we have all got to do it

gakx · **Posted:** Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:01 pm

Ken Bruce on radio 2 has been a good sport over the years playing Ships in the Night. If we all email him saying it is Bill's 70 th birthday on Tuesday he may play a track .See if he will play Maid in heaven for a change so if we all ask for Maid in heaven we may get it played
good luck

Here is the email

ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

alec · **Posted:** Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:23 pm

Good idea, gakx . Maybe Ken even something more daring and more recent than those two, maybe even Flaming Desire ? :shock:

David Too · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2018 9:14 pm **Posts:** 230

alec wrote:

Good idea, gakx . Maybe Ken even something more daring and more recent than those two, maybe even Flaming Desire ? :shock:

I would have gone for a solo track, too. And 'Flaming Desire' is one of my favourites. It would be nice to have something recent though, but probably unrealistic, given the workings of mainstream radio.

alec · **Posted:** Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:50 pm

Just being a ... PRACTICAL DREAMER .

F.D. is another hit song and is more recent than those BBD hits .

alec · **Posted:** Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:21 pm

The Golden Age of Radio is made for radio .

alec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:10 am

So many should-be radio hits, like, for random examples ... Moments Catch Fire On A Crest of Waves, Luna On the Beach, Golden Balloon, Do You Dream in Colour?, Wild Lilac, Rockers of the Rosy Cross , Big Yellow Moon, Rise Like A Fountain, No Time Says The Clock (Version 1 and/or 2) ...

But ... yeh .... one could imagine that in terms of actual hits, why not at least get to a little more recent than BBD, at least get to Flaming Desire ?

machman767 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:52 am

Not sure if I’m in the midst of an ear infection delirium but didn’t Mark Radcliffe interview Bill a few years ago and play “The Ocean, The Night and the Big Big Wheel” off The Alchemical Adventures...., might be worth a punt?
Mick

David Too · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2018 9:14 pm **Posts:** 230

machman767 wrote:

Not sure if I’m in the midst of an ear infection delirium but didn’t Mark Radcliffe interview Bill a few years ago and play “The Ocean, The Night and the Big Big Wheel” off The Alchemical Adventures...., might be worth a punt?
Mick

There was one with Tom Robinson, if I recall...with a track from Sailor Bill and a live acoustic number.

machman767 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:20 pm

Email sent, fingers crossed!
Mick

noggin · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:53 pm

My request for Past and Present and the space between from Signals from Realms of light is in.Bet he doesn't play it.!

www.billnelson.com

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