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BBC 4 Synth Britannia

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  • #2
    old gregg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    cheers for this, it looks totally up my street, even has a bit of Klaus Schulze


  • #3
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    Nearly forgot about it.. Nice 1 SG :D


  • #4
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    I doubt it's going to be particularly geeky!!!

    Anyway, I thought someone once said giving Synthesizers to the English was like giving whiskey to the Indians...


  • #5
    old gregg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    give an Englishman a synthesiser and sooner or later he'll try to turn it into a hovercraft :D


  • #6
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    No mention of Trevor or Frankie !


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  • #7
    chordtype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭chordtype


    I was watching this and thinking what would happen if auto tune had of been around at this time. Shudder.


  • #8
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    A rose tinted view of history, with white lies etc. Great fun! Good to see passionate performances with mistakes. Shows that its not all about the music :)

    Mark Almond did dodgy verses and magic choruses, Neil Tennant fluffed his Emulator part while singing brilliantly, OMD were total geeks with a great vibe. And Annie Lennox did her sex siren persona. Amazing!

    Agree with you Paul about those ommisions. Pity they didn't show Thomas Dolby doing Hyperactive on Old Grey Whistle Test. Or Commercial Breakup on The Tube. Both are brilliant performances (and both on Youtube).


  • #9
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    ****ing missed it.

    Should have Sky+'d it. Typical.

    If any of you see it repeated before I do.. Please let me know.


    Was it any use?


  • #10
    chordtype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭chordtype


    Its on again tonight at 12 20 if that's any help.


  • #11
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    chordtype wrote: »
    Its on again tonight at 12 20 if that's any help.

    Excellent! Thanks!


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  • #12
    SprostonGreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    Chris Lowe's Dx1 was massive, I had never seen one before.

    No n-n-n-n-n nineteen.


  • #13
    Welease
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,834 ✭✭✭Welease


    About 200 channels of crap on Sky.. and we don't have BBC4 :(


  • #14
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    Welease wrote: »
    About 200 channels of crap on Sky.. and we don't have BBC4 :(
    You do. Go in to your system settings, it's under "Other Channels".


  • #15
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    ICN wrote: »
    Was it any use?
    ?? The majority of posts are positive...


  • #16
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    madtheory wrote: »
    ?? The majority of posts are positive...

    Informative & helpful.


  • #17
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    Welease wrote: »
    About 200 channels of crap on Sky.. and we don't have BBC4 :(

    Heres how to set it up Mate..

    Theres not much to it.. but you'll actually have to tune it in & then save them. They then appear in other channels. :cool:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055038749


    If you have Sky+ you'll probably end up having to retune them around once a month, as it deletes them. Think the Sky updates / phone line status checks wipes them. I've got that boards link saved in Internet Explorer favourites, but I know them all off by heart by now - It annoying how they keep wiping. :)


  • #18
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    ICN wrote: »
    Informative & helpful.
    I was referring you to the previous posts, which answer your q. Are you unable to see them?


  • #19
    woodsdenis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭woodsdenis


    I would give it a 6/10. No Thomas Dolby was a bad omission.


  • #20
    SprostonGreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    woodsdenis wrote: »
    I would give it a 6/10. No Thomas Dolby was a bad omission.

    There was a bit in it when it said by 1983 everything had become a bit swamped with synths and Howard Jones was shown and then Funboy 3 I think. So maybe they lumped Dolby in with that.

    Paul Hardcastle and Nena were omitted too, granted theres no street cred involved but they were decade defining number 1's and heavy on the synths.


  • #21
    Rockshamrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭Rockshamrover


    The original link will not play on my mac. Do I need the BBC I Player?

    Thanks


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  • #22
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    madtheory wrote: »
    I was referring you to the previous posts, which answer your q. Are you unable to see them?

    Apologies.. Cant see this post. Forwarded to Helpdesk.


  • #23
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    You having a bad day then? xxx


  • #24
    ICN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    madtheory wrote: »
    You having a bad day then? xxx

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be6jlCuMvVQ :rolleyes: :)


  • #25
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    On a related theme next Friday on BBC 4

    21:00
    Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
    How a radical generation of 1960s and 70s musicians created a new German musical identity.

    22:00
    Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum
    Performances by Kraftwerk, including Autobahn, Radioactivity. and Trans Europe Express.


  • #26
    old gregg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    anyone else catch this on Friday night?
    It was like being a teenager all over again for me ... memories of late nights sitting in a bedsit with a few friends, completely out of it and early Tangerine Dream hopping off the walls *sighs*


  • #27
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    SprostonGreen wrote: »
    Chris Lowe's Dx1 was massive, I had never seen one before.

    No n-n-n-n-n nineteen.

    I remember them ! a heap of DX7s in a box ? DX7s still make me ill ...

    I bet Woodsdenis loves them !


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