Last night Catherine and I had a nice early night and watched the programmes about the mighty Island record label. Lots of our fave bands have been on this label and the programmes promised a couple of hours of excellent entertainment for a pair of music junkies. We were not disappointed - a fine documentary about Chris Blackwell and co. followed by a string of performances from Island artists 'at the BBC'.
Apart from one glaringly appalling performance which has annoyed me SO much I am moved to share it with the world. Be warned, the following paragraphs may contain bad language.
OK - so who has pissed me off so much that I am spending 20 minutes sharing it with the entire planet?
Jools fucking Holland, that's who. I have never been able to stand this nasty greasy little man and I don't understand people who think he is a genius of the piano. He is not. He is a second rate technician. This was more than proven by his performance last night - a clip from the Jools Holland show featuring the mighty Jimmy Cliff. At first I thought 'Hmmmmmm......looks like Jimmy is getting on, I wonder if he can still cut the mustard?' The answer was yes - a truly STUNNING vocal performance, powerful, inventive and one of my favourite ever songs 'Many Rivers to Cross'
Of course it's Jools' show, so he HAS to play the fucking piano. What a FARCE - tinkly little bits all over the fucking show, no sense of light and shade (spaces in music are, to the enlightened, almost more important than the notes themselves) and a lack of sensitivity unmatched since Goebbels heydey. There is poor Jimmy giving a superb performance and having to put up with this slimy self-professed 'genius' arsehole of a man ruining what could have been one of THE great performances - and I mean on a par with Hendrix at Woodstock.
Might I suggest that the powers that be remove both of this snivelling little shit's arms and bury them at opposite ends of the planet.
What a BASTARD.
Any questions?
Current Pain Rating: 0.5
I hate the runty little twat too.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the same reason.
His whiney voice is objectionable.
The proportions of his body, head and limbs are frankly lovecraftian - did he crawl out of a fetid New England tide?
Once he was an accompanist to a slightly talented plagiarist - big deal.
All these things are unpleasant but I could endure.
I cannot endure, like yourself, his puerile florid twiddling look-at-me-I-can-play-lots-of-notes non-style of musicing.
I know you're not a fan of Van Morrison ("the LWB transit of AOR" v-funny) but I am.
I refuse to watch "Later" after a similar experience.
V the Man in fine form with a great band - but completely spoilt by that tasteless tinkler.
Well said that pretend ageing Welsh prog rocker! You have me wrong about Van though, I LOVE some of his stuff - he just seems to have gone off the boil a bit in recent years. Having said that, I am nearly famous by association, as his current pedal steel player was once in a band with my bass player. Child prodigy (and SERIOUS looker)Sarah Jory is the lady in question - a very talented musician indeed and one who thoroughly understands light and shade in music (John).
ReplyDeleteI endorse your comments regarding JH. Arse.
ReplyDeleteI want to see a show that includes him, Sandy Tostvig, and Clive Anderson. Sat in a row and all wondering who has the least amount of neck.
Ha - that's it - it's a 'neck' thing. All three of these characters are quite quite unpleasant in my opinion, but I hadn't realised it was a function of the shorter neck. You are a genius.
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