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

mansize

Christ Hannon should have done it!

mansize

Marc just killed it- and not in the good way

Woodville56

Not really getting John Cale either ?
Edit : came good at the end though , not familiar with the song

mansize

John Cale channelling Bowie better

mansize

Woodville56 wrote: »

Not really getting John Cale either ?

Again the musical arrangement is bringing it down for me

mansize

That started well and just went nowhere

Woodville56

Sorrow - that's much better !

mansize

Calvi is great for me! Really enjoying her contribution

mansize

I would like Neil Hannon back to finish it though

mollser

Was really looking forward to this but it is actually dreadful. Sorry to say.

mansize

Christ Major Tom is just tepid

mansize

Space Mediocrity was the best summation of tonight I saw

Woodville56

mansize wrote: »

Space Mediocrity was the best summation of tonight I saw

Good in parts - mostly the Anna Calvi contributions !

Skid X

The performances are varying from great to very poor.

mansize

Woodville56 wrote: »

Good in parts - mostly the Anna Calvi contributions !

Yes, but it was so limp in parts especially Space Oddity now

Skid X

I recognise the lyrics as Space Oddity, no idea what the music is all about.

mansize

Where's Neil Hannon

Woodville56

Bowie documentary following this prog

mansize

And I'm out. Bed. I'll turn back on for Bowie

mansize

4/10

Skid X

10/10 to the audience for giving it socks at the end there.

This Five Days Doc is excellent.

Woodville56

Yep, enjoying the documentary also ! Still thinking back on the Proms, the Lorde performance at the Brits of Life on Mars better than anything on show tonite ( Anna Calvi's DarkStar excepted ), but then Lordes tribute had Bowie's band as backing . Still memorable though

Woodville56

Review of last night's Bowie Proms from this morning's Guardian :

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/30/bowie-by-proms-review-progressiveness-for-progressiveness-sake?CMP=twt_a-music_b-gdnclassical

Skid X

Hi, the gathering storm that is the Olympics is about to smash into BBC Four, blanket coverage from Rio means there will only be tiny amounts of music coverage for the next three weeks.

Still, there are some decent repeats. I liked that Roy Orbison Doc and the Danny Baker shows are a cut above your average compilation shows. Here we go ...



Thursday

7.30pm & 12.30am Top of The Pops 1982 #9
Steve Wright hosts the March 18 edition, featuring Leo Sayer, Tight Fit, Gary Numan, Japan, Classix Nouveaux, Goombay Dance Band, ABC, Imagination and Visage

11.30pm Roy Orbison: One of The Lonely Ones
Biography of the singer and musician, casting new light on the triumphs and tragedies that beset his career, featuring performances and home movies, and providing an insight into Orbison's remote Texas childhood and his battles to get his voice heard. This film reveals how his rollercoaster life was often reflected in the dark lyrics of his songs, from success to rejection, and rediscovery in the 1980s with the Travelling Wilburys supergroup. Featuring interviews with Jeff Lynne, T Bone Burnett, Bobby Goldsboro and Marianne Faithfull

1.10am The Girl From Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and The Beach
Katie Derham examines the story behind Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes's song The Girl from Ipanema, which was written in 1962 and was later translated into English by American lyricist Norman Gimbel. Katie meets some of the key figures in Brazil's bossa nova scene and traces the roots of the genre to bohemian Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, and examines its influence on modern jazz

2.10am Danny Baker Rocks The Seventies (A Bit)
The presenter introduces a selection of archive sessions by the era's most notable artists - including the Who, Genesis, Kate Bush and the Specials



Friday

9.10pm & 12.40am Music Moguls: Masters of Pop (Part 1)
Money Makers The secret history of pop and rock from the men and women who pull the strings behind the scenes. The first of three programmes tells the story of the maverick managers who controlled the careers of major artists, from Colonel Tom Parker (Elvis) up to Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber). Along the way are tales of industry legends such as Led Zeppelin's Peter Grant, and Don Arden, who managed the Small Faces, Black Sabbath and ELO. Contributors include Andrew Loog Oldham, Jon Landau, Bill Curbishley, Paul McGuinness and Jonathan Dickins

10.10pm & 1.40am Music Moguls: Masters of Pop (Part 2)
Melody Makers A look at the producers who created the signature sounds that have defined key periods in rock and pop history. Contributors include Trevor Horn, who reflects on `inventing' the sound of the 1980s, Lamont Dozier, who recalls the impact of Motown, and Tony Visconti recollecting David Bowie's seminal song Heroes. Narrated by musician, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers

11.10pm & 2.40am Music Moguls: Masters of Pop (Part 3)
Myth Makers Leading publicist Alan Edwards narrates this instalment looking at the PR plots that have helped shape some of the world's greatest artists. With the aid of rare archive footage, he explains how he and fellow exponents, such as Barbara Charone and Andy Saunders, cultivate new bands, manage crises and attempt to maintain the reputation of their long-standing clients. The programme highlights the campaigns behind superstars including Jimi Hendrix, Taylor Swift and David Bowie. Last in the series

12.10am Danny Baker Rocks The Eighties (A Bit)
The irrepressible radio DJ continues his celebration of the best of British rock music, focusing on the 1980s. He salutes performances by the Clash, Pretenders, Ivor Cutler and Prefab Sprout



Saturday

8.30pm Pat Shortt's Music From D'Telly
Part 4/8 Variety is the order of the day as Pat Shortt discovers footage of everyone from Debbie Harry to Christy Hennessy as he reviews rarely seen performances and much-loved songs from six decades of RTÉ music television production

2.30am Danny Baker Rocks The Nineties (A Bit)
With the help of a couple of morris dancers, the presenter showcases performances by rocking Brits such as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Radiohead, Happy Mondays and Portishead. Last in the series


Sunday

2.30am 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




Sky Arts offers the following:

Friday
7.45pm Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9pm Trailblazers: Heavy Metal
Midnight Def Leppard Live Viva Hysteria

Saturday
6pm REM by MTV
12.15am Greenwich Village: Music that Defined a Generation http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/1980379/119978230/greenwich-village-music-that-defined-a-generation

Sunday
11pm CSNY/Deja Vu (Crosby, Stills Nash and Young 2006 reunion Doc)



And that's about it. If you're not into the Olympics, it might be a weekend to trawl Youtube for some Music Doc entertainment.
Not a lot of movie action either, at least Birth of The Beatles is on again (True Entertainment, Saturday 5pm). It seems be on most weekends, nice to have some consistency in an increasingly mad world.
Sure here it is on Youtube too

Ol' Donie

Birth of the best film ever, more like.

ThisRegard

Been a while since I dropped into this thread so it may have been mentioned, but as said above with the Olympics being on, Soundbreaking, produced with George Martin, is well worth catching on Sky Arts. It's on episode 8 or something now but the previous 7 are all available on catch up.

It's basically the history of music and sound production (nothing new there) but with input from lots of big names from the industry, it's really well produced and interesting.

Welsh Megaman

Malcolm McLaren...genius or shyster?

Or both?

Harry Angstrom

Anyone else think that Adele's manager looks and sounds a bit like Barry Shitpeas?

Welsh Megaman

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Anyone else think that Adele's manager looks and sounds a bit like Barry Shitpeas?

Was just thinking the same!

Welsh Megaman

Joe Meek...his production techniques cannot be overestimated