Music-related programmes (radio, TV, and Podcast)

[J]

A thread to highlight programmes broadcast on radio and TV that you think might be of interest to people visiting this board, but don't perhaps warrant a thread of their own.

Edit:
Also, for any Podcasts that you believe to deserve being brought to the attention of others.
(Thread title/subject amended accordingly)

[J]

"Split Ends" - a recent short series of 3 half-hour programmes on BBC Radio 4 about the break-up of bands.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yqd9/episodes/player

1) Dr Feelgood
(broadcast 16th April, available on iPlayer/Sounds in UK until 16th May)
2) Liberty X
(broadcast 23rd April, available until 23rd May)
3) The Fall
(broadcast 30th April, available until 30th May)

Must confess I haven't had a chance to listen to any of these yet. The Fall one was included in last week's R4 "Pick Of The Week" programme and it had an excerpt where Brix Smith was talking about the end of her time with the band and with Mark E Smith.

[Pool Hall Richard]

"Split Ends" - a recent short series of 3 half-hour programmes on BBC Radio 4 about the break-up of bands.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yqd9/episodes/player

1) Dr Feelgood
(broadcast 16th April, available on iPlayer/Sounds in UK until 16th May)
2) Liberty X
(broadcast 23rd April, available until 23rd May)
3) The Fall
(broadcast 30th April, available until 30th May)

Must confess I haven't had a chance to listen to any of these yet. The Fall one was included in last week's R4 "Pick Of The Week" programme and it had an excerpt where Brix Smith was talking about the end of her time with the band and with Mark E Smith.

Superb idea for a thread, and thanks, ill download the feelgood and fall ones to the ipod for a listen, right up my street

[copehead]

What about Podcasts?

I can't believe there are people on here not listening to: The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - but if there are they should start immediately, currently up to 170 something and Heard It Through The Grapevine.

[J]

What about Podcasts?

I can't believe there are people on here not listening to: The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - but if there are they should start immediately, currently up to 170 something and Heard It Through The Grapevine.

Great idea. Thread title and first post amended accordingly.

Good call re The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. I've only been downloading it since episode 150 or so (I must get the earlier ones). I'm downloading a few other music podcasts too, including "I am the EggPod" and "The Album Years".

I would certainly welcome hearing about any podcasts recommended by others.

[J]

This Friday (18th October) on BBC4 at 9:05pm :
The Smiths on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1983. Originally broadcast 9th December 1983 and apparently never repeated (until this week).
"The Smiths - Whistle Test on the Road" (38mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00241bw

Later in the evening, after two programmes featuring recent live recordings of Depeche Mode and Stereophonics, the same channel is showing a 1981 "Rock Goes To College" programme featuring Siouxsie and the Banshees at Warwick University (at 11:50pm, 28 mins). This appears to be only the second time this has been shown since it was originally broadcast.

[Rorschach]

I can't believe there are people on here not listening to: The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - but if there are they should start immediately, currently up to 170 something and Heard It Through The Grapevine.

I often think that this podcast should have its own thread. It would be interesting to discuss each episode as it ships out, although that would only be about once a month at the current rate. I'm a Patrion member, so I listen to all of the bonus episodes as well. Some of them are the most interesting for me, for example Dusty Springfield and Randy Newman. They're all incredibly well researched, aren't they?
But unfortunately, not that many people seem interested in listening to it. A couple of us have plugged it on here but it all seems to fall on deaf/cloth ears.
Maybe if and when he hits the prog years they'll take notice?

[Santa C]

Maybe if and when he hits the prog years they'll take notice?

Not ‘arf lad

Not ‘arf!

[copehead]

I can't believe there are people on here not listening to: The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - but if there are they should start immediately, currently up to 170 something and Heard It Through The Grapevine.

I often think that this podcast should have its own thread. It would be interesting to discuss each episode as it ships out, although that would only be about once a month at the current rate. I'm a Patrion member, so I listen to all of the bonus episodes as well. Some of them are the most interesting for me, for example Dusty Springfield and Randy Newman. They're all incredibly well researched, aren't they?
But unfortunately, not that many people seem interested in listening to it. A couple of us have plugged it on here but it all seems to fall on deaf/cloth ears.
Maybe if and when he hits the prog years they'll take notice?

I started off thinking I'd only listen to episodes that covered songs I liked but you miss so much if you do that because it is a history of rock music not a history of 500 songs.

The songs are just templates for wide ranging discussions of popular culture and social history.

The latest episode on "Sympathy for the Devil" wasn't just about where that rhythm track came from but also about sympathy for the devil in culture from Milton onwards, attitudes to drugs being driven by tabloid hysteria and vengeance and Brian Jones' steady disintegration

It is one of the great works of poplar cultural criticism, possibly the greatest if you like popular music

[Rorschach]

It is one of the great works of poplar cultural criticism, possibly the greatest if you like popular music

Agreed. It's already an incredible body of work, and if he ever finishes it, the book version will be one of the greatest works of scholarship ever written.
It'll certainly be fucking huge.

