aural examination

[Dougal McKinnon]

> From: Stuart McHugh <smchugh@...>
> 
> I guess everyone's on holiday or something otherwise there would have been
> countless reminiscences about the stuff on the tv night - the length of
> Nigel Biscuit's hair, all those 7" sleeves that flashed up on screen (ah,
> the Fakes, the Mekons, Desperate Bicycles - happy days).

Generally all the bands that you'd really have liked to have heard but 
they obviously either never played on Top Of The Pops, The Old Grey 
Whistle Test or anything else that the BBC has the rights to.

It was nice to see Mark E Smith upright for a change.

Was there any particular reason that during the "Sounds of the 60s and 
70s" bit that Hendrix was allocated a whole 20-30 seconds while 
everyone else was played in full (twice in the case of The Faces)?

And just how many times were Orbital mentioned?

> I did have a hearty laugh at Jo Wiley's trail for the shows to come - "The
> Captain... that's Captain Beefheart, OF COURSE". Without a discernible
> trace of irony.

I bet she was still surprised that they managed to do a whole hour's 
documentary without mentioning "Happy Talk".

The thing that struck me most during the documentary about Peel's 
career is just how much his accent has changed.  During the early years 
he sounded as if he had about as much personality as a Speak Your 
Weight Machine.

Overall though, I quite enjoyed it.  Quite why we needed a 20 minute 
piece telling us that William's bedroom's full of snot filled tissues I 
don't know though.

dougie

dougal mckinnon
(d.mckinnon@...)