapman sits in, joined by Jim Kerr
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman in for Zoe. Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr reflects on the band's 40th anniversary and gives Nicki a play of their brand new single.
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman who sits in for Zoe. Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr reflects on the band's 40th anniversary, talks about their upcoming world tour and Best Of album and shares their brand new single For One Night Only.
Ian Waite opens the doors to the Strictly Come Dancing clinic to dissect the details of the first elimination show, plus Nicki chats to Gerry Anderson's son, Jamie Anderson, on International Thunderbirds Day!
Along with Tina Daheley on news, Jules Lang on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Nicki and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!
There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, former Olympic champion sprinter Darren Campbell looks back on the weekend's action at the World Athletics Championships in Doha and a Pause For Thought from writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph as Nicki entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Take On Me
- Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Lizzo
Good As Hell
- Coconut Oil.
- Nice Life.
- 5.
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Spandau Ballet
Gold
- The Gold Album (Various Artists).
- The Hit Label Ltd.
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Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
厂别帽辞谤颈迟补
- (CD Single).
- Fontana Island Records.
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Boy Meets Girl
Waiting For A Star To Fall
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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The KLF
Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)
- (CD Single).
- K.L.F. Communications.
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Keane
Love Too Much
- Cause & Effect.
- Island.
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Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight
- My Way - The Best Of Frank Sinatra.
- Reprise.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Rich Girl
- Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
- BMG.
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Spice Girls
Who Do You Think You Are
- Now 37 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Taylor Swift
Lover
- Lover.
- TS/Republic.
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Starship
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
- 1.
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Rick Astley
Every One Of Us
- (CD Single).
- BMG.
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Supertramp
Breakfast In America
- The Very Best Of Supertramp.
- Polygram Tv.
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Steve Winwood
Valerie
- Pure Rock Ballads (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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Basement Jaxx
Yodel Song
- CD Single.
- XL Recordings.
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Shalamar
A Night To Remember
- Friends - Deluxe Edition.
- Big Break Records.
- 5.
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Shakira
Whenever, Wherever
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
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Rose Royce
Car Wash
- Now 12 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Calvin Harris & Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man
Giant
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Ingrid Andress
Lady Like
- Lady Like.
- Warner Music Nashville.
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Deep Blue Something
Breakfast At Tiffany's
- This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
- Global Television.
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Jess Glynne & Jax Jones
One Touch
- Now That's What I Call Music! 103 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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The Charlie Daniels Band
The Devil Went Down To Georgia
- Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
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Stormzy
Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 (feat. MNEK)
- Gang Sings & Prayer.
- Merky Records.
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Beverley Knight
Shoulda Woulda Coulda [LIVE - RADIO 2 ALL STAR PARTY]
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Keith Urban
Parallel Line
- (CD Single).
- Hit Red.
Pause For Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:
听Today, in 1207, the Muslim poet, scholar, and Sufi mystic, Jamaluddin Muhammad Rumi was born.
听Rumi wrote of passion, of ecstasy, of love.
听鈥淟ove rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end.鈥� Rumi wrote.
听鈥淟ove is the whole thing. / We are only pieces.鈥澨�
鈥淵ou cannot hide love. / Love will get on its way.鈥�
鈥淟ove is a river. Drink from it.鈥�
听Such powerful verses about love are probably the reason that Rumi is America鈥檚 best-selling poet, and why he has achieved renown throughout the world.
His poetry fills not only books, it adorns jewellery, cards, and artwork. People have tattoos of his poetry. Wedding speeches are full of his poems, as are love letters exchanged between lovers.
听Yet whilst lovers may send his couplets to each other, the focus of Rumi鈥檚 ardent devotion went well beyond the realm of worldly love.
听鈥淭he One I love is everywhere鈥� 鈥� said Rumi, and with this the reader can begin to realise that in fact Rumi鈥檚 poems are describing his overpowering love of The Divine.
听He is not alone in this.
When Rabia Al-Basri, the great Iraqi female poet and mystic, wrote, 鈥淵ou are enough for me鈥� 鈥� she was writing about her true beloved 鈥� God.
In our ever-worldly existence, it can be hard, even strange, to speak of loving God so passionately.
听Love is RomComs. Love is Valentines. Love is another human 鈥� and how much we invest in them.
听Yet for Rumi, and also for me, God鈥檚 love is ultimately what will give us happiness.
To be distant from The One hurts, just like being distant from a worldly love may feel.
But Rumi did not shy away from the pain of heartbreak, rather he saw it as necessary for spiritual growth and fulfilment.
鈥淵ou have to keep breaking your heart until it opens,鈥� he wrote in one poem.
鈥淭he wound is the place where the Light enters you,鈥� he wrote in another.
听This world will hurt according to Rumi, but we should not fear. Pain and heartbreak are a way to connect to God. They help us rely on, and seek comfort in The Divine; for, as the Qur鈥檃n reminds, 鈥渋t is in the remembrance of God that hearts find peace鈥�.
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- Mon 30 Sep 2019 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2