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

Welsh Megaman

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Found out recently enough that Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) does a lot of film score work, wonder if he'll be on it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh#Film

Indeedy!

Skid X

sligojoek wrote: »

Sorry if off topic but I couldn't wait till next christmas. I took these last week.

Nice one, are they in Shane's house?

sligojoek

Ya. I went up for a night last week. A mutual friend of ours was over from London.

odyssey06

I would never have thought to check out Van Morrison live at Montreux without this thread.
Just had a listen on TG4 player and it's just wonderful. What a performance.

Welsh Megaman

Randy Newman live on Sky Arts right now!

Hope he performs the theme tune to ‘Monk’

It’s A Jungle Out There

Welsh Megaman

Aw no...

RIP Mark Hollis of Talk Talk

One of the greatest songs of all time...

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

Welsh Megaman

Really looking forward to the Soft Cell documentary on BBC Four Friday night

And now I’ll hand you over to Skid for the full rundown...

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Really looking forward to the Soft Cell documentary on BBC Four Friday night

And now I’ll hand you over to Skid for the full rundown...

A-Ha ! Yes, indeed, thank you to Welsh Megaman for that warm up, do check out his daily appearances on the Pointless thread

Yep, Soft Cell is the main attraction on Friday Night, and that is coupled with Synth Britannia which is really good, probably the best of the numerous Britannia Docs. BB also offers a Beatles Magical Mystery Tour thing while Pink Floyd are on Sky Arts on Saturday Night. Again. There must be money to be made from Pink Floyd repeats ...




Thursday
12pm Trailblazers - Gothic Rock (Sky Arts)

4pm Johny Cash Song By Song - Jackson (Sky Arts)
4.30pm Dolly Parton Song By Song - I Will Always Love You (Sky Arts)

7.30pm Top Of The Pops 1987 - May 14th (BBC4)
Gary Davies presents the edition first broadcast on 14 May, featuring performances by Tom Jones, Starship, Johnny Hates Jazz and Labi Siffre

7.35pm Live Lounge : Brit Nominees (BBC Red Button, repeated most of the weekend)
Live Lounge performances from some of the nominees up for the Best British Breakthrough Act at this year's BRITs, along with some classic Live Lounges by previous winners. Featuring Jorja Smith, Dua Lipa, Rag'n'Bone Man and more

9pm Bosca Ceoil (TG4)
Featuring Dervish and The Bonny Men. I hope they do Killing Moon

11.30pm Other Voices (RTE2)
Performances by Villagers, Maria Kelly and winner of the Brits Critic's Choice 2019 Sam Fender

2.15am Beatles Stories (Sky Arts)
Those who knew or brushed shoulders with the Beatles reveal their personal encounters with the Fab Four in Seth Swirsky's documentary. Fans reveal how they found themselves playing Monopoly with George Harrison, eating beans on toast with Ringo Starr, drinking rum with John Lennon and performing with a Beatles tribute band in front of producer George Martin



Friday
12pm Trailblazers - Pop Videos (Sky Arts)

7pm Frank Sinatra: The Main Event - Live From Madison Square Garden (Sky Arts)
1974 TV Special

7.30pm & 11.30pm Top Of The Pops 1987 - May 21st (BBC4)
Peter Powell and Simon Bates present the edition first broadcast on 21 May, featuring performances by Cameo, Whitney Houston, Starship and Wet Wet Wet

7.30pm Junior (TG4)
Twenty years after the death of Junior Crehan, family members, musicians and dancers including Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny, Tim Dennehy and Liam O'Brien gather to honour him.

8pm & 1am TOTP Big Hits 1983 (BBC4)
Big Hits from 1983

8pm Music Icons - Earth, Wind and Fire (Sky Arts)
8.30pm Music Icons - The Band (Sky Arts)

9pm & 3am Soft Cell: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (BBC4) New!
Cameras follow singer Marc Almond and musician Dave Ball as they reunite for an emotional, sold-out, farewell concert at London's O2 arena in September 2018, marking the 40th anniversary of Soft Cell, one of the most colourful and charismatic bands in the history of popular music. Footage follows the build-up to the gig and provides an intimate retrospective portrait of the duo at work, as well as revisiting places of their youth. Clips from the concert itself are woven in with period archive and music videos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/09/soft-cell-say-hello-wave-goodbye

9pm Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who (Sky Arts)
Biography of the rock band, charting four decades of their success in the music industry through a combination of rare and unseen concert footage. Plus, interviews with key players, including Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey
https://www.documaniatv.com/biografias/amazing-journey-la-historia-de-los-the-who-video_77a1f0367.html

