I've always found Nicky Campbell highly irritating. Whether it was on the radio, on Watchdog or presenting some event, I never found him in the least bit warm. He was supercilious, cocky, smug, sneering, superior and frankly rather rude.
So when i heard about his vanity project I spluttered with laughter. Yes, Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell (as he styles himself) has formed a swing band with ex-Brookside and Holby City muppet and fellow fancier of self, Mark Moraghan.
How 2001. Outside of The X Factor I didn't realise people were still flogging this most dead of horses. Didn't Westlife and Ray Quinn put the final nail in the swing coffin? Talk about missing the boat.
Not as far as these two are concerned though. I've heard it. It's just ordinary run-of-the-mill Robbie Williams lite swing, albeit self-penned and with some 21st century reference. Neither good nor bad, just bland. I heard it yesterday on the radio and I knew instantly that's who it was. At least they didn't do Ain't That A Kick In The Head, surely the most overdone swing number in existence.
So even though neither of them are musicians, they managed to get a record deal, which is a surprise. Why them? What about all those other bands out there with real talent? What's that you say, he plays the ukelele or banjo? How novel. So does everyone else (except me, obviously).
Perhaps I'm being unkind, but I just can't bear Nicky Campbell, and to think of him on stage drinking it all in and showing off more than usual is unbearable. I read that he'd never felt so alive as when he was on stage.
God help us all.
