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

cml387 · 15-03-2014 12:07AM

Skid X wrote: »

I like Squeeze, they have some lovely tunes.

Very influenced by Lennon/McCartney but that's no bad thing.

I suppose you can't say they were underrated, but surely a knighthood is due to someone who wrote a song as literate,musical and as goddamn good as "Pulling mussels from a shell"

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:09AM

Youtubed BB King the other day...there's a video of BB and Slash...

I thought YES! This is gonna be unbelievable!

Title didn't mention BB, Slash...and yer man from Simply Red!

God, i was sad when he came on stage.

Still ruled, though.

Edit: I can only imagine what Axl would've said, back in the day.

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 12:11AM

Look at these shameless bandwagon jumpers!!

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 12:17AM

So come on peeps, what is your favourite Beatles album?

For me, tis the White Album!

Skid X · 15-03-2014 12:18AM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

So come on peeps, what is your favourite Beatles album?

For me, tis the White Album!

I'd have to say, 'Best of the Beatles' !

(apologies for the Alan Partridge joke)

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:18AM

Where's Grey tonight? Real people again, is it?

I suppose the best thing abour PPM looking back is knowing what those kids became...covers lack a lot of...i dunno, life or something.

Bit rubbish seeing a fella really getting into singing an old rnb tune made famous by the first boyband.

I'm in bad form tonight, sorry. :-(

Skid X · 15-03-2014 12:21AM

I do like Revolver, it's marvellous.

To be honest, I got to know the songs in bursts rather than by Album so I don't really categorise them into Albums.

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 12:21AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Where's Grey tonight? Real people again, is it?

I suppose the best thing abour PPM looking back is knowing what those kids became...covers lack a lot of...i dunno, life or something.

Bit rubbish seeing a fella really getting into singing an old rnb tune made famous by the first boyband.

I'm in bad form tonight, sorry. :-(

No worries...the Late Late was hell on everyone!

For me, Blur sounded closer to the Beatles than Oasis...just listen to 'Beetlebum' - outro reminiscent of 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)'

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:23AM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

So come on peeps, what is your favourite Beatles album?

For me, tis the White Album!

I'm an Abbey Road man. Yep. Side two is just perfect.

Skid X · 15-03-2014 12:23AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Where's Grey tonight? Real people again, is it?

I suppose the best thing abour PPM looking back is knowing what those kids became...covers lack a lot of...i dunno, life or something.

Bit rubbish seeing a fella really getting into singing an old rnb tune made famous by the first boyband.

I'm in bad form tonight, sorry. :-(

I think it was an interesting experiment which didn't quite come off. But it's good to try these things. The anecdotes are good, and it's mad to think the whole album was recorded in one day. Light years away from what would happen now.

Skid X · 15-03-2014 12:25AM

I'm so jealous of anyone who ever had anything to do with the Beatles - worked with them, worked for them, drank with them or even served them food etc

You would never be stuck for a story to tell people.

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 12:27AM

Skid X wrote: »

I think it was an interesting experiment which didn't quite come off. But it's good to try these things. The anecdotes are good, and it's mad to think the whole album was recorded in one day. Light years away from what would happen now.

Spot on...naturally, they're trying to capture how frenetic the timescale was, but recording technology is so advanced nowadays, it lessens the impact

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:28AM

Skid X wrote: »

I do like Revolver, it's marvellous.

To be honest, I got to know the songs in bursts rather than by Album so I don't really categorise them into Albums.

I got into them so much, at one point I could name the songs in order across all the albums from I Saw Her Standing There to Her Majesty.

Including where the non album singles were chronologically placed.

In fairness, I love them all (have a special fondness for Anthology 1).

Edit: that Twist and Shout was worth waiting for. Brilliant.

cml387 · 15-03-2014 12:28AM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

So come on peeps, what is your favourite Beatles album?

For me, tis the White Album!

Yep, the white album.

I feel the need to point out at this point something about TOGWT though.

It was recorded in a studio called Pres B at Television Centre.

This was intended to be a presentation (bits between programmes and annoucements) studio, and was miniscule in scale. Despite that it was fitted with Marconi cameras (much bigger than the standard EMI 2001's ).

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:31AM

Skid X wrote: »

I'm so jealous of anyone who ever had anything to do with the Beatles - worked with them, worked for them, drank with them or even served them food etc

You would never be stuck for a story to tell people.

