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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Originally posted by french frank View PostNot least because it suggests that there aren't that many people writing in with suggestions, if Bbm is constantly being chosen! If that is so, why do it at all, just for the gratification of a small percentage of listeners?
I really wonder how people can be bothered contacting the show and get their name mentioned!
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Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostHiya french frank,
I really wonder how people can be bothered contacting the show and get their name mentioned!
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Originally posted by french frank View PostNot least because it suggests that there aren't that many people writing in with suggestions, if Bbm is constantly being chosen! If that is so, why do it at all, just for the gratification of a small percentage of listeners?
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Originally posted by antongould View PostI don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......BreakfastOn Air. It was played, but I gave a false name. I just thought the aria charming and very few people would know it. I was very keen on the Masonic music at the timeIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by antongould View PostI don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......
Working Men's clubs are in serious decline, rather like Radio 3.Last edited by Stanfordian; 25-01-18, 13:43.
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Originally posted by antongould View PostI don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......
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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostMoreover, let's be honest, with the exception of the person and maybe one or two friends or family, no one is going to be any the wiser when a name is read out. If I hear Ivor Bighead or Percy Vere mentioned it means zilch to me, nor likewise to thousand of others. The only thing I do think is what a g**!
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Originally posted by Rex Bartlett View PostA couple of years ago I had a postcard from a neice I hadn't seen in 30 years asking if it was my name she'd heard read out on Radio 3 when she was halfway up Mt Snowdon. I was the only person that day to recognise a Mozart sonata being played backwards. I was quite chuffed.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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