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

Skid X

Fog On The Tyne


Needs more Gazza

ednwireland

valerie..............by the zutons yes

Skid X

Elkie Brooks sounding well there, never knew her and Robert Palmer were in the same baand.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0wVjU2-k

Save it, fellater was the band in-joke

odyssey06

Skid X wrote: »

Elkie Brooks sounding well there, never knew her and Robert Palmer were in the same baand.

Her theme song to A Very Peculiar Practice is hypnotic...
https://youtu.be/R_sBrUdkvAQ

Welsh Megaman

TOPPITYPOPPITY 1991 starting next week

However, no ‘The Story Of 1991’?

Meh, tis was all Bryan Adams anyway

fryup

John Lennon: Life in Picture was a brilliant watch, never knew that this is the only photo of him and his mother

and the photo of him & yoko in front of the car they crashed - trippy

Hotblack Desiato

Austin Maxi, one of the world's first hatchbacks! Built-in double bed for you doggers

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maxi/

fryup

are you suggesting John & Yoko did a bit of dogging?? might explain the crash

Welsh Megaman

Mmm...this thread seems to have taken an unusual turn :eek:



Anyhoo, Delia Derbyshire documentary starting shortly on BBC Four

Welsh Megaman

It’s that time, folks!





URE-O VEESHEON!

Lesley Roy will be performing tomorrow night in the first semi-final (Seventh in the running order) - 8pm RTE Two or BBC Four

Skid X

Hello, lots of Eurovision and related programming on this weekend as you would expect. Sky Arts has a new Live Music showcase thing on repeat most days and TOTP smashes into 1991 although without the traditional "Story Of .. " Doc, apparently it is coming soon ...





Wednesday
8.30pm Good Evening Europe Agus Anois An Eurovision (TG4)
A nostalgic look back at the heady days of Irish Eurovisions from 1971, when the nation first hosted the contest, to the seventh and last time, over 20 years ago

9.35pm Film: Eurovision – The Story Of Fire Saga (RTE1)
Aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, and they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is one worth fighting for. Comedy, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. Contains Ja Ja Ding Dong

12.50am The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash In Ireland (RTE1)
The story of singer Johnny Cash's tour in 1963 and his relationship with Ireland, featuring archive footage and first-hand accounts of a troubled time in the country star's life, and hearing from Irish people who saw him up close

1.50am Clannad – A Celtic Dream (RTE1)
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh chats to members of the band, who reflect on their remarkable 50 years in the music business. It says here they won the Letterkenny Folk Festival in 1970 and built on that success.




Thursday
7pm Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody Live In Budapest (Sky Arts)

8pm Eurovision Semi Final 2 Live (RTE2 & BBC4)

9pm The Live Revival (Sky Arts) New!
Ep 1 of 3 A showcase for small music venues that have been closed during the pandemic, with performances by artists who played in them at the start of their careers, including Paul Weller, David Gray, Sleaford Mods, Amy McDonald, the Fratellis, Frank Turner and James

9pm The Blues Brothers (ITV4)
Back! Back! Back! And Jaws is on after it. Life is coming back to normal

10pm Pink Floyd - The Story Of Wish You Were Here (Sky Arts)

11.15pm Matt Deighton - Overshadowed (Sky Arts)

11.25pm Tradfest – The Dublin Castle Sessions (RTE2)
performances by Altan, Eleanor Shanley, Aoife Scott with Andy Meaney, Mike Hanrahan and David Keenan

Midnight Arena: Delia Derbyshire – The Myths And The Legendary Tapes (BBC4)
Speaking Of Tapes, my recording didn’t work on Sunday so I’m glad this is repeated




Friday
7pm Soundtrack – Songs That Defined History (Sky Arts)

8pm Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon (Sky Arts)

8pm & 2.30am Top Of The Pops 1991 – January 3 (BBC4)
Gary Davies presents the edition first aired on January 3, featuring performances by artists including Betty Boo, Seal, Iron Maiden, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, Black Box, C & C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams, Anthrax, Patsy Cline and Paul Gascoigne with his Gazza Rap

