3beebies aka Breakfast

[kernelbogey]

DIDO’S LAMENT ON YOUR CALL AT 8.30

Sara M-P: And now Your Call, and on the line from Athens is Dido. Kalimera, Dido!

Dido: Good morning, Sara. I’m sorry, this is no time for jokes.

SMP: I’m sorry. I realise you lost your husband recently.

D: Yes, very sad. He disappeared.

SMP: I believe he was last seen in Piraeus?

D: Yes, yes. He’s been gone for a long time now.

SMP: And you’ve been searching for him?

D: Yes, I’m thinking maybe he went back to Turkey... I might have to go there to look for him.

SMP: It’s been a difficult and sad time for you.

D: Yes, and of course we have the worry about the economic situation and the Euro as well.

SMP: And I believe this piece of music is something that helps you with this...?

(to be continued )

[Nick Armstrong]

[french frank]

Just for a moment there ...

[Bryn]

DIDO’S LAMENT ON YOUR CALL AT 8.30

Sara M-P: And now Your Call, and on the line from Athens is Dido. Kalimera, Dido!

Dido: Good morning, Sara. I’m sorry, this is no time for jokes.

SMP: I’m sorry. I realise you lost your husband recently.

D: Yes, very sad. He disappeared.

SMP: I believe he was last seen in Piraeus?

D: Yes, yes. He’s been gone for a long time now.

SMP: And you’ve been searching for him?

D: Yes, I’m thinking maybe he went back to Turkey... I might have to go there to look for him.

SMP: It’s been a difficult and sad time for you.

D: Yes, and of course we have the worry about the economic situation and the Euro as well.

SMP: And I believe this piece of music is something that helps you with this...?

(to be continued )

I think you should email that in to the Breakfast team.

[french frank]

SMP: And I believe this piece of music is something that helps you with this...?

It rather amused me in the 'Step into our World' trails, that this aria was chosen for the tired, stressed businessman ...

I'm not sure how retweeting works, but R3 have just retweeted: "First we get Star Wars theme & now Harry Potter. Sometimes I wonder if R3 has morphed into ClassicFM! :-(."

Film music is film music, but really! there's a lot more around than John Williams's stuff for latterday blockbusters. Still, I daresay they know what they're doing

[kernelbogey]

I think you should email that in to the Breakfast team.

I'm hoping Graeme might respond on these boards....

[Norfolk Born]

DIDO’S LAMENT ON YOUR CALL AT 8.30

Sara M-P: And now Your Call, and on the line from Athens is Dido. Kalimera, Dido!

Dido: Good morning, Sara. I’m sorry, this is no time for jokes.

SMP: I’m sorry. I realise you lost your husband recently.

D: Yes, very sad. He disappeared.

SMP: I believe he was last seen in Piraeus?

D: Yes, yes. He’s been gone for a long time now.

SMP: And you’ve been searching for him?

D: Yes, I’m thinking maybe he went back to Turkey... I might have to go there to look for him.

SMP: It’s been a difficult and sad time for you.

D: Yes, and of course we have the worry about the economic situation and the Euro as well.

SMP: And I believe this piece of music is something that helps you with this...?

(to be continued )

Is somebody trying to make a dra(ch)ma out of a crisis?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

i felt for the chap having had a similar problem with the officiating parasites at my own mother's funeral ... i would not want to mock the person who called here, it was a heartfelt genuine and moving ..... that is why it shut SMP up and she just played it ....

[antongould]

i felt for the chap having had a similar problem with the officiating parasites at my own mother's funeral ... i would not want to mock the person who called here, it was a heartfelt genuine and moving ..... that is why it shut SMP up and she just played it ....

It was indeed and I thought SMP handled it well as she/her producer did when the final CD exploded!

[Nick Armstrong]

Just for a moment there ...

Me too! Ms Less-Nectarine's tone of voice is caught perfectly...

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm not sure how retweeting works, but R3 have just retweeted: "First we get Star Wars theme & now Harry Potter. Sometimes I wonder if R3 has morphed into ClassicFM! :-(."

W-w-w-w-w-whaaaat???? Someone at R3 said that??!

[french frank]

W-w-w-w-w-whaaaat???? Someone at R3 said that??!

No It was someone else's tweet - and R3 retweeted it. I just don't know if tweets get retweeted automatically if they mention R3 - for good or ill. Or whether someone at R3 reweeted the original tweet.

[Albion]

What a pity that the CD which exploded this morning c.8.45 was a rare recording of the little-known Kaiser Waltz by Richard Strauss.

[french frank]

Having read what was on Facebook I'm actually very disturbed by this Your Call item:

"Maggie Hinder Geoff - sounds worth missing - which I did. Was this the 'your call' spot? I'm deliberately not telling them aobut the time I bunked off school to get home for CE - and was rewarded by my first hearing of the Allegri. Heady stuff!
about an hour ago
Geoff Pearson Your Call indeed. The poor man wanted Dido's Lament at his mother's funeral and the priest cut it off before the vital last line. He said he almost shouted at at the ceremony. He was on the verge of tears.
about an hour ago
Gavin Mist That sounds terrible, Geoff and I'm glad I didn't hear it (I deliberately avoid YC anyway). I wonder what compels people to ring in to a radio station to share this kind of thing. Beyond me, I'm afraid.
30 minutes ago · 1
Paul Sheppard Had to turn the radio off during the phone call. I feel for the poor chap but Radio 3 is not the place for this sort of programme imho.
This morning's Break'fess was an all time low point for the station"


This is absolutely not because one is bereft of human compassion for people who have suffered, or are grieving. It's the sheer cynical exploitation (in my view) à la Oprah Winfrey of sharing people's most intimate feelings with what amount to the audio equivalent of voyeurs. In my view.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

This is absolutely not because one is bereft of human compassion for people who have suffered, or are grieving. It's the sheer cynical exploitation (in my view) à la Oprah Winfrey of sharing people's most intimate feelings with what amount to the audio equivalent of voyeurs. In my view.

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