Actually looking forward to Jools' Hootenany

ICBM

Jez6345789 said:

Ellie Golding singing blame it on the boogie.

And sounding disturbingly like Michael Jackson...!

Paolo Nutini was good too. Nice reworking of Pencil Full Of Lead that sounded a bit like Marc Bolan jamming with the Banana Splits .

Went to bed after that but I'll probably catch up on the rest.

I do get the general impression that faking the New Year doesn't really work well for most of them though. It all seemed a bit forced.

viz

axisus said:

Stuff Jools, I've had Queen with Lambert on and it's been fantastic, a great way to see the new year in!

Lambert is awesome!

lustycourtier

viz said:

axisus said:

Stuff Jools, I've had Queen with Lambert on and it's been fantastic, a great way to see the new year in!

Lambert is awesome!

He might be able to sing but his look is terrible. Waxed eyebrows, terrible hair. Better suited to a Wham Tribute 

Gassage

axisus said:

Stuff Jools, I've had Queen with Lambert on and it's been fantastic, a great way to see the new year in!

Ali bought me tickets for this in Brum

bingefeller

Ah I missed the Queen thing.  Maybe it'll pop up on youtube as I'd really like to see it.

TTony

Just watching it now.

Jools' R&B Orchestra always impress me.  Those are proper professionals.  

richardhomer

TTony;462622" said:

Jools' R&B Orchestra always impress me.  Those are proper professionals.  

In spite of my negativity towards the show, I have the utmost respect for Jools Holland as a musician.

I've seen him play with a wide enough range of players to know he can play pretty much anything. The joy he gets from music is obvious.

ICBM

richardhomer said:

In spite of my negativity towards the show, I have the utmost respect for Jools Holland as a musician.

I've seen him play with a wide enough range of players to know he can play pretty much anything. The joy he gets from music is obvious.

Agreed.

I actually find his band *too* good to the point of being a bit dull though. And the guitar player has a truly horrible tone.

Shame I've never seen the bassist use the Gibson EB-2 I sold him either...

Antique_Guitars

Can't watch it anymore knowing it's pre recorded, especially them counting down and parading around, it's just plain insulting.

RocknRollDave

Oooh Ruby Turner's on it, makes a refreshing change.

hobbio

Antique_Guitars said:

Can't watch it anymore knowing it's pre recorded, especially them counting down and parading around, it's just plain insulting.

Lots of Christmas and New Year stuff on TV and radio is pre-recorded these days, I can't say it bothers me. I enjoyed the show this year, highlights for me were Ed Sheeran (I'm starting to become a bit of a fan of his, dude can sing and play for sure) and Jos Stone blowing Paloma Faith (who looked fucking wasted!) out of the water vocally.

Antique_Guitars

hobbio;463160" said:

Antique_Guitars said:

Can't watch it anymore knowing it's pre recorded, especially them counting down and parading around, it's just plain insulting.





Lots of Christmas and New Year stuff on TV and radio is pre-recorded these days, I can't say it bothers me. I enjoyed the show this year, highlights for me were Ed Sheeran (I'm starting to become a bit of a fan of his, dude can sing and play for sure) and Jos Stone blowing Paloma Faith (who looked fucking wasted!) out of the water vocally.

This is why I do not have a TV or radio as it's all shite.

ICBM

Antique_Guitars said:

Can't watch it anymore knowing it's pre recorded, especially them counting down and parading around, it's just plain insulting.

I skipped that bit and went to watch the real thing over on BBC1 - I find it massively annoying too.

hobbio

It's not all shite, I mean the majority of it is but there's some decent stuff on from time to time. I don't usually watch anything other than documentaries and Pawn Stars anyway. I'm addicted to fucking Pawn Stars, it is probably classed as shite but I caught one of the first series and got hooked.

I spend most of my time playing guitars or chatting on t'internet about guitars.