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

Skid X

Hi, Sky Arts has a new New Order doc on Saturday as part of a New Order night, it's about a recent album so no Peter Hook to be seen, probably. They also have the continuing Drumming Doc.

BBC4 has a Dance Music thing which might be good if you are into that. Also the Mercury Music Prize thing, which nobody will remember the winner by the weekend. Some repeats of varying decentness also on offer ...




Wednesday
10.30pm Lomax in Éirinn (TG4)

11.10pm The Gloaming at the National Concert Hall (RTE1)



Thursday
12pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 5/8 Four on the Floor A look at the ever-evolving process of building an irresistible beat, charting its progression from Little Richard and James Brown to disco and EDM

5pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 6/8 The World Is Yours 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

7.30pm Don't Look Back In Anger (Virgin Media One)
Ep 1/20 New series. Archive news stories, looking back at the headline stories of the past 20 years, accompanied by the music of the time. Sounds like a Reeling in The Years / Rock and Roll Years clone

9pm Hyundai Mercury Music Prize - Album Of The Year (BBC4)
Annie Mac hosts the annual ceremony to announce the best album of the year, live from the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith. The 12 shortlisted acts are Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys, Everything Everything, Everything Is Recorded, Florence and the Machine, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, King Krule, Novelist, Nadine Shah, Jorja Smith, Sons of Kemet and Wolf Alice.

11pm The Art Of Drumming (Sky Arts)
Ep 1/4 Leading drummers discuss their passion for music and the fellow musicians who inspire them, demonstrating how famous beats and solos are created. Repeat of last week's episode.

12.05am Abbey Road Classics (Channel 4)
Featuring Counting Crows and Goo Goo Dolls

12.15am Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 1971 (Sky Arts)



Friday
12pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 6 As Thursday

5pm Soundbreaking (Sky Arts)
Ep 7 Sound and Vision A look at the emergence and influence of the music video, examining how a marketing tool became a powerful link between artist and audience

7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1986 - April 24 (BBC4)
Janice Long and Dixie Peach introduce performances by the SOS Band, the Grange Hill Cast, Aurra, George Michael, Madonna and Queen. First aired April 24 1986

8pm & 3am Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (BBC4)
Ep 1/3 Showstoppers The Grammy award-winning soul and jazz star examines the sound and work of his favourite vocal showstoppers, starting with the world's first pop star, the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. He moves on to admire the genius of Ella Fitzgerald, the soul of Mahalia Jackson, the power and stagecraft of Freddie Mercury, the artistry and extravagance of Prince, and the modern melisma of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

8pm Discovering Music - REM (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Feile - An Turas Go Tipp [The Trip To Tipp] (RTE1)
Between 1990 and 1994 the town of Thurles was laid siege to by a generation that were starving for an escape from the norm. The Trip to Tipp has gone down in Irish music folklore for all the best reasons. The promoters MCD claimed at the time it was Ireland's answer to Woodstock. In the days of few mobile phones, internet and social media, it created a world of wonderful memories and music for the people who played it, worked it, and indulged. This programme captures some of that magic of the original on the eve of the remake

9pm Kenny Rogers: Cards On The Table (BBC4)
Documentary chronicling Rogers' career and the golden era of country music he helped usher in, reflecting on how he rose to become a superstar selling over 120 million albums worldwide. Making use of a candid interview with the performer, the film also looks at his success in other fields, including tennis and photography.

9pm & 1.15am The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts)
Ep 2/4 This episode looks at drummers as musicians and explores the musical possibilities of the drum kit, featuring tracks from the Beatles to Nirvana and folk rock to thrash metal

10pm Can You Feel It? How Dance Music Conquered The World (BBC4) New!
Ep 1/3 The Beat New series. The story of the dance revolution, following the four-on-the-floor rhythm pattern beat from its disco origins, through remix culture in to house, techno and acid house. The steady, uniformly accented beat was originally used in disco and electronic dance music, but was later adopted by the house genre. The charts are packed with such tunes made or remixed by superstar DJs and the irresistible and relentless groove of the dance floor fills clubs and stadiums. Narrated by Rosalind Eleazar
https://www.facebook.com/TerryFarleyOfficial/videos/how-dance-music-conquered-the-world-bbc-4/232047060809685/
I don't know much about Dance Music, although I can report that Keith Flint from The Prodigy recently visited Black Tom's in Tinahely Co.WIcklow for a few pints. http://wicklownews.net/2018/09/firestarter-visits-tinahely-and-pulls-pints-for-locals/

10.15pm Black Sabbath: The End Of The End (Sky Arts)
Documentary charting the band's last gig, a sold-out home town performance on February 4, 2017, at Birmingham's 16,000-seat Genting Arena

