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

Welsh Megaman · 09-10-2018 10:19pm

The Lemon Twigs - radioactive levels of hipster! :O

4Ad · 09-10-2018 10:24pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The Lemon Twigs - radioactive levels of hipster! :O

T'was hard look at the guitarist throwing shapes..

Brilliant musicians though.

quickbeam · 10-10-2018 7:51am

Sardonicat wrote: »

Echo and the Bunnymen on Later with Jools now. Mac the Mouth looking and sounding as moody and evocative as of old...

Seeing them on Friday in the Olympia. Looking forward to it.

Skid X · 10-10-2018 8:29pm

How do?, BBC4 has a new series which seems to be just some musicians picking their favourite songs and telling you why they like them, although sometimes that kind of thing can be well done. They also have a programme about Grime (the "music", not the dirt)

Sky has mostly Soul and TG4 has lots of Trad and a repeat of a show where they look at the roots of Johnny Maher and Stephen Patrick Morrissey. Not a huge surprise to learn they might have Irish Blood, to be fair ...

Thursday
7.30pm & 11pm Top Of The Pops 1986 - June 19th (BBC4)
Gary Davies presents the June 19 edition, featuring Bucks Fizz, Nu Shooz, Amazulu, A-ha, the Housemartins, Doctor and the Medics, Miami Sound Machine, Queen and Owen Paul

8pm Ella Fitzgerald Swings (Sky Arts)
1965 Performance

11.30pm Urban Myths - Backstage at Live Aid (Sky Arts)
Neil Forsyth's comic reimagning of the events among the superstars and crew milling around the green room at the Live Aid concerts in 1985. Jonas Armstrong and Martin Compston star.
It's here in full

11.30pm Guitar Heroes at the BBC (BBC4)
Featuring Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo, the Who's single Long Live Rock, Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits and Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic Sweet Home Alabama. Plus, rare clips of George Benson, Leo Kottke, Link Wray and Tom Petty

Midnight The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts)
Ep 4/4 Steve White takes a look at 20 of the greatest drummers of all time, chosen by musicians including Clem Burke, Ian Paice, Bill Ward and Fay Milton. Last in the series

12.05am Live From Abbey Road Classics(Channel 4)
James Blunt and James Morrison. James Blunt once stopped World War III from starting https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-11753050

12.30am Elvis: That's All Right Mama - 60 Years On (BBC4)
Sam Palladio hosts a musical tribute to Elvis Presley, originally broadcast 60 years after the artist recorded his first single That's All Right at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The presenter traces Elvis's story from a childhood spent in poverty to the moment he entered a recording booth to perform the track that would act as a springboard to his success. Featuring performances of a selection of the King of Rock 'n' Roll's finest songs from artists including Candi Staton, the Pierces and Laura Bell Bundy

2.15am The US v John Lennon (Sky Arts)
Film-makers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld trace John Lennon's journey from his years in the Beatles to anti-war activist and icon, revealing the story of why the US government tried to silence him

Friday
7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1986 - July 2nd (BBC4)
Janice Long presents the programme from 2 July 1986, featuring the Housemartins, Samantha Fox, Claire and Friends, Sly Fox, Gary Numan, Bucks Fizz, and Wham!

8pm & 1.30am Our Musical History - Disco and Beyond (BBC4) New!
New series. Former Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic and Martyn Ware, who was in both the Human League and Heaven 17, reveal a playlist packed with disco classics. Each song is handpicked, and as they watch the performances Ana and Martyn reveal the reasons behind their choices. From Donna Summer to the Doctor Who theme tune and the Temptations to Tina Turner, their playlist holds dance-along gems interwoven with candid stories. The remarkable talents of the performers are showcased, as some of the secrets to their success are revealed

8pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Fleetwood Mac (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Music Icons: Dusty Springfield (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Cosain Cheoil (RTE1)
Taking inspiration from the likes of Clannad and Runrig, this episode looks at how Irish and Scottish musicians have tried to incorporate their native languages in their singing

9pm & 2.30am Rock n Roll America (BBC4)
Ep 2/3 Whole Lotta Shakin' The mid-1950s saw Elvis Presley make his TV debut with Heartbreak Hotel, following it with a gyrating version of Hound Dog that outraged the conservative media. A `cleaned-up' artist was required, and Christian family man Pat Boone sated that need. While Jerry Lee Lewis caused upset with Whole Lotta Shakin and the Everlys shocked with Wake Up Little Susie, bespectacled geek Buddy Holly calmed things down with his school friends the Crickets. Contributors include Jerry Lee Lewis, Don Everly and Tom Jones

