Simon Mayo is doing All Request Friday now on Greatest Hits radio.
Very little dead royals on that.
If you want normal radio
A wanker AND a pansy apparently.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.
Re: If you want normal radio
I remember his all request show on R2, it was almost Smooth FM like in it's awfulness. That's what you get if you let the general public pick the tunes..
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.
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Claude Balls
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Its the tendency to select stuff that gets played all day everyday anyway.
That and the continual choice of old Bobbo’s Let Me Entertain You
That and the continual choice of old Bobbo’s Let Me Entertain You
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Julian Mince
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I went out earlier - essential shopping of course. The car radio came on. Imagine by John Lennon. I hate that song. Switched stations. Imagine by John Lennon. Switched again. Imagine by John Lennon. Switched for a fourth time. Imagine by John Fucking Lennon. Switched the fucking radio off.
I know a man who taught his dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.
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Why Imagine? I mean it's hardly a rollocking Royalist anthem is it, more the opposite really. It's hardly likely to be blasted out at Phil's internment. Perhaps Wagner or Demis Roussos would be more appropriate.
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.
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Julian Mince
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Even Planet Rock had engaged sombre mood. I think the heaviest tune I heard all day was The River by Springsteen...
I know a man who taught his dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.
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Wot no Highway To Hell..
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.
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Do you reckon her Maj is surfing the radio waves ready to be outraged for a station not playing Eva Cassidy & Adele?
"It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favourite species"
"Now drop your weapons, or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby"
"Now drop your weapons, or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby"
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Phillip Phlopp
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If you're in the depths of despair and grief you need Leonard 'Slash-a-wrist-a-singsong' Cohen.
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled"
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
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Doubt it but I'm sure loyal DM readers are. Personally I vent outrage at radio stations that play Eva Cassidy and Adele.
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.
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Julian Mince
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This has a bitching bassline though.Phillip Phlopp wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:16 pmIf you're in the depths of despair and grief you need Leonard 'Slash-a-wrist-a-singsong' Cohen.
I know a man who taught his dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.
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RockitRon
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BBC Radio 2 appears to be intent on playing soppy stuff until at least Zoe Ball on Monday morning.
The big commercial stations are back to normal but even R2 on valium is better than those.
The big commercial stations are back to normal but even R2 on valium is better than those.
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Phillip Phlopp
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Interesting tweet regarding the North Korean-style shut down of TV programming following the death of Phil on Friday:
The overnight ratings are absolutely fascinating.
Total viewing was down by about 15% compared to last Friday.
ITV dropped below a million viewers in the 9pm primetime slot, which is almost unheard of.
At that point Ch4 had more viewers than BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Ch5 combined.
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled"
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
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A old man died <gallic shrug>
Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.