I'm guessing (as I was not there) but I'd say it was like the performance on jules holland were a number of musicians sat around a dinner table and played knives , forks, plates , glasses etc. Was very different on jules holland.

I was there. While beck did his acoustic solo bit, the rest of the band adjourned to the dinner table set up at the side of the stage where they ate and drank fruit and stuff in silence while beck played a song or two (actually a cool acoustic Debra). Anyway halfway through The Golden Age they started tapping forks and spoons against the table and plates and glasses and (i think) managed to play the melody too. It was great enough but then he started playing Clap Hands off Guero Spec.Edition whichb is real upbeat and has great cowbell-y percussion. The band were workin the cutlery and banging away and it worked so so well. A camera over the table showed what they were doing too. Absolute highlight of the set. :)

ridiculous carry on

Woah... That sounds mental... Thanx Norman! Oh and nice one about the golden tickets! ;-P

No probs. Though a bit confused by what Karlvin said about Jools Holland. Can't see how it would've worked very well in that setting. Element of surprise somewhat diminished I wouldve thought...anyone else see it? Caught Black Tambourine at the end which was poor and I think Beck knew it.

hey norm - who is your sig by? it be quite funny

You know quality whe u see it my dear. It's a quote by the immortal Groucho Marx. Look him up if you dont know him. An absolute comic genius and one of the most quoted comedians there is. A great man for the witty put-down. :)

Ah I know him of course - just not that up on his quotes. Actually a mate of mine dressed up as him last Halloween... and when I say dressed up I mean with minimal effort cause he looks like him anyway - Thats a little bit class. :-)

Ah yes, I had planned to do that too once but Im always too lazy to find a suit and skinny tie. I'd have to shave too.

Exactly. I often hear people say Groucho's the only funny one but that's just crazy talk. Harpo was an absolute genius and Chico is essential as Harpo's foil and for the dodgy puns. Groucho's amazing in the early ones for sheer speed of jokes. If you laugh at one line, you miss 2 more while you laugh!

One of ye might be able to settle an old argument for me once and for all, was it Groucho Marx, or even any of the Marx Bros. who coined the phrase, "I'm hungry like a wolf"?

So many! The whole "left handed moths" conversation in Animal Crackers, the mirror scene in Duck Soup... "One morning I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got in my pyjamas, i dont know. Then I tried to remove the tusks but they were embedded in so firmly, I couldnt budge them. Of course in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa. But that's entirely irrelephant to what I was talking about..."