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Derek1952
Derek1952 Posts: 779
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Should the BBC play more music to cater for people in their seventies. Since David Jacobs,Desmond Carrington,Alan Dell,and may more passed on,,there is no programm,s with the likes if Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and many
 from The Great American and British Songbooks. I know there is Don Black on a Sunday,but thats only for Twelve weeks.
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  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    No.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    No, they should play more Lewis Capaldi.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    edited October 2019
    Apologies, the answer is Yes, plus they should play less Lewis Capaldi.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-1&hsimp=yhs-1&hspart=iba&p=al+bowlly#id=2&vid=c8e79c2d08c21dd5662f9f07a63549e4&action=click
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    Someone born in 1952 would be younger than Dylan, the Beatles and the Stones.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    Tony Blackburn also plays some old stuff Saturday morning but it’s more poppy rather than croonery.

    To be fair, the beeb don’t do a bad job of catering for most, but there isn’t much there if you prefer the old stuff.
  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    What about some Hawkwind or Marillion! 
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,621
    The bbc still has a music station ? Who knew ?
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Redrobo said:
    No.
    Would you like the modern way they ‘perform’ a radio program? 

    I actually think there would be a limited demand for a radio show (say once a week) that was run along the lines of the ‘light programme’ with re-runs of the navy lark, round the horn, dick Barton, handcocks half hour, the clithoroe kid, does the team think, the goon show, journey into space, the Archie’s, and of course the tunes of the time in some sort of two ways family favourites etc and mixed into the after war history could be quite fun.


  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,254
    Pringle said:
    What about some Hawkwind or Marillion! 
    Please god, NO.
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    @Derek1952, have you tried your local radio station? My mother in law comes round here making requests for us to stream some right old shite very old music that she's heard on BBC Essex. I always tell her that we can't because Spotify is still broken since her last visit.
  • Silverdreammachine
    Silverdreammachine Posts: 370
    Surely that's what Radio 2 is for.
    Especially in the mornings!
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Capital gold? 
  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,254
    Redrobo said:
    Redrobo said:
    No.
    Would you like the modern way they ‘perform’ a radio program? 

    I actually think there would be a limited demand for a radio show (say once a week) that was run along the lines of the ‘light programme’ with re-runs of the navy lark, round the horn, dick Barton, handcocks half hour, the clithoroe kid, does the team think, the goon show, journey into space, the Archie’s, and of course the tunes of the time in some sort of two ways family favourites etc and mixed into the after war history could be quite fun.


    Given your age, I am surprised you haven’t included ITMA, The Brains Trust and Chamberlain’s announcement of war.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    And Lord Haw Haw
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    In my opinion regional BBC radio should cater more for the over 70s population.
    Regional BBC radio has taken a hammering over the past ten years and needs something to validate the licence fee.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Henry Irving said:
    And Lord Haw Haw
    My old man used to go out with his niece 
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    BBC Radio 3 
  • CatfordCat
    CatfordCat Posts: 218
    Derek1952 said:
    Should the BBC play more music to cater for people in their seventies. Since David Jacobs,Desmond Carrington,Alan Dell,and may more passed on,,there is no programm,s with the likes if Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and many
     from The Great American and British Songbooks. I know there is Don Black on a Sunday,but thats only for Twelve weeks.

    Think some of the local BBC stations (possibly not London) do some of that now.

    There's also some pirate / online radio stations who do some music programmes aimed mainly at older listeners of caribbean origin (or listeners who like the genres) - RJR London has a fair bit of retro, or there's Ras Ezekiel 'Variety Man' on Galaxy Afiwe on Sunday evenings

    Redrobo said:


    I actually think there would be a limited demand for a radio show (say once a week) that was run along the lines of the ‘light programme’ with re-runs of the navy lark, round the horn, dick Barton, handcocks half hour, the clithoroe kid, does the team think, the goon show, journey into space, the Archie’s, and of course the tunes of the time in some sort of two ways family favourites etc and mixed into the after war history could be quite fun.


    Radio 4 Extra (think it's only on digital /online / via freeview telly) does some of that - there's a goon show and a beyond our ken on tomorrow


  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    As Henry alluded to, people in their 70s would be 10+ in 1960 so more likely to be into Beatles, Stones etc than Sinatra or Matt Munroe (I have been to his house) 
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  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,259
    DaveMehmet said:
    Henry Irving said:
    And Lord Haw Haw
    My old man used to go out with his niece 
    Isn't that illegal ?
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Derek1952 said:
    Should the BBC play more music to cater for people in their seventies. Since David Jacobs,Desmond Carrington,Alan Dell,and may more passed on,,there is no programm,s with the likes if Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and many
     from The Great American and British Songbooks. I know there is Don Black on a Sunday,but thats only for Twelve weeks.
    Do you mean Funeral Music?
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,297
    Clare Teal on a Sunday night before the Don Black spot, now occupied by Jools Holland.

    Listened to it with my dad for the past two weeks. Not exactly my style but I did once see Frank sinatra live.
  • snowinberlin
    snowinberlin Posts: 807
    Have you tried Medieval FM?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,679
    DaveMehmet said:
    Henry Irving said:
    And Lord Haw Haw
    My old man used to go out with his niece 
    And banged her up the arse 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,350
    Derek1952 said:
    Should the BBC play more music to cater for people in their seventies. Since David Jacobs,Desmond Carrington,Alan Dell,and may more passed on,,there is no programm,s with the likes if Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and many
     from The Great American and British Songbooks. I know there is Don Black on a Sunday,but thats only for Twelve weeks.
    I like the progs and presenters you mention .. but that era is more for the 80+ y.olds .. I am 70 years young next January and grew up with Hendrix, Who, Cream, Motown, Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, Stax, Woodstock as well as Sinatra, Bobby Darin, the 'Big Bands' and Ela Fitz to name a very few .. good music is good music  
  • Broadstairs_Red
    Broadstairs_Red Posts: 361
    i'm 71 in 2 weeks and was brought up on Cream / Hendrix  / Santana etc.  but still find something in today's music (mostly BluesRock / Jazz Fusion and singer/songwriters like Beth Hart) but not the lightweight pop drivel played on stations like  Heart FM which my missus has on all day.  
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Mametz said:
    Redrobo said:
    Redrobo said:
    No.
    Would you like the modern way they ‘perform’ a radio program? 

    I actually think there would be a limited demand for a radio show (say once a week) that was run along the lines of the ‘light programme’ with re-runs of the navy lark, round the horn, dick Barton, handcocks half hour, the clithoroe kid, does the team think, the goon show, journey into space, the Archie’s, and of course the tunes of the time in some sort of two ways family favourites etc and mixed into the after war history could be quite fun.


    Given your age, I am surprised you haven’t included ITMA, The Brains Trust and Chamberlain’s announcement of war.
    Bloody cheek.

    No respect you kids.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    This septuagenarian is the worlds #1 Nightwish fan. Never liked Sinatra or the like, used to go to a rock concert nearly every Saturday night in my teens, and went to my first Stones concert in 1963. Indeed...
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,044
    @blackpool72 do you remember 8-tracks?

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