Duke on Jools Holland

[Yellow Dog]

So, the hour draws near when the Dukemeister will finally appear on Later with Jools Holland. This is going to be big, really BIG! :smt020

[rusty66]

Awh look at his wee purple flares....

Omg...I havent been this excited since....erm..*changes subject*

[arginite]

WOOOOHHHOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH that was super :)

'paint my picture like if ya must like' - turning Corcian lol :P

great im loving it dancing around the house.. thank god im home alone lol

[jan]

It's on NOW!
Eugh! 2 of my least favourite songs Rehab and that John Legend thing, actually a bit better than the single but still eugh!
Muse were indistinct and the Raconteurs could really have been any band but I love the White Stripes' music....RIP.
Interview with Dave Stewart......not very interesting listening to folks who take themselves too seriously.
NOW..........
THAT WAS WONDERFUL DUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Portrait was lovely!!!!!!! So clean and uncomplicated and true next to all that other stuff.
Fantastic all of you :D :D
Muse again.....LOUD.
I've figured out Duke's appeal....he has this fey quality and is totally unthreatening.
Has this show lost the intimacy which was its most appealing feature - maybe they've banned alcohol and smoking - bad move!
Gypsy Kings - superb, slick and clean sound.
J Legend again.....forgettable, doesn't float my boat.
The cat is equally unmoved and is knocking 7 bells out of her (cloth) fish.
Amy Winehouse in duet with Jools - nice.
Raconteurs again, 'Store bought bones'?
No Cover up....I'm in tears......so beautiful.
Forget the rest of the show.
So endeth an hour in our house....
xx

[jan]

PS Muse finale song not bad at all
Night night all zzzzzzzzz.

[tricky_nebula]

Just watched the show. i was in awe. Excellent music.

[arginite]

God he did a super job. No Cover Up was amazing. Jan said it all there really. Fantastic two songs. Pity no chat but :) great great performances.

John Legend :( annoys me
"Any whateverherface why are you playing AGAIN" annoyed me even more. the whole show was her... chat and singing about 20million songs.. gggrrrr
Muse were super I thought.
Gypsy Kings good
meh its just over and i cant remember any of the other performances... just shows how uninteresting they were compared to Duke. By far the best, then Muse. Rest of show was not worth staying up for. And if I never have to see that whine-house one again on tv twill be too soon (sorry to any fans on here)

[Lazarus]

i can assure you that no cover up alone has won our duke several thousand fans tonight.

portrait was excellent, no cover up was unreal.

stood up very well indeed on a show with some very big names.

[rusty66]

Amy whiner
Please sort out your eyeliner.

[/ode to amy]

No cover up made me cry too Jan! [no shock there]
I rang my mum and said that the guy she called a freak from my pics was on tv and she was to watch him. She rang back and asked was he Rastafarian or did he just like dope? LMAO! Bless...

Amazing dot com

[jan]

Quite simply Duke shone like a pearl in an oyster.
Can anyone else smell fish? Oh Florence!
xx

[arginite]

I have a feeling the forum membership will rocket after that show!

[jan]

And welcome all!
We're lovely fluffy, cuddly people here!!!!
Also slightly p****d having wandered round during the acts I hated to find alcohol.
Please say I'm forgiven :P

[very_special]

God he did a super job. No Cover Up was amazing. Jan said it all there really. Fantastic two songs. Pity no chat but :) great great performances.

John Legend :( annoys me
"Any whateverherface why are you playing AGAIN" annoyed me even more. the whole show was her... chat and singing about 20million songs.. gggrrrr
Muse were super I thought.
Gypsy Kings good
meh its just over and i cant remember any of the other performances... just shows how uninteresting they were compared to Duke. By far the best, then Muse. Rest of show was not worth staying up for. And if I never have to see that whine-house one again on tv twill be too soon (sorry to any fans on here)

Can't add anymore to that :roll:

Amy Whine-house, lol, yep that's how she sounded to me :smt015

[arginite]

Also slightly p****d having wandered round during the acts I hated to find alcohol.
Please say I'm forgiven :P

me 3 :) (and.. im trying to code lol)

[mac]

I felt like a supporter of Accrington Stanley watching his team taking on Real Madrid in the World Cup final and beating them 5 - 0
The initial nervousness replaced by unabounded joy
(if you know what I mean)

[amandawoowy]

Hope everyone is voting in the poll for best on tonight's later! So far so good! An excellent performance - well deserved!

[arginite]

Hope everyone is voting in the poll for best on tonight's later! So far so good! Well deserved!

linkage?

[amandawoowy]

duke homepage - just click on jools

[mac]

Thanks for pointing that out Mel . I've cast my vote and wouldn't have thought to do so until you mentioned it.

