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efb

This is clearly a repeat- sugababes are dead

Welsh Megaman

I was in the Sugababes for a bit, but was forced out - creative differences and all that.

Ol' Donie

Ehm...are The Sugababes still going?

It's okay not to answer, I literally couldn't care any less.

Skid X

Like most people on this planet, I was briefly in the Sugababes.

Muthya was getting her appendix out, I filled in for her during their Brussels and Copenhagen concerts.

Good times, I don't think anyone noticed I wasn't an original member.

efb

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I was in the Sugababes for a bit, but was forced out - creative differences and all that.

It was Keisha wasn't it...

Ol' Donie

Remember the Spice Girls did a comeback wearing all this gold clothes...then straighaway got labelled the Golden Girls.

Mwahaha.

efb

Skid X wrote: »

Like most people on this planet, I was briefly in the Sugababes.

Muthya was getting her appendix out, I filled in for her during their Brussels and Copenhagen concerts.

Good times, I don't think anyone noticed I wasn't an original member.

I replaced a roadie for the George gig- pressed play on their CD...

Ol' Donie

I was nearly in the Sugababes, but as a bloke with a beard, I failed the audition for being too pretty.


(Yeah, I think that may have been mean.)

Ol' Donie

Debbie Harry.

You can keep your crappy girl bands.

Skid X

I'd like to see a Sugababes performance where they start off a song with Siobhan, Mutya and Keisha but keep swapping members (off camera) until the other three are on stage.

efb

WMM why aren't you out getting drunk with your fellow principalitians???

efb

Skid X wrote: »

I'd like to see a Sugababes performance where they start off a song with Siobhan, Mutya and Keisha but keep swapping members (off camera) until the other three are on stage.

The cat fight back stage though!!!

Go Harvey Go

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I admire the Spice Girls.

Because they were so succesful, while not ever having good songs or even being that hot. Must have been the "attitude".

Fair play.




Or whatever.

Well, I've always loved Mel C.

And I don't think you can say that she isn't hot these days...

Skid X wrote: »

Can we bring back SMTV Live next?

If and only if Ant, Dec and Cat are willing.

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Geri Haliwell, otherwise known as Old Spice...

Oi! Oi!

And now Mrs Red Bull Racing Team Principal.

Not too gone on her cover of "It's Raining Men", though...

Ol' Donie

Good point well made GHG!

I would certainly not say that about her now.

Ol' Donie

I'm sure I've said this many, many times on here, but the fact that Yesterday is the most covered, most played-on-radio and most lucrative of The Beatles songs annoys me almost as much as that Engelbert Humperdink denying Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane the no.1 spot does.

Skid X

Hello, no new shows to report as the Beeb are waiting for Glasto which is on next weekend. Until then they roll out some of the old reliables, including Nils Rodgers as well as the Marshall Amp celebration on Saturday with two of the most famous people ever to live in Stoke. Will it be Phil The Power Taylor, Nick Hancock, Robbie Williams, Slash or the late Sir Stanley Matthews? There's only one way to find out ...


Friday

9pm & 1.30am Glastonbury Golden Greats
A reflection on some of the most popular acts to perform at the music festival over the years, including Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, Al Green, Willie Nelson, BB King, Johnny Cash and last year's set by Dolly Parton

10pm & 2.30am Festivals Britannia
The history of British music festival culture, from its jazz beginnings at Beaulieu in the late 1950s to the Isle of Wight festivals that began in the 1960s, one-offs including Bickershaw in 1972, and the modern line-up of Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and numerous others. The film explores the tension between those attending the performances and the forces policing them, and focuses on the relationship between freedom and shifts in the political, musical and cultural landscape. With contributions by Michael Eavis, Richard Thompson, Acker Bilk, Terry Reid, the Levellers, Billy Bragg, John Giddings and more

11.30pm Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker
In this candid interview, 1970s pop legend Nile Rodgers talks about his personal life and the career that saw him become one of disco music's most successful artists. Rodgers opens up about his childhood, his party lifestyle as a member of the band Chic, the tragic death of his musical partner Bernard Edwards and his battle with cancer. He also speaks about his recent return to the charts after collaborating with French electronic duo Daft Punk, which has introduced his style to a whole new audience. Featuring contributions from Bryan Ferry, Debbie Harry, Valerie Simpson, Steve Winwood, his fellow Chic members and other artists

12.30am Disco at the BBC
Archive performances of disco classics by acts including Chic, Rose Royce, Labelle, Gladys Knight and Village People, from shows such as Top of the Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Later with Jools Holland



Saturday

10.50pm Ultimate Number Ones at the BBC
A selection of chart-topping hits from the BBC archives, originally shown in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of the UK singles chart. Featuring tracks from the Bee Gees, T-Rex, Donna Summer, John Lennon, Culture Club, Spice Girls, James Blunt, Rihanna and Adele

