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Revealed: the "Cosmic Power" that drove our turnaround from December.
PragueAddick
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Warning; this is very silly, so don't take it seriously. And yet...
So I've mentioned before my Czech buddy who has an anorak vintage rock and blues show on the otherwise hip indie Prague Radio 1. He's not a footie fan, tennis is his game. But as someone who was imprisoned by the Communist regime for daring to trade such music, he likes to hear my stories of seeing bands like Wishbone Ash and Thin Lizzy in pubs in the 70s, and eventually the two big concerts at the Valley. I bought him the posters that were recently offered by the Museum, and he was made up. So then i explained my sadness at my underperforming team's fortunes, and he announced that he would big them up on his show. I thought that was daft, what would his audience make of it? He didn't care. On R1 the DJs play and say what they want. He went ahead and quite randomly dedicated a song to Charlton Athletic, the team that play at the Valley. His show runs on Saturday morning. It was 21st December. A few hours later I was trying to process that out of nowhere we had won 5-0 away at Northampton.
This of course greatly pleased him. He'd invited me to be his guest on his Christmas show, and among other British Christmas gems (some suggested on here) I got the Red Red Robin shoehorned in , on the grounds that the robin is a Christmas symbol. We beat Cambridge next day, and then , after another big-up from him, Wycombe. It started to look like something was going on. I kept asking him if he was sure about doing this, but he insisted, every week, we got a mention. I thought about posting something on here about it earlier, but I was afraid of jinxing it. He started to refer to the "Cosmic Power of Radio 1" behind us. A couple of weeks ago he mentioned somebody else as a fan of Charlton. I asked him WTF? He said it was a Czech listener in London who at first had asked WTF? too, but then decided to.. er...check us out - and became a fan.
Every week since Northampton away, Tomaš has mentioned us, and here we are.
So this Saturday, he's doing a special for us. In the first hour he's going to feature tracks from the Who and other bands who played those Valley concerts in 74 and 76. Maybe not Lindisfarne. Too folksy for him...but expect Humble Pie, Bad Company, Montrose, Stone the Crows...
Of course he'll be speaking Czech and the music will only be of interest to those of you of a certain vintage (even though he says he's got a young cohort in his audience ratings). But now he's seen the photos and videos. The Valley clean-up. The Valley Party. The beautiful photo of the Valley from a drone. The big entrance at a packed Valley on Thursday. Matty Godden's winner. Had me misty-eyed putting that together, but he gets it now. For him and his mates, the old rebels who risked their necks just to get their hands on a Who album, the Valley was already a legendary place and seeing it on its knees, and then on full power, that got him.
Saturday, 10.00 a.m. UK time. You can listen from their website or any of those global apps like Radio Garden. If you like what you hear, mail him on studio@radio1.cz Like any radio DJ, he'll be bouyed by the engagement.
It's all nonsense of course...isn't it?
So I've mentioned before my Czech buddy who has an anorak vintage rock and blues show on the otherwise hip indie Prague Radio 1. He's not a footie fan, tennis is his game. But as someone who was imprisoned by the Communist regime for daring to trade such music, he likes to hear my stories of seeing bands like Wishbone Ash and Thin Lizzy in pubs in the 70s, and eventually the two big concerts at the Valley. I bought him the posters that were recently offered by the Museum, and he was made up. So then i explained my sadness at my underperforming team's fortunes, and he announced that he would big them up on his show. I thought that was daft, what would his audience make of it? He didn't care. On R1 the DJs play and say what they want. He went ahead and quite randomly dedicated a song to Charlton Athletic, the team that play at the Valley. His show runs on Saturday morning. It was 21st December. A few hours later I was trying to process that out of nowhere we had won 5-0 away at Northampton.
This of course greatly pleased him. He'd invited me to be his guest on his Christmas show, and among other British Christmas gems (some suggested on here) I got the Red Red Robin shoehorned in , on the grounds that the robin is a Christmas symbol. We beat Cambridge next day, and then , after another big-up from him, Wycombe. It started to look like something was going on. I kept asking him if he was sure about doing this, but he insisted, every week, we got a mention. I thought about posting something on here about it earlier, but I was afraid of jinxing it. He started to refer to the "Cosmic Power of Radio 1" behind us. A couple of weeks ago he mentioned somebody else as a fan of Charlton. I asked him WTF? He said it was a Czech listener in London who at first had asked WTF? too, but then decided to.. er...check us out - and became a fan.
Every week since Northampton away, Tomaš has mentioned us, and here we are.
So this Saturday, he's doing a special for us. In the first hour he's going to feature tracks from the Who and other bands who played those Valley concerts in 74 and 76. Maybe not Lindisfarne. Too folksy for him...but expect Humble Pie, Bad Company, Montrose, Stone the Crows...