8.30pm & 3am Top Of The Pops 1991 – January 10 (BBC4)
Jackie Brambles presents the edition first aired on January 10, featuring performances by artists including Bananarama, Pop Will Eat Itself, Robert Palmer, Whitney Houston, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Off-Shore, Jesus Jones, MC Hammer and Enigma

9pm & 1.30am The A-Z Of Eurovision (BBC4)
From 2020 - Rylan Clark-Neal narrates this compilation of all things Eurovision, on the evening of what would have been the global singing contest's 2020 event in Rotterdam. The alphabetical guide recalls some of the greatest moments in the show's 64-year history - as well as those perhaps best forgotten. Highlights include the best interval acts, comic voting gaffes and the funniest commentary moments from Terry Wogan and Graham Norton - not to mention dancing gorillas, Polish butter churners, fainting backing singers and Celine Dion on a tractor

9pm Lennon’s Last Weekend (Sky Arts)
A look at the musician's final interview, given to Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles two days before the former Beatle was murdered, intertwined with footage and commentary from friends

10pm Eurovision At 60 (BBC4)
Documentary looking at the song contest since its launch in 1956 up to 2015. The programme reveals how the annual event has blossomed from involving just seven countries to garnering some 195 million viewers across the continent. Hosts and competitors tell the behind-the-scenes story of Eurovision

10pm Later … With Jools Holland (BBC2)
The pianist welcomes US musician Annie Clark, aka St Vincent. Plus, multi-talented actor and musician Johnny Flynn, Bristol-based five-piece Squid, and multi-instrumentalist and vocal powerhouse Laura Mvula

10pm Britain’s Favourite 90s Songs (Channel 5)
Revisiting the musical highs of 1991 in the company of Shaun Ryder, Jayne Middlemiss, Paul Gambaccini and others. It was the year KLF dominated the charts, along with Vic Reeves, Hale & Pace, and Chesney Hawkes. The latter discusses his track The One and Only, and Beverley Craven looks back on the success of her romantic ballad Promise Me

10.30pm The Live Revival (Sky Arts)
As Thursday

11.30pm Abba At The BBC (BBC4)
This sort of thing

11.30pm Lynyrd Skynyrd – If I Leave Here Tomorrow (Sky Arts)

11.55pm Cork Folk Festival (TG4)
Featuring classical and traditional music group Strung, Clancy Brothers member Robbie O'Connell, Riverdance and social media star Tara Howley, and “unknown gem” Mollaí Gough. I goggled “Unknown Gem” and it is more commonly used on Tripadvisor reviews and a weird cartoon called “Steven Universe”

12.30am Sings Bacharach And David (BBC4)
Archive performances of songs penned by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, featuring artists including Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, the Carpenters, Sandie Shaw and the Stranglers. The programme also features Bacharach himself performing alongside Rufus Wainwright on Later with Jools Holland

1.45am Frank Sinatra In Concert 1971 (Sky Arts)




Saturday
3.15pm Paul Simon Live In Central Park 1991 (Sky Arts)

6pm-9pm The Eagles Live From The LA Forum (Sky Arts)

6.55pm Marty’s Magical Eurovision Moments (RTE1)
Marty Whelan does Eurovision clips

8pm Eurovision 2021 Final (BBC1 & RTE1)

9pm The Live Revival (Sky Arts)
The same one again

10pm Bunch Of Kunst – A Film About Sleaford Mods (Sky Arts)
A profile of the Nottingham electronic punk music duo, following Jason Williamson, Andrew Fearn and their manager Steve Underwood as they rise from obscurity to chart success

11pm-1am Sounds Of The Sixties (Yesterday)

11.50pm Film: The Commitments (RTE1)
That Back To Barrytown Doc was decent enough last week. They are doing The Snapper on Sunday

Midnight The Jam Live At Rockpalast 1980 (Sky Arts)

1.30am Madness – Before And After (Sky Arts)
The story of the House of Fun hitmakers, tracing their journey from humble beginnings as a British pub band to the peak of their chart-topping success




