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All I can say is WHAT A REVELATION.
I’m originally from Ireland and only heard of Jake around 1993, so didn’t experience any of the "Braden Beat" or "That’s life" or "Jake Thackray & Songs"; so to see him in action was brilliant. I know that people involved with the project were instrumental in bringing this broadcast to fruition so a HUGE thank-you for your efforts. I, for one, will be emailing the BBC to "congratulate" them for their foresight in such worthy broadcast content and requesting immediate re-broadcast on BBC2 to a wider audience a TELLING them there is definitely an audience for re-broadast of whatever they may hold in the archives of Jake.Only wishing I could be communing and sharing (via msn or similar) the warm fuzzy post-broadcast feeling I’m experiencing right now.
Jake is one of the few performers who makes me tearful just because of his artistry & poetry.
GOD BLESS YOU JAKE, YOU OLD BUGGER!!
Hi all,
I agree with Joe’s sentiments. Let’s all email the Programme Controller at Auntie Beeb and get the buggers to play some more ! They’ve obviously got JT & Songs in there somewhere.
Love and Hugs all round
DH
Post edited by: g8ina, at: 2006/10/09 10:38
What an evening!!
I had to proceed to a boring community meeting immediately after work.
Home at ten minutes after 9.
Ignore wife.
Ignore kids.
Turn the telly on to Beebs 4.
Find a recordable DVD – who the hell has helped themselves to MY DVDrs anyway:ohmy:
The remote control to the DVD packs up – AGGH:sick:
Swap the batteries form the TV remote B)
Oh bugger now I cant swap the input …..
I am missing the broadcast……:sick: :sick: :sick:
Gave up and just watched – it was brilliant brilliant brilliant.
Now to email every bugger at the beeb for a repeat on 2.B)
NormanB
PS: Anyone got a copy?
Sometimes , you eventually get the message …
I remember That’s Life as a kid . But I don’t recall Jake ( sorry ! )
I generally caught Radio 2’s Christmas output last year , but missed Jakefest — probably looked at it in the schedules and thought it was a ‘folk’ thing …
I usually catch Mike Harding’s show on R2 , but was obviously doing ‘summat’s else’ when he featured Jake recently .
I occasionally tune in to The Avengers on BBC4 on Friday nights — it’s not always on , but this week I got their black-and-white adventures and more !
Once Mr Steed & Mrs Peel had finished , I was all for settling down … but on came this music programme … a bit ‘folky’ , perhaps , but I’ll give it a few minutes …..
I think the first piece was ‘The Bull’ (?) … once the lyrics started to sink in properly , I was literally hooked …
‘Talent’ does not sum up this work . This is the finest application of love and skill and humour and thought and delight and sheer humanity I have ever heard . Full. Stop .
Jake — I finally caught up — thankyou .
Post edited by: stanleylee, at: 2006/10/09 02:43
As someone who does remember Jake from his days on The Braden Beat, I was delighted to catch the BBC4 shows (quite by chance). Until now I had not appreciated what a stunning talent Jake was in his prime. Both lyrically and musically he was a class act. His Brother Gorilla translation of Georges Brassens’ original is simply brilliant. No wonder Jake was recognised as a great talent by the Frenchman himself. I’ll certainly be adding Jake’s music to my collection and hope the Beeb will screen more of his performances.
The Morgans enjoyed the prog greatly, but we thought that there was not enough about those who work selflessly to keep the music alive. I will not embarass any of the organisers of the Jakefests, you know who you are and I think that a little more credit is/was due.
We caught a fleeting glimpse of both Clare and Maureen dressed as Nuns which served as a reminder of yet another great evening.
It is good to see the increase in posts and a lot of new members. Welcome one and all and I hope to meet some of you when there is another Jakefest.
Great programme – long enough for an introductory overview without bothering others, like my wife, who aren’t particularly a fan but can recognise his humour/cleverness.
I was watching the show cuddled up on the sofa with my wife Kay, who was also one of the nuns captured for all time in the BBC archives. "I’m on the bl00dy telly !", she shouted. š
Apart from a long shot of Phil "Chairman" McGinity singing, one of Tony Cima sat on the stage in the interval and Ian Burdon performing some sort of faintly wartime-looking salute, the Topica Ladies were the clear audience favourites !
The BBC4 ‘Have Your Say’ section now features ten highly positive comments about last week’s programmes, including some from familiar names. More lobbyists for a re-showing of these programmes on BBC2, or the re-showing of other Jake material, are encouraged to post comments on the BBC4 site. Let’s keep up the momentum, folks!
I’ve just (happily) discovered this web-site and I’m another one of those who do remember Braden’s Week etc and I pat myself on the back for recognising Jake’s talent when I was a teenager who by rights shouldn’t have been interested in such a non-mainstream style.
I’ve got the La-Di-Dah CD which gives me my fix of Jake and I regularly trot out the track Sophie for my teenage daughter (Sophie), who, surprisingly enough, is not as embarrassed as you might think by it.
Anyway, what a wonderful surprise to stumble upon the BBC broadcast the other day. I did manage to get some sort of recording of it on VHS, albeit in black and white (technical problems), and it does mean I can listen to Remembrance and The Bull (see other posts re their rarity), but I would love to get hold of proper legit recordings of these two brilliant songs, especially Remembrance, which has to be the most inspiring anti-war song I’ve ever heard – should be on the national curriculum!
The only thing I’d have liked to have seen more of in the programme would have been a bit more about his later years. I realise we would be straying into privacy issues, but I can’t help being curious about what happened to Jake, what demons he may have been dealing with. It was as if there was a bit of a taboo about speaking about it, andI was left trying to read between the lines (and therefore probably being completely inaccurate). Surely Jake was all about challenging taboos?
Having said that, of course we have to respect his surviving nearest and dearest – I dare say there is more information out there about Jake’s life if I look. Early days in my rejuvenated interest.
Having watched the tape (AGAIN)of this fabulous programme,I have a question:does anyone know for sure where the recording of "The Gorilla" took place ? It looks to me remarkably like the studio for "The Old Grey Whistle Test" but I’m probably wrong.
Thanks,Gordon.I didn’t think Jake would have made the O.G.W.T. but it DID look like the setting. Anyway,I can watch it again (and again)and know the score (as it were….). Be seeing you.
tombo wrote:
"… The only thing I’d have liked to have seen more of in the programme would have been a bit more about his later years. I realise we would be straying into privacy issues, but I can’t help being curious about what happened to Jake, what demons he may have been dealing with. It was as if there was a bit of a taboo about speaking about it, and I was left trying to read between the lines (and therefore probably being completely inaccurate). Surely Jake was all about challenging taboos?"
Gordon,
I think that you are the right man who might shed light on this topic. I heard that Morris Dancings were forbidden in ninety eighties also. Is is correct or not?
Best wishes to all who like Jake’s songs.
Hi there
As soon as I saw the ‘Jake on the Box’ programme it was like a light went on in my head and memories came flooding back of when my cousin used to play Jake’s ‘Last Will & Testament’ LP when I was about 12 and I used to LOVE it. I went onto the internet to download some favourites and have been playing them ever since – then found this terrific website – (Congratulations it really is excellent). I was very sad indeed to hear that Jake had died so young and have been listening to ‘The Black Swan’ with a tear or two. I’m sorry that it took so long for those memories to resurface ( forgive me I was young!!) but it has been wonderful discovering Jake again.Post edited by: Clairel, at: 2006/10/23 21:46
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