BeebRock II - Music Shows on BBC Four, Sky Arts and everywhere else

paddylonglegs

Great doc on Garech Brown just there and his musical life in luggala (Guinness) estate

Welsh Megaman

Excellent ‘Fairytale Of New York’ documentary on BBC Four now.


Featuring the late, great Philip Chevron (RIP).

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Excellent ‘Fairytale Of New York’ documentary on BBC Four now.


Featuring the late, great Philip Chevron (RIP).

The white shirt Shane was wearing for that interview , with the badge, was donated by me. Hugo Boss, no less. He was wearing a garish red and black shirt during a .Manchester gig a few days earlier. We swapped. He got the better deal. The red and black one was got in a hurry from somewhere like Penney's. . I still have it. The Boss shirt is long gone.

Welsh Megaman

DROP THAT GHETTO BLASTER :cool:

Welsh Megaman

Yep, they even mimed saying ‘Merry Christmas’.


No shame!

Skid X

When you hear the speaking accents on Milli Vanilli there it's amazing to hear how different their voices sound on the records.


Ahem

Welsh Megaman

Enya’s lovely Womble tribute.

Skid X

I remember an episode of Challenge Anneka where they were doing a Community event thing in Belfast and Anneka was challenged to organise it and deliver 'chart topping entertainment'

She got Aswad to perform and the look on the kids faces screamed "they are grand like, but we should really have specified Kylie or Jason, to be fair"

Welsh Megaman

Eddie Reader going all Milli Vanilli on us.

Welsh Megaman

WARNING:


Bros may re-appear later on to perform ‘Silent Night’.


Time to prepare space behind the couch!

Welsh Megaman

Going to see Two Queens And A Drum Machine live next June

Pew pew!

Skid X

How would you rate Brother Beyond's Welsh Happy Christmas, there WM?

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

How would you rate Brother Beyond's Welsh Happy Christmas, there WM?

My mind was more blown by that titbit of what’s in store for BB in ‘89.

“Yeah, an album and a tour.”

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Going to see Two Queens And A Drum Machine live next June

Pew pew!

As my old mate says "Two Poofs and a piano".

Skid X

Robin Beck never troubled the UK Top 75 again, except for a remix of this years later

Hope she enjoyed all the free Coke

Welsh Megaman

Oh gawd

Welsh Megaman

Ringo must be spinning in his grave.

Skid X

There isn't a day goes by when I don't wonder about how people react when they go to Wet Wet Wet Concerts now who don't realise Marti has left and they see Kevin from Liberty X doing the singing

Welsh Megaman

Skid X

Mistletoe - Causes unwanted sexual advances and groping or assault

Ban this filth now

Welsh Megaman

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

dasdog

Sweet Jesus please make it stop

Welsh Megaman

Play A Tribe Of Toffs!

Jordan 199

Skid X wrote: »

Hope she enjoyed all the free Coke

Nothing like doing coke. Oh, my nose is bleeding again.

Welsh Megaman

KIM WILDE

dasdog

Nenah Cherry's daughter is going to be on this years TOTP special according to a wonderfully cynical piece in the guardian today.

Getting back to 1988 - Izzy from Miami Vice seems to be co-presenting this show.

Welsh Megaman

“Keeping ze dream alive.”



:rolleyes:

Welsh Megaman

Cliff: “HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!”

Audience member: “Thank you.”

PTH2009

Was the new queen documentary any good?

Skid X

Hello, here is the first part of the Christmas Music listing. This covers Monday 23rd to Saturday 28th

Some of the highlights to look out for:

- TG4 have concerts or docs every night, including Nirvana, Marvin Gaye, BB King, Joni Mitchell, Johhny Cash, Shane MacGowan and Phil Coulter

- BBC2 have new Dolly Parton and INXS Docs

- Sky Arts has a 24 hour Queen/Freddie marathon on Christmas Day


Some of the ones to look out for are listed in Blue (no great logic to that, just putting the proverbial highlighter on them)

And the second bit will follow on Saturday-ish, here we go ...







