when popular culture meets other culture...

[don_quixote]

comedians david baddiel and frank skinner perform 'how i wrote elastic man' at the end of their chat show

apparently frank skinner has become a huge fan of the fall...

interesting to see just how out of it the dopes in the studio audience are, one of the more bizarre tv moments anyway.

anything similar to this in the past?

 

[boomnoise]

excuse my ignorance but what do you open a rmvb file with?

 

[Immryr]

it opened in real player on my comp

 

[treblekicker]

The audience looked kind of bemused didn't they?

In answer to the original question, I guess the history of popular culture mixing with other cultures - and as this is the music forum, classical music in particular has been somewhat patchy.

On one hand you have Phillip Glass remixing S'Express, Radiohead and Sigur Ros working with Merce Cunningham and the United Bamboo/freak folk tie-in compilation to name three.

However you also have Hooked on Classics, Bond, Charlotte Church and Il Divo.

I guess it boils down to who needs who more?

 

[martin]

David Baddiel and Rob Newman once did a Crass-related sketch at Wembley, and played 'Do The Owe us a Living'. (Really early 90s). There was some show Dominic Diamond (Celtic-supporting football pundit) did late night on Channel 5 where he was asking various football players what their favourite Fall songs were, and then they played a video clip of 'Hit the North'. Mark E Smith's also been on Jerry Sadowitz's shows a few times.

 

[labrat]

I remember seeing Bernard Manning on the Last Resort doing a medely of Smiths songs(complete with daffodils) adverising a fictitious compilation.

 

[treblekicker]

I remember seeing Bernard Manning on the Last Resort doing a medely of Smiths songs(complete with daffodils) adverising a fictitious compilation.

That sounds brilliant. A bit like this...

...with credit to The Man Who Fell Asleep .