10pm Synth Britannia (BBC4)
An examination of the musical backdrop of the 1980s when synthpop was all the rage, having been popularised by bands including Depeche Mode, Ultravox and Soft Cell. The documentary also studies how this genre influenced the future of electronic music and groups such as Pet Shop Boys and New Order. Featuring interviews with Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant

11.30pm Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Roger Daltrey (Sky Arts)

Midnight Arena: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited (BBC4)
The making of the Beatles' self-directed TV movie Magical Mystery Tour, which originally aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day 1967 at the height of the band's popularity - but was greeted with disdain by the media and many viewers. The programme explores the creation of the surreal tale and investigates why it inspired such a furious critical reaction, and also asks whether opinions about the film have changed in subsequent years. With contributions by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes and Paul Merton

12.30am Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Lars Ulrich (Sky Arts)

12.35am Other Voices (RTE2)
As Thursday

1.30am Classic Albums - Metallica: The Black Album (Sky Arts)

2am Arena: American Epic (BBC4)
Ep3 Out of the Many, the One A look at Hawaiian influences on US roots music, including the invention of the steel guitar by Joseph Kekuku, and the development of Cajun music in Louisiana. Plus, the story of one of the genre's unsung heroes, Mississippi John Hurt, who became a star in the 1920s, only to return to life as a share cropper in the Great Depression, before a revival of his music in the 1960s

2.30am Slash: Raised On The Sunset Strip (Sky Arts)
Documentary exploring the life and music of the Guns N' Roses guitarist, featuring concert footage and interviews with Dave Grohl, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry



Saturday
12pm Trailblazers - Electronic Music (Sky Arts)
1pm Trailblazers - Madchester (Sky Arts)

6pm The British Invasion - Dusty Springfield (Sky Arts)

7pm In And Out Of Hell - The Meat Loaf Story (Yesterday)
Meat Loaf Doc

7pm Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (Sky Arts)

8pm Pink Floyd: PULSE - Dark Side Of The Moon Live (Sky Arts)
1994 Earls Court Live Performance on the full album

8pm Sings Bee Gees (Yesterday)
8.30pm TOTP2 Donna Summer (Yesterday)

9pm Pink Floyd - The Story Of Wish You Were Here (Sky Arts)

10.15pm Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1972 (Sky Arts)

10.40pm Top Of The Pops 1987 - May 14th (BBC4)
11.10pm Top Of The Pops 1987 - May 21st (BBC4)

11.30pm Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Nick Mason (Sky Arts)

11.40pm Soft Cell Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (BBC4)
As Friday

12.30am Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Sting (Sky Arts)

12.40am The Girl From Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and The Beach (BBC4)
Katie Derham examines the story behind Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes's song The Girl from Ipanema

1.30am Music Videos That Shaped The 80s (Sky Arts)

1.40am EMI: The Inside Story (BBC4)
A profile of the record company behind whose success lay a very British institution, often at odds with the music it released. Contributors include Neil Tennant, Glen Matlock, Roger Taylor and Nick Mason (Nick Mason wins the Nile Rodgers award for being on pretty much everything tonight)

2.30am Rock And Roll: Death
Part 1 of the 10 part doc series, beginning with death
There is another episode tomorrow, talking about pain. Not even joking.



Sunday
11am Trailblazers - Gothic Rock (Sky Arts)
12pm Trailblazers - Pop Videos (Sky Arts)

8pm Duran Duran - A Diamond In The Mind (Sky Arts)
2011 Concert from Manchester

9.30pm Capercaillle@30 (TG4)
The 1970s and early 1980s was a period of uncertainty for traditional Scottish music, with few children choosing to play instruments and folk clubs a niche affair. This documentary examines how, against this backdrop, a group of Oban high-school pupils decided to combine their musical talents and formed folk band Capercaillie, who are celebrating 30 years in the business

9.30pm & 2am Faithfull: The Marianne Faithfull Story (BBC4)
Profile of the singer, exploring her rise to fame at the age of 17 in the 1960s. The film examines her encounters with some of British music's most iconic figures, including her relationship with Mick Jagger, her struggles with addiction, and subsequent reinvention and newfound acclaim as an artist in her own right
https://mk2films.com/en/film/faithfull/

10pm Culture Club Live At Baloise Session (Sky Arts)
2017 Concert

10.30pm Mna An Cheoil (TG4) New!
Ep1/6 The stories of women who play traditional Irish music. The first programme looks at the legacy of female harpists, from Rose Mooney's groundbreaking performance at the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival to the present day. Featuring contributions from musicians Aibhlin McCrann, Michelle Mulcahy, Laoise Kelly and Kathleen Loughnane

11pm Robbie Williams Live At The Palladium (TG4)
Featuring Kermit and Miss Piggy

1.05am Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Joe Elliott (Sky Arts)
2.05am Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Robert Plant (Sky Arts)

3.05am Rock and Roll - Pain (Sky Arts)





... and that's more or less that. I'd still like to know who decided that the first two episodes of a series called Rock and Roll should be about Death and Pain.

