A plug for an album by Adam and Joe, which is available on iTunes from Monday. It’s a collection of their ace ‘Song Wars’ efforts, wherein each comes up with a self-penned, self-performed ode to an emphatically ordinary subject, then plays them to listeners of their 6 Music show for evaluation.
Let’s hope the sequel-touting title doesn’t follow the precedent set by Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1. Similar sales figures wouldn’t be that bad, mind.
“Masterpieces of DIY tunesmithery” – TV Cream, yesterday.
Claire
June 23, 2008 at 10:14 am
Fantastic. I’ve already bought this and been listening to it on the way into work this morning.
Mark X
June 23, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I’d not been aware of this until your post, and having just bought it, it’s rather splendid. Adam was interviewed on Jonathan Ross’ Radio 2 show on Saturday to promote MeeBOX (which was also lovely), but I didn’t hear him mention this.
Graham Kibble-White
June 24, 2008 at 8:57 am
Oh, I thought MeeBOX was rubbish, sadly. Although it’s good to see Adam’s dad is still alive.
Ian Jones
June 24, 2008 at 11:26 am
It felt to me like there was something missing from MeeBOX. Or rather, someone.
Steve Williams
June 24, 2008 at 1:18 pm
On their 6Music show on Saturday morning, Adam said that he was told there was officially “no room” for him on Jonathan Ross but, if he hung around the studio for a bit, they might be able to squeeze him in. So I’m glad that happened.
That was actually the first time I’d listened to their 6Music show, and it took me a good half hour to realise that Joe was off sick and Garth Jennings was replacing him because the two sound absolutely identical. Indeed, I had to check Garth Jennings was a real person to ensure it wasn’t just Joe.
MeeBOX was a bit patchy but I liked some of it – the re-edited Trooping The Colour and the Don’t Make Me A Target video, because I loved the faces Adam pulled in that.
Claire
June 24, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I thought Meebox was good in places and less good in others…I’d quite like to see a series though to see how it might develop.
Also because BBC3 needs more things that aren’t Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps or from the Help! My Dog is Fat and it’s Killing My Kids genre.