Tonight's BBC concert....

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#31 Post by DazzerUKUK »

>After patiently waiting outside with the other website winners (Thanks again Bill for the >chance at the end of last week to get a pair of tickets Very Happy ) I was pleasantly >surprised to get in before the invited guests line.

Thats the BBC charter for you! Imagine the scandal if the BBC winners didn't get in !
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#32 Post by jmh »

what are the chances that r2 will broadcast the whole gig?
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#33 Post by stussyboy »

DazzerUKUK wrote:>Luna Park sounded amazing! And why doesn't Sodom and Gomorrah sound that big on the album?

Good question. Maybe they couldn't afford all those musicians on an album.....you know what the unions are like!

The more I think about Robbie and what he did, the more I think what a tw*t! He didn't learn the words....almost cocked up, and halfway through the penny dropped when he realised the magnitude of the event and the quality of the orchestra and he finally got on with it....
I think that's a bit unfair on Robbie. He did ok. PSB songs are usually suited to an understated vocal, and Robbie is the master of an OTT vocal. The highlight of Jealousy is the orchestral climax, and you simply build up to that with the vocal. Admittedly, during the instrumental passages it's hard for Robbie to stand still and let the music talk.

And about the words, I'm sure Robbie knows them when he's singing along, it's a different matter when you've got 500 people 3 metres in front of you, and a 50-piece band behind you, singing someone else's words.

And remember, Neil almost came in 8 bars too early on Left to my own devices!
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#34 Post by yves »

Sjòn wrote:I've been reading theese reviews. Damn, how jealous I am!
Me too. I think I will move to the UK !!!
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#35 Post by BimboDuncan »

Goodness - I'd quite forgottem about Neil's almost-blip at the beginning. I have to say he looked absolutely terrified in the lead up to the vocal starting!
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#36 Post by Monty-- »

stussyboy wrote:
DazzerUKUK wrote:>Luna Park sounded amazing! And why doesn't Sodom and Gomorrah sound that big on the album?

Good question. Maybe they couldn't afford all those musicians on an album.....you know what the unions are like!

The more I think about Robbie and what he did, the more I think what a tw*t! He didn't learn the words....almost cocked up, and halfway through the penny dropped when he realised the magnitude of the event and the quality of the orchestra and he finally got on with it....
I think that's a bit unfair on Robbie. He did ok. PSB songs are usually suited to an understated vocal, and Robbie is the master of an OTT vocal. The highlight of Jealousy is the orchestral climax, and you simply build up to that with the vocal. Admittedly, during the instrumental passages it's hard for Robbie to stand still and let the music talk.

And about the words, I'm sure Robbie knows them when he's singing along, it's a different matter when you've got 500 people 3 metres in front of you, and a 50-piece band behind you, singing someone else's words.

And remember, Neil almost came in 8 bars too early on Left to my own devices!
Bollocks,Stussyboy. No offence mate, but you're practically saying he isn't an artiste. And he isn't. He's just a jumped up beaut who sings kareoke. What on earth anyone see's in this bloke is beyond me. Born from the media, lives for the media. And he cannot sing. Just take one listen to his rendition of 'We Are The Champions'. He massacred the song. He massacred 'Freedom 90' and you can hear the strain in his voice when he tries falsetto. Stop reading the tabloids and open your eyes to what a gimp he really is, Stussy.

This is a post that is in NO WAY having a go at you Stussy. I just think he cannot sing, he cannot write music and he cannot dance. He's actually very good at being a gimp.

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#37 Post by jmh »

just listened to 'drunk' on chris evans and he annnounced that r2 will broadcast the entire 90min show! hurrah! :P :P
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#38 Post by BrilliantPSB »

I kill for a HIFI video copy of this show.
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#39 Post by diana »

jmh wrote:just listened to 'drunk' on chris evans and he annnounced that r2 will broadcast the entire 90min show! hurrah! :P :P
When exactly?

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May 27

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#41 Post by diana »

leesmapman wrote:May 27
Time?

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#42 Post by DazzerUKUK »

diana wrote:
jmh wrote:just listened to 'drunk' on chris evans and he annnounced that r2 will broadcast the entire 90min show! hurrah! :P :P

The show will be 60 mins of music and 30 mins of interviews. The word is they are only going to have to cut one number to fit it all in.


As for Robbie - no excuses for that performance Im afraid - Im sure it will sound great on the radio and you won't have to watch that pathetic mugging around! :twisted:
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#43 Post by Agent_Pinkski »

If you can face it...here's another review (although most has been said already): www.thepetsfiles.com

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#44 Post by Pani »

Agent_Pinkski wrote: ... (although most has been said already): www.thepetsfiles.com
That was a good read anyway, thanx! :D

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#45 Post by diana »

Dreaming of the Queen? :o Have they ever done that live before???
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