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Welsh Megaman

The Dooleys

Welsh Megaman

Oi Skids! Leave the Nolans alone!

cml387

Tony Blackburn still presents Pick Of The Pops on BBC Radio 2 every Saturday afternoon.
With the same music intro (At The Sound Of The Swinging Cymbals since you ask).

Just thought you ought to know.

Welsh Megaman

cml387 wrote: »

Tony Blackburn still presents Pick Of The Pops on BBC Radio 2 every Saturday afternoon.
With the same music intro (At The Sound Of The Swinging Cymbals since you ask).

Just thought you ought to know.

Great show, always tune in

Love his cheesy intros to the records, as if the singer is answering his question

Harry Palmr

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

At least it's 'Hello Quo', and not 'Bula Quo' - their wacky comedy film adventure

That I want to see on BBC4 one day!

grey_so_what wrote: »

Seriously....

Bryan Ferry was a róthar.

Sorry lads. He was.

Bryan Ferry is a lounge lizard legend!

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

Did I spot Jimmy Savile sneaking into the shot there?

Forget I said anything, The Daily Mail will demand all TOTPs are deleted in case it ever happens again.

I was right, someone was offended by seeing a nano-second of Savile in the corner of the shot. Sooner or later the schedulers will decide its not worth the hassle of checking the old shows, and will stop the repeats.

The BBC has apologised for airing an excerpt from a 1971 edition of Top of the Pops in which disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile was briefly shown.

Shown on 13 September on BBC Two, the footage appeared to show Savile wagging a finger at a female audience member.

"Unfortunately this brief appearance was missed," said the BBC after seven viewers complained.

"It was removed from iPlayer as soon as we were made aware and replaced with a re-edited version."

The footage of Savile, who died in 2011, was seen around 2315 BST in an edition of Top of the Pops 2.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29308337

Harry Palmr

The Mail probably set the video for every TOTP and show that uses the TOTP archives.

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

I was right, someone was offended by seeing a nano-second of Savile in the corner of the shot. Sooner or later the schedulers will decide its not worth the hassle of checking the old shows, and will stop the repeats.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29308337

Well spotted Skid!!....:)

Welsh Megaman

Ziggy Stardust movie on Friday!

*squeals*

Skid X

Also coming this week (BBC2, Sunday 10pm) Andy Serkis is Ian Dury in ... Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. I haven't seen it, looking forward to it.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sex-drugs-rock-roll-2009/

Welsh Megaman

King Arthur on Ice :eek:

Hysterical, er I mean, Historical

Skid X

Some decent shows on this weekend all the same, hopefully there's something here you might enjoy ...


Thursday BBC4

7.30pm & Midnight - Top of The Pops 1979 Back!

Peter Powell presents an edition first broadcast on September 6, 1979. Comprising of performances from Randy VanWarmer, Madness, Boney M, Ruts, Crusaders, ELO, Bill Lovelady, Roxy Music and Cliff Richard. Plus, dance sequences from Legs & Co

Thursday TG4

11.45pm - (Old) Later With Jools Holland

Coldplay return to the show to play songs from their million-selling fourth album Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends. Brooklyn-based rockers the Hold Steady also perform, along with country singer Glen Campbell and former Zero 7 singer Sia. Plus, singer-songwriter Amy LaVere makes her TV debut

Friday BBC4

8pm - Sound of Cinema: The Music

The Big Score Neil Brand celebrates the art of the film soundtrack by exploring the work of movie composers and demonstrating their techniques. He begins by looking at how the classical orchestral score emerged, and investigates how its popularity remains strong today. He sheds light on the 1930s European composers such as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who brought their Viennese training to Hollywood for movies including King Kong and The Adventures of Robin Hood, and how it took an American talent to produce a darker, more modern sound. He also meets film-maker Martin Scorsese and composer Hans Zimmer to discuss their work

9pm & 1am - Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars

DA Pennebaker's documentary chronicling David Bowie's legendary 1973 concert at Hammersmith Odeon, when he performed for the last time in the guise of glam-rock alter ego Ziggy Stardust. Songs include Changes, Time, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide and Oh! You Pretty Things