I think it's essential to start at the beginning and work through it. That gives a sense of context to each new episode that adds a lot to the simple facts the author is presenting.

[ChrisB]

RADIO 6 8am : 10am Saturday and Sunday

The wonderful Ratcliffe and Maconie

[J]

Tomorrow, Friday night, on BBC4:

22:25 Sight and Sound In Concert - Santana (recorded 1976, last shown 2011, 30 mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lnbj9

22:55 Rock Goes To College - The Motels (1981, Bradford University, not shown since 1981, 40 mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024hpd

00:05 Old Grey Whistle Test - Average White Band (1975, Miami, shown in 2023 for first time since original broadcast, 45mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q19m

[J]

To coincide with the band releasing their first new CD in years, on Saturday (tonight) the BBC2 are broadcasting almost a whole evening's worth of programmes featuring The Cure, including some not shown for years.
Sandwiched in the middle is this week's edition of the latest series of" Later" which features Dave Gilmour, amongst others.

BBC2 Saturday 2nd November

20:10 The Cure at the BBC - an hour of BBC performances from 'A Forest' onwards (new programme)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s55

21:10 Radio 2 In Concert - The Cure in concert this week at BBC Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre. Aired on R2 on Thursday evening.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s59

22:30 Later...with Jools Holland (S65e03) - with Dave Gilmour, Amyl and the Sniffers, The The, Dhruv, and Moonchild Sanelly
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s5f

23:15 That Was Then...This Is Now - Robert Smith interviewed in 1988 about The Cure's "rise to fame". Not shown since 1988.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s5j

23:45 Glastonbury 2019 - The Cure live set (2hrs)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s5l

01:45 Rock Around The Clock - The Cure - at Glasgow's Barrowlands Ballroom in 1984 or 1985 (1hr) - seemingly not broadcast since.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s5n

I make that 5 hours and 50 mins of programmes for The Cure. Have the BBC ever broadcast so much in one evening for a single artist before?

[J]

Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell at The Isle Of Wight Fesrival in 1970
On Sky Arts tonight at 7.25pm
About 75 minutes long, not previously shown on terrestrial TV in the UK, I believe.
Sorry for short notice, however it's also scheduled to be repeated next Friday night (29th) at 1:30am
I think this is the same programme that's available on Amazon Prime.


Also, later tonight, also on Sky Arts :
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hold On To Your Structure
Live at Hammersmith Odeon in 1985
11:15pm - 00:30am (75 mins approx)
I'm don't remember this being shown on TV in the UK before, but I might have missed it.

Most of the channel's other programmes tonight are music-related, including programmes on The Jam and The The.
Programme list here --> https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/sky-arts-hd?date=2024-11-23

[J]

This Friday (December 6th) on BBC4 :

Teenage Fanclub - The Quay Sessions
23:40 - 00:35
Recorded live in December 2016 for BBC Scotland.
Seems to have not previously been shown on TV, although the audio has I think been broadcast on Radio Scotland's "Quay Sessions" programme, and some tracks shown on TV "Best Of" / Highlights programme(s) in Scotland.
Link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04l7dkx


Also,

New Order - 6 Music Live 2015 (at Maida Vale Studios)
00:35 - 01:20
Appears to have only been available previously via the BBC Red Button Service in Oct 2015.
Link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06hcdky


Other programmes on BBC4 that evening :
21:30 - 22:30 Madness Live - Goodbye Television Centre
A performance to mark the closure of BBC's Television Centre in 2013, and not shown since.
And for completeness,
22:30 - 23:40 The Killers At Reading in 2023




PS
If anyone (like me) missed the recent Yardbirds documentary on Sky Arts, it's being repeated this Friday night (Dec 6th) : 22:40 - 00:25

[J]

This Saturday (December 7th) on Sky Arts :

10:15 - 11:50pm
Supershow: The Last Great Jam of the 60s
Performances by Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, and Buddy Miles, and others.
Footage filmed in a disused lino factory in Staines in 1969
Not shown on on TV since 2007

More info here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supershow
"Filming took place over a two-day period in March 1969 in a disused linoleum factory at Staines, England. Artists who were filmed on 25 March included Led Zeppelin, Buddy Guy, Jack Bruce, Buddy Miles, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Chris Mercer. Those filmed on 26 March included Eric Clapton, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Buddy Guy, Roland Kirk and Stephen Stills. This project also marks one of the rare film appearances of Glenn Ross Campbell and The Misunderstood. Allegedly Jimi Hendrix was due to appear but missed the plane from New York City." (from Wikipedia page)

[J]

Tonight's "Front Row" programme on BBC Radio 4 included an interview with William and Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025w5x
"Brothers William and Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain talk to Kirsty Wark about the ups and downs of their career in music."

It's the first 14 or so minutes of the programme.

[pcqgod]

What about Podcasts?

I can't believe there are people on here not listening to: The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - but if there are they should start immediately, currently up to 170 something and Heard It Through The Grapevine.

Now up to "Cease to Exist/Never Learn Not to Love" Beach Boys' Manson years episode. I've posted about this podcast before but not gotten much response.