Anyway, I'm away for a few days next week so the listings might appear early. Or not at all. Or truncated. Not really sure at time of writing.

As always if you have seen anything else do let us know

Meanwhile, the BBC launched a new standalone channel called BBC Scotland this week. The very first thing to appear on it was this rather nice synth orchestral thing by Chvrches with a full orchestra.

It might even be the best synth orchestral launch of a new channel of the week.

That has probably blown most of their budget but it is a lot better than when RTE started. People in formal dress standing for the National Anthem like it was pre War BBC or something. They were very proud that most of their programming was to be BBC Repeats, a policy BBC4 would embrace many years later ...

Welsh Megaman

The sophistipoop of Johnny Hates Jazz.




Hee hee...poop.

Welsh Megaman

This is more like it!

Welsh Megaman

No No No!

:mad:

Skid X

Oh yes

Welsh Megaman

I feel like I should be in a wine bar on the Costa Del Sol, watching the sunset :cool:

Skid X

This song sounds like it could turn into The Green Green Grass Of Home at any and every point.

Welsh Megaman

Fleetwood Mac at number nine, in the year of Jack.



In your face, Reynolds Girls!

Welsh Megaman

That ‘Mannequin’ film looks like a hoot.


In the same way that ‘Weekend At Bernies’ was a hoot.

Welsh Megaman

Marillion!


Steady, ladies.

Sardonicat

Was Fish 7ft? I presume he's still around btw.

Welsh Megaman

WetFart WetFart WetFart

Welsh Megaman

Johnny Logan scrapes in at number twenty-five with his Eurovision dud. :pac:

Arthur Daley

These shows are proving to me that chart music by 1987 was a little bit better than I had recalled it.

Welsh Megaman

Whitney, heading back from her unforgettable meeting with Serge Gainsbourg.

Skid X

Hard to imagine there was a time when Kevin Simm wasn't the singer in Wet Wet Wet.

Sardonicat

Skid X wrote: »

Hard to imagine there was a time when Kevin Simm wasn't the singer in Wet Wet Wet.

Who?

nomdeboardie

Ha - didn't realise Robert Smith was a Banshee first once /some-of-the-time!

*Googles the tangled history*

Skid X

Sardonicat wrote: »

Who?

Marti Pellow left in 2018 and they got a lad from Liberty X in to replace him


https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/wet-wet-wet-announce-the-voice-winner-kevin-simm-as-new-singer-37353452.html

dasdog

Siouxsie's cover of Dear Prudence is one of those great cover versions. I think it's far better than the original.

Welsh Megaman

Just watched ‘Ruddy Hell, It’s Soft Cell’ - excellent!

I wonder if they ever printed the lyrics to ‘Sex Dwarf’ in Smash Hits

And ‘Torch’ is a masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQpBm03C-c

AndrewJRenko

dasdog wrote: »

Siouxsie's cover of Dear Prudence is one of those great cover versions. I think it's far better than the original.

The opening riff always transports me straight back to Saturday nights in the Afro in town.

Skid X

Hello, yes for one week only here are your listings on a Monday, normal service should be resumed next week hopefully.

This week sees that controversial two part Michael Jackson doc airing on Channel 4. Friday seems to be International Women's Day so most stations have used that as an excuse to roll out any repeats they have on the shelf about the girls. If there any Dolly Parton fans out there with access to Sky Arts they will be pleased ...





