Neil Gits Woken Nicely

Am I sure many people can relate to this when I say that sleeping properly has been a real issue over the last year. With no work to go to or no sporting activities to take part in, our usual routines have taken a battering and random late nights and very long lie ins have become regular occurrences – at least they have in my house !! Getting a solid seven hours kip in, woken only by the radio alarm at the time I chose has become such a rare event that I usually enter it in my diary …

One such event got a “10/10” – I went to bed at my old “normal” time, didn’t wake up at some goodawful hour in pitch darkness terrified after a bad dream, suffering from acute cramp, doubled up in discomfort from indigestion or even just needing in a wee. I didn’t open my eyes 45 minutes too early unable to get back off to sleep due to the sunlight and I wasn’t disturbed my any of my noisy neighbours with their barking dogs, roaring motorbikes, screaming toddlers or obsessive DIY activities. Exactly seven hours after setting the ideal time I was gently brought back into the world by what I always say, when people ask, is my favourite song : “Thinking Of You” by Sister Sledge … bliss !

Over recent years I have found one radio station that ‘usually’ (but not always!) plays ‘nice’ music and though if I time it just wrong I can wake up to the sound of their DJ wittering on about something really irritating, or even worse the news or a commercial, I have worked out at what times in the hour I can be 95% sure of being woken by a nice gentle inoffensive song – so to arrive in the morning hearing my top soul track was a big bonus !!

Of course if you want to be guaranteed the very best in 70s & 80s soul, jazz-funk and disco (plus the RAH Band !!!) not just for 5 minutes but a whole TWO HOURS make sure you tune in to my show LIVE every Monday at 7pm or on Saturday at 5pm for the ‘Repeat Play’ – and of course there is always the “Listen Again” section for catching up too …

The Tunes – Monday 19th April

Unique – What I Got Is What You Need

Jean Carn – (No No) You Can’t Come Back Now

Cool Notes – Spend The Night (Georgie B Remix)

Gary Byrd & The GB Experience – The Crown

Chaka Khan – Life Is A Dance

Godchildren Of Soul ft General Johnson – Rockaway Beach

J Blackfoot – Taxi

Temprees – You Make Me Feel So Good Baby

Teddy Pendergrass – I Just Called

Jesse Green – Flip

Shalamar – Don’t Try To Change Me

Olympic Runners – Solar Heat

Rose Spearman – After The Summer Falls

Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

Phil Fearon & Galaxy – What Do I Do

Gap Band – Someday

Shaila Prospere – All Eyes On Us

Gladys Knight & The Pips – Point Of View

Maxine Brown – Oh No Not My Baby

Ken Boothe – Let’s Get It On

Three Degrees – The Runner

Harvey Mason – What’s Going On

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The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8 in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com from 7pm–9pm every Monday, also repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website … search “Cool Soul” !