U2 @ The Culture Show
This week the show focuses on one of the world's biggest bands as Lauren visits them in Dublin to talk about the new album and hear some of the songs live. We also speak to Radio 1 DJ Nemone and writer and critic David Quantick for a frank appraisal of U2's musical career.
Is the new album one of your musical highlights of the year or are you tired of all the hype? Let us know what you think of U2 and our programme.
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U2 "one of the greatest acts of all time" according to Lauren Laverne. Does "all time" include Bach, Mozart, Louis Armstrong, Ornette Coleman, the Beatles.In comparison U2 are insignificant midgets of no musical interest. Much like the Culture Show's coverage of music. It's as if you had a literature show and covered nothing but Mills & Boon novels. I pay a lot of money to the BBC and the culture coverage gets more and more dumbed down. U2 are not worth two minutes of a culture show and they've already been on for fifteen. Gawd save us from the culture of Lauren Laverne (and Kirsty Wark and Martha Kearney).
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Hi baretter
U2 may not be your thing, but we do cover a wide range of music on The Culture Show. Watch out for our special on Afred Brendal on 3 March:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j2dm9
Who else would you like to see us feature?
Ellen
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Why isn't Mark interviewing them? I'm a dedicated follower of the podcast with Simon Mayo and I'd love to see him go face to face with Bonio and the boys.
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U2?
Meh...
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@ Stackmagazines
Mark generally does film interviews and Lauren speaks to musicians.
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I've never liked U2. And I loathe bandwagons and being forced step on board them. I submitted this time around, however. I was pleasantly surprised.
I *might* buy the album. But I'll never like Bono or his penchant for those shades.
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Would it be possible to enclose some information about the two recordings featured in the show ('No Line On The Horizon' and 'Get On your Boots')? More specifically, the recording date?
It was a nice little feature and with them bringing out the new album, they are going to be everywhere, simply because they are a great band - love them or hate them, they're going to be in your face over the coming months.
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U2?!! What has happened to the Culture Show? I remembered when it was good!
Your just devoting more space to the self publicizing Bono and friends. They've had extensive courage on Radio 1 and were on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross the other day. So why are they on the Culture Show? and don't give the usual answer of "we represent all the arts, high or popular"
The BBC has given them enough advertising space.
Even Mark Kermode, your main presenter hates them!
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Ok, U2 are all over the BBC at the moment, but we didn't realise that there would be quite this amount of coverage when we decided to make the special.
I could say the same about the Antony Gormley item that we filmed for the site - if I'd realised that he would be speaking to News, World Service, Front Row, Today and Arts Extra then I might have thought twice about the piece. The level of coverage is really not about advertising, it's about lots of people thinking that they would like to highlight something.
Mark Kermode may not like U2, I may not like them, but loads of people do! It's their first album in a while and we had good access to film them in Dublin. It made sense as an idea for a show. Despite what you say about not wanting me to talk about the range of what we explore on the show, AntiDan, that is exactly what we do. It's not all Picasso and Brendal, sometimes we looking at Heat magazine or Mamma Mia! The main issue for The Culture Show, I think, is whether we include critical voices and David Quantick was in the programme to provide the perspective of those who feel that the band is a business rather than a musical enterprise.
How the BBC reconciles the desire for increasing the impact of programmes with making sure that we don’t give undue prominence to individual artists or organisations is an interesting question and one that I'm sure we will be returning to soon. There are going to be a lot more of these 'portal' pages that bring material together (like the one for U2) and the desire to create an event must be balanced with the critical and editorial values that are key for the BBC.
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@ IlDiavolo
The tracks for the show were recorded in Dublin on 3 February.
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