The Warholl Effect

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wieske · #1 Post by **wieske** » Sat 24 Feb 2007, 2:04 pm

A Radio 2 documentary narrated by Neil.

Next Tuesday, February 27th, at 8.30 pm, Radio 2 will broadcast a documentary about the legendary American artist, Andy Warhol, to mark the 20th anniversary of his death. Featuring contributions from many of Warhol's collaborators, the programme is narrated by Neil Tennant

neil_psb · #2 Post by **neil_psb** » Sat 24 Feb 2007, 3:45 pm

Thank FYI! It's gotta be a very interesting program

greenmile · #3 Post by **greenmile** » Sat 24 Feb 2007, 3:58 pm

I remember going to see the Warhol exhibition at the Tate Modern the day after PSB's show at the Astoria back in February 2002.

Fantastic seeing all those images that have become such a part of modern pop culture right there in front of you. His diary is a great read too.

Pet Shop Girl · #4 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Sat 24 Feb 2007, 4:23 pm

THis will be something good to catch!

Janet Street-Porter · Sat 24 Feb 2007, 6:28 pm

I assume that Ben from Curiosity was washing his hair.

DavePSB · #6 Post by **DavePSB** » Tue 27 Feb 2007, 8:37 pm

Just a reminder to peeps that it's on air now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

psb-freak · #7 Post by **psb-freak** » Tue 27 Feb 2007, 8:41 pm

Oops. I started new topic about the programm.

I didn´t notice this one.

Fugitive1979 · #8 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Tue 27 Feb 2007, 8:41 pm

DavePSB wrote:Just a reminder to peeps that it's on air now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

Cheers, I'd forgotten. I'm listening to it now.

Pet Shop Girl · #9 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Tue 27 Feb 2007, 10:55 pm

Very good programme.

Fugitive1979 · #10 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Wed 28 Feb 2007, 1:11 am

Very interesting programme, I enjoyed listening to it.

Pet Shop Girl · #11 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Wed 28 Feb 2007, 3:54 am

I guess this will be Neil's last radio appearance before the tour begins in a few weeks. It was great.

Dipso · #12 Post by **Dipso** » Sun 04 Mar 2007, 3:25 pm

Neil gets a nice write-up in today's Observer. Not so Guy Chambers...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/s ... 45,00.html

News, of course, isn't everything. Pop music is at least as vital (at least, to me), so it was heartening to see In Search of the Perfect Pop Song on Radio 2's schedules. They got someone proper to present, too: Guy Chambers, the man Robbie Williams is finding he can't survive without. Chambers co-wrote Williams's 'Angels', a song regularly voted as the one British people most want played at their funerals (weddings, too). Unfortunately, Chambers's monotone style was about as poptastic as a baked potato. His producer worked hard to liven things up with a creditable selection of songs and interviewees to dribble over, including Rufus Wainwright, Sting, Louis Walsh and Cathy Dennis. Dennis, responsible for a genuine moment of pop genius (Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head') was to the point. 'It was more colourful, the music I was making before.' 'Interesting,' droned Chambers. 'It's interesting to me,' shot back Dennis. 'It's not interesting to anybody else. No one bought my last album.' It's a shit business, etc. Note to producers: next time, play Chambers some great pop music before you put him in front of a microphone. That, or set Robbie on him.

Pop culture was, of course, Andy Warhol's raison d'etre, and another Radio 2 documentary, The Warhol Effect, took on his influence on pop music. Presented by - yay! - Neil Tennant, this thrilled as Chambers's show disappointed. Tennant's script was stylish and revealing (Warhol's mother had nice handwriting, so he got her to sign his work), and the programme zipped along. However it's Chambers that has the five-part series, not Tennant. Someone sort it out!

Janet Street-Porter · Sun 04 Mar 2007, 4:30 pm

Neil does have a great voice for radio. Very mellifluous.

Naughty Zoot · #14 Post by **Naughty Zoot** » Mon 05 Mar 2007, 12:56 am

Janet Street-Porter wrote:Neil does have a great voice for radio. Very mellifluous.

And .. judging by that last candid photo with Rufus Wainwright :

A great face for radio, too !

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