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

Welsh Megaman

Watching this, I promise to never make jokes about Richie Kavanagh ever again.

Skid X

This is more like it, Number One!


Edit: Er,Not yet. Number Five apparently.

Welsh Megaman

Welsh Megaman

Billy Bragg must be spinning in his grave that he had to share a double A-side with this!

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Billy Bragg must be spinning in his grave that he had to share a double A-side with this!

I hope they show his TOTP performance, he clearly didn't know the lyrics and was reading it from notes

Amateur!

Skid X

Kylie "I've got to be, got to be certain. I've got to be so sure"

Eddi Fairground Attraction "It's got to be-e-e-e-e-e per-er-er-er-fect"



They won't get anywhere in Coppers with that attitude.

Hotblack Desiato

Skid X wrote: »

Harry Enfield's been going strong for more 30 year now, he must have ... a substantial bank balance

I'm sure he's Considerably Richer Than Yow!

Skid X wrote: »

The Adventures - Broken Land

Classic

The pretension of post - New Gold Dream Simple Minds, without the killer riffs.

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Billy Bragg must be spinning in his grave that he had to share a double A-side with this!

Listened to a great podcast today (while I was painting the kitchen) with BB talking about politics, the yoof of today, and That Thing That's Happening Over There That Shall Not Be Mentioned In Polite Conversation.

Highly recommended.

https://soundcloud.com/irishtimes-politics/billy-bragg-on-jeremy-corbyn-brexit-why-labour-should-support-a-second-referendum?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+irish-times-politics+%28Irish+Times+Inside+Politics%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

Badly Drunk Boy

Skid X wrote: »

1.55am The Fall: The Wonderful And Frightening World of Mark E Smith (BBC4)
Documentary exploring the history of the Fall, the enigmatic British post-punk band fronted by Mark E Smith. Emerging from the Manchester punk scene during the late 1970s, the Fall underwent numerous style and line-up changes, with the only persistent member being frontman Smith, whose acerbic wit and biting lyricism became one of the band's few constant trademarks. Featuring footage of the group's last Peel Session, and contributions by Paul Morley, Tony Wilson, Stewart Lee and Franz Ferdinand

It's always good to see The Fall on the telly. Great stuff!

Hotblack Desiato

They had a documentary on The Fall a few years ago featuring Mark E Smith being interviewed in (where else) a pub, is that the same programme or is it a new one?

Capt'n Midnight

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

ANFIELD RAP!!

This is now stuck in my brain.

Right about now
The funk soul brother
Check it out now

trashcan

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

This is now stuck in my brain.

Right about now
The funk soul brother
Check it out now

Remember seeing Dylan Moran doing quite a good routine with those lyrics.

Welsh Megaman

Great stuff from the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann on TG4

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Great stuff from the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann on TG4

Not watching but they always do a great job.

Welsh Megaman

sligojoek wrote: »

Not watching but they always do a great job.

I’m just surprised at how good TG4’s live player is, in comparison to the wet dog fart that is the RTE Player

nomdeboardie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I’m just surprised at how good TG4’s live player is, in comparison to the wet dog fart that is the RTE Player

What happened in their last 'upgrade' - the cursor dowsn't go into the search box automatically, and, worse, there are no autocompletes/suggestions - why does everything have to get worse? We're regressing to the stone age

Say Your Number

Horslips deadly, hope they do King of The Fairies.

Welsh Megaman

Horslips!

YEAH, BABY!

Say Your Number

Probably the first band to mix folk instruments with rock music, would we have Primordial or Cruachan without them.

Welsh Megaman

Dearg Doom!

Say Your Number

They were only getting started

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I’m just surprised at how good TG4’s live player is, in comparison to the wet dog fart that is the RTE Player

I've a friend in Hamburg who has no bother with it. Says he can only get bits and pieces on RTE. Just not worth the hassle.

Hotblack Desiato

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I’m just surprised at how good TG4’s live player is, in comparison to the wet dog fart that is the RTE Player

I have an "unofficial" Kodi app for RTE Player which works way better than the real thing. No ads either :pac:

Welsh Megaman

I was in The Fall, I think.

