The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[Black Swan]

I have given up on Sunday Morning as well. I do sometimes give a listen but only if RC is not presenting. I was in the car this a.m. going out to get the paper at 9:00 and was totally put off immediately by what was being played. I am now enjoying my CD collection on Sunday morning without, trivial tweets, inane commentary or pleas for a message in the bottle. Such only wants to drive me to the bottle. But 9 is a bit early for that.

John

[Old Grumpy]

Alright, I coming out!

I am a weekday, drivetime Breakfast listener and do enjoy the show. Don't listen much at the weekends, I must admit.

However I do do not Tweet and I do not "do" Facebook.

OG

[cloughie]

I have given up on Sunday Morning as well. I do sometimes give a listen but only if RC is not presenting. I was in the car this a.m. going out to get the paper at 9:00 and was totally put off immediately by what was being played. I am now enjoying my CD collection on Sunday morning without, trivial tweets, inane commentary or pleas for a message in the bottle. Such only wants to drive me to the bottle. But 9 is a bit early for that.

John

I've heard Rob do some great stuff on Sunday mornings but this morning's playlist looks like CFM2 in spades!

[Black Swan]

Well I am happy for you that you enjoy RC on Sunday morning. I respect your right to enjoy. But I am not a fan and find his love of his own voice annoying and not what I look for in a presenter. But for those who do, enjoy.

John

[teamsaint]

I can live with a bit of lightweight stuff in the morning, but this morning...2 minutes...the Swingles...AGAIN....and then lovely Nicky"establishment" Campbell learning to play the piano..even the rather downbeat Johnny Cash album in my CD player was a relief.
please somebody make it stop.

[AndyJW]

We got into the car this morning, delighted to find and hear the second half of the classic performance of Renard, with Ansemet, only to be rudely awakened within a microsecond of the last triumphal chord by RC, eagerly reporting on someone's trivial tweet.

Surely a work such as this deserves at least a second or two to be digested and relished, just as much as one ending in a quiet passage?

Once upon a time there were Radio 3 silences! Andy

[french frank]

I can live with a bit of lightweight stuff in the morning, but this morning...2 minutes...the Swingles...AGAIN....and then lovely Nicky"establishment" Campbell learning to play the piano..even the rather downbeat Johnny Cash album in my CD player was a relief.
please somebody make it stop.

I had an anguished email from someone on Wednesday saying he'd switched on to hear the presenter inviting emails and texts about their 'voice crushes', followed by reading out the names of a dozen singers who listeners had texted in about. Oh, here's another text: it says ... Mark Padmore . And another ... Jonas Kaufmann . And Paul Robeson .

I'm sure that some people do find that very suitable for a Breakfast Show. I find it rather manipulative and sinister.

[salymap]

I had an anguished email from someone on Wednesday saying he'd switched on to hear the presenter inviting emails and texts about their 'voice crushes', followed by reading out the names of a dozen singers who listeners had texted in about. Oh, here's another text: it says ... Mark Padmore . And another ... Jonas Kaufmann . And Paul Robeson .

I'm sure that some people do find that very suitable for a Breakfast Show. I find it rather manipulative and sinister.

Not to mention just plain BORING.

[teamsaint]

Not to mention just plain BORING.

so manipulative, sinister, boring and .....
depressing.
Not that long ago I used to quite enjoy "Breakfast"....

I did have the misfortune to catch about 10 seconds of the voice crush thing....like the Campbell piano lesson, genuinely feeble.
An A level class could put on a better show without even stubbing their cigs out and trying... but somebody somewhere wants thought relegated to the dark corners of the schedules.
Least thats how I see it.
I am now going to calm down, listen to the Sibelius violin concerto, and cook smoked Haddock casserole..the joys of a half day off !!

[Black Swan]

Would that we could make it stop. Stop the endless wittering on about why I quit the piano at 5 and want to take it up at 75. Sarah MP has hit rock bottom as have they all. The presenters have either:
1. Bought into the pound and just present what they are told.
2. Had full frontal Lobotomies.
3. Don't care and just take the sterling which is I guess a repetition of 1.

I am happy to miss them bringing in the host of Breakfast on BBC5 to discuss his taking lessons for Jazz.

All of this make me love CD's more by the day. At least it gets me out of bed by wanting to smash my clock radio for bringing me the silliness that has become Breakfast.

John

[MickyD]

I haven't listened to Breakfast for the last six months or so...every now and then I check in to this thread in the hope that the comments have improved. Sadly they seem even more disparaging than ever, so like Black Swan, I will continue to start every morning by listening to my CDs.

[Paul Sherratt]

Now I'll be really interested in the scoring forumistas will give to Private Passions episodes when its taken over by 'Strictly Come Dancing' regulars, later in the year !
Will the programmes be trailed on the telly ?

[french frank]

Now I'll be really interested in the scoring forumistas will give to Private Passions episodes when its taken over by 'Strictly Come Dancing' regulars, later in the year !

Didn't Mr Anthony Beke appear as a guest on Breakfast a few years ago? There must be SCD fans around the R3 productions teams ...

[Paul Sherratt]

>>Didn't Mr Anthony Beke appear as a guest on Breakfast a few years ago?


That would be a question for a 'Breakfast' listener, ff.

[fugophile]

I was very disappointed that we were denied an Elgar orchestration of Bach by some "conservatives" this morning (Mohr-Pietsch even read out some of the ringleaders of this roll of shame). Not that I have anything against the "original"; just that bowing to audience pressure in this way sets a very worrying precedent. Personally I see nothing controversial in an orchestration (not least because Bach was a prolific transcriber), but even there were, surely Radio 3 would be the right place to broadcast it.
As a child, I grew up on the Radio 3 diet at a time when the programming was adventurous and free from the gimmicks such as the classical charts. It was an important part of my musical education.