Sandie Shaw

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2010

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer Sandie Shaw.

With her melodic, velvety voice, bare feet and Sassoon bob she was the epitome of everything that was swinging about the '60s.

She was just 17 when she first topped the charts with Always Something There to Remind Me and went on to become Britain's first Eurovision winner with Puppet on a String. She loathed the song at the time, but has recently come to terms with it after recording a new version which is, she says, rather forlorn.

Along with the highs have been terrible lows - years that she calls her dark ages, when, without money or creative freedom, she felt hopeless. It was Buddhism that turned her fortunes around and became central to her life. Now, she says, she cannot believe the journey life has taken her on and she is preparing for a final flourish as a performer.

Record: None of them! Book: Lecture on The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life by Daisaku Ikeda Luxury: Omamori Gohonzon

Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
0:10.8	The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.
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0:22.4	helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put
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0:43.0	For rights reasons, the music choices are shorter than in the radio broadcast.
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1:13.0	My castaway this week is Sandy Shaw.
1:17.0	With her melodic velvety voice, bare feet and sassoon bob,
1:20.6	she was the epitome of everything that was swinging about the 60s,
1:23.8	just 17 when she went from Dagenham to Platinum,
1:27.2	with the number one hit, always something there to remind me.
1:33.5	Highs, yes, but some terrible lows, too. For a time, she was broke and depressed. For the past 30 years, Buddhism, a busy family life, an entirely new profession, and a couple of hit singles
1:39.3	along the way, have turned her life around. I don't want to escape from the moment.
1:45.4	I love it, she says.
1:47.8	It's how I feel about life in general,
1:51.1	and I'm happy to dip in and out of the past.
1:53.8	You seem to have pulled off quite a neat trick to me,
1:57.3	which is that you are happy to enjoy the past,
1:58.9	and yet you're happy to live in the moment.
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