[postmoylesdepression]

I listened to the last hour of Grimshaw on Friday and he was actually pretty good - I didn't used to like the Golden Hour on TCMS because of the crap rap music he played so the Nickstape was quite good. Then he said on Fearne's show that he had presented with a hangover and was out until 3am! So that's the secret for Nick Grimshaw to be a success on this show - hungover and sleep deprived.

[Latina]

Also, I generally like the R1 playlist. I can't imagine how anyone who dislikes the majority of it would be able to continue listening.

I'd listen to the talking and shower/dress/switch over when music I didn't like came on. Unless you mean you can't imagine how people listened to music they don't like?

I understand how that would have been possible with the Chris Moyles show, of course.

What I mean is, now that the talk-music ratio in the mornings is pretty much the same as the rest of daytime, it's quite understandable that all those listeners who hated the music but didn't mind suffering through it because they liked Moyles should be switching off now. But I'm not one of them, as I liked both.

[MadTheEddos]

I didn't really mind listening to the show this morning(yesterday morning now). Saying that - I only heard half an hour or so of it at about 7:30-8AM, before I fell back asleep.
It really seems not to be so bad now. How much of that is the show improving and how much of it is me getting used to it and lowering my expectations, I'm not sure.

[Nicola_Red]

Right now Nick is playing She-Wolf by David Guetta for the second time this morning. I'm hoping he'll notice and stop it...

[The Deadly]

He won't because he is a terrible broadcaster.

[fatboydave73]

Surely that must be a production issue; they must have some sort of running list where they have decided the day before what tracks from the playlist go around which features etc.

I wouldn't think a whole 3 1/2 hours are done on a "wing-it" basis......

[chrysostom]

That's right, Chris always had a big list of songs that Aled would put in front of him (and I remember chats about Chris making changes in the production meetings). It's a production issue.

Interestingly, the R1 Breakfast account mainly retweets fans from the US - I think that this show could be a very shrewd move from Grimmy to break America.

The Anglophile thing is really taking off, and if he can prove his appeal to the pop market he might get a big move to American media (which I think he'd be a huge star on) like Fearne Cotton & Vernon Kay have tried (and others).

[Nicola_Red]

He noticed quite quickly. And that mistake happened more than once on the Moyles show. I cannot believe how quickly some of you forget!

[neilt0]

He noticed quite quickly. And that mistake happened more than once on the Moyles show. I cannot believe how quickly some of you forget!

TRAITOR!

I like Nick -- at least what I heard of him on the Marathon Show.

However, last night's Buzzcocks with all the decrepit R1 DJs and Nick as "The Saviour" was just sad.

[Wykey]

As far as I've heard him so far, I don't like his voice, I don't like his radio persona, I don't like his radio style and I don't like subject matter he talks about.

[Tunster]

He noticed quite quickly. And that mistake happened more than once on the Moyles show. I cannot believe how quickly some of you forget!

TRAITOR!

I like Nick -- at least what I heard of him on the Marathon Show.

However, last night's Buzzcocks with all the decrepit R1 DJs and Nick as "The Saviour" was just sad.

I watched that last night. It's like the breakfast show gig has clouded him this weird alter-ego he doesnt need. When Nick forgot about that, he is genuinely funny and can say some very quirky things. At least he was bearable at that point. However, he's slowly going down in my respect pecking order. The show is awful still filled with fluffy stuff and nothing worth listening to. It's not like the music is radically that different; it's just more.

On the music repeating issue - most of the time it was replaying the track straight after (probably a playout thing where the song was reset rather than allowing it to go to the next item in the playlist). Only times it may of happened when I song reappeared after a significant period of time would be the outside broadcasts where they used CDs that were prepared before hand. I can accept mistakes happen but for amount of hours Chris was on-air, there wasnt many gaffes made at all.

[Nicola_Red]

No, you're right, Chris was a technically amazing broadcaster, especially when you consider how smoothly the marathon show went. But y'know, mistakes happen. I meant to watch Buzzcocks last night and then forgot - I'll try to catch the repeat at the weekend.

