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

Hotblack Desiato

We should probably have an MT-USA thread, but this video from the other week certainly brought back memories - like ZZ Top, it seemed to be on MT-USA every week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1tBVtYOBc

That funny shape she's working on is slightly reminiscent of a W-80 thermonuclear warhead (yes, yes I know you were all thinking that.) So maybe a hidden 1980s anti-war message there? I spent most of the 80s sh!tting myself about the inevitable Global Thermonuclear War. (if you get that reference, I hope you don't use Joshua for any of your passwords)

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae829mFAGGE

Welsh Megaman

Pity the Jesus And Mary Chain didn’t perform live in the TOTP studio...drown out Chris De Burgh’s performance with a wall of guitar feedback!

Happy Friday, folks

Sardonicat

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Pity the Jesus And Mary Chain didn’t perform live in the TOTP studio...drown out Chris De Burgh’s performance with a wall of guitar feedback!

Happy Friday, folks

Some line up on the same show all the same.Where would you get that these days?

I miss the old days when I waited with baited breadth to see who would be miming in a studio to their latest "record" (who still uses that word?) and then disecting the "perfomances" and videos next day in school.

Welsh Megaman

‘Camouflage’ by Stan Ridgway...classic!

Welsh Megaman

If you have Spotify, put on David Byrne's album American Utopia.

Saw him live the other night - what a show. Was anyone else there? First and probably my only time to see him. Just magical. He played a few songs off this album so makes it more the special, I appreciate that. "Everybody's coming to my house" is a great song though.

Hotblack Desiato

where was that, PoT?

Was going to go see him in the NCH a few years back but didn't in the end, heard it was a great show.

Hotblack Desiato

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

where was that, PoT?

Was going to go see him in the NCH a few years back but didn't in the end, heard it was a great show.

3 Arena Dublin Ireland, this Wednesday just gone.

A super "show" and "performance" as opposed to just a gig.

11 Professional musicians backing him up but also participating in the whole "performance" piece.

This will give you an idea of just what went on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07G4xhSefuI

Oscar Bravo

BBC 4 1055PM,Bowie at Glastonbury 2000. worth a watch.

nomdeboardie

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3 Arena Dublin Ireland, this Wednesday just gone.

A super "show" and "performance" as opposed to just a gig.

11 Professional musicians backing him up but also participating in the whole "performance" piece.

This will give you an idea of just what went on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07G4xhSefuI

Hah, yes, saw that while getting my daily Colbert fix a while ago
Saw him in a small venue in a midwestern American city a couple of decades ago, in 'skinned-man' suit for Psycokiller (him, not me :P), hearing Miss America and Dance on Vaseline etc for the first time

Skid X

Bowie on

Oscar Bravo

Jeez he was great. a tinge of sadness watching.

Skid X

I'll be watching this one again several times ... it's the kind of set you want to ring up people and tell them to switch over now, because you know they would love it but they don't know it's on.

Welsh Megaman

Little Wonder

Welsh Megaman

Nowadays, if you were in the crowd, you wouldn’t be able to see the act with all the flags in the way!

Skid X

Article here about how the Bowie had reluctantly agreed to let BBC2 show a handful of songs from this set, and how the Director had to reluctantly cut to taped coverage of other stuff happening at Worthy Farm while Bowie was pounding through his greatest hits

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/25/david-bowie-lost-glastonbury-headline-set-bbc

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Article here about how the Bowie had reluctantly agreed to let BBC2 show a handful of songs from this set, and how the Director had to reluctantly cut to taped coverage of other stuff happening at Worthy Farm while Bowie was pounding through his greatest hits

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/25/david-bowie-lost-glastonbury-headline-set-bbc

Great article...the nation needs more Embrace :pac:

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Great article...the nation needs more Embrace :pac:

Ah, I do like Embrace ... they stormed it in The Academy here a few years ago.

But I think I could confidently state that Embrace themselves would have felt sheepish at having Bowie pulled off air to accommodate their anthemic noodlings.

Ol' Donie

1am Neil Se#@?a : King Of Song (Sky Arts)
Nothing to see here

:D:D

Jeez. It's gonna be a long few hours till that thing with Justin Hawkins is on.

Think I'll just watch youtube till then. If only there was some way around this problem.

Hotblack Desiato

How is it possible to be on David Byrne's mailing list, and not be aware that he's on tour never mind playing a gig in your own F**king city?

F**ks sake. But if he wanted to tell me about an eco-bike project in Uruguay I'd have heard about it.