Monday Dec 23rd
12pm Pavarotti: Birth Of A Pop Star (Sky Arts)
1pm Three Tenors Christmas Concert 1999 (Sky Arts)

2.15pm Ariana Grande Live In London (RTE2)

2.45pm Kylie: Showgirl Tour (Sky Arts)

5pm Michael Buble’s Christmas In Hollywood (Sky Arts)
This is also on Sky One at 9pm, and several more times over Christmas (I won’t list them)

7pm Top Of The Pops – The Story of 1977 (BBC4)

7.45pm Bee Gees - In Our Own Time (Sky Arts)
Recent Doc

9pm The Foster And Allen Show (TG4)

9pm It’s Christmas Live From The Royal Albert Hall (Pick)
Jason Manford presents a concert with Chrissie Hynde, the Vamps, Holly Johnson, Alexander Armstrong, Melanie C and Ricky Wilson (This is on again several times over Christmas, unlisted)

10pm Queen Rock The World (BBC4)
Documentary following the band as they recorded their sixth album, News of the World, and made plans for a tour of the US, with Whispering Bob Harris given exclusive access to the band. It’s on Youtube in full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQNbqcMiGEI

11pm Queen – The Legendary 1975 Concert
Christmas Eve 1975 Concert, which was on Channel 5 last week
It is on Youtube in full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETn5XZDaT60

11pm Oasis Live At Barrowlands 2001 (Pick)
Rare outing for this on Sky’s Free To Air Station

11pm Andre Rieu Christmas Concert (Sky Arts)

12.05am Kate Bush At The BBC 1979 (BBC4)
1979 TV Concert, It’s on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn0IRI5wdzI

12.33am Joni Mitchell Isle Of Wight 1973 (TG4)
Film of Joni’s full set from the Island




Christmas Eve (Tuesday)
7.45am TOTP2 Christmas 2012 (GOLD)

8.50am The Sound Of Music Live (ITV3)
Recent ITV live stage version

10am A Kylie Christmas (Sky Arts)

2pm Danny Baker’s Christmas Hits (Sky Arts)

4.45pm Andre Rieu Home For Christmas (Sky Arts)

6.30pm Coldplay Live for BBC Radio 2 (BBC Red Button, on loop)

7.15pm The Seven Ages Of Elvis (Sky Arts)
Solid Elvis Doc https://www.sky.com/watch/title/programme/c842b5cd-e408-4597-8fe2-efbbd88182a4/the-seven-ages-of-elvis

7.45pm Sean Kean Ag Ceol (TG4)
Session from Tullycross

9pm Na Baileid (TG4)
Ep1/8 John Spillane looks at the stories behind some songs from Cork and Kerry

9pm Elvis The Final Hours **(Sky Arts)
** Final before he disappeared

9pm Gareth Malone’s Christmas Concert (BBC2)

9.20pm Carols From Kilkenny Castle (RTE1)

9.30pm Opry An Iuir – Tribute to Margo O’Donnell (TG4)

10pm Roy Orbison – Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)
1982 TV Special

11.15pm – 1.10am I Am Johnny Cash (Sky Arts)
Insight from loved ones and classic concert footage come together to paint a picture of the larger-than-life Johnny Cash as this film explores his musical and artistic expression.
It’s all here, complete with RTE1 graphic in the corner of the screen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBD85r0wI9I

11.25pm Film: Popstar – Never Stop Never Stopping (Film4)
Very funny popstar spoof film

12.55am Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live (TG4)
From Amsterdam 1976. TG4, the only station that brings you Margo O’Donnell and Marvin Gaye on the same night. It’s all here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxp-VUSniq4

1am TOTP2 Christmas 2013 (BBC4)

1.10am Johnny Cash Behind Prison Walls (Sky Arts)
1977 Tennessee prison gig. All here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02K-OGcjHuc

2.10am Carl Perkins and Friends (Sky Arts)
With Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton, Wembley 1985

3.10am Beatles Stories (Sky Arts)
Stories from people with tenuous connections to the Beatles.




