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

silverharp

AEIOU guy struggling with the high notes live, one of those songs where the 12" was popular nice summer memories with that one

cml387

This was the first song Bernie Taupin wrote with EJ after a break of a few years.
Quality guaranteed.

silverharp

another classic Moonlight Shadow

cml387

After all the years, and admittedly it's a great song but, I don't think Sting is a nice person and this song proves it.

BandMember

silverharp wrote: »

another classic Moonlight Shadow

Had to laugh at Mike Oldfield feigning boredom when miming along to the track but then suddenly turning into a guitar God throwing shapes all over the place when the solo kicked in.... :pac::pac::pac:

Welsh Megaman

Don't know if you can get it in Ireland, but on the BBC iPlayer are lots of highlights from the 6Music festival in Glasgow across the weekend.

Goldfrapp and The Jesus And Mary Chain on fine form

Welsh Megaman

The JAMC have played for more than 15 minutes without a riot or an onstage punch-up!

BandMember

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Don't know if you can get it in Ireland, but on the BBC iPlayer are lots of highlights from the 6Music festival in Glasgow across the weekend.

Goldfrapp and The Jesus And Mary Chain on fine form

There's a highlights show on BBC Four tomorrow night (Sunday) from 9-10.30 p.m. I've been following bits of it on BBC 6 Music, some good sets alright...

Welsh Megaman

Can't beat a bit of Grandaddy

Welsh Megaman

Depe-shay Mode sounding great so far (live on 6Music).

Gizmo55

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Depe-shay Mode sounding great so far (live on 6Music).

Great version of 'Walking in My Shoes'. Having a live drummer really works on that song.

Welsh Megaman

Performing 'Home' from 'Ultra' as well - good call

Gizmo55

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Performing 'Home' from 'Ultra' as well - good call

I love that album. The vocals on 'Sister of Night' apparently were recorded and then put together not word by word, but syllable by syllable on the computer as Dave was so sick and couldn't sing for sh1t. He went off for a few months to get well and came back to do the rest of the vocals but they kept 'Sister of Night'.

Skid X

Hi there, Friday Night sees a dump load of old TOTP on BBC Four, more than ever before maybe. Looks like the Scheduler knocked off early, don't know why they didn't move last weeks Roy Orbison Show to a Primetime Slot this week.

Elsewhere, all sorts including a tribute to the sadly missed Brian Pern RIP, Sex Pistols, Early 1980s West German Music Shows, a Jimi Hendrix BioPic and lots more repeats ...




Wednesday
10pm Brian Pern: A Tribute New!
Following the sudden death of Brian Pern last month, Rhys Thomas presents a celebration of the life of the prog rock star. This exclusive programme features Brian's final prophetic interview, which has never been transmitted before, as well as the true story behind his untimely death and the making of his last album Heaven Calling - released just 271 days after his 66th birthday. Featuring contributions from friends, lovers, fans and his dentist. Spoof documentary, starring Simon Day

10.40pm Brian Pern at the BBC New!
A look back at the musician's career through his TV appearances - both with prog rock band Thotch and as a solo artist - with poorly written captions underneath. Simon Day stars



Thursday
7pm Scannal! Caught in a Rat Trap (RTE1)
The events leading up to the Boomtown Rats' concert in Leixlip Castle in 1980, asking why an earlier gig at Leopardstown had been banned by the courts

7.30pm & 1am Top of The Pops 1983 - June 30th
Richard Skinner and Tommy Vance present music from June 30, featuring Shalamar, Nick Heyward, Irene Cara, Paul Young, Tom Robinson, Bucks Fizz and Rod Stewart. Full details here http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=479822&id=5857702&lid=7

11.25pm Other Voices (RTE2)
An Electric Picnic special, featuring Le Galaxie, Holly Macve, Heathers, Word Up Collective, Karl Blau, Dr Dog and My Sweet Beloved. Last in the series



Friday
7.30pm & 1.20am Top of The Pops 1983 - July 7th
John Peel and Kid Jensen introduce performances by Roman Holliday, Mary Jane Girls, Freez, Cure, Funk Masters, and Jimmy the Hoover. Full details here http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=479822&id=5857703&lid=7