9pm & 1am The Barry White Story: Let The Music Play (Sky Arts)
Documentary charting the singer's life and career, looking at his childhood, his time in prison and his life-changing decision to go into music

10pm Living On Soul (Sky Arts) New!
Documentary chronicling a concert at Harlem's historic Apollo Theatre, featuring performances by Sharon Jones and a host of soul, funk and gospel stars

10pm Beats, Bass and Bars - The Story of Grime (BBC4)
Almost 20 years on from its first beginnings, grime dominates the music charts and awards ceremonies, and even influences politics. Here, rapper Rodney P examines how grime rose from the council estates of east London to become the most important British musical movement since punk. He discovers that its success rests upon the original styles and contributions of previous generations of artists and learns that grime can only be truly understood when viewed as part of a broader social narrative and ever-evolving musical culture that goes back to the 1980s

11pm People's History of Pop 1966-76 (BBC4)
Writer and broadcaster Danny Baker celebrates the British public's love affair with pop music from 1966 to 1976, including a rare and intimate view of David Bowie. A fan of Marc Bolan describes how the singer-songwriter's dad gave him a pair of the star's trainers when he went to his house, and a former teacher and pupil of Peckham Manor School are reunited, more than 40 years after they witnessed an unknown Bob Marley perform in their sports hall

Midnight Guth - The Smiths (TG4)
Investigating what life was like in Manchester for members of indie band the Smiths, who are descended from Irish immigrants, and how their ancestry influenced their music. The group's songs struck a chord with an entire generation, and they were strongly aware of their roots, which is evident in singer Morrissey's solo single Irish Blood English Heart

12.30am Pink Floyd Beginnings 1967-1972 (BBC4)
After The Dark Side of the Moon became a global smash in 1973, rock band Pink Floyd concentrated on the creative freedom of live performance, leaving the world of TV behind. Now, after painstaking research, tapes of some early historic appearances have been tracked down and compiled, offering an insight into Floyd's initial work, and providing clues as to the origins of their later material

2am Tina Turner Live In Holland 2009 (Sky Arts)

Saturday
5.30pm Music Icons: Dusty Springfield (Sky Arts)

7pm Tina Turner Live In Holland 2009 (Sky Arts)

7pm Guitar Heroes at the BBC (Yesterday)

9pm Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? (Sky Arts)
A profile of the soul singer, songwriter and producer, who helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s and released a string of classic albums in the 1970s

9pm TOTP2 - Status Quo (Yesterday)

10pm TOTP2 - Eurovision (Yesterday)

10.20pm The Barry White Story - Let The Music Play (Sky Arts)
As Friday

11.20pm Joe Cocker: Mad Dog With Soul (Sky Arts)
Documentary charting the rise of the singer, a gas fitter playing in Sheffield pubs who was catapulted to stardom following a spectacular appearance at Woodstock in 1969

11.20pm Flight of The Conchords Live in London 2018 (Sky Atlantic)
Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement return to perform classics and new original songs at London's Eventim Apollo

11.30pm Later ... with Jools Holland (BBC2)
Neneh Cherry performs songs from her fifth solo album Broken Politics. Also appearing are Long Island brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario aka the Lemon Twigs, Liverpool stalwarts Echo & the Bunnymen, rising Tyneside musician Sam Fender, reggae star Toots Hibbert and Nashville-based country music singer Ashley McBryde

11.30pm Seamus Begley & A Chairde (TG4)
A celebration of West Kerry box player and singer Seamus Begley's music from the Oireachtas na Gaeilge, recorded earlier this year. Featuring performances by Seamus himself, along with Sharon Shannon, Dermot Byrne, Steve Cooney, Jim Murray, Oisin Mac Diarmada, Noel Hill, Rita Connolly, the West Kerry Set Dancers and many more

11.45pm Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (BBC4)

12.45am Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland (BBC4)

1.05am Soul Power (Sky Arts)
Ep 2/4 Documentary examining the historical and political contexts of the evolution of soul music, featuring archive performance footage from the 1950s and 60s

2.05am Rock and Roll (Sky Arts)
Ep 9/10 Excess

3.30am Discovering Music - Pink Floyd (Sky Arts)

3.30am Adele in New York City (RTE1)
Bedtime

Sunday
7.30pm Ray Charles Live at Montreux 1997 (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Junior Eurovision (TG4) New!
Ep 1/7 New series. Eoghan McDermott presents the search for an Irish candidate for the 2018 song contest in Minsk. With judges Fiachna O Braonain and Grainne Bleasdale. If you can't get enough of this the final of the Welsh version is on S4C on Saturday at 3.25pm

