BeebRock - The BBC4/BBC3/BBC2/BBC1 Music Programmes thread

murpho999

Also the only live part to his show is his own performance, everything else is backing track.

Welsh Megaman

Suede time

loyatemu

Regardless of what you think of Kanye & his records; one guy onstage rapping to backing tracks might be OK in a room full of his own fans but it's not enough at a huge outdoor festival.

Skid X

Lionel Richie ending with We are The World on BBC2

Bob Geldof says that more than once he attended Awards Ceremonies and Conferences where well meaning organisers got childrens choirs to sing that for him.

Bob did his best to smile while thinking "that's not my f***ing song!"

Skid X

Weller doing too many new songs as usual ... and doing reworkings of his old stuff.

Come on Paul, just do all the hits the way we remember them!

Welsh Megaman

'Dancing On The Ceiling' - an ode to the effects of cocaine?

Welsh Megaman

Calling Donie to Donnington!

Slash on Sky Arts

Skid X

Hello, after the dizzying business of last week, normal service has resumed. There is a new series about Rock n Roll America, it has probably been done many times before but sure it might be worth a look. Jerry Lee Lewis contributes - he once appeared as a panellist on RTE's music quiz 'The Lyrics Board'. Although I might have dreamt that ...


Thursday

7.30pm & 1am Top of The Pops 1980
Tommy Vance presents an edition originally broadcast on August 14, 1980. Featuring Ultravox, David Bowie, Mike Berry, Grace Jones, Village People, Sue Wilkinson, Legs & Co dancing to ELO, and Abba with the week's number one, The Winner Takes it All.



Friday

9pm & 12.15am Rock n Roll America (Part 1 of 3) New!
Sweet Little Sixteen New series. Documentary examining the most important era in the history of popular music - the birth of rock ?n' roll. The opening programme focuses on the origins of the sound in 1950s America when the rhythm-driven mix of blues, boogie woogie and vocal harmony was nurtured by small independent record labels and championed by young music pioneers such as Fats Domino and Little Richard. This episode also looks at the start of Elvis Presley's career in Memphis and examines the impact the film industry had on the rock movement. Contributors include Tom Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis and Don Everly

10pm Film: Rock Around The Clock
A big band promoter finds his career stalling as popular tastes change. When he runs into a rock and roll band, he is inspired to try and make them famous - but a booking agent with a personal grudge is determined to see him fail. Musical, starring Johnny Johnston, Alix Talton and Lisa Gaye, with Bill Haley and the Comets and DJ Alan Freed as themselves

11.15pm & 2.15am Sings Elvis
Compilation of cover versions of Elvis Presley hits, originally shown in 2010 - the year that would have been his 75th birthday. Artists featured include Cliff Richard, John Cale, Paul McCartney and Tom Jones, and Carl Perkins and Mac Davis perform songs they wrote but which Elvis made famous

1.15am Sounds of The Sixties
The First Steps Recalling a decade in British music, with archive performances from the early stages of the `swingin' era, featuring music by by rock, pop and R'n'B artists including the Springfields, the Shadows, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones

1.45am Sounds of The Sixties
1967-68 - The Pop Boom Music from the Top of the Pops archives, featuring performances by acts including the Foundations, Procol Harum, the Bee Gees, the Rolling Stones, and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

11.30pm (BBC2) Best of Glastonbury
A two hour round-up of highlights from last weekend's Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts at Worthy Farm in Somerset, featuring memorable moments from many of the headline artists and a selection of bespoke acoustic performances


Saturday** ta brian t !

4.10pm ITV (but not UTV Ireland - Boo) This is Lionel Richie
Thirty years ago, after a decade of hits as lead singer with the Commodores, Lionel Richie released his debut solo album, marking the beginning of a long and successful career that has bagged him several number ones and awards. In this one-off special the singer performs some of his biggest and best-loved hits, including Dancing on the Ceiling, Easy, Hello and Say You, Say Me, and is joined on stage for duets by chart star Pixie Lott and 2010 X Factor runner-up Rebecca Ferguson. The programme also features an interview from his home in Los Angeles, where he chats to Christine Bleakley about his life and career


10.40pm Arena: Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came to Dingle
The story of the singer-songwriter's acoustic performance on Irish TV show Other Voices, filmed at St James's Church in the remote south-western town of Dingle in 2006. Featuring interviews with some of the people she met on that day, including taxi driver Paddy Kennedy, her bass player Dale Davis and the Rev Mairt Hanley of the Other Voices church

11.40pm When Albums Ruled The World
Documentary exploring the heyday of LPs from the mid-1960s to the late 70s, as artists embraced the creative opportunities they offered for music and artwork. The programme also examines how the arrival of new formats heralded the end of the album's golden era. With contributions from Queen's Roger Taylor, Noel Gallagher, Mike Oldfield, the Doors' Ray Manzarek, Slash and singer-songwriter Grace Slick

1.10am Top of The Pops 1980
As above


No, apparently it was all true http://www.rte.ie/tv50/essays/johnkeogh.html

“From the moment he arrived he wasn’t quite sure. He was on medication at that time and he could be a bit vague as to where he was or what he was doing. Eventually I got him at the piano but the problem was I couldn’t get him to understand the rules of the game. He purely thought he was there to provide music. He didn’t realise he was part of a quiz. This was when the fun started because every time a song would come up he’d say: ‘I think I know that song.’ And he’d start to play. I’d say: ‘No, it’s not our turn. It’s the other team’s turn.’

