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Interesting! Didn't know that
I tuned in at 9pm last night and Albert Hammond Jr was playing his classical music collection for an hour I actually enjoyed it but I could just imagine the complaints about Marc Riley got moved for this?
I don't like the artist in residence thing at all - so never listen - but appreciate other people might like it.
But it does seem very niche for a 9pm slot (it used to be on at midnight). Riley & Coe from 9pm - 12am makes more sense IMO.
I totally agree - the artist in residence thing just gets in teh way and devalues the Riley & Coe programme by shunting it passed a time I'm interested in hanging around for. AHJ has been quite interesting but I'm not sure I'm actually listening, even when doing the washing up with the radio on in the background, I couldn't have told you why he was playing a classical collection last night.
Every time I catch his show it’s always elastica playing. Every time
Accidentally tuned in yesterday afternoon while shopping and he was playing a live Elastica gig....like, did anyone actually like them the first time around? Other than that Wire rip off from Trigger Happy TV, they're just unbelievably forgettable. Poor Lamacq, I don't think even Radio 2 would have him. Maybe Radio X, they seem to exclusively play Oasis, he'd fit in well.
Accidentally tuned in yesterday afternoon while shopping and he was playing a live Elastica gig….like, did anyone actually like them the first time around?
Yeah, loved them.
Drove up to Derby uni to see them live around the time Connection [s]dropped[/s] was released. Bought a t-shirt that was maybe 2 sizes too small for me.
Shame I couldn't still carry that off!
I think at the time they were quite different to what else was around, being fronted by 3 strong women (and a bloke on drums who nobody ever remembers 😂 )
Quite a different sound.
Didn't last long but they made a mark for sure and deserve their place for a notable influence of those times.
NME 1 appears to be ad free today.
So worth a listen.
So worth a listen.
Not for me.
Tried it (with ads) the first time you were banging on about it zippy, found it slightly less dull than R2, and I can't stand R2 😉 😜
The only thing that will turn me off 6music, is if they keep dropping the likes of Bill Nighy,Russell Crow and other old duffers into guest slots. They need to be parked in R2 or FAB FM 😆 🤣 😂
The David Sylvian: Spirit of Sylvian show still stands up there as the ultimate ‘this must be a pi**take, right’? moment. I like Japan, don’t get me wrong, but of all the artists out there? A total headscratcher for me.
You know the answer then: go listen to something else and stop bitching about it. It’s what I do.
Every time I catch his show it’s always elastica playing. Every time
Accidentally tuned in yesterday afternoon while shopping and he was playing a live Elastica gig….like, did anyone actually like them the first time around? Other than that Wire rip off from Trigger Happy TV, they’re just unbelievably forgettable. Poor Lamacq, I don’t think even Radio 2 would have him. Maybe Radio X, they seem to exclusively play Oasis, he’d fit in well.
Typical STW bullshit. I saw Elastica on their first tour, they had to repeat a couple of songs for their encore because they hadn’t had chance to write more new material, and they were excellent.
And as for “Every time I catch his show it’s always elastica playing. Every time”, what that does is prove, quite categorically, that you hardly ever listen to his show! I’ve just proved it, by the simple act of going onto BBC Sounds, tapping onto 6Music’s tab, and selecting each day’s show listing, going to Lamaq’s show, and looking at his playlist. I’ve gone right back to the beginning of July, skipping Saturday and Sunday, for obvious reasons.
Anyone care to guess how many times he played an Elastica track? You’re quite welcome to follow the same process, which will prove that over July, he played them twice! Once on Thursday 20th, which was part of the Britpop series, and I actually heard that while I was driving, and I had a wry smile to myself about the usual STW whinging, the other time was on the 4th.
Now kindly STFU!
With a mere 90bhp available, progress is too leisurely to be called, death-defying, but on the motorway in fifth gear the Megane's slow pace really becomes a pain.
You know the answer then: go listen to something else and stop bitching about it. It’s what I do.
What you're doing is complaining on here about people complaining. I think it's gotten under your skin, which is fair enough.
I literally just shrug my shoulders at 6Music a lot and switch it off. Perhaps do the same with STW if it's that irritating to you. With the utmost respect.
Anyways, Gid is covering Cerys Matthews' show from this Sunday for a month. Should be cracking.
Anyways, Gid is covering Cerys Matthews’ show from this Sunday for a month. Should be cracking.