[arginite]

yup thanks mel! voted :) yay

Current status :

1.
Amy Winehouse
(11.1%)
2.
Duke Special
(38.9%)
3.
The Raconteurs
(11.9%)
4.
Muse
(32.5%)
5.
Gipsy Kings
(5.6%)


w00000t beating Muse :D wayhay

[very_special]

And welcome all!
We're lovely fluffy, cuddly people here!!!!
Also slightly p****d having wandered round during the acts I hated to find alcohol.
Please say I'm forgiven :P

lol, forgiven :wink:


me 3 :) (and.. im trying to code lol)


Coding under the influence, brave gir!!l :smt024

[jan]

Did I ever tell you I love you all?
Staggers off to bed at last........
xx

[arginite]

Coding under the influence, brave gir!!l :smt024

Now to sort out some rotating proxies and trick Mr Holland's site into letting me vote millions of times mhahahahahahah evil laugh!

[arginite]

I have a feeling the forum membership will rocket after that show!


OMG - LOOK

Most users ever online was 114 on 4 November, 2006, 12:28 am

:!:

[very_special]

Now to sort out some rotating proxies and trick Mr Holland's site into letting me vote millions of times mhahahahahahah evil laugh!

bye bye BBC cookies :smt039

[mac]

Couldn't resist watching the tape over again
Majestic
(nuff said?)

[Shelly]

Too late for me :roll: so set the video and just watched the two bits I was interested in (well and Dave Stewart) and loved it.

Loved it. Bring on those headline gigs!

[gangledoll]

Did anyone else see this from the Sunday Life???

Jools has a Duke...


By John McGurk

22 October 2006
It took just one listen for Jools Holland's TV show boss to get hooked on a rising musical talent from Northern Ireland.

Mark Cooper, executive producer of Later... With Jools Holland, has revealed to Sunday Life how he fell for the dreadlocked Belfast boy's magical music hall-influenced melodies, hook, line and sinker!

Duke Special will be one of the artists appearing on the first instalment of the acclaimed BBC2 series next month.

The 28-year-old dad-of-three will take time out from a tour with The Divine Comedy to perform two songs - Portrait and No Cover Up - from critically-acclaimed new album, Songs From The Deep Forest (out tomorrow).

Said Mark: "Duke's album was sent to me during the summer and I played it on my holidays in the car. I thought, right from the start, that it was really fresh, in terms of tone, songwriting and its musical influences.

"It also struck me as being very playful - drawing upon vaudeville and burlesque. But it also has got a real heart to it."

Mark, who carefully hand-picks the acts for the show then went to see him play live in London and was blown away.

Added Mark: "What's great about my job is when you see somebody and you know, right from the minute they start singing - or two minutes into listening to their record - that they should be on the show.

"Well, that is exactly how I felt about Duke Special."


Well done Mr Mark the selector man sir!!! Great taste or what!!!

PS Loved the show!!!! :D/

[simpo03]

Absolutely stunning! Just stunning.

:D

[very_special]

"What's great about my job is when you see somebody and you know, right from the minute they start singing - or two minutes into listening to their record - that they should be on the show.

"Well, that is exactly how I felt about Duke Special."

I think that reflects exactly how most of us felt the first time we heard Duke Special.
Love at first listen :smt020

Bravo Mark!!

[Guinness]

114 users!

I thought it was going to sit at 31 forever!

:twisted:

[Ian]

Muse are amazing but Duke deserves to win the poll from last nights performances, and just to raise his profile a bit more.

I'm really ill but i managed to stay awake for jools holland. fell asleep near the end and as if by magic, i woke up just as duke was playing his second song! amazing stuff yet again.

it's odd though, i've only ever seen duke and chip as a two-piece at live shows, yet whenever they've been on tv it's been a 'full band' type thing. i dunno about you, but i find it a bit more magical when it's just duke and chip - no disrespect to the other guys as they add something different to the show, but when two fellas can make such good music it's something special.

anyway, loved it last night and, as ever, duke was great.

x

[Andy]

For those of you who missed it you can watch the 2 performances here:
http://www.dukespecial.com/video.htm

We've put up audio files from the show too:
http://www.dukespecial.com/audio-live.htm



Enjoy!

