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

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Just watched Julian Temple’s documentary about Shane MacGowan, ‘Crock Of Gold’.

Good stuff, although I genuinely cringed at Johnny Depp’s continuous attempts to align himself with ‘rogues’ (Shane, Keef, Hunter S. Thompson) :rolleyes:

Got dust in my eyes when Miggledy presented him with the award at the NCH

Waiting for a copy. Apparently I'm in it for a minute or two

Welsh Megaman

sligojoek wrote: »

Waiting for a copy. Apparently I'm in it for a minute or two

Available now on iTunes

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Available now on iTunes

I've the dvd ordered. How much is it on iTunes?

Welsh Megaman

sligojoek wrote: »

I've the dvd ordered. How much is it on iTunes?

Here in the UK, £9.99 to buy or £4.49 to rent.

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Here in the UK, £9.99 to buy or £4.49 to rent.

In Tipperary at the moment. I it doesn't come Monday I might get it off iTunes. Getting good feedback from those who have seen it.

BandMember

sligojoek wrote: »

Waiting for a copy. Apparently I'm in it for a minute or two

You are indeed! It's the same scene that you were in for a previous doc, along with your brother. To be honest, I was very disappointed with it, but I seem to be in a minority....

sligojoek

BandMember wrote: »

You are indeed! It's the same scene that you were in for a previous doc, along with your brother. To be honest, I was very disappointed with it, but I seem to be in a minority....

How's BM? I knew that clip was in it. Was it the whole song or just a bit?

I was down home at the weekend and the brother was expecting his copy Friday but it never came. I brought the laptop to save me the bother of backing my own one up when it comes.

I ended up watching the LLS "Country" special with my mother who thinks the sun shines out of Tubbs's ar$e. She thinks he's much nicer to women than GB or PK were. He'll make president yet.


I haven't your phone number. send me a text if you still have mine. or PM. We'll have a chat over xmas

The J Stands for Jay

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Open University late at night and early morning was an amazing idea which really democratized education - people who didn't have money or free time during the day could still achieve higher education and reach their potential. Harold Wilson might have been an aul eejit imho but that initiative stands to him. Kipper ties and black and white Maths 101 lectures and all

I know a few weird, specialised facts from coming in drunk and turning on the TV to Open University...

paddylonglegs

McGaggs wrote: »

I know a few weird, specialised facts from coming in drunk and turning on the TV to Open University...

Well now we have the university of YouTube!

Capt'n Midnight

McGaggs wrote: »

I know a few weird, specialised facts from coming in drunk and turning on the TV to Open University...

Like the guy from CIE explaining that the number of people travelling by trains between cities was inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Wait what.. CIE on Open Uni :eek:

Skid X

Hello, there's a BBC4 Doc on Hand Made Guitars this Friday which looks good. Also the Late Late Show has an indoor prerecorded Busking thing for the Simon Charity with some familiar names, and Dave Fanning moonlights on Virgin Media for some live music. Alternatively, Channel 4 has a nine hour Beethoven Marathon ...





Thursday
10pm Dusty Springfield At The BBC (BBC4)
This was on last week

10pm Fanning At Whelans (VM2) New!
Part 1 of 2. Dave Fanning showcases the best of Irish music talent in this special, including performances by the Academic, Somebody's Child, Andrea Corr and Mick Flannery
https://twitter.com/fanningrte/status/1338579998660243457

Midnight Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road – Robert Plant (Sky Arts)




Friday
6.40pm Leonard Bernstein -Larger Than Life (Sky Documentaries)
Documentary exploring the work of the composer and conductor, from his TV series Young People's Concerts and his Mahler cycle to West Side Story and his Chichester Psalms

7pm Trailblazers - Pop Videos (Sky Arts)

7.30pm & 2.40am Cigar Box Blues – The Makers Of A Revolution (BBC4) New!
Documentary about the creators and players of hand-made guitars, which have a long history in American blues music but have only recently become popular in the UK. The film meets the fervent advocates of the 'cigar box guitar revolution', such as blues guitarist and singer Seasick Steve, and shows how the democratic, pro-recycling, local production ethos of the movement inspires new recruits, and that the emotional connection they feel for their instruments creates a unique and evocative sound