10.25pm & 2.25am - Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert

The rock band in performance at London's Hammersmith Odeon on Christmas Eve in 1975, featuring early singles including Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Now I'm Here and Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as Brian May showcasing his guitar skills in Brighton Rock

11.15pm TOTP2: Then and Now

A `then and now' special featuring seventies pop stars as they are now. Including archive footage of performances by Donny Osmond, Alice Cooper, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and David Cassidy (it was made in 2002, so it's really 'then and then'

Midnight - Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of Music and Fashion

Idols The second episode focuses on the 1970s, which was a time of political, social and cultural upheaval in Britain, reflected best in the music and fashion throughout the decade. On Top of the Pops, Suzi Quatro unleashed her leather jumpsuit into viewers' living rooms as `the rock chick look' was born, while the fantastical world of prog rock saw its golden-caped leader Rick Wakeman gaining an army of intellectual followers. And as Queen rocked the stage in Zandra Rhodes-designed costumes, the international phenomena of punk began - and some say ended - with the Sex Pistols. Narrated by Lauren Laverne

Friday BBC2

11.05pm - (Newish) Later with Jools Holland

Extended edition of Tuesday night's show. American R'n'B and soul singer Mary J Blige performs tracks from forthcoming album The London Sessions, and veteran singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull plays songs from her new LP Give My Love to London. Also appearing are Southampton rock trio Band of Skulls, Manchester jazz trio GoGo Penguin, Irish indie musician Hozier and Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit, while Luther star Idris Elba chats to Jools about his album paying tribute to Nelson Mandela

Saturday RTE1

11.10pm - The Imelda May Show (repeat)

The singer-songwriter is joined in the studio by grammy-award winning artist Sinead O'Connor, musician Hozier, rock-group the Strypes and singer Paul Brady for chat and live performances

Saturday BBC2

12.10am TOTP2

Featuring archive performances by acts including Culture Club, Deep Purple, the Human League, the Sex Pistols, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Voice of the Beehive and Vanessa Paradis. Plus, a video by singer-songwriter Ben Howard

Saturday BBC4

10.30pm - Top of The Pops 1979
As above

11.10pm - Young Guns Go For It: The Human League

Profile of the influential 1980s pop group the Human League, who helped set the early standard for music and fashion in the decade with members Phil Oakey, Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall. Featuring contributions by founder members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh and producer Martin Rushent

11.40pm - Young Guns Go For It: Bananarama

Popular trio Bananarama, whose independent attitude and string of worldwide hits made them the most successful girl group of the 1980s. With contributions from influential producer Pete Waterman, pop impresario Malcolm McLaren and sometime collaborator Terry Hall

Sunday RTE1

9.30pm - The Imelda May Show

The singer-songwriter is joined in the studio by singer-songwriters Paolo Nutini and Damien Dempsey, singer Wanda Jackson, folk music group Altan and guitarist Seraphim Kelly for chat and live performances. Last in the series

Sunday BBC2

10pm - Film: Sex & Drugs & Rock n Roll

Premiere. Biopic of highly influential punk singer Ian Dury, examining his lifelong struggle with the disability caused by contracting polio as a child, and the impact his rise to fame in the late 1970s and volatile personality had on those closest to him, particularly his son Baxter. Starring Andy Serkis, Bill Milner, Naomie Harris and Olivia Williams

Monday BBC4

12.25am - Prince : A Purple Reign

Profile of the enigmatic American musician, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits including 1999, Kiss and Raspberry Beret. As well as achieving significant commercial success around the world, he won critical acclaim for his adventurous, genre-blurring albums, such as Sign O' the Times and Around the World in a Day - while also making headlines for his sexually explicit lyrics and stage shows, as well as his legal battle to retain control of his name and music. Featuring contributions by guitarist Dez Dickerson, Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, soul singer Beverley Knight and Paisley Park label president Alan Leeds

Lots and lots of TOTP, the epic Ziggy Stardust film, classic Queen, Ian Dury and plenty more there. And the Blues Brothers is on ITV4 on Friday at 11.35pm. But If you've never seen Ziggy, you really should. Slán.

Welsh Megaman

Will 'The Laughing Gnome' be on the setlist?

Skid X

Give me a time machine and this concert would be one of my first trips. Love it.