9pm Film: Ray (2004) (Sky Arts)
Biopic of soul singer Ray Charles, exploring his battle against racial bigotry, drug addiction and personal demons on his rise to stardom. Blind by the time he was seven, the musician flirted with several styles including gospel, jazz and country, and became known as one of the music industry's most innovative performers. Starring an Oscar-winning Jamie Foxx alongside Regina King and Kerry Washington

9.30pm Se Mo Laoch - Frankie Gavin (TG4) New!
New series. Profile of Frankie Gavin, exploring his idyllic youth in rural Galway and his rise to become one of the world's foremost ambassadors for traditional Irish music

10.30pm Bosca Ceoil (TG4)
Sharon Shannon and Alan Connor take to the main stage, followed by Jimmy O Ceannabhain, the Bonny Men, Lumiere and Tom Morrow. Presented by Pauline Scanlon

11.20pm Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (True Entertainment)
Country singer Hank Williams prepares to perform a concert on what will turn out to be the last night of his life. As he is driven to the gig, he imagines the show he would like to put on, in which he performs in a small bar and shares his personal philosophy with the crowd. Fact-based drama, starring Sneezy Waters and Dixie Seatle
This is on Youtube, the picture quality isn't great but in the comments Mary Lou Rinker says "There's another movie of Hank on Youtube but it's not as good as this movie". So there.

11.45pm Urban Myths - Live Aid (Sky Arts)

1am Duets at the BBC (BBC4)

1.10am Elvis Presley - The Rock and Roll Years (True Entertainment)
Exploring The King of Rock and Roll's inside story, including full performances of tracks including Tutti Frutti, Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel and Love Me Tender

1.30am Rock and Roll (Sky Arts)
Ep 10/10 Worship

2.10am The Beatles - Blue Album (True Entertainment)
It says here "A review of the Beatles' landmark album, with various musicians, industry figures and rock journalists coming together to analyse the music on the Blue Album" which sounds suspiciously like whoever wrote it doesn't realise it is a compilation.

Not sure where Nile Rodgers has got to this week, he'll probably pop up somewhere
So that's about that, if you see anything else please let us know (especially on that freesat channel)

The Best chance of hearing a clip of the instrumental part The Chain by Fleetwood Mac of the week other than the Fleetwood Mac Video Killed The Radio Star episode on Friday on Sky Arts might be in Murray Walker: A Life in The Fast Lane (BBC2, Saturday 7pm). Because that was the theme music for the BBC Grand Prix coverage for years. Murray chose it as one of his Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xzx62

BandMember · 10-10-2018 9:09pm

4Ad wrote: »

T'was hard look at the guitarist throwing shapes..

Brilliant musicians though.

Says the lad with the username of the record label that is the home of the hipsters and shapers.... :P

Go Harvey Go · 10-10-2018 10:08pm

Skid X wrote: »

The Best chance of hearing a clip of the instrumental part The Chain by Fleetwood Mac of the week other than the Fleetwood Mac Video Killed The Radio Star episode on Friday on Sky Arts might be in Murray Walker: A Life in The Fast Lane (BBC2, Saturday 7pm). Because that was the theme music for the BBC Grand Prix coverage for years. Murray chose it as one of his Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xzx62

Happy 95th to Murray today. Fantastic.

Here's the close of the Beeb's highlights of the 1982 French Grand Prix - featuring phone-in commentary by Murray, and Ceefax-style credits.

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

Sardonicat · 10-10-2018 10:20pm

quickbeam wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

Echo and the Bunnymen on Later with Jools now. Mac the Mouth looking and sounding as moody and evocative as of old...

Seeing them on Friday in the Olympia. Looking forward to it.

I'm extremely jealous. When I'm not a carer anymore I'm gonna spend the rest of my life living my unspent youth going to as many gigs and festivals as I can. Providing those I want to see don't shuffle off first.

4Ad · 10-10-2018 10:59pm

BandMember wrote: »

Says the lad with the username of the record label that is the home of the hipsters and shapers.... :P

Well spotted..u got me !!

Hotblack Desiato · 11-10-2018 10:55am

Skid X wrote: »

James Blunt once stopped World War III from starting https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-11753050

Yeah but on the other hand there was all that crap music, so the jury is still out on him basically

2.15am The US v John Lennon (Sky Arts)

Can highly recommend this for anyone with an interest in Lennon/Beatles or just the politics of the era

8.30pm Junior Eurovision (TG4) New!

Sounds like a revival of the Mini-Pops. What could possibly go wrong (now then, now then, now then)

Not sure where Nile Rodgers has got to this week, he'll probably pop up somewhere

No doubt :pac:

BandMember · 11-10-2018 12:46pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Yeah but on the other hand there was all that crap music, so the jury is still out on him basically

The jury is in. Here is the vote from the worldwide jury: he's sh*te!! :cool:

nomdeboardie · 11-10-2018 4:03pm

BandMember wrote: »

The jury is in. Here is the vote from the worldwide jury: he's sh*te!! :cool:

He is though, it seems, a bit of a legend at responding to Twitter hecklers, with a bit of self-deprecation thrown in :cool:

Welsh Megaman · 11-10-2018 7:33pm

Bucks Fizz!

