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

dasdog

velo.2010 wrote: »

On top of their hotel... the Clarence.

Had a great mid 1990's night club in the basement - The Kitchen. Spent quite a few nights in there. Some great DJ's played.

https://909originals.com/2019/02/14/if-you-cant-stand-the-heat/

Welsh Megaman

‘Something For The Weekend’...25 years old! :eek:

Welsh Megaman

The Saw Doctors causing a stage invasion on ‘Top Of The Pops’!


Most unsightly behaviour.


*loses monocle*

Hotblack Desiato

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Jason Donovan tackles neighbour's fire in underpants

Why did the neighbour's underpants go on fire?

Not recording TOTP anymore due to the overwhelming crap:decent ratio and pressure on DVR space, but if tonight's PiL was "Don't Ask Me" it's unfortunately very very far from their best. The compilation album released at that time is otherwise decent.

Capt'n Midnight

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Why did the neighbour's underpants go on fire?

Arse on ?

Heraldoffreeent

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The Saw Doctors causing a stage invasion on ‘Top Of The Pops’!


Most unsightly behaviour.


*loses monocle*

Dats Choom Shams for your gils,the sham wit the kadee's a gomey .

Welsh Megaman

Watching the Boomtown Rats documentary makes me miss Dublin so much


As soon as it’s allowed, imma comin’ over!

human 19

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Watching the Boomtown Rats documentary makes me miss Dublin so much


As soon as it’s allowed, imma comin’ over!

First time Ive seen that. Brings back memories. They were my 1st ever fav group. Jaesus, the abuse I had to take in school when Mondo Bongo came out. . I liked it. though.

Hotblack Desiato

Sadly most of what I remember form the Rats is the immense vitriol they got from wânkers writing in the likes of the Herald in their latter years.

When Live Aid happened I thought they'd broken up and reunited... it was like Official Ireland had imposed a total media blackout over here.

Although my dad did use a Geldof appearance on the Late Late Show (there might have even been a swear word) in 78-79 as an excuse to harrumph "I'm off to the pub" not that he ever needed an excuse!

Welsh Megaman

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Sadly most of what I remember form the Rats is the immense vitriol they got from wânkers writing in the likes of the Herald in their latter years.

Looks like it wasn’t just Ireland - the ‘inkies’ such as NME and Melody Maker would coat them down frequently, as they were seen as ‘selling out’ punk to the mainstream...appearing on TOTP when the likes of the Pistols and The Clash refused, for example.

BTW, I’m curious to know where in Dublin (assuming it is Dublin) those shots in the documentary were filmed (the tunnel where the masked guy was dragging the stones) - Baggot Street? Grand Canal somewhere?

Anyone know?

Skid X

Hello, quite a bit in the schedules this weekend with Glen Campbell, Elton John and Dave Grohl all having multiple appearances. There's a few new shows on the menu too and lots of repeats.

Bonus question: Which band had three UK Number One Singles in the Seventies with different lead singers on each song? Answer below ...





Thursday
4pm Music Icons – Ray Charles (Sky Arts)
4.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star – Billy Idol (Sky Arts)

7.30pm Caipini (TG4)
Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich presents music and company from Ceann Trá and Dún Chaoin

11pm Other Voices (RTE2)
Singer songwriter Brigid Mae Power performs an array of her contemporary folk songs, SON AKA Susan O'Neill returns to the show to play a solo set having previously played with Mick Flannery during the Courage series. Later, David Balfe also performs

11.20pm Glen Campbell – The Rhinestone Cowboy (BBC4)
An insight into the life of country music star Glen Campbell, documenting his remarkable journey from an impoverished childhood to worldwide fame and success as a guitarist and singer with records including Wichita Lineman and Rhinestone Cowboy. Featuring contributions by family, friends and colleagues including Jimmy Webb, Micky Dolenz and Bob Harris

1.30am The Great Songwriters – Jimmy Webb (Sky Arts)

2.30am Glen Campbell – I’ll Be Me (Sky Arts)
Documentary following the country star and his wife Kim on tour across America, featuring contributions by Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Bill Clinton. This was the one made after he was diagnosed. with Alzheimers Disease. Not sure why Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb are all over the schedules tonight




Friday
4pm Music Icons – Run DMC (Sky Arts)
4.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star – Lou Reed (Sky Arts)

7pm & 1am Elton John - Electric Prom (BBC4)
From 2010. Elton is joined by Leon Russell to perform songs from their collaborative album The Union, along with a selection of their most famous hits, at the Roundhouse in London. The duo are also joined on stage by guest singers Plan B and Rumer

8pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 6 A looks at the art of sampling and the blurred line between theft and homage, tracking the way in which it set in motion a controversy over copyright that has yet to be resolved

8pm Top Of The Pops 1990 – November 1 (BBC4)
Simon Mayo hosts the edition first aired on November 1, with performances by artists including Kim Appleby, Black Box, Roxette, Kylie Minogue, Robert Palmer and UB40, Whitney Houston, Rita MacNeil, the Righteous Brothers and George Michael

8.30pm Top Of The Pops 1990 – November 8 (BBC4)
Gary Davies hosts the edition first aired on November 8, with performances by artists including Jason Donovan, EMF, the La's, Jimmy Somerville, 808 State, Paul Simon, Del Amitri, Gazza & Lindisfarne and the Righteous Brothers

9pm & 2am Elton John at the BBC (BBC4)
A selection of interviews, news clips and archive BBC session performances from throughout the singer's career, including footage from The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops

9pm Classic Albums: Elton John – Goodbye Yellowbrick Road (Sky Arts)

9pm Gerry Rafferty – Right Down The Line (BBC Scotland)
A profile of the singer-songwriter, who died in January 2011 and is best remembered for solo hits including Baker Street and Get It Right Next Time, and Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel

10pm Later … With Jools Holland (BBC2)
Jools chats to singer and actor Olly Alexander, recently seen in It's a Sin. Rising star Griff makes her British TV debut, and performs her dark pop anthem Black Hole. Plus, composer and musical polymath Nitin Sawhney and the cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson collaborate on a duet called Movement II

10pm & 3am Elton John Uncensored (BBC4)
A 2019 programme in which the musician chats to Graham Norton about his eventful life and a career that spans more than 50 years

10pm The Great Songwriters – Norah Jones (Sky Arts)

10pm Britain's Favourite 80s Songs (Channel 5)
1983

10.20pm The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? (Sky Documentaries)

11pm Norah Jones At Baloise Session (Sky Arts)

11pm Michael Kiwanuka and Laura Marling At 6Music Festival (BBC4)
Cerys Matthews presents highlights from the BBC 6 Music Festival 2021 at Alexandra Palace, featuring songs from Michael Kiwanuka and Laura Marling

Midnight Glam Rock At The BBC (BBC4)
T. Rex, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quatro, Slade, the Sweet, Elton John, Queen and Sparks are among those featured in this compilation

12.20am Celtic Connections (TG4)
Featuring Tift Merrit, Atlantic Arc Orchestra, Brìghde and Stephanaidh Chaimbeul, Vishten, Donal O'Connor, Niamh Dunne & Sean Óg Graham, and Dirk Powell and Darlingside

12.05am Film La-La Land (BBC1 NI)
That musical which won Best Picture for a few seconds until they gave it to someone else

12.20am Other Voices (RTE2)
As yesterday

12.40am Film: The Go-Gos (Sky Arts)

1.20am Country Music (RTE2)
Ep 6

2.40am The Pretenders – Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)




Saturday
4pm Beatles Stories (Sky Arts)
Two hours of people with vague Beatle connections

5.50pm Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1)
People answering questions on Boy Bands and Pink Floyd. Speaking of which …

6pm Pink Floyd – A Delicate Sound Of Thunder (Sky Arts)
New York 1988

8pm The Great Songwriters – Norah Jones (Sky Arts)

8pm Top Of The Pops – The Story of 1988 (BBC2)

9pm Flight Of The Conchords Live In London (Sky Comedy)
It's business time - again. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement return to perform classics and new original songs live from London's Eventim Apollo

9pm I Want My MTV (Sky Arts)
A nostalgic look back at the birth of MTV, which began broadcasting in 1981 and went on to shape modern pop culture and change the world

9.30pm Paloma Faith (BBC2 NI) New!
Documentary following the singer-songwriter as she balances the demands of a make-or-break tour with writing a new album, launching an acting career and being a first-time mum. This is on 30 minutes earlier on other BBC2 channels, but NI like to be different and throw out the timings for this and all the following shows. Grrr.

10.30pm Reel Stories – Dave Grohl (BBC2 NI) New!
The Foo Fighters frontman joins host Dermot O'Leary to look back on his career, from his first TV performance with Nirvana aged 22, right through to headlining Reading and Leeds Festival with Foo Fighters in 2019.

