Mike Skinner The Streets BBC Breakfast 2023

Mike Skinner from The Streets chats to Charlie and Naga about The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light on BBC Breakfast October 2023

[@Avliam]

Mike seeing the BBC for what it is..Respect

[@samworrell5202]

Don’t think he ever got over the “look mum I’m on the news” silence.

[@craighardman8487]

Reckon he got over it the instant he said it tbh but you do you

[@samworrell5202]

@@craighardman8487 hahaha crikey

[@igod8054]

i just paused at 01.00 to go through the comments to see if anyone else thinks the silence was quite rude and awkward

[@matthewchapman5319]

Think he was just taking the piss really 😂 he's brilliant ... however "he's red eyed mate I know your class but your on BBC now plenty later doobies later for thee " he is a genius seen him at Newcastle recently WOW pure class!

[@Answersonapostcard]

Just quite a conservative morning TV show, who don’t really get it

[@jasonkh4]

A legend alone for his first two albums, worthy of respect for his trying different things on his next two, for being prolific with three albums in the same year (if you include Cyberspace and the Twitter songs), and cementing his status with None of Us and now Darker the Shadow. One of the UK’s most talented and original poets and producers, no matter what you think of him.

[@Millennial_Mike]

Mike Skinner is a total genius. His jack the lad persona is so believable... but he's an eloquent, intelligent, polite and estute musical businessman.

[@danoasis96]

He was absolutely awful in this interview!

[@mattbanks3780]

True legend, I am his age and I’ve loved him from day one….. I hate public speaking too….. so give this man a break ❤

[@magnan6535]

I am always happy to see Mike Skinner speak! The Streets make such great music.

[@martint.1538]

He looks knackered !!!.

[@lilme7052]

he's probably been up really early and also refused make up

[@RM-fs4dj]

He's right, huge parts of Manchester have been gentrified. And now they're doing it in Salford. The middle classes don't like looking at the working class though, which is why Manchester and Salford are being turned into metropolitan cities for the middle classes in their apartment buildings while the working class get pushed further and further out of the cities.

[@Bailebhoy]

Same in dublin

[@JedBrad55]

Nothing wrong with that he coped with poor questions well.

[@martint.1538]

Met him the other day , he was completely off his rocker 💨. Strange character.

[@boxmad5523]

He became weird around the fourth streets album and then just got stranger ever since

[@LG-ro5le]

@@boxmad5523drug induced phycosis probably

[@danoasis96]

Awful in this interview. Absolutely dreadful. Shame because his book was terrific!

[@TrueGaming140.48]

Brilliant its those two presenters who clearly dislike each other. And Mike is expected to be comfortable.

[@lindadurrant43]

he souds so well spoken

[@richardstubbs3055]

Mike Skinner has never been comfortable during live interviews , especially daft morning interviews on national breakfast shows . Man’s a legend , why are people are so negative such as the first few comments on here

[@Answersonapostcard]

Probably people who weren’t around 20 years ago

[@bustamango863]

1:30…..Wow that was a great reminder of his musical career

[@andrewphillips4847]

2004 was my favourite ever year! The MDMA levels in pills went up strongly again. I love The Streets and Blinded By The Lights is one of the best tunes (and videos) I have ever come across. Mike Skinner, you're a legend mate! ❤

[@jamesalexanderbarnettdp9479]

I have never seen a great Mike Skinner interview, I get the impression his brain just works at 100mph and he flits from one thing to another. Absolute musical legend though. The frustrating thing is he came on to promote his film and didn't really say much about it.

[@boxmad5523]

Nah he’s just a weirdo nowadays, had a personality change around 2010 and he’s pretentious asf now, shame as he used to be cool

[@Millennial_Mike]

He blatantly has ADHD... and a decent interviewer would know how to get superb answers out of a man as brilliant as Mike Skinner.

