Later with Jools

[spectoremg]

I've got boogie woogie piano and shite bands withdrawal symptoms 😭

[ahpook]

You could make your own show up.

Go onto youtube and pick a video from an ancient bluesman, a 'challenging' modern-ish band, somebody who won a BBC jazz award three years ago and a burke playing spoons in an ethnic hat.

OK ? Now flick between them and a vid of Joolz on boogie woogie piano, over and over again. Play Joooolz at the same time as one of the vids....it won't fit, but that never stops Joooooooolz.

Turn the bass waaay down and you'll not notice the difference.

Not that I watch it of course, it's shiite.

Edited September 17, 2019 by ahpook

[mentalextra]

28 minutes ago, ahpook said:

You could make your own show up.

Go onto youtube and pick a video from an ancient bluesman, a 'challenging' modern-ish band, somebody who won a BBC jazz award three years ago and a burke playing spoons in an ethnic hat.

OK ? Now flick between them and a vid of Joolz on boogie woogie piano, over and over again. Play Joooolz at the same time as one of the vids....it won't fit, but that never stops Joooooooolz.

Turn the bass waaay down and you'll not notice the difference.

Not that I watch it of course, it's shiite.

You forget the latest 'grime' person to appeal to the urban yoof

[Jonse]

43 minutes ago, ahpook said:

 

I've always quite fancied playing the Jools Holland show but their bass mix is consistently shïte.

(sorry didn't mean to quote, can't get rid.)

Edited September 17, 2019 by Jonse

[NancyJohnson]

I haven't watched it in years.  Is it still on?

@ahpook hit the nail on the head; it's too eclectic and that, for me at least, makes it pretty much unwatchable.

[chris_b]

I record it and still watch, although it's usually only 10 seconds worth then fast forward.

Why do they have so many beardy American bands on?

[Bassassin]

2 hours ago, mentalextra said:

You forget the latest 'grime' person to appeal to the urban yoof

Is that what you get now instead of the NME's current favourite landfill indie haircut band? Not watched it for about 4 years - my, how times change.

Used to force myself to sit through it as it was the only live music on TV. In recent years I appear to have exhausted my supply of giveafuk.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Bassassin
Fuk u, nanny filter.

[Ricky 4000]

I don't mind admitting that Imelda May singing Black Tears on 'Jools' was so bloody good it made me cry (ironic)... although that was on new year's eve, and a few years ago I might add, so hardly relevant.

It's also irrelevant that Imelda May is probably one of my favorite singers of all time. She is (in my view), also extremely lovely, awesome and sexy.

 

👌

[Davo-London]

I like to watch it to see how many Precision players there are per show.  Plus, methinks you're all being a bit harsh.  True, Jools can't interview for toffees and he does have some spectacularly awful acts from time to time.  But hey, since Old Grey Whistle Test - what has there been?  Bring back Whispering Bob.

Davo

 

[Oopsdabassist]

24 minutes ago, Davo-London said:

I like to watch it to see how many Precision players there are per show.  Plus, methinks you're all being a bit harsh.  True, Jools can't interview for toffees and he does have some spectacularly awful acts from time to time.  But hey, since Old Grey Whistle Test - what has there been?  Bring back Whispering Bob.

Davo

 

Amen to that brother

Edited September 18, 2019 by Oopsdabassist

[mikel]

Did we all not do the I hate later with Jools thing to death about 6months ago? Just re read it and save us all a load of grief. Please.

[Ricky 4000]

8 minutes ago, mikel said:

Did we all not do the I hate later with Jools thing to death about 6months ago? Just re read it and save us all a load of grief. Please.

Did anybody mention Imelda May? 🙂

[Davo-London]

There's comfort in repetition ...

[cetera]

[Barking Spiders]

12 hours ago, ahpook said:

You could make your own show up.

Go onto youtube and pick a video from an ancient bluesman, a 'challenging' modern-ish band, somebody who won a BBC jazz award three years ago and a burke playing spoons in an ethnic hat.

OK ? Now flick between them and a vid of Joolz on boogie woogie piano, over and over again. Play Joooolz at the same time as one of the vids....it won't fit, but that never stops Joooooooolz.

Turn the bass waaay down and you'll not notice the difference.

Not that I watch it of course, it's shiite.

not forgetting the 2 and half minute chats with some nongenarian soul/easy listening  'icon' of which 2 minutes is Jools doffing his cap and toadying to said icon and 30 seconds is said icon saying something like how great it is to be back in Eng-er-land and he/she will be playing their new album in its entirity at the Ferret & Whistle in Dalston for 10 nights on the spin

[mentalextra]

2 hours ago, mikel said:

Did we all not do the I hate later with Jools thing to death about 6months ago? Just re read it and save us all a load of grief. Please.

It's a BC hardy perennial!

[chris_b]

Just now, mentalextra said:

It's a BC hardy perennial!

Yep. There seems to be a strange need in the UK to be rude about and rubbish people who are successful.

Why would any musician criticise another who manages to work hard and smart enough to make a living out of his talents.

[Hobbayne]

1 hour ago, chris_b said:

Yep. There seems to be a strange need in the UK to be rude about and rubbish people who are successful.

Why would any musician criticise another who manages to work hard and smart enough to make a living out of his talents.

I think its the show thats being critiqued not individual musicians.

[EBS_freak]

Does Jools have any input what is shown? He is just the presenter... I would imagine he just turns up and gets told what’s on the show and what dross questions to ask. I’d take that work to be honest.

[chris_b]

12 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

I think its the show thats being critiqued not individual musicians.

I think you'll find the acts and the show are in the firing line.

 

5 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

Does Jools have any input what is shown? He is just the presenter... I would imagine he just turns up and gets told what’s on the show and what dross questions to ask. I’d take that work to be honest.

It used to be the case that the producer picked the acts and JH just presented, but for a long time now he's also been on the list of producers. Not sure if that gives him any extra powers or is just another revenue stream.

[jazzmanb]

Its a car crash of a programme but I've found some canny bands down the years ,how jools doesn't improve interviewing people after all this time takes some skill 

[jacko]

8 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said:

I don't mind admitting that Imelda May singing Black Tears on 'Jools' was so bloody good it made me cry (ironic)... although that was on new year's eve, and a few years ago I might add, so hardly relevant.

It's also irrelevant that Imelda May is probably one of my favorite singers of all time. She is (in my view), also extremely lovely, awesome and sexy.

 

👌

Her last (post divorce?) album was as depressing as brexit and only got played once in this house. let's hope she returns to something with a bit of life in it.

[BrunoBass]

2 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

Does Jools have any input what is shown? He is just the presenter... I would imagine he just turns up and gets told what’s on the show and what dross questions to ask. I’d take that work to be honest.

I doubt he has any input. 

When the show first started in the early nineties it felt like the lineup was at least curated, to some extent, but in recent years it just feels like another record company promotional tool.

Like @chris_b I’m a ‘record it and watch it on fast forward’ viewer.

[RossHetherington]

I have always found they save all the good bands until the last episode of the series. 

[BrunoBass]

7 hours ago, Davo-London said:

But hey, since Old Grey Whistle Test - what has there been?  Bring back Whispering Bob.

Davo

 

The Tube, for one. The White Room too. Both shows had the bands playing 2-3 song sets, like OGWT, which I prefer to the Later... format of ‘one song and move on’.