Entertainment For Lively Minds
Spicks & Specks
Just took time out from trawling The Word's site to catch 'Spicks & Specks', a music 'quiz' show on the ABC network. Two of tonight's guests were the mighty Guy Garvey, from Elbow, and Seasick Steve. Whilst it was entertaining, as the show always is, it struck me as incongruous that these two performers would be on such a show. Am I old fashioned in feeling that artists need to keep a sense of credibility at all times and stay true to their image? Or is it now OK to 'diversify' and, on one hand, sing heartfelt soul stirring paeans to love and life, or wail a blues tune about loss and pain, and then, on the other, appear on 'light entertainment' shows cracking jokes and singing Cohen's 'Hallelujah' with lyrics taken from a book about soil sciences? (Sorry about the length of that last question)
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