8pm Classic Albums: Queen – A Night At The Opera (Sky Arts)

8pm Top Of The Pops 1990 – May 24 (BBC4)
Anthea Turner hosts the edition first aired on May 24, with performances by artists including Beats International, En Vogue, Mantronix featuring Wondress, Michael Bolton, Don Pablo's Animals, Was (Not Was) and the B-52s

8.30pm Top Of The Pops 1990 – May 31 (BBC4)
Simon Mayo hosts the edition first aired on May 31, with performances by artists including Black Box, Talk Talk, Sam Brown, Erasure, Chad Jackson, England and New Order, the Charlatans and Adamski

9pm The Sound Of TV With Neil Brand (BBC4)
Ep 3 of 3 Neil reveals how television scores have grown in importance, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s to reach a peak in the big-budget world of Netflix and HBO. He demonstrates how music has driven the success of BBC natural history programmes, talking to George Fenton, the film composer behind such landmarks as Blue Planet. Fenton was also pivotal in the development of music in TV drama, with his score for Jewel in the Crown. Plus, maverick creators of the TV score, including Roxy Music's Andy MacKay, who wrote the songs that powered radical '70s drama Rock Follies and David Chase, music buff and creator of The Sopranos

9pm Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender (Sky Arts)
Profile of the Queen frontman, exploring his time away from the band - including a collaboration with Michael Jackson and the triumphant Barcelona duet with Montserrat Caballe. This is 105 minutes long, and it’s part of a Queen/Freddie night

9pm Keeping ‘Er Country At Christmas (BBC1 NI)
Nathan Carter and the brother with Lisa McHugh, Cliona Hagan and Robert Mizzell. Same as what the LLS had last week only without Dolly Parton on Skype

9.35pm The Late Late Show Christmas Busk For Simon (RTE1)
Glen Hansard started the Christmas Eve Charity Busk for Simon 10 years ago. This year it continues in LLS featuring U2’s Bono and The Edge with a cast of Ireland’s top musical talent including Imelda May, Hozier, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Shane MacGowan, Danny O’Reilly, Roisin O, Declan O’Rourke, Lisa O’Neill, and Kodaline’s Steve Garrigan and many more.

10pm & 1.40am The Story Of Fairytale Of New York (BBC4)
Richard E Grant narrates a look at the making of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's classic bittersweet love song. The group return to the studio where the song was recorded, while director Peter Dougherty and actor Matt Dillon discuss the making of the video - which resulted in a brush with the law. With contributions from Jools Holland, Nick Cave and producer Steve Lillywhite. It’s on Youtube

10.45pm Queen – From Rags To Rhapsody (Sky Arts)
Documentary recalling the rock band's early years

11pm Live At The Olympia For Barretstown (VM3)
A special night of music from the Olympia in Dublin to raise funds for Barrestown
Not sure when this was from, I think it’s a few years old

11pm Country Christmas (BBC4)
Festive performances by the biggest names in country music, including Dan + Shay, Darius Rucker and Lindsey Stirling, Florida Georgia Line, Gabby Barrett, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady A, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and host Thomas Rhett

11.35pm Se Mo Laoch – Gabriel McArdle (TG4)

11.40pm Carole King And Friends At Christmas (BBC4)
The singer-songwriter performs festive favourites at a concert that also features Sheffield crooner Richard Hawley, retro vocal trio the Puppini Sisters, Brighton group the Mummers, and New York jazz vocalist Gregory Porter. Among the songs on the bill are Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Silent Night, Let It Snow, White Christmas and The Christmas Song

Midnight The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Sky Arts)
The big one from Wembley 1992

12.05am Other Voices (RTE2)
Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer, Clive Barnes and The Cowboy Junkies

12.40am Top Of The Pops Christmas 1988 (BBC4)
Pet Shop Boys and Enya feature among the top hits and videos from 1988, while Cliff Richard sings Mistletoe and Wine, that year's Christmas Number one. Introduced by Bruno Brookes, Gary Davies and Anthea Turner

1.50am Coldplay – A Head Full Of Dreams (Sky Arts)
Doc about the making of the album