[The Deadly]

He noticed quite quickly. And that mistake happened more than once on the Moyles show. I cannot believe how quickly some of you forget!

TRAITOR!

I like Nick -- at least what I heard of him on the Marathon Show.

However, last night's Buzzcocks with all the decrepit R1 DJs and Nick as "The Saviour" was just sad.

I watched that last night. It's like the breakfast show gig has clouded him this weird alter-ego he doesnt need. When Nick forgot about that, he is genuinely funny and can say some very quirky things. At least he was bearable at that point. However, he's slowly going down in my respect pecking order. The show is awful still filled with fluffy stuff and nothing worth listening to. It's not like the music is radically that different; it's just more.

On the music repeating issue - most of the time it was replaying the track straight after (probably a playout thing where the song was reset rather than allowing it to go to the next item in the playlist). Only times it may of happened when I song reappeared after a significant period of time would be the outside broadcasts where they used CDs that were prepared before hand. I can accept mistakes happen but for amount of hours Chris was on-air, there wasnt many gaffes made at all.

Yes, yes well said.

[WeekendAtBernies]

Playing the same song twice would be easy I'd imagine, first off actually playing it again for the reasons listed above but the not noticing straightaway because whenever I've watched the red button it seems the first thing they do when a song starts is take off their headphones and not listen to the music although why they should be the only ones to not have to listen to it doesn't seem fair to me

[chrysostom]

Your lack of criticism for Nick Grimshaw underpins your general disloyalty.

[WeekendAtBernies]

Who?

[Wykey]

although why they should be the only ones to not have to listen to it doesn't seem fair to me

Point of order, I think you'll find Nick "Grimmy" Grimshaw is "all about the" music and therefore listens to all of the songs all of the time. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Nick "Grimmy" Grimshaw is listening not only to the music being played, but to music at the very bleeding edge of freshness and maybe even music so new it's not even been recorded yet ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

[myloxyloto]

Also, I generally like the R1 playlist. I can't imagine how anyone who dislikes the majority of it would be able to continue listening.

I'd listen to the talking and shower/dress/switch over when music I didn't like came on. Unless you mean you can't imagine how people listened to music they don't like?

I understand how that would have been possible with the Chris Moyles show, of course.

What I mean is, now that the talk-music ratio in the mornings is pretty much the same as the rest of daytime, it's quite understandable that all those listeners who hated the music but didn't mind suffering through it because they liked Moyles should be switching off now. But I'm not one of them, as I liked both.

Would be interesting to see the playlist from say 10 years ago to see if it is that much crappier/geared towards a different generation. I suspect the major change will be more hip-hop/R&B type stuff and less rock and dance, probably a similar amount of pure pop/boyband stuff, so the main difference being less variety.

Guess most of us over 30 probably feel that we don't connect with either the DJs or the music these days, one or other is enough reason to keep listening but when both fail to tick the box it's time to look elsewhere. Some radio shows attract a broad range of listeners, while others you can tell are aimed at a particular target audience and if you're not part of it they have little appeal.

[chrysostom]

Excellent, you've passed the test. You're now a proper fan.

[Misfit]

you do make me laugh lad! aha!

[chrysostom]

The overall playlist on Grimmy's show is really quite good.

[Latina]

And he said he hated a song this morning. Progress!

[Tunster]

And he said he hated a song this morning. Progress!

Listened to him yesterday and he got all his team on microphone when chatting to Fearne about the GBBO winner to try get him on the show. Signs the zoo format is coming back slowly? He still needs to sound less of a twat at times when his ego surpasses him, but he's making progress at least!

[Wykey]

And then stop talking to that awful Cotton woman.

[Nicola_Red]

Well, Chris never did. I actually think Nick's style when talking to female guests/colleagues is a refreshing change from Chris' ridiculous flirting. The flirting was funny a lot of the time, but I know that many of us found it a bit much on occasion.