Jools tonight

ewal · October 2013

Give me the creative, individualistic and musically interesting over the technically proficient any day.

Rigid_Digits · October 2013

ewal said:

Give me the creative, individualistic and musically interesting over the technically proficient any day.

Totally agree.

stickyfiddle · October 2013

ewal said:

Give me the creative, individualistic and musically interesting over the technically proficient any day.

I definitely agree but still don't like the Pixies!

EricTheWeary · October 2013

Another week's now. Gone from enjoying almost everything last week to finding Chas and Dave running through a skiffle song the best thing on there
:-L

If anybody can explain Franz Ferdinand's backline to me though as my interest was piqued.
:bz

ICBM · October 2013

EricTheWeary said:

If anybody can explain Franz Ferdinand's backline to me though as my interest was piqued.
:bz

They're just props. As far as I know the real guitar amps are Fender Devilles - not sure about the bass amp, I think he used an old Simms Watts PA head at one point, but that could have been for show too.

I liked Franz and Goldfrapp, but they've both done better stuff. I'll watch the extended version anyway though.

badlydrawnbanjo · October 2013

I though last nights episode was the worst one for a long while, there's usually something to keep me interested but nothing happening at all.

On another point though, I'm pretty sure that Jamie from The Creamery supplied Alex Kapranos with the pickups in that Tele he was playing last night.

Col_Decker · October 2013

Lixarto said:

Just watched it.

Tony Joe White - excellent.
That Man & the Savages - excellent.
Hugh Laurie - very good.

The rest was pretty poor. The Female Amphetamine Elvis was terrible, the Pixies were ok, but their lead guitarist cannot play, and that electro lot need to go back to the 1980s.

So, a mixed bag.

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except that Hugh Laurie, and the Savages lot were also poor. As for that female Canadian James Brown wannabe ... all I could see and hear was this ...

Song wasn't bad, but the performance was dire

paulk · October 2013

badlydrawnbanjo said:

I though last nights episode was the worst one for a long while, there's usually something to keep me interested but nothing happening at all.

On another point though, I'm pretty sure that Jamie from The Creamery supplied Alex Kapranos with the pickups in that Tele he was playing last night.

Yup, last night was arse.

ftumch · October 2013

Any Fran's Ferdinand fans on here? I don't like any of their stuff anyway but every time I se them on tv live they sound bloody awful.

stonevibe · October 2013

ftumch said:

Any Fran's Ferdinand fans on here? I don't like any of their stuff anyway but every time I se them on tv live they sound bloody awful.

Just saw that and thought exactly the same.

ewal · October 2013

stonevibe said:

ftumch said:

Any Fran's Ferdinand fans on here? I don't like any of their stuff anyway but every time I se them on tv live they sound bloody awful.

Just saw that and thought exactly the same.

While I don't actively listen to FF, I really appreciate what they do. The fact that I spent a very drunken week on the Caledonian Canal in the company of Alex (amongst many others) has no bearing on my view whatsoever:)

As for the Later with Jools formula - I think it grew very tired and became very safe many many years ago... It makes Whistle Test appear cutting edge. The last decent music programme on the BBC was SnubTV and that's a fact.

ftumch · October 2013

stonevibe said:

ftumch said:

Any Fran's Ferdinand fans on here? I don't like any of their stuff anyway but every time I se them on tv live they sound bloody awful.

Just saw that and thought exactly the same.

It's official then, they're shit:)

Fez · October 2013

Bring back the Whistle test & Rock goes to College.

fretfinder · October 2013

I saw Tom Petty on Rock Goes To College at Oxford Poly in the late 70s/early 80s. Fab stuff but was at about 4 in the afternoon which felt a bit odd. Edit: 1980, just looked it up.

dogload · October 2013

Eeee... Snub TV! Yeah, that was good. I've got a VHS of SnubTV somewhere. Shame I don't have a VHS player...

I only ever watch Jools on iPlayer so I can fast forward; terrible, I know, but I really don't want to see stuff like him and Hugh Grant or whoever was on chumming it up on the Piano.

I saw the Franz Ferdinand stuff on the 'Live' show, and first thought "Oo! Wire", then " Oh, Elastica" before my brain recognised FF. TBH I don't mind them- they're harmless.

ICBM · October 2013

ftumch said:

Any Fran's Ferdinand fans on here? I don't like any of their stuff anyway but every time I se them on tv live they sound bloody awful.

Yes, I really like them. I think they generally sound good on TV too.

mudslide73 · October 2013

Take me out goes down well in the pubs. I'm always surprised by how badly they do their own stuff though.

ftumch · October 2013

It's all Peruvian throat singers tonight. Sing from the lungs and enunciate for fuksake! Quite annoying.

John_P · October 2013

Good performance from John Newman (I do a version of his first track in one of my bands and he was a student at my previous school) the rest hasn't been my cup of tea....

thermionic · October 2013

Franz Ferdinand sounded pretty good to me, and so did the Pixies. I've had a a bit of a crush on Kim Shattuck for years so my judgment is clouded though.

Anyway, I just caught up with last week - what were the acoustic guitars that James Dean Bradfield was playing?

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