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I am watching the Scotland v France Six Nations Rugby Union match and they mentioned this:
Desert Island Discs - Brian Moore
Last broadcast today, 11:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Next On: Friday, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4
SYNOPSIS
Kirsty Young's castaway is the former rugby player and commentator Brian Moore.
As a player he was ferociously competitive, he says his approach to the game was almost pathological and it earned him the nickname 'the pitbull'.
By the time he retired, he'd earned dozens of England caps and played in three grand slams. But he discovered the obsessive determination he'd shown as a player was not so useful off the pitch.
"In sport, the 'I won't give up', 'carry on training' and 'going again and again and again', that's rewarded because people say isn't that fantastic - but when it comes to normal life, you can't solve everything like that."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
MUSIC PLAYED
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Queen of the Night
Artist: Edda Moser with the Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
Mozart: Die Zauberflote, EMI
Ian Dury and The Blockheads — Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
Composer: Dury/Jankel
Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Very Best Of Ian Dury And The Blockheads, EMI
Genesis — In the Cage
Composer: Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford
The Lamb Lies down on Broadway, Virgin
Samuel Barber — Adagio for Strings
Artist: London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn
Classical Favourites, EMI
Pink Floyd — Us and Them
Composer: Waters/Wright
Dark Side of the Moon, EMI
The Stranglers — Always the Sun
Composer: The Stranglers
The Stranglers: Greatest Hits 1977-1990, Epic
Green Day — Jesus of Suburbia
Composer: Billie Joe Armstrong/Greenday
Jesus Of Suburbia, Reprise Records
Pietro Mascagni — The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, EMI
BROADCASTS
Sun 26 Feb 2012 11:15BBC Radio 4
Fri 2 Mar 2012 09:00BBC Radio 4
John Inverdale said he was surprised that Moore had chosen Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury, instead of Reasons To Be Cheerful.
Desert Island Discs - Brian Moore
Last broadcast today, 11:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Next On: Friday, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4
SYNOPSIS
Kirsty Young's castaway is the former rugby player and commentator Brian Moore.
As a player he was ferociously competitive, he says his approach to the game was almost pathological and it earned him the nickname 'the pitbull'.
By the time he retired, he'd earned dozens of England caps and played in three grand slams. But he discovered the obsessive determination he'd shown as a player was not so useful off the pitch.
"In sport, the 'I won't give up', 'carry on training' and 'going again and again and again', that's rewarded because people say isn't that fantastic - but when it comes to normal life, you can't solve everything like that."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
MUSIC PLAYED
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Queen of the Night
Artist: Edda Moser with the Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
Mozart: Die Zauberflote, EMI
Ian Dury and The Blockheads — Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
Composer: Dury/Jankel
Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Very Best Of Ian Dury And The Blockheads, EMI
Genesis — In the Cage
Composer: Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford
The Lamb Lies down on Broadway, Virgin
Samuel Barber — Adagio for Strings
Artist: London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn
Classical Favourites, EMI
Pink Floyd — Us and Them
Composer: Waters/Wright
Dark Side of the Moon, EMI
The Stranglers — Always the Sun
Composer: The Stranglers
The Stranglers: Greatest Hits 1977-1990, Epic
Green Day — Jesus of Suburbia
Composer: Billie Joe Armstrong/Greenday
Jesus Of Suburbia, Reprise Records
Pietro Mascagni — The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, EMI
BROADCASTS
Sun 26 Feb 2012 11:15BBC Radio 4
Fri 2 Mar 2012 09:00BBC Radio 4
John Inverdale said he was surprised that Moore had chosen Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury, instead of Reasons To Be Cheerful.
