tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post9092900850964388192..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Speaking of Radio 4...Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-81784824783971883182010-03-27T08:33:35.522+00:002010-03-27T08:33:35.522+00:00Goodness me...didn't expect an anti-McGough ex...Goodness me...didn't expect an anti-McGough explosion! As an (English) Northerner a big part of what I like is that his is not the default Radio 4 voice (SE, bland, RP) that is still fairly prevalent on the station (and one of the reasons R4 has not appealed to me over the years). It is changing, of course, finally. But quite slowly.<br /><br />I read McGough's autobiography a couple of years back and found it strangely depressing. But maybe I'll write about that another time. Got a poetry bus to get on the road...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-40343949465752213572010-03-27T01:15:03.991+00:002010-03-27T01:15:03.991+00:00No , no, Titus, me too, me too! nflections and cad...No , no, Titus, me too, me too! nflections and cadences all wrong and irritating.Dreadful delivery. Off , off with the head of Roger (calm down, calm down) McGough.<br /><br />How did he get to where he is? And without the merest hint of self awareness, embarrassment or irony.Neck, Jockey's, Bollix!!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87946056815497245352010-03-26T23:10:44.176+00:002010-03-26T23:10:44.176+00:00Something about Roger McGough annoys me, and I rea...Something about Roger McGough annoys me, and I really can't put my finger on it exactly - a touch too much affability in his voice in this show and his speech cadences just go in the wrong directions for me. I realise I am probably the only person in the world who thinks this.<br />All that aside, I really enjoy Poetry Please and all hail Radio 4 for keeping it going. And to Roger McGough, I suppose, for keeping it popular.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57291984899759853302010-03-26T14:29:10.101+00:002010-03-26T14:29:10.101+00:00Yes...what did they say...it took her 20 years to ...Yes...what did they say...it took her 20 years to write it (in a manner of speaking...)?<br /><br />And hello.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-42378252057745990662010-03-26T13:59:41.639+00:002010-03-26T13:59:41.639+00:00I happened to catch Poetry please on Sunday while ...I happened to catch Poetry please on Sunday while lying in the bath. A real treat. I particularly liked an Elizabeth Bishop poem - I think it was called The Moose.Sharon Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.com