Wednesday
9pm Leaving Neverland - Michael Jackson And Me (Channel 4) New!
Part one of a two-part documentary explores accounts of the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James 'Jimmy' Safechuck, at age 10, and Wade Robson, at age seven, who were both befriended by Michael Jackson. They and their families were invited into his singular and wondrous world, entranced by the singer's fairy-tale existence as his career reached its peak. Through interviews with Safechuck and Robson, now in their 30s and 40s, as well as their mothers, wives and siblings, director Dan Reed's film presents a portrait of sustained abuse, and explores the complicated feelings that led both men to confront their experiences. Concluded tomorrow



Thursday
12pm Trailblazers - Pop Radio (Sky Arts)

2pm Culture Club Live At Baloise Session (Sky Arts)

3.50pm Johnny Cash Song By Song - A Boy Named Sue (Sky Arts)
4.20pm Dolly Parton Song By Song - It's All Wrong, But It's Alright (Sky Arts)

7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1987 - June 5th (BBC4)
Gary Davies presents the edition first broadcast on June 5, featuring performances by Erasure, U2, Pepsi & Shirlie, Jody Watley, Suzanne Vega, John Farnham, the Beastie Boys, Wet Wet Wet, Whitney Houston and Samantha Fox

9pm Bosca Ceoil (TG4)
The Alan Kelly Gang open the show and are joined on stage by Neil Martin, Steve Wall and Jimmy Higgins. Also in the line-up are Raw Bar Collective, Peter and Angelina Carberry with Brian Mooney, the West Ocean String Quartet, and Pol & Caitriona O Ceannabhain

9pm Leaving Neverland: Michael Jackson And Me (Channel 4)
Conclusion of the two-part documentary exploring the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James 'Jimmy' Safechuck, at age 10, and Wade Robson, at age seven, who were both befriended by Michael Jackson. They and their families were invited into his singular and wondrous world, entranced by the singer's fairy-tale existence as his career reached its peak. Through interviews with Safechuck and Robson, now in their 30s and 40s, as well as their mothers, wives and siblings, director Dan Reed's film presents a portrait of sustained abuse, and explores the complicated feelings that led both men to confront their experiences

11.30pm Other Voices (RTE2)
Performances by Pow Pig, Kitt Philipa, Columbia Mills, Mango and Mathman and I Have a Tribe. I didn't make up any of those names, honestly.

12.30am Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know (BBC4)
Forty years since the formation of the band who went on to become one of the biggest acts of the 1980s, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor open up about the highs and lows of their career - with archive footage of former guitarist Andy Taylor helping round out the story. The documentary charts their trajectory through seven of their 14 albums, each one uncovering a compelling chapter in the history of five lads from Birmingham who had one simple dream - to become the biggest band in the world. Contributors include Boy George, Nile Rodgers and Mark Ronson.



Friday
8am The Movie Music Of Spike Lee (Sky Arts)
Concert from The Detroit Symphony Orchestra

12pm Trailblazers - Pub Rock (Sky Arts)

7pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Kim Wilde (Sky Arts)
7.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Madonna (Sky Arts)

7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1987 - June 11th (BBC4)
Peter Powell and Simon Bates introduce the June 11 edition, featuring performances by John Farnham, Bruce Willis, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Tom Jones, Whitesnake, ABC, Johnny Logan, Whitney Houston and Jody Watley

8pm Barbra Streisand: Becoming An Icon 1942-1984 (BBC4)
This documentary charts her rise to stardom and the remarkable achievements of her early career

8pm Music Icons - Joni Mitchell (Sky Arts)
8.30pm Music Icons - The Pretenders (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Mna An Cheoil (TG4)
Women Pipers

9pm The Story Of I Will Survive (BBC4)
The background to the hit disco song, written by lyricist Dino Fekaris after he was sacked from Motown Records. Singer Gloria Gaynor, whose career was dramatically revived by the track, returns to notorious club Studio 54 where it was first played

9pm Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Dolly Parton (Sky Arts) New!
https://twitter.com/SkyArts/status/1101393132636291072

10pm Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (BBC4)

10pm Janis: Little Girl Blue (Sky Arts)
Janis Joplin's powerful, soulful voice blazed new creative trails before her untimely death in 1970, aged 27. As director Amy Berg's documentary reveals Joplin's on-stage bravado and uninhibited sexual persona hid hurt and insecurity stemming from her childhood. Mostly positive reviews on IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3707114/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

11pm Our Music History - Vocal Giants and Beyond with Beverley Knight and James Morrison (BBC4)
Snappy title. This is the one where they just play some videos and have a chat about them. Videos from Tom Jones, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Otis Redding etc

11.40pm Other Voices (RTE2)
As Thursday

12.30am The Culture Show: Girls Will Be Girls (BBC4)
At the height of the punk explosion almost 40 years ago, a handful of artists redefined the idea of women in music and radically altered the cultural landscape. In this programme, Miranda Sawyer meets Viv Albertine of the Slits, Chrissie Hynde of Pretenders, the Raincoats and punk fashion trailblazer Jordan to look at how they inspired a generation, and explores whether the era's spirit still survives

1am Shania Twain Live From Las Vegas (Sky Arts)

