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Gizmo55

Sign 'o' The Times is on Sky Arts at 10pm.

Welsh Megaman

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Sign 'o' The Times is on Sky Arts at 10pm.

Watching 'Purple Rain' right now.

What's the password, onionhead?

Welsh Megaman

Sheila E - Phenomenal drummer

Ol' Donie

Synth Britannia.

For the one billionth time.

Needs more guitar.

trashcan

Skid X wrote: »

Even if you credit The Dave Clarke Five as being an influential, successful and popular band (which they were to be fair) ....
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They may have been successful and popular in their day, but I'd seriously question how influential they were. For me they were akin to Hermans Hermits. You very rarely hear people talking about them now, or hear their music. There's a good reason for this. They were light years behind the Beatles and the Kinks, even the Stones, who I'm not particularly a fan of.

Welsh Megaman

trashcan wrote: »

Skid X wrote: »

Even if you credit The Dave Clarke Five as being an influential, successful and popular band (which they were to be fair) ....
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They may have been successful and popular in their day, but I'd seriously question how influential they were. For me they were akin to Hermans Hermits. You very rarely hear people talking about them now, or hear their music. There's a good reason for this. They were light years behind the Beatles and the Kinks, even the Stones, who I'm not particularly a fan of.

Exactly. Mr. Clark can rewrite history all he likes, but everybody knows the real story - early big success in America (two songs), screwed when the Beatles released 'Revolver' and failed to move along with the times - consigned to the bin along with 90% of the 'beat' bands such as Herman's Hermits and Freddie And The Dreamers.

IllBeGrand

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Exactly. Mr. Clark can rewrite history all he likes, but everybody knows the real story - early big success in America (two songs), screwed when the Beatles released 'Revolver' and failed to move along with the times - consigned to the bin along with 90% of the 'beat' bands such as Herman's Hermits and Freddie And The Dreamers.

I think that's a fair assessment. They were a very bright flash in the pan who weren't a real creative unit and so didn't evolve like some of their contemporaries.

loyatemu

where's the Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch documentary - that's what I want to know!!

(they had more top 10 hits than the DC5)

OldRio

I think I mentioned this before (forgive my memory) but 'yours truly' witnessed DC5 live in concert. It was the mid 60's and they did a 'matinee' performance for children before their night time gig.
I have a vague recollection of the concert hall and the crowds and yet non of the performance.

To my mind the Hollies are one of the most underrated bands of that era. Wonderful songwriting and harmonies.

IllBeGrand

OldRio wrote: »

To my mind the Hollies are one of the most underrated bands of that era. Wonderful songwriting and harmonies.

Sky Arts regularly show a fairly recent documentary about them called Look Through Any Window. It's not a bio as such but covers about 25 of their singles with full performances and interviews with band members. It includes incredible footage of them at work in the studio:

I can't post the YouTube link as I'm new!

Ol' Donie

There's something called BBC Folk Awards right now on a channel called BBC RB1. I think the RB stands for red button. It's number 232 on this saorview yoke.

Anyway, I stumbled across it there, and it's miles better than I would have thought. Don't know any of the people in it mind you.

Skid X

Hello, BBC Four has a new Rick Wakeman fronted doc about the perils of Concept Albums, Might be worth a look, I thought his other BBC stuff was quite good.

Elsewhere it's repeatorama featuring Bowie, Elton John, Glen Campbell, John Denver and two almost identically titled Mike Oldfield features which the scheduling might suggest the BBC aren't entirely sure that they aren't in fact the same programme.


