Things you didn’t know about Nile Rodgers
Scott promoted the latest episode of his Things You Didn’t Know About Pop podcast, devoted to Chic guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers.
He reminded listeners that Rodgers’ career stretched far beyond Chic and Sister Sledge, with work involving Madonna, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Daft Punk and Avicii.
One fact surprised Felix White from The Maccabees: Rodgers had played guitar on music for Sesame Street.
Scott also played David Bowie and explained that Rodgers had produced most of the Let’s Dance album.
The Birthday Game: Pauline
Pauline from Darlington turned 61, although she had decided that two lockdown birthdays did not count and was therefore calling herself 60.
Her previous milestone birthday had been disrupted by Covid. While she was isolating, a colleague arrived outside with family members and performed Happy Birthday as a brass band.
Pauline had just stepped out of the shower and could only watch from the window wrapped in a towel. The musicians followed the birthday song with The Bare Necessities.
Since retiring, Pauline had taken up cycling and joined Darlington Cycling Club. She also baked cakes, made jam and completed long-distance walks, including the 96-mile West Highland Way.
Her first Birthday Game selection was Marc Almond and Gene Pitney’s Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart. Pauline rejected it immediately.
Her second spin produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax, number one in 1984. She remembered it from her husband’s cassette collection and decided to keep it.
The unused third song would have been We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto. Pauline was relieved not to receive it because the song had already driven her “round the bend”.
Hovercrafts and hydrofoils
Scott revisited the days when travel reports included ferries, hovercrafts and hydrofoils.
He remembered travelling by hovercraft between the south coast and the Isle of Wight, describing the crossing as fast but extremely bumpy.
Adrian recalled the hydrofoil from Folkestone being known as the “vomit comet” because so many passengers became seasick.
Scott also remembered having to include “the roads, the trains, the ferries, the hovercraft and the hydrofoil” in travel bulletins during his early radio career.
Time-saving tips
The topic began after Nick Grimshaw revealed that his retired mother filled the kettle the night before to save time in the morning.
Ruth Langsford had similarly admitted placing a tea bag in her mug before going to bed.
Listeners offered increasingly elaborate preparations.
Some poured cereal into bowls and covered it with cling film. One person had slept in their school uniform to avoid getting dressed in the morning.
Sheila used a smart plug to switch the kettle on from bed.
One grandmother “opened” her bed at 5pm by folding down the duvet, creating her own hotel-style turn-down service.
Mark placed his trousers inside his socks at night. In the morning, he could pull both on together rather than putting on socks separately.
Stephanie reset her television to BBC One before bed so that she did not have to navigate the programme guide in the morning. Scott declared her the winner, saying it could take him longer to make the television and digital box communicate than to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
Handover
OJ Borg was sitting in for Sara Cox.
Scott handed over after previewing the following afternoon’s attempt to identify Carrie’s mystery song with the Music Police.
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