Welsh Megaman

Still prefer Mott's version of 'All The Young Dudes'.

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

Give me a time machine and this concert would be one of my first trips. Love it.

Don't forget to build the second seat on that Time Machine Rod Taylor!...;)

Welsh Megaman

Mick Ronson - guitar legend RIP.

Welsh Megaman

Don't get too comfy, Mr. Bolder and Mr. Woodmansey.

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Don't get too comfy, Mr. Bolder and Mr. Woodmansey.

The end of that concert is a shocker

Bring back Ziggy.

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

The end of that concert is a shocker

Bring back Ziggy.

Agreed.

Took a lot of guts to 'kill' off a character live onstage, especially at his commercial peak.

Harry Angstrom

The only thing we've got to thank Rick Wakeman for is the counter-reactionary bands like The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

Skid X

I never get tired of watching the Sex Pistols end Bill Grundy's career (on Oh You Pretty Things just now),

Sanctimonious auld guffer was trying to wind them up all evening, and eventually they bit. He deserved it.

Harry Palmr

Just a heads up for Genesis night on BBC2 next Saturday, very strange programming by Auntie, you think the channel that specialises in music docs and screened Prog Britannia and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (which is coming back btw) would have commissioned this.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

A feature-length documentary about one of the most successful British bands in rock music, reuniting Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett to tell their story. The film recounts their extraordinary musical story, exploring the songwriting and the emotional highs and lows. It features previously unseen archive material and rare footage from across their entire career.

Harry Palmr

This weeks stuff lots of (R)s

Wednesday from 10 pm.

TOTP2 Duran Duran Special

Mark Radcliffe looks back at some classic Duran Duran Top of the Pops performances.

22:30 Worried About the Boy

Drama about Boy George's years before his Top of the Pops debut in 1982.

Thursday

19:30
Top of the Pops 20/09/1979
With Kate Bush, Madness, the Bellamy Brothers, the Tourists, the Police and Gary Numan. (R)
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01:00 Young Guns Go for It Series 1, The Human League
2/4 A look at The Human League, the Sheffield synth band that enjoyed huge 1980s success. (R)
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Friday

21:00 Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
Documentary charting the rise and fall of the pop group synonymous with 1980s glamour. (R)

21:50 TOTP2 80s Special
Featuring, among others, Adam Ant, Culture Club, Bucks Fizz, Yazz, Duran Duran and Wham! (R)

22:50 The Kate Bush Story: Running up That Hill
Exploring Kate Bush's career and music through the testimony of collaborators and fans. (R)

23:50 Kate Bush at the BBC
Including the hits Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Running up That Hill and Hounds of Love. (R)

00:50 Oh You Pretty Things: The Story of Music and Fashion
3/3 This episode examines the 1980s, the decade where image became everything. (R)

Saturday

23:35 Top of the Pops 20/09/1979
With Kate Bush, Madness, the Bellamy Brothers, the Tourists, the Police and Gary Numan. (R)

00:10
Sounds of the Eighties Episode 1
1/8 With Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, Culture Club, ABC, Wham! and Kylie Minogue. (R)

00:35
Sounds of the Eighties Episode 2
2/8 With Spandau Ballet, Phil Collins, Fine Young Cannibals, Tears for Fears and Simply Red. (R)

01:05 The Richest Songs in the World
A countdown of the ten songs which have earned the most money of all time. (R)

Skid X

Nice one Harry, I haven't seen that Boy George film before. I'll give it a look.

The songs featured in 'The Richest Songs in the World' must be considerably richer just from all the BBC Four repeats! 19th showing this week and this won't be the last time ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pjrt5/broadcasts

Welsh Megaman

Uh-oh...whatever you do Jools, don't mention UB40!

Genesis documentary on BBC2 on October 4th reuniting all members of the group for the first time since 1975

Skid X

Also on the Saturday Night (although I'll probably be watching that Genesis reunion to be honest), another chance to see 'When Harvey met Bob' (RTE2, 9.30pm)

Drama about the men who organised the Live Aid concerts in 1985. Having sold millions of copies of charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?, Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof realises much more still has to be done to combat famine in Ethiopia, and conceives the idea of a global music event - a plan that starts coming to fruition when he meets larger-than-life concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith. The film charts how their ambitious scheme turned into the biggest televised charity event in history, as well as documenting the many conflicts that sprang up between the unlikely partnership along the way. Starring Domhnall Gleeson and Ian Hart

Welsh Megaman

Yikes...how old is this Duran Duran documentary?

