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« Reply #140 on: September 25, 2010, 08:42:39 PM » |
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To see if Digance did a good gig just look at the the thousands who came away smiling at the end and look at the beaming faces on the folks (young and old) at the front when Quo were on and try telling them they were awful.
You could apply the same logic to reviewing a performance by looking at the post-gig faces of a Peter Andre or Daniel O'Donnell audience. It's not 'holier than thou' to point out that Richard Digance's featured song on the TV programme was about Friends Reunited, which is about as relevant to 2010 as betamax is. If they'd shown that bloody awful number about history, at least I'd be going "Doop, doo be doop, doo be doop doop be dooby dooby do" afterwards - much as I have been, on and off, for the last three or four years... I think it's perfectly valid to have a show reviewed - or simply commented on - by anyone with previous experience of a turn, good or bad, even as much as it is by someone coming to them with fresh ears which, let's face it, we all had to do at one point. |
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« Reply #141 on: September 25, 2010, 08:54:20 PM » |
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I wish I had fresh ears..... but unfortunately everything gets filtered by my experience. So when I hear out-of-tune on the tv, that's what I hear. Lots of people jumped up and down for Quo, and that's great, but it doesn't mean that Rick Parfitt can necessarily hold a tune - because he didn't at Crops. That's not sniping at the band or the audience, just stating a fact. I enjoyed a couple of the Quo numbers on the night, but the poor tv mix appeared to expose some serious shortcomings.
I think that the generally accepted criticism of this show is three-fold, one is the choice of material shown (eg the f****** uke song!), two is the (lack of) number of artistes shown and thirdly that Sky's sound mix was woeful.
I hope Sky'll be back in 2011 and take some notice of the criticism offered and respond in a positive way.
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« Reply #142 on: September 25, 2010, 09:41:53 PM » |
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if last weeks show is the best sky can manage then i dont want the buggers back
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« Reply #143 on: September 26, 2010, 12:39:22 AM » |
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The BBC, now THEY can handle a music documentary!!
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« Reply #144 on: September 26, 2010, 02:04:26 PM » |
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Watched it last night expecting a disaster.
It wasn't.
Sound quality was fine through my surround sound system.
Didn't think the harmony vocals of FC, indeed any of the vocals, were particularly bad, try seeing Tull these days!
Agrre there could have been...more bands, village scenes, interviews with the crowd and so on, but 90 minutes is a short time.
Not being rude but I think you may need your ears syringed!! FC vocals, apart from Mr Leslie's - on that awful ukelele song - were, to my lugholes, dire.  Funnily enough, I think Mr Leslie has a rather thin, reedy voice. Thin and reedy, I agree. At least he sounds in tune!  |
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« Reply #145 on: September 26, 2010, 09:54:16 PM » |
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The BBC, now THEY can handle a music documentary!!
To a point. I always watch their Glastonbury coverage, but I get a bit frustrated that they miss out so much of the less known stuff - for example The Avalon stage. That said, I'm pretty sure a BBC documentary would have included i/vs with Cropredy-goers, footage of the village and a few aerial shots at least.  |
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« Reply #146 on: September 26, 2010, 11:11:47 PM » |
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Watching the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury in the last couple of years has made me grateful for Cropredy in so many ways.
The size of the crowds terrfies me, and surely folk go to see the bands, not other people's flags ?
Watching Bruce Springsteen, you could hardly see the stage for flags, people right down the front had huge ones.
Maybe I'm just turning into a Grumpy Old Hector.
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« Reply #147 on: September 27, 2010, 06:17:42 PM » |
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Watching the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury in the last couple of years has made me grateful for Cropredy in so many ways.
The size of the crowds terrfies me, and surely folk go to see the bands, not other people's flags ?
Watching Bruce Springsteen, you could hardly see the stage for flags, people right down the front had huge ones.
Maybe I'm just turning into a Grumpy Old Hector.
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« Reply #149 on: October 03, 2010, 03:28:38 PM » |
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« Reply #150 on: October 03, 2010, 09:21:31 PM » |
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just watched to see my daughter swirling her poi around to martin Joseph Ummm......can you translate that for me, Tasha? Thanks awfully. I think Poi is one of the presenters of Show me Show me on Cbeebies  Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #151 on: October 04, 2010, 10:43:18 AM » |
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just watched to see my daughter swirling her poi around to martin Joseph Ummm......can you translate that for me, Tasha? Thanks awfully. something like the above...hers are much nicer though! she can clearly be seen when he is singing -On my way- she's in a multicolured poncho twirling away..... |
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« Reply #152 on: October 04, 2010, 05:56:23 PM » |
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I was thinking along the lines of steak and kidney or apple.
But that's only if you say it in a gypsy, sorry, Brummie accent.
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« Reply #153 on: July 05, 2011, 01:33:47 PM » |
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The 2010 Bob Harris prog. was repeated a few times last week. Did anyone watch it again? I recorded it and watched it last night. Slightly disappointed as I hadn't read any of the comments on this thread beforehand, but it did give me a flavour of what Cropredy might be like. It was actually bigger than I thought it would be! Does it feel very big and crowded when you're there. I don't get out much, can you tell?!! |
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« Reply #154 on: July 05, 2011, 01:52:46 PM » |
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The 2010 Bob Harris prog. was repeated a few times last week. Did anyone watch it again? I recorded it and watched it last night. Slightly disappointed as I hadn't read any of the comments on this thread beforehand, but it did give me a flavour of what Cropredy might be like. It was actually bigger than I thought it would be! Does it feel very big and crowded when you're there. I don't get out much, can you tell?!! No Ruth it certainly isn't large and doesn't feel big at all. It is rarely crowded. There are occasions when it does get full- liege and lief year being an example but it never feels overbearing. I wouldn't be there if it did! |
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« Reply #155 on: July 05, 2011, 01:54:23 PM » |
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I missed it.. didn't know it was on... missed it first time round too It feels a comfortable size (to me)... gets more crowded as the weekend goes on.. but that depends who is on on Thursday and friday. It's a lovely happy, friendly festival... Ruth do come! |
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« Reply #156 on: July 05, 2011, 02:22:12 PM » |
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I missed it.. didn't know it was on... missed it first time round too It feels a comfortable size (to me)... gets more crowded as the weekend goes on.. but that depends who is on on Thursday and friday. It's a lovely happy, friendly festival... Ruth do come! I'd love to go to Cropredy, Jenny, and it's lovely to feel we'd be welcomed, but it's just not possible at the moment. But it is definitely on my list for that mythical time in the future when we're not working all hours! |
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« Reply #157 on: July 05, 2011, 03:08:17 PM » |
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« Reply #158 on: July 05, 2011, 06:31:44 PM » |
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I'd love to go to Cropredy, Jenny, and it's lovely to feel we'd be welcomed, but it's just not possible at the moment. But it is definitely on my list for that mythical time in the future when we're not working all hours!
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« Reply #159 on: July 05, 2011, 06:35:08 PM » |
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Not as much as next year though....
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