Well Craig David is a bit shit isn't he?

[Badtasteflump]

Couldn't be arsed to go out tonight so was hoping for some decent tv - but Craig David as the main NYE thing? Why? Madness were fab last year as was Nile Rogers the year b4. Is he really that popular? Maybe I'm just an old fart.

I once fucked up a job interview as the company worked with CD (in the early days) and I confessed my love for him just a bit too much

Well I love the man. I saw him in concert the first time around & I may have just been looking at how much tickets are to see him at ibiza rocks 😂

Nope - DH and I were quite happily watching the end of Mrs Maisel (got a bit bummed out though) so once it finished we went through BBC and it was exactly the same - 'oh, the fireworks just look a mess, Craig David is shit, Rick Astley - who are these dinosaurs they're pulling out' and we switched off. Seriously, CD was at his height in 2000 and RA in 1987. Shows how badly we're suffering for the lack of support in music education in the country. Either that or how little they're paying.

Stood behind him in Starbucks about 15 years ago & told DS(6) "that's Craig David" ... we left Starbucks & DS ran up to him totally unprompted by me but he just asked him if he was, in fact, CD. I reckon I was sussed as CD said "who told you that?" DS just swung round & pointed. Fucking kids.

I switched over to BBC2 and got Rick rolled.

He's a good DJ! Loving his remix just now.

His DJ set it brill.

They could just replay the Nile/Chic concert every year for me, I liked that one. We are watching CD as DD wanted to (and I don't think she recognised anyone on the Hootenanny tbh).

Did some tv exec really sit in a meeting and say - I know let's her Craig David to see in the next decade - ffs!! I won't be watching next year - Shalimar nearly finished me off a few years ago but this is a new low

Still not enjoying it. Doesn't a DJ set mean you shut up and mix some stuff? Why couldn't they have got Fat Boy Slim?

ffredismysister
Def get tickets for IbizaRocks
I’ve been & Craig David was awesome
The crowd (and myself ) loved him
And we sang to Sun Mon Tue 😀

Despite myself I respect the guy for making a com

Well he still pretty ripped .....

He’s such a genuinely lovely bloke, unusual in ‘the industry’, I think he’s doing a good job and deserves the NYE gig

^This. I’m watching it and enjoying it so far. Better than Madness last year which was shit.

DH: bloody hell I didnt wait up til midnight to watch Craig David. I just find it impossible to look at or hear Craig David without thinking of bo selecta.

but what really irritated me was the twonk they had interviewing him. Where do they get them from?!?! Or am I showing my age?
Err NoShit that Twonk is Shirley from Wham's son. AKA Roman Kemp as in Martin Kemp of Spandau's son also.

NYE tele was total shit until the 3 Lions song lit up the fireworks and then it got a bit better.

NO!!!! He's great in his 2nd set...loving it. Made my night which was miserable until now

Scotland had the glittering Alesha Dixon last year and a fucked Travis tonight! Aren't we lucky!

I'm very disappointed by Hogmanay Live this year. Yes, I really like Susan Calman and Des Clarke, and it would be great to have them included. But no Jackie Bird? And no Phil & Aly? Travis are OK, but you can hear run-of-the-mill pop music all throughout the year - Hogmanay is meant to be something a bit different. They barely even bothered with a countdown - just Des counting weakly down on his own from 5. No several minute timer and snapshots of great throngs of people across Scotland bellowing each number.

NOW they tell us - it looks like BBC Alba has taken over from the 'main' channels with the good traditional folk music.

Oh Lost half that quote!!!

Despite myself I respect the guy for making a come back after being rip to shreds years ago.

couple of years ago bryan adams was good.

Julie Fowlis was the only memorable part of it this year - and she wasn't on for very long at all.

Such a bad choice!

Scotland had Travis? Oh I love them!!!! Need to find it on Youtube or sumfink

I liked his early stuff cant get into the ts whatever it is sets but good for him

Queen and chich were prob the best ones

@NoShitHemlock Rick Astley was epic on the Hootenanny!
Am so lucky that DH gave me concert tickets to see him this year

I was skeptical but am actually quite enjoying him