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Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: oldspice on August 20, 2005, 09:06:08 pm

I managed a bit of both. X Factor is addictive - driven by some people's amazing faith in themselves. Proms is just a delight always.

Whilst changing beds this weekend I have been listening to some real old favourites:

John I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie

Giving It All Away - Roger Daltry

Pearl's a Singer - Elkie Brooks

Jesse - Janis Ian

Handbags and Gladrags - Chris Farlow

And a whole album of Elvis Costello.

The music more than made up for the depressing chore of stripping and re-making beds and dusting the bedrooms.

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: goldencup on August 20, 2005, 09:26:37 pm

You're nicer to your kids than me Oldspice - mine have to change their own beds and dust their bedrooms!

'John I'm Only Dancing' is one of my all time favourite singles - forgot that one in the recent discussion

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: loulou on August 20, 2005, 09:28:55 pm

I watched the X factor just to see all the lala people who think they can sing.

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: robbie on August 20, 2005, 09:45:39 pm

'John..' was Ok, he wrote far better around the same time.

Isn't Pearls a Singer a Joni Mitchell joint?

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: oldspice on August 20, 2005, 10:14:32 pm

Hi robbie - agree that Bowie did some great stuff around that time but John I'm Only Dancing has a fantastic intor and ending and it's one of those records you just HAVE to dance to.

I have only ever heard Elkie Brookes cover Pearl's a Singer. It doesn't sound like anything Joni would do but I'm not all that familiar with all of Joni's songs.

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: Bunny on August 20, 2005, 10:42:00 pm

Bethoven's Ninth was divine tonight. It's got to be the proms every time.

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: goldencup on August 21, 2005, 10:52:22 am

Definitely proms for me too.  I've performed in a couple of them years ago and there's always a great atmosphere.  Forgot to answer the actual question before - sorry!

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: oldspice on August 21, 2005, 12:28:50 pm

In 1975 or there abouts I was at the last night of the proms up in the "Gods". It was fantastic - like being at Wembly for the FA cup final!

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: on August 21, 2005, 12:39:06 pm

The Proms is completely superior to the X factor.  Culture versus the one minute attention span.  Keep the Proms for nice people who shop at John Lewis. 

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: oldspice on August 21, 2005, 02:22:53 pm

I see you subcribe to the high culture/low culture school you old Leavisite! I am more of a homogenous type. I like what I like and sometimes a delightful indulgence in TV tripe is just what I need. The great thing about the X factor is the people who are tone deaf and devoid of any entertainment talent what so ever having enough confidence, courage (and probably stupidity) to go before a huge audience and make complete fools of themselves.  It's a tradition that goes back centuries but of course we are now using a different medium from the twon/village square. 

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: on August 21, 2005, 03:15:28 pm

No Oldspice, I am a plain old snob.

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: loulou on August 21, 2005, 06:36:41 pm

Does that say snob?

Title: X Factor or Proms?
Post by: smurfboy on August 22, 2005, 03:03:34 pm

I love X-Factor, but my attention span was long enough to get two degrees. Explain that one.