[@boxmad5523]

@@Millennial_Mike how is it blatant ? Every man and their dog has some form of whatever nowadays 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣 I think he’s just trying to be clever and comes off like a div, everything doesn’t need to be labelled nowadays

[@Answersonapostcard]

To be fair the questions were crap

[@paulineheatley7135]

Love Mike skinner ❤

[@trackiedude]

Met him that day at the album signing at hmv, lovely guy❤

[@ascendwithemily]

freaking LOVE him. what a DUDE

[@RossPatzelt]

haha love it Mike pointed out the fake background!

[@boxmad5523]

@@SBuk1 couldn’t have said it better myself 🤣 people are easily impressed 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🤣

[@joaovaz6139]

gang gang respect!

[@jayrox40]

Mike sticking it to the beeb. Class.

[@Madero775]

Haha love him. He’s on another level to the presenters. Big respect

[@R3DH1PP0]

This felt awkward not sure Mike wanted to be interviewed.

[@courierquest]

😂 I don’t think those interviewers were even listening to what he was saying! Mike Skinners a proper artist, I still regularly play the first 2 albums in full when I need to get shit done. 🔥

[@danoasis96]

That's rubbish. He was awful. He wasn't listening to what they said. When they asked him a question he would answer something completely different. Something totally boring and nothing to do with the questions. It's a shame he was so bad because in the early naughties he was a genius, a spokesman for a generation and his book in 2012 was outstanding!!

[@jeffdolak4086]

🤘skinner

[@scottsvxr]

You just know Mike's putting this experience into lyrics.....and you know he gonna RIP these two squares😂😂😂😂😅

[@boxmad5523]

Not really cos he doesn’t make diss tracks 🤦🏻‍♂️🥱🤣

[@scottsvxr]

@@boxmad5523 No he tells story's through his life experiences.....Facepalm🤭🤣🤣🤣.

[@boxmad5523]

@@scottsvxr so he’s not gonna “RIP” anyone is he 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@scottsvxr]

@@boxmad5523 Apart from your Asshole when the Skinner finds out your trolling his thread 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@scottsvxr]

@@boxmad5523 Apart from your As#hole when the Skinner knows your trolling on his thread🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@steadyed]

She's never heard Don't Mug Yourself

[@pixelfrenzy]

"Salford, Manchester".... has it come to this?

[@mrsheraliev]

Майк крутой!

[@timjohnson2235]

Mike skinner voice has got more posh over the years.

[@johnharrison-french2077]

Yeah the irony of it all. Artistic freedom creates masterpieces ❤

[@bustamango863]

Absolute genius

[@benthomas8284]

Mike Skinner "I just walked in OUT of Salford Manchester" nobody clocked that, legend lol

[@iaingorry]

f'k'g hell Mike ,blinking a lot this morning

[@lilme7052]

lights are blinding his eyes

[@LG-ro5le]

@@lilme7052people pushing by

[@RossPatzelt]

looking forward to seeing the film

[@martint.1538]

Film is utter shite !.

[@boxmad5523]

It looks absolute garbage 🤣🤣

[@martint.1538]

Walked out , 1/3rd of the way through.

[@lauriestewart2044]

What a hilarious car crash of an interview. I empathise with skinner so much

[@kellyanndrysdale2171]

The questions these news reporters have asked him are absolutely rubbish. If your gonna go to the effort of having the legend on your show get better questions, as a fan of the streets from the beginning i could have written better questions/interview for you. Regardless of the rude hosts, its great to see Mike back on our screens.

[@Answersonapostcard]

They are just stuffy, conservative daytime TV bores

[@billymercury3897]

Wait a minute. This ain't the NASCAR Truck Series Driver.

[@user-pm8xv4vf1u]

Why is everyone saying it is bad? I thought he came across as intelligent (in an artistic way), confident and conscious. Though he looks tired af

[@PaulMorrisseyIRL]

Cos he's done drugs consistently for 30 years. The drugs don't work

[@UTV2001]

@@PaulMorrisseyIRLregardless, still a poet and a genius

[@PaulMorrisseyIRL]

@@UTV2001 Genius is a stretch😅

[@user-pm8xv4vf1u]

@@PaulMorrisseyIRL Why, because he didn't conform to the ideals of the framework? Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it should frighten you

[@NelsonVanDweller]

i know people who work for him. transporting him to gigs etc . they say hes got huge drug/alcohol problems. very rarely sober. you can definitely see here its taking its toll on him. physically and mentally.

