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Welsh Megaman

And good evening to you, Martika.

Jordan 199

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

And good evening to you, Martika.

If she's feeling the earth moving under her feet, well it's gotta be an earthquake

Welsh Megaman

DE LA SOUL

TOP CHOONAGE :cool:

Welsh Megaman

The big guns are out

dasdog

1989 meet 1969 - I know I love you better

Welsh Megaman

Debbie Harry in army fatigues.

Jordan 199

I want that van

Welsh Megaman

Jive Bunny climbing up the charts.

dasdog

Oh Well - please tell me they are at least dead

Ol' Donie

If I ever meet Pete, I'm just gonna give him a big hug.

He always looks so sad.

Skid X

Ol' Donie wrote: »

If I ever meet Pete, I'm just gonna give him a big hug.

He always looks so sad.

Amen

I'd love him to have a final act, like win the Euromillions or unexpectedly have a huge hit record or something.

Maybe have an oscar winning movie written about his life, that sort of thing

Welsh Megaman

Can’t wait for the lockdown to be eased, so that I can go on my regular MopTopsche trek around Liverpool.

Ol' Donie

I saw a tweet from him the other day that said on this day in 1962, myself, John, Paul and George went into Abbey Road studios for the first time.

How can a bloke doing this make me feel so sad?

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Can’t wait for the lockdown to be eased, so that I can go on my regular MopTopsche trek around Liverpool.

Ooh, that sounds good

Where would you visit on this trek?

dasdog

After all the talk over the years someone is making a Philo movie:

https://www.loudersound.com/news/phil-lynott-documentary-set-for-cinema-release

Like every single such film about someone of artistic importance I guarantee you it's gonna be shyte. Except the Winehouse one - that was quite good

Skid X

I remember fondly the time on Twitter when the official Beatles account asked


https://twitter.com/thebeatles/status/1222550598391910401




... and Pete best replied


https://twitter.com/BeatlesPeteBest/status/1223011877665550336

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Ooh, that sounds good

Where would you visit on this trek?

As I live about 15 mins from De Pool, just walking to 3 Gambier Terrace, Ye Cracke, The Jacaranda and The Philharmonic Pub (John and Stu’s hangouts when they should have been at art college).

You and Donie should head over for a MopTopsche Odyssey, a magical mystery trek or something like that

Welsh Megaman

Skid X wrote: »

Amen

I'd love him to have a final act, like win the Euromillions or unexpectedly have a huge hit record or something.

Maybe have an oscar winning movie written about his life, that sort of thing

Word on the street is that Pete became a millionaire after the release of ‘Anthology 1’ - the first few tracks has Besty on drummage

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

As I live about 15 mins from De Pool, just walking to 3 Gambier Terrace, Ye Cracke, The Jacaranda and The Philharmonic Pub (John and Stu’s hangouts when they should have been at art college).

You and Donie should head over for a MopTopsche Odyssey, a magical mystery trek or something like that

Best idea I've heard this side of the lockdown

Welsh Megaman

George Martin’s finest hour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4

Welsh Megaman

So THAT’S how David Gray bought his way to the top of the charts

Welsh Megaman

Nana Mouskouri covering ‘Hey Jude’!





*dives behind couch*

Welsh Megaman

Bowie at Glastonbury 2000 there.





Oh, and did I mention I was there?

:cool: :cool: :cool:

Oscar Bravo

The last one and a half hours on BBC 2 have been some of the best viewing ive seen. Bowie. He was great. 3 more hours to come

Welsh Megaman

‘Five Years’, by far and away one of the best BBC music documentaries in recent years.

Welsh Megaman

Severe thunderstorms have just knocked out the TV signal!


*drops to knees*



I take it back...Tin Machine WERE good!

nomdeboardie

Goddam it, these docs suck me in each time, and bloody Beeb has no ad-breaks :pac:

nomdeboardie

"Anyone who's playing Beauty and the Beast - you know they get erections"
Not necessarily, Mr Fripp - at least in the phallocentric sense you're envisaging - 'cos some of us might not necessarily be male :pac:

Skid X

Hello, what's on this weekend? - well, not a lot to be honest. But lets have a look anyway ...




