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Post by missthelma on Mar 13, 2019 13:34:37 GMT
Four!
That show was my life....
Mind you it was never the same without Amy Turtle
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Post by peggysue on Mar 13, 2019 13:45:58 GMT
I vaguely remember rushing back from school to watch Crossroads. Think it was on about 4.15pm. I used to like Roger Tonge who played Sandy who sadly died young at age 35.
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Post by Polly1 on Mar 13, 2019 14:14:38 GMT
Lots of us on here I suspect. Regular teatime viewing with my mum. The Twitter account @crossroadssoap is worth a follow.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 14:18:58 GMT
'Crossroads' should be cherished for inspiring this 👇 if nothing else.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 14:23:53 GMT
Crossroads used to be on at about 6pm during the original run. A lot of the original cast still live around the Birmingham area.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 13, 2019 16:33:58 GMT
Ours was never a very soapy household. My Mum watched a bit of Corrie in the 60s but by the time I remember Crossroads in the 1970s it wasn't part of family viewing. We must have watched something straight after it as I remember often seeing the end credits and noticing how they slid across the screen from different directions, then a final shot would appear with the closing "gling gling-gling gling-gling (harp flourish)" of the Tony Hatch theme tune. Which for a while was bizarrely replaced by a Wings version.
While not a Crossroads viewer I was vaguely aware of its goings-on such as Meg's wedding and also, I think it was the first soap I can recall doing that staple thing of blowing up or burning down every now and then. Didn't the motel blow up or am I imagining that?
Danny Baker played a bit of this hilarious LP recording, yes an actual LP, of Meg's wedding. In one bit, to a background of lushly romantic music she gushes to her new husband "Oh, it's been such a wonderful day hasn't it!" to which he gives a non-committal grunt and immediately says how lovely some young woman in the wedding party looked! Didn't bode well, did it?!
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Post by duncan on Mar 13, 2019 21:47:09 GMT
The Wings version was like Julias theme in EastEnders - rolled out for special occasions.
The Motel burnt down once, when they wrote out Nolly. It basically allowed them to have a new set that was a bit more stable.
Crossroads was great, best soap of its time.
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Post by sparky5000 on Mar 14, 2019 10:38:57 GMT
I haven’t read through all 118 pages to know if this is even an unpopular opinion or not, but I really really dislike Ben Platt’s voice. Is that vibrato natural or does he purposefully singing like that, because it’s just too much for me!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 11:38:20 GMT
Speaking of outdated references I did giggle at Ed Balls (heehe Balls) getting zero reaction to his 'Goodnight Jim Bob' during the Comic Relief documentary last night.
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Post by raider80 on Mar 14, 2019 14:14:04 GMT
Here's a deep cut... The Will Rodgers Follies will always be a better musical then Miss Saigon.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 14, 2019 15:58:12 GMT
Kate Bush was groundbreaking and a major inspiration to many. No argument there.
But apart from a handful of songs I can't listen to her. And her much lauded cover of Rocket Man, which I've heard called "the best cover version ever", is dreadful.
She's in a category of "I respect their achievements and completely get why they are so highly spoken of and well liked but it's not for me." Bob Dylan is in the same category.
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Post by danb on Mar 15, 2019 20:46:36 GMT
‘Captain Marvel’ was only ok...like some bonkers art film with a massive effects budget but still turned in a Marvel spaceships finale. Great character though and really looking forward to her being part of Anengers:Endgame.
