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Thread Author: Iffy	Replies: 32

Sun 13 Mar 11 14:30   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Iffy

Johnnie Walker is doing his Sounds of the Seventies show on Radio 2 an hour earlier today. Tidy start with songs by T Rex, Roxy Music, Suzi Quatro, and a track from Neil Young's Harvest album. Johnnie is another natural presenter who is usually worth a listen. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 13 Mar 11 14:45   Another old DJ who still cuts it - MD

Just been listening. Brilliant. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 13 Mar 11 15:05   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Robin O'Reliant

Best DJ on radio in my opinion. Drive Time has never been the same since he quit. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 13 Mar 11 15:29   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

I agree with you on this one iffy...! Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 13 Mar 11 15:34   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Zero

For once, so do I. I wonder if Iffy has seen the light? Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 13 Mar 11 15:34   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

Don't think he'll cough it ! :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 13 Mar 11 15:38   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Zero

We can only hope Tone does then Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 20:19   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Robin O'Reliant

Talking of DJs... I was having a late lunch in Tesco's car park today (I live well) when Steve Wright followed the 4 o'clock news with Led Zep's Immigrant Song. Brilliant, I thought, a decent record on his show for a change and immediately started giving a very professional steering wheel bongo performance, if I say so myself. Just over half way through the record (which you rarely here on radio) he cuts it off to do a phone interview with Ant & Dec. ANT & DEC, for God's sake! I hit the off button so hard I hurt my knuckle. That guy is absolute pants, he really ought to be put out to grass now. Can you imagine Mark Radcliff or the like doing something like that? Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 26 Jul 11 at 10:23 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 20:21   Another old DJ who still cuts it - MD

Steve Right (sic) has always been a shuffler of a certain variety. Non-entity. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:01   Another old DJ who still cuts it - legacylad

Quite. I was laying tiles at the time and would happily have smacked him over the head with one. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:24   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

He's another one that has become too comfortable. He used to be good workday company when I was DIYing - now it's just passé Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:26   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Zero

I once shouted at the radio "For gods sake old woman, if he gives us another effin factoid, kick him in the nuts" Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:42   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Robin O'Reliant

>> He's another one that has become too comfortable. He used to be good workday company >> when I was DIYing - now it's just passé >> He was groundbreaking in his Radio 1 days thirty years ago with the various comic characters he voiced, now he's just an old has-been with an obsession for C-list celebreties Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:44   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

I remember (vividly) painting the front room, in our then new home, in 1988 and listening to him on R1...he was good then. His knowledge of popular music is pretty comprehensive in fairness. Maybe he lacks editorial control. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 08:12   Another old DJ who still cuts it - BiggerBadderDave

"He was groundbreaking in his Radio 1 days thirty years ago with the various comic characters he voiced" It's called "zoo format" radio and he may have been the first in the UK but he borrowed the idea from the states where it originated. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 08:19   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Iffy

...It's called "zoo format" radio... Noel Edmonds had a milkman character on his breakfast show, which was on Radio 1 before Steve Wright came up with Sid the Manager, Dave Doubledecks, etc, I can't remember if Edmonds had any other characters. Tony Blackburn had Arnold the dog, although that was really no more than a jingle. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:41   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Stuartli

>>Just over half way through the record (which you rarely here on radio) he cuts it off to do a phone interview with Ant & Dec. ANT & DEC, for God's sake! I hit the off button so hard I hurt my knuckle.>> I think you will find it wasn't Steve Wright's fault nor his usual style: tinyurl.com/6b7l46l By the way 100 per cent with those who love Johnnie Walker - wonderful voice, so laid back he's almost horizontal and done some great specials such as a two-hour piece with The Eagles two or three years ago. Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 26 Jul 11 at 10:23 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:46   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

They are a pair of tiresome knobs. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 22:00   Another old DJ who still cuts it - MD

Does that refer to Walker PU? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 22:08   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

No Ant and Dec. Walker is pretty good. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:47   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Zero

Still, could be worse, could be DLT with his stories of lost and unrequited love! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 21:54   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

Or Blackburn and his groovy quips... Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 22:04   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Robin O'Reliant

Of the daytime jocks on R2 Ken Bruce is the best IMO. I like his dry sense of humour and he gives the impression that he really cares about the music, his extensive knowledge and enthusiasm for it coming through. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 22:37   Another old DJ who still cuts it - MD

And the guy who follows......is it Jeremy Vine? Now is he patronising or what. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 22:54   Another old DJ who still cuts it - rtj70

The format for Vine's show can be irritating.... a bunch of arguing guests shouting at each other. Jimmy Young's version was better. Last edited by: rtj70 on Mon 14 Mar 11 at 22:56 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 22:59   Another old DJ who still cuts it - R.P.

Never forget a Young Colemanball - "The blind find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet" Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 Mar 11 23:32   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Stuartli

>>.. a bunch of arguing guests shouting at each other.>> Rather on the lines of some of these forum's threads? ...:-)) PS Agree Ken Bruce is a top notch DJ and programme presenter. Great sense of humour too. Last edited by: Stuartli on Mon 14 Mar 11 at 23:34 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 06:10   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Pat

Do I hear a car4play group apology to Steve Wright? Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 07:43   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Fenlander

>>>Hardly... the man's a fool. I liked this quote about him.. His entire show is like reading through those sad depressing gossip filled women's glossy mags. All of it is total mindless, pointless garbage. Last edited by: Fenlander on Tue 15 Mar 11 at 07:43 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 08:06   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Pat

Actually, I don't like him either and the remark was, as usual for me, TIC. Pat PS I don't read womens glossy magazines either. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 08:11   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Iffy

...PS I don't read womens glossy magazines either... No, but Steve Wright knows many people do, which is one reason why his show has an audience of millions. It's not my sort of thing, but it is popular. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 08:14   Another old DJ who still cuts it - BiggerBadderDave

Too self-congratulatory for me but he's certainly no fool. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 Mar 11 12:42   Another old DJ who still cuts it - Stuartli

>>His entire show is like reading through those sad depressing gossip filled women's glossy mags. All of it is total mindless, pointless garbage.>> This Morning was originally conceived on the basis of women's magazines' format with regular items at the same time each day - viewers knew/know what time to tune in for their favourites. Reply to this message | Report message