chrismoyles.net
- Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:19 pm
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BBC Norwich wrote:BBC Radio 1's Tim Westwood has just been crowned the Best UK Radio DJ at the MOBO Awards.
But Lee Allen doubts whether his live set in Norwich would have won similar accolades.
"When I arrived at the venue it was clear this was no ordinary evening at The Waterfront in Norwich - there was more bling about than in a P Diddy video.
I was looking forward to seeing the local support, the mighty Cypha Science. Unfortunately, they only got time to perform one song before they were shunted off stage.
We were then left to a faceless DJ playing the worst selection of R 'n' B imaginable for an hour and a half.
This may be some people's idea of heaven, but why on earth would you have a R 'n' B DJ at a hip-hop event?
Still, on the stroke of midnight a shadowy figure stepped up behind the decks and killed the music: Westwood was in the house.
Tim Westwood is a unique hip-hop DJ: white, the wrong side of 40 and the son of bishop.
His weekend Radio 1 shows feature the cream of the US hip-hop fraternity and are punctuated with patterned catchphrases along with more sound effects than The Archers.
So to the live Westwood. Starting with a 10- minute rant about other music genres and DJs which can't be printed here, Westwood "dropped his first bomb," MOP's Ante Up.
This song is guaranteed to make people dance, woop, cheer and scream no matter where it's played.
So what did we get? The intro played three times in a row and then another song for 45 seconds.
This was followed with another 45 seconds of a different song, backed up to another 45 seconds of yet another song.
I think you can guess what happened next. This made for an irritating night.
Imagine someone flicking through the channels of your TV and then occasionally shouting something, possibly offensive.
That's an evening with Tim Westwood - or at least it was in Norwich."
Tim Westwood played at the Waterfront in Norwich on 6 November 2003.
