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| Darren | Signed on: Sat 07 Oct 2006 10:34:43 BST
I'd never heard of Jake Thackray until last nights spellbinding BBC4 doc. I really can't believe i've never come across hs work before. As a Brel fan & a real love of music sung in our own Northern way, I feel giddy with excitement at the prospect of hearing more! Great site. |
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Jeff Yates
from Bathgate WL | Signed on: Sat 07 Oct 2006 10:34:33 BST
Saw BBC4 shows last night. Had forgotten how much I liked Jake. I'm up at the crack of dawn this morning to go out and buy at least one disc. |
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| Paul | Signed on: Sat 07 Oct 2006 10:34:12 BST
Just caught Jake on BBC 4. He's incredible! I can't believe that at the age of 42 I'd never heard of him and am saddened that he's long gone. I saw shades of Morrisey, humnour that the like of Mike Harding tried so hard to emulate and more irony than Bob Dylan - and all from a man we've barely heard of. Thanks BBC 4 and Thanks for keeping his memory alive. |
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Michael Jennings
from Southampton | Signed on: Fri 06 Oct 2006 22:33:41 BST
Saw Jake when he played southampton guildhall sometime in the 70's and after seeing in tonight's tribute how he disliked larger venues, it perhaps explains his comments as he came onto the concert hall stage. He stood laconically and to everyone's surprise said; "its like they've hired wembley stadium for a darts match" then led the entire audience into a much smaller conference room adjacent to the hall! |
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Kris Taylor
from Walsall | Signed on: Fri 06 Oct 2006 21:50:01 BST
just caught tonights bbc 2 doc on Jake; never heard of the guy before but absolutely loved tonights programme - reminded me of a cross between John Cooper Clarke and Ray Davies. Will pick up a CD over the weekend. |
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Paul Mead
from North Wales | Signed on: Fri 06 Oct 2006 21:49:51 BST
Probably a little young to appreciate Jake back in the day but vaguely remember listening in wonderment to his words when my older brother played his tapes when I was under 10. Now I tingle even more when I enter his lyrical world. Top stuff!! |
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Joe Caprani
from Cambridge | Signed on: Fri 06 Oct 2006 21:49:02 BST
I've been a member for yonks and tonight I've just watched the BBC4 (TV) programmes on Jake and am blown away as I never got to watch him in my youth being in Ireland. Thank-you to anyone here who was instrumental in bringing these documetaries to their fruition. |
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Roger Shantz
from France | Signed on: Fri 06 Oct 2006 21:26:44 BST
Tonights brilliant documentary on Jake reminds me of just how much I loved all of Jakes work. As an artist I`ve lived and worked in Spain for 27 years and moved last year to France, so I didnt know that Jake had sadly, for us, died.
I met Jake in Oxford after a concert at The Oxford Playhouse in 1969, of course he was, as usual, absolutely brilliant and I went backstage to thank him. He was instantly likeable and very welcoming.
Tonight I feel that strange mixture of emotions both deeply sad and very thankful.
Thanks Jake for absolutely everything. |
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Fawdoffshed
from Wigan | Signed on: Fri 06 Oct 2006 12:37:35 BST
I can't say how much I'm looking forward to seeing "Jake On The Box" tonight...BUT...why oh why isn't it being shown on BBC2? It's quite beyond me. Still, we've got to be thankful for small mercies. No doubt it will be aired on BBC2 in the fullness of time. In the meantime, let's just sit back and watch a genius in action. You know...I still miss Jake...always will. The word genius is oft used in the wrong context...not with Jake, it's not. I don't know what he would have made of all the fuss...but he may have quite liked it...he may have quite liked it. |
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Julie
from Huddersfield | Signed on: Tue 12 Sep 2006 07:51:48 BST
Always loved Jake and introduce him to sad folk who never heard of him, also to people too young to remember him. He is always very well received. Personally I have never heard a singer with such a wonderful vocabulary before, and to be able to put the most impossible phrases to music. The opening line that will always go down in history is of course "I love a good bum on a woman." I really would be hard pushed to think of a piece of Jakes work I didn't like, and no matter how many times you listen, the comedy numbers always make you laugh. |
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