tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post116859077705131227..comments2023-06-23T14:59:03.552+01:00Comments on TimeWarden’s Journal: Happy Talk!TimeWardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-1168715118924304222007-01-13T19:05:00.000+00:002007-01-13T19:05:00.000+00:00Glad to hear you enjoyed it! As I was saying to an...Glad to hear you enjoyed it! As I was saying to another Blogger we should do something similar some time ... spices up one's blog, as it were! <BR/><BR/>I know what you mean, it is possible to be very impersonal in your blog, and write about anything but personal subjects! Mine is a bit of a mixture between what's going on in my life and straightforward reviews / critiques.<BR/><BR/>Good to hear you still have the souvenirs from the Kate gig. I bet it was incredible! I have seen the televised version of that tour and she is amazing (Wow!!), so creative with all her costumes and routines.<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about her reasons for retiring from the concert scene though. She does seem to relish being a Mum and I'm sure when you have kids it takes over your life with music taking more of a back seat. Lovely that she wrote an ode to "Bertie" on Aerial. And you're right, she does have that perfectionist aspect to her and there were usually gaps of several years between her albums! Peter Gabriel was the same. The "Tortoise Movement" they used to call it. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to hearing Roxy's comeback. I loved Avalon and they produced some brilliant songs in their time - Virginia Plain, Streetlife, Love Is The Drug and so on.<BR/><BR/>Yes, incidental music can make or break a programme. I'm not much of a fan of Murray Gold (some of his scores are just too brash and overbearing) although he has done a fairly decent enough job on some episodes. I think I am just hankering after Paddy and his Radiophonic Workshop chums but they are sadly long gone! I am very much looking forward to hearing Paddy's isolated scores but hey! An extra week to wait for the DVD boxset isn't too far off! "Logopolis" and "Castrovalva" are two of my favourite ever Dr Who stories and I am over the moon that they are coming out on DVD. About time.Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-1168668498450179942007-01-13T06:08:00.000+00:002007-01-13T06:08:00.000+00:00I enjoyed it, found it quite cathartic, having mos...I enjoyed it, found it quite cathartic, having mostly avoided talking about myself when posting over the past couple of years!<BR/><BR/>I was 20 and at Uni when I saw Kate back in’79. I still have the programme, 28 years on, although the badges have gone a little rusty! It was posters of her and Ferry used to adorn the walls of my student accommodation and I probably still have them too somewhere!! I actually missed meeting her by an hour on Liverpool quayside where she was due for a press call prior to the gig.<BR/><BR/>Don’t know about Kate being too old; perhaps for the same kind of performance as then but Bowie’s just turned 60 while she is the same age as me. I think, in all honesty, she prefers motherhood. And, when it comes to music, both she and Ferry are perfectionists so it does take a while before they feel a product is ready. I believe Roxy Music are to release their first album since 1982 this year which has been an even longer hiatus than was the case with Kate. A quarter of a century!!!<BR/><BR/>I think incidental music is crucial to the success of much television drama. I’m not sure even “The Caves of Androzani” would have been as successful without Roger Limb’s score. I can remember thinking the music for “London’s Burning”, for example, completely undermined any dramatic potential. I was disappointed RTD didn’t use composer David Ferguson, from his early-Nineties’ children’s serials, for new “Doctor Who” as this might’ve helped retain that feeling of suspense so prevalent in the original.<BR/><BR/>Looks like an extra wait until we get our hands on that isolated Paddy Kingsland soundtrack as the release of “Doctor Who: New Beginnings” has been delayed a week until the 29th!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-1168629223461402282007-01-12T19:13:00.000+00:002007-01-12T19:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for taking up my comment, Tim, well done!A ...Thanks for taking up my comment, Tim, well done!<BR/><BR/>A mine of facts there and you certainly went into lots more detail than me! And a lot less risque!!<BR/><BR/>Music has obviously formed an important part of your life, that's clear! I am sooo envious of your seeing Kate Bush live, she is one of my icons. Although of course she is now too old (or perhaps "just not inclined" would be a politer way of putting it!) to perform live. A shame as she is a truly original and innovative artiste, still! <BR/><BR/>I also love The Hitch Hiker's Theme and that's interesting that you were friends with the composer. I also love the work of Paddy Kingsland, who did the incidental music for the TV version and also several Dr Who stories in the early 1980s.Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.com