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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 5, 2024 9:40:34 GMT
Cooking your Sunday roast potato’s 20 years ago was never the same again.
On Sunday 05th September 2004 a new radio show was born on Radio 2 with the First Lady of musical theatre. The Elaine Paige Radio Show made its debut playing current and classical songs from the West End, Broadway and Hollywood.
Well I am a devout fan and listening to a show right now going down to Cheltenham to see a play. I listen to the same show more than once on catch up. Elaine and her team have introduced me to so many awesome songs, that I wouldn’t have listened to otherwise.
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Post by mkb on Sept 5, 2024 10:36:48 GMT
Twenty years is a long time.
I always thought that Sunday early afternoon was an odd time for the nation's most-listened-to pop station to opt out of its usual output in favour of show tunes and the occasional movie theme. While it might appeal to me, I expect it alienates many listeners. Anyone know what the listening figures are compared to the shows adjacent?
EP is not an ideal choice as presenter. She's admitted that she's not a big fan of attending musical theatre herself, and her presentational style is quite slow and seemingly entirely script-driven. I would rather a radio professional with genuine and infectious enthusiasm and able to broadcast live. They'd be cheaper too.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 5, 2024 11:41:39 GMT
In my book shes one worst presenters of all time.
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Post by danb on Sept 5, 2024 12:56:55 GMT
Great idea for a show with some interesting tracks played, but absolutely shocking as a ‘broadcaster’, sometimes hilariously so. (Wouldn’t be without her though).
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 5, 2024 18:04:58 GMT
I hope PoL doesn’t mind me modifying the thread title slightly.
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Post by SilverFox on Sept 5, 2024 18:44:55 GMT
I hope PoL doesn’t mind me modifying the thread title slightly. Goodness! I hadn't realised her birthday is the 29th February.
"I am a little boy of 5" .......
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Post by adamkinsey on Sept 5, 2024 19:33:43 GMT
In my book shes one worst presenters of all time. And that "laugh"... Shudders. |
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Post by properjob on Sept 5, 2024 19:54:51 GMT
Radio 2 does or at least did have lots of different specialist once a week music shows. Jazz, organ music etc.
I suspect the choice of Sunday for both EP and Michael Ball was because they wanted to be free to rehearse and perform in shows on the other days of the week.
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Post by Jon on Sept 5, 2024 20:00:44 GMT
Radio does or at least did have lots of different specialist once a week music shows. Jazz, organ music etc. I suspect the choice of Sunday for both EP and Michael Ball was because they wanted to be free to rehearse and perform in shows on the other days of the week. I think EP's has always been prerecorded, I'm not sure if Michael Ball's old show was live or not but Sunday Love Songs I would guess is prerecorded. |
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Post by marob on Sept 5, 2024 20:01:32 GMT
I’m not a regular listener but I don’t think she’s a bad presenter. At least she has had a whole career on stage and is not just someone who’s been handed a radio show after being on the telly for 5 minutes or because they’ve got famous parents.
And I love that completely ridiculous laugh of hers.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 5, 2024 20:39:59 GMT
The laugh is wonderful!
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 5, 2024 20:56:36 GMT
They do two shows at once and never on a Sunday, as I have cycled past Elaine in Marylebone High Street/Great Portland Street, hence why you get a bit of a lag sometimes when someone dies.
I know Elaine is very marmite and I love marmite, although I never agree with her views on Brexit, I still think she is a wonderful presenter. The guest presenters have never matched her, from the top of my head;
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cameron Mackintosh
Bill Kenwright
Craig Revel Horwood
Michelle Visage
Samantha Barks
Beverley Knight
It would have been awesome if Stephen Sondheim sat in for a couple of weeks, but sadly not now.
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Post by unseaworthy on Sept 6, 2024 10:44:18 GMT
It all sounds so scripted, Magic at the Musicals is much better (especially at the weekends)
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 6, 2024 22:08:37 GMT
The Elaine Paige Show is a bit like Pointless where obscure is the best.
I do listen to Magic, when Magic first launched you could set your watch by it, they seemed to have on constant loop of Can you Feel the Love Tonight/All that Jazz/Defying Gravity/The Music of the Night/Bring Him Home etc, it has got much better - but it doesn’t really play vague recordings like Elaine Paige, I want to hear songs I haven’t heard before. A couple of examples are;
J’avais Rêvé (I Dreamed a Dream) - Louise Pitre
Cachée au Fond De Moi (She Used to be Mine) - Marie-Éve Janvier
Those 2 songs I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise, I also posted those 2 examples not because I want to come across as flash that I listen to songs in French, but dropping the biggest hint to my fellow board members to give them a spin, both are indescribable beautiful, as are the English version are too.
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Post by unseaworthy on Sept 12, 2024 10:05:47 GMT
Heart have announced that they are starting a musicals station this week, not sure if it will have presenters or just music.
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