Comments by "Rob Fraser" (@krashd) on "1984: BILL BRUFORD on the SIMMONS ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT | Micro Live | Retro Tech | BBC Archive" video.

  1. The closest thing I can think of today would be Click on the BBC, I really enjoy that because like Micro Live and other shows of the 80's it too has knowledgeable hosts who don't feel the need to dumb down whatever they are discussing. A lot of shows today feel the need to try and be cool and funny like Top Gear when many people are looking for an informative show like Fifth Gear.
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  2.  @JohnBurgessMusic  Actually, what you said about Clarkson happens to be the opposite, it was him who wanted to "liven up the show", not a producer. He and Tiff Needell did not get on very well because he thought that a car show should be full of "whoosh" and "wow" and things petrolheads enjoy while Tiff - who was there long before Jeremy - wanted to keep the show as a factual guide on good car tips and buying. Clarkson got permission to try some new ideas and the show evolved into more of an entertainment spectacle, that's when Tiff left, and because he was respected enough by the Beeb and because they still thought a factual car show had an audience they let him launch Fifth Gear. Tiff hates "Clarkson and co." as he call Jeremy, Hammond and May. James May has stated that he misses when he did factual car journalism but that "if you had a choice of earning 100k a year or a million, what would you choose?" Hammond is the puppy who loves being Clarkson's understudy and the fame while James is the one who was wrangled into Clarkson's world but enjoys the money.
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  3. They featured in absolutely every band in the 80's so yeah to call them successful would be an understatement.
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  4. "I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."
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