Skid X

Considering its tarnished reputation, there's a heck of a lot of TOTP on at the moment.

I think the BBC2 Genesis compilation tomorrow is new.

Skid X

Watching a tape of tonight's TOTP2 ... I've just realised that Arcade Fire are basically a Dexys Midnight Runners Rip Off.

Some good performances on this episode.

HeidiHeidi

This Genesis programme is great - sounds of my childhood!

My brother was (is) an avid Genesis fan, I grew up to the strains of them wafting out of his bedroom!

Always was under the impression though that Peter Gabriel was replaced by Phil Collins, never realised that they played together at all. You learn something new every day!

delaney001

Very late on the Future Islands train, but saw them on jools Tuesday and thought they were excellent. Studio stuff seems a little slow, but live is powerful

Welsh Megaman

I miss Spitting Image

HeidiHeidi

Genesis are awfly posh!

Even though I grew up with Genesis playing at me in the house, at least half of this programme is news to me - glad I've recorded it, I'll be watching it again.

efb

Back to this

Welsh Megaman

That was a good documentary, I'll watch it back tomorrow.

HeidiHeidi

The Peter Gabriel of the early years is unrecognizable (to me) compared to the guy talking in the studio :eek:

I'd know his voice a mile off, but goodness me, age has - apparently - "normalised" him! (not sure that's the right word, but best I can do at this hour of a Saturday night )

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I miss Spitting Image

I miss BBC4.

grey_so_what

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I miss BBC4.

I was watching it there a while ago....

Don't give up....GSWxxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-r2agqc

s8n

Mods - Can we move this thread to classic rock forum ??

rednik

Not enough mention of Steve Hackett and his solo career.

Skid X

s8n wrote: »

Mods - Can we move this thread to classic rock forum ??

No, it's a thread about Music Programmes (of all kinds) on Television. It belongs in the Television Forum.

It has nothing to do with the classic rock forum. That place is deserted.

grey_so_what

s8n wrote: »

Mods - Can we move this thread to classic rock forum ??

That's a bit of a random request.............

It's a Beeb thread for the telly Beebers.....:)

grey_so_what

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Genesis are awfly posh!

Even though I grew up with Genesis playing at me in the house, at least half of this programme is news to me - glad I've recorded it, I'll be watching it again.

Loved love Genesis........

Trick of the Tail is one of my very favourite albums.....

This is such a treat to listen to!!...:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wXF4t7TMG0

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

No, it's a thread about Music Programmes (of all kinds) on Television. It belongs in the Television Forum.

It has nothing to do with the classic rock forum. That place is deserted.

Plus, they wouldn't have the required appreciation for the regular Neil Sedaka nights.

grey_so_what

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Plus, they wouldn't have the required appreciation for the regular Neil Sedaka nights.

:D:D

Ah, bless the man.....we know the program off by heart by now!!....

Where would you get appreciation like that anywhere else??....;)

How you doing Donie?....had a nice weekend?

Ol' Donie

Not bad, Grey. Apart from the usual Sunday night blues.

Toying with the idea of getting upc or one if those so i can get bbc 4 back.

You missed a fun SNS last night. Until the last bit, obviously.

I take it you enjoyed that match? :-)

grey_so_what

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Not bad, Grey. Apart from the usual Sunday night blues.

Toying with the idea of getting upc or one if those so i can get bbc 4 back.

You missed a fun SNS last night. Until the last bit, obviously.

I take it you enjoyed that match? :-)

I got Vodaphone Wifi a couple of weeks ago, after a few hiccups it came in yesterday!!....Delighted with myself!!....:):):)

There will be no stopping me now!....

And, yes...........the match was great!!....:);)

s8n

Skid X wrote: »

No, it's a thread about Music Programmes (of all kinds) on Television. It belongs in the Television Forum.

It has nothing to do with the classic rock forum. That place is deserted.

Its descended into a thread on classic rock and you tube links, would be better suited to classic rock forum