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

Skid X

dasdog wrote: »

And probably his first and last foray in spoken word 1970's rock was with Thin Lizzy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZiAxPXoLs0

:pac:

Love it, I had no idea that existed. Cheers!

The Nal

24 Hour Party People is always essential viewing.

Dub Ste

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Going off on a tangent to the Concert for George's weeping guitar, as someone who hadn't viewed /listened to much Prince I thought the other megaband version was hilariously entertaining with the Purple One's antics (and sounds) at the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y

Does anyone know who the bloke in the flat cap playing the Strat is???

The Nal

Dub Ste wrote: »

Does anyone know who the bloke in the flat cap playing the Strat is???

Marc Mann. Hes one of those behind the scenes guys that knows everyone and worked on everything. Hes Jeff Lynnes buddy and he did a lot of work in the early stages of the Beatles Anthology. Particularly Real Love.

Snake Plisken

Thanks to the wonder of VPN and BBC iPlayer I just spent the last hour in heaven watching the making of Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair, with great interviews with not only Curt & Roland but Ian Stanley, Producer Chris Hughes (never knew he was also the drummer in Adam and the Ants) and Engineer Dave Bascombe. Great to hear how each track came about. It truly is a classic album!
Btw anyone who missed it and doesn't have iPlayer can find it on YouTube if you search for Songs from the Big Chair uploaded by Rich Flint who has some other interesting stuff uploaded including full Prefab Sprout Concert from 1985 in Munich

Welsh Megaman

Top O’ De Popsche!

Welsh Megaman

PAT AND MICK!

Welsh Megaman

Evening, Miss Hoffs

All uphill from here

Welsh Megaman

KEYTAR!

Now we’re talkin’

Skid X

Seems like Roachford was doing Cuddly Toy on TOTP only about a week ago

Welsh Megaman

Roachford’s greatest hits compilation was called - I kid you not...


The Roachford Files


Hats off, good sir!

Welsh Megaman

The The The!

With Marr on Guitar

Jordan 199

Very nice ric guitar there. I prefer their basses though.

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

Seems like Roachford was doing Cuddly Toy on TOTP only about a week ago

:pac:

In between gigs I hope he has a sideline doing Private Investigation work


"This is Roachford, at the tone leave your name and number and I'll get back to you ..."

Jordan 199

Skid X wrote: »

:pac:

In between gigs I hope he has a sideline doing Private Investigation work


"This is Roachford, at the tone leave your name and number and I'll get back to you ..."

But will he have a Pontiac with gold paint?

Skid X

Bruno Brookes owned a mansion in Clare around this time, where he hung out at the weekend





https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/this-35m-period-property-was-home-to-one-of-britains-top-radio-and-tv-personalities-37289727.html

Welsh Megaman

Who doesn’t like a touch of Fuzzbox?



I’ll get my coat.

Jordan 199

The Cult - excellent band.

Skid X

"Hello is that Fuzzbox AKA We've got a Fuzzbox and We're gonna use It?

The Belle Stars would like a word about you ripping them off ... "

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

KEYTAR!

Now we’re talkin’

Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about.

Welsh Megaman

Kon Kan may have listened to a few New Order records.

Welsh Megaman

Barney keeping a close eye on the Kan...

Welsh Megaman

Maybe one day - one day - Anthea will get the name of the song right.

Welsh Megaman

Welsh Megaman

Wendy James!

Hands where we can see them

Gizmo55

Ah Sheddle Crow, all i wanna do is...

Jordan 199

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Ah Sheddle Crow, all i wanna do is...

Have some fun?

Skid X

Hi, BBC4 has a new-ish Doc on Eric Burdon of The Animals this weekend. RTE1 starts a run of shows about last year's Fleadh Cheoil and RTE2 begins another run of Other Voices, probably the best show on that station and for some reason it's scheduling gets later in the evening every time it is aired. Ah well ...