11pm Tales From The Tour Bus - Rock n Roll On The Road (BBC4)
Rick Wakeman offers a first-hand account of rockers on the road from the late 1950s onwards, recalling the golden age of touring - a secret history of transport cafes, transit vans, B&Bs, sleepless roadies and loved ones left at home. The musician and tour bus aficionado also reflects on the audiences, both good and bad, and the gigs themselves, from the early variety package to the pubs, clubs and stadiums. With contributions by Suzi Quatro and members of Dr Feelgood, the Shadows, the Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, Happy Mondays, Aswad, Girlschool and the Damned

11.30pm Guth - Bing Crosby (TG4)
Ep 1/6 The story of popular music and how the families of Irish emigrants changed the genre, beginning with the story of Bing Crosby, whose forebears came from an Irish Catholic background and lived in the city of Spokane in north-west America. He became one of the country's biggest stars in both film and radio, and his voice one of the most recognisable in the world when the United States entered the Second World War

12.15am My View: Clem Burke (Sky Arts)
The Blondie drummer reflects on his career, from his first-ever drum lesson through to touring the world. Featuring contributions by Debbie Harry and Annie Lennox. Repeat from last week

12.30am Music Moguls: Masters Of Pop (BBC4)
Ep 3/3 Myth Makers Leading publicist Alan Edwards narrates this instalment looking at the PR plots that have helped shape some of the world's greatest artists. With the aid of rare archive footage, he explains how he and fellow exponents, such as Barbara Charone and Andy Saunders, cultivate new bands, manage crises and attempt to maintain the reputation of their long-standing clients. The programme highlights the campaigns behind superstars including Jimi Hendrix, Taylor Swift and David Bowie. Last in the series

1.30am The Byrd Who Flew Alone (BBC4)
A documentary on the enigmatic former Byrds frontman Gene Clark, drawing on interviews with his family, friends and fellow musicians. Since the Missouri-born songwriter's death in 1991 at the age of 46, his songs have been covered by artists ranging from Robert Plant to Yo La Tengo, and he has been hailed as a key influence by generations of musicians - and yet arguably failed to enjoy the success his work deserved. This was decent, hasn't been on BBC4 in years
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/new-film-reveals-the-sad-flight-of-the-byrds-gene-clark-241436/

2.30am Tony Visconti's Unsigned Heroes (Sky Arts)
Last in Series The unsigned artists take to the stage to perform alongside a host of music stars in a special gig dedicated to Tony Visconti and the artists he worked with



Saturday
10am Elvis Presley - A Legend In Concert (Sky Arts)
Compilation of early Television appearances

2pm A Tribute To Randy Newman: Hollywood In Vienna (Sky Arts)

4pm Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 1971 (Sky Arts)

5.45pm Discovering Music - The Smiths (Sky Arts)

7pm TOTP2 - Boy Bands (Yesterday)

7.15pm Oasis: Live By The Sea (Sky Arts)
1995 Concert from Southend

8.20pm TOTP2 - Girl Groups (Yesterday)

8.30pm Opry An Iuir - Daniel's Johnny Cash Tribute (TG4)
New series. Daniel O'Donnell returns to the Millennium Forum in Derry to present a tribute show to Johnny Cash, featuring Sandy and Willie Kelly, Declan Nerney and Jordan Mogey

8.30pm Discovering Music - New Order (Sky Arts)

9pm New Order - Decades (Sky Arts) New!
Documentary following New Order's staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes with the artist Liam Gillick during the Manchester International Festival 2017
http://www.neworder.com/newordernow/2018/8/13/new-order-decades.html

9.40pm Britpop Now (Yesterday)
Damon Albarn presents a compilation of live performances originally broadcast in 1995, providing a snapshot of British music in the Britpop era. Featuring Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, Elastica, PJ Harvey, the Boo Radleys, Echobelly, Gene, Sleeper, Menswear, Powder and Marion.

10.50pm New Order - Live In Glasgow 2006 (Sky Arts)
Footage from the band's 2006 concert at Glasgow's Carling Academy, featuring such classics as True Faith, Blue Monday and Temptation

11.50pm Top Of The Pops 1986 - April 24 (BBC4)
As Friday

12.20am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC (BBC4)
A compilation of archive clips and performances which include some of the most memorable guitar riffs of all time. Featuring Jimi Hendrix, the Kinks, Cream, AC/DC, the Smiths, Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Pixies and the Stone Roses

1.05 The Art Of Drumming (Sky Arts)
As Friday

2.20am Rock and Roll - Love (Sky Arts)
Ep 3/10 A look at how love has always been a key component in the history of rock 'n' roll, featuring interviews and music from Carly Simon, Martha Wainwright and Wilko Johnson

3.50am Beat Beat Beat - Cat Stevens (Sky Arts)

Sunday
9.30am The South Bank Show Originals - Rhythm and Blues (Sky Arts)
Melvyn Bragg revisits an edition of the arts programme exploring the history of rhythm and blues music

10am The Andrew Marr Show - featuring The Coral (BBC1)
From Liverpool, Andrew Marr's Show features a performance from The Coral to celebrate BBC Music Day 2018 (which isn't on until next Friday). No, me neither.