Saturday
4pm Andy Williams – Happy Holidays (Sky Arts)

5.15pm It’s Christmas Live From The Royal Albert Hall (Sky Arts)
Jason Manford hosts with performances from the likes of Chrissie Hynde, the Vamps, Holly Johnson, Alexander Armstrong, Melanie C and Ricky Wilson

6.30pm Barenboim On Beethoven (Channel 4)
A remarkable insight into the mind and music of Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring highlights from Daniel Barenboim's 1970 series of programmes about the man and his music.. The full series of 13 episodes in their entirety - over seven hours, from the Fourth Piano Concerto to the Eroica to Beethoven's Fifth - follows on More4 from 8.20pm to 3.30am

7pm The Bee Gees – In Our Own Time (Sky Arts)
2010 Bee Gees Doc

7pm Sounds Of The Sixties (Yesterday)

7.20pm & 2.30am Top Of The Pops - Christmas 1997 (BBC4)
Bjork and Jack Dee introduce the biggest-selling songs of 1995, plus the Christmas Day Number One - Michael Jackson's Earth Song. Featuring performances by N-Trance, Annie Lennox, Take That, Boyzone, the Outhere Brothers, Simply Red, Robson and Jerome, Pulp and Blur

8pm Sounds Of The Eighties (Yesterday)

8.20pm Michael Buble Live – Tour Stop 148 (Sky Arts)

8.55pm Samhlu 2020 (TG4)
Tommy Tiernan presents performances from doorsteps, piers and chipper vans in Roundstone, Co Galway, including new music by Bill Whelan
https://www.tg4.ie/en/information/press/press-releases/2020-2/tg4-and-the-creative-ireland-programme-launch-samhlu-a-new-arts-brand-in-solidarity-with-irish-artists/

9pm The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Sky Documentaries)
Apparently this is a new HBO Doc (shown on this channel a few times)

9.20pm Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney (BBC1) New!
Idris Elba takes a break from doing adverts for Sky to meet Paul McCartney who is plugging his 26th post-Beatles album McCartney III. It features Paul playing every instrument and writing and recording every song

10pm Shania Twain Live In Las Vegas (Sky Arts)

10.20pm Saturday Night Fever - The Ultimate Disco Movie (BBC4)
With Bruno Tonioli

10.45pm Fanning At Whelans (VM1)
Repeat of Ep1

11.30pm Bee Gees At The BBC And Beyond (BBC4)

Midnight Pink Floyd – A Delicate Sound Of Thunder (Sky Arts)
Live gig from New York 1988

12.30am Disco At The BBC (BBC4)
including Chic, Rose Royce, Labelle, Gladys Knight and Village People

1.30am Top Of The Pops 1990 – May 24 (BBC4)
2am Top Of The Pops 1990 – May 31 (BBC4)

2am Hungarian Rhapsody -Live In Budapest 1986 (Sky Arts)




Sunday
8pm Queen Live At Wembley 1986 (Pick)

8.30pm Shine Your Light Solstice (RTE1)
The latest in a series of national moments of togetherness, with millions of people participating by shining a light within their communities. Following an evocative opening sequence, enjoy music from Damien Dempsey and Erica Cody

9pm-Midnight The Eagles Live At The LA Forum (Sky Arts)

9.15pm Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender (Pick)
As shown on Sky Arts on Friday

9.30pm Tunes In The Church (TG4)
Concert of traditional music from Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church in the heart of Galway City, presented by Cormac Begley. Joined by Canon Gary Hastings, Kevin Hough, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin and Clíodhna Ní Bheaglaoich

11pm Soul Noel - Gospel And Soul Stars Singing Christmas (BBC4)
Christmas concert from the Porchester Hall in London, featuring festive songs with a gospel and soul twist. Soul singers Beverley Knight, Carleen Anderson and Ola Onabule, Bryn Christopher and the London Community Gospel Choir

1.25am Backstreet Boys Live In Japan 2013 (RTE2)
Someone in RTE bought a rake of Backstreet Boys shows while drunk and now schedules them when no-one is watching. Allegedly.






