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

Hello, this weekend see some Beyonce on BBC2 and Del Amitri on Sky Arts. All the usual repeats still reporting for duty as ever ...

Thursday

7pm BBC Proms - Beethoven (BBC4)

Probably over by now

12.15am Punk (Sky Arts)

Ep 2 The exploration of punk continues with a look at the birth of hardcore, a subgenre that featured bands including the Germs, Bad Brains and Black Flag. Iggy Pop narrates

1.30am Jeff Lynne's ELO -Wembley Or Bust (Sky Arts)

2017 Wembley Gig

Friday

6.55pm Johnny Cash Song By Song

Jackson and A Boy Named Sue (Sky Arts)

7.45pm Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (Sky Arts)

8pm BBC Proms - Moses Sumney (Sky Arts)

Genre-defying Ghanaian-American musician Moses Sumney makes his Proms debut with conductor Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Moses describes his music as an amalgamation of soul, jazz, folk and experimental indie rock

9pm Pink Floyd Live In Venice 1989 (Sky Arts)

9.50pm Sounds Of The Seventies (BBC4)

10 minute filler

10pm & 2am Top Of The Pops 1991 - August 1 (BBC4)

Simon Mayo presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 August 1991 and featuring Right Said Fred, Deacon Blue and Morrissey

Mad time to be putting TOTP on

10pm Elvis - Rise And Fall Of The King (Channel 5)

May or may not feature this outburst

10.20pm Pink Floyd - The Story Of Wish You Were Here (Sky Arts)

10.30pm The Kinks At The BBC (BBC4)

11.30pm The Bee Gees At The BBC And Beyond (BBC4)

11.30pm Greatest Hits Of The 70s (Channel 5)

The stories behind six songs more from the decade, examining Bony M's Rivers of Babylon, 10cc's I'm Not in Love, Donna Summer's I Feel Love, Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street, You're the One That I Want from the musical Grease and Gloria Gaynor's disco smash I Will Survive

11.40pm Genesis - When In Rome (Sky Arts)

2007 gig

12.30am Bros - After The Screaming Stops (BBC4)

The BBC4 thing they did a few years ago which was an unlikely hit

12.35am Other Voices (RTE2)

From St Michael's Church in Ballina, featuring performances from the Howl and the Hum, Jesca Hoop, JC Stewart and Soda Blonde

1.35am Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value (Sky Arts)

2.30am Cool Daddio - The Second Youth Of R Stevie Moore (Sky Arts)

Documentary about the cult American musician, using interviews and archive footage to present an overview of his life, creativity and career

Saturday

2pm The Seven Ages Of Elvis (Sky Arts)

3.45pm Pink Floyd - Live In Venice 1989 (Sky Arts)

5pm-7.10am Classic Artists - Yes (Sky Arts)

5.40pm Framing Britney Spears (Sky Documentaries)

6pm BBC Proms - Dance Of The Animals (BBC2)

7.10pm David Bowie - Serious Moonlight Tour (Sky Arts)

1983 Vancouver

7.10pm Jealous Guy - The Assassination of John Lennon (Sky Documentaries)

8pm Beyonce Live At The BBC (BBC2)

8.30pm Beyonce At The BBC (BBC2)

9pm Beyonce At Glastonbury 2011 (BBC2)

The first one is a BBC gig from 2006

9pm Del Amitri - You Can't Go Back (Sky Arts) 🆕

Documentary following the creative process of Scottish band Del Amitri as they recorded Fatal Mistakes, their first studio album in almost 20 years

9pm Tina (Sky Documentaries)

Tina Turner Doc

10.15pm Muse Live At Rome Olympic Stadium 2013 (Sky Arts)

10.35pm TOTP2 - Pop Stars (BBC2)

12.15am The Killers Live At Royal Albert Hall 2009 (Sky Arts)

12.30am Tonight With Target (BBC1)

Ep 1 of 6 DJ Target presents a showcase of black musical talent from around the world. The first episode features performances by Ghetts, Little Simz, JME and Bellah, language lessons from Backroad Gee, and chat with Specs Gonzales

2.15am Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)

Sunday

2.30pm Johnny Cash - Song By Song (Sky Arts)

I Walk The Line, Ring Of Fire, Jackson and A Boy Named Sure

4.30pm Discovering Music - Elton John (Sky Arts)

5.30pm Chicago - Greatest Hits Live (Sky Arts)

7pm Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Sky Arts)

The big Wembley one from 1992

7pm BBC Proms (BBC4)

Baroque

7.15pm Searching For Sugar Man (Sky Documentaries)

9pm Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (Sky Arts)

Paul Gambaccini's Freddie Doc (one of many)

11pm Isle Of Wight - Greatest Hits (Sky Arts)

Queen (with Adam Lambert) and Fleetwood Mac

11.30pm - 1.50am Fleetwood Mac Live In Boston 2004 (Sky Arts)

Those Proms really do drag on forever, maybe there'll be some more contemporary stuff on offer when that's over

If you enjoyed (or missed) the Phil Lynott film last week on RTE Youtube has a BBC4 Thin Lizzy Doc from 2011 which covers similar ground (Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation)

It hasn't been repeated on BBC4 since 2015

And here's a 4 part BBC 6Music Doc featuring Lee Scratch Perry (who died recently), it should be available for the next 26 days

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b011wdm3

The Olympia are streaming some live shows over the next week (which is nice to see but hopefully the real gigs will starting kicking in very soon)

Finally the Best duet between Elvis's Ex Wife And A Would Be Assassin Of The Week ...

might be this one, as featured in The Naked Gun 2 and a half (Comedy Central Sunday 9pm)

Arrah, here's a bit of Stones news from Popbitch.com

P writes:
"I invited some family to see the Stones on their Bigger Bang Tour. Charlie Watts used to eat in Crew Catering and would just chum around with whomever, 
so I warned my family not to freak out if he walked in (and also not to eat any of the food, as that's the crew's only chance to eat).

"They were sitting quietly when Charlie Watts walked in. He clocked they were someone's family and asked would they mind if he sat down with them.
 He chatted with them and asked if they wanted any food. They explained they understood it was for working crew only etc. 
'Oh,' he said, 'but there's plenty. There's always leftovers – and the desserts are exceptional.'

"He got up, filled a few plates and served it to them. He then excused himself and said 'I've got to get to work,' then smiled, '...you know' – pointing to the direction of the stage."

I am enjoying this live stream of 'Krisbeberg' from Whelan's on Youtube right now

Never heard of them before, but it's a decent set

Also, Kris De Berg ...

They should fast forward that song every episode, like the Chart Show would do every time a video you wanted to see came on.