[@pipsic]

he wasn't that bad and he was not harsh to interviewers who weren't bad either. This was the morning show FFS, it was fine. Probably he's not that comfortable talking in this format.

[@cookingquran]

This is classic BBC interviewing.😂

[@jamieleworthy2654]

This was painful

[@T2a585]

why?

[@martint.1538]

Definitely was ! ,

[@boxmad5523]

A 45 year old man saying “gang gang” on a morning television show is as pathetic as it gets

[@hellooohowareudoing]

@@boxmad5523 I thought he was saying it in an ironic tone, but tbh he shouldn't have said it at all

[@boxmad5523]

@@hellooohowareudoing whatever way he was saying it he just came off like a div 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@camol121]

Car crash interviews tend to go viral - it's the only reason I searched for it. Pretty good tactic to be fair. Does come across as a bit of an arse though

[@bustamango863]

Keeping them on the back foot all the way.

[@1982Obsidian]

KZbin randomly decided to show me some The Streets Classics, still fucking classics: 'I make bangers, not anthems Leave that to The Artful Dodger The broad-shouldered fifty-one percent shareholder You won't find us on Alta Vista Cult classic, not bestseller You're gonna need more power Plug in the three-phase and the generator Crank it up to the gigawatt'

[@ninawatkins5909]

I love Mike Skinner and The Streets and have much respect. However, that's 10 minutes of my life I'm not gonna get back. Right there 😂

[@carolholmes4078]

Not sure these 2 were the best for Mike!

[@Energyflash1979]

Is he saying Salford Manchester on purpose to stir up the "is Salford part of Manchester" debate?

[@jb3971]

That woman’s just slightly dissing him the whole time

[@lilme7052]

bet she hasn't got a clue who he is

[@scottsvxr]

​@@lilme7052That's what Mike's thinking.....💭💭💭 "who are these absolute Squares?!"

[@LG-ro5le]

Its the bbc they are always rude and corporate - acting like they are above everyone 🤡

[@Filzzy]

I love his first 3 albums and listen to them fairly regularly,he's had a few good tunes since but definitely dropped off

[@user-xx7xe4gc6b]

Haha i Made it 😂🎉😂

[@truthsearcher596]

Definitely rocking the just got up eyes after a session, alongside the new teeth of his that aren't necessarily flattering.

[@Answersonapostcard]

Who cares

[@7quidstudio]

I think he was a bit harsh on them tbh

[@regplasma7906]

Blimey , Mike's put on a lot of timber.

[@boxmad5523]

Middle age spread 🤣

[@Answersonapostcard]

He is older, that’s what happens

[@stevebb2915]

christ hes put on the beef

[@lilme7052]

he's 20 yrs older.

[@stevebb2915]

@@lilme7052 and?

[@lilme7052]

@stevebb2915 Its natural for men to put on weight once they hit 40. And Mike doesn't seem the working out type of guy.

[@stevebb2915]

@@lilme7052 he used to run marathons. wrote songs about it.

[@lilme7052]

@stevebb2915 Since he's been famous I take it? Ah well. I still would.

[@TacMan12]

Clearly off his but all night before he turned up 😅

[@suking5307]

I think he was just tired tbf

[@kotsaris87]

Definitely not an early riser

[@johnkeane5641]

Salford don't look like that

[@jodieparr4222]

I live in Salford and it certainly doesn't look like that.

[@jamesjameson4566]

​@@jodieparr4222in that area, it looks like that 🙄

[@lilme7052]

Theyre trying to interview someone who bbc viewers dont care about at breakfast time. Mike doesnt wanna be there. They dont care who he is. Its never gonna be great.