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 Sounds Of The Sixties (Yesterday)

11.15pm-2.15am Foo Fighters At Reading 2019 (BBC2 NI)
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee bring their rock marathon master class back to headlining Reading, a tradition they began in 2002. Huw Stephens introduces highlights from the set, as the band run through classic hits from their back catalogue. It’s really two hours and 15 minutes long but the clocks go forward at 1am. Best of luck to your taping devices for that change

11.25pm The Story Of Cliff Richard – 60 Years Of The Top (Channel 5)

Midnight Sounds Of The Seventies (Yesterday)

12.05am The Eagles Live From The LA Forum (Sky Arts)
Three hours of this and then add another one to adjust to Summer Time
Alternatively Trading Places is on RTE1 at 12.30am

2.15am Live Lounge – Foo Fighters Special (BBC2)
Clara Amfo heads to Los Angeles to the 606 Studio to introduce a session by the American rock band and to catch up with frontman Dave Grohl. Plus, music from Chris Martin, the Script, the xx and 30 Seconds to Mars




Sunday
3pm Joe Cocker – Mad Dog With Soul (Sky Arts)
5pm Classic Albums: Phil Collins – Face Value (Sky Arts)

6.55pm The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? (Sky Documentaries)

8pm Music Videos That Shaped The 80s (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Comhluadar Cheoil (TG4)
Daithi meets Teada

9pm Tina (Sky Documentaries) New!
Celebration of Tina Turner's life and career, featuring contributions from the Grammy Award-winning artist, as well as Angela Bassett and Oprah Winfrey

9pm Billy Elliott – The Musical (Sky Arts)

10pm Transatlantic Sessions - Rogha Agus Togha (TG4)
Collaborations between American and Irish traditional musicians, featuring Rosanne Cash, Paul Brady, John Martyn with Danny Thompson, and Maura O'Connell with Nanci Griffith

10.55pm Britain’s Favourite 80s Songs - 1983 (Channel 5)
11.50pm U2 – Experience Live In Berlin (Sky Arts)

12.25am Count Basie In His Own Eyes (BBC4)
Through Basie's intimate footage and letters, this film reveals the passions and ambitions that inspired the world-famous musician. Contributors incluide his friends Quincy Jones and Annie Ross

2.20am Depeche Mode Live In Berlin 2013 (Sky Arts)





So there you go, as mentioned above the clocks go forward on Saturday night so Summertime is coming. Yay!


The answer to that question up above is ... 10cc
Although maybe there are others


https://twitter.com/mrob1960/status/1327734987945340929

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14703/10cc/



10cc had a number one with Rubber Bullets, but news this week that Lemmy had his ashes encased in Golden Bullets and sent out to his buddies.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0323/1205625-motorheads-lemmy-had-his-ashes-encased-in-bullets/



Sort clip here of the Lisdoonvarna Festival in 1979 which looks like a place to visit when that Time Machine is built

Finally, the Most Animated Appearance By Keith Moon Of The Week might be this one in The Simpson (Sky1 Friday 5pm). Homer and Marge speaking German there, fair play.

https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Who

Hotblack Desiato

Rising star Griff makes her British TV debut

Just won't be the same without Mel Smith.

For the quiz, I was going to guess The Nolans :pac:

nomdeboardie

Give that the ubiquiy of Nile Rogers is a central meme for this thread, and in case anyone hadn’t heard, it seems he will now be totally inescapable… :pac:

fryup

oh that's right, it's the old Queen's 74th birthday this week isn't it

hense so many tribute programmes

Welsh Megaman

FLOPPERTOPPERSCH!!

Welsh Megaman

Kim, with no Mel

Welsh Megaman

Who’s voice are Black Box pinching this week without giving them credit?

Welsh Megaman

Love this Roxette song and I don’t care.

Welsh Megaman

Rita McNeil.

Welsh Megaman

Even wearing a bin bag Kylie looks amazing.

dasdog

I don't want to sound morbid but there were a lot of very famous singers/musicians in this weeks episode who are no longer alive.

Welsh Megaman

dasdog wrote: »

I don't want to sound morbid but there were a lot of very famous singers/musicians in this weeks episode who are no longer alive.

Getting in preparation for tonight’s LLS?

velo.2010

Jason Donovan... always on call for Top of the Pops.

Must have lived just around the corner!

Welsh Megaman

Welsh Megaman

This video needs more Chevy Chase.

Welsh Megaman

PLAY N.W.A!!

velo.2010

EMF! Pretty sure this song was used as an intro to an episode of Family (Roddy Doyle) in the mid 90's on BBC. Worth a watch... very grim but well acted.

Hangdogroad

velo.2010 wrote: »

EMF! Pretty sure this song was used as an intro to an episode of Family (Roddy Doyle) in the mid 90's on BBC. Worth a watch... very grim but well acted.

It was, used in loads of stuff.

Welsh Megaman

Still waiting for Volume 2, George.

Jordan 199

A Gibson ES335. Alex Lifeson has a beautiful white one.