10am Andre Rieu - Live In Dublin (Sky Arts)

7.30pm Pat Shortt's Music From D'Telly (RTE1)

8pm Music Videos The Defined The 90s (Sky Arts)

9pm REM Road Movie (Sky Arts)
Michael Stipe and the band perform at Atlanta's Omni Stadium in 1995. Songs featured include Orange Crush, Losing My Religion and What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

10.30pm Ceol on Chlann - Begley Family (TG4)
Muintir Ui Bheaglaoich The musical careers of the Begley family, nine brothers and sisters who are steeped in the traditional culture of the West Kerry Gaeltacht

10.55pm Video Killed The Radio Star - REM (Sky Arts)

11.25pm Radiohead - Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)
2016 Concert

11.25pm Livin' With Lucy - Christy Dignam (Virgin Media One)
Christy Dignam from Aslan has suffered a lot of pain and misery during his life - can he survive the ultimate challenge of having to live with Lucy Kennedy for 48 hours?

1.35pm Rock and Roll - Poetry (Sky Arts)
Ep4/10 Poetry Joni Mitchell, Chuck D and Pete Doherty are among those reflecting on how lyrics became the poetry of the modern age, featuring words bursting with emotions




Looking ahead, if you've ever look at Bargain Hunt and thought "you know what would liven this up? - Jarvis Cocker and Bez from The Happy Mondays" then you might be interested to know that Jarvis and Bez go head to head on The Bargain Hunt Pulp v Happy Mondays BBC Music Day Special on Friday September 28th. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/news/a866412/bargain-hunt-series-51-jarvis-cocker-bez-music-day-special-rule-break/ What a time to be alive.

https://twitter.com/todayfm/status/1024274207230844928


But before that, the Best James Brown Performance at a Non Sanctioned East v West Exhibition Fight Of The Week might be in Rocky IV (ITV4, Saturday 9pm). Rocky I, II, III, IV and V are on every night from tonight until Sunday. Maybe they just wound up Drago and inspired him to punch harder, just saying ...

Jordan 199

^ Ronnie James Dio was a great Black Sabbath frontman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHrXtV5Ck7E

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Nice one, Skid

Wednesday
10.30pm Lomax in Éirinn (TG4)

11.10pm The Gloaming at the National Concert Hall (RTE1)

Didn’t Donie go to this?

9pm Hyundai Mercury Music Prize - Album Of The Year (BBC4)
Annie Mac hosts the annual ceremony to announce the best album of the year, live from the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith. The 12 shortlisted acts are Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys, Everything Everything, Everything Is Recorded, Florence and the Machine, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, King Krule, Novelist, Nadine Shah, Jorja Smith, Sons of Kemet and Wolf Alice.

During the height of Britpop/Trip-hop, it was only right that the Mercury Music Prize should go to...

*record scratches*

M PEOPLE! :O


8.30pm Feile - An Turas Go Tipp [The Trip To Tipp] (RTE1)
Between 1990 and 1994 the town of Thurles was laid siege to by a generation that were starving for an escape from the norm. The Trip to Tipp has gone down in Irish music folklore for all the best reasons. The promoters MCD claimed at the time it was Ireland's answer to Woodstock. In the days of few mobile phones, internet and social media, it created a world of wonderful memories and music for the people who played it, worked it, and indulged. This programme captures some of that magic of the original on the eve of the remake


Ah well, at least you now have the new Woodstock at the Ploughing (weather permitting) :pac:

Looking ahead, if you've ever look at Bargain Hunt and thought "you know what would liven this up? - Jarvis Cocker and Bez from The Happy Mondays" then you might be interested to know that Jarvis and Bez go head to head on The Bargain Hunt Pulp v Happy Mondays BBC Music Day Special on Friday September 28th. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/news/a866412/bargain-hunt-series-51-jarvis-cocker-bez-music-day-special-rule-break/ What a time to be alive.

https://twitter.com/todayfm/status/1024274207230844928


Jarvis, say it ain’t so!

The misfit outsider back in the mainstream - will be looking for antiques with a lot of mis-shapes?

*gets charity shop coat*

Welsh Megaman

Mercury time

Do M People have an album out this year?

*heads to Paddypower.com*

Welsh Megaman

I’ll take a punt at Sons Of Kemet.

EDIT: Dammit

Guitar indie is like, so 20-something or other!

Skid X

A worthy winner .

Now to learn off the nominees for the next time this comes up as a category on Pointless.

Welsh Megaman

Grange Hill Cast, see me after class.

F minus.

Skid X

Just Say No!

