Mark Ronson and the BBC orchestra work very well together IMO. Think its great that hes doing some personal favourites as well as tracks from the album!

I think he's arrogant and up himself.

i think he's talented and this programme is ace, wish i'd gone to see him live now

I'm seeing him tomorrow night!!! - too excited!!!

golly, i'm damn jealous now. tell me how good it was tomorrow night
humph

You're not alone.

Does anybody have a list of songs that were performed on his set?

Also does anyone know if his set is going to be repeated on BBCThree or BBCi at all?

Thank You. I haven't found anything impressive about what he has done. Just like many artists today (Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, The Kaiser Chiefs, Klaxons etc etc etc (I can't be bothered wasting time writing out all the acts here)) he has just hyped himself up, thanks to the Amy Winehouse "follow me drugged up" (SURPRISE SURPRISE) paparazzi PR company.

He's useless.

I think he's great.

go produce an album, play on stage with a full orchestra and then say hes useless...

if you cant and hes useless... what does that say about you?

Exactly!!

I saw him tonight in concert - he was amazing as were his band!!!- hes a true artist and a wonderful performer!

From what I could see from his Electric Proms show he came across as a "glorified covers band" and with the addition of the BBC concert orchestra it made him sound like a modern day version of "The James Last Orchestra" (ask your Grandparents:yawn

go to the web site theres a full list of the songs he did plus you can watch the whole concert on there too (am watching it as i type!!)

well he may not be everyones cuppa but i think hes excellent! god put a smile on your face is my absolute fave!!!

electric proms web page

I am just watching it on BBCi now and it seems very chopped and edited.

Why can't they just leave it as it is. What is the point in doing these if they aren't going to show it in full.

check out the one on my link it has the entire show on there xxxxx

Cheers for that, will take a look tomorrow.

Have recorded the audio from the TV version to listen to again, guess I would not be able to do that with the online version

He didn't really do much did he? A lot of his work was produced on a computer and in a studio. All the evening was prepared by the BBC so, he just turned up and was chosen because he had gained popularity over the last year for getting people to sing on his album.

Was a superb show until he brought some mate on to murder Sail On Sailor in truly brutal fashion.

His mate was Sean Lennon

I saw him at Shepard's Bush - I didint go to the roundhouse. He has managed to bring old songs to a new generation - with a fresh sound and a real band - which makes both him and his style very unique ..

exactly id rate him way before i gave any credit to these DJs that get so much credit these days for taking a part of an old tune, playin it over and over and puttin the same old beat behind it then callin that music!!!! ...scuse me while i take my soap box elsewhere haha!

Well, I was listening to this in the car yesterday on a loooonnngggg journey and it made the journey time pass in an instant. I came to this table with NO pre-conceived ideas about the man, tbh, know very little about him. I thought the show sounded great, no idea what input he had but, frankly, I don't really care. Just an excellent show and all the synths in the World wouldn't be able to re-create that amazing large orchestra sound. Stunning..

I think the "Don't Stop Me" track is good, its a bit bloc party-ish - but the rest is like someone said, just a covers band, the Winehouse cover of "Valerie" is average at best imho.

The interesting thing about Ronson is hes basically a producer - there are thousands of guys doing this, yet he managed to get a record deal ? Odd, offhand I can't think of anyone else who produces and doesn't sing on their own records.. The only one that comes close is Jeff Wayne but then he composed everything for war of the worlds and far as I know played most of the instruments too.

Interesting review here :

Far from at ease with the limelight, Ronson hardly helped his own cause by compering in the manner of a mildly flustered flight attendant.

I'm not sure how much more than a covers act he is. Watching it on TV, I recognised the intro to one song and my heart told me it must be a cunning re-working of something cool and current, but my head told me it was an exact copy of Sunny by Bobby Hebb, which is one of the most covered songs in the world, ever. It turns out Ronson sampled it on Ooh Wee (I didn't know that, so at least it was educational!) but the version at the Roundhouse really wasn't more than a straight cover.

Candie Payne sang it beautifully, though.