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The second was Muse playing something that sounded like George Michael crossed with Primal Scream, with some bored-looking tit playing piano along with them.
Tired, formulaic, repetitive, similar mix of bands every week, boring presenter, irritating piano-playing presenter, not actually really live even when it says it is (if I understand it correctly they get a couple of goes at a song), and finally it finished at about 10.30 so it's not exactly Later, is it?
They can take the pre-recorded fake Hootenanny nonsense away as well while they're at it...
(And just to be clear, I actually like Jools' piano-playing in the right context - I've got about four or five of his albums, including several of the guest-vocalist format.)
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What did Jools do to you to deserve called a smug twat?
Look at Jools's body of work if you think the artists are on a different level. I know he's no Les Dawson but he has done some notable stuff.
I like that it has no ideas. It's just some music. If stale is one song after another with the minimum of filler then I can live without fresh.
The interviews are poor but at least they are short.
In the days when the music charts reflected broad appeal, then TOTP or Ready Steady Go were a good magazine type format but in the current climate, where Ed Sheeran can dominate the top ten, it makes more sense to have a more targeted approach.
Radio has done it for years, with shows targeting specific forms of music; blues, country, rock, hip hop etc. TV could do something similar, with an entire evening given over to music and sub divided into genre, or else the BBC could use the red button to offer genres under a headline magazine show. They need to bring imagination and new technologies to bear on the problem - I'm sure the audience is still there if they can only tap into it.
The thing that usually gets me about Jools is how fucking shit the sound is. The US talk shows have had bands on there for ages. They seem to nail the sound on that. On Jools it sounds weak.
Ok, I am going to stick with defending the programme as I have started.
How is the format 'tired'?
It's basically just one band after another. No voting, no comedy sketches, no politics. What format is there?
I like the 'untargetted' scattergun appoach. I get to hear stuff I wouldn't hear. I don't mind one song from some new genre but more can be really tedious.
It's having a singer-songwriter follow something completely different that I like. Many I have never heard of, at the other extreme there are some of my favourite artists.
Maybe it is only good for middle-aged people like me and you want something else. I'd say keep it as you will hopefully be middle-aged and most us are as suprised as anyone at how it changes you. In the meantime you can go and make something 'fresh' I'd like to watch that too (well one episode at least.)
Your other main complaint is that it isn't radio on the TV? That is mostly showing 'product' pre-recorded and the audience is probably smaller...and a hundred other reasons why the comparison doesn't work for me.
Just my opinion.
Mention of terrestrial tv maybe gives the clue to my age. My original argument is wrong.The answer is out there already; the internet.
*obvs. I'll never ever listen to them again.
And Dave Ball looked fine to me!
I agree that Jools piano playing can be somewhat irritating, and it's occasionally bizarre that he plays behind someone, such as Beth Hart, who's perfectly capable of playing keyboard herself. However, how many guitarists insist on playing the minor pentatonic all the time? (I've got my FB logo'd tin hat and mackintosh on)