[@timbo7762]

wake and bake Mike?

[@jeffdolak4086]

Awkward Morning show hosts … the host actually thought that was Manchester… even the host is diluted..

[@jeffdolak4086]

Who the fuG took my lighter!!!

[@mathewgreen9663]

He’s cooked

[@callumcc8897]

Pity this interview sounds abit sad…..

[@richardronchetti6457]

They really didn’t get hiss sense of humour or did they.

[@user-eu3cg3ne9k]

And that boys and girls is how you conduct an awkward interview

[@sharmaineauld9600]

Poor questions!!!!!

[@mikebrady86]

Elf ears

[@iGoldenBen]

fuckin grow up

[@martint.1538]

Very awkward interview…. Hope you didn’t pay anything for this movie Mike , saw it the other day & it was shockingly bad.

[@boxmad5523]

It does look terrible, should have done a movie based on a grand don’t come for free back in the day

[@anthonygreenwood4486]

Poor bloke, How bigs tax bill pal, Hope you get sorted

[@ZACK67931]

He tried it for a while, it was a load of boring shite.

[@Krafty]

Do you think your mum would be impressed? lol wtf. What an awkward silence.

[@Ceallaigh16]

Omg wind him up! Painful.

[@danoasis96]

What an absolutely terrible interview. He answers their questions with something completely different to what they were asking. He looks depressed and confused. He came across terribly. It's a shame because his book was a terrificly interesting and engaging read!

[@rosstatham439]

Jesus Christ, what the hell is with the presenters putting up such a steely front

[@boxmad5523]

Used to think Mike skinner was the bollocks back in the early-mid 2000s, just seemed like he was one of your mates down the pub or that you’d meet on a night out, now he just seems like a weirdo 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NelsonVanDweller]

alcohol and drugs will do that. its all a good laugh when youre young. continue past into your 30s and it can get very dark

[@boxmad5523]

@@NelsonVanDweller nah I know plenty of blokes who were just same with the drugs and alcohol and none of us are weirdos, just older but still the same old geezers

[@NelsonVanDweller]

@@boxmad5523 I know many who turned into weirdos. Depends on how you use it.

[@lilme7052]

​@@boxmad5523geezers need excitement

[@Answersonapostcard]

Maybe its just you

[@jeffdolak4086]

I hope this morning show was shut down… they are the worst hosts… Mike Skinner helped there ratings..

[@RandomnessTube.]

Is he arrogant or is the BBC just fake?

[@jeffdolak4086]

That show sucks

[@teamblitz1990]

The streets vastly overated at best average...he's is crap

[@LondonGooner]

Never you clearly don't have a clue about his beats the man's a genius the amount of beats he's done you wouldn't even know about!

[@boxmad5523]

First two albums and the tracks he did from 2001 - 2005 are masterpieces, he’s had some decent songs here and there since but definitely ran out of stuff to say once the third album came round

[@NelsonVanDweller]

hes a creative genius.

[@Chasworth]

First album - complete genius

[@jeffdolak4086]

WTF

[@pm8401]

He's so rude and awkward, like he thinks he's better than everyone else. Zero charisma. Reminds me of Ricky Gervais.

[@raffaeragxxx15273]

Ik many people like him, but me and my friends agreed.We do not like this guy, either.But Some songs are so good and he is kinda great poet i admit.He was more arrogant back in the day.Now, i am bit distracted by his chobby berry.Skinner was so skinny when he was young, not jk.😅

[@Answersonapostcard]

Not really, just not a very good interview, crap questions

[@darrenlamb6279]

This is cringe man

[@Answersonapostcard]

Learn to deal with a bit of awkwardness and silence

[@darrenlamb6279]

@@Answersonapostcard no

[@Answersonapostcard]

@@darrenlamb6279 you best do, otherwise your life is going to be a bumpy ride

[@jeremywestern7067]

One shite wonder- thought the streets were the next black lace

[@jeffdolak4086]

Skinner runs it