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

I enjoyed the Abba Story. I didn't know much about their background. There are huge similarities between themselves and Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac, with the songs being written about their marriage break-ups.

I couldn't listen to hours of Abba in one go, but some of their songs are among the best pop songs ever.

Those Danny Baker and Brian Pern Shows which Evilivor mentioned look good (next Monday - Wednesday). Before that, here are the usual BBC Four weekend shows (In short, - Everly Brothers Friday, Pink Floyd Saturday)...


Top of The Pops 1979 - Thursday 7.30pm (short), extended version Thursday Night 12.50am, Friday Night 1.10am

Kid Jensen hosts the edition from February 8, 1979. Includes performances from Mick Jackson, The Jacksons, Dr Feelgood, The Shadows, Darts, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Leif Garrett, Judas Priest and Blondie. Plus, dance sequences from Legs & Co

Transatlantic Sessions - Friday 7.30pm

Series 6 Ep1/6 - Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas return with the music series featuring performances by acts from both sides of the Atlantic. The first edition includes contributions by Karen Matheson, Cara Dillon, Andy Irvine, Teddy Thompson, Aoife O'Donovan and Ewan McLennan at the show's new studios overlooking Loch Lomond

Sound of Cinema: The Music that made the Movie - Friday 8pm

The Big Score Neil Brand celebrates the art of the film soundtrack by exploring the work of movie composers and demonstrating their techniques. He begins by looking at how the classical orchestral score emerged, and investigates how its popularity remains strong today. He sheds light on the 1930s European composers such as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold who brought their Viennese training to Hollywood for movies including King Kong and The Adventures of Robin Hood, and how it took an American talent to produce a darker, more modern sound. He also meets film-maker Martin Scorsese and composer Hans Zimmer to discuss their work

Arena: The Everly Brothers - Songs of innocence and Experience - Friday 9pm & 2.25am, Sunday Night 1.25am

A classic documentary from 1984 in which Arena took the American musicians Don and Phil Everly back to the coal-mining area of Kentucky where their father Ike had also formed an act and played the guitar alongside his brothers in the 1930s. In the moody atmosphere of Muhlenberg County, the stars have an emotional reunion with three generations of Everlys. With contributions by master musician and producer Chet Atkins, songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, and the legendary guitar singer Mose Rager. Broadcast in tribute to Phil, who died just short of his 75th birthday in January

Arena: Everly Brothers Reunion Concert - Friday 10.35pm & Sunday 11.50

The duo perform in a reunion concert in the autumn of 1983, staged at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which they chose because they had treasured memories of playing there with their father, Ike, a guitar virtuoso in his own right. The brothers' reconnection and subsequent live performance after 10 bitter years apart was such a high-profile event that the filming was fed live into the BBC Nine o'clock News. Arena's cameras proved that they and their unique sound could still capture the public's imagination

Country at The BBC - Friday 11.55pm

A compilation of BBC session performances by country artists from the past four decades, including Tammy Wynette, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Kris Kristofferson and Glen Campbell

Rock n Roll Britannia - Friday Night 1.25am

A look back at the beginnings of British rock 'n' roll, when acts such as the Shadows and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates helped to lay the foundations of an enduring musical culture. Including the current line-up of the Quarrymen - forerunners of the Beatles - performing Rock Island Line, and contributions by Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Joe Brown and Bruce Welch

Pink Floyd :Wish You Were Here - Saturday 10.35pm

Documentary exploring the creation of the rock band's ninth studio album Wish You Were Here, which was released in 1975 and topped the charts in the UK and America. The record reflects on the legacy of Syd Barrett, who left Pink Floyd in 1968 and is eulogised in the song Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Featuring contributions by members Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason

Pink Floyd - A Delicate Sound Of Thunder

A spectacular concert film from the musicians' A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, filmed at New York's Nassau Coliseum in August 1988 using 27 cameras. The performance sees David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason deliver several seminal tracks, including Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Time, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here

Best of the Rest -

Gary Moore: Blues for Jimi (Sky Arts 1 - Thursday 9.30 and repeated lots)

A 2007 concert from the London Hippodrome in which blues guitarist Gary Moore performs a selection of classic Jimi Hendrix tracks, including Foxy Lady, Hey Joe and Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail.asp?id=22807847#.UvFk5vl_vh4


Top of The Pops: The Story of 1977 (Yesterday - Sunday 10pm)

Performances by punk and new wave acts on the music show in 1977, including the Stranglers and the Jam, plus the continuing power of disco exemplified by Donna Summer's I Feel Love, the reggae of Bob Marley and pub rock by acts such as Eddie and the Hot Rods. Insight into performing on the programme comes from musicians including John Otway, JJ Burnel of the Stranglers, Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, members of Darts and the Adverts, as well as contributions from Nicky Wire, Alexis Petridis and Pete Paphides

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/1578624/96073550/top-of-the-pops-the-story-of-1977#.UvFlRvl_vh4

I see Alan Yentob produced that Everley Brothers Concert,

he is still going strong, he narrates that mock rock documentary next week.

Ol' Donie wrote: »

They should really just show The Blues Brothers one night.

Possibly the best soundtrack ever (in my opinion, of course). That's not even on it.

+ lots

Brilliant Film, Brilliant Soundtrack

I must dig out the DVD