Pick Of The Pops today had 1999 as it's second featured year. My Name Is by Eminem was a new entry at No.2 yet Dale missed it out. :angry: I'm reliably informed that whilst the full album version has naughty words in it, there is a clean "radio-friendly" version which has been played on Radio 2 before. Diabolical. He always usually plays the Top 3 unless a certain guy with the initials GG is in there. :rolleyes:

 

I urge you all to write to Phil Swern, the POTP producer to demand they play Eminem in future.

Edited April 10, 201015 yr by Victor Meldrew

Last week they played Capstick Comes Home by Yorkshire DJ Tony Capstick, from 1981. That hasn't aged well and wouldn't mean a lot to anyone who doesn't remember the Hovis bread advert from the time.

What on earth are you on about? :mellow:

What on earth are you on about? :mellow:

 

 

Can you not read my first post? :rolleyes:

Can you not read my first post? :rolleyes:

Yes, I can.

 

So a DJ doesn't play an Eminem track from 1999... who cares?

Eminem sounds so dated now.

Last week they played Capstick Comes Home by Yorkshire DJ Tony Capstick, from 1981. That hasn't aged well and wouldn't mean a lot to anyone who doesn't remember the Hovis bread advert from the time.

And what's that got to do with anything?

 

Quite frankly, I don't understand why you're bothered. Youtube/Spotify all have this song if you want to listen to it.

well radio 2 are c**ts then. eminem is well good.

wheres the evidence of this ban?....

wheres the evidence of this ban?....

 

 

Erm they didn't play it and they ALWAYS play the top 3 unless Gary Glitter's in it. :rolleyes:

Edited April 11, 201015 yr by Victor Meldrew

well radio 2 are c**ts then. eminem is well good.

 

 

He is that. I have all his albums.

If anything, it will have less to do with an out-right ban, more to do with the advice given from the BBC Trust in regards to Radio 2’s programming. Generally the Trust is advising that Radio 2 should not be attempting to rival mainstream stations such as ‘Heart’ or ‘Magic’ by targeting those listeners in their 30s at the expense of people who would like the format to be more in keeping with Radio 2’s Light Programme origins [i decided to more diplomatic about their findings here rather than saying ‘Radio 2 should be targeting older people with more Light Entertainment’ which is generally what they seem to be saying].

 

In addition to this, the Trust’s report has also called for more jazz and live music programming on the station. Even though it sounded like a good idea at the time, this has resulted in Radcliffe & Maconie losing one of their weekly slots. Not only this, but Desmond Carrington, presenter of one of the few specialist shows that I can tolerate before Radcliffe & Maconie [as the show sometimes sounds like ‘Radio Tip Top’ ] has been moved to Fridays and replaced by Jamie Cullum.

 

Now I do not want to be too disrespectful about Cullum as I have not listened to his jazz show. As my musical knowledge of Cullum is limited to his last single, which seemed to be a poor parody of “Step Into My Office, Baby” by Belle & Sebastian; and that footage of him stomping all over his piano on the Parkinson show, I do not want to give a final verdict about his appointment. Whilst I would expect him to be a very knowledgeable person on the subject of jazz, I fear that he will be just another annoying celebrity presenter hired by BBC Radio and therefore I doubt that Radio 2 have at last found the most suitable replacement for Humphrey Lyttelton.

 

On the other hand, Dale Winton is a presenter who initially came to television from local radio and is one of the few that seems to have succeeded in keeping a constant primetime career. As his early career was in radio, I think he is one of the better presenters that Radio 2 have now and actually I prefer him to many of the Radio 1 DJs, from the early 1990s, that have now migrated to this station. In regards to the other ‘celebrity’ presenters on BBC stations, special praise has to given to Jarvis Cocker, who must have one of the best shows on the BBC network. I hope if 6 Music is saved or re-branded as Radio 2 Extra, that Cocker will be part of the schedule for many years to come.

 

By the way, whilst I am on the subject of ‘celebrity’ presenters on the BBC, does anybody else remember when the Pet Shop Boys deputised for Simon Bates on Radio 1’s morning show? It was sometime in the late 1980 or early 1990s, and instead of using the normal playlist, they played a lot of dance records that you would normally only find on late night weekend music shows. I cannot remember if they did a ‘rave’ “Our Tune” as well, but I would like to find out by listening to the shows again. Hopefully, like the Halo James album, the cassettes that I recorded the show onto, will turn up again in a box one day.

 

Loz