9pm Big Hits TOTP 1964 to 1975
A selection of performances from the first years of Top of the Pops, featuring the Rolling Stones, Peter Sarstedt, Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder, Julie Driscoll, Queen, the Kinks, Procol Harum, Stealers Wheel, the Seekers and Status Quo

10pm Classic Albums: Never Mind The Bollocks (Sky Arts)
The story behind the Sex Pistols' sole studio album, 1977's Never Mind the B*******, Here's the Sex Pistols. Featuring interviews with singer John Lydon and manager Malcolm McLaren

10.30pm Top of The Pops 1977: Big Hits
A selection of highlights from the pop show's 1977 editions, including performances by Rod Stewart, the Jacksons, Queen, the Stranglers, Brotherhood of Man, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Baccara, Heatwave and Elvis Costello

11pm Sex Pistols: There'll always be an England
A performance from 2007 at Brixton Academy to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the album Never Mind the B*******

11.30pm Top of The Pops: The Story of 1978
Documentary about the change of musical direction in 1978, when pop singles were slowly ousted by disco, punk and new wave artists. The programme features contributions by members of the Boomtown Rats, Squeeze, Boney M and Sham 69 - among others - and archive performances by the likes of Elvis Costello, the Undertones, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and the Jam

12.20am & 3am Top of The Pops: Big Hits 1978
A selection of classic songs from 1978, a year in which punk music and new wave rebellion co-existed with pop, disco, soul, reggae and prog rock. Featuring appearances on the show by Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Blondie, Bob Marley, Boomtown Rats, Kate Bush, Sham 69, Brotherhood of Man, Dan Hill, Boney M, 10cc and Manfred Mann's Earth Band

12.30am Sid! By Those who really knew him (Sky Arts)
Celebration of the life of former Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, as friends and contemporaries recall the punk musician's career, his relationship with Nancy Spungen and the drug habit that killed him. Among those interviewed are the Damned's Dave Vanian, former Adam and the Ants guitarist Marco Pirroni and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees

2am Top of The Pops: The Story of 1979
A look back at a heady year for the chart show, which recorded its highest audience of 19 million viewers, as physical format singles peaked at four times that number. Social problems in Britain during the Winter of Discontent did not stop inventive musicians from making hay as eager fans queued up to embrace their output, and new wave, ska, reggae, rock, folk and electro hits competed for the top slots. Among the featured artists are Gary Numan, Nile Rodgers, Jah Wobble and Woody from Madness

2.20am Soundstage: The New York Dolls (Sky Arts)
A performance by the American proto-punk hard rock band, featuring Looking for a Kiss, Punishing World, Trash, Jet Boy and Personality Crisis



Saturday
7pm Blondie: Song By Song (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)(Sky Arts)

9pm The Story of The Jam: About The Young Idea (Sky Arts)
Documentary about the band, who were at the forefront of the late-1970s punk-mod scene, tracing the group's history from formation in 1975 to its end in 1982. Featuring interviews with frontman Paul Weller, bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler, as well as archive performances

9.45pm Film: Jimi: All Is By My Side (BBC2)
Premiere. Biopic of Jimi Hendrix following the events of 1966, when he left New York to spend a year living in London. The relationships he developed over that time would shape his career as a musician, culminating in his famous appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Starring Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell and Imogen Poots

10.45pm The Jam Live at Rockpalast (Sky Arts)
A performance by the band recorded for the German TV show at Dortmund's Westfalenhalle in November 1980, featuring hits including Going Underground, Start, In the City, David Watts, Eton Rifles and Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

11pm Top Of The Pops 1983 - June 30th
Same as Thursday

11.40pm Top Of The Pops 1983 - July 7th
Same as Friday

12.15am Classic Albums: Pet Sounds
Documentary exploring the making of the Beach Boys' classic 1966 album, to mark the 50th anniversary of its release. Featuring contributions from songwriter Brian Wilson and the other surviving members of the group Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, as well as rare archive footage from the recording sessions

