The curious thing is that on Radio, there was a completely different set of people singing along, well at different times at the very least.

Still good, though the TV version was better.

>The curious thing is that on Radio, there was a completely different set of people singing along, well at different times at the very least.
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>Still good, though the TV version was better.

I must say I did sit there thinking "Wow. They've actually got it to work reasonably well!" And just to get it to work reasonably must have been a triumph. A lot of skill went into that short segment. It must have been a nightmare to plan, it really must!

Has everyone lost their minds? What was the point of this broadcast? How much did it cost? As much as a whole series of something worth watching? Besides: THE SONG IS ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL HEROIN IS! The whole event was just ignorant back-slapping waste...it wasn't about how great music is, it was about how great the BBC is. One big advert, that's all.

I agree with Louise. There was a half-hour programme devoted to a record-breaking attempt at playing the drums. Whichever way you slice it that means half an hour of watching people drumming. Call me old fashioned, but I don't think that makes good TV.

My personal favourite description of Music Live was from NTK.net - "televised toddlers banging tin trays across the land". That Stomp! show has got a lot to answer for, hasn't it?

Cheerio

Steve

The BBC music live thing was a total waste of time. I should know, i had to take part in the fucking thing. The only good aspect was getting Peter Levy's signature.

The fact that Mick Hucknall turned up so early in the proceedings made my mind up. Best moment (from the little I could bring myself to watch) was a clearly startled Trevor Horn having Rolf Harris making noises in his face.

>The fact that Mick Hucknall turned up so early in the proceedings made my mind up. Best moment (from the little I could bring myself to watch) was a clearly startled Trevor Horn having Rolf Harris making noises in his face.

Or how about Buzz Aldrin choosing his all-time favourite song....
























"Fly me to the Moon"

I'm not joking.

How dumb is it to try and get the nation to pay tribute to music at a time when the music industry is at its very very sickest ebb. It would be fine if Perfect Day had included The Stones and The Incredible String Band and Lulu, but BLEEDING STEPS? I'm sorry...

I don't want to flog a dead horse, so to speak, but I heard a criticism about this Perfect Day thing on Radio 4s "Feedback" on Sunday Night. Apparently, some bloke was listening to the supposedly live performance whilst driving back from an Elton John concert where they had filmed John's contribution over an hour earlier. A not-embarrassed-enough BBC representative said that there are two genuinely accepted definitions of 'live' music.
1) Live, as it happens, and
2) Live, as in, in front of an audience instead of in the studio.
The BBC person said that "Perfect Day" was intended to be Live (2), and they 'hadn't really meant to mislead anyone'.
So for anyone who cares. IT WASN'T LIVE AT ALL!
I have to say that my suspicions were aroused when a) that bloke drumming on his own at Loch Ness was in reasonable daylight at 10:00pm, and b) having seen what a total clustermuck they had made of most of the genuinely live stuff throughout the day, such as the delays in even the most basic of satellite linkups that would have made something like this not only impossible, but a complete non-starter.
Hope this helps...

JA3