Category Archives: Music

November 27, 2009
Gavin & Stacey Music – Series 3 Help

Dear readers:
Over the past two series, our Gavin & Stacey Music pages have been some of the most popular on this blog. Music plays a significant role in the series and fans love to collect the songs they hear.
While many programs today use custom or canned music, Gavin & Stacey always picks some of the [...]

November 25, 2009
Corden joins Snow Patrol on stage– also posted in Appearances

Amid all the Gavin & Stacey series 3 coverage, we stumbled across this story on BBC News about James Corden joining Snow Patrol on stage in London.
Snow Patrol’s frontman extended the invitation,
[Gary]Lightbody said he made the invitation after he “nearly fell off his chair” when he heard Corden singing in a bar.
Corden said he did [...]

June 6, 2009
Corden to Join Take That on Stage– also posted in Appearances

James Corden is set to join Take That on stage in Cardiff.
Corden will be in town filming the third series of Gavin & Stacey when Take That hits Millennium Stadium.
We’ve long known Corden to be a Take That fan – he’s even featured their music in episodes of Gavin & Stacey.
The Mirror reports the Take [...]

May 2, 2009
Corden to sing World Cup Song– also posted in Misc

James Corden is considering covering the classic New Order hit, World In Motion, for the 2010 World Cup.
Corden has some history with the song, featuring the John Barnes rap in series 2 of Gavin & Stacey as well as lyrics in his recent dress-down of the England Football Squad for Comic Relief.
According to reports in [...]

March 18, 2009
Gavin & Stacey charity single reaches #1– also posted in Misc, Off Topic

The single recorded by Gavin & Stacey stars Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon, in character as Nessa and Bryn, for Comic Relief has hit #1 in the UK.
In series 2 of Gavin & Stacey, Nessa + Bryn perform “Islands in the Stream,” the classic Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers duet at a barn dance. The popularity of [...]

February 7, 2009
James Corden + Mat Horne get to work on Brit Awards script– also posted in Appearances, Interview

An interview with The Sun reveals James Corden + Mat Horne are starting work on their script for this year’s Brit Awards (click through for some photos).
The comic duo, most known for their roles on Gavin & Stacey, are set to host the bash 18 Feb with pop legend Kylie Minogue.
The lads had plenty of nice things to say about Kylie:
She’s the perfect pop star, like Madonna’s [...]

December 22, 2008
Corden + Keane– also posted in Appearances, Online

We reported last week that James Corden was set to host a Christmas special broadcast with music group Keane.
For those who missed it, we’ve got the video in three parts (courtesy YouTube) after the jump.
Enjoy.

November 21, 2008
Gavin & Stacey: Everything you need to Know– also posted in TV

In the roll-up to the upcoming Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special, BBC1 has begun to air rerun episodes. In the US, BBC America is also re-running the popular series.
As such, The Independent has put together a primer for those new to the series: Everything you need to know about Gavin & Stacey.
Plus, be sure to [...]

April 20, 2008
“Gavin & Stacey” Music – Series 2, Part 2

As we’ve said before, music plays a big role in Gavin & Stacey. Here we recap some of the songs from the second half of series 2, along with some that we missed the first time around.
Don’t forget to read, “Gavin & Stacey Music – Series 2, Part 1” for music from the first 4 [...]

March 30, 2008
“Gavin & Stacey” Music – Series 2, Part 1

Music has played an intergral part to Gavin & Stacey over its 1.5 seasons. Co-writer James Corden has acknowledge
the music in interviews. In his recent appearance on Switch
with Nick Grimshaw, he revealed that he and one of the editors of the show
primarily chose the music and that they both tried to keep it “British and [...]