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ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

That's all we need

We already have wall to wall dance music on Radio One and virtually all commercial stations on Friday and Saturday nights and now we're to be stuck with it on Radio 2 on Thursdays

The only half decent music I have heard from that genre is stuff by the Freemasons and back in the early 90s by Oceanic

That reminds me of one Sunday back in 1993 when at the time myself and a former business partner used to run an independent record label based in his studio in Wrexham and on that day Oceanic were recording at the studio

I went there around lunchtime and there was an almighty bust up between the girl singer of Oceanic and the rest of the band

Me and my former wife ended up taking her out for lunch in an effort to calm things down but without much sucess as she ended up recording her vocals seperately from the rest of the band

About a month later the track 'Insanity' was a massive hit not just in Britain but all over Europe and at the time I wondered if people buying the record had any idea of the aggrevation involved in making it

I know the singer had a very unusual name but I can't for the life of me remember it but I do recall she was based in Liverrpool at the time

Happy Days Smile

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PJ in Kent · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1102 Location: Go on, guess!

Radio 2 is rapidly becoming Radio 1.5 Rolling Eyes

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Themanfromuncle · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 79 Location: Near The Beach

I think her name was Jorinde Williams. I used to be a DJ and I remember 'Insanity' coming out on a promo from All Around The World Records. Pete Tong was one of the first to play it, the Dream Tripper mix was the one that made it big.

It's funny, but a month or two before the old BBC forums were shut down I suggested a dance music show, where they go through the club scene and the history of dance music, plus of course playing classic tunes. I suggested Danny Rampling and even a title for the show plus a load of detail.

Maybe I should employ an intellectual property lawyer and sue them for theft of thought and idea.

Or I could have a digestive biscuit instead, you know, for dunking pleasure.

I don't think a show at 11pm on a Thursday does much harm and to be fair, Dave Pearce is okay and won't be playing the chart dance rubbish. I remember Dave Pearce from way back when he was on Radio London. He had a show on Monday nights which was hip hop, called 'A Fresh Start To The Week', and on a Thursday he had a 3 hour dance show called 'The Funk Fantasy'. Great times.

Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3415 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

I wonder if that means Dave Pearce will still be doing his 6 music Dance show.
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ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

Oh thanks for that Uncle - of course you're right about the name - I would have been lying awake all night trying to remember it otherwise

As you'll gather I'm not a great dance music fan but I have to admit that 'Insanity' was and still is a superb dance track
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Barty · Joined: 22 Aug 2010 Posts: 115

More crap for Radio 2 (I mean Radio 1.5). Thank goodness I don't listen any more ...........

Shennan really has succeeded in alienating a great many listeners - and no, I'm not just 'getting old' either, he's dumbed it down, plain and simple.

Ian Robinson · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:58 pm Post subject:

MadeinSurrey · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:58 am Post subject:

There is obviously nothing Shennan will stop at to bring radio 2 to its knees Rolling Eyes

FGS, what next - On second thoughts, best not to ask, he's probably already commissioned it!

Apart from the ever - excellent KB, I don't listen at all to R2 during the week, not at all on Saturdays and a few shows from 3pm on Sundays. That's it. How times have changed , and not for the better Crying or Very sad

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19334 Location: Cheshire

It's getting to the stage I too only listen to KB on daytime R2 apart from Simon Mayo usually only the second hour though. JV's parenting week a no-go area for me.

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undiscovered · Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Location: Peterborough

It's a shame that Dave Pierce is to present this show as it sounds like it could be ok.
That sort of era of lets say House music is now 20 years old why is it a style of music that is taboo from R2? ALL other periods except maybe punk or rap are covered on R2. Disco and Acid Jazz has it's highlights too.

Music snobbery is a terrible thing.

As I say DP is a bit of a prat but the content sounds ok although I guess I'll never catch it.
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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Dance music on records reached it's centenary this year! Yes 2nd February 1911 the very first British dance record was Dreaming a waltz tune by a band conducted by Eli Hudson, issued on the Zonophone label.

As usual Radio 2 re-writes history and no doubt we'll be told dance music started with You Make Me Feel Unreal by Sylvester in 1978 Razz

(great record)
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ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

John, you obviously weren't concentrating

Your mind clearly was not on the job

There again perhaps that was the problem Shocked

It's a good thing we can have a laugh on here now and again Very Happy

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