Porcupine Tree - The Incident
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Matt2112 on May 11, 2024, 02:45:06 AMTOTP 1996 on BBC Four x 2Gary Davies (?)
The first one of these was actually rather annoying, as it was presented by Alan Davies, who to this day I've never found particularly clever or funny. And, frankly, he comes across as a proper irritating bell3end in this - instead of disarmingly linking the performing acts with a professional presenter's patter, with the odd amusing bon mot, here he basically tries to cram in "edgy", pseudo-intellectual piss-takes of the performers and the programme, as if it is all beneath his towering wit.
It's tiresome, tedious and back-fires spectacularly - unsurprisingly, this was his first and last show.
Compare this with Lulu, who presents the following show (which also features one of my favourite bands, The Saw Doctors) - infectiously vivacious, bigging up every band she introduces and beaming throughout; in other words, showing a damn sight more taste, class and judgement than Davies.
As for the music: the usual combination of some songs that - rightly or wrongly - became established classics, some deeper cuts that deserved to be established classics and plenty of utter bilge that should never have been heard by any human ears in the first place.
Marvellous.
Quote from: Matt2112 on May 06, 2024, 01:46:31 AMBBC News reports that Madonna has performed a gig in Rio de Janeiro, apparently attended by over 1 million people, describing her as "The Queen of Pop".Queen of pop? Suzi Q
Nah. That's Lady Gaga nowadays isn't it?
Besides, the gig was free, which the ever-vigilantly accurate BBC somehow forgot to mention.
Quote from: Matt2112 on May 05, 2024, 06:44:39 PMPleasant today, mostly sunny spells. Nice May Day weekend weather.Started nice and sunny, reminded us of summer. Normal service resumed at 5:30pm. More rain.
Quote from: Fishy on May 02, 2024, 10:08:05 PMIt isQuote from: David L on May 02, 2024, 03:21:40 PMQuote from: Nickslikk2112 on May 02, 2024, 03:04:03 PMYes, well spotted. That's two lines Geddy sings 'incorrectly'Quote from: David L on May 01, 2024, 11:17:33 PMIf you choose not to decide
You cannot have made a choice
Sure it's not:
If you still choose not to decide
You cannot have made a choice?
That's what my inner sleeve liner says.
I always thought it was
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on May 02, 2024, 09:43:29 PMDEI.......innitQuote from: Fishy on May 02, 2024, 07:28:50 PMAnd nobody gives a fuck that there are 2 female headliners at Glastonbury this year. Not News. Why end your One o'clock bulletin with it?Quote from: Matt2112 on May 02, 2024, 06:21:56 PMBBC News reporting on urang utans' apparent ability to self-medicate by saying "it shows how closely humans are related to the great apes".
Er...humans ARE great apes. 🤦🏻�♂️
more annoying was the "news" that kate had taken a picture of her daughter.. nobody fucking cares love...
Quote from: Matt2112 on May 02, 2024, 06:21:56 PMBBC News reporting on urang utans' apparent ability to self-medicate by saying "it shows how closely humans are related to the great apes".Did they not find any urang utrans?
Er...humans ARE great apes. 🤦🏻�♂️
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on May 02, 2024, 03:04:03 PMYes, well spotted. That's two lines Geddy sings 'incorrectly'Quote from: David L on May 01, 2024, 11:17:33 PMIf you choose not to decideSure it's not:
You cannot have made a choice
If you still choose not to decide
You cannot have made a choice?
That's what my inner sleeve liner says.