Entertainment For Lively Minds
Time to call it a day
Posted by Reno Dakota on 7 June 2010 - 2:02pm.
Who are the bands, actors or any person in the entertainment industry who are either past their sell by date (They've produced good stuff - it's now just a pale imitation of what it was) - or those should just give up trying?
I ask this after I read (and after I stopped laughing) that Danny Dyers new film 'Pimp' only took £205 on its opening weekend (or 24 people, to put it into terms of bums on seats). If that isn't a sign your acting career is not going anywhere, I can't imagine what is...
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As always (lately)
the answer is provided by Randy Newman
where to start ?
Status Quo
Dave Lee Travis or any ex Radio 1 now on Costa FM.
Tarby
a million more
i think this is a real problem...
... Whether you were really interested in music, or just attracted by the celebrity side of being a prominent radio DJ, there is only space for so many at "the top" ... but if you've spent your late teens, twenties and into your thirties being a DJ, and peak with some peripheral role at Radio 1, or some commercial station, what happens after? Retrain as a customer services manager? Go to uni as a mature student and do a law degree? Apply for a job as a tourist officer?
The CV's going to look a little weird ("have played records, talked bollocks and interacted with people on the phone for 17 years") so just like musicians, it's no surprise that people try to keep doing what they do. NO different from the person who has worked in IT since their early twenties continuing to work in IT well into their forties ... If you're a DJ, what's the practical alternative?
Did you see the Chris Moyles
Did you see the Chris Moyles Meets The Breakfast Presenters the other week?
The only one still not plugging (ha) away was Mike Smith, who now runs a corporate helicopter business. He was a perfectly normal person, but definitely regretted bowing out too early, and regretted not being a DJ any more. A definite touch of bitterness, too.
I haven't heard DLT any more, but if he is still doing his schtick to people who want to listen to it, good on him.
Most comedians should call it a day, frankly.
Unless their ambitions really extend no further than being mildly amusing on panel quizzes instead of actually, y'know, having their own show and stuff.
Madonna.
Pleeeeeeeeease!!!!
Maybe Mr Dyer could try his hand at
journalism? Surely he couldn't mess that up?
would not be missed....
Paul McCartney
U2
Rolling Stones
Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
Rolling Stones
Sugababes
Sure this is all subjective...
But I, for one, would miss U2.
I think there's a little gem or two on every recent record, and even 'No Line...' has a sneaky charm. I was feeling a bit 'take it or leave it...' about 'No Line...' until this week, and I started to listen to it properly. Hey presto - it's a decent late-period U2 record. Not for everyone, I admit. But for me, it works.
Well Said
No Line is not their greatest by a long shot but Unknown Caller is a great song.
Could have been worse
Danny Dyer's film took £117 more than Uma Thurman's.
Manchester
The Fuc 51 web-site that has had quite a lot of publicity recently because of their assertion that 'heritage' Manc acts (Joy Division, New Order, Stone Roses etc.) are stifling the current scene get my vote over Paul (he was in 'The Beatles') and others that I'm sure will also get mentioned (e.g. Mick, he was in 'The Rolling Stones').
All the old Mancs were in rubbish old Manc bands.....at least Paul and Mick used to be good and, hey, their groups even had hits!
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the question referred to "They've produced good stuff - it's now just a pale imitation of what it was". So, was in the beatles and was/is in the rolling stones is irrelevant.
Bruce Forsyth
His recent appearance on HIGNFY was a car crash in slow motion. It was nearly as bad as John Prescott this week, although he at least has the excuse of not being a pro.
I thought Prescott was
funny when he wasn't reading the autocue (very badly).
Not a man I could warm to, though.
He had a few good moments
but it was a mediocre half-hour. Hislop was entirely predictable and Meton looked bored. In fact, it sets me wondering if the entire HIGNFY format has reached its sell-by date?
Hmmm...
Well the news has been beyond satire for about ten years (at least) now. Maybe the new political era will bring fresh material. (Ha ha!!)
Ozzy Osbourne
His voice is shot. His music is dull. His body is wrecked. If he was a dog...
Ah but Ozzy has a new career now
As a health columnist. No really. REALLY.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7139267.ec...
(picked this up from Graham Linehan on Twitter).
Henry...
...Blofeld.
The S...
Andrew Eldritch has been conning gullible young 'gothix' for longer than they were a proper band.
Until they shake things up and maybe release some product, I won't be paying money to see their increasingly awful live show - crap sound, a singer who can no longer do his thaang, too much fog and a few 'new' tunes that frankly, don't come up to scratch.
A living person on a bass guitar would be a start.
Blimey, Blast!
Coming from you, I suppose that's a really damning indictment...
I find threads like this a little depressing
As long as the person involved enjoys it and/or manages to make a living, what's the problem? Nobody forces you to go and see or listen to them. If there's an audience clearly some people must think it's worthwhile that whoever it is carries on doing what they know.
I wouldn't want to go and see some of the people named here- for example, Madonna or Bruce Forsyth (and what a double bill that would be)- but I probably wouldn't have wanted to go and see them in their younger days either. On the other hand, I am going to see Paul McCartney, whom I last saw twice in the seventies, and expect to enjoy it just as much. In fact, probably more because I'm taking my teenaged son who is equally looking forward to it.
But, if you think Paul's over the hill and should just stop, well don't go. Go and see an exciting new young band. It's not like Sir Paul is going to drag an audience away from anybody else. There's enough room and sufficient outlets for everyone.
And yes I am aware of the irony of me commenting on a thread I find depressing when advising others to just stay away from things they don't like.
Take That
If they were playing a free concert in my back garden I would shut the curtains...
Whilst I tend to agree with Thomas...
I think it gets personally upsetting when the current incarnation brings disrepute to the name. The definitive band for this is Fairport Convention - how can I convince anyone of the genius of their early work when they've been a workmanlike beer and beards outfit of the worse kind for 30 years? Likewise the Sugababes - how do I tell a youngster that they used to be one of the smartest pop groups about now they just sound like everyone else?
Notably, one original member between the two groups, so perhaps that's the problem.
Chris