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    Posted: April 29 2010 at 08:32
Top Gear presenter and hairy person James May presented this week's Rock Show on BBC 6 Music standing in for Bruce Dickinson. Haven't listened to it yet myself but he apparently played plenty of prog including King Crimson (Lizard), Zappa, Rush and Yes.

You can listen to it here (I think this might only work for those in the UK though):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s37n8





Edited by Cactus Choir - April 29 2010 at 08:33
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"

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Points: 264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2010 at 09:50
Ooo, cheers for the link.


Edit: I have just really enjoyed listening to that, thanks. Good ole James May!


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Points: 1038 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2010 at 02:35
I've just listened to it too, very enjoyable. Tull, BOC, Genesis, ELP, Crimson, The Who, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, Zappa, Sabbath, Purple, Floyd. Cool What a damned good egg Mr May is!
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I love the fact that he played King Crimson, then said ok, now more King Crimson, and played another directly after. Great. He didn't even bother to make excuses, then he played another later. I've always liked James May. 
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2010 at 03:51
That's nuttin' - Stuart Maconie plays prog EVERY WEEK on the Freak Zone. Though having said that, that's a pretty good list from Mr May, there.
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Points: 65261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2010 at 04:06
I like May, and what a dream gig he's got on Top Gear.   Isn't the host of that show a progster?  He's always on about Rick Wakeman and others.
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2010 at 06:20
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

I like May, and what a dream gig he's got on Top Gear.   Isn't the host of that show a progster?  He's always on about Rick Wakeman and others.

Yep, apparently Caravan is Clarckson's favourite band.
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Points: 2815 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2010 at 06:46
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

I like May, and what a dream gig he's got on Top Gear.   Isn't the host of that show a progster?  He's always on about Rick Wakeman and others.

Yep, apparently Caravan is Clarckson's favourite band.
 
He also wrote an apreciation of Selling England By The Pound on the recent Genesis 1970-1975 boxset.
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