"We used to write round your house..." (RPS post)

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

What to do in the gaps between new Boosh series promotional appearances and interviews? One's mind inevitably turns to YouTube.

Some early Boosh clips have suddenly appeared on the website. A brilliant person by the name of 'angetastic' has posted a clip of their appearance at the 2001 Melborne Comedy Festival. It's interesting to see some of their now-familiar material in its early form. Whippet-thin and very touchy-feely.

Also, did anyone listen to the excellent Boosh interview and documentary on Colin Murray's Radio One show, last night? Did Noel really say that they used to write in Julian's bedroom, and that the only place to sit was on Julian's massive bed, and that they would fall asleep together whilst writing?

I think he did.

EDIT: for linky - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4XD9SBP
Thanks to 'caiti'(?) on the Boosh Forum. This dowload has all the music on it that they chose for the show.

Two videos below the cut - the Melborne Comedy one mentioned above and then a very dishevelled, tiny-eyed, beardy one for Colin Murray's show.

A further date for your Boosh Diary - The Culture Show, 7.00pm, BBC2 on Saturday 17th November (this coming weekend)!

Comments

[redbull-and-gin.livejournal.com]

big bed GAH
I nearly had a RP attack there and then.
there's a lovely little angsty fic in there somewhere
or perhaps................
Bugger it I'm just awash with boosh stuff at the moment
It's wonderful :D

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

Within seconds of the words leaving Noel's mouth, I heard the whir of a thousand laptops and the lids of hundred Bic Biros being popped free, scratching across paper. That quote demands an RPS story.

Bugger it I'm just awash with boosh stuff at the moment. Good, innit?

[redbull-and-gin.livejournal.com]

that little Melbourne snippet is a bit gorgeous....
or should I say the Barratt is a bit gorgeous in it
he looks so much more comfortable not being famous
boosh love

[inkipink.livejournal.com]

scrotch scotch!

what sort of time were they on colin murray? I need to listen again, but don't want to have to listen to the whole show if I don't need to....

ed. excpet i've just looked on colin's page and there's lovely linkies just waiting for me!

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

If you go to the website, you can just listen to the interview and documentary in an edited form. They were on for about an hour, I think.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/colinmurray/

I was driving home, last night, from a BFI/Chris Morris event, when this was on. Listening this interview was a perfect ending to a brilliant night.

[cailenbraern.livejournal.com]

That Melbourne clip is fantastic!

[leonleif.livejournal.com]

Melbourne. Wow! It is really, really good to see an example of what their early performances together were like. Mega thanks to whoever put the clips up.

In the light of that, it has to be said that while Julian is less scary and unsettling when he's with Noel, Noel is so much tighter, calmer and more structured with Julian. It's a good job that the comedy gods made sure their orbits crossed!

And as for last night's radio interview - when Noel made the comment about 'the bed' I felt he knew only too well what he was doing! It's there in his voice - "This is for the fans!" was very much the subtext.

[im-deba.livejournal.com]

I wholeheartedly agree!
On alll counts.

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

Do you really think he was throwing us a nodding wink at that point? I'd like to think he just said it, without really thinking about what he was saying. Julian has commented in previous interviews that Noel's subconscious sits very close to the surface. It may have been a completely spontaneous comment, but then...I don't know...why mention the bed specifically? And the size of the bed? Mmm.

"This is for the fans!" was very much the subtext. - I don't like to think slashers could be puppetted that easily. (Can we?) But it's certainly slashy bait for RPS-writing fishes to nibble on, granted.

[leonleif.livejournal.com]

Julian has commented in previous interviews that Noel's subconscious sits very close to the surface.
What a lovely description!

And yes, I agree with you; Noel doesn't normally appear to think very carefully about what he says in interviews. It just seemed to me (and I am aware that I could be way off the mark here) that on this occasion 'the bed' was a very precise snippet of information that was definitely going to be raised and expanded on.

My interpretation is that the comment was a knowing wink in our direction ("There you go: we know you're out there") and perhaps...., just maybe...., there could be a watchful eye waiting to see how quickly it turns up in a fanfic.
A bit like a code - like . . . . banjo, perhaps.

We'll never know - but guessing's half the fun.

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

My interpretation is that the comment was a knowing wink in our direction.
Hmm, maybe. I'm not very comfortable with that possibility. It comes across to me like somebody taking the piss out of slash, to be honest. Saying stuff to get a reaction and then giggling at having some kind of control. Like when Noel ran up and kissed Chris Corner at the IAMX gig at CARGO, last November, because they knew there were a large group of slashers in the room. I think slashers know the difference between something done for display and something genuine, don't we?

LOL 'piss'. The Mighty Slash. I'll shut up now.

