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Clive55 · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1336

Sundays are shaping up quite nicely on Radio 2.
Elaine paige followed by sounds of the 70s with JW. i'm looking forward to Paul o'Grady's show, too, after a very promesing start last week

Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 439 Location: In the village

Sorry Clive but I couldn't disagree more. No offence!

With the exception of JW Sundays fall into two camps; bland (Jones and Ball) or shouty irritating (Wright, Paige and O'Grady)

I only listen to R2 for Johnnie Walker and Alan Titchmarsh (and the B'Stards have cut 30 minutes off that)

Still, on the positive side my scant knowledge of classical music is improving no end since I listen to Classic fm for most of the day
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colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

Sundays on R2 is a mess. As is R2 in general, let's be honest!
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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

Yes Sundays really are a mess.

JW is on at the wrong time for a start. Why couldn't they just have substituted Sounds of The Seventies instead of the rubbish that Paul O'Grady spouts? I really don't know who the show is aimed at???

Miss the extra half hour from Alan Titchmarsh as well and shock horror he wasn't on at all yesterday.

Maybe if I record JW I can listen to it when he would normally be on, but that's a bit of a nuisance.

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Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 439 Location: In the village

I was a bit surprised at EP getting an extra half hour. I had thought that show tunes are a limited market and certainly not to everyone's taste.

Maybe I'm a bit old fashioned but I would have thought that Sunday lunchtime was more family time so I would have moved POTP to Sunday lunch, rather than Saturday
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colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

Yes, I thought that yesterday in fact. I keep thinking that POTP has been moved to Sunday lunchtimes rather than Saturdays - and it would suit me if it were. POTP between 12.00-2.00pm then JW 2.00-5.00pm, in fact!
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Angela W · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 7228 Location: North Yorkshire

I don't think my having to work on Sundays is going to be such a problem in future, I'll catch JW on Listen Again and I don't care if I miss the rest. Sundays are destroyed as far as I'm concerned, what are they doing to Radion 2?
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Clive55 · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1336

I like the eclectic mix of music that Paul plays, though i thought last weeks show was better than this.
I listened last week not knowing who he was & loved the show
Then i learned it was Lilly savage, a performer i can't watch.
He does natter a bit too much, but i think it is a good show. a wide range of music.
I find the JW Sounds of the seventees far better than the Pirate JW.Maybe I am just more at home with seventees music.
As to elaine Paige, i think her show is very good overall. Part of what radio 2 is about- representing a broad sweep of popular music from all decades, with EP representing the show tunes
Was in Benny Green used to do this sort of thing? If he could be brought back from the dead, he should host the show. Otherwise Ms Paige will do nicely

Number Six · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 439 Location: In the village

I don't object to show tunes, I just think that two hours Sunday prime time is a bit much. As for Elaine Paige I find that I have a limited tolerance for shreiking and grotesque snorting. I know I'm repeating myself but I think the show should be given to Michael Ball. He would be a much more natural show tunes presenter than Paige and much more natural than his current slot. IMHO.

As for O'Grady, if he's not being Lily Savage than I don't see the point of him at all
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MadeinSurrey · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject:

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

Clive

I don't think we were suggesting that Pirate JW is better than SOT70s, they were a series of fun time radio for those of us who remember and love the 60s music.

Johnnie is so much better when he broadcasts live. I just hope that maybe some of them will go out live later in the series.

As Colby says I too think Paul O'Grady will tire of the show (I hope so anyway.

There's always listen again on the internet radio, I'm preparing a roster!

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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject:

EP - No
JW - Yes
PO'G = The geddon jury is still out
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MadeinSurrey · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:10 am Post subject:

I appreciate that Parky wanted to give up his slot, but did we have to lose all that fabulous music? Surely they could have found someone to take over the mantle, there must be a broadcaster who appreciates sheer quality?
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Briant · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:29 am Post subject:

I used to look forward to Parky's programme on Sunday mornings. Now I go for a walk instead! Laughing

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

I can take or leave Michael Ball, and some of the music he plays is OK, but it's no different to what you can hear at any other time. There is usually just one token track of the Sinatra/Cole/Fitzgerald era played to remind us of the Parky years.

There was an argument that Parkinson had got stuck in a rut, and played not just the same artists but the same tracks too often, and there was some truth in that, but to have the vintage totally removed from the range of our ears is very cruel. If I'm in I'll have CDs playing at that time these days.

I did, unusually, hear EP this Sunday. I do like the old musicals (I grew up with a lot of them on the family radiogram because my mother loved 'em) and she, or rather her producer, plays a good selection. It's just her voice and giggling I can't stand.

This week she interviewed Tim Flavin, star of the current production of Singin' In The Rain, certainly no shrinking violet when it came to singin' the praises of the show and its perfectionist, back-to-the-original "hoofer" qualities, to the detriment of Tommy Steele's efforts thirty years ago. He also had a go at the practice of parachuting into productions talent and reality show contestants, implying that they expended less effort, stress and work to get there than anyone else who had to undergo "normal" auditions. Which is probably not true.
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Sunday's are ok I think. I'm not too keen on EP though but everything else is good, and if it's raining, even EP and a crossword is better than having to wear wellies.

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Heloise · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 237

Perhaps they thought it was time for a change re Parky's music which as I've said before I like but it had become to samey and dull to listen to, imo. There should be a show dedicated to this type of music but I don't think it needs to be in that particular slot. I don't get chance to listen to radio much during the week so, those two hours of varied music on Sunday mornings suits me fine Smile

Haven't caught Paul O'Grady's new show yet so can't comment on that but across the whole day I like sundays current crop of shows.
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MadeinSurrey · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject:

Sarah K played "Easter Bonnet as well Helen.

Heloise, I am aghast that you could describe music of the kind Parky played as "samey and dull". It just beggars belief! We are talking Ella, Frank, Nat, Diana Krall, Ellington & Basie. All of them fantastic.
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essexlady · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 348 Location: Essex

Mmm- I don't think the music Parky played was dull but he did tend to play a very narrow range and as a result the programme lacked sparkle despite the quality of the artists. I enjoy Michael Ball's programme but have reservations about EP and P O'G and I wouldn't be upset if Sunday Love Songs was ditched. Very Happy

Briant · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject:

Some interesting comments on Sunday afternoons on the BBC Radio 2 MB about the changes. Not many fans of Paul O'Grady there! Laughing

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colby · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216

I can't stand the BBC message boards. I stopped using them a good 2 or 3 years ago and having just looked in there I can see why. Why am I still in pre-mod? Smile

Useless junk. Oh hang on.......... it's "my BBC". Sorry, I forgot!

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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Johnnie Walker probably wanted a show, and I guess he's trying to play out his last few years on the radio with different music shows. Also Steve Harley may not have been able to continue to present the show? Paul show is about Entertainment. It's only been going for a few weeks, so people must let it blend in.

Briant · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: Man of mystery.....

colby, what name did you use on the BBC MB's back then? Do tell! Laughing

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aviddiva · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject: Sunday afternoons on Radio 2

Re:POTP - I loved Dale Winton playing 'Pop Go The Workers' by the Barron Knights!

The Bachelors sequence that begins 'I don't want to go to work/on my bike in the rain...' always reminds me of my brother, as he'd always sing this when a night shift was imminent!
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MarkO, your new avatar should come with a health warning! Shocked

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