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

This a great tune too. I remember there being sadness around this cos everyone knew the end was nigh.

Yeah it's a shame hopefully we will get a proper retrospective documentary on George's life and career! Still great to see those classic TOTP performances!

Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand.
Very intelligent comic. One of the great elder funnymen.
Anyone watching.

loyatemu wrote: »

Skid X wrote: »

Did AR do anything on the Wham records? Or was he a just a Bez type figure?

He co-wrote a few songs (check out his twitter from the past week - he is credited on 'Careless Whisper').

I also read somewhere that George was shy at first when it came to stage performance, so he needed 'Son Of Albert' as support.

Gizmo55 wrote: »

It's hard to know if he was a fan of anyone.

To be fair, if you have ever listened to any of his radio shows or watched any of his tv shows, you would know that he is a huge fan of numerous artists across all genres of music. The man knows his stuff and he's definitely a big music fan. On a "local" note, he's given a lot of airplay and airtime to Irish artists over the years (and still does) which has given them huge exposure which is hard to get in the UK market at times. He's actually someone I'd love to go for a pint with sometime, I imagine the stories he could tell would be brilliant...

Sad bit of news this evening. The death was announced of Therese MacGowan, mother of Shane. I knew Therese for more than thirty years. From the early 90s I accompanied her to most of Shane's Irish shows with The Pogues or The Popes.

An absolute lady and a pleasure to be with.
RIP

I was at the recording of this

Very sad to hear about Shane's mother, I know how close they were. Devastating news for any family to start the new year with, I hope that they will all be ok.

Absolute must-see Bowie documentary this Saturday, the day before what would have been his 70th. birthday.

'The Last Five Years' BBC Two at 9pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088ktm6

Skid X wrote: »

No Disco was a great show back in the day (It usually covered more Indy and contemporary type music). It turns out Donal Dineen (The original presenter) has just launched an online sequel series 'This ain't no disco', might be worth a look (thanks to 'Guitar Town' for posting about it on After Hours last night http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102135961&postcount=2)


https://thisaintnodisco.ie/

https://www.facebook.com/thisaintnodisco/

Donal Dineen and the original No Disco alerted me to the existence of the Trashcan Sinatras, for which I will be eternally grateful. Remember seeing the video for Obscurity Knocks on the programme one Saturday morning and going out and buying the debut album Cake that same afternoon.

sligojoek wrote:

BandMember. Yes. They were very close. She would do anything for him. And vice versa (kinda ). I'm meeting him the morning before the funeral for the first time in 8 months. Pity it's not a happier occasion.

Well, hope he know the amount of goodwill from fans for him.... Shocking to see a tabloid putting him on the cover at Frank Murray's funeral, poor guy should be left alone with the week he had.

I still have that No Disco Planxty documentary somewhere in a press, with loads of other old music gems. Just never find the time to convert them. That documentary was pretty much responsible for their 2004 reformation (I was at one of the Vicar Street gigs, one of my all time favourite ones. I've seen Andy Irvine solo too) and is definitely worth a watch, even for those with only a passing interest in their music. It also confirmed what everyone always knew: Phil Coulter is an absolute b****x!!

Thanks for the heads up on the current No Disco show. Something like is desperately missed from the national airwaves, it's a disgrace that the only music show (and I feel sick even describing it like that) on the airwaves is rubbish like The X Factor. It's no wonder that the likes of Phantom/TXFM can't get an audience that so many Irish bands struggle to find an audience anymore (unless they are bland inoffensive muck like The Coronas *cough* leg up *cough* or The Script).

Good spot on the Bowie doc, will definitely be watching that. I've a feeling that there will be some interesting new information/material in it. There's been a series of Bowie radio docs on BBC 6 Music all last week and this week, they are available to listen back to on the site for 30 days, if anyone is interested.

As for certain publications who published those photos of Shane, they should be ashamed of themselves. Absolute parasite scum who have made a joke of "journalist ethics". It was great to see a complete backlash from the public against them and, even though it is the last thing on his mind at the moment, I hope that, in time, Shane realises how much the Irish people still love him, and always will. Sligojoe, I hope you will convey a similar message to his family/friends, and I hope that your meeting (albeit in tragic circumstances) goes well. As the album title says, Peace and Love. Rant over. :cool: