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BeebRock - The BBC4/BBC3/BBC2/BBC1 Music Programmes thread
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Just caught up with the TOTP Christmas special.
I strongly doubt that I'm the only one who feels that the Beeb are keeping the thing going simply because it's tradition (you have to go all the way back to 1966 for the last TOTP-less Christmas Day). No matter that the brand is stained now, or that the format just doesn't work as well in the 21st century as it did in the 20th.
Or, indeed, that the last decent Christmas episode was ages ago.
This year's was awful in more ways than one. Not only did Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates present for the tenth year running, and just say the same old stuff about all the songs being really, really great - but there was a bland new title sequence, featuring an equally bland new logo, and a ROTTEN remix of "Whole Lotta Love".
Not that the members of the target audience will mind too much. Many of them wouldn't be tremendously interested in the history of TOTP, anyway - indeed, many of them were still in nappies, or even still to be born, when the show had its last truly great days under Ric Blaxill in the mid '90s.
They won't mind the New Year's episode too much either, even though it'll be more or less the same as the Christmas episode and hence hardly any better.
As for the 50th anniversary, it's no real surprise that very little is being done to celebrate it.
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Go Harvey Go wrote: »Just caught up with the TOTP Christmas special.
I strongly doubt that I'm the only one who feels that the Beeb are keeping the thing going simply because it's tradition (you have to go all the way back to 1966 for the last TOTP-less Christmas Day). No matter that the brand is stained now, or that the format just doesn't work as well in the 21st century as it did in the 20th.
Or, indeed, that the last decent Christmas episode was ages ago.
This year's was awful in more ways than one. Not only did Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates present for the tenth year running, and just say the same old stuff about all the songs being really, really great - but there was a bland new title sequence, featuring an equally bland new logo, and a ROTTEN remix of "Whole Lotta Love".
Not that the members of the target audience will mind too much. Many of them wouldn't be tremendously interested in the history of TOTP, anyway - indeed, many of them were still in nappies, or even still to be born, when the show had its last truly great days under Ric Blaxill in the mid '90s.
They won't mind the New Year's episode too much either, even though it'll be more or less the same as the Christmas episode and hence hardly any better.
As for the 50th anniversary, it's no real surprise that very little is being done to celebrate it.
Yeah, it's sad to see the show limping along with the BBC showing no real enthusiasm for it.
The BBC don't have any ideas for TOTP, and they won't let anyone else take over the Brand because they would look like idiots if it was successful on another station. Channel 5 were reportedly looking to take it over a few years ago, but nothing came of it
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/desmond-bids-to-capture-top-of-the-pops-2170390.htmlSources declined to elaborate on why the BBC would refuse to sell Top of the Pops to Mr Desmond. However, BBC Worldwide, which owns the brand, said that it would not enter into negotiations with him.
Paul Dempsey, who oversees BBC Worldwide's Audio & Music division and is the "guardian" of Top of the Pops, said: "I don't think we would lead that discussion, from a BBC perspective. It's a brand that is very precious to the BBC and they have got no intention of it being in anyone else's hands."
It's a bit like a failed marriage, where one partner wants to move on, but the other doesn't want to see it end
I don't honestly know if there is a place for a TOTP revival in 2014, but it would be nice if someone could breathe new life into it.0 -
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I think I'm in a minority here, but my memory of TOTP (mostly from late 80's and early nineties) is mostly just a feeling of disappointment. I really struggled with the idea that so many of the most popular songs in the UK seemed to be rubbish. (I now realise this is because chart music is usually pretty bad).
Anyway, Happy New Year everyone!!
Yeah, it wasn't for everyone but I have very fond memories of it over the years.
I've bored everyone with them here often enough, but a random selection from my formative years include
- Seeing Foster and Allen dressed up as Leprachauns and being proud that there were Irish people on the show (I was small)
- Getting excited when Musical Youth got to Number One and watching every week until Culture Club knocked them (and not being convinced when my Dad said Boy George was Irish, so it was good to see them at Number One)
- Seeing the Tiswas Bucket of Water song on TOTP was the greatest thing ever
- Thinking the three Phil Collins standing beside each other in 'You can't hurry love' was the most mind blowing piece of computer wizardry ever
- Watching Band Aid perform live and wonder why some chancer (Paul Weller) was pretending to be Bono
- Thinking Cliff Richard featuring The Young Ones was the best thing ever
- A week later thinking the Spitting Image Chicken Song was the best thing ever
Happy Days
I drifted in and out of it for years but I stayed watching until the end. 0 -
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Ooh, very nice. The video was 'Not available in your country' but I twiddled the knobs and got it working An American Rock Season sounds good
Here's how it kicks off (Friday Jan 10th from 9pm)
http://www.locatetv.com/uk/listings/bbc4#10-Jan-2014
9:00pmRiders on the Storm
Season 1 Episode 1: Riders on the Storm
A look at the evolution of 20th-century American rock music, beginning with the days of flower power, Vietnam and LSD, when bands like the Doors, Jefferson Airplane and MC5 sang about 'the revolution'. The first episode concentrates on the late 1960s, exploring the artists that made the soundtrack to the Peace and Love generation, culminating in the Woodstock music festival. However, the event proved a watershed moment for rock music's reactionary era, as the marketeers lined up ready to turn this kind of output from protest into profit. Contributers include Alice Cooper and Tom Petty
10:00pmJimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
A definitive account of one of the guitarist's most celebrated performances, at the New York festival in 1969, featuring signature renditions of Purple Haze, Voodoo Child and the Star Spangled Banner. The programme includes interviews with Woodstock promoter Michael Lang and Hendrix's band members Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Larry Lee and Juma Sultan
11:00pmThe Doors: The Story of LA Woman
The Doors: The Story of LA Woman
The making of psychedelic rock band the Doors' 1971 album LA Woman, which was recorded during a period of growing social unrest and change in America. Members Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger discuss how their music was influenced by the country's sociopolitical climate, and the programme also features archive performances and analysis of the original multi-track recording tapes by producer Bruce Botnick0 -
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