Mark Lamarr's Friday Show

[sojourner]

I'm fucking bitterly disappointed about his leaving - the one guy left who came anywhere near to Peelie in terms of knowledge and enthusiasm. And now he's going too.

Twats

 

[stethoscope]

Yeah, fucked off about this too

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm fucking bitterly disappointed about his leaving - the one guy left who came anywhere near to Peelie in terms of knowledge and enthusiasm.

I didn't want to make that comparison as I never really listened to Peel's shows (for shame ) and I'm honestly not sure what Lamarr would think of it, but I always secretly felt the relationship I had with God's Jukebox was at least similar to the relationship people had with Peel's shows.

I fear I'm going to have to go hunting for new shows, which I suppose is something to be encouraged anyway.

 

[sojourner]

I didn't want to make that comparison as I never really listened to Peel's shows (for shame ) and I'm honestly not sure what Lamarr would think of it, but I always secretly felt the relationship I had with God's Jukebox was at least similar to the relationship people had with Peel's shows.

I fear I'm going to have to go hunting for new shows, which I suppose is something to be encouraged anyway.

The comparison can be made without shame - it's the KNOWLEDGE and ENTHUSIASM that is up there, not what gets played etc. I'm making it so it doesn't matter what ML would think of it or not, does it?

 

[Lord Camomile]

The "for shame" was at me for not listening to Peel's shows - just wasn't into the right thing at the wrong time unfortunately.

And I wasn't necessarily saying the comparison shouldn't be made because of what Lamarr would think of it, just hypothesising as he's always seemed, genuinely or otherwise, to be dismissive of that sort of thing. So it was more a) I don't feel knowledgeable enough to make that comparison and b) I don't know (or wonder) what Lamarr would think of it. Two separate issues that got confuddled by my poor grammar

 

[sojourner]

Fairy muff - I will admit to being more than a little grumpy today anyway due to it being Stupid Fucking People Day, and reacting badly to being fucking freezing all the time

 

[ebay sex moomin]

I'm also gutted by this news. I'm starting to take a real dislike of Bob Shennan.

I've never emailed Mark Lamarr before, but I'd like to say something before he leaves. I've enjoyed his shows for years.

 

[stethoscope]

Huey Morgan to host Radio 2 show

... alongside his 6Music show.

Whilst gutted still that Lamarr is going, Huey is at least a decent choice to succeed him.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I sometimes listen to him, but not sure about him taking over that slot.

I shall reserve judgement... for now

In the meantime I'll be re-listening to the God's Jukebox episodes I recorded over the past year

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

they're a very young London rockabilly group (mid teens).. very very good indeed, and their mum is Gina from the Raincoats

Nah their mum is Ingrid Weiss who drummed in the raincoats after Palmolive left.
Oddly Ingrid Weiss is also a villain in the Tom Strong universe.

She also mentioned that she *ahem* enjoyed an Atomic Suplex gig.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Stumbled across this treasure trove earlier; knew about the blog but hadn't realised they'd started uploading full shows

When the BBC Radio 2 show God's Jukebox ended in 2010, we began God's Eternal Jukebox and (in 2015) this archive of the show on Mixcloud.

Missing recordings of God's Jukebox shows are always welcome, or indeed any of Mark Lamarr's excellent BBC music shows. Please visit the blog below and use the email link to get in touch.

www.goej.blogspot.com

 

[Lord Camomile]

Listening to a show from 2006, featuring the usual collection of great tracks, but Lamarr's just dropped this into the mix which I'd never heard before

 

[ouchmonkey]

where's that?

 

[Lord Camomile]

'bout an hour into this:

 

[ouchmonkey]

heh, thought you might say that - I was just doing the call and response bit from the version I'm more familiar with...
It's a surprisingly strong pastiche that, Solomon Burke through Joe Cocker's version of 'A Little Help From My Friends' I'd say
I expect Cocker was the target or inspiration being a yorkshire lad

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fuck it, I suspected there was something else going on that I didn't get. It's usually a decent bet, to be honest.

It's a surprisingly strong pastiche Solomon Burke through Joe Cocker's version of 'A Little Help From My Friends'
I expect Cocker was the target or inspiration being a yorkshire lad

Yeah, it was Oddie's Cocker.

 

[Ground Elder]

Bill Oddie is also responsible for this 1966 beat ballad, which hasn't gone entirely unnoticed by the northern soul fraternity

 

[Lord Camomile]

Nice little interview from 2013.

What really comes across, as it did during God's Jukebox, is his really healthy attitude to music and people's relationship with it. There's no right or wrong, there's what you like and what you don't like