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Taken from the
Radio 4 Website
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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the
musician Paul Weller.
As the lead singer of The Jam, the founder of The Style Council and a
hugely successful solo artist, he is one of the most revered music
writers and performers of the past thirty years and is cited as an
influence by countless other singers.
In a rare interview, he describes the chronic shyness he had to
overcome; how he is still gripped by fear before each performance and
how, after he had been dumped by his record label, he was unable to
write songs and found that even picking up a guitar felt alien to him.
His father has been a constant support to him - as his mentor as well as
his manager - and had always believed that his son had something
special.
Paul's selection
were as follows -
| 1. Tin
Soldier |
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The
Small Faces |
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September in the Rain |
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Dinah Washington |
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Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul |
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Charles Mingus |
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Don’t Be a Drop Out |
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James Brown |
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Arabesque No 1 |
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Branford Marsalis with the English Chamber Orchestra |
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Galileo (Someone Like You) |
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Declan O’Rourke |
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River Man |
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Nick
Drake |
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That’s Enough |
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Roscoe |
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Record: |
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Tin Soldier
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Book: |
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Absolute Beginners by
Colin MacInnes |
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Luxury: |
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A settee to sit on |
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Note to copyright owners- I
am aware that Desert Island Discs is not available on
the Radio 4 website for copyright / licence reasons. I
have reproduced the programme in mono and at a low audio
quality, partly to save on file size, but mainly to
encourage listeners to purchase any music heard, rather
than try and extract it from this file. |
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