Thursday
2pm Trailblazers – Conscience Songs (Sky Arts)

9pm Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road – Joe Elliott (Sky Arts)
10pm Classic Albums: Def Leppard – Hysteria (Sky Arts)

11pm Guns N Roses - Appetite For Democracy (Sky Arts)
A concert by the band filmed at the Joint in Las Vegas's Hard Rock Casino, featuring songs including Mr Brownstone, You Could Be Mine and Sweet Child o' Mine

11.30pm Other Voices – Courage (RTE2)
Sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird of the Gloaming and guitarist Steve Cooney perform contemporary versions of traditional Irish songs, recorded in the National Gallery of Ireland

1.30am Video Killed The Radio Star – Guns N Roses (Sky Arts)




Friday
2pm Trailblazers – Heavy Metal (Sky Arts)

7pm Opera Italia (BBC4)
1/3 Three part series about Italian Opera

8pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – October 26 (BBC4)
Bruno Brookes presents the show first broadcast on 26 October 1989 and featuring performances by Chris Rea, Adeva and Living in a Box

8.30pm Video Killed The Radio Star – Queen (Sky Arts)

9pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – November 2 (BBC4)
Anthea Turner and Andy Crane present another TOTP, first broadcast on 2 November 1989 and featuring performances by Deborah Harry, Phil Collins and Martika

9pm Kiss Rocks Vegas (Sky Arts)
Concert footage from the American rock band's 2014 residency at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, with featuring performances off God of Thunder, Deuce and Love Gun

9.15pm Se Mo Laoch – Matt Molloy (TG4)
A profile of traditional Irish musician, Matt Molloy. The influential flute player shares some of his music and some of the experiences that have shaped his career

9.30pm Sounds Of The Seventies (BBC4)
With the Kinks, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Queen and Elton John

10pm Later … With Jools Holland (BBC2)
With Guy Garvey from Elbow, looking back at their six appearances on the show. Last in this series

10pm & 2.50am Meat Loaf – In And Out Of Hell (BBC4)
A profile of the rock star's life and career, reflecting on the music that propelled him to fame and charting his journey from an overweight, bullied child to his larger-than-life persona and icon status.

11pm-11.55pm Fathers and Songs : Music For Fathers Day (BBC4)
Fathers Day this Sunday apparently. Looks like a two hour compilation of very loosely Father themed songs. With Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, Suggs and the Blockheads, Neil Young, James Brown, Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne and Pigbag. BBC4, not even trying anymore.

11pm-1.45am Slipknot Festival 2019 (Sky Arts)
Highlights from the festival which had Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool among the lineup

11.55pm When Pop Went Epic – The Crazy World Of The Concept Album (BBC4)
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

12.55am Singer Songwriters At The BBC (BBC4)
Archive performances from the 1960s and 70s, featuring Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, Gil Scott-Heron, Kris Kristofferson, Labi Siffre, Roy Harper, Janis Ian, Gilbert O'Sullivan and Michael Chapman, as well as a duet between Graham Nash and David Crosby

1.45am Babymetal Live At Wembley Arena (Sky Arts)

1.55am Country Music By Ken Burns (BBC4)
Ep 6 of 9 Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968-1972) How, between 1968 and 1972, country music responded to a US nation divided by the Vietnam War. Army captain-turned-songwriter Kris Kristofferson set a new lyrical standard, and artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds found a recording home in Nashville. Plus, a hippie combo from California, the Nitty Gritty Band, created a landmark album that bridged the gap between the generations.

3.15am The Great Songwriters – Paul Anka (Channel 4)




Saturday
7pm Big In America – British Hits In The USA (Yesterday)
Dave Clark Five, Coldplay, A Flock of Seagulls, Supertramp and Bush, Black Sabbath and The Cure – All British acts who have done well in America, apparently

7.10pm Muse Live In Olympic Stadium Rome 2013 (Sky Arts)

8pm Sounds Of The Sixties (Yesterday)
With the Springfields, the Shadows, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the Dave Clark Five, the Seekers and the Byrd

9pm Opry An Iuir (TG4)
Daniel O'Donnell introduces up-and-coming stars of country music, including Stuart Moyles, Keelan Arbuckle, Olivia Douglas, Caitlin and Brandon McPhee

