BeebRock - The BBC4/BBC3/BBC2/BBC1 Music Programmes thread

Welsh Megaman

As much as I hate to say it, the Foos are mainstream rock - intentionally making songs that are suited and marketed for US rock radio.

Welsh Megaman

Never heard the music of Savages, am I to assume they sound like G.G. Allin or Throbbing Gristle :pac:

Ol' Donie

Hey, Welshie, saw this in a shop the other day. What do you reckon, is it a bit mental?

Waaaaant!

Ol' Donie

Time for my obligatory f*ckin love Noel post.

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Hey, Welshie, saw this in a shop the other day. What do you reckon, is it a bit mental?

Waaaaant!

*grabs tissues*




Spilt some wine

Looks tasty, still trying to look for a left-handed Gretsch with a vibrato arm.

Vibrato arms - rock 'n' roll

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Time for my obligatory f*ckin love Noel post.

He's right about the regeneration - although you could say Royal Blood are rocking it.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

*grabs tissues*




Spilt some wine

Looks tasty, still trying to look for a left-handed Gretsch with a vibrato arm.

Vibrato arms - rock 'n' roll

Did someone say Gretsch?

Took this in a shop on Denmark St, coincidentally!

Welsh Megaman

Billy Bragg spot on there.

Damn you, interwebs!

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Did someone say Gretsch?

Took this in a shop on Denmark St, coincidentally!

Be heading down to Soho myself next month

Ol' Donie

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Did someone say Gretsch?

Took this in a shop on Denmark St, coincidentally!

Seems the size of the photo file is too big.

Eh, it was a wall of Gretches.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Be heading down to Soho myself next month

What's happenin in Soho?

Ol' Donie

I would certainly argue that a rock tune doesn't have to make a big statement or whatever.

Sometimes (most times) it just rocks. Like it's just a good tune played loud.

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What's happenin in Soho?

The usual debauchery

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I would certainly argue that a rock tune doesn't have to make a big statement or whatever.

Sometimes (most times) it just rocks. Like it's just a good tune played loud.

Just remember this, Donie...

Rock 'n' Roll should comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The usual debauchery

Heh, party on Welshie!

*double high five*

Ol' Donie

Prefer my r n r with instruments.

But it's a matter of taste.

Ol' Donie

Wait a sec, is this all because that Kayne feller said he's the biggest rock star in the world?

Welsh Megaman

Can't help but feel these acts (Savages, Young Fathers) only agreed to be on this show just as promotion for themselves - they couldn't care less about the r'n'r debate.

Welsh Megaman

Not rock 'n' roll - debating the state of rock 'n' roll on a mainstream TV channel in prime time

Ol' Donie

In conclusion, rock and roll is still very much alive!

Yeeeaaaay!

More drink

Yeeeeaaay!

FloatingVoter

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Not rock 'n' roll - debating the state of rock 'n' roll on a mainstream TV channel in prime time

As a very intelligent man once said on this not very serious issue....


awopbopaloobop alopbamboom

Welsh Megaman

Ah, Jerry Lee - Mr. Unhinged himself

Welsh Megaman

The Big O

Ol' Donie

Mate of mine went to see Tom Petty in Dublin last year. Said it was the best gig he was ever at. Sorry I missed it (although this isn't really knocking my socks off).

Ol' Donie

No particular place to go is one of my favourites.

Bleedin rules.

Welsh Megaman

Hey Ho Let's Go

Ol' Donie

Prefer the Britney Spears version.

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Prefer the Britney Spears version.

Site ban

Is that Joan Jett, or Noel Fielding? :pac:

Ol' Donie

Albert Hammond ruling over on lls just now.

Ol' Donie

Watching this Forever Young show again.

I think Skid made a valuable point about this show before, which was it makes no sense. It's just about rock stars that didn't die, so kept on being rock stars. Which isn't really a solid reason for a programme, to be fair.

Still, if The Who are getting royalties for every mention of "I hope I die before I get old", then at least someone's winning.

Welsh Megaman

On ITV (UTV?) now, 'The Nation's Favourite 80's Number One'.

'House Of Fun' by Madness - to date, the only UK no.1 about buying er, 'protection' from the chemist!

Welsh Megaman

Kevin Rowland doesn't need no stylist!


*record scratches*




:eek:

Skid X

Not a bad programme, better than ITV usually manage.

The 80s had some proper tunes.

Not like these days when most Pop singers sound like their hernia is bursting, mumble grumble.

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Not a bad programme, better than ITV usually manage.

The 80s had some proper tunes.

Not like these days when most Pop singers sound like their hernia is bursting, mumble grumble.

And right on cue, here's our Bonnie

Skid X

Total Eclipse of The Heart is a stone cold classic and Bonnie did a fantastic job on it.

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

Not a bad programme, better than ITV usually manage.

The 80s had some proper tunes.

Not like these days when most Pop singers sound like their hernia is bursting, mumble grumble.

And, perhaps more importantly, when money comes first and talent second... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Skid X

Here's a decent ITV Music Doc from a few years ago, the Stock Aiken Waterman story. I enjoyed it, respectful of the SAW years without being reverential

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Is that Sonia? :eek:

Stalker anthem at number one.

Welsh Megaman

*Stetson*

cml387

Country music is one of those things that you know you shouldn't like but goshdarnit some of those songs are mighty tuneful.

Welsh Megaman

Willie Nelson looked a bit like - gulp - Neil Sedaka back then!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

efb

TOTP 1980 strike TV on

Roanmore

Jonathan King on TOTP 1980? I thought he along with Jimmy Saville and DLT were cut from all the old TOTP?

Skid X

Roanmore wrote: »

Jonathan King on TOTP 1980? I thought he along with Jimmy Saville and DLT were cut from all the old TOTP?

It's weird, they seem to taken him off the banned list. He was featured on a new programme about Genesis a while back.

For some reason the nonce managed to get the BBC to apologise to him for removing him from TOTP repeats.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050698/BBC-apologise-paedophile-Jonathan-King-deleting-Top-Pops.html

"We are sorry that Mr King's appearance was edited out of this particular programme. We accept that this should not have happened and we would like to apologise for any upset this caused.

"We can assure Mr King that there is no policy in place requiring any of his appearances, or those of any one else, to be removed from repeats we show on the channel.

"We can also assure Mr King that his performance will not be edited out of any future repeat of this particular episode of Top of the Pops."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050698/BBC-apologise-paedophile-Jonathan-King-deleting-Top-Pops.html

Seems completely inconsistent with their policy on other people who have been convicted/accused of sexual crimes.

loyatemu

Skid X wrote: »

Seems completely inconsistent with their policy on other people who have been convicted/accused of sexual crimes.

possibly the difference is that Saville and DLT were BBC employees, so they're retrospectively "firing" them. Does seem inconsistent though.

Welsh Megaman

Latitude Festival highlights on Sky Arts at the moment.

Good ole Seasick Steve

Welsh Megaman

Manics time

efb

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Manics time

Len Goodman on BBC4...

trashcan

Skid X wrote: »

Total Eclipse of The Heart is a stone cold classic and Bonnie did a fantastic job on it.

Surely you meant to put that in the"Unpopular Music Opinions" thread ?:p

Skid X

trashcan wrote: »

Surely you meant to put that in the"Unpopular Music Opinions" thread ?:p

Ha.

Ah well, sometimes my musical preferences are vaguely respectable

but every now and then they fall apart!