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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

951.0. "Ghost Of Oxford Street - What's it all about?" by NEWOA::SAXBY (magic in that old silk hat...) Mon Dec 16 1991 19:04

    
    Anyone know anything about the forthcoming "Ghost Of Oxford Street"
    thing by Malcolm McLaren?
    
    It's billed as a musical and has quite a well known line up to it
    (Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Kirstie Macoll and the Happy Monday's 
    spring to mind), so what's it about?
    
    Malc was on Round Table last week, but obviously much too deep for
    Jackie 'Bimbo' Brambles and Simon 'Even more of a Bimbo' Mayo! God,
    did they sound stupid next to him! I favourite bit was when he
    refused to say what he thought of a record; really had Bimbo Brambles
    going! :^)
    
    Mark
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951.1ARRODS::WHITEHEADJThe original goldfishTue Dec 17 1991 10:154
   Well, it's being shown on Channel 4 sometime next week I think....
   I can't remember the exact date and time though.

   Jane.
951.2COMICS::WEGGI've got everything, bar humbugs.Tue Dec 17 1991 10:578
    There was a clip of it on TV-AM this morning, Sinead O'Connor singing
    Silent Night while being chased down Oxford Street by Nick Cotton of
    East Enders!  Also in it are the Happy Mondays, Rebel MC and Tom Jones.
    
    Actually it looked quite good. It's on Christmas day on Channel 4 from 
    10:00pm to 11:00pm, clashing (slightly) with Top Gun.
    
    Ian.
951.3UBOHUB::FIDDLER_MI'd rather be gazing at my shoesTue Dec 17 1991 15:096
    CLashing with Top Gun - is that a problem?
    
    Seriously - The Happy Mondays do a cover of 'Staying Alive' (whilst
    being hung), so it should be good for a laugh.
    
    Mikef
951.4As ugly as Mick Hucknell?SHIPS::BINNEY_JBlessed are the CheesemakersThu Dec 19 1991 10:3131
    
    Re .0
    
    Malcolm McLaren is an idiotic little twerp who is so wraped up in his
    own persona that he speaks his own language that NOBODY else speaks.
    In 'Round Table' the only comments he made were;
    
    "I don't understand"
    
    "Its not dark enough"
    
    "Wheres the wine"
    
    "                 "
    
    The last being the most common as he paused for dramatic effect, but
    due to being an untalented self-indulgent git he failed and simply
    ended up looking more dim than a 40 watt lightbulb. He managed to make
    Brambles and Mayo intelligent. McLaren failed to understand that the
    radio show is to pass comment on music be it bad or otherwise (and to
    be truthful it was an awful collection) and not to attempt to publicise
    himself to the UK as the saviour of music.
    
    As for 'The Ghost Of Oxford Street' if its anything as trivial and
    self-congratulatory as any of his prevoous work then its a dud.
    Intresting to note that he has in this 'work' a collection of has-beens
    or other people who have mega-egos etc etc rant rant rant wobble
    
    Jules
    
    
951.5Love him or loathe him, but he is as ugly as Mick!NEWOA::SAXBYmagic in that old silk hat...Thu Dec 19 1991 10:5411
    
    Hi, Jules, seems you don't understand him either! :^)
    
    At first listen it is tempting to think he's just a prat, but I think
    he talks a lot of sense. There's so much crap around at the moment that
    I can forgive MM his idiosyncracies. I think 'It's not dark enough'
    speaks volumes about the twee little ditties churned out on RT last
    week, and as for him making Brambles and Mayo sound intelligent, COME
    ON! They couldn't sound intelligent in a studio of ameobas! :^)
    
    Mark
951.6KERNEL::LOATBored...bored........BORED!!!!Thu Dec 19 1991 13:216
    Well I'm with Jules on this one.
    
    He came over as a bit of a pillock!
    
    Steve.
    
951.7As Paul Cook would have saidMINDER::GLYNNPQuick,everyone,in the Anderson bunkerThu Dec 19 1991 14:205
    
    Well, he is a pillock.  He's a pretencious twat.  He's an over-bearing,
    arrogant, self-important twat.  But at least he's interesting.
    
    Paul
951.8RUTILE::LETCHERCall that lunch?Thu Dec 19 1991 14:364
    Incredible. Not only does the man manage to polarise public opinion,
    but he also manages to polarise Paul's spelling. No mean feat.
    
    Piers.
951.9That's it!NEWOA::SAXBYmagic in that old silk hat...Thu Dec 19 1991 14:564
    
    Now, Paul has hit the nail on the head.
    
    Mark
951.10Dated SOURCE::ZAPPIAlabel me, I'll label youThu Dec 19 1991 16:477
    
    	It's hard to imagine him also writing a screen play about the life
    	of Peter Grant.
    	
    	Didn't he and Mickey Most once share an office on Oxford Street?
    
    	- Jim
951.11As the Ebonnettes would have saidMINDER::GLYNNPQuick,everyone,in the Anderson bunkerThu Dec 19 1991 17:144
    
    re .8
    
    Ballarcks.
951.12UBOHUB::FIDDLER_MI'd rather be gazing at my shoesThu Jan 02 1992 15:094
    Well, I enjoyed this, even if it was a bit superficial.  I felt sorry
    for Shane, he looked in a real bad way.
    
    Mikef
951.13ARRODS::WHITEHEADJI am the tigerThu Jan 02 1992 15:193
   I missed it - one dud video tape.  Any idea if it's going to be repeated?

   Jane.
951.14PAKORA::PMOONFri Feb 07 1992 06:408
    
    
    I missed too......I don't suppose anybody has it on tape and fancies 
    lending it out....beg beg beg beg.
    
    
    Peter.