Christmas Day (Wednesday)
6am-6am Stephens Day - Queen Christmas All Day All Night (Sky Arts)
24 hours of Queen / Freddie Docs and Concerts on Sky Arts
http://www.queenonline.com/news/sky-arts-uk-queen-christmas-day-take-over

7.40am Carols From Kilkenny Castle (RTE1)

9am TOTP2 Christmas 2014 (GOLD)

11am-7pm TOTP Marathon (Yesterday)
A selection of vintage TOTP2 collections and ‘The Story Of …’ years

11.35am Top Of The Pops Christmas 2019 (BBC1)
Fearne Cotton and Clara Amfo present some of the years biggest hits, and the Christmas Number One. The show includes Lewis Capaldi, Labrinth and AJ Tracey

1.30pm Gareth Malone’s Christmas Concert (BBC2)
The original Willy Wonka is on RTE1 at the same time. I know that’s going a bit off topic but still

1.35pm & 7.10pm Elvis And The Memphis Mafia (PBS)
Documentary explores the highs and the lows of Elvis Presley's life through the eyes of the close circle of friends he entrusted with his life. Some Like It Hot And The Magnificent Seven are on RTE2

2.55pm David Bowie - Stardust (PBS)
The story of how the musician's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars made him one of the world's most famous rock stars. ITV4 has The Sting, Spartacus and Rocky II

5pm Se Mo Laoch – Maire Ni Ceochain (TG4)

6.40pm – 9.30pm Britains Favourite Christmas Songs (Channel 5)
Back To The Future was on Channel 4 earlier

7pm Magic Flute From Glyndebourne (BBC4)
All credit to Mozart but he’s up against Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Independence Day

8.30pm Dolly Parton – Here I Am (BBC2) New!
An intimate portrait of the acclaimed songwriter, which invites viewers to get to know the real Dolly Parton, the woman behind the global phenomenon. The feature-length documentary, directed by Francis Whately, takes the audience on a musical journey through some of her greatest songs, including The Bridge, I Will Always Love You, and 9 To 5.

8.35pm Geantrai Orga 1999 (TG4)
A lively traditional Irish music session from Dolan's pub in Limerick including Breandán Ó Beaglaoich, Martin Hayes, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Dermot Byrne, Séamus Ó Beaglaoich and Jimmy Murray

9pm The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years (More4)
Director Ron Howard's documentary charting the period the Beatles spent on the road. Their first gigs with the classic line-up took place around Liverpool in 1961 and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966. I thought it was very good


9.30pm Phil Coulter – Mo Shaol (TG4) New!
Charting the life and career of the prolific songwriter, producer and performer Phil Coulter, who has been a major figure in the music scene over the past five decades, writing songs for the likes of Elvis Presley, Bay City Rollers and Cilla Black

10pm Glastonbury 2014 – Dolly Parton (BBC2)
Full set

10.30pm Andy Irvine and Paul Brady 40th Anniversary Concert (TG4)
Andy Irvine and Paul Brady's 40th anniversary concert, recorded in May 2017

10.30pm Kylie’s Secret Night (Channel 4) New!
A new TV Special thing featuring Alan Carr.

11.10pm Glastonbury 2019 – Kylie (BBC2)
Kylie’s full set and a few other bits including Miley Cyrus

Midnight Kylie’s Golden Tour (Channel 4)
2018 tour. Lots of Kylie on tonight. She’s not in Dog Day Afternoon, on RTE1 at 2am

1am Shane MacGowan Live At Montreux (TG4)
1995 concert. It’s his Birthday today.