Thursday

7.30pm & Midnight Top of The Pops 1981 #23
Steve Wright presents the September 17 edition, featuring Gidea Park, Beggar & Co, Sheena Easton, Godley and Creme, the Pointer Sisters, Bucks Fizz and Adam and the Ants



Friday

9.55pm & 2.55am Elton John at the BBC
A selection of interviews, news clips and archive BBC session performances from throughout the singer's career, including footage from The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops

10pm & 12.25am When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of The Concept Album New!
Rick Wakeman examines the roots of the concept album, a musical format usually based around a structured narrative, though sometimes tied together by a loose theme. He unpacks some of the most ambitious - and ridiculous - projects, from Woody Guthrie's Dustbowl Ballads to Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes. Other works considered include the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, George Clinton's Mothership Connection, The Wall by Pink Floyd and the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

11pm & 1.25am Tubular Bells: Mike Oldfield
The instrumentalist takes part in a 1974 studio performance of his seminal progressive rock album, often acclaimed as a career-defining achievement in popular music

11.25pm The Genius of David Bowie
A compilation showcasing some of the musician's performances from the BBC archives, including Space Oddity, Life on Mars?, Fashion and The Jean Genie. Plus, Lulu and Mott the Hoople perform Bowie songs, and there are further clips featuring the star's musical collaborators Iggy Pop and Lou Reed

11.50pm Later with Jools Holland
Extended edition. The host welcomes artists including Underworld as they make their series debut, playing tracks from their first studio album in six years. Also appearing are Denver-based folk pop trio the Lumineers, and Savages, the British post-punk band led by Frenchman Jehnny Beth. Plus, London-based producer and singer Rationale, US singer Ronnie Spector, and New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams

1.50am Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story
An insight into the life of the acclaimed musician and the circumstances in which he - at 19 years of age - produced the biggest-selling instrumental album of all time, Tubular Bells. From life growing up seeking solace in music, to performing at the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, Mike reveals the struggles behind his unprecedented success story. With contributions by Richard Branson and Danny Boyle



Saturday

11.30pm & 2.50am Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy
(2013) An insight into the life of country music star Glen Campbell, documenting his remarkable journey from an impoverished childhood to worldwide fame and success as a guitarist and singer with records including Wichita Lineman and Rhinestone Cowboy. Featuring contributions by family, friends and colleagues including Jimmy Webb, Micky Dolenz and Bob Harris

12.30am An Evening with Glen Campbell
An archive concert by country music singer Glen Campbell in which he is accompanied by 80 musicians who played original arrangements of his greatest songs. Performed at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1977

1.50am John Denver: Country Boy
Documentary exploring the private life and public legacy of singer-songwriter John Denver, America's original `country boy', who died in 1997. The programme features the accounts of those closest to him, revealing the man behind the music


Sky Arts goes big on Friday with
8pm Classic Albums: Goodbye Yellowbrick Road (Elton John)
9pm Trailblazers of ... Glam Rock
10pm More Than This: The Story of Roxy Music
11pm Metal Evolution (New Wave British Metal: Iron Maiden, Saxon, Diamond Head)
Midnight Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
2.25am An Evening with Mark Knopfler

and a feature length 1987 Bowie concert on Sunday.

Also, Sky Arts offers another chance to see Sign O 'The Times (Thursday 9.30pm) Sure why not?

Welsh Megaman

Rick Wakeman is becoming just as ubiquitous as N**l S*d*k* on BBC Four.





Still watch it though

Harry Palmr

Rick rules.

Welsh Megaman

Mick Ronson - proper geetar hero

Welsh Megaman

MOTT!

Dale Griffin RIP

OldRio

An interesting lot last night mixed with a heavy dose of nostalgia.

I remember watching the Mike Oldfield concert on BBC 2 when it was first
aired. Completely revolutionary at its time. So very different for 1974.
I think I recognised members of Soft Machine and a young Steve (Pixies in Flying Teapots) Hillage from Gong.

The concept album documentary was, Meh, disappointing. Lots of old recordings cobbled together and Rick Wakeman walking a lot.

How good was Bowie? And Ronson?
Peter Noone interpretation of oh you pretty things was 'interesting'

Missed the Elton John program. Deliberately.

Welsh Megaman

OldRio wrote: »

How good was Bowie? And Ronson?
Peter Noone interpretation of oh you pretty things was 'interesting'

I wonder if Peter Noone is familiar with the work of Nietzsche

Welsh Megaman

Just watched the concept album documentary.

The Parliament/Funkadelic live show looks amazing!!

loyatemu

Not mentioned in the concept album documentary when discussing Peter Gabriel's costumes: his bulbous outfit from the Lamb lies down show was so bulky he couldn't get the mic anywhere near his mouth and his vocals were therefore completely inaudible. When they eventually released a live album of the show in the 90s he had to come in and rerecord all the vocals.

