Nostalgia. The Comic Relief parody of Popstars is still there. I'm crying with laughter watching it again.

 

Paul Adam(s) was played by Victor McGuire. Bet he didn't think then he'd end up in the West End sharing scenes in a top musical with one of the guys they were lampooning.

 

Those were the days when the sketches on Red Nose Day were well crafted comedy, beautifully observed with that gentle British irreverence which comprehensively makes the point without flagging it up with neon letters.

 

Lenny Henry's Jamal is great. Love the press conference - in PS Jessica admitted to smoking a joint. Toz is obviously Taz who was one of the closest to Darius on the show. Is the one with the baseball cap Kevin Simms? There's a girl who's a dead ringer for Jessica too.

 

The voiceover is absolutely spot on - it sounds exactly as I remember it.

 

I can hardly sit through an hour of CR nowadays. All the comedy seems so crude and puerile in comparison.

A new one to Dive In

 

Thanks, dd

Hearing dive in again makes me realise what a great and under rated song it was that should have been a single.

I think most of us would have liked to see it as a single.

Mmmm bit of a mistake....title song and all

Dive In should have been released as a double a-side with Mercury Rising as D's Summer 2003 single.

 

 

That would have been great. Then live performances around the country. I'd love people to hear 'Mercury Rising' live.

wow....mercury rising live again.....wht have we missed :(

It just seems so long waiting for 2008 to get some gigs.

Only 4 months till the end of the year :unsure:

Why do you thinkk there hasnt been any gigs or any lined up this year. I realise he has said about performing new material but notice an advert on his my space for the Piecehall festival in august starring Simon webb, Big.broz. chesney hawkes, rowetta, antony cavana (finalist Grease) and they wouldnt all have new material either would they and there are plenty of B sides that people wouldnt have heard that would have gone down well and he would have fitted in well on that bill just to get him out there as it were.

He doesn't want to perform the old material on its own. He's not ready to showcase the new stuff. We'll just have to try and pretend we're patient

I'm Not Buying has been added to youtube.

 

:spin: Thank you

 

I think I've seen that before :unsure:

 

 

Now, I would love to see him do that one live.

you did in the Dive in Tour

I was too far back. I lke the small intimate accoustic ones.

well he can sing it again for me too in that case :D

I think he should sing it and quite a few others for all of us.