Sunday
4pm Duran Duran – A Diamond In The Mind (Sky Arts)
2011 concert

6pm Dire Straits Alchemy 1983 (Sky Arts)

7pm John Williams At The BBC (BBC4)
Performances featuring the guitarist, from a BBC archive spanning 15 years. The programme includes classical masterworks, the prog rock of Sky and comedy with Eric Sykes. There are also duets with fellow guitar maestro Julian Bream

8pm & 12.30am Sound Waves – The Symphony Of Physics (BBC4)
Part two of two. Helen Czerski explores the extraordinary messages carried by sound waves, and how they can help humans gain a better understanding of the world around them

8pm The Live Revival (Sky Arts)
Ah here

9pm The Doobie Brothers Live From The Beacon Theatre (Sky Arts)

9.30pm Cork Folk Festival (Sky Arts)
Ep 4

10.30pm Geantrai (TG4)
Mary Staunton presents traditional music from Paddy's Thatch Pub, Co Mayo. Including performances by Kate Staunton, Kerry Mulvihill, Tomás Ó Máille and Ferdia Ó Mongáin

11.30pm Santana - Greatest Hits Live At Montreux (Sky Arts)

1.05am Steve Miller Band – Austin City Limits (Sky Arts

2.05am Classic Albums: Grateful Dead – From Anthem To Beauty (Sky Arts)




An extended interview with Shaun Ryder in which he claims 20 years of heroin didn't do him much harm (Disclaimer - Just Say No! Like The Commitments poster said - Heroin(e) Kills)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/10/shaun-ryder-i-was-a-heroin-addict-for-20-odd-years-but-theres-been-no-damage-off-that



If you enjoyed the Old Grey Whistle Test compilation last weekend here is a bit more, from a few years later ...

Here's a rather detailed guide to the Eurovision from the good people at Popbitch. Written when Ireland still had a theoretical chance of winning. Boo.

https://popbitch.com/the-popbitch-guide-to-eurovision-2021/




Finally, the Best film featuring a Ben E King Song about four boys walking across a bridge of the week might be Stand By Me (Channel 5 Sunday 4.55pm)

Hotblack Desiato

Bunch Of Kunst – A Film About Sleaford Mods

great title

peteeeed

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Bunch Of Kunst – A Film About Sleaford Mods

great title

its excellent

fryup

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

It’s that time, folks!

that ireland get knocked out of the eurovision again

anyway its not a song contest anymore, hasn't been for over 20 years if the truth be none

ednwireland

fryup wrote: »

anyway its not a song contest anymore, hasn't been for over 20 years if the truth be none

meh sour grapes,

some pretty good tunes in eurovision (iceland entry last year for one)

just cos rte cronies keep putting poor tunes in .......

Welsh Megaman

TOPPITYPOPPITYNINETEENNINETYONNEY!

dasdog

I was thinking the euravisual might to override it - phew.

Betty Boo - good start

Welsh Megaman

Where were the Booettes?


Boo-urns!

Welsh Megaman

Nice suit, Gary!

Welsh Megaman

Sweet holy mother of god :eek:

dasdog

Italian disco - but it's not quite Gazza. Never knew he had two songs.

Welsh Megaman

So 1991’s off to a good start then...

Hangdogroad

dasdog wrote: »

Italian disco - but it's not quite Gazza. Never knew he had two songs.

I must have repressed all memory of that, dont recall it at all.

dasdog

Seal's Crazy is a good tune - even if his grandmother probably wouldn't approve of his leather wear.

Welsh Megaman

dasdog wrote: »

Seal's Crazy is a good tune - even if his grandmother probably wouldn't approve of his leather wear.

‘Crazy’ is great, but it’s no ‘Geordie Boys’ is it? :pac:

dasdog

C&C music factory was the closest America got to dance culture until daftpunk hit them in the face in the early 00's and they layed off the hippin and the hopping and turned to molly.

Welsh Megaman

ANTHRAX!!

dasdog

Anthrax. Bastards walked off stage after three songs in the Top Hat 1989 because they were being spat at. It was £8 and we got £5 refunds. I'll never forgive them.

Welsh Megaman

Tickling my head