There is a school of thought that Smoke On The Water is basically lifted from the riff in Beethoven's Eighth Symphony

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/smoke-on-the-water-riff-is-beethovens-5th-backwards.632571/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/29zaos/smoke_on_the_water_riff_derived_from_the_opening/






Belated news that Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden was the special guest on The Sooty Show in 1988 (from 12 minutes in)

https://www.facebook.com/sootysweepandsoo/posts/did-you-know-nicko-mcbrain-from-iron-maiden-has-a-sooty-puppet-always-on-his-dru/10151904957682551/

https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/iron-maiden-pay-tribute-to-sooty-on-his-70th-birthday/



That's almost that, there should be some Christmas Listings appearing here around Sunday or Monday hopefully


Just time to mention that BBC4 are showing a repeat of the Stella Street Christmas Special on Sunday at 9.30pm as a tribute to John Sessions who died recently. Best Keith Richards ever.

Ol' Donie

Nice one, Skid.

I feel obliged to watch Paul talking to Idris, but to be honest I don't really want to.

I mean, I've heard Paul in a lot of interviews over the years. A lot. If there's anything new for him to say, I suspect an actual interviewer might be the one to get him to say it.

dasdog

Great update this week Skid - Nicko McBrain and Sooty and Sweep, hehe. I actually might get some long play VHS to record the Beethoven marathon as I've been listening to more afternoon EBU concerts on Lyric FM than is healthy the past few months.

Something that was not on my radar recently was a Frank Zappa documentary released a few weeks ago which I'm watching at the moment through nefarious means which may be of interest here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F0rT0F6OQ

Hotblack Desiato

"A film by Alex Winter"

Excellent!

dasdog

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

"A film by Alex Winter"

Excellent!

Surprisingly well made and directed. What's annoying is his missing out on the digital revolution and dying at 52. I saw Dweezil a couple of years ago in Vicar St playing his fathers music which is as close as I will get, but it was most excellent.

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

Edit: And that's a phone recording

Skid X

dasdog wrote: »

Great update this week Skid - Nicko McBrain and Sooty and Sweep, hehe. I actually might get some long play VHS to record the Beethoven marathon as I've been listening to more afternoon EBU concerts on Lyric FM than is healthy the past few months.

Something that was not on my radar recently was a Frank Zappa documentary released a few weeks ago which I'm watching at the moment through nefarious means which may be of interest here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F0rT0F6OQ

Cheers, that Zappa one is new to me, looks decent

Ludwig knew how to deal with his critics, he would have been 250 this week

https://twitter.com/LettersOfNote/status/1339356413055938560

Skid X

Schedule change:

A tribute to Charley Pride at 11.40pm tonight on BBC4
It replaces Carole King and friends, which can be seen on Wednesday


11.40pm Charley Pride - I'm Just Me
The improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper's son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi, to his career as a black American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar. Pride arrived in Nashville in 1963 with the city embroiled in sit-ins and racial violence. With boldness, perseverance and undeniable musical talent, he managed to parlay a series of fortuitous encounters with music industry insiders into a legacy of hit singles, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Narrated by Tanya Tucker

Arthur Daley

Skid X wrote: »

Don Pablo's Animals

Group stage of Italia 90 goals set to 'Venus' by Don Pablo's Animals, once Des does the introductions

Welsh Megaman

FLOPPITYTOPPITYPOPPITY!!

dasdog

Really enjoyed that cigar box documentary. The three empty Partagas cases I have are starting to look nervous.

Welsh Megaman

ANTHEA!

Welsh Megaman

Evening Kate

Welsh Megaman

Roam>Love Shack


Come at me, keyboard warriors!

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Roam>Love Shack


Come at me, keyboard warriors!

Hmmmmm


Not sure about that one. It says here Roam was produced by a Mr Nile Rodgers. Not sure if he ever worked in the music business again.

PsychoPete

The last time we'll see beats International?


Oh no.....

barney shamrock

52 Girls>Roam>Love Shack

Welsh Megaman

Beats International had a second song?

Welsh Megaman

PLAY WAS NOT WAS!!

PsychoPete

Rock Lobster > 52 Girls > Roam > Love Shack

dasdog

Unfortunately I bear some resemblance to Michael Bolton. And I used to have long curly hair.