Yes, I caught that message on Thursday's show - I'll be tuning in for that 👍🙂
6 Music gets a lot of stick, but Saturday mornings really are top notch! Radmac followed by Huey is as good as it gets radio-wise
All the 90's rave stuff was excellent yesterday. I even tolerated The Hobnobs insipid wittering
Indeed. Starting with Souls of Mischief is a good thing, until the dawning realisation that it's a 30 year old track. I mean, I know that's how time works, but '93 can't really be 30 years ago.
I think you'll find that 96% of Lamaq's playlist is elastica and other britpop bangers . That's a scientific fact
Did enjoy Gid Coe yesterday morning as I supped my tea in bed. Cerys is fine and all, but I prefer his tastes!
6 Music gets a lot of stick, but Saturday mornings really are top notch! Radmac followed by Huey is as good as it gets radio-wise
Agreed.
Just caught the end of Gid covering yesterday morning because we were in the car. Will probably listen back when I need a break from MAH, etc.
It’s all our fault https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/08/bbc-6-music-radio-station
The ultimate irony is that perhaps in trying to escape the desperately uncool 6 Music Dad image attached to the station, it has sunk itself into its own midlife crisis.
Thought that article was pretty good. He's bang on about the themed days, they're tedious and stupid.
Anyone else think Huey has been a bit shite lately? 5-10 years ago he'd play Faith no More into Joe Bataan into Talking Heads into Schooly D. These days he just seems to slap on a 1990s Party Hip Hop compilation and sod off for a cuppa
Yep to the above. It's an OK article, has the usual stereotyping about the audience and misses the point of Gid's show completely, but overall it's fair enough.
One of the biggest issues I've noticed is the huge drop in live acts on 6Music nowadays.
If only they could use this new focus and schedule to get Lemacq to **** off too.
Someone's been listening!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66680888
BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq is to scale back his afternoon shows from five days a week to one.
Sound.
Thank God.
I only check this thread to see if Steve Lurpak has buggered off.
F I N A L L Y
Ah crap more Huw Stephens 😬 We need more Gideon Coe 👍😁
Ah crapmore Huw Stephens😬We need moreand Gideon Coe 👍😁
FTFY 😉🙃
Happy days!
I still get flashbacks whenever I hear an airhorn.
Where will I go to listen to Elastica and stories about working for NME?
He never plays the 2nd Elastica album though, does he.
What bothers me about 6 Music, and I largely exempt Marconi and Lurpak from this, the holier than thou attitude - like 6 music invented actual non-mainstream music or something. There have been moments, Tom R playing Feed1 by autechre before he'd bothered listening to it being one. But it's blanding itself into the shitbin. Marconi has played my stuff a couple of times, so he's okay forever.
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.
😉
But it’s blanding itself into the shitbin.
There's a lot of 'meh' nowadays for me, for sure.
Marconi has played my stuff a couple of times
That's cool - any links to your tracks @wordnumb?
scuttler
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I only check this thread to see if Steve Lurpak has buggered off.F I N A L L Y
I'd missed this - hurrah! Maybe 6Music's changes actually *are* progress!
Obviously depends what's about - they have nailed the flag very much to the "new music" mast since the schedule change and that is very much dependent on availability. Also depends what you like. I'm probably a bit MOR compared to some and 10% of the stuff they play I find not to my taste but I'm kind of glad it's there.
I'm in the disappointed about Lamacq camp - I really quite like him.
(meh, can't make it post bandcamp player link)
That's them, thanks for asking. Bittersweet self-promotion as the guitarist recently lost his L forefinger to a dog. Despite a surgeon grafting part of his big toe to the stump it ain't quite the same apparently. Never a dull moment, unlike 6 Music.
scuttlerFull Member
I only check this thread to see if Steve Lurpak has buggered off.
I’m similar but just waiting for that cretin Chris Hawkins to leave the early breakfast show.
Marconi has played my stuff a couple of times, so he’s okay forever.
Self-interest, much?
Where will I go to listen to Elastica
Dunno, by my counting, (I actually went through about a month and a half of his show’s playlists) he played them around twice a month, you could always just buy their albums…
rockbus
I’m similar but just waiting for that cretin Chris Hawkins to leave the early breakfast show.
I love Chris Hawkins so hopefully that balances that out.
Names in songs is required listening in our house.