This seems to be getting a lot of airplay, yet apparently has no video 
(not one I've seen on Sky anyway).

I had to search the web to hear it (rather than risk listening to hours 
of inane DJ chatter on the off chance of hearing it).

Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me Hanging 
On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:VOvgRSZAY2CGFwRT@blueyonder.co.uk...

I'm very disappointed in this post - I was hoping somebody had actually 
found a way to stop Mark Ronson.

> This seems to be getting a lot of airplay, yet apparently has no video 
> (not one I've seen on Sky anyway).

There is one on YouTube, put there by his record company so I presume it's 
official and won't disappear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kBr5WWiBM

> I had to search the web to hear it (rather than risk listening to hours of 
> inane DJ chatter on the off chance of hearing it).

Whereas, inevitably I hear it every ten minutes whether I want to or not.

> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me Hanging 
> On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?

This particular case has been covered elsewhere in the thread, but in any 
case it's not that uncommon for a cover version to be retitled.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

>> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me
>> Hanging On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
>
> It's based upon The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This 
> One Before", with a bit of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" (later 
> covered by Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) mixed in.


Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent 
D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" etc 
etc...

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Neil  wrote:

> Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent 
> D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" etc 
> etc...

Ha!  It was playing on Sarah Kennedy's show as I opened this thread.

I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.  Highly
forgettable record though, IMHO.  Bound to be played to death, as usual on R2.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.music.charts on Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Jack Taylor  
wrote :

>Paul Hyett wrote:
>>
>> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me
>> Hanging On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
>
>It's based upon The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One
>Before", with a bit of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" (later covered
>by Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) mixed in.

These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and 
this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on CD 
the week after.
>
BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one involving 
some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

In uk.music.charts on Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Chris Brown 
 wrote :
>
>> This seems to be getting a lot of airplay, yet apparently has no video
>> (not one I've seen on Sky anyway).
>
>There is one on YouTube, put there by his record company so I presume it's
>official and won't disappear.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kBr5WWiBM

See my other reply.
>
>> I had to search the web to hear it (rather than risk listening to hours of
>> inane DJ chatter on the off chance of hearing it).
>
>Whereas, inevitably I hear it every ten minutes whether I want to or not.

I'm guessing, very much the latter... :)
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Paul Hyett wrote:
>
> These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and
> this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on
> CD the week after.
>>
> BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one
> involving some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)

Slightly OT but it's interesting to see the direction that Mark Ronson has 
taken, considering his origins. Mark's father, Hull-born Mick Ronson, was 
guitarist in David Bowie's backing band, The Spiders From Mars, throughout 
the early seventies glam-rock phase, including the Ziggy Stardust and 
Aladdin Sane period.

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:53:19 +0100, "Neil"  wrote:

>>> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me
>>> Hanging On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
>>
>> It's based upon The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This 
>> One Before", with a bit of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" (later 
>> covered by Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) mixed in.
>
>
>Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent 
>D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" etc 
>etc...
>
I thought it was Gnarls Barkely the first few times I heard it. Good
cover though.
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:m15Ph.19034$2F5.3914@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> Paul Hyett wrote:
>>
>> These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and
>> this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on
>> CD the week after.
>>>
>> BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one
>> involving some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)
>
> Slightly OT but it's interesting to see the direction that Mark Ronson has 
> taken, considering his origins. Mark's father, Hull-born Mick Ronson, was 
> guitarist in David Bowie's backing band, The Spiders From Mars, throughout 
> the early seventies glam-rock phase, including the Ziggy Stardust and 
> Aladdin Sane period.

Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true that Mick 
Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is unrelated to him - I 
suspect his record company just let that rumour spread for publicity 
reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson, apparently.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

wrote in message 
news:euiaui$flh$2@south.jnrs.ja.net...
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Neil  wrote:
>
>> Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent
>> D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" 
>> etc
>> etc...
>
> Ha!  It was playing on Sarah Kennedy's show as I opened this thread.
>
> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
Of course, it's not Mark Ronson singing.

>Highly
> forgettable record though, IMHO.  Bound to be played to death, as usual on 
> R2.

I was rather under the impression it already had been, and on R1, 6 Music 
and Xfm too. I've been hearing it since January, and it wasn't a lot better 
then.
I suppose it's not quite as bad as his version of 'Just'.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of last 
year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in several 
places. Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste 
my money, then.

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:o0ePh.26009$0Z1.12395@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
> Chris Brown wrote:
>>
>> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
>> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
>> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
>> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
>> apparently.
>
> Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of 
> last year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in 
> several places.

Yeah, I remembered hearing it around the time of his first album.

> Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste my 
> money, then.

