Okay, I’m going to give this another go after the general apathy from my first post àbout this show .
The latest offering had a duet from Gilbert O’Sullivan and KT Tunstall (I love the former but the song was still shit, and the interview with Gilbert wasn’t much better), a seaside number from The Members that brought a smile to my face, a George Michael cover version from one-hit wonder Owen Paul that wasn’t actually that bad (though it is my favourite George song), a duet from Plastic Bertrand and Imagination’s Leeeeeeeee John (as bad as it sounds) and an interview with the lead singer from Love Affair, which I enjoyed very much (though his name escapes me). What’s not to like or abhor there?
hubert rawlinson says
Passing through the channels I saw the Members bit, watched for a short while I may try a whole programme.
Jimmydon says
I think it’s an admirable venture that gives some much-needed publicity to ‘heritage’ acts that otherwise would struggle to get any at all. Some right tosh in there, right enough, but wasn’t there always in the charts?
Barry Blue says
Lead singer with The Love Affair was Steve Ellis. A huge talent, revered/respected by folks far better known, as evidenced by this…
Jimmydon says
That’s the chap, Barry – wearing relatively well too and he did speak briefly about his friendship with Weller
Mike_H says
Sometime in the ’80s my bass-playing friend Martin was hired by a wealthy young German guitar-slinger (whose name I forget) to record a vanity-project metal album at some German studio.
The singer the guy hired for the project was Steve Ellis.
The hired band and the guitarist whose album it was spent about 2 weeks recording and Ellis came in at the end, recording all of the vocals in two days, multitracked harmonies and all.
My pal Martin was very impressed with his performance and his professionalism “best singer I ever worked with” and also said Ellis was a pleasant, easy guy to work with.
dai says
I tried to watch one of these using a VPN, couldn’t get through it. Horrendous!
Jimmydon says
That’s what the fast forward button is for, Dai! I find it oddly compelling, seeing what/who it’s going to throw up next