Mad times, that article is worth a read.

If you enjoyed The Who last week, Sky Arts has Quadropenia Live (from 2013) Saturday at 9pm followed by The Story of The Who. And more Who on Sunday at 9pm, a 1999 concert from Las Vegas. But no Lemmy this week. Boo.

grey_so_what

I've been away for a while Skid, lovely to see what's on this weather! xxx gsw

FloatingVoter

Jerry Lee...the man who taught Willie Nelson everything he knows about being high in charge of firearms.
.....on De Lyrics Board. I remember being suitably stoned when that aired. So I obviously wasn't doing it right.

brian_t

Skid X wrote: »

Sunday . Saturday

4.10pm ITV (but not UTV Ireland - Boo) This is Lionel Richie
......
10.40pm Arena: Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came to Dingle
...
11.40pm When Albums Ruled The World
...
1.10am Top of The Pops 1980

Skid X

brian_t wrote: »

Sunday Saturday

Whoops Cheers man, well spotted.

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Calling Donie to Donnington!

Slash on Sky Arts

*phew*

Sorry, I'm late. Where's that now?

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

*phew*

Sorry, I'm late. Where's that now?

Highlights from this year's Download - the bloke from Stoke played geetar for the rock folk...okie doke

Did you go to AC/DC at the Avi...er, Landsdowne Road?

Welsh Megaman

*runs flick comb through hair*

*spins double bass*

Welsh Megaman

'I Only Have Eyes For You' by The Flamingos - absolute classic

Skid X

Since last weekend I've been pondering ... Kanye West or Dave Clarke from The Dave Clarke Five - who has the more overinflated ego?

Welsh Megaman

Lemmy's favourite, Little Richard!

Woooooooooooooooooo!

Skid X

I heard a bit of Gene Simmons's Radio 2 show during the week on the Iplayer ... lovely stuff. Lots of good stories about his musical collaborations and heroes.

Although apparently he played that Garth Brooks chap ... them British kids are never going to get Garth, it's not in their genes, Gene.

Skid X

One of Little Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston, and the famous and legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005153/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

:eek:

Billy Preston must have thought performing with the Beatles was underwhelming after that.

Welsh Megaman

Tis a shame rock 'n' roll was killed by Lonnie Donegan in 1958

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005153/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

:eek:

Billy Preston must have thought performing with the Beatles was underwhelming after that.

Is that true? That's incredible!!

Ol' Donie

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Highlights from this year's Download - the bloke from Stoke played geetar for the rock folk...okie doke

Did you go to AC/DC at the Avi...er, Landsdowne Road?

Wonder is that (download) on youtube. Say it was coool.

As for AC/DC....DENIED! No way! Was out of the country Tues till this evening!

Had to give the ticket away, cos I'm an absolute douche who thought it was next week.

I had nearly come to terms with it, until this afternoon when my brother sent me the setlist. Ugh, I'm sick I missed it.

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Is that true? That's incredible!!

Yeah, it seems a bit too good to be true. I found this, although James Brown isn't mentioned.

65-8656/7? I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me (take 1)
Composer: Don Covay
Recorded at: New York City?
Engineer: ?
Producer: Calvin Carter
Date: around May-July? 1965
Vocals - Little Richard
Organ - Billy Preston?
Backing vocals - Don Covay
Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
Bass - ?
Drums - Bernard Purdie
Baritone sax - ?
Tenor sax - ?

http://www.earlyhendrix.com/richard-menu-recordings

Harry Palmr

Favourite Littler on the one side Richard fact

Has one leg three inches shorter than the other; would sometimes wake up from a night of partying, with one pant-leg cuff noticeably frayed from walking barefoot.

Its probably no accident that the best rock 'n roll degenerates were indeed the most degenerate - Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry!

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Wonder is that (download) on youtube. Say it was coool.

As for AC/DC....DENIED! No way! Was out of the country Tues till this evening!

Had to give the ticket away, cos I'm an absolute douche who thought it was next week.

I had nearly come to terms with it, until this afternoon when my brother sent me the setlist. Ugh, I'm sick I missed it.

Word on the street is that more dates are scheduled for next year

Skid X

Rock Around the Clock is mostly about contract negotiations so far.

This time last week Lemmy was on BBC Two and BBC Four at the same time

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Rock Around the Clock is mostly about contract negotiations so far.

This time last week Lemmy was on BBC Two and BBC Four at the same time

To be fair, I would have expected more rocking.

Well, some rocking.

Welsh Megaman

That dress is a bit risqué - you can see way too much ankle.

Harry Palmr

Fackt - Fred F Sears also directed Earth Vs The Flying Saucers which is a much better laugh.