The Kazoo

[Frances_iom]

I'm not against fund-raising events, but I truly couldn't believe that this was R3.

it ties in with RW's rhetoric that orchestral programming needs to be in advance of the tastes of the audience - expect more of the same over the remaining period of RW's tenure (after which I suspect there won't be much of R3 left)

[Suffolkcoastal]

We had old Rafferty on his kazoo on intune last week. I just shook my head and pressed the off switch. How much lower can R3 sink, its sounds like the sought of gimmick you get on local commercial stations.

[french frank]

Hang in there - it'll be all over by Tuesday (bar the repeats).

[Eudaimonia]

We had old Rafferty on his kazoo on intune last week.

For some reason, your post inspired me to come up with a few ideas toward new lyrics for a 1920s kazoo classic...need a little help with the verses, though. If Red Nose Day programming gets to be too much for you, switch off and have a sing-a-long:

WHEN RAFFERTY PLAYS HIS OLD KAZOO (Sung to the tune of "When Erastus Plays his Old Kazoo")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaNCI3Dz--4

Cranky chaps are horrified
You can hear 'em screaming far and wide
When Rafferty plays his old kazoo

Though he plays in just one key
He can ruin the whole **** symphony
Now that Rafferty plays his old kazoo

Oh brother! What do you know, look at him go
And you can tell...his heart ain't in it
Regulars growl, hear how they howl
Oops! Ratings dropped...now watch 'em spin it

Roger said to dumb it down
so now poor old Sean must act the clown
When Rafferty plays his old kazoo

There's some things he'll ask of you
Wants your Twitters, texts, and Facebook too
When Rafferty plays his old kazoo

Every operatic star
Throws away his whole damn repertoire
When Rafferty plays his old kazoo...

(oh dear...shouldn't drink in the afternoon, really...sorry!)

[PatrickOD]

Oh! Don't be silly, Eudaimonia. That's not how you spell kazoo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGVdCGxh1IY

[french frank]

Hang in there - it'll be all over by Tuesday (bar the repeats).

Oops! I misread what the R3 homepage said. I should have said, Hang in there until next Saturday. The final 12-hour unbroken burst of RND is on Friday. Sorry for my mistake

[bach736]

I think you're right: this approach to Red Nose Day is all about attracting new audiences. If they were interested in doing a RND that was appealing to "us", they might do something more subtle, like a Flanders and Swann tribute concert or something.

They could sing "I'm a kazoo, a k-nother kazoo".

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Oops! I misread what the R3 homepage said. I should have said, Hang in there until next Saturday. The final 12-hour unbroken burst of RND is on Friday. Sorry for my mistake

In honour of the great occasion, I'm changing my avatar (only until Saturday). WATCH THIS SPACE.

[french frank]

They could sing "I'm a kazoo, a k-nother kazoo".