Hotblack Desiato

J*A*M*C on TOTP was excellent

I like Psychocandy but imho their best work was Honey's Dead - lead single was slightly controversial at the time for some reasons which appear obscure now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNfbcSBib64

Skid X

Hello, we go again with news of appearances by KISS, Weller, Nat King Cole, Creedence, Alice Cooper, Queen, Chrissie Hynde, Black Sabbath, Marc Bolan and Squeezeboxer Finbarr Dwyer. Sure it's varied, if nothing else.




Thursday
12pm Trailblazers - 80s Pop (Sky Arts)
5pm & 3am Trailblazers - Prog Rock (Sky Arts)

7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1986 - August 8 (BBC4)
Simon Bates presents the August 8 edition, featuring It Bites, Lionel Richie, Anita Dobson, Phil Fearon and Chris de Burgh

7.30pm Paul Weller in Concert (BBC Red Button, Repeated on Loop, also shown on Friday on BBC, possibly in an edited version)
Jo Whiley introduces a concert by Paul Weller, performing some of his best-loved tracks alongside songs from his new album True Meanings

8pm Ariana Grande at the BBC (BBC1)

10pm Pop Goes Northern Ireland (BBC2 NI)
1976

2am Urban Myths - Public Enemy (Sky Arts)
The hip-hop stars find themselves stranded without transport for a gig in Sheffield, but a kindly fan offers them a lift. Comedy, starring Philip Glenister and Paterson Joseph

2am Urban Myths - The Sex Pistols v Bill Grundy (Sky Arts)
All hell breaks loose when Sex Pistols turn up on Bill Grundy's live TV show in 1976. Comedy, starring Daniel Mays, Steve Pemberton, Kieran Hodgson and Kayvan Novak



Friday
12pm Trailblazers - Prog Rock (Sky Arts)
5pm & 3am Trailblazers - Electronic Music (Sky Arts)

7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1986 - August 21 (BBC4)
Gary Davies and Bruno Brookes present the programme, first broadcast on August 21. Featuring Depeche Mode, Prince and the Revolution, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Modern Talking, Boris Gardiner and the Communards

8pm & 2.30am Our Musical History - Indie And Beyond With Shaun Ryder and Alan McGee (BBC4)
Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and Creation Records boss Alan McGee reveal a selection of their all-time favourite tracks. From first jobs to private jets, the long-time friends unpack the songs that formed the soundtrack to their lives. Amid the eclectic tunes, Shaun also discovers his lost Tops of the Pops appearance and Alan declares an alternative Scottish national anthem. Theirs is a blistering playlist of indie, punk and ska classics from Buzzcocks to the Specials, Junior Murvin to Marc Bolan, Orange Juice to Underworld and many more

8pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Elton John (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Music Icons - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Sky Arts)

9pm Marc Bolan - Cosmic Dancer (BBC4)
Intimate biography, narrated in the pop singer's own words, first shown to mark the 70th anniversary of his birth and the 40th of his death.

10pm Radio 2 In Concert - Paul Weller (BBC4)
New series. At the BBC Radio Theatre in London, the former frontman of the Jam and the Style Council - together with members of his regular band - performs songs from his new Album with classic hits in a more acoustic set-up, accompanied by a small orchestra in the intimate and unique setting within Broadcasting House.

10pm 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. The programme also examines his life as a gay man who was not yet publicly out. Featuring archive footage and interviews with bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor, as well as friends and admirers including Paul Gambaccini, Montserrat Caballe and Matt Lucas

11pm Guitar Heroes at the BBC (BBC4)

11.45pm Queen Live in Rio 1985 (Sky Arts)

12.25am Nation's Favourite Elton John Song (VM1)
A Countdown of Reg's Top 20 Songs as voted for by some people online

12.30am Island at the BBC (BBC4)
Archive performances by artists associated with the Island record label during its 50 years.

1am Queen Live At The Rainbow 1974 (Sky Arts)

1.30am Sound Of Song (BBC4)
Ep 3/3 Neil Brand charts how the arrival of digital technology and the computer transformed music.

2.45am Beat Beat Beat - The Yardbirds (Sky Arts)



Saturday
10am Tony Visconti's Unsigned Heroes (Sky Arts)
Ep 5/6

11am Trailblazers - Nuclear Protest Songs (Sky Arts)
12pm Traiblazers - Acid House (Sky Arts)

2.15pm Nat King Cole - Afraid Of The Dark (Sky Arts)
A look into the private journals of the music legend, who overcame a period of racial segregation and prejudice in America to become one of the greatest jazz icons of all time

6.45pm Bon Jovi Live in London 1995(Sky Arts)

7pm TOTP2 - 80s (Yesterday)

7.45pm Finbarr Dwyer (TG4)
A profile of the late accordion player Finbarr Dwyer, with fellow musicians and friends Seamus Begley, Dermot Byrne, Derek Hickey, Martin and Theresa McMahon, Noel Hill, Mary Conroy, and Finbarr's brothers John and Richie Dwyer

