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Thread #86086   Message #1602973
Posted By: GUEST,Chris b (Born Again Scouser)
12-Nov-05 - 08:01 AM
Thread Name: Dick Gaughan BBC 4 next weekend
Subject: RE: Dick Gaughan BBC 4 next weekend
Eh?

And I suppose you think we should still be keeping 'Politics' out of folk music. Chorus of 'Dashing Away With A Smoothing Iron', anyone?

Bloody hell....

Wasn't perfect, mind. The sound was pretty rough, especially at the beginning, and the 'arrangement' of 'Both Sides The Tweed' sounded terribly ragged though again it probably sounded OK if you were there. And in response to Martin Simpson's comments my wife said, write reasonably, 'Why do they do it? Why do they let musicians and actors TALK?'

Still, my usual nitpicking apart, it was great to see Dick on the telly and on such great form. This is what we have extra channels for though I still pine for the days when you could still (occasionally) see something like this on 'normal' TV. I haven't seen Dick live in about 10 years but, like Mad Max, it's good to know he's out there....somewhere.