Later Live Revisited
Posted by David Ellcock on 16 April 2008 - 10:59am.
I know we've discussed Later Live before, but if you set aside the fact that Jules is just rubbish, last night's show was a corker.
Two tracks from the excellent Last Shadow Puppets, and one track each from Portishead, Devotchka, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Toumani Diabate and Phil Campbell. All fabulous, with the exception of the dull Mr Campbell, and surely well-worth catching in the extended version of the show on Friday night.
(There was also an (ahem) interview with Eric Burdon and Lonnie Jordan but we'll skate over that...)
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I agree
I thought it was a pretty good one too. Not sure about Portishead yet with all that banging going on - determined not to produce pleasant music so us bastards don't use it a dinner party soundtrack. Jury's still out on them for me - well at least that song, not heard any more. The Devotchka song really is wonderful - same one as on Now Hear This CD I believe.
Was a bit of Word takeover Later I thought. Worth catching the full show this time.
Hear hear
I could have lived without his conversation with an Arctic Monkey/Shadow Puppet about their shoes, but the show over-ran to accomodate it. The music was terrific though.
I got a free cd
from SXSW promoting the label that Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are on. There are about 4 of her tracks which are sublime as is the rest of the cd - will check the longer repeat later this week as I was too knackered to watch it last night.
How long has this been going on?
Classic comment from the Missus about Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings "100 days, 100 nights - is that how long this song goes on for?". She didn't like it much.
Portishead were ruddy brilliant - put me in mind of Flowers of Romance period PIL, but in a good way.
Tell your missus she has cloth ears!
I got a couple of Sharon/Daps albums when I found out who Amy Offlicence's backing band were, and they're both stonkers.
Jules blues
I would have watched it if I'd known Sharon Jones was on it but I usually avoid it as I really can't get past the supremley grating Mr Holland. I really cannot understand why he is still bothering our TV schedules. He may be a great a piano player but he is possibly the coldest most wooden broadcaster around and seems to believe that he can create atmosphere simply by shouting louder. There's plenty of others who could deal with the job much better - Mark Radcliff would be great.
Agreed
Bring back The White Room!
Ah, the memories! Lou Reed doing ...Wild Side with Dave Stewart. To cue up a solo Mr Reed says: "play guitar Dave", as if the thought had never occurred to the man who, y'know, had a guitar strapped on and that.
Toumani Diabate
On tour next month, playing Manchester.