8.15pm Opry an Iuir - Rita Coolridge (TG4)
Daniel O'Donnell presents a special edition with Rita Coolridge

8.45pm Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back In Time Live (Sky Arts)
2008 Concert

9pm TOTP2 - Donna Summer (Yesterday)
9.40pm TOTP2 - Duran Duran (Yesterday)

10pm KISS - Rocks Vegas (Sky Arts) New!
Concert footage from the American rock band's 2014 residency at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, with featuring performances off God of Thunder, Deuce and Love Gun

10.20pm TOTP2 - Wham! (Yesterday)

11.05pm Top Of The Pops 1986 - August 8 (BBC4)

11.35pm Top Of The Pops 1986 - August 21 (BBC4)

Midnight Super Dooper Alice Cooper (Sky Arts)
Documentary about the rock singer, featuring contributions by fellow musicians Elton John and Iggy Pop and lyricist Bernie Taupin

12.05am More Dangerous Songs - And The Banned Played On (BBC4)
A compilation of songs previously banned from broadcast on the BBC, including the Kinks' Lola, Jackie by Scott Walker, and (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing by Heaven 17

12.10am Later ... With Jools Holland (BBC2)
Jungle - the soul/funk collective formed by childhood friends Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson - perform tracks from their recently-released second album For Ever. Plus, Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon bring their supergroup the Good, the Bad & the Queen back after an absence of almost 12 years with songs from their highly anticipated follow-up. Swedish singer Robyn also returns after long hiatus, while Mattiel and Terry Reid appear

1.05am The Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinesone Revue at
the Royal Albert Hall (BBC4)
It's just an ordinary concert, no need for that ridiculously long name

1.45am Black Sabbath - The End (Sky Arts)
The rock band's last gig, a sold-out home town performance on February 4, 2017, at Birmingham's 16,000-seat Genting Arena



Sunday
10.30am Trailblazers - 80s Pop (Sky Arts)
11.30am Trailblazers - Prog Rock (Sky Arts)
12.30am Trailblazers - Electronic Music (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Junior Eurovision (TG4)
Eoghan McDermott presents the search for an Irish candidate for the 2018 song contest in Minsk.
Did you know that Minsk is "relatively quiet at night, relatively few nightclubs and bars."?
Not my words, that's the opinion of https://www.visit-belarus.com/en/interesting-facts-about-belarus/

9.30pm Se Mo Laoch - Arty Glynn (TG4)
The life and career of guitarist Arty McGlynn, who has worked as Van Morrison's musical director and collaborated with Paul Brady, Patrick Street and The Clancy Brothers

10.30pm Bosa Ceoil (TG4)

11.10pm Arena - Chrissie Hynde (BBC4)
Portrait of the rock musician, following her shopping for clothes in Paris, hanging out with Sandra Bernhard in New York, spending time in London and taking a special trip back to her home town of Akron, Ohio.

1.15am Neil Diamond - One Night Only (ITV3)
with Rob Brydon, apparently

2am Frank Sinatra in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Sky Arts)
Unlikely to be any Rob Brydon here

2.55am Andy Williams - My Favourite Duets (Sky Arts)
Highlights from his NBC show




That's more or less that, as always if you have seen anything else of interest please let us know


RTE Radio 1 had an odd little documentary on the Columbia Records Story on Bank Holiday Monday (instead of Liveline), a mix of the technical background to the early recordings to some decent clips of Jazz and Soul songs from that Label. It is apparently part 1 of a series but there's no listing for any other episodes https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/rteradiowebpage.html#!rii=b9_10955557_28589_29-10-2018_



Finally, there's A rare chance to hear the lost Peckham Star Tony Angelino on Sunday (Only Fools and Horses, GOLD Sunday 2.05pm)

Lovely stuff, I don't know why he wasn't a bigger star. There's far too much emphasis placed on pwonouncing your Rs anyway

Welsh Megaman

‘Calling All The Heroes’ by It Bites...great song.

Skid X

There aren't nearly enough people in the Entertainment Industry doing videos with people Dancing on The Ceiling.

Fred Astaire and Lionel Richie kept that Genre going by themselves.

Welsh Megaman

*dives behind couch*

Welsh Megaman

Soap stars singing

Next thing you know, Nick Berry will be releasing a single.

Skid X

Brian May found an excuse not to appear on TOTP for this performance, well done Brian.

Welsh Megaman

Is that Tony Angelino singing backing vocals for Phil ’Feawon’ (far right)?

Skid X

The Range by Bruce Hornsby, that used to be played when Des or whoever read out the League Tables on Grandstand for years.


"In Canon League Division 2, another draw for Sheffield United keeps their unbeaten run going, now four points behind Manchester City with a game in hand" etc


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