Of course he'll be speaking Czech and the music will only be of interest to those of you of a certain vintage (even though he says he's got a young cohort in his audience ratings). But now he's seen the photos and videos. The Valley clean-up. The Valley Party. The beautiful photo of the Valley from a drone. The big entrance at a packed Valley on Thursday. Matty Godden's winner. Had me misty-eyed putting that together, but he gets it now. For him and his mates, the old rebels who risked their necks just to get their hands on a Who album, the Valley was already a legendary place and seeing it on its knees, and then on full power, that got him.
Saturday, 10.00 a.m. UK time. You can listen from their website or any of those global apps like Radio Garden. If you like what you hear, mail him on studio@radio1.cz Like any radio DJ, he'll be bouyed by the engagement.
It's all nonsense of course...isn't it?
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Well, you've jinxed it now haven't you 🤬5
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Fantastic will listen1
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Don't forget the marvellous Little Feat.3
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Not if you listen to the show and feel the Cosmic Power...golfaddick said:Well, you've jinxed it now haven't you 🤬0 -
Wow ! The 2nd post to bring me shivering with goosebumps a plenty on here today .
I'll raise a glass ( or three) to Tomas when we celebrate post match on Sunday.
Surely this has to be " It's a kind of magic".....3 -
'Cosmic' as Rodney Charlton Trotter might say.7
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Will be at Alicante airport, waiting to fly back, but will try to tune in.1
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He's confirmed their inclusion.👍jose said:Don't forget the marvellous Little Feat.3 -
Starting in 35’mins. No catch-up available, unfortunately. First hour is very much for us. I reckon he’s going to get some complaints. But he doesnt care. The tracks are from bands he loves to play anyway.0
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And he is playing them now. "Bag of Reds" 🤣PragueAddick said:
He's confirmed their inclusion.👍jose said:Don't forget the marvellous Little Feat.0 - Sponsored links:
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And now "My Generation", live. Its been going on for about 15 minutes🤣0
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And now he's telling them the story of the exile at Selhurst and the Valley Party. "sympathetic rebels" he's called us.
Followed by Streetwalkers with Roger Chapman on vocals. I'd forgotten them.
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Haven’t heard this Chapman track in years1
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Sensational Alex Harvey Band.1
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Dave Mason0
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Humble PIe live. Amps up to 11.2
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Why don’t they just relabel the amps to make the loudest setting a 10?1
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Bad Company.0
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Brilliant show @PragueAddick! I'm getting about every 15th word he says from my German, and I'm loving it 😂
Emailing now to see if I can get a shoutout for my brother 😂2 -
A Spinal Tap reference if anyone is wondering what the heck I’m talking aboutKiwiValley said:Why don’t they just relabel the amps to make the loudest setting a 10?2 - Sponsored links:
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I thought Godden wore size 11sjose said:Don't forget the marvellous Little Feat.0 -
I love this fun story1
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He did it, very last song, Uriah Heep, “Traveller in Time”Foxycafc said:Brilliant show @PragueAddick! I'm getting about every 15th word he says from my German, and I'm loving it 😂
Emailing now to see if I can get a shoutout for my brother 😂2 -
Got it recorded! Brother's chuffed lolPragueAddick said:
He did it, very last song, Uriah Heep, “Traveller in Time”Foxycafc said:Brilliant show @PragueAddick! I'm getting about every 15th word he says from my German, and I'm loving it 😂
Emailing now to see if I can get a shoutout for my brother 😂1 -
He says its a really hard record to get hold of (and he has a vinyl collection of 20k)BDL said:Haven’t heard this Chapman track in years1 -
Great story @PragueAddick cosmic power❤️0
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So on yesterday's show Tomaš informed his audience that Charlton won at Wembley and were promoted. Behind the scenes he is very chuffed by the whole silly thing, he's had quite a bit of feedback, including people sending screenshots of the result and asking, "is this the one you are on about?" I'm not sure all of them are too impressed by the match stats, but at least they didn't get to see the actual game. Czechs like their football to be played on the deck, neat and tidy. Now in return I have to write up the story for the Czech platform that carries blogposts under editorial control.
He said it had been quite hard work, doing it every week, so he's glad of the break. He warned me that Cosmic Power is bestowed on a "need not greed" basis, so he won't be repeating it at season start, but has promised me that if we are in relegation mire come December he'll do it again.
Oh and the track he played yesterday was Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" . Listening to it at the market in the sunshine, I thought, yes, I probably am.10 -
This is brilliant 🤩0
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Haha... good stuff0