Thursday
1.30pm Music Icons – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Sky Arts)

2.30pm The Who – Tommy Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Sky Arts)

9pm Radio 1 Live Lounge – Alicia Keys (BBC Red Button, Repeated on Loop)

11.30pm Other Voices (RTE2) New!
Series 18 Ep 1 Annie Mac, Huw Stephens and May Kay return with the music show, featuring performances by Soak, Murder Capital, Arlo Parks and Junior Brother
As usual, the scheduling of this show is all over the place at ridiculous times, this is a link to when other epispdes might be on in the next few weeks https://www.tvguide.co.uk/search.asp?title=other+voices&submit.x=16&submit.y=5




Friday
1.30pm Music Icons – AOR (Sky Arts)
Boston, REO Speedwagon and Styx

7pm Pulp Live At Brixton Academy (Sky Arts)

8pm Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (Sky Arts)
A look at the growth of the gay rights movement and how music has played a vital role in preaching tolerance of the LGBT community

8.30pm Fleadh Cheoil (RTE1) New!
Ep1/6 The best of Irish traditional music from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2019. John Creedon and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh return to the helm for Drogheda's second and final year hosting the event. With music from Oisín Mac Diarmada and friends, Francis Gaffney and John Carty, Sibéal Ní Chasaide and the O'Gorman family

9pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – April 13 (BBC4)
Mark Goodier hosts the edition first shown on April 13, featuring performances by Cookie Crew with Edwin Starr, Ten City, T'Pau, INXS, Fine Young Cannibals, U2 and BB King, Paul Simpson with Adeva, the Bangles and Yello. Only one Poppage tonight, as there is Cycling on BBC earlier

9pm The Decade The Music Died (Sky Arts)
Musicians who died 2010-2019, mostly in 2016

9.30pm & 2am Eric Burdon: Rock n Roll – Animal (BBC4) New!
How pop group the Animals were important standard bearers of the 'British Invasion' of America, behind the Beatles but ahead of the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks. Alongside his passion for original American blues, frontman Eric Burdon got together in the late 1960s with the black LA band WAR - itself a political statement in the Black Panther era - and, inspired by Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, expanded his musical spectrum with jazz and funk. This documentary reveals how Burdon's creative output has made an important and profoundly authentic contribution to popular culture
The pages which a Google search on this programme returns are almost all in French and German, oddly. I suspect this might have originally been produced in French https://www.senscritique.com/film/Eric_Burdon_Rock_n_roll_Animal/39788357/videos

10.30pm & 3am Guitar Drum And Bass: On Bass – Stuart Copeland (BBC4)
This is a repeat of an episode of a series from last year. Possibly repeated after Stuart’s recent series was well received.
The former Police musician explores the drums as the founding instrument of popular modern music. Beats that travelled from Africa, via New Orleans and across the world, are the consistent force behind musical evolution. Stewart plays with some of the most inspiring drummers of the past 50 years, including John Densmore of the Doors, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince's musical director Sheila E, New Order's Stephen Morris and the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins. He also goes dancing in New Orleans, builds his own bass drum pedal and checks out hot new bands on Santa Monica beach

10.35pm Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-90 (Sky Arts)
Documentary about the recording studio, which used to overlook the Berlin Wall and hosted artists including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, U2 and Brian Eno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6MPZCXaO0

11.30pm-1am Burt Bacharach – A Life In Song (BBC4)
Coverage of a unique concert staged at London's Royal Festival Hall celebrating the music of songwriter and performer Burt Bacharach. Some of his most famous songs are performed by artists including Alfie Boe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Shaun Escoffery, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Hayward, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula and Joss Stone. Burt himself also performs, accompanied by Josie James and his band, and chats to Michael Grade about the art of songwriting and shares the stories behind some of his best-loved hits

12.35am The Who: Tommy Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Sky Arts)