Speaking of which, did you see Jeff Lynne got his star on the Birmingham walk of fame the other day?

Jesus, I'd love to have made the tea for the Travelling Wilburys!

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 12:31AM

Time tomorrow night, folks!

Nosa da!

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:35AM

Hey Skid (and WMM),

Was listening to Van Halen earlier...just curious what your opinions on their Pretty Woman are?

:-D

Skid X · 15-03-2014 12:41AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Hey Skid (and WMM),

Was listening to Van Halen earlier...just curious what your opinions on their Pretty Woman are?

:-D

Mercy :eek:

Ah, it's not the worst. But you can't beat the real thing.

I have to go, don't forget to lock up when you leave Donie

Goodnight, back tomorrow.

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 12:43AM

Party on Skid.

Frankly, i could live with this particular show, really ain't doin it for me.

Edit: *shuts door, turns on alarm*

Gmol · 15-03-2014 01:07AM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

So come on peeps, what is your favourite Beatles album?

For me, tis the White Album!

Revolver, Abbey road, rubber soul in that order

grey_so_what · 15-03-2014 01:36AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Party on Skid.

Frankly, i could live with this particular show, really ain't doin it for me.

Edit: *shuts door, turns on alarm*

***tries to get alarm code***

Late in tonight lads, not really a Byrd's fan....:o

Ah well, will be present and correct tomorrow..:)

grey_so_what · 15-03-2014 02:32AM

Have to say I always liked Bonnie Raitt.......

I love the OGWT's clips...

grey_so_what · 15-03-2014 02:41AM

Wonder what happened Jackson B?.......

Probably died a death alongside slow sets...

grey_so_what · 15-03-2014 03:03AM

Ry Cooder.....

Loved this track......"Little Sister".....

Had "Bop till you drop" on album...:)

Wicki link...........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder

"Bop till You Drop is Ry Cooder's eighth album, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). This was the first major-label digitally recorded album of Pop music. It was recorded on a 32-track machine built by 3M.

The album consisted almost entirely of covers of earlier R&B and rock'n'roll classics, including Elvis Presley's "Little Sister" and the 1965 Fontella Bass-Bobby McClure hit "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing", on which Cooder duetted with soul star Chaka Khan, who also performed on the only original track on the album, "Down in Hollywood".

grey_so_what · 15-03-2014 03:18AM

Joss Stone giving "Taste of Honey" justice there imo...

grey_so_what · 15-03-2014 03:29AM

***Chubb locks thread***

(can't remember code)....

Sweet dreams!

Ol' Donie · 15-03-2014 09:38AM

Good Lord!

Late one, Grey!

Went to bed early(ish) for once. Need my strength for the long weekend!

Looking forward to Motown tonight. Deliberately didn't check who's on it, should be some nice surprises.

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 10:16AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Hey Skid (and WMM),

Was listening to Van Halen earlier...just curious what your opinions on their Pretty Woman are?

:-D

Mmm...as big a fan as I am of VH, for me it's not a patch on the original. I wonder what the video is like...

In 1982 the song – titled "(Oh) Pretty Woman" – was covered by the group Van Halen on their album Diver Down, preceded by a bass-driven intro titled "Intruder". The music video, which had the band dress as a samurai (played by bassist Michael Anthony), Tarzan (played by drummer Alex Van Halen), a cowboy (played by guitarist Eddie Van Halen), and Napoleon (played by frontman David Lee Roth), per a hunchbacked onlooker's request, rescuing a captive girl that turns out to be a transvestite) for this version was one of the first banned by MTV, due to its opening sequence, where the captive girl is tied up and fondled against her will by a pair of little people.

Oh.

Welsh Megaman · 15-03-2014 10:18AM

I gotsa thinking this morning...

BBC3 could be re-named 'Beebrock'!

Music documentaries and classic TOTP seven nights a week!

We're gonna need a bigger thread

Skid X · 15-03-2014 12:16PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I gotsa thinking this morning...

BBC3 could be re-named 'Beebrock'!

Music documentaries and classic TOTP seven nights a week!

We're gonna need a bigger thread

Dear BBC Board of Governors

Make Welsh Megaman your new Director General. I like the cut of his jib.

PS If you could have not so much Neil Sedaka on the new Beebrock Channel, that would be great.

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