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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3608 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:24 am Post subject: Guardian Radio Review... |
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By Elisabeth Mahoney http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/18/radio.markharding?gusrc=rss&feed=media
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Mark Harding (Radio 2) has a lovely way about him. There's a frankness and an unfussy quality to everything he says. Talking to Joan Baez on last night's show, he asked her to introduce one of the tracks from her new album. She sounded surprised at this request. "You want me to talk you into it?", she asked, clearly thinking that was his job. "You know more about it than me," came his no-nonsense reply, bluntly put. This turned out not to amount to much. "All I know about the song is that it was devastatingly difficult to sing," said Baez. It didn't sound it, though, when she beautifully did so.
If Harding does occasionally let out a fancier phrase, he soon corrects himself. "You mentioned, en passant," he observed to Baez at one point, quickly adding an explanatory, and slightly embarrassed, "as they say in France." Baez had an endearing way with words and expressions, too, stating things in an equally no-frills manner. "You look at yourself and think: whoops," was how she described less happy and successful directions in her career. On working with a new band, she said, simply, "I had to learn them, and they had to learn me." |
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NickSheffield
Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 508
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Guardian Radio Review... |
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Ian Robinson wrote: | By Elisabeth Mahoney http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/18/radio.markharding?gusrc=rss&feed=media
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Mark Harding (Radio 2) has a lovely way about him. There's a frankness and an unfussy quality to everything he says. Talking to Joan Baez on last night's show, he asked her to introduce one of the tracks from her new album. She sounded surprised at this request. "You want me to talk you into it?", she asked, clearly thinking that was his job. "You know more about it than me," came his no-nonsense reply, bluntly put. This turned out not to amount to much. "All I know about the song is that it was devastatingly difficult to sing," said Baez. It didn't sound it, though, when she beautifully did so.
If Harding does occasionally let out a fancier phrase, he soon corrects himself. "You mentioned, en passant," he observed to Baez at one point, quickly adding an explanatory, and slightly embarrassed, "as they say in France." Baez had an endearing way with words and expressions, too, stating things in an equally no-frills manner. "You look at yourself and think: whoops," was how she described less happy and successful directions in her career. On working with a new band, she said, simply, "I had to learn them, and they had to learn me." |
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Mike's younger brother - he did a great job sitting in yesterday
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Blimey I thought The Guardian new everything about the BBC? |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19374 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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I heard JW say 'Mark Harding' yesterday when he was giving the schedule for the day. I thought he'd mis-read the name but obviously not!
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: |
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I sure it's Mike Harding? |
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