9pm Iron Maiden – Flight 666 (Sky Arts)
Documentary chronicling heavy-metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 Somewhere Back in Time world tour, which took them on a 50,000-mile journey across five continents, staging 23 concerts in just 45 days. Featuring performance footage of classic tracks including Aces High and Wasted Years, along with behind-the-scenes interviews with the band

11.10pm Korn – Loud Krazy Love (Sky Arts)
A film about the life of Brian Welch of rock band Korn and how it changed when he walked away from a $23m record deal and vowed to kick his drug habit and become a good father

12.20am Top Of The Pops 1989 – October 26 (BBC4)
12.50am Top Of The Pops 1989 – November 2 (BBC4)

1am Download Festival 2019 (Sky Arts)




Sunday
8pm Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert (Sky Arts)
A performance from 1992 celebrating the singer's career, featuring the likes of Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton performing classic Dylan numbers
https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-dylan-30th-anniversary-concert-12-23-17/

8.30pm Pat Shortt’s Music From D’Telly (RTE1)
Whenever there is a 30 minute hole in the RTE1 schedule, this show will be found

9.30pm Se Mo Laoch – Alec Finn (TG4)

10pm-2am Bob Dylan – No Direction Home (Parts 1 & 2)
Part 1 Martin Scorsese's two-part profile of the singer, featuring rare interviews and archive footage. The first half examines Dylan's formative years, with contributions by childhood friends and teachers on his earliest musical efforts and also explores his arrival on New York's thriving early 1960s folk scene and the artists who influenced his work. In his own words, Dylan tells how he became smitten with folk music as the story shifts from the iron range in Minnesota to Greenwich Village in New York City, with characters including Dave Van Ronk, the king of Greenwich village folk clubs, Joan Baez, queen of the folk music world, and Allen Ginsburg, America's beat poet laureate

Part 2 Martin Scorsese's two-part profile of the singer, featuring rare interviews and archive footage. The first half examines Dylan's formative years, with contributions by childhood friends and teachers on his earliest musical efforts and also explores his arrival on New York's thriving early 1960s folk scene and the artists who influenced his work. In his own words, Dylan tells how he became smitten with folk music as the story shifts from the iron range in Minnesota to Greenwich Village in New York City, with characters including Dave Van Ronk, the king of Greenwich village folk clubs, Joan Baez, queen of the folk music world, and Allen Ginsburg, America's beat poet laureate
1)

10.30pm Geantrai (TG4)
Traditional music show featuring Irish musicians playing in a pub setting, featuring Jackie Daly, Carol Leader and Manus Maguire

11pm The Doors Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970
This sort of thing

So eh, do let us know if there's anything else any good out there

Anyway, if you enjoyed that Good Vibrations film which was on BBC1 recently, there is a live stream of the stage show adaptation available until 8pm on Friday on Youtube (as a fundraiser). The show should have been touring in Dublin and New York this year until unforeseen circumstances arose, hopefully it will return

If you enjoy that sort of thing, here is a look at the Belfast Punk scene of that era, in a Youtube film from a few years ago (I haven't watched it)

Coming To America is on Comedy Central Sunday at 9pm, the score was written by a Mr N. Rodgers, whatever happened to him?

http://www.nilerodgers.com/blogs/planet-c-in-english/335-making-coming-to-america

Here he is with Director John Landis, planning out the score

More of Nile next week, as his Glastonbury slot from a few years gets a repeat on BBC4, lots more Glasto action coming then


And finally, the Best rendition of a Wild Cherry Song by Mulder from The X Files after killing a newly evolved dinosaur thing of the week might be this one from Evolution (Film4 Saturday 4.55pm)

Capt'n Midnight

Rock around the Clock (1956)
Starring Johnny Johnston Bill Haley and the Comets Alix Talton Lisa Gaye Alan Freed
09:30-11:10 Fri 19th Jun 2020 75m
True Movies - so gets repeated a lot



This piqued my curiosity
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/popstar-never-stop-never-stopping-2016

For its first thirty minutes or so, “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” feels like the great comedy you did not know you needed in your life. That is to say, it feels like the “This is Spinal Tap” for the Justin Bieber generation.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
22:45-00:30 Wed 17th Jun 2020 90m
Film4