1.40am Tom Jones and Beverley Knight’s Gospel Christmas (BBC4)




St Stephenses Day (Thursday)
11am & 3am Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop (Yesterday)

11am Discovering Music – Abba (Sky Arts)

12pm & 4pm Meat Loaf: In And Out Of Hell (Yesterday)

12pm Bee Gees In Our Own Time (Sky Arts)
1.20pm Bee Gees: One Night Only (Sky Arts)

1pm & 5pm Rolling Stones At The BBC (Yesterday)
2pm & 6pm Tom Jones At The BBC (Yesterday)

3.10pm Frank Sinatra – Ol Blue Eyes Is Back (TG4)
1973 TV Special featuring Gene Kelly

3.30pm Discovering Music – Roy Orbison (Sky Arts)
4pm Roy Orbison - Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)

5.10pm I Am Johnny Cash (Sky Arts)

6.25pm Pat Shortt’s Music From D’Telly Christmas Special (RTE1)

7pm The Sound Of Movie Musicals (BBC4)
Ep 1/3 Neil Brand looks at the early days of the Musicals

8pm Rod Stewart: One Night Only (VM3)
Also on VM1 at midnight

9pm Na Baileid (TG4)
John Spillane looks at the stories behind three songs from ‘North Munster’,

9pm Queen Live At Wembley 1986 (Pick)

10.15pm Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Pick)

11pm Tommy Fleming – A Voice Of Hope 2 (VM1)
Wayne’s World is on Comedy Central now

12.15am TOTP2 Christmas (BBC4)
Not sure which year

1am Elvis 56 Special (Sky Arts)

1.18am Johnny Cash Live At Montreux 1994 (TG4)
That’s 1.18am, none of this rounding up or down to 5 minutes lark for TG4

1.45am Sings Disney Songs (BBC4)
The Fly with Jeff Goldblum is on Film4

2.15am Queen Live At Wembley 1986 (Sky Arts)

3.30am Pink Floyd – The Story Of Wish You Were Here (Sky Arts)

4.45am John Lennon – Imagine (Sky Arts)




December 27th (Friday)
1.30pm The Music Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets (VM1)

2.30pm Pat Shortt’s Music From D’Telly (RTE1)

3.30pm Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel – So (Sky Arts)
4.45pm Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (Sky Arts)

5pm Tommy Fleming’s Voice Of Hope 2 (VM1)

6pm Classic Albums: Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (Sky Arts)

7pm The Sound Of Movie Musicals (BBC4)
Ep2/3 Gene Kelly Era

7pm Classic Albums – Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell (Sky Arts)
8pm Classic Albums – Queen: A Night At The Opera (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Two Lukes (Luke Kelly Statue Doc) (RTE1)
Documentary telling how the people of Dublin ended up with two very different public sculptures of their hero, Luke Kelly. On January 30 2019, Dublin City Council unveiled two separate sculptures - on either side of the Liffey

9pm Ball And Boe – A Very Merry Christmas (VM1)
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, featuring Shirley Bassey and others

9pm Michael Flatley – A Night To Remember (VM3)

9pm Na Baileid (TG4)
Songs From The West of Ireland

9pm TOTP2 – 80s Special (BBC4)

9pm & 1.05am The Decade The Music Died (Sky Arts)
All the best bits from Sky’s annual tributes to those who died in one show. Mostly the class of 2016

9.30pm Fleetwood Mac’s Songbird – Christine McVie (BBC4)
Christine McVie gets to take centre stage to tell both her own story and that of Fleetwood Mac from her vantage point. Contributors include Christine's current bandmates Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Neil Finn and Mike Campbell

9.30pm Brendan Grace – Thanks For The Memories (RTE1) New!
Brendan Grace Tribute Concert, featuring Dickie Rock, Red Hurley, Lisa Lambe, Foster and Allen, Donal Lunny and Sharon Shannon, Seán Keane and Matt Molloy, Stockton's Wing, Paddy Cole, the Gingermen, Sandy Kelly and Mike Denver, along with some surprise guests and the Forget-Me-Nots Choir

10.05pm Film The Blues Brothers (ITV4)


