The Orwells on Jools Later

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[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1383782526' post='2269202']
We've all seen some great bands on our local circuits and down the local pub so talent is clearly not the main route to commercial success.
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Talent has never been the main route to commercial success in pop and rock music. You'd have thought that by now with 60 years of historical evidence for this people would have realised...

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1383810989' post='2269283']
Talent has never been the main route to commercial success in pop and rock music. You'd have thought that by now with 60 years of historical evidence for this people would have realised...
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Exactly. And what is talent anyway?

Pete Doherty was/is very talented but many people hated him for his behaviour. Gangnam geezer was not at all talented (as a musician) but was massively popular for a short time.

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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1383814615' post='2269350']
Exactly. And what is talent anyway?
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Good question. I tend to think of it as the whole package, with some things counterbalancing others.

The Orwells clearly have the 'talent' to get themselves on a high profile national TV show like Later, which no doubt requires all sorts of wheeling, dealing, promotion and other things quite separate from being able to strum a few chords. So they've got something that no one else on here has got.