Sacked after three days.

Gen.Zhukov

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I was in The Fall, I think.

Sacked after three days.

I'm guessing that was in your 'well it was all a bit of a haze back then, but it was great fun' phase. Good times :cool:

Welsh Megaman

Surprising lack of Reading/Leeds coverage this weekend on the beeb, unless there is some hot red button action.

Good to see Bauhaus Season starts this week on BBC Four...‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ is a great record. :pac:






I’ll see myself out.

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Surprising lack of Reading/Leeds coverage this weekend on the beeb, unless there is some hot red button action.

This is very true, it is almost entirely relegated to the Red Button except for The Foo Fighters on Sunday evening. The Red Button doesn't get proper listings anymore so it's anyone's guess what they are showing. Seems a bit odd, I blame the Proms. Here is the lineup anyway https://www.readingfestival.com/

Lots of stuff on this weekend as always, if you are looking for Brass Band competitions and you have Sky then strap yourself in. Plenty of the old reliables too ...





Thursday
3pm Elvis – The Final Hours (Sky Arts)
4pm Sammy Davis Jnr In Concert (Sky Arts)

7.30pm & Midnight – Top Of The Pops 1988 – May 15 (BBC4)
Simon Bates and Gary Davies introduce the edition first aired on May 19, featuring Prefab Sprout, Kylie Minogue, Derek B, Aztec Camera, Heart, Ofra Haza, Hothouse Flowers, Debbie Gibson, Belinda Carlisle, Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey, Wet Wet Wet and Liverpool FC

9.20pm Glor Tire (TG4)

10pm Battle Of The Brass Bands (Sky Arts) New!
Four part series about a Brass Band competition. Even 4BarsRest, a website all about Brass Bands, doesn’t sound overly excited. They say “ showcase the competitive talents of some of the UKs most famous bands as they compete against each other at the Whit Friday, British Open, National Final and Brass in Concert Championships.”
https://4barsrest.com/news/38284/sky-arts-battle-of-the-brass-bands

Midnight The Festival That Rocked The World (Sky Arts)
The Woodstock one which was on last weekend

1.30am The Who: Sensation – The Story Of Tommy (Sky Arts)
2.45am The Who: Tommy Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Sky Arts)




Friday
12.45pm Sean Nos (TG4)

3pm Elvis Presley – A Legend In Concert (Sky Arts)
Compilation of TV appearances

5pm BBC Reading and Leeds Festival 2019 (BBC Red Button)

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

7.30pm BBC Proms (BBC4)
Simon Rattle conducts the LSO doing Belshazzar’s Feast and some other stuff.
He was the Conductor for Mr Bean in the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony

7.30pm Mastermind (BBC2)
One of the contestants’ specialised subjects is Genesis (Hopefully the band rather than the first book of the Old Testament). Lots of Genesis on Sky Arts tonight

8pm Music Icons – Diana Ross and The Supremes (Sky Arts)
8.30pm Music Icons – Chicago (Sky Arts)

9pm & 2.05am Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map Of Britain and Ireland (BBC4)
Ep 1/3 Midge Ure, lead singer of Ultravox and one of the men behind Band Aid, and Kim Appleby, who had a string of hits with her sister Mel in the Stock, Aitken & Waterman-produced band Mel and Kim, revisit the 1980s to determine why certain cities produced their own diverse tunes. In the first episode, they explore London's New Romantic movement, travel to Coventry to investigate the rise of Ska and speak to some of Sheffield's electronic music pioneers

9pm Pink Floyd – The Story Of Wish You Were Here (Sky Arts)
Doc telling the story behind the making of Pink Floyd's landmark 1975 album Wish You Were Here, featuring interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason

10pm Snow Patrol – Ward Park III (BBC4)
Highlights from the concert held in May 2019, Snow Patrol’s third big Ward Park gig

