This just brought tears to my eyes, despite all the kids runnign around the library looking for Harry Potter:
" And his strong sense of right and wrong, his hatred
for bullies and charlatans and his humanity shone through all his work and came through the radio with every word and every record he played. The Monday evening show the weekend after the Hillsborough tragedy was a piece of broadcasting I'll never forget. He said nothing at the start of his show. He just played a record. A long slow record. It was Aretha Franklin's heart breaking gospel version of You'll Never Walk Alone. I looked through the glass from my adjacent studio and John was just weeping. Silently. So were all of us - his listeners. Nothing more needed to be said. " (from the R1 website)
I feel sorry for the listeners of the future who'll
never get to hear the glorious music that made my teenage years bearable.
Love and it's on the wrong speed...
-Gillian
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