Comments on: JJ BARRIE - “No Charge”

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:48:12 +0000

It’s his code for records he hates.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:47:21 +0000

Didn’t Dale say that about Napolean XIV?

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:28:23 +0000

Judge Dale: “it was a bit unusual but we all loved it.”

By: Erithian

Erithian — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:05:24 +0000

Yes, wouldn’t it be fun if we had to deal with John Cooper Clarke on Popular? “Beasley Street” at number one, I’d have liked that. Or “I Married A Monster From Outer Space” -
“We could even have taken a different race / But, f— me, a monster from outer space!”

By: Rob M

Rob M — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:52:57 +0000

James Whale has been signed up for a shopping channel on TV apparantly.

By: rosie

rosie — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:50:25 +0000

Don’t know if anybody else is currently listening to the proggy on Radio 4 about John Cooper-Clarke and his links to the Manchester punk scene, but I’m sure it will be on Listen Again, or whatever the BBC are calling it this week. Fits nicely with this thread, I think.

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:49:51 +0000

I see James Whale’s now available for work, if anyone at Radio 2 is interested.

By: Erithian

Erithian — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:44:13 +0000

“For not gobbing on the postman, a dollar twenty…”

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:53:57 +0000

In any case, Sinatra was only renting the world from *insert safely deceased mobster of your choice*

By: rosie

rosie — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:38:47 +0000

Not Joe Brown’s then?

By: LondonLee

LondonLee — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:33:06 +0000

Sorry, but it’s always been Frank Sinatra’s world we’re living in.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:02:05 +0000

How DARE she! I’ll have to take your word, MC, as I didn’t see the broadcast, but anyone who fails to worship at the temple of Scott (never mind patronise him) deserves to be scraped to death with a blunt razor blade.

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:53:50 +0000

I thought Verity Sharp was alright until I saw her patronising Scott Walker on The Culture Show on BBC2 and now she needs to be hanged for the greater good.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:39:29 +0000

It’s punk wot won it for JJ.

I think in tribute, we should compose a punk version of NC, which finishes with the child, who having just been fobbed off by Mom, goes in to one with: “IT’S NOT FAAAIIRRRR!!! BUT I DON’T CAAAARRRRREEE!!!” etc.

“For taking off my safety pin this week, $3.95…”

By: Drucius

Drucius — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:24:13 +0000

My take on the punk thing. While pop (and dance/disco) was largely unaffected, the rock world most certainly was completely changed. Look at the Reading lineup for ‘76 to ‘80 to see the effect. We’ve now got to the point where there is no outstanding musical genre that dominates the scene completely, and people are generally tolerant of everybody elses (extremely widespread, these days) taste.

I’d say we’re living in Pistols World right now.

By: Drucius

Drucius — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:16:50 +0000

Hard to believe that such a godawful tune has spawned 249 comments, innit?

By: rosie

rosie — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:11:18 +0000

Fiona is more likely to pull Captain van Vliet out of the bag. But I’d be happy with Verity. There’s a bloke wot does it sometimes and then I’m inclined to turn off.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:03:23 +0000

Ah, the great Late Junction Schism: are you a Fiona person or a Verity person? Have to say that we’re more of a Verity household. She has a touch more… edge.

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:26:47 +0000

She’d never cope with having to play the sixth of eight top 40 hits by the Nolans.

By: rosie

rosie — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:25:08 +0000

I nominate Fiona Talkington, for reasons outlined above.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:15:42 +0000

I met Tommy Vance at a Sad Among Strangers gig once (c.1985) and he was very aproachable and pleasant. A top bloke.

Agree totally about Waterman. He would lose the audience very quickly indeed.

Mark “Class Warrior” Lamarr is nothing but a Peely wannabe, who tries his best to bamboozle his audience just for the fun of it. I can take him in spurts but I entirely agree that he would be totally unsuitable for a mainstream show and almost certainly would not want to do it anyway for the reasons MC has outlined.

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:10:46 +0000

Not strictly speaking but it helps if you’re a celebrity since the Controller of Radio 2 likes her celebrity presenters. And George Lamb but let’s not go there.

By: Kat but logged out innit

Kat but logged out innit — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:06:43 +0000

Perhaps a cheerful, non-racist/paedophile DJ that was happily consuming 100% of chart fodder at the time? *cough* *sticks up hand* Or is there some sort of minium age limit on being a Radio 2 presenter?

By: pink champale

pink champale — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:03:53 +0000

or jupitus!

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:25 +0000

Please to God don’t give the gig to Maconie (”Doctor and the Medics? What was that all about? Eh? Eh?”) or Lamarr (”not northern soul not rockabilly not ska therefore is shit”).