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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack.
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Nick Robinson
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Follow You Follow Me, by Genesis.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Anna Friel
English actress
Weird Fishes by Radiohead.
Ed Harris
American actor and director
Mr Tambourine Man.
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