'The top 10 earners are still all white.'
You'd think on their salaries they could afford a foreign holiday. Or at least a sunbed.
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'The top 10 earners are still all white.'
You'd think on their salaries they could afford a foreign holiday. Or at least a sunbed.
There are only four presenters worth listening to on Radio 2: Jeremy Vine, Bob Harris (as, music-wise he's the closest we've got now to John Peel), Steve Wright and Trevor Nelson. The rest are anodyne cardboard cutouts!
Personally, as bad as it can be, if I'm in the car and listening to the radio instead of CD, then I prefer having Radio 1 on, as occasionally it throws up a few gems, in terms of new music, as unlike some folk here (lol) I like discovering new music, especially the best of the young new indie bands.
The problem with R2, and it has many problems, is that you never (or rarely) hear any new music... And the station hasn't had a decent presenter for the breakfast show since the departure of Chris Evans... As much as he can be an annoying PITA, at least he had a PERSONALITY!!
Marco.
Jesus - no, surely not! Yes on Bob Harris and Trevor Nelson but Jeremy Vine is just an annoying cretin who seems to think it's amusing to pretend he doesn't know anything about the subject under discussion just to get arise out of his (largely idiot) callers. As for Steve Wright, he's still doing the same scripted, pathetic show he has been for the last thirty years and he should have been put out to pasture long ago. Anyone who stands in for him makes the show far better, IMHO. I'd love someone like Craig Charles to take over his slot permanently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Frankly the only people I consider worth listening to on Radio 2 these days, in addition to Bob Harris and Trevor Nelson, are Ken Bruce, Jo Whiley and Johnny Walker. I don't actually mind Sara Cox, with the exception of the predictable 1980s Heart Radio-style music she plays. Don't get me started on Zoe Ball or that cretin Rylan...
I genuinely cannot believe it, but I spend more time listening to Radio 1 these days, and I didn't expect to be doing that after Chris Moyles left!
Sara Cox, that was the other one. Boring as anything.
If they just paid the presenters £30K a year instead of 2 million a year then they could afford the royalties to play music all the time, the presenter could just cut in occasionally to introduce the song, do the news or tell you the time. You don't need any special skills to do that.
Surely the whole purpose of listening to the radio is to hear music? Not some idiot presenter waffling on about nothing or Joe Punter calling in to tell us he's driving down to Worthing for a birthday party. Nobody cares!
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If they just paid the presenters £30K a year instead of 2 million a year then they could afford the royalties to play music all the time, the presenter could just cut in occasionally to introduce the song, do the news or tell you the time. You don't need any special skills to do that.
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Or put the money saved towards keeping no licence fee for OAP's, rather than whinging on about how broke they are.
(I quite like Sarah Cox though and think that they would have been better getting Lisa Tarbuck on the morning slot - as long as she could get up in time. Steve wright also gets on my tits, doesn't have ask Elvis anymore which was the highlight of his show for me :))
[QUOTE=guy;1221569]I think R2 presenters (like any other employees) do as their told. Sara Cox used to be really good imo, when she was able to talk about important topics like her back fat, and running out of bog roll and having to "dab her flower" with a postage stamp size bit. Things change, and not usually for the better. Lauren Laverne used to have a great North east accent which I could listen to all day, all but gone now :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Ask Elvis was great, he should have had the breakfast spot :)
God, no, can’t stand Liza bloody Tarbuck either.
And I must confess, I used to crack up at Ask Elvis...
Lol.... Don't have much of a view on Sara Likesacock [bit of a twittering empty-headed bimbo, IMO], so not my type at all. Annie Nightingale was far more interesting. I quite like Jeremy Vine, as I also watch him on 'Eggheads'. I take your point about him, but for me he's just a good presenter, and I enjoy some of the discussions on his show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
And Steve Wright I like for reasons of nostalgia, as I grew up with him in the late 70s and 80s, with 'Mr Angry' and 'The Newsagesnt', etc. Ken Bruce is a nice guy, but a bit boring, ditto Johnny Walker. I'd also throw in Tony Blackburn too, for nostalgia reasons. Good shout on Craig Charles, yup forgot about him. I'd like to see him being given a more prominent spot - possibly the breakfast show, as he can funny, and you need something to lift you first thing in the morning on the way to work - I hate BLAND!:)
Lisa Tarbuck? Aw gawd, no. She's worse than Cox and has a truly dreadful taste in music! R1 is worth listening to, for reasons specified, and also for not simply sitting back and becoming an old man - nothing makes you (mentally) older quicker, than when never receiving any stimulation from younger people and gaining some kind of insight into what's happening NOW, not just in the past!;)
Marco.
Lol, weird fucker!:D
Marco.