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BetaFunk

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  1. [quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1420156188' post='2646301']
    I'm watching it now on the iplayer to see what the fuss is all about.
    [/quote]
    There is no fuss just people expressing an opinion. If any fuss is being made it's by those who seem to like the programme.

  2. [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1420155100' post='2646278']
    It always tickles me when people slag these sort of shows off. :)
    [/quote]
    You must be in a constant state of being tickled every new years eve then. [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1420155100' post='2646278']
    If there's something on telly that you're not enjoying then turning it off (or over) would surely be the sensible thing to do?
    [/quote]
    If something is awful why not be allowed to express an opinion?

    [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1420155100' post='2646278']
    I'm sure you can get yourselves nice and wound up by the time it finishes. :D
    [/quote]
    More people seem to be wound up simply because others didn't like the show.

    [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1420155100' post='2646278']
    It just doesn't sound like a very healthy option to me. :rolleyes:
    [/quote]
    I'd say that having an opinion instead of saying you liked something you really thought was awful is extremely healthy.

  3. [quote name='ead' timestamp='1420150278' post='2646219']
    Wow, so much opprobrium. Are people making you watch it gun to head? There's always the off button you know, or other channels.
    [/quote]
    It's called having an opinion i think.

    This would be a very dull place if we all agreed with each other and liked the same things.

  4. [quote name='molan' timestamp='1420148706' post='2646193']
    I so agree with this. It never ceases to amaze me how many BC'ers seem to revel in having a go at live music on TV. Doesn't seem to matter which genre, channel or programme style. There's always somone taking huge offence at professional musicians playing live on TV for the entertainment of others.
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    I don't think that anyone has taken offence at profession musicians playing live on TV. I just think that it's a tired old formula and well past it's sell by date. Just because professional musicians are on it doesn't automatically mean that it's good to my ears at least.

  5. [quote name='zero9' timestamp='1420147991' post='2646183']
    Acoustic bass guitars are fine for solo practice, but can't keep up with a guitar in the volume stakes. The loudest ones are the resonator types, but you do need the right strings.
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    I had an Ozark metal bodied resonator bass and it was no louder than my Washburn AB20 acoustic bass.

  6. [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1420143450' post='2646119']
    Does there always have to be a ruthless dissection any time Later/Hootenanny is on the telly?
    [/quote]
    Yes because it's awful.

    [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1420143450' post='2646119']
    Another way of looking at it is that it's far and away the least cringeworthy countdown to the bells on the television.
    [/quote]
    Cringeworthy is exactly what i'd call it and Father Ted for the 30th time was far better.

    [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1420143450' post='2646119']
    I happily watched Hootenanny and at the bells I went outside my front door with a dram of Glenrothes and watched fireworks while being serenaded by the ships in the harbour tooting their horns. A splendid time was had by all.
    [/quote]
    I happily didn't watch it and i also watched the fireworks outside my house, raised a glass and had a great time. Even without Mr Boogie Woogie and his mates.

  7. [media]http://youtu.be/4AnnjA9teI0[/media]

    [media]http://youtu.be/85BJHrAFifY[/media]

    It's sometimes what you leave out that makes the difference. No warbling or vocal gymnastics as in Ms Stone's cover, just a wonderful soulful delivery by the songs composer Carla Thomas.

  8. I remember some years ago Robert Elms on Radio London was always banging on about Joss Stone and what a great soul voice she had and often played tracks from her Soul Sessions cd. To be fair to her it probably was a good effort from one so young but if you've never heard some those TK Records / Chelsea Records of the 70s but i listened a lot to the musicians on that cd like Betty Wright, Benny Latimore, Timmy Thomas, Little Beaver etc in the 70s and when you've heard them with those similar arrangements then Ms Stone's work with them just sounds like a decent karaoke singer trying to recreate that Miami Sound. Pleasant MOR stuff but not soul.

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