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Post by danb on Mar 15, 2019 20:52:17 GMT
Kate Bush was groundbreaking and a major inspiration to many. No argument there. But apart from a handful of songs I can't listen to her. And her much lauded cover of Rocket Man, which I've heard called "the best cover version ever", is dreadful. She's in a category of "I respect their achievements and completely get why they are so highly spoken of and well liked but it's not for me." Bob Dylan is in the same category. Hmmmm, Rocket Man isn’t great, but soooo many of her songs are. Her live shows a few years ago were an almost God-like experience but I get that she isn’t for everyone.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 15, 2019 21:57:32 GMT
Kate Bush was groundbreaking and a major inspiration to many. No argument there. But apart from a handful of songs I can't listen to her. And her much lauded cover of Rocket Man, which I've heard called "the best cover version ever", is dreadful. She's in a category of "I respect their achievements and completely get why they are so highly spoken of and well liked but it's not for me." Bob Dylan is in the same category. Hmmmm, Rocket Man isn’t great, but soooo many of her songs are. Her live shows a few years ago were an almost God-like experience but I get that she isn’t for everyone. Mrs Backdrifter is a huge fan and loved the show. A bit from her 1979 (?) BBC special sums it up for me. She did one song as a full production with dancers and her very theatrical approach, and it was cringey. Then it was just her at the piano doing The Man With etc and it was perfect, real pencil-sketch stuff. I'm more inclined to like her when she keeps it simple. But yeah as I said I largely don't like her but do admire her.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 15, 2019 22:00:35 GMT
‘Captain Marvel’ was only ok...like some bonkers art film with a massive effects budget but still turned in a Marvel spaceships finale. Great character though and really looking forward to her being part of Anengers:Endgame. On the whole I liked it except for the later bits of the third act. I never could stand anything by No Doubt/Stefani. Brie Larson is phwooaar.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Mar 16, 2019 11:07:03 GMT
Kate Bush was groundbreaking and a major inspiration to many. No argument there. But apart from a handful of songs I can't listen to her. And her much lauded cover of Rocket Man, which I've heard called "the best cover version ever", is dreadful. She's in a category of "I respect their achievements and completely get why they are so highly spoken of and well liked but it's not for me." Bob Dylan is in the same category. Hmmmm, Rocket Man isn’t great, but soooo many of her songs are. Her live shows a few years ago were an almost God-like experience but I get that she isn’t for everyone. Ohhh man that show. I was a tear-stained mess during And Dream of Sheep. It was like being bathed in something magic from another realm.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 11:52:57 GMT
Kate Bush was groundbreaking and a major inspiration to many. No argument there. But apart from a handful of songs I can't listen to her. And her much lauded cover of Rocket Man, which I've heard called "the best cover version ever", is dreadful. She's in a category of "I respect their achievements and completely get why they are so highly spoken of and well liked but it's not for me." Bob Dylan is in the same category. I get that. I think she's a bit of a genius personally but she can be frustratingly inaccessible at times for many.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 16, 2019 12:14:18 GMT
Kate Bush was groundbreaking and a major inspiration to many. No argument there. But apart from a handful of songs I can't listen to her. And her much lauded cover of Rocket Man, which I've heard called "the best cover version ever", is dreadful. She's in a category of "I respect their achievements and completely get why they are so highly spoken of and well liked but it's not for me." Bob Dylan is in the same category. I get that. I think she's a bit of a genius personally but she can be frustratingly inaccessible at times for many. I think in her way she is indeed a genius, a real original thinker. One of those artists who doesn't follow others but others follow her. That kind of artist is often quite impenetrable to many.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 12:21:11 GMT
I get that. I think she's a bit of a genius personally but she can be frustratingly inaccessible at times for many. I think in her way she is indeed a genius, a real original thinker. One of those artists who doesn't follow others but others follow her. That kind of artist is often quite impenetrable to many. Absolutely. And there are many artists who wouldn't be here today if not for Kate Bush, and particularly for a woman in music history, she is almost peerless.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 12:25:01 GMT
Kate Bush is a frustrating artist to follow, simply because of the inconsistency of her release schedule. But ‘A Sky of Honey’ is one of the best things ever recorded and Hounds of Love is simply one of the best albums of all time. To see them both live was more than just an experience. It was an event.
I only actually discovered Kate from her deciding it was time to do a show in 2014. I wasn’t a fan and I didn’t know her music at all. But I doubt anyone could have failed to know how big a deal it was when she announced her shows and then when the first reviews started coming in. Some how I just knew if I missed this I would regret it.
I managed to grab a ticket on the day of one of the shows and by and large, my real introduction to Kate was watching her sing these songs live: I hadn’t spent decades like everyone else enjoying the music - I was falling in love with it as she sung them live. Quite the unique experience I feel. There was only one dull moment (Among Angels, which - now I know her work - I feel should have been swapped for This Woman’s Work) but as far as concerts go, this is totally up there as one of the best.
After the show, I decided I’d spend some time discovering her music. Half a decade later I’ve still not listened to it all - I’m taking my time, just moving onto another ‘new’ whenever the need for something new takes hold. I still have three albums to go (although I’m not sure Director’s Cut counts).
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Post by ptwest on Mar 16, 2019 12:42:59 GMT
Before The Dawn was both breathtaking and frustrating - I too got a ticket late and knew that she wasn't playing the hits which meant that I was prepared to take in the beauty of what Kate and her team produced at face value. I couldnt help thinking though that it was a show I admired rather than trulyloved - so many songs that I would have adored her to sing which were missed.