#jayastonforevershelleyprestonnever

Skid X · 11-10-2018 7:42pm

And Prince Philip is introduced to the stars backstage at The Royal Variety Performance ...

"And who are you?"

"Amazulu"

"Ah I see. So you survived Rorke's Drift?"

Welsh Megaman · 11-10-2018 7:48pm

“Hi, is that Owen Paul? I’m the producer of ‘Pebble Mill’, I was wondering if you’d like to come back to perform your new single? Hello? Hello?”

Welsh Megaman · 11-10-2018 7:52pm

‘Happy Hour’ - classic!

I danced just like that in my local pub last night :cool:

Skid X · 11-10-2018 7:56pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

‘Happy Hour’ - classic!

I danced just like that in my local pub last night :cool:

The best thing Phill Jupitus was every loosely associated with, by some distance.

Skid X · 11-10-2018 7:59pm

Miami Sound Machine there, blissfully unaware that they would soon become Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine and then just a nameless backing band for Gloria Estefan.

Also - The Plastic Population, don't think Yazz doesn't have similar plans to obliterate your band name either ...

MikeyTaylor · 11-10-2018 8:01pm

Skid X wrote: »

Miami Sound Machine there, blissfully unaware that they would soon become Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine and then just a nameless backing band for Gloria Estefan.

Also - The Plastic Population, don't think Yazz doesn't have similar plans to obliterate your band name either ...

The name might have been to avoid confusion with Yazoo, who are known as Yaz in the US for legal reasons.

BandMember · 12-10-2018 12:25am

I finally caught the Urban Myths show about Band Aid - I really enjoyed it!

Now, clearly, a lot of it is either made up and/or embellishing the real story but it was obviously based on real events..........albeit very loosely.

Was there ever any decent documentary or book written about what happened behind on the scenes on the day itself? It would definitely be worth a look/read if there is!

Gizmo55 · 12-10-2018 12:26am

Steve Gadd...just unreal. He can basically play anything.

Skid X · 12-10-2018 12:48am

BandMember wrote: »

I finally caught the Urban Myths show about Band Aid - I really enjoyed it! Now, clearly, a lot of it is either made up and/or embellishing the real story but it was obviously based on real events..........albeit very loosely.

Was there ever any decent documentary or book written about what happened behind on the scenes on the day itself? It would definitely be worth a look/read if there is!

There's a three hour epic that is well worth a look (hasn't been on BBC4 in ages). The first part is about the build up, the second part is on the day itself.

Must give it another look myself, I really enjoyed it.

When Bob announces the line up for the concert, he was just making it up and some of the bands announced hadn't spoke in years and were bemused to hear they were involved in Bob's new shindig!

Jordan 199 · 12-10-2018 4:01am

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Here's the close of the Beeb's highlights of the 1982 French Grand Prix - featuring phone-in commentary by Murray, and Ceefax-style credits.

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

James Hunt also providing commentary. He was an excellent commentator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ

Mike Litoris · 12-10-2018 12:49pm

That Live Aid doc Skid X posted above is absolutely essential viewing! Laugh out load funny in places, utterly gut wrenching in others all with some awesome music thrown in. A great nostalgia trip with some hilarious anecdotes and interviews. Geldof is just brilliant. Mr Zero fúcks!

About the urban myths, whether or not the Freddie Mercury ones are true they're hilarious!

Welsh Megaman · 12-10-2018 7:37pm

Samantha Fox...so wrong, but yet so right!

Welsh Megaman · 12-10-2018 7:41pm

Claire & Friends...so wrong.

Jordan 199 · 12-10-2018 7:44pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Claire & Friends...so wrong.

Criminally wrong! This is the first and last time I'll listen to it.

Welsh Megaman · 12-10-2018 7:46pm

It was nice of Duran Duran to loan Bucks Fizz the ‘Wild Boys’ set.

Welsh Megaman · 12-10-2018 7:48pm

‘Let’s Go All The Way’ - classic!

Welsh Megaman · 12-10-2018 7:53pm

Never heard this Wham! song before.

I predict big things for them in 1987 :pac:

Sardonicat · 12-10-2018 8:07pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

It was nice of Duran Duran to loan Bucks Fizz the ‘Wild Boys’ set.

Only watching if John Taylor is still strapped topless,gyrating, on the car bonnet.

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

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