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Title: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Sam on January 12, 2009, 04:35:25 AM i bet i am the only one up lol
talking about folk music his conversion to islam and spirituality in music Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Sam on January 12, 2009, 04:48:22 AM also the beret'd one sung meet on the ledge .. introduced by the presenter as " meet the ledge " ::) and recommended the incredible string band circa late 60's for x factor type shows.
he also chatted about the 1000 yrs project, fairport, cross cultural music, and reconciling sufi mysticism with his english background. this was then followed by " dad's gonna kill me " and discussion regarding what his remaining musical ambitions are. Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: brianleach on January 12, 2009, 08:35:36 AM No you weren't Sam I caught it from about 4.40!!
Brian Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Tim Fletcher on January 12, 2009, 08:48:43 AM Thanks for this - available on iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gtly5
Something to watch this evening. Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Sam on January 12, 2009, 09:23:41 AM No you weren't Sam I caught it from about 4.40!! Brian well you could've made me a cup of tea ;D Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: ronnie on January 12, 2009, 09:43:00 AM Thanks for pointing this one out, would have missed it otherwise.
Richard was fairly blunt about x-factor type singers, they may have fantastic voices but they don't know how to sing a song. Good stuff! ronnie Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Chris on January 12, 2009, 10:17:17 AM This was originally broadcast on the BBC News Channel - in fact a day or so before the Andrew Marr show, and was the programme that he was reported to have had a sore throat on.
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Ian_ on January 12, 2009, 10:59:18 AM Thought he was very patient with a spectacularly ignorant inquisitor.... ::) Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Sam on January 12, 2009, 11:12:37 AM Thought he was very patient with a spectacularly ignorant inquisitor.... ::) yea he was... i just don't get why they don't do their research ( it is only respectful to do so ) although to be fair this one had done a bit and asked * some * good questions although her questioning about the sufism bit was irritating. Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: ollythedolly on January 12, 2009, 04:00:28 PM very good, thanks for posting the link :)
love the X-Factor remarks 'its ****'....as always this man tells no lies! Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Mr Cat (Lewis) on January 12, 2009, 05:48:43 PM Saw this last night on BBC News 24 - the interviewer had done some research but she kept interrupting as if her questions were far more important than the answers, which became very annoying. RT was bang on point about the X-Factor etc winners: there is more to being a great singer than the mindless vocal gymnastics that pass for R&B/soul these days..
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Steve with the black dog on January 12, 2009, 11:06:29 PM Thanks for this Sam, and thanks for the i-player link Tim.
I thought it was rather sweet. Especially liked the way she spoke of Folk Rock as something he'd just invented last week. A bit like interviewing Johnny Rotten, and saying "So punk rock, what's all that about then"... Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: pavanne on January 12, 2009, 11:23:35 PM Repeated in five minutes on BBC news (Freeview channel 80) 12/1/09 23:30 GMT.
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: pavanne on January 12, 2009, 11:39:07 PM Repeated in five minutes on BBC news (Freeview channel 80) 12/1/09 23:30 GMT. ...or not :( Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Keith on January 13, 2009, 11:14:58 AM Having Richard sitting in front of you singing Meet On The Ledge (albeit a rather quirky version); now that's worth telling your kids about!
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: ollythedolly on January 13, 2009, 05:34:55 PM Having Richard sitting in front of you singing Meet On The Ledge (albeit a rather quirky version); now that's worth telling your kids about! somehow I get the feeling she has probably forgotten who he is by now :P :-X Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Shane (Skirky) on January 13, 2009, 05:49:57 PM He's all over the place at the mo'... :o
A one hour special on 6Music, starts about an hour in and available until Jan 16th. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gf88f/Tom_Robinson_09_01_2009/ Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: ollythedolly on January 13, 2009, 08:48:49 PM He's all over the place at the mo'... :o A one hour special on 6Music, starts about an hour in and available until Jan 16th. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gf88f/Tom_Robinson_09_01_2009/ Needle and thread - 1 hour 50 mins in....Wish i could play like that! Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Shane (Skirky) on January 14, 2009, 08:56:06 AM And a nice Meet On The Ledge tucked in amongst, what, seven or eight other live performances?
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Steve with the black dog on January 14, 2009, 10:34:01 PM But was it as good as "Meet the Ledge"?
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Rory. on January 14, 2009, 11:44:48 PM The Hardtalk thing was a waste of time. The interviewer (who I used to think was good) had obviously just had a couple of printouts from "Wikipedia - Richard Thompson" handed to her ten minutes before the interview and knew nothing about traditional/folk/ folk rock music (or Richard Thompson) at all. The confrontational/challenging ethos of the program 'HardTalk' lends itself to political figures being held to account, less so to musicians whose agent's have obviously ****** up a booking.
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: peterwales on January 15, 2009, 10:14:20 PM Agree with most of what has been said above. I thought it was very disrespectfull to not have even read up the correct title of the song "Meet on the Ledge" (Meet the Ledge??!). Apart from that, her whole attitude seemed to be: "Oh, aren't you really intelligent for a 'pop' singer?" Pity, because as someone has already said, she is normally a very good and sharp interviewer.
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Malcolm on January 16, 2009, 08:45:24 AM Worth watching to hear RT vehemently denouncing certain popstars as ****.
Full marks to him for not getting drawn by her silly questions about the Gaza situation. Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: Steve with the black dog on January 16, 2009, 10:16:42 PM And a pretty helpful geography lesson to show that Islam in Morocco is no further East than the UK ;D
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: gmf (Giles) on January 17, 2009, 08:38:08 AM I've just watched this on BBC iPlayer - and, yes, the interviewer clearly wasn't as knowledgable as she would have been interviewing a politician - but it is still an interesting watch. Richard was patient and restrained, but also clearly 'his own man' and quite in control. Worth catching for most fans, I'd say...
Title: Re: Richard T currently on hard talk bbc1 Post by: peterwales on January 17, 2009, 02:24:34 PM Very good review of "1000 of Popular Music" at the Barbican, in today's Guardian. I went to see him at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge last night. Unfortunetly, only caught the second half, because of an earlier emergency at work, but worth it none-the less, even for a 30 second conversation with RT about the origins of Sufi Islam, at the merchandise stall afterwards.
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