12.15am MeatLoaf Live at Rockpalast (Sky Arts)
The theatrical rock singer performs on the German TV show in 1978, at a time when his hit album Bat Out of Hell was becoming popular worldwide. Among the hits featured are Paradise By the Dashboard Light and You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, as well as the LP's title track

1.15am The Joy of The Guitar Riff
Documentary exploring the impact of the guitar riff on popular music over the past 60 years, including a look at how it became the foundation on which rock 'n' roll was built. With stories from Brian May, Dave Davies, Hank Marvin, Joan Jett, Nile Rodgers, Tony Iommi, Robert Fripp, Johnny Marr and more. Narrated by Lauren Laverne

2.15am The Kinks at The BBC
Archive performances by the band from shows including Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test, charting how their sound developed from the 1960s to the 1980s. The programme also features highlights from lead singer Ray Davies' solo career, including clips from Later with Jools Holland and his 2007 concert at the BBC Electric Proms

3.15am Sounds of The Eighties
Showcasing a selection of musical performances from the BBC archives, featuring the Teardrop Explodes, Orange Juice, Robert Wyatt, Aztec Camera, Billy Bragg, the Fall, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, the Pogues and the Style Council



Sunday
3pm Kate Bush - Sensual World (Sky Arts)
In a rare interview with the Wuthering Heights singer from 1989, Kate Bush discusses her album The Sensual World and the influence of British director Alfred Hitchcock in her music videos, acting with Canadian star Donald Sutherland in Cloudbusting, plus footage from her performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1979

10.30pm Guth - The Beatles (TG4)
A look at how members of the Beatles' awareness of their Irish roots saw them take a keen interest in the land of their ancestors

Midnight Other Voices (RTE2)
Same as Thursday



and thats about that, hope there's something up there you like. If not, then the Best Miming to the Beatles during a Street Parade Performance in a Film by Matthew Broderick of The Week might be in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film Four, Sunday 6.55pm)

The St Patrick's Day Parades could do with more of that kind of thing

Go Harvey Go

Skid X wrote: »

and thats about that, hope there's something up there you like. If not, then the Best Miming to the Beatles during a Street Parade Performance in a Film by Matthew Broderick of The Week might be in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film Four, Sunday 6.55pm)

The St Patrick's Day Parades could do with more of that kind of thing

Oh yeah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJkdRaa04g

Harry Palmr

A moments silence in memory of Brian Pern.....














okay! Let's prog-rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHrr0VOjZk

Welsh Megaman

Ah, the early 80's...when it was mandatory to play guitar and bass at chest height

silverharp

he sounded a bit constipated there for a bit, still like the trumpets

silverharp

flashdance, getting summer flashbacks, that was one overplayed song at the time

silverharp

lol

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#totp Paul Young songs are all Room 101 material. Close your eyes and its Kermit the frog singing.

Welsh Megaman

Wherever I grow my mullet

Welsh Megaman

silverharp wrote: »

he sounded a bit constipated there for a bit, still like the trumpets

Is it just me, or did Nick always seem nervous/shy when performing live?

silverharp

paul young again

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The bassist is @pinopalladino__ , who last appeared on #TOTP with... @NickHeyward! Awks.

silverharp

that song war baby always wound me up it all sounds mistimed and lyrics overrunning

Welsh Megaman

Good evening, Miss Aston

silverharp

lol bucksfizz bit of an overreach

Welsh Megaman

silverharp wrote: »

lol bucksfizz bit of an overreach

Trying a bit too hard to fill the space vacated by Abba

silverharp

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Trying a bit too hard to fill the space vacated by Abba

yeah was thinking Abba or hazel O Connor

Gizmo55

Jaysus, 'Baby Jane'. I got that and 'Our Lips are Sealed' by Fun Boy Three as birthday presents, my very first singles. Don't judge me!

silverharp

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Jaysus, 'Baby Jane'. I got that and 'Our Lips are Sealed' by Fun Boy Three as birthday presents, my very first singles. Don't judge me!

Our Lips are Sealed is a classic no shame for some reason I didnt know the Go Go's or thought they were from the 60's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M