TuesNov08 Nizlopi: "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit"...

Nizlopi - JCB Song was our Last Request tune tonight. It's been getting a couple of odd requests over the past week, which have baffled me, since I was the first presenter (after Pat Kenny - see their website) to give it airplay ages ago, and only now it's rising to some prominence. See, I spotted it on the TV station The Box some time ago - and the video is exceptional, which prompted me to go out and track it down. I played it the following Sunday night, and every text I got about it said it was shit. So I didn't play it again.

Just looked it up: it's been six months since I first played it. I found out how long it's been on my PC:

And once again tonight, the vitriolic texts came flooding in.

Upon reflection, you can see what people hate about it: firstly, that guy's voice that says "THIS SONG IS SO ENGLISH!". It's the same reason Athlete, Dizzee Rascal or the excellent Lady Sovereign never do too well in this country. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with being English, but sometimes the style of these performers can sound so forced that you sometimes wonder if they're putting it on - like Guy (geezah, geezah) Ritchie at a movie premiere. And we don't like that sound because we're not English - and then there's also the old "centuries of opression" chestnut. Mike Skinner's flying the flag though, so keep it up Mikey.

Secondly, the whole idea of the song, though sweet, is a bit annoying. Grow up, you wuss.

In my defence, I think the JCB video did a lot for the song in my mind, and I'd probably have a hard time liking the song at all if I hadn't seen the vid. Remember any other videos that make you like the song more? Email. A few spring to mind for me: Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That, Any Girls Aloud song, Eric Prydz - Call On Me...

The Nizlopi website is very good too. Flick on to the doodle pages and draw whatever you like. Of course, you could always just use a real pencil and a piece of paper:

We were also on about Horatio Caine, aka David Caruso of CSI: Miami. He'll be back on the show soon...

ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE!!!

• Cruise sacks sis...
• Wacko Jacko makes sweet music with his kids...
• Zeta-Jones says Charlotte needs to change her Welsh accent...

TRICKY!!! He was playing Monopoly.

TOBAGGGG... SB!!! Walter in Waterford got Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

And finally, something for tomorrow night's show:

or, more appropriately:

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