[matthew]

well my darlings the vote so far is duke special has 44.8%
hes in the leeaddddd!
many peope in my phone book last night received a message which just said
"bbc2 bbc2 bbc2 NOWW!!"
many angry replies ie sleeping etc... then we have some convertees and a girl i work with now loves him :D
all is well in the duke camp :)

xx
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[Andy]

Oh, there's an interview on the Later site too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/interviews/dukespecial.shtml

[Eoin]

Last night was fantastic! Well done Duke and it was great to see all the guys there too, Ben Castle sounded brilliant there with his solo...but then he always does!I always get really excited when I see Serge on stage cos he was on the merch table for the Sugar Club gig and you tell he was dying to hop up! That being said I agree with you Ian too in that the sound and the magic the two guys produce onstage when its just them is jsimply amazing!
No Cover Up was truely beautiful. Sents shivers up my spine...

It was mad how many texts I got from people who I havent seen or spoken to in months telling me to watch Jools haha, but its also a great indication as to how many people tuned in to see him.

Well done guys!Keep the votes rolling in!
Oh Katiec did you get tix for the Olympia yet? Got ours yesterday-soooooo excited!!

:D

[helen]

I think it's all been said already but I watched Jools last night feeling nervous and excited and then really proud! And I had to watch No Cover Up again 3 times this morning before I could go out. That was just absolutely stunning...

Next time, Duke needs a big old stage-thing like Muse had, rather than being stuck in a corner (ooh, reminds me of a bad line from Dirty Dancing.... :oops: ).

[Pingo]

Hello,

Duke was wonderful on last night's show. Went to see him for the first time a couple of weeks ago with Divine Comedy (who were a blinding bonus!) where the crowd seemed to really take to the couple of songs he did, and now this! I really hope this is the start of bigness!

Thanks for mentioning the voting thingy - 44.6% is fantastic, and totally deserved. I was so disappointed with Raconteurs and Muse, they were just loud and dull. Weird cos I usually like both of them, must be something to do with being outshone..:D

[cosmo]

Just managed to get back from a gig in time to catch No Cover Up on the show - thought it was amazing.

It was almost strange to see the Duke on TV - like watching someone you know on a much bigger stage. Hopefully we'll see a great surge in album sales.

[Cofa's Tree]

For those of you who missed it you can watch the 2 performances here:
http://www.dukespecial.com/video.htm

We've put up audio files from the show too:
http://www.dukespecial.com/audio-live.htm

Enjoy!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. :)

[fergalmatt]

I saw Duke on holland last night, he (or they) were amazing, im glad to have heard it, i went out and got 'your vandal' from a little record shop and i like it alot.

[Sarah]

Loved the performance, specially in portrait when he goes 'like you know...' so belfast! cant believe he's winning the pole, it's class, went to see muse last night and if he's beating them, it shows his true quality! loving it! can't wait to see him again in december!
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[very_special]

Loved the performance, specially in portrait when he goes 'like you know...' so belfast!

So loved the way he threw that in.

"...So paint my picture, well if you must, like ya know..."

Should have finshed the line with:

"...Not forgetting where I'm from..." :D

[aarons]

Performance was good as it showed Dukes strength with a band and on his own! never seen him with anyone else apart from chip and it sounded good.

[PD]

Truely an amazing perfomance from Duke and the band, "No Cover Up" gave me goosebumps... They did themselves proud. :) Love the Jools Holland show, that guy has taste. 8)

[ICOF]

BRILLIANT BRILLIANT Stuff on Firday night on Jools, great they were on first show as it'll get good viewer numbers & get Duke noticed...Jools should have ditched Amy (she was rubbish() & got another 2 songs slots :wink: Well Done Guys :D

[Yellow Dog]

I didn't think I could possibly hate Dave Stewart any more than I did. But hearing what he said to poor widdle Joolsie all those years ago........ouch! :smt013

[thesneakybandit]

i'm sure he was right though :)

[rusty66]

I dislike Jools Holland.

That is all.

[H]

I dislike Jools Holland.

That is all.
Plinky plonky plinky plonk.

(That translates as "so do I" and "thank goodness he didn't ruin either of Duke's songs by joining in" ;))

[very_special]

Not a chance, that would have been sacralige.

He should have chatted to Peter though instead of that Amy Whinehouse, what a bore!! :?

[justin]

Yeah- it's all been said really by now, but I wanted to add how great he was on the show- SO proud, you know!?! Seen him live 3 times now and it was kinda weird having the other 2 guys playing- I have to say I would've preferred seeing just Pete and Chip playing on Jools Holland.....anyway- still brilliant!

[debbiefenly]

Duke Special on Jools? Brilliant, though not enough camera coverage of Chip for my liking:(

[gangledoll]

Like the name... chick billy!!! lol

[very_special]

Duke Special on Jools? Brilliant, though not enough camera coverage of Chip for my liking:(

True, very little Chick footage, lol!