[trickseybird.livejournal.com]

haha omg that ad is darling. lol russian bear Ju

[justwolf.livejournal.com]

They walked off stage holding hands!

I love it. :D

[accio-arse.livejournal.com]

I made a huge screencaps and picspam of the Melbourne gig. (http://accio-arse.insanejournal.com/23502.html) It was just so adorable.

It starts with pics of Julian being the many-teated lady pig, you'll be pleased to hear. He pulls all kinds of wonderful faces. Oh God yes.

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

It starts with pics of Julian being the many-teated lady pig, you'll be pleased to hear. He pulls all kinds of wonderful faces. Oh God yes.

Oh god. The pig-teats thing has to be seen live and close up. Oh yes.

I shall look forward to viewing your picspam later! :)

[easilyled.livejournal.com]

Ah, beautiful. The downtime between Boosh distractions was getting to me. The Melbourn fest looks like they just combined bits from their individual stand-up with some stepping on each other's toes (from which bits of character and storylines are just emerging) and, oh yeah, the touchy-feely. Very sweet and charming.

*downloading doc now*

[easilyled.livejournal.com]

Oh never mind about that "starting to emerge," they were already doing Arctic Boosh, it was just for the festival...

From the radio interview:

Noel is *very* careful to say "then we'd go to sleep - BOTH of us," isn't he? Even if nothing's going on, he loves the idea that they're "slashy" as much as we do!

And you must have loved Julian saying "horror and comedy are very similar." (Oddly, just last year at theatre school a friend and I were talking about how you could make a horror comedy that's not a horror parody. It's in the air!)

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, of course they were developing ideas on stage together before this, and I’m not suggesting that this was ‘the beginning’ of that development, not at all. I’m aware that this is 2001 and they had already been performing together for a couple of years up to then. What fascinates me is how they use their material in an ‘organic’ way, sort of mixing it back in between the new stuff, and seeing what happens. The ideas might come out stronger and carry further, or they might come to the end of their natural life. (*tries not to slip into a gardening analogy*)

There just aren’t that many clips of the early-early days in circulation in order to spot the beginnings! Unless you were fortunate enough to be at their pub gigs and Edinburgh shows, it’s all a bit of a grey area. The ideas are there in their own stand-up routines, though, and I was extremely pleased to see young, twitchy, scissor-cheeked Barratt give us some of his lady-pig/suckle my teats action. That was a very special moment at one of the Cambridge Boosh gigs…

And yes! I did like the part where Julian spoke about horror and comedy, and talked about the similarity of ‘the reveal’! Very encouraging to know that other people also see the comparisons and that my brain isn’t trying to make an impossible leap. Given the option, it usually does.

[redbull-and-gin.livejournal.com]

(*tries not to slip into a gardening analogy*)

boosh = cultural landscape gardeners

sorry can't resist bad pun

[planetbanjo.livejournal.com]

Pun-nilingus! Don't get me started. Plowing the furrow of ideas, planting the seeds of jokes, etc.

It was either heading towards a gardening or a jazz music comparison. I could have talked about "riffing" on an idea/theme but chose the less obvious route. I didn't want to start straying into scat. In either sense. :P

[easilyled.livejournal.com]

"I’m not suggesting that this was ‘the beginning’ of that development" No - but I was, in my other comment! ("Oh never mind about that 'starting to emerge,'"=me talking to myself)

And now I'm picturing a brain poised at the edge of a canyon. "To make... the impossible leap!" Actually, I would totally buy that poster.

Have you seen the other clips that recently appeared of their early stand-up? One of Julian doing suckling pig and smoke-animals, another of Noel getting in a fight with shrubbery? I thought it was interesting how it's already impossible to say at that stage who some of their ideas originated with (e.g. the constant abstract use of "face"). And young Barratt freaking me out by looking like Tony Perkins again!

[accio-arse.livejournal.com]

Smoke slug!

[innt-that-rite.livejournal.com]

what a beautiful little show!!

not fair though: they perform in melbourne when i lived in London, and go back to London now when i live back in boring old melb!! grr, why are you avoiding me??!

[mooserevenge.livejournal.com]

Aw, they're so adorable in that first clip! Second video's great as well, of course, but I've never seen much of the early Boosh stuff. This is just awesome, thanks so much :D

[spider-dijon.livejournal.com]

HOLDING HANDS
TINY EYES
NO BEARD
TOUCHING


fwjgwjeg.

[inkipink.livejournal.com]

Have only just had the chance to watch these clips, and may I declare my undying love to you for putting these where they could be found.

Am in high level of boosh excitement overload....should that be exbooshoload?

probably need to calm down a bit as am properly giddy! them singing love games on jo whiley earlier nearly made me fall over!