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

11pm Hits, Hype & Hustle – An Insiders Guide To The Music Business (BBC4)
Ep2/3 Music promoter John Giddings tells the story of how live performance has become a billion-pound industry. Where once bands would tour just to promote an album, in the age of downloads and dwindling record sales, the live arena is booming. Contributors include Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Mel C and Alex James

11.20pm Film Quadrophenia (Film4)
A teenager in 1960s London is unhappy with his lot in life, but believes he has found a place to belong in the mod subculture and their feud with the rival rockers. As the mods gather in Brighton for a weekend that turns to violence, his naive vision of the world is cruelly shattered. Drama based on the Who album, starring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Sting and Ray Winstone

11.30pm Discovering Music – Pink Floyd (Sky Arts)

Midnight Film Love & Mercy (RTE2)
Biopic of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, following the singer-songwriter at two periods in his life. In the 1960s, he is at his creative peak, but haunted by inner demons that take their toll on his mental health. By the 1980s, he is a broken man dominated by a shady doctor, until a new relationship offers him a chance at recovery. Starring John Cusack, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and Elizabeth Banks

Midnight The Irish Rock Story - A Tale Of Two Cities (BBC4)
Documentary they normally show around St Patrick’s Day, telling the story of how rock music evolved in Ireland over 40 years. The film demonstrates how the sounds that emerged were grounded in the musical traditions of the island's two main cities, from the pioneering touring showbands of the late 1950s through to the modern day. Richard Dormer narrates an examination of how the harder sounds of Belfast merged with the more folk-centric traditions of Dublin, celebrates some of the key musicians to have emerged from the Irish scene, and reveals how they were influenced by the political, social and cultural climate of their surroundings. With contributions from U2, Sinead O'Connor and Bob Geldof
Here in full

Midnight Queen Rock Montreal (Sky Arts)
1981 Concert

Midnight Spillane An Fanai (TG4)
John Spillane travels to Kells in Co Meath, where hears performances by the Kells Silver Band and Celtic tenor Matthew Gilsenan

1am Sings Bacharach And David! (BBC4)
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

2am Classic Artists – Jimi Hendrix (Sky Arts)




Saturday
4pm Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel – So (Sky Arts)

5.15pm-8pm Dolly Parton Song By Song (Sky Arts)

5.15pm Reading & Leeds Festival (BBC Red Button)

7pm-9pm Guitar Heroes At The BBC (Yesterday)
Status Quo, the Who, Dire Straits , Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Benson, Leo Kottke, Link Wray and Tom Petty. Then the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Motorhead, Nazareth, AC/DC and George Thorogood, Michael Chapman, Horslips and Paco de Lucia

8pm Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road – Dolly Parton (Sky Arts)

8.25pm Pat Shortt’s Music From D’Telly (RTE1)
Featuring a profile of Philomena Begley and performances by Mary and Frances Black, Jewel, Macy Gray, Leslie Dowdall, Pauline Scanlon and Nana Mouskouri

8.45pm Opry Dhoire (TG4)
Featuring Dickie Rock, Daniel O’Donnell and Susan McCann

9pm Ward Park III Extra (BBC2 NI)
The Support Acts from the Snow Patrol gig which was on last night, namely Ash, Two Door Cinema Club and Foy Vance

9pm CMA Fest 2019 (Sky Arts)
Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini host the country music event in Nashville, with appearances by Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Lil Nas with Billy Ray Cyrus and Keith Urban

9.10pm Madness Live At The House Of Common (Pick)
Concert From Clapham Common

11pm Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Sky Arts)
The 1992 concert at Wembley Stadium in honour of the Queen frontman, which featured performances by David Bowie, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Axl Rose, Roger Daltrey, Liza Minnelli, Robert Plant, Seal, Slash and George Michael. Featuring rehearsal footage and interviews with Queen members Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon

11.40pm Port (TG4)
Ep 1/6 Musical documentary in which Julie Fowlis and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh take to the road for a journey exploring their roots, investigating the music and culture associated with particular cities and areas in Scotland and Ireland. In the first episode they visit Dublin, where singer Darren MacLean and piper Carol-Anne Mackay join the hosts for a tour of several iconic venues

11.40pm The Rap Game UK (BBC1)
Ep 1/6 Seven unsigned MCs compete to become the next rap superstar, as they go head-to-head in a battle to sign for rap legends Krept and Konan's record label. This clashes with …

11.45pm A Fresh Guide To Florence With Fab 5 Freddie (BBC2)
Third time this has been on in 6 weeks.

12.45am Film Hunky Dory (BBC2)
Idealistic drama teacher Vivienne is an outsider among the cynical staff and apathetic pupils of a 1970s south Wales school. Undeterred by general disinterest and sweltering heat, she sets out to inspire her class to stage a rock musical based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Comedy drama, with Minnie Driver and Aneurin Barnard. The Trailer doesn’t reveal much

12.20am Top Of The Pops 1988 – May 15 (BBC4)
As Thursday. BBC4 not bothering much with music tonight

12.50am Top Of The Pops – The Story of 1986 (BBC4)

12.50am-5am The Agony And The Ecstasy (Sky Arts)
Parts 1-4 of the Acid House Dance Thing




Sunday
6pm BBC Reading And Leeds (BBC Red Button)

6pm-9pm Johnny Cash Song By Song (Sky Arts)

7pm BBC Proms: Shaky Plays Elgar (Sky Arts)
Ah no, sorry that should read Sheku Plays Elgar.
They should get the Enigmatic Shaky to do the Proms sometime

9pm Johnny Cash – Behind Prison Walls (Sky Arts)
1977 Concert from a Nashville Prison

9.30pm Tradfest TG4 (TG4)
With Blazin' Fiddles who play upbeat regional music from the Scottish Highlands and islands. Plus, music from Pierre Bensusan, Aoife Scott and Andy Meany, and Aidan Connolly

10pm-Midnight Reading Festival - Foo Fighters (BBC4)
Weird how the BBC send crews to Leeds and Reading and then only show one live act on their main channel. Ah well.

10pm Muse Live At MTV Worldstage (MTV Music)

10pm Carl Perkins And Friends (Sky Arts)
The rockabilly legend is joined by fellow artists Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and more for special concert recorded in London in 1985

10.30pm Geantrai (TG4)
Traditional music from Brady's pub in Dublin featuring guest musicians Terry, Kieran and Niall Crehan, Kevin Glackin, Seán Potts and Jimmy McGreevy

11pm Discovering Music – Roy Orbison (Sky Arts)
11.30pm Music Icons – Jerry Lee Lewis (Sky Arts)
Midnight Music Icons – Chuck Berry (Sky Arts)
12.30am Discovering Music – Little Richard (Sky Arts)

All music legends, but only one can claim the ultimate honour of having appeared on RTE1's Music Quiz 'The Lyrics Board' in 1993. Jerry Lee, where did it all go wrong?


1am Imelda May Live At Baloise Session (Sky Arts)



Quadrophenia is up there, and Sky Arts revealed this week they will be transmitting " a table read of the original film script in front of a live audience." by the original cast next month, along with a new Doc about the film

The reunited cast are also pictured in Farmweek.com, Northern Ireland's only paid for agricultural newspaper. Must have been a quiet week in Farming
https://farmweek.com/quadrophenia-cast-reunite-for-cult-films-40th-anniversary/sky-arts-quadrophenia-40-year-reunion-london-14th-july-2019/



The Best Short Green Day Performance Of Nearer My God To Thee Of The Week might be at the end of this titanic clip from The Simpsons Movie. (Sunday Film 4 2.45pm).

Sardonicat

Sterling work and much appreciated as always, Skid.

I misread 'Brian Johnson ' as Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson and Dolly Parton: 3 Giant Tits.

I'll get my coat....

Welsh Megaman

Hot Dog!

Jumping Frog!





Alba Cookie

Skid X

Kylie looks embarrassed to be singing this, and with good reason.

Welsh Megaman

Play Scritti Politti!