3am Dixie Chicks Live 2016 (Sky Arts)



Saturday
11.30am Trailblazers - Conscience Songs (Sky Arts)
12.30am Trailblazers - Heavy Metal (Sky Arts)
1.30pm Trailblazers - New Romantics (Sky Arts)

6pm Peter Blake: Pop Art (Sky Arts)
Documentary exploring the way music has guided artist Peter Blake's work, inspiring original pieces and leading to collaborations with some of the biggest names in the business

7pm TOTP2 Wham! (Yesterday)

8pm Phil Collins: Going Back To Detroit (Sky Arts)
The singer explores the roots and legacy of Detroit's unique music scene in the 1960s and 70s, as he joins the Funk Brothers to record an album of his favourite Motown hits

8.20pm TOTP2 Duran Duran (Yesterday)

9pm Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So (Sky Arts)
The making of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So, which featured hit singles including Don't Give Up, a duet with Kate Bush, and Sledgehammer - a song that knocked his former band Genesis off the top of the US singles chart, and was accompanied by an innovative video created by Aardman Animations and the Brothers Quay. Gabriel analyses the album's original multi-track recordings to explain how he created a commercially successful pop record from a diverse array of musical styles, and the programme also features contributions by co-producer Daniel Lanois and Laurie Anderson

10.15pm - 11.45pm Dolly Parton Song By Song Parts 1-3 (Sky Arts)
Coat Of Many Colors / Jolene / I Will Always Love You

10.20pm An Audience With Kylie Minogue (VM1)

10.40pm Top Of The Pops 1987 - June 5th (BBC4)
11.10pm Top Of The Pops 1987 - June 11th (BBC4)

11.20pm The Nathan Carter Show (RTE1)
Featuring Paul Carrack and Martine McCutcheon

11.40pm Boy George And Culture Club: Karma To Calamity (BBC4)
A look at the history of the band, examining its rise to fame, eventual disintegration and the personalities within the group who made it such a success in the early 1980s. Director Mike Nicholls follows the band members as they meet in singer Boy George's London home to write new material following their decision to reunite in 2014

11.45pm Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Dolly Parton (Sky Arts)

12.40am Duets At The BBC (BBC4)
Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, Shirley Bassey and Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, and Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. The show also features performances by specialist double acts, including Billy Preston and Syreeta, Peaches and Herb, Sonny and Cher, and Danish folk duo Nina and Frederik

12.45am-2.15am Dolly Parton Song By Song Parts 4-6 (Sky Arts)
It's All Wrong, But It's Alright / 9 To 5 / Travellin' Thru

1.40am The Joy Of The Single (BBC4)

2.15am Rock And Roll (Sky Arts)
Part 3/10 Love



Sunday
12pm Trailblazers - Pub Rock (Sky Arts)

8pm An Audience With Diana Ross (VM3)
Hopefully next Weekend will be better

8pm When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (Sky Arts)
Rosanne Cash narrates a documentary about the life, career and legacy of the American country music singer, with contributions by LeAnn Rimes, Kacey Musgraves and Reba McEntire

9pm Brian Johnson's A Life On The Road - Dolly Parton (Sky Arts)
This was on yesterday

9.30pm Celtic Connections - Moving Hearts (TG4)
Donal Lunny, Davey Spillane, Noel Eccles and their band mates reunite to form the traditional folk-rock supergroup Moving Hearts, in a special concert recorded last January at the Celtic Connections Festival. In front of a capacity audience gathered at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow, the Celtic rockers perform some of their most memorable tunes

10pm Chris Rea Live At Baloise Session (Sky Arts)

11pm The Boomtown Rats: On A Night Like This (TG4)
A concert by the band recorded in 1985, in support of their last album In the Long Grass. Featuring classic hits including Rat Trap and I Don't Like Mondays

12.05am Tom Jones At The BBC (BBC4)

1.05am Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue (Sky Arts)
As Friday

3.05am Rock and Roll (Sky Arts)
Ep4/10 Poetry




So that's about that. Netflix have a Doc about the Miami Showband Massacare coming in a few weeks https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/netflix-documentary-remastered-miami-showband-massacre-brexit


Maybe Television needs to look at reviving some old formats. For example, the Best Interview of Transvision Vamp Singer Wendy James While She Is Almost Drowning In The River Thames You Will See This Week might be this one.

https://twitter.com/prodnose/status/1102563152737247232


That was an actual real series, apparently. Rowland Rivron interviewing people while they tried not to drown. Wendy and Rowland had a fling apparently.

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/how-the-****-did-that-get-made.64517/