Nancy Reagan was very taken with this and invited the Grange Hill Cast to the White House, where some of them claim to have spliffed up

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2016/mar/07/grange-hill-nancy-reagan-white-house-just-say-no

Skid X

Five Star should reunite and set up some TakeAway Pizza stores close to where Four Star Pizza are already active.

Cos Five Star Pizza must be better than Four Star Pizza

Welsh Megaman

Ironically, John Alford was in Grange Hill at the time.

Should’ve listened to his own advice!

Welsh Megaman

‘Gary Newman’?

Is he a Gary Numan tribute act?

Skid X

There really was a lot of forgettable mid tempo very slightly soul tinged pop in the mid eighties

Wet Wet Wet excluded, obviously

Jordan 199

Skid X wrote: »

There really was a lot of forgettable mid tempo very slightly soul tinged pop in the mid eighties
Wet Wet Wet excluded, obviously

Apparently the are reforming as Dry Dry Dry

Gizmo55

REM on Sky Arts. Cheers Skid!

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

There really was a lot of forgettable mid tempo very slightly soul tinged pop in the mid eighties

Wet Wet Wet excluded, obviously

Gizmo55

I think 'Green' is their best album, closely followed by 'Up' which is criminally underrated imo.

sligojoek

Feile docu just starting on RTE1 TV

Skid X

sligojoek wrote: »

Feile docu just starting on RTE1 TV

This is good, I forgot Michael Lowry was the driving force behind it.

I can't remember the last time I saw him interviewed about something that wasn't Tribunal related.

Gizmo55

'Right, left, right, right, Left, right, left, left. Sorry, just practicing my paradiddles.'

Great intro by the announcer. It's hard not to love Sky Arts.

dasdog

Gizmo55 wrote: »

'Right, left, right, right, Left, right, left, left. Sorry, just practicing my paradiddles.'

Great intro by the announcer. It's hard not to love Sky Arts.

And a rare clip of Ginger Baker being pleasant :pac: Very rock focused this episode. The Bill Ward segment was good. Show is now overlapping with the dance one on BBC4. 80's thrash metal and early 90's rave are part of my formative years.

neris

How the **** do bbc4 keep coming up with these really good music programmes for a Friday night.

BandMember

Skid X wrote: »

Friday
1.30am The Byrd Who Flew Alone (BBC4)
A documentary on the enigmatic former Byrds frontman Gene Clark, drawing on interviews with his family, friends and fellow musicians. Since the Missouri-born songwriter's death in 1991 at the age of 46, his songs have been covered by artists ranging from Robert Plant to Yo La Tengo, and he has been hailed as a key influence by generations of musicians - and yet arguably failed to enjoy the success his work deserved. This was decent, hasn't been on BBC4 in years
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/new-film-reveals-the-sad-flight-of-the-byrds-gene-clark-241436/

I was really looking forward to this and then completely forgot all about it!! Does anyone know if (or when) it is on again or would some kind soul accidentally PM me in the direction of where I can locate a copy, please? Really hard doc to find or view, I know as I've been looking for a few years now....

Welsh Megaman

BandMember wrote: »

I was really looking forward to this and then completely forgot all about it!! Does anyone know if (or when) it is on again or would some kind soul accidentally PM me in the direction of where I can locate a copy, please? Really hard doc to find or view, I know as I've been looking for a few years now....

Can you get the BBC iPlayer (with catch-up) in Ireland?

Welsh Megaman

RIP Chas Hodges of Chas And Dave


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-45613563


Hopefully, BBC might show that decent C’n’D documentary again soon.

Arthur Daley

Last orders. Bound to be on BBC4 in next week.

BandMember

Skid X wrote: »

Five Star should reunite

I'm gonna stop you there. It's for your own good mate, trust me....

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Can you get the BBC iPlayer (with catch-up) in Ireland?

No, the BBC iPlayer is geolocked and not available in the Republic of Ireland.

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

RIP Chas Hodges of Chas And Dave


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-45613563


Hopefully, BBC might show that decent C’n’D documentary again soon.

Ah shite .

I love a bit of C n D

Welsh Megaman

Do you think Peter Hook will be watching Sky Arts tonight (through gritted teeth)?

Welsh Megaman

neris wrote: »

How the **** do bbc4 keep coming up with these really good music programmes for a Friday night.

Just watched it back, really good - especially the stuff about the Chicago and Detroit club scenes.

Who can forget the time Smash Hits printed the lyrics to Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley’s ‘Jack Your Body’?

And ‘Voodoo Ray’ by A Guy Called Gerald - absolute classic

Skid X

BandMember wrote: »

No, the BBC iPlayer is geolocked and not available in the Republic of Ireland.

There's a Chrome extension called Windscribe that might get you into the IPlayer. It's a bit hit and miss but it usually works.

I'm not certain if it's safe but I use it occasionally and disable it when I'm not using it.