10.30pm The Late Late Show – Brendan Grace Tribute (RTE1)

10.35pm David Bowie – A Reality Tour (Sky Arts)
2003 Concert from The Point, Dublin

11pm A Musical History – Fleetwood Mac (BBC4)
People watching Fleetwood Mac videos and chatting about it

11pm Bee Gees – One Night Only (Sky One)

11.30pm Cobain – Montage Of Heck (TG4) New!
Documentary examining the life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The film features previously unseen items from Cobain's personal archive of art, music, animation and home movies, and revelatory interviews from friends and family, including widow Courtney Love and bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic

11.45pm Backstreet Boys: Show Them What You’re Made Of (RTE2)
2012 Doc about Kevin rejoining the band. You’re welcome.

11.50pm Oasis Live At Barrowlands 2001 (Sky Arts)

Midnight Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop (BBC4)
Doc featuring Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks

1am TOTP4 – Christmas 2017 (BBC4)
Rebranded TOTP2 from 2017

1.10am Take That Live - 30th Anniversary Tour (Sky One)

1.50am Other Voices (RTE2)

2.40am Video Killed The Radio Star – George Michael (Sky Arts)




December 28th (Saturday)
7am & 2am Kylie – Showgirl Tour (Sky One)
Also on Sky Arts at 2pm

8am Sinatra – The Man And His Music (1981 TV Special)
The Towering Inferno started on RTE1 at 6.45am

4.15pm Ed Sheeran – Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)

5.30pm David Bowie – Reality Tour (From The Point Dublin) (Sky Arts)

6.45pm Coldplay Live In Sao Paolo (Sky Arts)

7pm & 1.10am The Sound Of Movie Musicals (BBC4)
Ep 3/3 1970s onwards. Features Mel Brooks

7pm Big In America: British Hits in the USA (Yesterday)
8pm Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know (Yesterday)

9pm-11pm Tom Jones at the BBC (Yesterday)
Bumper compilation of Tom Jones performances

9pm Guns N Roses – Appetite For Democracy (Sky Arts)
A concert by the band filmed at the Joint in Las Vegas's Hard Rock Casino in 2012, featuring songs including Mr Brownstone, You Could Be Mine and Sweet Child o' Mine

9.20pm Film: Mystify – Michael Hutchence (BBC) New!
Profile of the INXS singer, featuring footage from private home movies and contributions by his friends and family to delve beneath the public persona of the charismatic frontman. The film also examines the traumatic brain injury he suffered in 1992, which caused him to lose his senses of smell and taste, along with the onslaught of tabloid press scrutiny due to his relationship with Paula Yates in the mid-1990s, before his death in November 1997.

Followed by …

11pm INXS: Live Baby Live (BBC2)
A newly remastered version of the group's performance at Wembley Stadium in July 1991, directed by David Mallet. The concert captures the Australian rockers - led by charismatic frontman Michael Hutchence - at the peak of their powers, and features classic anthems including New Sensation, Mystify, Need You Tonight and Never Tear Us Apart

10.40pm Deacon Blue Live At Stirling Castle 2014 (BBC Scotland)
Planes Trains And Automobiles is on Sky One at 10pm, just saying

11.25pm Elton John: Brits Icon (RTE1)
2013 Brits TV Thing

11.30pm The Decade The Music Died (Sky Arts)

11.55pm Better Midler: One Night Only (VM1)

12.25am TOTP2 Christmas (BBC4)

12.45am BB King Live At Montreux (TG4)
A performance by the blues legend from the jazz festival, featuring classic hits including Let The Good Times Roll, When It All Comes Down and Chains Of Love

1.05am Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody (Sky Arts)

2.20am Queen and Adam Lambert – The Show Must Go On (Sky Arts)




That's more or less that, hopefully there's something there to interest you. If you can then do set your VHS to tape early before you forget about it (or Sky Plus or whatever the kids are using these days

All that remains, is to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and say thanks for joining in over the last year as always !