It's not in his official bio, of course. But somebody must have got the idea 
from somewhere.

He really does have a famous stepfather though: Mick Jones from Foreigner.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Neil  wrote:

> Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent 
> D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" etc 
> etc...

Ha!  It was playing on Sarah Kennedy's show as I opened this thread.

I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.  Highly
forgettable record though, IMHO.  Bound to be played to death, as usual on R2.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.music.charts on Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Jack Taylor  
wrote :

>Paul Hyett wrote:
>>
>> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me
>> Hanging On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
>
>It's based upon The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One
>Before", with a bit of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" (later covered
>by Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) mixed in.

These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and 
this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on CD 
the week after.
>
BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one involving 
some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

In uk.music.charts on Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Chris Brown 
 wrote :
>
>> This seems to be getting a lot of airplay, yet apparently has no video
>> (not one I've seen on Sky anyway).
>
>There is one on YouTube, put there by his record company so I presume it's
>official and won't disappear.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kBr5WWiBM

See my other reply.
>
>> I had to search the web to hear it (rather than risk listening to hours of
>> inane DJ chatter on the off chance of hearing it).
>
>Whereas, inevitably I hear it every ten minutes whether I want to or not.

I'm guessing, very much the latter... :)
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Paul Hyett wrote:
>
> These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and
> this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on
> CD the week after.
>>
> BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one
> involving some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)

Slightly OT but it's interesting to see the direction that Mark Ronson has 
taken, considering his origins. Mark's father, Hull-born Mick Ronson, was 
guitarist in David Bowie's backing band, The Spiders From Mars, throughout 
the early seventies glam-rock phase, including the Ziggy Stardust and 
Aladdin Sane period.

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:53:19 +0100, "Neil"  wrote:

>>> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me
>>> Hanging On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
>>
>> It's based upon The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This 
>> One Before", with a bit of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" (later 
>> covered by Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) mixed in.
>
>
>Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent 
>D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" etc 
>etc...
>
I thought it was Gnarls Barkely the first few times I heard it. Good
cover though.
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:m15Ph.19034$2F5.3914@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> Paul Hyett wrote:
>>
>> These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and
>> this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on
>> CD the week after.
>>>
>> BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one
>> involving some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)
>
> Slightly OT but it's interesting to see the direction that Mark Ronson has 
> taken, considering his origins. Mark's father, Hull-born Mick Ronson, was 
> guitarist in David Bowie's backing band, The Spiders From Mars, throughout 
> the early seventies glam-rock phase, including the Ziggy Stardust and 
> Aladdin Sane period.

Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true that Mick 
Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is unrelated to him - I 
suspect his record company just let that rumour spread for publicity 
reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson, apparently.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

wrote in message 
news:euiaui$flh$2@south.jnrs.ja.net...
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Neil  wrote:
>
>> Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent
>> D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" 
>> etc
>> etc...
>
> Ha!  It was playing on Sarah Kennedy's show as I opened this thread.
>
> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
Of course, it's not Mark Ronson singing.

>Highly
> forgettable record though, IMHO.  Bound to be played to death, as usual on 
> R2.

I was rather under the impression it already had been, and on R1, 6 Music 
and Xfm too. I've been hearing it since January, and it wasn't a lot better 
then.
I suppose it's not quite as bad as his version of 'Just'.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of last 
year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in several 
places. Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste 
my money, then.

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:o0ePh.26009$0Z1.12395@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
> Chris Brown wrote:
>>
>> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
>> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
>> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
>> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
>> apparently.
>
> Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of 
> last year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in 
> several places.

Yeah, I remembered hearing it around the time of his first album.

> Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste my 
> money, then.

It's not in his official bio, of course. But somebody must have got the idea 
from somewhere.

He really does have a famous stepfather though: Mick Jones from Foreigner.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:53:19 +0100, "Neil"  wrote:

>>> Despite the name, it sounds a lot like Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me
>>> Hanging On'. If it's a cover, why change the name?
>>
>> It's based upon The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This 
>> One Before", with a bit of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" (later 
>> covered by Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde) mixed in.
>
>
>Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent 
>D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" etc 
>etc...
>
I thought it was Gnarls Barkely the first few times I heard it. Good
cover though.
-- 
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:m15Ph.19034$2F5.3914@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> Paul Hyett wrote:
>>
>> These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and
>> this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on
>> CD the week after.
>>>
>> BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one
>> involving some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)
>
> Slightly OT but it's interesting to see the direction that Mark Ronson has 
> taken, considering his origins. Mark's father, Hull-born Mick Ronson, was 
> guitarist in David Bowie's backing band, The Spiders From Mars, throughout 
> the early seventies glam-rock phase, including the Ziggy Stardust and 
> Aladdin Sane period.

Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true that Mick 
Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is unrelated to him - I 
suspect his record company just let that rumour spread for publicity 
reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson, apparently.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

wrote in message 
news:euiaui$flh$2@south.jnrs.ja.net...
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Neil  wrote:
>
>> Is it just me or does this sound rather like something from Terance Trent
>> D'Arby, especially with those opening lyrics "stop me, oh oh oh stop me" 
>> etc
>> etc...
>
> Ha!  It was playing on Sarah Kennedy's show as I opened this thread.
>
> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
Of course, it's not Mark Ronson singing.

>Highly
> forgettable record though, IMHO.  Bound to be played to death, as usual on 
> R2.

I was rather under the impression it already had been, and on R1, 6 Music 
and Xfm too. I've been hearing it since January, and it wasn't a lot better 
then.
I suppose it's not quite as bad as his version of 'Just'.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of last 
year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in several 
places. Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste 
my money, then.

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:o0ePh.26009$0Z1.12395@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
> Chris Brown wrote:
>>
>> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
>> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
>> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
>> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
>> apparently.
>
> Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of 
> last year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in 
> several places.

Yeah, I remembered hearing it around the time of his first album.

> Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste my 
> money, then.

It's not in his official bio, of course. But somebody must have got the idea 
from somewhere.

He really does have a famous stepfather though: Mick Jones from Foreigner.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:m15Ph.19034$2F5.3914@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> Paul Hyett wrote:
>>
>> These mix-and-match songs are not usually amongst my favourites - and
>> this is no exception. It's out to download next Monday though, and on
>> CD the week after.
>>>
>> BTW, the video finally appeared yesterday - a really weird one
>> involving some seemingly supernaturally possessed trainers! :)
>
> Slightly OT but it's interesting to see the direction that Mark Ronson has 
> taken, considering his origins. Mark's father, Hull-born Mick Ronson, was 
> guitarist in David Bowie's backing band, The Spiders From Mars, throughout 
> the early seventies glam-rock phase, including the Ziggy Stardust and 
> Aladdin Sane period.

Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true that Mick 
Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is unrelated to him - I 
suspect his record company just let that rumour spread for publicity 
reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson, apparently.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of last 
year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in several 
places. Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste 
my money, then.

"Jack Taylor"  wrote in message 
news:o0ePh.26009$0Z1.12395@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
> Chris Brown wrote:
>>
>> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
>> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
>> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
>> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
>> apparently.
>
> Interesting! Lauren Laverne interviewed him on TV around the middle of 
> last year and the assertion was never challenged. It's been repeated in 
> several places.

Yeah, I remembered hearing it around the time of his first album.

> Bloody record companies! Gives me another good reason not to waste my 
> money, then.

It's not in his official bio, of course. But somebody must have got the idea 
from somewhere.

He really does have a famous stepfather though: Mick Jones from Foreigner.

    Chris
-- 
"It's always hard meeting your heroes. Especially when they punch you in the 
face."

http://thehitparade.blogspot.com

More of my blathering is available at
http://faynights.users.btopenworld.com

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 Chris Brown  wrote:

>> I think his voice has a lower register than Terence Trent D'Arby (whatever
>> became of him?), though there is a similar timbre to it.

> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"... and yet the
first was excellent, I thought.  It was very odd how his career should
have been so short after looking so promising.


-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.

> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...

Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

-- 
                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
                 *** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> In uk.media.radio.bbc-r2 A.Clews@denturessussex.ac.uk wrote:
>>> TTD attempts a comeback every few years, mostly to apathy.
>
>> It all went peat-shaped after that "difficult second album"...
>
> Oops.... I meant to write "pear-shaped", though perhaps 'peat-shaped'
> wasn't actually too wide of the mark.

Like that other term:  'ship-shape'.   ;-)

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Slightly OT and, sadly, completely untrue. Well I mean it is true
> that Mick Ronson was in the Spiders and so on, but Mark Ronson is
> unrelated to him - I suspect his record company just let that rumour
> spread for publicity reasons. His father was Laurence Ronson,
> apparently.

Curiously, the rumour is repeated yet again in next week's "Radio Times", on 
page 36, under Phill Jupitus' column. I quote:

"Dermot O'Leary, Saturday, Radio 2. A session from Mark Ronson, son of 
guitarist Mick Ronson and now the producer of Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Lily 
Allen".

I would check the "Radio Times" website but I haven't got the patience. It's 
running like a dog, taking about four minutes to navigate between pages. 
Presumably they have a server problem. Life's too short .....!