BeebRock II - Music Shows on BBC Four, Sky Arts and everywhere else

Welsh Megaman · 26-06-2022 09:18PM

Paul McMopFab’s set from last night now available on iPlayer.

hold my beer · 26-06-2022 09:20PM

What are the Pet Shop Boys doing to Streets have no name. I'm hiding behind the couch here

Welsh Megaman · 26-06-2022 09:21PM

‘Rent’ - fantastic song!

Arthur Daley · 26-06-2022 09:28PM

Bono in his living room:

"What have I, what've I, what've I done to deserve this..."

Welsh Megaman · 26-06-2022 09:29PM

Chris Lowe right now…

glenfieldman · 26-06-2022 09:29PM

After last night this Pet Shop Boy set is crap

Welsh Megaman · 26-06-2022 09:31PM

LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES!

HERE WE GO!!

glenfieldman · 26-06-2022 09:41PM

Neil Tennant has some Rory Cowen vibes going on

PsychoPete · 26-06-2022 09:44PM

Listened to a bit of Bicep on iplayer, never heard of them before. Will definitely be listening to them now

Welsh Megaman · 26-06-2022 09:47PM

KEPT ‘FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK’ OFF THE NUMBER ONE SPOT KLAXON!!

Welsh Megaman · 26-06-2022 10:15PM

So many classic songs!

loyatemu · 27-06-2022 08:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254784#Comment_119254784

Bicep are great!

Agree with the earlier comment about the Avalanches - I love their stuff so I stuck their set on the iPlayer and at first was a bit disappointed as it seemed they were just dancing along to their own records; but the more it went on (and possibly the more Belgian beer I drank) the more I got into it. They were mixing up their songs, throwing in new bits and squelches from their synths and everyone there including the band seemed to be having a ball, even if it was about 4 in the afternoon and broad daylight. By the end one of them was standing on the mixing desk playing a theremin solo. Well recommended if you like their vibe.

Welsh Megaman · 27-06-2022 11:49AM

Once again, you can’t fault the BBC’s coverage - seemed to be everywhere and anywhere!

fryup · 27-06-2022 03:36PM

i was tooting for The Pet Shop Boys last night, but no way could that be classed as a 'live' set 50% of it was miming and i wonder were the keyboards even 'live'

any explanation for the solo start? were they scrambling around backstage looking for the right backing tracks?😎

phonypony · 27-06-2022 06:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119257957#Comment_119257957

What parts do you think we're being mimed?

The screen didn't lift at the start, the idea is they walk a few steps, Neil to the mic, Chris to the keys. But Neil had to walk round the screen, Chris ended up going to his other keys setup. Otherwise you wouldn't have heard the riff in Suburbia. Cos it's not being mimed.

loyatemu · 28-06-2022 09:00AM

I certainly didn't think PSBs was mimed - obviously a fair bit of the backing is pre-programmed but they had drummers and an extra keyboard player so probably more live bits than at one of their shows where it's just the two of them.

I saw TLC doing "No Scrubs" on one of the highlights shows and that did look mimed, though it's also possible the audio was just out of sync.