BBC - Seven Ages of Rock

[noby]

Although the focus was on REM and Nirvana, I thought they got good coverage.
Grohl seemed embarrassed still.

[monzo]

Thought the Pixies deserved more of a mention.


Yeah, left me a bit frustrated that. Good to see Mudhoney and Husker Du mentioned though. Omitting Sonic Youth, however,... :mad:

Good show overall.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Haven't watched it in a few weeks now. Gave up on it after the Metal show.

Am I correct in thinking all that's left is a homage to the genius that is that human lollipop sign from Babyshambles?

[shakermaker1982]

Smiths/Blur/Oasis and a mention of coldplay at the end.

[TonyD]

It also reminded me how good Green is.

REMs first five albums are all much better than Green. They were pretty much untouchable as the best band on the planet for that period. Fables of the Reconstruction is my own favourite.

[Stuttgart88]

Lifes Rich Pageant, followed by Reckoning for me.

I've found the progression and selection of certain bands over others very subjective. Not bad though.

BBCs Rock Family Trees was a better series I think.

[noby]

I love Green. Kind o fthe cross-over album I suppose, but yes, there's great stuff in everything up to and including Green.

For an hour long program, and the format it takes, artists are always going to be left out. Both Frank Black and Kim Deal were interviewed, along with others talking about them and their sound. I think they got their fair share, considering.

Rock Family Trees was better alright.

[pete]

Saw some of the episode which included the likes of U2 & Queen. Good show.

[bennocelt]

Rock Family Trees was better alright.

yeah that was quality tv, loved the one they did on Black Sabbath
would love to see that one again

[jebus]

Watched the start of the Indie show last night, and after hearing about how Morrissey was God for 20 minutes (I know he is, but still) I got a bit bored listening to the frontman of Franz Ferdinand go on and on, and Pete Dpherty throwing his random musings in so I turned it off. From I've seen of this show it seems like a real waste of a good idea

[Countyman]

Very disappointing last program. I got all excited when it was to be about "British Indie" but after the 20 minutes about the smiths and not enough about the stone roses the rest was an Oasis and Blur homage which I certainly wouldnt class as indicitive of the British Indie movement.

[shakermaker1982]

very average series overall. The punk episode bored me - how can they make something as exciting and dangerous as punk turn make me want to switch over?

Oasis and Libertines are two of my favourite bands from my generation but it was slow going.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Didn't see the indie one and probably dodged a bullet.

Saw the "grunge" one from the previous week late on Friday ...full of revisionist spin (the lillies/floral stage arrangement for the MTV unplugged -a performance which no-one gave a sh1te about when it was recorded incidently-was rationalised as Cobain "designing his televised funeral"). It pumped out a lot of the conventional "spokesman for a generation/tortured soul" stuff about Cobain while ignoring other researchable facts.
For example... the In Utero LP having failed to come anywhere close to sales expectations with the consequence that his label, management and assorted associaties worked him into a nervous breakdown adding dates upon dates to a touring schedule in an attempt to jump-start sales on a record that was pretty much dead in the water.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Didn't see the indie one and probably dodged a bullet.

The bullet caught up with me as it was re-shown last night. Bad in places, appalling in others. I had to leave the room during The Smiths feature as it felt like a Sky News parody.

I'm not a Radiohead fan AT ALL (two decent songs per LP) but the fact that these people chose to concentrate on a contrived tabloid spat between Oasis and Blur with occasional interjections from Suede without mentioning The Bends or OK Computer shows exactly where their interests lie.

Last nights show should've been renamed Seven Ages of Pub-Rock.

As for The Libertines ...up until last night I was under the misguided impression that Pete Doherty was the only high-tossing ass monkey in that band. More a soap opera with a (highly derivative) soundtrack than a band.

Really felt like Rock'n'Roll was on it's last legs watching them ...so I switched off and went to bed.