12.45am Other Voices (RTE2)
As Thursday

1am Classic Comps: Stunning Soloists At The BBC (BBC4)
Compilations of performances from the BBC archives, including Ravi Shankar's Raaf Bihag and Dudley Moore playing the Colonel Bogey March

2.05am The Rolling Stones – Totally Stripped (Sky Arts)
Doc about the making of their 1995 Album Stripped




Saturday
4.15pm Fleadh Cheoil (RTE1)
As Friday

6pm Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1)
Featuring questions on Erasure and Drake. Not sure if it’s Drake the Singer or Drake the Sixteenth Century Explorer

7pm Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody - Live In Budapest (Sky Arts)

7pm Sounds Of The Seventies (Yesterday)
8pm Sounds Of The Sixties (Yesterday)

9pm Pulp- A Film About Life, Death And Supermarkets (Sky Arts)
Documentary following Jarvis Cocker's band as they return to their Sheffield roots for their farewell concert in 2012. The film features footage from the performance and interviews with the group, as well as contributions from residents of the city, who share their thoughts on life, love and music, and perform their own rendition of Pulp's hits

10.45pm Almost Fashionable – A Film About Travis (Sky Arts)
Documentary following music critic Wyndham Wallace as he covers the shows of one of his least favourite bands, and tries to understand the root of his resentment

11pm TRNSMT (BBC Scotland)
Highlights from last year's TRNSMT music festival. George Ezra headlined, and also in this show are Sam Fender, Years & Years, Catherine McGrath, Stephanie Cheape and DMA's

Midnight Paul Weller – May Love Travel With You (Sky Arts)
The singer-songwriter performs at London's Royal Festival Hall accompanied by an orchestra, playing a career-spanning set from Jam classics to songs from latest album True Meanings

12.45am Top Of The Pops 1989 – April 13 (BBC4)




Sunday (Happy St David’s Day!)
7pm The Making Of Marc Bolan (Sky Arts)
Documentary telling the story of how East End boy Mark Feld became a glam rock superstar as the frontman of T. Rex. Featuring contributions from friends, family and well-known fans. Not on Youtube, although there is a huge amount of his TV stuff there

8pm More Than This – The Story Of Roxy Music (Sky Arts)
Documentary examining the background and influences of the rock group formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, detailing the changing relationships between band members and their return to the stage and studio in 2001

9pm-11pm David Bowie: Serious Moonlight (Sky Arts)
1983 Vancouver gig

9.30pm An Fhidil Bheo – The Northern Fiddler (TG4)
Fiddle players discuss the legendary 1979 book, The Northern Fiddler, a unique compilation of music, photos, illustrations and interviews of Donegal and Tyrone musicians

10.30pm Flosc (Sky Arts)
Music series, presented by Cormac de Barra, featuring sessions recorded in the studios at Sligo docks

11pm-1am Manic Street Preachers Live At Nynex 1997 (Sky Arts)

1am Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-90 (Sky Arts)





Mostly Sky Arts stuff up there again,hopefully more to come on the other channels soon

One contestant chose The Undertones as her specialised subject on Mastermind on Monday. Kathy did very well, and it was a rare chance to hear The Radiators From Space get a mention on BBC2

Also mentioned in the show is the Good Vibrations Record Store, there will be a play of the Movie based on that store and it's owner Terri Hooley in Dublin's Abbey Theatre in August

https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/good-vibrations/

(BeebRock - Supporting The Arts!)




And finally the Best Elvis Anecdote Of The Weekend is probably this one from Joey The Lips Fagan as featured in The Commitments (VM1, Sunday 11.15pm). BBC and Sky should have got Joey in for some of their Docs, this is what we want!

Jordan 199

Skid X wrote: »

10.35pm Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-90 (Sky Arts)
Documentary about the recording studio, which used to overlook the Berlin Wall and hosted artists including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, U2 and Brian Eno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6MPZCXaO0

I'm looking forward to watching that.

I would like if a doc was made about this place:



The closed Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec.

RUSH recorded seven albums there :cool: