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

Skid X

Watch and learn, Ringo and Joe Cocker.

Welsh Megaman

odyssey06

Skid X wrote: »

No time for a thead poll, there's only one way to settle this ...

only in my dreams...

Welsh Megaman

Breaking news! :eek:


There has been absolute carnage in the streets around Westminster!

Thousands upon thousands of people demanding answers!

Protesters clashing with police!

All wanting to know the burning question...










Just why WAS Steve Wright wearing blue rubber washing-up gloves on TOTP?

Hotblack Desiato

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Hothouse Flowers!

Haven't seen this episode yet.

HHF were at Forever Young and were OK, but in typical LO'M fashion he finished up with a 15-20 minute cover of Purple Rain which was ten minutes too long

Heard of him hogging the **** out of the stage at benefit gigs too

Welsh Megaman

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Haven't seen this episode yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t5BTbgCrFQ

What is a blue sirocco anyway?

Skid X

https://twitter.com/ashofficial/status/1167403823075397632?s=19

Skid X

Hello, the beat goes on with new Sky stuff on Liverpool's Cavern Club and the lesser known Ealing Club from that London. BBC4 isn't bothering with new stuff but they do have the rather excellent Synth Britannia and a few other bits. There's a lot of Eric Clapton on Sunday across several channels, not sure why ...





Thursday
3pm Isle Of Wight Festival 2019 Highlights (Sky Arts)

6.30pm Motown Live In The BBC Radio 2 Piano Room (BBC Red Button)
People doing Motown Covers

7.30pm Top Of The Pops 1988 – June 2(BBC4)
Peter Powell and Nicky Campbell introduce the edition first aired on June 2, featuring music by Aswad, Desireless, Tiffany, the Timelords, Voice of the Beehive, Five Star, Aztec Camera, Rod Stewart, Wet Wet Wet and Belinda Carlisle

9pm The Barry White Story: Let The Music Play (Sky Arts)

1.10am Film: Stretch And Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (Film4)
Bobbito Garcia's documentary about the influential rap and hip-hop radio show he hosted with DJ Stretch Armstrong in the late-1980s and '90s, which launched the careers of artists including Nas, the Notorious BIG, Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, Eminem and the Fugees. “I rate this 8.5” says Paolo on tvguide.co.uk.




Friday
12.45pm Sean Nos (TG4)

3pm Isle Of Wight Festival 2019 (Sky Arts)

7pm Classic Albums: Meat Loaf- Bat Out Of Hell (Sky Arts)

7.30pm BBC Proms – Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (BBC4)

8pm Music Icons – Pat Benatar (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Music Icons – Primal Scream (Sky Arts)
Bonus: Here is a Bobby Gillespie interview on Newsnight from a few months ago

8.30pm Port (TG4)
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Julie Fowlis are joined by two Scottish musicians, multi-instrumentalist Allan Henderson and piper Allan MacDonald, as they visit Miltown Malbay in Co Clare during the annual Willie Clancy Festival

9.10pm & 2.05am Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map Of Britain And Ireland (BBC4)
Midge Ure and Kim Appleby visit London and Manchester, the two cities that did battle with each other for musical pre-eminence as '80s music turned towards the new sounds of dance. This is a tale of how studio technology changed music - with British bands putting their own unique spin on dance to produce contrasting northern and southern sounds. Contributors include Denise Pearson from Five Star, Soul II Soul's Jazzie B, Mark Moore of S-Express, Shaun Ryder from the Happy Mondays and Peter Hook of New Order

10pm Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (Sky Arts)
Ep 2 9/11

11pm Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs And Englishmen (Sky Arts)
The blues singer in concert at Manhattan's Fillmore East and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, featuring Delta Lady, The Letter and She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

11.35pm 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. Followed by …

1.05am Synth Britannia At The BBC (BBC4)
A showcase of 1970s and 80s synth music taken from the BBC archives. Popular acts in the genre include Roxy Music, New Order, Ultravox, Soft Cell, OMD, Yazoo and Depeche Mode

Midnight MTV World Stage – The 1975 (MTV Music)

12.05am Spillane An Fanai (TG4)
Singer-songwriter John Spillane travels to French's Pub in Gorey, Co Wexford, where he mixes with the locals in search of inspiration for his music

1.15am Mr Dynamite – The Rise Of James Brown (Sky Arts)
The career of the singer, musician and producer, charting his journey from his first hit Please, Please, Please in 1956 through his pioneering funk phase to later chart success

3.30am Discovering Music – Little Richard (Sky Arts)




Saturday
4pm The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl ’68 (Sky Arts)

5.30pm Troubadors: The Rise Of The Singer Songwriter (Sky Arts)
Documentary exploring the popularity of singer-songwriters in Los Angeles during the 1970s. Carole King and James Taylor recall the beginnings of their artistic partnership at the Troubadour club in West Hollywood, and reflect on how the scene that grew up around the venue changed pop music. Featuring contributions by Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Cheech & Chong, Steve Martin, JD Souther and Peter Asher

7pm Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop (Yesterday)
Documentary looking back over the band's long career, from the early blues outfit led by Peter Green in the late 1960s, to their reincarnation in the 1970s with the line-up that went on to record the 40-million-selling album Rumours. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reveal the truth behind the successes, failures and relationships that have characterised their music and made them one of the most enduring acts in popular music. Not on Youtube, may be elsewhere

7.10pm Classic Albums: John Lennon – John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (Sky Arts)
It appears to be John Lennon night on Sky Arts. Not sure why.

8pm Meat Loaf: In And Out Of Hell (Yesterday)
Good read here about the time he played in Moate http://ronancasey.ie/2017/07/one-more-thing-gets-thrown-up-on-stage-and-im-leaving/

8.10pm 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

10pm & 1.5am The Cavern Club – The Beat Goes On (Sky Arts) New!
New Doc about the Liverpool venue where popular Beat Combo The Beatles played 292 gigs
https://www.cavernclub.com/blog-post/the-cavern-club-the-beat-goes-on/

11.30pm The Beatles: From Liverpool To San Francisco (Sky Arts)
American filler doc

12.15am Top Of The Pops 1988 – June 2(BBC4)

12.30am John Lennon – Imagine (BBC4) Sky Arts
Unique footage of the recording of the classic 1971 album, filmed in England, and the subsequent promotional tour to the USA and Japan. Also available here, although you have to register https://www.channel4.com/programmes/john-yoko-above-us-only-sky/

12.50am Popular Voices At The BBC (BBC4)
Eclectic compilation, with everything from Sammy Davis Jr to Echo and the Bunnymen

3.20am Joe Cocker: Fire It Up Live (Sky Arts)
2013 Concert




Sunday
5.55pm Randy Newman At Baloise Session (Sky Arts)

7.30pm-10pm Classic Artists: Cream (Sky Arts)
The story of the 1960s rock supergroup, featuring concert footage and interviews with members Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce
There’s a trailer

7.30pm BBC Proms (BBC4)
Elgar’s Engima and Vaughan Williams. It finishes next week

9.40pm Jerusalem: An Anthem For England (BBC4)
A thing about the song. Featuring contributions by Roy Hattersley, Ann Widdecombe and Gary Bushell.

10pm Suburban Steps To Rockland: The Story Of The Ealing Club (Sky Arts) New!
Documentary about the west London music venue that became the launchpad for British rock musicians including the Rolling Stones, the Who and Eric Clapton

10pm Stendhal: BBC Arts NI Presents (BBC2 NI)
An hour of coverage from the recent ‘family friendly’ festival
May feature Basement Jaxx ,the Hothouse Flowers, Kíla, Soak; Mary Coughlan; Damian Dempsey and General Fiasco.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-49343482

10pm Karen Carpenter: We’ve Only Just Begun (VM2)
A look at the inspiration behind the hit song, which was written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams and released by the Carpenters in September 1970

10.35pm -12.55am John Mayall & Eric Clapton 70th Birthday Concert (TG4)
The blues legend teams up for the first time in 38 years with former Bluesbreakers Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor as well as jazzman Chris Barber to perform classics from a long and distinguished career. The backbone of the British blues scene since the mid-1960s, John's hard-working band was a nursery for the rock explosion of the 1970s, spawning countless spin-off groups, but always remaining true to the spirit of the roots music and finding new audiences as fashions came and went _ as he does in this benefit concert at Liverpool's King's Dock Arena on behalf of Unicef
Here is a clip

11.55pm The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Live At The Fonda Theatre 2015 (Sky Arts)

1.35am Mr Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown (Sky Arts)



And one other new show on Monday ...

9.35pm Mary Black – No Frontiers (RTE1)
A profile of the folk singer, in which she opens up on topics including motherhood, mental health and the realities of being the biggest-selling female artist in 1980s Ireland


That's more or less that, but if you have seen anything else don't be shy. There may be new shows on the horizon soon. I hope.


If you have ever wondered how BBC2's Newsnight theme was conceived then you are in luck

https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1168469361998401536


The unprecedented drought of Nile Rodgers programming continues, the Nearest thing to a Nile Rodgers show or movie broadcast of the week is Jewel Of The Nile (Film4+1, tonight 7.50pm)
That's the one with the Billy Ocean song and Danny Devito and Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
The band in the book and film High Fidelity were once known as Kathleen Turner Overdrive, which is a good name for a band.

Gizmo55

Synth Britannia...that's me sorted. Gawd bless ya Skid.

odyssey06

Yes to echo Fleetwood Mac... Dont Stop!

Welsh Megaman

The Cavern documentary should be good, I’ll actually be at The Cavern on Saturday night before going to see the legendary Edwyn Collins!

Oh, if you insist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_PZmeicBg4

Welsh Megaman

Tonight’s asbestos-free TOTP.

I often see Aswad walking down my street, probably to buy a paper and some Snickers.

Welsh Megaman

Desireless - Jedward’s Ma?

Welsh Megaman

THE TIMELORDS!!

Welsh Megaman

No No No No No No No No No NO.

Hotblack Desiato

Skid X wrote: »

Saturday
12.30am John Lennon – Imagine (BBC4)
Unique footage of the recording of the classic 1971 album, filmed in England, and the subsequent promotional tour to the USA and Japan.

Think that's on Sky Arts too Skid, nothing Lennon-related showing up on my Freesat box...

Skid X

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Think that's on Sky Arts too Skid, nothing Lennon-related showing up on my Freesat box...

You're correct, sorry.

That programme was on Channel 4 originally, odd to see it sold to Sky now.

Skid X

That Tiffany cover of I Saw Her Standing There on TOTP might the worst thing ever to happen in the history of this or any other planet.

BandMember

Following on from Julian Temple's new documentary that was mentioned earlier in the thread, it looks like there's also a film in the works about Shane MacGowan:

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-about-our-love-is-no-fairytale-shane-macgowans-wife-38473611.html

Hotblack Desiato

Skid X wrote: »

That Tiffany cover of I Saw Her Standing There on TOTP might the worst thing ever to happen in the history of this or any other planet.

Dunno about that, it's up against some pretty stiff competition

Bubonic Plague
The Holocaust
World War I
Rick Astley

Sardonicat

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Dunno about that, it's up against some pretty stiff competition

Bubonic Plague
The Holocaust
World War I
Rick Astley

https://youtu.be/H7e8MFgm18Q

Skid X

Hello there, decent enough line up coming up this weekend I think, some decent stuff spread across the channels. That Prom mullarky comes to an end on Saturday so that should free up airtime for proper music from now on. Deep Purple and The Pet Shop Boys and Bachman from Bachman Turner Overdrive are the new-ish shows but here are the details ...




Thursday
3pm Sinatra – The Man And His Music (Sky Arts)
1981 TV Special

4pm Soundtracks – Songs That Defined History (Sky Arts)
The 9/11 Episode

11pm The Cavern Club – The Beat Goes On (Sky Arts)
This was on last weekend

12.30am Tom Waits – Tales From A Cracked Jukebox (BBC4)
Profile of the influential and inventive singer-songwriter, whose work encompasses a mixture of musical styles, from blues to Weimar cabaret. The programme incorporates rare archive recordings and interviews, and features contributions from Terry Gilliam, Ian Rankin and Ute Lemper
This is not on Youtube but if you search for it in google under videos you should find it

12.30am The Beatles – From Liverpool To San Francisco (Sky Arts)
American doc

1.30am John Lennon – Imagine (Sky Arts)
Unique footage of the recording of the classic 1971 album, filmed in England, and the subsequent promotional tour to the USA and Japan




Friday
12.35pm Sean Nos (TG4)
Brid Ni Maolchiarin

7pm Classic Albums: Elton John - -Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Sky Arts)

7.30pm Mastermind (BBC2)
Includes someone answering questions on the original Woodstock festival

7.30pm BBC Proms (BBC4)
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique from memory
No TOTP this week, which not fantastique

8pm Music Icons – Smoky Robinson (Sky Arts)
8.30pm Music Icons – Glen Campbell (Sky Arts)

9pm Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road – Mark Knopfler (Sky Arts)

9.10pm & 1.30pm Showbands – How Ireland Learned To Party (BBC4)
Another chance to see this. The showband was a uniquely Irish phenomenon. It was a movement that saw thousands of young people travel up and down the country in the late '50s, '60s and early '70s to the 'Dancehalls of Romance' to be entertained by the Royal Showband, the Miami Showband and Big Tom and the Mainliners, and individuals including Dickie Rock, Joe Dolan and Brendan Bowyer. Ardal O'Hanlon looks back at the phenomenon, examining what triggered the infamous era, the people involved, and its eventual end in the 1980s

That isn’t on Youtube but here is a 1988 doc which treads similar ground ‘Good Night, Safe Home and God Bless’

Pavel Rosu comments “Toti acesti artisti sunt minunati! The Drifters si Joe Dolan sunt favoritii mei! Joe Dolan a ridicat maiestria artistica la cel mai inalt nivel! Nu cred ca publicul, de oriunde ar fi el si din orice timpuri, ar putea cere mai mult decat a oferit artistic Joe Dolan!” which is easy for him to say

10pm Dire Straits Alchemy 1983 (Sky Arts)
Concert

10.10pm & 2.35am Totally British 70s Rock And Roll (BBC4)
A collection of archive performances by artists including David Bowie, Free, Status Quo, Mott the Hoople, the Faces, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Humble Pie, Man, Babe Ruth and Thin Lizzy from TV shows such as The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops

11.10pm BBC Proms – Jonny Greenwood Curates (BBC4)
Jess Gillam introduces an evening of music curated by Radiohead lead guitarist and award-winning film score composer Jonny Greenwood. Hugh Brunt conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Proms Youth Ensemble, joined by pianist Katherine Tinkler and violinist Daniel Pioro for a varied programme of music culminating in the world premiere of Greenwood's 'Horror vacui' for solo violin and 68 strings

Midnight Eric Clapton – Trains, Planes and Eric (Sky Arts)
Documentary film following the guitarist on the Far and Middle Eastern legs of his 2014 world tour, featuring interviews, backstage footage and concert performances

12.35am 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

1.45am Eric Clapton – Live In California 2001 (Sky Arts)

3am Masters Of The Guitar (Sky Arts)
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Wilko Johnson are among those discussing their ultimate guitar heroes. This should be on earlier




Saturday
3.25pm-5.35pm Paul Carrack – The Long Detour (Sky Arts)
A concert by the singer-songwriter, including performances of Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, The Living Years and Over My Shoulder

5.35pm Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers (Sky Arts)
In 1984, the classic Deep Purple line-up of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice reunited for the album Perfect Strangers and went on tour. This is the film of their concert in Melbourne, featuring performances of Highway Star, Strange Kind of Woman, Child in Time, Black Night, Speed King and Smoke on the Water

6.15pm Stendhal Festival 2019 (BBC2NI)

7pm Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1977 (Yesterday)

7.15 Last Night Of The Proms – Hyde Park Concert (BBC Red Button)
Michael Ball presents music from Les Misérables, Hamilton, Kingdom Choir, Rock Choir, Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, Aled Jones & Russell Watson. This is followed at 8.40pm by Chrissie Hynde, Jack Savoretti and a headline performance by Barry Manilow

7.15pm Last Night Of The Proms (BBC2, continues at 9pm on BBC1)
It is over

8pm Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1978 (Yesterday)

8pm Classic Albums: Deep Purple – Machine Head (Sky Arts)

8.40pm Pat Shortt’s Music From D’Telly (RTE1)
Footage of concerts from Dublin's National Stadium in the 1970s, featuring Dolores Keane, Rita Coolidge and Glen Campbell, plus Lindisfarne at the Lisdoonvarna Folk festival

9pm Deep Purple: From Here To Infinite (Sky Arts) New!
2017 Documentary telling the story of the pioneering and influential British heavy rock band, with cameras also following them as they enter the studio to record a new album
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-documentary-trailer/

10.30pm & 3.25am Bachman (Sky Arts) New!
A profile of Canadian musician Randy Bachman, with family, friends and fans providing insight into the artist who was a member of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Midnight Top Of The Pops – The Story Of 1985 (BBC4)

1am Glam Rock At The BBC (BBC4)
T. Rex, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quatro, Slade, the Sweet, Elton John, Queen and Sparks

1.50am Chicago – Greatest Hits Live (Sky Arts)

2am Truth Tellers At The BBC (BBC4)
Bob Dylan ,Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Gil Scott Heron, KRS-One Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and George the Poet




Sunday
7pm Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour (Sky Arts)
1976 tour

8pm – 10.30pm The Hollies – Look Through Any Window (Sky Arts)
Profile of the band, including an interview with members Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott and archive TV performances by the group from 1963 to 1975

8pm Pet Shop Boys Live In Hyde Park (BBC4)
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's headline performance at Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park 2019 - the duo's only UK gig of the year, performed in front of more than 40,000 festivalgoers

9.30pm Top Of The Pops – The Pet Shop Boys (BBC4)
A compilation of Pet Shop Boys' performances on the pop chart programme

9.30pm Radio 2 In Hyde Park (BBC Red Button)
Coverage of the Festival In A Day with Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, Westlife, Status Quo, Bananarama, Clean Bandit, Emile Sande and Kelsea Ballerina. It says here “Presented by all your favourite Radio 2 DJs” it says here. Comin Atcha


10.30pm The Kinks: Echoes Of A World (Sky Arts)
The story of 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, which failed to chart upon release but went on to become one of the most influential works in rock

10.30pm Geantrai (TG4)
Traditional music series, featuring Liz Doherty, Martin McGlinley, Dinny McLoughlin, Tom Byrne and Mick Gallanagh. Presented by Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich

11.05pm Arcade Fire Live At Earls Court (TG4)
2014 Concert

Midnight Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (Sky Arts)
Documentary about the influential musician, examining his early years as a teenage singer in the late 1950s, his rise to pop stardom in the 1960s, both as a solo performer and as a member of the Walker Brothers, and his more experimental work. Featuring contributions by David Bowie, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Sting and the Smiths' Johnny Marr

12.30am Tommy Fleming – A Journey Home (VM3)
Concert

2am California Dreamin’ – The Songs Of The Mamas And The Papas (Sky Arts)
Doc

3.15am The Doors: Feast Of Friends (Sky Arts)
The Doors' 1968 self-produced documentary film offering a cinematic look at the band on the road during their summer tour






And that, as they say, is more or less that. If you have seen anything else do let us know

The BBC Concert up there with "all your favourite Radio 2 DJs" reminded me of the time 2FM sent their DJs on to The Late Late Show to sort out the Rape problems. With Rap

Rape is wrong, kids.



Anyway, the Best Use Of The Theme From Jaws Of The Week might be in the Opening Titles of Airplane! (Comedy Central, Saturday 11pm)

Also, Airplane II The Sequel is on the same channel on Monday at 11pm.
MacArthur Park might not have been the best choice for the Elevator music

sligojoek

Sky the C**ts have all the good Deep Purple stuff as usual.

I see Bernie Marsden has an updated version of his book "Where's my Guitar?" coming out for xmas. I just have to figure out which of my children I'll volunteer to buy it for me.

So thrilled to share the new cover for ‘Where’s My Guitar?’ �� that is being published by HarperCollins UK / 4th Estate Books this coming November - available in eBook and audiobook too. More news on the audiobook to come.

This is a new version from the original, folks, with updated stories and photos inside to match. Really excited to share it all with you. Big thanks to my brother Steve Lukather for providing such a kind quote for the front cover, and to Jack Smyth for the very cool design, and Anders for the cover photo!����

It’s available to pre-order now from Amazon, Waterstones, and all good bookshops. Head to the link in my bio to do so. Enough pre-orders might even get me in the bestsellers list!

Skid X

Pet Shop Boys kicking off their Hyde Park Concert on BBC4 now

Welsh Megaman

The Pogues favourite band Two Queens And A Drum Machine live on BBC Four right now.


EDIT: But you knew that already :pac:

Welsh Megaman

‘Left To My Own Devices’ - oh yeah!

Skid X

"Neil, do you want to take over back here and maybe I can do a song instead ... Neil?" :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Not liking the PSB’s new boogie rock direction


Oh wait...

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The Pogues favourite band Two Queens And A Drum Machine live on BBC Four right now.


EDIT: But you knew that already :pac:

I think it was "two pööfs and a piano".

Welsh Megaman

‘Se A Vide E’!


Good call