The Scott Walker Prom

[goodgoalie]

Oh dear, like a very bad karaoke evening in some God-forsaken pub

[trt]

Is this the same American Scott Walker, of the W/brothers?

[Buenchico]

Trt:
Yes it was.

I've never been a great fan of Scott Walker and I can't really see what all the hype is about. (For me the same applies to some other so-called 'greats', such as David Bowie).

However the Grauniad rated the prom as 3 star entertainment
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/26/songs-of-scott-walker-review-proms-jarvis-cocker
but the Evening Standard gave it 4 stars
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/bbc-proms-2017-review-the-songs-of-scott-walker-a3596461.html

[Kathyan]

I've never understood the hype around Rod Stewart. I don't think he can sing for toffee, but that's just my opinion!

[murraymints]

Rod's cheeky personality and showmanship makes for great live shows !!

[saintpeter48]

Scott Walker had a great voice back in the day but I haven't heard him sing for years, I suppose with time voices do deteriorate, as for Bowie, I also did not get what he was about, some half decent songs but thats about it! I've always been a fan of Rod Stewart, seen him about 15 times over many years, I love singing along to his back catalogue, I like him because he's a showman, always puts on a good show, I think the ladies love him and the men would like to be him!!

[trt]

# Trt:
Yes it was.
I've never been a great fan of Scott Walker and I can't really see what all the hype is about.#

The walker bros, were one of my favorites in my teens Chris, but I watched a doc a few years ago, of his new latest music projects.

He was weird, and so was the music, sounded like something you would hear, between a witch convention or on a LSD trip.
And he talked very strange :-)

[Guilbert53]

Scott Walker had one of the great voices in popular music.

Listen to Joanna for example to see what I mean

[Guilbert53]

I also find this performance of Jackie amazing

[Guilbert53]

And his "Scott 1" album (1967) is one of my favorites, hear the whole album here

[tonyav]

The walker bros, were one of my favorites in my teens Chris, but I watched a doc a few years ago, of his new latest music projects.

He was weird, and so was the music, sounded like something you would hear, between a witch convention or on a LSD trip.
And he talked very strange :-)

I remember watching that to, trt. Very strange wasn't he.

[goodgoalie]

Scott Walker may well have been great, but this Prom certainly was not: just people like Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley trying - and failing - to sing his songs.