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Welsh Megaman

Don't Try To Stop It.



No, please...stop.

Welsh Megaman

This is more like it!

MAIDEN!!

The Cure in concert on Sky arts right now.

Welsh Megaman

Juggling! Beat that, Robert Smith!

:pac:

silverharp

is the band even there or just dancers?

Welsh Megaman

Deleted User wrote: »

The Cure in concert on Sky arts right now.

Taking over BBC Four now as well!

Welsh Megaman

Another Malcolm McClaren creation, believe it or not.

silverharp

funny what you hum along to after not hearing it in erm a long time

Welsh Megaman

silverharp wrote: »

funny what you hum along to after not hearing it in erm a long time

Whoa oh, wee ay....sorry, what were you saying?

silverharp

This Eurythimics tune is solid and timeless

Skid X

I always thought the Dave Stewart who got to Number One with 'Its My Party' was Dave Stewart-Eurythmics, but it wasn't.

Welsh Megaman

He's never going to fix those pipes by hammering them :pac:

silverharp

meh I was hoping for the Malcom Mclaren one

Skid X

Very middle of the road sound for a band styling themselves as the 'FunkMasters'

Welsh Megaman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9H34SWkCPA

cml387

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mIy6es9HhY

Welsh Megaman

Depeche Mode night next Friday on BBC Four!

*digs out bondage gear from back of wardrobe*

Skid X

Just watched that Brian Pern tribute show.

It's the kind of thing if you like it, you like it a lot. Which I did.

Welsh Megaman

Well, sad to report that Brian Matthew has died. A fine broadcaster, and a brilliant show.

Gutted

RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39500773

peteeeed

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Well, sad to report that Brian Matthew has died. A fine broadcaster, and a brilliant show.

Gutted

RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39500773

still alive , report is now he is seriously ill

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/05/bbc-radio-presenter-brian-matthew-dies-aged-88/

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Well, sad to report that Brian Matthew has died. A fine broadcaster, and a brilliant show.

Gutted

RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39500773

This is rather awkward, new statement issued by the BBC at 1409 today

We were informed by close family and friends that Brian had passed away in the night. They have since been in contact to say that he remains critically ill
We will update with more information when we have it. Our thoughts remain with his family at this very difficult time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/brian-matthew

BandMember

Just when you thought that the BBC's treatment of Brian Matthews couldn't get any worse....

To add insult to injury, they are still standing by their claim that he "stepped down" as host of SOTS and put it in their statement - even though he publicly denied that was the case and said that he had effectively been sacked.

Welsh Megaman

Awkward! Like Bill Withers, he is Still With-Us!

Skid X

Fingers crossed for Brian Matthew, on the box this weekend it's great news if you just can't get enough of Depeche Mode. BBC Four have a new Concert, a Classic Doc and a compilation of TV performances, not bad at all.

Elsewhere some of the best stuff is tucked away late at night, including the Pink Floyd early stuff (Saturday BBC4) and Classic Cream (Sunday Sky Arts)



Thursday
7.30pm & 1am Top Of The Pops 1983 - July 14th
Chart highlights from July 14, featuring Paul Young, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Heaven 17, Bananarama and Echo and the Bunnymen. Presented by Peter Powell and Andy Peebles. Full details here http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=479822&id=5857704&lid=7

11.25pm Other Voices: Hozier Special (RTE2)
Game of Thrones star Aidan Gillen and BBC Radio 1 presenter Huw Stephens introduce an interview with Hozier, the US chart-topping singer-songwriter from Bray, Co Wicklow, who first rose to fame after performing at the Other Voices arts festival in Dingle in December, 2013. The artist discusses his career since that point, his influences, and the significance of his TV debut at Other Voices



Friday
7.30pm & 1am Top of The Pops 1983 - July 28th
Mike Read and Janice Long introduce performances by KC and the Sunshine Band, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Lotus Eaters, Malcolm McLaren, Robert Plant and Bananarama. Full details here http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=479822&id=5857706&lid=7

8pm Classic Albums: Bat Out Of Hell (Sky Arts)
The story behind Meat Loaf's phenomenally successful 1977 album Bat Out of Hell, charting record companies' initial indifference toward the star's powerful lyrics and theatrical style

