Lollards Of Pop!
Freaky Trigger and the Lollards Of Pop is gearing up for its second smash-hit season - keep yr peepers peeled for date announcements - and in the meantime we’re putting together a compilation of the best bits of Season 1, as an intro to the show for “new listeners”.
If you listened to any of the first run, and if there are bits you particularly enjoyed, please let us know via the medium of the comments box.
If there are bits you particularly didn’t like, please DON’T let us know, but of course we welcome all suggestions and nickable ideas!
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jeff w on July 11th, 2007
I enjoyed the live taste tests in series one!
Are you nicking my “bid and play a hand of bridge on air” idea?
JohnneyB on July 11th, 2007
Seconded the taste tests. Also, more Tanya please!
I am looking forward to the second run. I’m hoping that the good bits from the last series are in place (scatterbrain topics, great undiscovered tunes, like a REALLY good R4 show) while the dodgy bits that made it a tad frustrating at times have been ironed out. I’m sure you chaps are well aware of the bad bits tho.
FT's tracerhand on July 12th, 2007
don’t be too sure! i would love to know what you think the dodgy bits were. (if you don’t feel like posting it here, email?)
what do you guys think - more music? more “bits”? more talkin? i fear “scatterbrain” is hardwired into the show, no way to change that.
Kat on July 12th, 2007
The ‘response’ to Mr Chuck D was my favourite bit of the whole lot.
Tom on July 12th, 2007
That gag is seven years old now! :(
Al Ewing on July 12th, 2007
I was there when that gag originated, as I remember, in a hem-hem ‘productive’ session that also birthed some particularly rubbish I Hate Films yuks.
JohnneyB on July 13th, 2007
Music: I would say frequency about right from the last series. Good selection as well, lots of unusual interesting stuff.
Talking: At times it was obvious that you were reading the whole thing from a script in front of you. I know that’s just an experience thing though, and something that will improve over time. Also production values seemed awful low - can you not afford one microphone per person? Fortunately, EVERY SINGLE TOPIC you talked about on the last series was interesting, funny, and thought-provoking, like the best bits of ILE, turning these aforementioned problems into needless niggles.
Dr Drugs and Dr Pub (oh, and that Dr Brand thing that I dimly remember): Badly recorded and usually badly acted sketches generally centering around a laboured pun or a “hilarious misunderstanding.” Not funny, not clever, and out of step with the rest of the show IMO.
Tanya: More please! I only remember her being on a couple of episodes, but she was awesome every time. I’m kinda bored of IHM (the best bits are the comment boxes from irate pink floyd fans) but on the radio her venom, nastiness, Geir-like blinkers and generally lovable gin-ravaged persona comes through, and for me was the best bit from the last series, or at least the bit I listened out for the most.
FT's Alan on July 13th, 2007
fwiw i totally agree with johnney about the various drs. i’d like to hear more tanya’s greatest hits, but don’t know how much mileage there is in it.
Tom on July 13th, 2007
I think Dr Pub and Dr Brand are likely to face retirement, since the stuff they talked about wd be much better done as real actual topics!
I think there’s some good stuff in the Tanya vaults still.
Marcello Carlin on July 13th, 2007
How about some Comstock Carabinieri greatest hits next time, or would that ensue in Resonance’s broadcasting licence being withdrawn?
Marcello Carlin on July 13th, 2007
On reflection, maybe not.
FT's mitya on July 14th, 2007
You guys were reading from scripts?!
Al Ewing on July 14th, 2007
I’d ask for a stay of execution for Dr Drugs.
Tom on July 14th, 2007
Mitya - generally the host had a script (though as the series went on this tended to be more ‘notes’) - the guests didn’t.
If other bits sounded scripted it was probably because we’d talked about those things 1xGRILLION times in the pub over the last 5 years!
FT's deathlypallor on July 16th, 2007
Hooray! I love this show. For the next series, more Tanya definitely- my two favourite pieces of hers from the old days were Smokey Robinson (”The sadness of the tears in question is deeply dependent on the identity of the clown”) and the conversation between Paul & Linda about “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road”. Of the last series, Mr. Sinker reading Dorothy L. Sayers was a major highlight.
Pete on July 17th, 2007
Dr Brand and Dr Pub were attempts at breaking the format a touch and to provoke debate on an issue. They did the latter quite well, but admittedly the sketch aspect of them were usually quickly knocked of unlevelled bedroom performances.
The technical aspect varied massively depending on what was working in the Resonance studio that day (some shows had 5 mics, some only two, some had headphones some without). Also we were producing it ourselves, without much (ANY) radio experience. This hopefully will be slicker next time.