That said, Kate herself was incredible to watch and hear, the show was insanely ambitious for a gig, and it felt special just being there. I suppose given how wonderfully individual her whole career has been, turning up and playing the hits would never be on the agenda!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 12:55:50 GMT
Before The Dawn was both breathtaking and frustrating - I too got a ticket late and knew that she wasn't playing the hits which meant that I was prepared to take in the beauty of what Kate and her team produced at face value. I couldnt help thinking though that it was a show I admired rather than trulyloved - so many songs that I would have adored her to sing which were missed. That said, Kate herself was incredible to watch and hear, the show was insanely ambitious for a gig, and it felt special just being there. I suppose given how wonderfully individual her whole career has been, turning up and playing the hits would never be on the agenda! I hope she can talk herself into performing her hits one day though (or her son, who seemed to have been the driving force behind her doing BTD). She’d never play it, but she could easily sell out The o2. I believe she viewed it for BTD but called it a ‘barn’. I think everyone would be more than happy for her to just sit at a piano and just sing a play a full set. I’m hopeful that her next album has another suite and she’ll feel inclined to perform that in full with a bigger hits section. I would love to hear Wuthering Heights, Wow, Babooshka, Rubberband Girl etc live. It’ll never happen and I doubt she’ll ever sing any of them live again... though I bet bet she sings Wuthering Heights doing the hoovering.
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Post by Mr Snow on Mar 26, 2019 9:03:04 GMT
I'm taking my soon to be nonagenarian mother to a last visit to Company on the final day. She would normally prefer an afternoon show but
Muck About Matinee's (or what ever they are called) need to be cried down ASAP. Giving less than 100% to a performance in any other context is decried on here, yet this self indulgent, nay selfish, act is somehow given a pass when it delivers a sub standard experience for the vast majority, who are not 'in the know'. Getting a musical cast to gell and create something special is hard enough without all the actors waiting to see what happens next. All so that a very few addicts can say how hilarious it was for years and years afterwards. HMMMMM.
This Forum should campaign to expose it for what it is. Unacceptable.
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Post by Dr Tom on Mar 26, 2019 9:24:21 GMT
Muck About Matinee's (or what ever they are called) need to be cried down ASAP. All depends how well they're done. If they're done well, the regular audience has no idea. Take, for example, the muck-up matinee for 42nd Street, which I think all the regulars enjoyed. There was a discussion on one of the musical theatre Facebook groups. Someone there asked if there had been a muck-up matinee. Someone else present said, no it was a normal show (I decided not to comment). These things don't need to be obvious.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Mar 26, 2019 9:32:50 GMT
Muck About Matinee's (or what ever they are called) need to be cried down ASAP. I always think muck-ups should be confined to high school productions!! Some more unpopular opinions: Company was good but not see-it-five-times good (I was kind of bored by the end of it, to tell the truth...) CHF sounds SO bad on the Heathers cast album, particularly at the end of Dead Girl Walking I think Tom Hiddleston has a limited range and I don't think he's particularly great at anything that's not brooding in a corner. He's not a bad actor by any means - but Coriolanus showed up his limitations big time.
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Post by horton on Apr 5, 2019 8:38:35 GMT
Before The Dawn was both breathtaking and frustrating - I too got a ticket late and knew that she wasn't playing the hits which meant that I was prepared to take in the beauty of what Kate and her team produced at face value. I couldnt help thinking though that it was a show I admired rather than trulyloved - so many songs that I would have adored her to sing which were missed. That said, Kate herself was incredible to watch and hear, the show was insanely ambitious for a gig, and it felt special just being there. I suppose given how wonderfully individual her whole career has been, turning up and playing the hits would never be on the agenda! I'm a long-time Kate worshipper and enjoyed Act 1 of Before the Dawn, and the Sky of Hone Sequence. However, I found the Seventh Wave section to be skin-crawlingly gauche- lie a GCSE Drama piece, packed full of theatre cliché. I'm sad there is no dvd however because I think it would be great for people to see Kate as a role model of growing old gracefully with an average middle-aged woman physique, rather than some of the images we get from those desperately trying to convince us they are young.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 5, 2019 8:55:56 GMT
Let’s face it, Kate could have broken wind in Before The Dawn and the crowd would have lapped it up. It was fabulous to see it, especially as I’m one of the few to have seen her first tour, but let’s face it, we really wanted her to do her greatest hits didn’t we. I did anyway.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Apr 5, 2019 11:20:07 GMT
50 Words For Snow was almost pure guff in itself and people loved that. She's shagging a snowman! She'd shag a yeti! Stephen Fry is talking!
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Post by horton on Apr 5, 2019 14:19:39 GMT
She has always be in thrall of that 80s alt-comedy crowd like Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson and the Ken crowd.
I have to admit I was just glad to see her onstage- and seriously impressed at the strength of her voice.
But the "mystery" is beginning to feel a bit like posturing that helps shift the re-issues with minimum effort.
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Post by vdcni on Apr 5, 2019 14:26:36 GMT
I loved the Kate tour and definitely didn't want her to do her greatest hits. Much better for what it was.
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