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Topic History of: Listening to Chris Evans this morning
Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Chris Retro |
Angel wrote:
Totally agree about Evans. Allinson was superb and made me think of Wogan. Very velvety. Over dinner tonight my partner and I chatted about Steve Wright. We both couldn't believe that he flew under the radar when there was a revamp at Radio 1. Listening today, the format's the same and sounds dated almost cheesy, and for some reason he always forgets to name the tune he's just played. Should have been booted with Gary Davies and Co way back when.
For some reason Wright's continuing success is all to with the fact that he was quite good on R1 up to about 1991 and brought the 'Zoo' format to mainstream UK radio. I've heard numerous people say how marvelloud he is and genuinely believe that he is still the ace he was in 1983, just because he is still there, a representation of their younger days. Once he hit middle-age the 'wackiness' became forced and he adopted this yuppiefied "Mr Media" profile. For someone who built his career on humour he appears, if one believes the rumours of showbiz sulks, to have his sense of humour sugically removed and surrounds himself, both professionally and personally, with syncophants. He exists in his own little bubble separate to all of the other R2 jocks.
Certainly, in 1994 Roger Bannister believed the hype when he awarded him the R1 Breakfast Show. Steve couldn't hack that slot and quit, leaving Bannister and Trevor Dann to bring in Chris Evans - and the rest is history |
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Prunella Minge |
I agree about Evans. He just doesn't suit the slot. No tragedy, but he just doesn't. (By the way, I was reading Simon Garfield's 'The Nation's Favourite' book, very belatedly, the other night. Odd format, eh? I know it's very readable, but just putting quote after quote together...it's not exactly 'writing' is it? Pete Tong's contributions, in particular, were crying out for a wry put down - along with a very large sock of horse manure shoved down his kecks - and some of Trevor Dann's imbecilic announcements merited a sad-faced head in a car door slammed hard several times in quick succession, followed by a suitably sharp deconstruction in the actual text!) |
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Angel |
Totally agree about Evans. Allinson was superb and made me think of Wogan. Very velvety. Over dinner tonight my partner and I chatted about Steve Wright. We both couldn't believe that he flew under the radar when there was a revamp at Radio 1. Listening today, the format's the same and sounds dated almost cheesy, and for some reason he always forgets to name the tune he's just played. Should have been booted with Gary Davies and Co way back when. |
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The Fat Controller |
I remember when Dave Lee Travis got the push from his weekend Radio 1 slots...a friend of mine said she felt as though she'd lost a mate. My goodness..I haven't listened to Radio 1 for years and years. Has Radio 2 become Radio 1 now? The last time I listened to Radio 1 I think Peter Powell had a teatime show and Simon Bates was still doing Our Tune. Great radio, sadly missed. Or maybe I'm just old. |
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JC |
I remember when Jimmy Young followed on from Ken Bruce. Morning radio was very listen-to-able back then. The older presenters used to make you feel that they were playing the music for you, whereas the newer ones seem to be doing it all for themselves and just allowing you to listen in. |
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