Depeche Mode Night on BBC4!
9pm & 1.35am Depeche Mode at the BBC New!
A look back at past performances by the band, who emerged from the UK's post-punk scene over three decades ago. From their first appearance on Top of the Pops in 1981 to performing on Later with Jools Holland in 2009, this programme shares archive testimony and recent interviews from core members Dave Gahan, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher. New Life, Just Can't Get Enough, Blasphemous Rumours and Personal Jesus are among some of the classic hits performed

10pm & 2.35am Depeche Mode at 6Music Festival 2017 New!
Highlights of the band's headlining performance in Glasgow, playing the iconic Barrowland Ballroom on the last Sunday in March. The band's first live UK show in four years saw them perform tracks from their new album Spirit, along with some classic hits. The last time Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher performed at the 2,000 capacity venue was in 1984 for their Some Great Reward tour

11pm Depeche Mode 101 (1989)
DA Pennebaker's documentary following the Basildon band as they prepare for the final date of their Music for the Masses tour at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California in 1989. The film charts how their profile increased during the late 1980s, leading to them becoming one of the most popular alternative rock acts in the world, and also follows a group of young fans travelling across the USA by bus to attend the concert


10pm Supertramp Live in Paris '79 (Sky Arts)
The rock band's performance at the Pavillon de Paris on their Breakfast in America tour in November 1979, tracks from which made up the majority of their 1980 live album Paris. Featuring The Logical Song, Give a Little Bit and Dreamer

Midnight The Story Of The Jam: About The New 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

1.45am Blondie: Song by Song (Parts 1,2,3 and 4) (Sky Arts)

3.35am Video Killed The Radio Star: Billy Idol (Sky Arts)
A behind-the-scenes look at how some of Billy Idol's best-loved music videos were brought to life



Saturday
7pm Pet Shop Boys Live at the O2 (2009) (Sky Arts)
A London concert from 2009 by the synthpop duo, featuring tracks including Heart, Always on My Mind, Two Divided by Zero, King's Cross and West End Girls

8pm Discovering Music: Pet Shop Boys (Sky Arts)
Music critics Camilla Pia, Will Hodgkinson and Michael Bonner examine the 30-year career of synthpop duo Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. They reflect on their hit singles, varied albums, reinventions, erudite and witty lyrics and love for highly theatrical costumes and colourful music videos

8.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star: Blur (Sky Arts)
An insight into the making of videos by Blur, who worked with a different director on each of their videos. In archive interviews, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree and Alex James reflect on the film for Parklife, which featured actor Phil Daniels as a double-glazing salesman, and the video for Country House, which starred Keith Allen and was directed by artist Damien Hirst. The programme also examines Jonathan Glazer's promo for The Universal, and Hammer & Tongs' film for Coffee & TV, which told the story of a milk carton going in search of guitarist Graham Coxon

9pm Blur: New World Towers (Sky Arts)
Documentary chronicling the making of Blur's acclaimed 2015 comeback album The Magic Whip, from its origins in Hong Kong to the band performing material in London's Hyde Park

10.30pm Top of The Pops 1983 - July 14th
Same as Thursday

11.05pm Top of The Pops 1983 - July 28th
Same as Friday

10.50pm Pulp Live (2005) (Sky Arts)
The band fronted by Jarvis Cocker perform songs including Common People, Underwear and Disco 2000 at Brixton Academy

11.40pm & 2.45am Pscyhedelic Britannia
The rise and fall of arguably the most visionary period in British music history, when between 1965 and 1970 a handful of dreamers re-imagined pop music. The psychedelic era produced some of the most ground-breaking music ever made, pioneered by young improvising bands like Soft Machine and Pink Floyd, then quickly taken to the charts by the likes of the Beatles, Procol Harum, Small Faces and Moody Blues. This film, narrated by Nigel Planer, features contributions and freshly shot performances from artists who lived and breathed the psych revolution