Hotblack Desiato

loyatemu wrote: »

his bulbous outfit from the Lamb lies down show

'fast and bulbous'

HeidiHeidi

Just watched the Glen Campbell programme (in between watching the bloody plane in Enniscrone!) - seen it before, but still, what a sad ending......

Gizmo55

Wichita Lineman...what a tune.

Skid X

Hello, an unlikely combination of Eurovision and Young Musician of The Year dominates BBC Four this weekend. Some Blues and Jazz and other Eurovision themed programming also floating around ...



Thursday

8pm Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Semi Final II (BBC Four, RTE2)

10.05pm Eurovision at 60
Documentary looking at the song contest since its launch in 1956 up to 2015. The programme reveals how the annual event has blossomed from involving just seven countries to garnering some 195 million viewers across the continent. Hosts and competitors tell the behind-the-scenes story of Eurovision - widely regarded as the greatest and most eccentric song contest on Earth

12.10am Later with Jools Holland (Old) (TG4)
The host is joined by American rockers Foo Fighters and rapper Jay-Z performs tracks from his work Blueprint 3. Plus, Sting plays a song from his winter album, American singer Norah Jones showcases numbers from The Fall, Canadian composer Erik Mongrain displays his distinctive lap-tapping style, and Oxford-based indie band Stornoway make their debut appearance on the show



Friday

7.30pm & Midnight Top of The Pops 1981 #24
Simon Bates hosts the September 24 edition, featuring performances by Slade, Depeche Mode, Madness, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, Imagination, Japan, Alvin Stardust, Linx, and Adam and the Ants. Plus, a dance sequence by Legs & Co

8.30pm Scannal (RTE1)
Presenter Sinead Ni Churnain examines scandals in the Eurovision Song Contest, including a look at how Sandie Shaw's 1967 victory was almost derailed, the outrage caused by heavy metal band Lordi, and the controversy caused by some Irish singers

9pm BBC Young Musician of The Year 2016: Jazz Final
Josie D'Arby and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe present coverage of the jazz final, in which all the competitors are aged between 15 and 21. Sax and recorder player Tom Ridout, his sister Alexandra Ridout on trumpet, pianists Elliott Sansom and Noah Stoneman, and saxophonist Tom Smith are joined by one of the country's finest jazz bands, the Gwilym Simcock Trio. The panel of judges determining the winner of the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award are pianist and broadcaster Julian Joseph, saxophonist Tim Garland, composer and pianist Zoe Rahman, trumpeter Bryon Wallen and singer and composer Gwyneth Herbert. The final is on Sunday 15 May

11pm & 2.40am Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of The Jazz Divas
Celebrating the achievements of five female jazz singers of the 20th century - Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone. The film examines how these artists managed to triumph against the odds at a turbulent time in America's social history. With contributions by singers including Annie Ross, Lisa Stansfield, Melody Gardot and Gregory Porter and critics such as Gary Giddins, Dave Gelly and Alvin Hall

11.30pm Later With Jools Holland (New) (BBC2)
Extended edition of the music programme. The pianist welcomes Corinne Bailey Rae, who will be promoting her third album The Heart Speaks in Whispers, while Elton John performs numbers from his 32nd album, Wonderful Crazy Night. Plus, London's Bloc Party play tracks from their fifth album Hymns, and San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet drop in from a British tour. The host also intoduces Mancunian newcomers Spring King, and Toronto-born folk singer Basia Bulat

12.15am Whelans@25 (TG4)
A concert recorded at Whelan's, celebrating the Dublin music venue. Featuring performances by the Riptide Movement, Cathy Davey, Javin James, Paddy Casey, the Tri-Tones. Presented by Fiachna O Braonain and Una Mullally

12.40am Agnetha: Abba and After
Documentary telling the story of Agnetha Faltskog's music career as both a member of the Swedish pop group and a successful solo singer in her own right. Including interviews with Gary Barlow, who features on her 2013 album, plus Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, DJ Tony Blackburn and lyricist Tim Rice

