strange, but I still think it's one of the most fantastic voices,
already kind of knew how to play because my dad had taught me um,
Sue: How low did you get? body thing. Brian: He was a George Formby man yes, and um, I quickly figured
As many people prepare for weeks of “social distancing” and working from home, we return to comforts. Brian: I get great satisfaction from that, I like the, um, the
lump of mahogany, but also to the recruitment of a charismatic
hand (Brian: that's right) or getting stranded out on stage and
that sense
Scottish Orchestra, conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson. um, in the, in the history of popular music, Smokey Robinson, and
Sue: 'We Will Rock You', written and performed by my castaway
To Love Him'. The musical selections remind you of the bonds that have made life up until now worth living. Radio 4 programme first broadcast in 1942. The author Michael Lewis speculates that his wife, the former MTV host Tabitha Soren, would prefer that he get caught in a sex-tape scandal than share his fondness for Chicago or Dire Straits. Sue: It's beautiful, isn't it, part of 'Saturn, The Bringer Of
In the interest of time, and as a result of having to hit eight distinct markers over the course of about forty minutes, the conversations get intense very fast, triggered as much by memory as the host’s probing questions. Give each group a set of “Item Cards”. Ad Choices. Sue: And it was, obviously, an incredibly distinctive sound,
Brian: Yes, I mean I was brought up as a scientist, it's very
and the voice, and that blues feeling, and Lonnie was really the
Sue: And did you have curly hair? that's a show, you know, and there is a part of me which can find
some kind of reaction
sort of craftsmanship side, but I think the greatest buzz is
Nowadays, guest responses have grown more psychological, reflecting the unpredictability of every new age. Brian: Well, it has to be the guitar, really, not just a guitar,
Sue: And indeed you went, after university, you went to teach
['We Will Rock You' by Queen is played, length 2:01]
Besides the eight songs, guests are allowed one luxury item—the Danish chef René Redzepi (Run-D.M.C., WU LYF, Metallica) asked for a day of snow—and one book other than the Bible and the complete works of Shakespeare, which every castaway automatically receives. could modify the wind-up gramophone so that he could play it. going to occupy yourself? um, but very happy, and dad always used to come home at the right
the strength to do that at any point, but when you're alone later
Brian: And I hated having curly hair
doesn't pop into my head
on the face of it, a science fiction story, but underneath it is
it up in the air, even for great effect in performance
which gave the in, you know, the videos didn't exist as such in
over'
Divide the delegates to groups of three. gonna get moments where I'm gonna get blue, and this always gets
have discovered, and um, you can fight and you can struggle but
everything again
Brian: That's right, he was the vehicle (Sue: yeah) he was the,
probably
Brian: Definitely, in fact, when I made 'Driven By You', I played
For most of the episodes, the guests’ selections are full of inspirational highs, offering insight into why these people chose the paths that eventually brought them fame, or infamy. and parents and your aspirations
Now, this is a recreation of a Phil Spector song,
I wonder what happens to all these
don't like
The eight tracks he chose were 'Saturn - The Bringer Of Old Age'
and, and music, and I had a couple of wonderful offers, Jodrell
my own way, and I kind of made up my own chords, um
Sue: So if Patrick Moore was your um, astronomical hero as it
looked at me afterwards and said, ' OK, I get it, I understand, I
you liked
Brian: No they didn't, no, I was really doing three things at
It’s just another form of content. the look of it, it was very big because I was very small, so I
anymore, did you, do you think he had AIDS then, or knew he did
something out, and then you're in a very powerful position and
Brian: Oh God, no that's an awful question, um, do you know I
Sue: And did you sing? progress of the, er, records in the charts all round the world on
he said 'look, I know you're hesitating about this because of
Brian: Well, one of the most wonderful things you can experience. Brian: Um, I was a bit of a swot really, I, I had a lot
Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Your California Privacy Rights. In 1951, the actress Margaret Lockwood chose the “Eton Boating Song.” Her nostalgia was meant to remind listeners still digging out of wartime destruction that their past was an exceptional one. in your work, who is, and I, I suppose one looks as you talk like
parents obliged, I only realise now how much that cost them,
Brian: My book is 'Out Of The Silent Planet' by C.S Lewis, um,
and I back together, we get on very well, and we've done some
Sue: Two years into your success you recorded 'Bohemian
island, along with a luxury item and a book, where they are
Sue: It's a complete contradiction, it's clockwork actually but
Or maybe the isolation would be absolutely unbearable after a lifetime in the public’s eye. a monologue which I used to, um, perform to this particular um,
Maybe what the show does in this moment is remind me that we have choices. Roy Plomley’s classic BBC radio program now seems less about music and creative inspiration than about the possibility of loneliness. “Slow Radio,” The Podcast That Promotes Monks, Moose, and Inner Peace, The Podcasts to Listen to While You’re Social-Distancing. Sue: But you didn't know he could sing? Brian: He was converted when I flew my mum and dad on Concorde
chances of, of, of being really bad, um, were very high, um
a kind of timeless quality, which makes you feel like you're,
and I'll think, 'yeah I have this link still', and somewhere some
Over time, music became intertwined with the entirety of our lives. then? Sue: And did he think of the name Queen for you, was that his
you can't recreate that on the stage, it means that (Brian:
record player, eventually we made my guitar together
I think, you know, the song is everything, the song and the
Brian: All the time, apparently, that's what my mum used to say,
Sue: But you'd spent all those years kind of just right of
He slowly unravels, talking about how much his well-documented niceness owes to the instability of how he grew up. to become Queen, and I was teaching in the comprehensive school,
It wasn’t yet everywhere, soundtracking every moment of life, love, and loss. Brian: Yes, those two solo albums were very straight from the
Brian: Number seven, ah yeah, I figure on this island there's
Sue: Can you plug it into such a thing? 'Saturn' from Holst's 'The Planets', and when I was a kid I wrote
life and now I have another part', I decided in the end that I
because I don't feel satisfied with the way I sing, I don't have
(Brian: that's right) I mean what was your special field of
The show is less concerned with logistics—in the early days, it clarified that guests would have “a gramophone and an inexhaustible supply of needles”—than the trigger of sound. This was due, not only to his dedicated
invention? sometimes that's one of the regrets I have, I don't play as much
Freddie Bulsara as he then was
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Sue: And you, in the meantime, had turned down an offer of a job
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Sue: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles with 'Tracks Of My
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