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How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

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Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

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Interesting information, but I must say I hated the delivery. A faux slideshow format with animated graphics in between very busy images with overlaid text. Oh how I miss the good old simple web page with a block text on a white background, an image, a block of text, an image... etc. as you scroll down the page.

I didn't like it either. It was slow and sluggish and the images behind the text too distracting.

At least it wasn't a slideshow just so they could show adverts though!

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

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post #9

"Elton John – 1968...Pretentious material, self-written. Sung in an extremely dull fashion without any feeling and precious little musical ability. Thin piercing voice with no emotional appeal.” Heh. All that lack of ability and emotion sure held him back.

Just imagine what he could have been if he had ability and emotion ;)

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

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Interesting information, but I must say I hated the delivery. A faux slideshow format with animated graphics in between very busy images with overlaid text. Oh how I miss the good old simple web page with a block text on a white background, an image, a block of text, an image... etc. as you scroll down the page.

Arriving on the page, I'm prompted to run 11, no... 13 scripts. After allowing everything from BBC and reloading, the page is still borked and I'm prompted to run 34 scripts.

All of these third-parties surely have nothing but the best of intentions when executing code in my browser, but I'd still appreciate a simplified alternative for viewing the content.

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

#14

Interesting information, but I must say I hated the delivery. A faux slideshow format with animated graphics in between very busy images with overlaid text. Oh how I miss the good old simple web page with a block text on a white background, an image, a block of text, an image... etc. as you scroll down the page.

I won't bother to read the article anymore if the readability function in my feed reader can't fetch the content. Straight to the discussion. Life's too short.

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

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post #3

It's interesting to read because it's easy to think of the BBC is a staid, state organization whereas this demonstrates how it actively tries to fulfill its public service. A while ago I went to an exhibition of the work of Oliver Postgate[1] who produced a number of very well known and delightful children's programmes for the BBC in the 1950s to 1980s. There was a wonderful letter written by someone at the BBC about…

>very well known and delightful children's programmes for the BBC in the 1950s to 1980s.

That's an understatement! The Clangers and Bagpuss are up there with the Daleks for recognisability in Britain.

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

#17

Interesting information, but I must say I hated the delivery. A faux slideshow format with animated graphics in between very busy images with overlaid text. Oh how I miss the good old simple web page with a block text on a white background, an image, a block of text, an image... etc. as you scroll down the page.

I quite liked it. I don't mind the BBC experimenting with new forms of presentation.

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

#18

Interesting information, but I must say I hated the delivery. A faux slideshow format with animated graphics in between very busy images with overlaid text. Oh how I miss the good old simple web page with a block text on a white background, an image, a block of text, an image... etc. as you scroll down the page.

It's almost as if the website was aimed at a different target audience

Re: How Queen and Pink Floyd were judged before they were famous

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post #16
post #3

It's interesting to read because it's easy to think of the BBC is a staid, state organization whereas this demonstrates how it actively tries to fulfill its public service. A while ago I went to an exhibition of the work of Oliver Postgate[1] who produced a number of very well known and delightful children's programmes for the BBC in the 1950s to 1980s. There was a wonderful letter written by someone at the BBC about…

>very well known and delightful children's programmes for the BBC in the 1950s to 1980s. That's an understatement! The Clangers and Bagpuss are up there with the Daleks for recognisability in Britain.

Don't forget Noggin the Nog.
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