11.50pm Morrissey: 25 Live (2013) (Sky Arts)
The former Smiths frontman celebrates 25 years as a solo artist with a concert for an audience of 1,800 at the Hollywood High School in Los Angeles in March 2013, featuring performances of Meat Is Murder, Everyday Is Like Sunday, Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want and The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

12.45am Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock at the BBC
A compilation of the genre from programmes such as Colour Me Pop, How It Is, Top of the Pops and Once More with Felix. Performers include Status Quo, the Incredible String Band, Donovan, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity, the Moody Blues, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker, the Move, Procol Harum, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and the Who

1.45am Pink Floyd: Beginnings 1967-1972
After The Dark Side of the Moon became a global smash in 1973, rock band Pink Floyd concentrated on the creative freedom of live performance, leaving the world of TV behind. Now, after painstaking research, tapes of some early historic appearances have been tracked down and compiled, offering an insight into Floyd's initial work, and providing clues as to the origins of their later material

1.45am The Cure: Live at Hurricane Festival 2012 (Sky Arts)
The veteran indie band take to the stage at the German music event in June 2012, performing hits including Lovesong and Friday I'm in Love to a crowd of more than 20,000



Sunday
7pm The Hollies: Look Through Any Window (Sky Arts)
Profile of the band, including an interview with members Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott and archive TV performances by the group from 1963 to 1975

10pm Folk Awards 2017 Highlights
Performances and memorable moments from the folk music event, hosted by Mark Radcliffe and Julie Fowlis from the Royal Albert Hall. Among the artists performing are Ry Cooder, Afro Celt Sound System, Al Stewart, Billy Bragg, Shirley Collins, Jim Moray, Fara and Daoiri Farrell, and there are appearances by Ray Davies, Sharleen Spiteri and Nick Lowe

11pm Arena: Alone with Chrissie Hynde
A thoughtful and intimate feature-length portrait of the rock musician, following her shopping for clothes in Paris, hanging out with Sandra Bernhard in New York, spending time in London and taking a special trip back to her home town of Akron, Ohio. The documentary also features Chrissie giving a live performance at one of London's newest venues

12.15am Cream: Farewell Concert (Sky Arts)
In 1968, after only two years together, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton bid farewell to their fans on a tour of 19 cities in the US before their finale on November 26 at London's Royal Albert Hall. Bruce, Baker and Clapton put their differences to one side for this special concert, which includes hits Sunshine of Your Love, White Room, I'm So Glad and Politician, and signed off - until their reunion in 2005, at least - in unforgettable style

2am Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears (Sky Arts)
Musicians and rock historians discuss the making of Cream's groundbreaking 1967 album Disraeli Gears. Recorded in just six days at Atlantic Records' studios in New York, it was produced by Felix Pappalardi and set the seal on the band's fame



Going totally off topic for a minute to post this class Phil Lynott mural recently unveiled at Dalymount Park (to commemorate the original artist of that painting, Colin McGinley (Hows about a new Phillo Doc - BBC? RTE? Sky? TG4? Anyone?)

https://twitter.com/pogmogoal/status/849216867340349440


And the Class Soundtrack from a Class Film of The Week might come from The Deerhunter (Sunday ITV4 9pm)

UsedToWait

Great work as usual Mr X, and much appreciated..

A weekend to set the VCR for - the only way you could improve the weekly missal would be to include the VideoPlus codes

Thank-you as always Skid X

I was watching one of the TOTP's last week- July 1983- while i recognised a lot of the chart songs of that week, I hardly recognised one song that played on that show in the episode which is a bit unusual for me; I must have had a good Summer outdoors that year and further more, those songs must have been some of the more forgetful songs of that period.

Welsh Megaman

'Everyday I Write The Book'

Fine record

Welsh Megaman

Pino Palladino must have his own office at the BBC

Welsh Megaman

The charts today could do with a lot more Bananarama.

Welsh Megaman

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The charts today could do with a lot more Bananarama.

Would love to see them in concert. i don't know if it's even possible or are they all still alive.

I see Tom Jones is playing Punchestown racecourse this summer along with ABC, Deacon Blue and the Village people. I don't think i'd fancy trying to get out of Punchestown after a concert but would love to see ABC. Wish they'd play the Olympia or another small venue.