1.40am Abba at the BBC
A collection of memorable performances by the group. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were thrust into the limelight in 1974 when Waterloo triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, marking the start of their rise to fame. Various outings were captured by BBC cameras over the next few years and several are featured here alongside their Top of the Pops debut, archive interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage. There is also a chance to see the foursome on a 1982 edition of Noel Edmonds' Late, Late Breakfast Show, which was Abba's last televised appearance in the UK



Saturday

8pm Eurovision Song Contest Final 2016 (BBC1 & RTE1)
Live from Malmo, Graham on the Beeb and Marty on RTE.
Neither as good as Terry RIP

11.30pm Blues at the BBC
Archive footage of blues performances from the past 50 years. Featuring famous songs by Son House, the Kinks, BB King, John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton, plus lesser-known tracks by Freddie King, Delaney & Bonnie and Long John Baldry that were originally recorded for shows including The Beat Room, The Old Grey Whistle Test and The Late Show

12.25am Ar Stáitse: Johnny Logan (TG4)
Johnny Logan sings some of his best-loved songs, including Hold Me Now, What's Another Year and Saturday Night at the Movies, in a programme recorded in 1986

12.30am BBC Four Sessions: Bonnie Raitt
The American blues singer performs in concert at Stoke Newington Town Hall in north London, featuring tracks from across her career, spanning from the self-titled 1971 debut album to her April 2012 release, Slipstream. The set includes her signature tunes, Love Has No Pride, Nick of Time, and Love Me Like a Man. She is joined on stage by regular collaborator, Paul Brady

1.30am Blues America Part 1/2
Woke Up This Morning Part one of two. A look at the early years of blues music, a genre which began as a form of black pop, to discover how Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charlie Patton used the latest media to bring their sound to the public. With contributions from Keith Richards, Taj Mahal and Chuck D

2.30am Blues America Part 2/2
Bright Lights, Big City Concluding part, looking at blues music in the postwar period, when artists like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker rooted the genre firmly in the cities, where it contributed to the de-segregation of America by spawning rock 'n' roll. As it moved from black to white audiences, arguments developed about what was the real authentic blues. With contributions from Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Seasick Steve and Buddy Guy


Sunday

7pm BBC Young Musician of The Year: Grand Final
Clemency Burton-Hill, Alison Balsom and Josie d'Arby present the climax of the musical competition from London's Barbican. Each of the three finalists must perform in a full concerto alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Wrigglesworth. 2014 winner Martin James Bartlett shares his thoughts on this year's performances and plays the first movement from Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3. Last in the series



Programmes might change if/when Ireland or the UK wins Eurovision!

Sky Arts goes with an equally eclectic mix with The Specials, Glam Metal and Iron Maiden on Friday; The Shadows and The Two Tone Record Label on Saturday and Bruce Springsteen on Sunday.

If you think Phil Collins is the lost Pacino of his generation then you might enjoy Buster at 12.20am on Saturday Night on BBC 1.

Ol' Donie

Are you flippin kidding me?

I go on holidays on Friday. Just in time to miss the first blues night in a hundred million years.

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

8.30pm Scannal (RTE1)
Presenter Sinead Ni Churnain examines scandals in the Eurovision Song Contest, including a look at how Sandie Shaw's 1967 victory was almost derailed, the outrage caused by heavy metal band Lordi, and the controversy caused by some Irish singers

Lordi won it fair and square, their costumes were and still are fantastic - and "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was one of the best Eurovision songs of the 2000s, if indeed not THE best.

If anything, Krista Siegfrids was an even more controversial Finnish Eurovision performer...

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Are you flippin kidding me?

I go on holidays on Friday. Just in time to miss the first blues night in a hundred million years.

You should write a blues song about your woe

Skid X

Watching this History of Eurovision thing on BBC Four ...

apparently Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones both played on the demo of Cliff Richard's Congratulations.

But they don't like to talk about it. Visions of Led Zep lining out for Royaume Uni in the Eurovision! Sure they would probably have been robbed, same as Cliffy was.

Welsh Megaman

Love City Groove

*shudder*

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Love City Groove

*shudder*

I quite liked that one




I'll see myself out.