[slipofgirl]

Seeing it back online was my first intro to Peter and am utterly hooked. My brother's getting me the album for Christmas (can I wait that long?) and have booked tickets to see him at Oxford in Feb. Cannot wait!!!! :)

[very_special]

Yep, you definitely got the bug salp.
Welcome aboard the good ship Duke :wink:

[slipofgirl]

Yep, you definitely got the bug salp.
Welcome aboard the good ship Duke :wink:
cheers vs! Have played a couple of clips to the kids who have good taste generally for 7 and 9 year olds, and they are already humming last night I nearly died....they'd been wondering why I'd been singing about dying a lot recently and now they understand. 9 year old wanted to come to Oxford but had to explain she needed to be at least 14. :roll:

[very_special]

Our youngest recruits to the Duke clan to date :)

LNIND is without doubt an infectious tune but that is 2 kids with a superb taste in music.
I don't think I was even conscious of music when I was 9 :?

[thesneakybandit]

my kids are going to have fantastic taste in music. i have already got some cd's for my as yet unconceived children. by the time i ever have any i'll probably have to go to car boot sales to buy an 'antique' cd player!

[jan]

Hi there Sal,
Welcome to the forum.
You too have marvellous taste in music!!!!!
It's great to share your music with your kids. My daughter's 18 now and has been to see Duke with me 3 times this year.......first time was when I went to see David Ford and first heard Duke and was completely smitten by the music. We then went on Duke's headlining show in May and most recently in October when he supported Divine Comedy.
You MUST, without a doubt, go and see Duke and Chip live. They're MUCH louder than you'd imagine for 2 blokes, a piano and a drum kit!!!!
If the kids want to go too, I know there will be chances at festivals etc. Obviously the restriction of over-14s only is because most venues are licensed for booze. Shame really :(
Beware though, when your kids like the music you buy you may not be able to keep track of your CDs.....they mysteriously go missing :D But at least she asks me if I want a tape/CD of anything she buys. I LOVE Lily Allen's album but maybe the language might be a bit strong for your two.
Scott, I LOVE your optimism 8)
xx

[joemono]

I can't wait til my kids are old enough to come to gigs with me - they're 11 and 8, and my daughter (the younger one) loves Duke Special, as well as such diverse stuff as The Decemberists, Gomez, Bell X1 and Guillemots. I love the fact that she takes such an interest in music - she doesn't seem to mind that none of her friends have heard of any of that stuff! I'm well aware that this all might change when she gets older and wants to fit in with what everyone else likes but I hope I've instilled a bit of individualism into her - I hated being part of the crowd when I was younger and I hope some of this has rubbed off on her. My son (the 11 year old) likes louder guitary stuff like Muse and Green Day, but I'd still rather have that than most of the dross that clutters up the charts these days.:smt004

[jan]

You must be such a cool parent Wilse 8)
Have to confess that we've been through The Spice Girls, Steps, S Club 7 and then worryingly Eminem to reach the point where my daughter has finally arrived at the age of discretion in her musical tastes. Oh yes, and Dido, but the least said about all that the better. I found that being noncommital was the best defense during the various phases but suddenly we discovered that we enjoyed listening to the same sort of things and I was able to introduce her to the 60s stuff, without which rock music would have never evolved, and which I enjoyed in my teens.
We should start a new thread here just for parents 8) :D
xx

[slipofgirl]

Thanks for the welcome all, my two keep asking to see DS videos before they go to bed each night. They also like Coldplay, the Beatles, Elvis, Eva Cassidy, Scissor Sisters. Bit of a mix really. They're both learning piano so it's nice for them to see what fun playing a piano can be on the videos. :)

[slipofgirl]

Don't what happened there, it refused to post, then I did it again and there I was in duplicate. :?

[thesneakybandit]

ahh all this talk of kids makes me feel so young! when i was 11 i was big into status quo, bon jovi and meatloaf... a youngster of impeccable tastes i'm sure you'll agree!

i was also forced to listen to johnny cash, hank williams, kenny rogers, don williams and the like as a child... as a wise man once said "i'm sorry that i didn't get it closer to the start."

[Shelly]

ahh all this talk of kids makes me feel so young! when i was 11 i was big into status quo, bon jovi and meatloaf... a youngster of impeccable tastes i'm sure you'll agree!

i was also forced to listen to johnny cash, hank williams, kenny rogers, don williams and the like as a child... as a wise man once said "i'm sorry that i didn't get it closer to the start."
I was into Abba at 11 :!:

As for what you were forced to listen to - it was Jim Reeves and Glenn Miller in our house!

[jan]

Hehe ............it was Doris Day and the Billy Cotton Band Show in my day :D Not together of course.
xx