11.50pm Play it Loud: The Story of the Marshall Amp
In the early 1960s drum shop owner Jim Marshall launched the loudest amplifier in the world at a point in time widely perceived to be the birth of rock. Young musicians like Clapton and Hendrix rushed to adopt the revolutionary `Marshall sound', and the electric guitar spoke for a new generation, while stacks and walls became an essential backdrop at concerts. The company was rescued from financial meltdown by comic exposure in the 1984 movie This is Spinal Tap, and the electronic boxes were propelled to iconic status. This documentary charts the amp's history, with contributions from rock musicians Pete Townshend, Lemmy and Slash, plus an interview with the founder himself

12.50am Prince: A Purple Reign
Profile of the enigmatic American musician, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits including 1999, Kiss and Raspberry Beret. As well as achieving significant commercial success around the world, he won critical acclaim for his adventurous, genre-blurring albums, such as Sign O' the Times and Around the World in a Day - while also making headlines for his sexually explicit lyrics and stage shows, as well as his legal battle to retain control of his name and music. Featuring contributions by guitarist Dez Dickerson, Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, soul singer Beverley Knight and Paisley Park label president Alan Leeds

1.50am Disco at the BBC
as above

2.50am Sounds of The Sixties
The Beat Room A selection of archive footage from the arrival of the so-called beat boom in 1964, which catered to the art-school craze for rhythm and blues. Featuring performances by Tom Jones, the Kinks, Manfred Mann, the Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker and the Pretty Things

Movie action comes from The Boat that Rocked (ITV4, Saturday 11.45pm). It's average enough, but it does have a good soundtrack. And Will from TFI Friday.


Elsewhere Sky Arts has some of last weekend's Isle of Wight festival on Saturday. Blur, Fleetwood Mac, The Black Keys and The Prodigy are promised. It would get you match fit for Glastonbury next weekend, which is more than can be said for Dave Grohl, alas.


In other news, TOTP has gone on a Musicians Union Strike enforced hiatus, but this curio appeared during the week.

The Beatles appeared quite a bit on TOTP in the early days, but some philistine dumped all their recordings.

We still can't hear them but this very poor quality mute video appeared recently of the Fabs performing Can't buy Me Love (apparently)

http://wogew.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/lost-totp-appearance-emerges.html

The Beatles were filmed at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, then called BBC's Television Theatre. They were filmed using film stock, not video - and it appears the film is projected on to a big canvas behind the live dancers on the show, six days later when the programme aired. Who would have thought we would actually see this?

It's a bit of a tease. Imagine all the great stuff that has been lost forever. If anyone gets their hands on a Time Machine could they have a word with the early BBC techies? Ah well, thanks for reading to the end.

Welsh Megaman

I think I just heard Donie squeal with delight with news of the Marshall Amp documentary!

Greatest Glastonbury moment?

Undoubtedly, Super Furry Animals in 1999 when some genius/crazy fool decided to drive his van through the moshpit during their set!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/26/glastonbury-festival-dos-don-ts-drive-van-acid

Skid X

I'll have a think about Glastonbury moments but I take my hat off to the Welsh FA who got Super Furry Animals to play before Wales v Belgium last week. And then had a public vote to decide what they should perform

http://www.faw.org.uk/news/SUPER-FURRY-ANIMALS-CONFIRMED-AS-WALES-V-BELGIUM-SUPPORT-ACT/100219/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6FBPZH9


John Delaney, the bar has been set high.

Get the Sultans of Ping in for our next game. And fix the vote so that this wins.

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

I'll have a think about Glastonbury moments but I take my hat off to the Welsh FA who got Super Furry Animals to play before Wales v Belgium last week. And then had a public vote to decide what they should perform

http://www.faw.org.uk/news/SUPER-FURRY-ANIMALS-CONFIRMED-AS-WALES-V-BELGIUM-SUPPORT-ACT/100219/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6FBPZH9

Pfft...there was only ONE Furries song that needed to be played...

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I think I just heard Donie squeal with delight with news of the Marshall Amp documentary!

Greatest Glastonbury moment?

Undoubtedly, Super Furry Animals in 1999 when some genius/crazy fool decided to drive his van through the moshpit during their set!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/26/glastonbury-festival-dos-don-ts-drive-van-acid

Ha! I did let out a little yelp when I read that!

Wooo! Marshall! Ow!

Welsh Megaman

Can't believe how sparse the crowd is for Johnny Cash. If it had been 2001 or 2002, there wouldn't be an inch of space.

Welsh Megaman

'And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire'.

That'll be the vindaloo from that Burger Van by the Pyramid Stage :cool:

Welsh Megaman

'Thank you, Bristol!'

Close enough, Al

Ol' Donie

Neil Diamond at Glastonbury.

Doesn't sit right with me.

Welsh Megaman

The Green Green Grass Of Home.

Mmf...something in my eye.

Mint Sauce

Whens Dolly on?

Welsh Megaman

B.B. RIP

Welsh Megaman

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Whens Dolly on?

Nice to see you both

Mint Sauce

My god, she has had some amount of work done.

Welsh Megaman

Damn Jazz-loving post-war hipsters.