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Post by Liz from Cheshire on Dec 5, 2007 15:53:25 GMT
Wednesday 12th December BBC1 10.45pm
Chronicling the history of one of Britain's best loved rock bands, from the psychedelic 1960's through tho their reunion appearance at Live 8 in 2005 RT
The documentary also promises glimpses of never-before-seen footage of early gigs and rehearsals.
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Post by pickle on Dec 9, 2007 14:03:47 GMT
I'll watch this - the well-known Royal fanzine the Daily Mail were very snooty about the programme, saying they were 'preposterously successful'.
Me, I'm surprised Morrissey hasn't joined the editorial staff given his views on immigrants!
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Post by pickle on Dec 16, 2007 14:13:50 GMT
I know there was nothing much new to report, but it was a far better bet to watch than the glorified phone-in that was 'The Spice Girls On Trial'!
Did anyone else notice that Nick Mason, in the footage relating to 'Point Me At The Sky', had a look of Julian Barratt (Howard Moon from 'The Mighty Boosh')?
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Post by Boatman on Jan 19, 2008 13:00:18 GMT
I also watched this rockumentary, having been into Floyd from Meddle onwards (although Final Cut didn't do anything for me). It was sad to see how band-mates inevitably fall out with each other once money and fame comes along. Also interesting to be reminded that Roger Waters disliked stadium gigs (so do I). We all wish success for our favourite bands but often that achievement ruins the magic of seeing the band at a smaller venue and feeling part of the concert experience, rather than watching them on a big screen, at which point you may as well buy the DVD!  Many of the bands we like are unlikey to achieve mainstream success, in fact many have day-jobs and do 'the band' during evenings, weekends and tour as part of their carefully planned holidays. They have given up waiting to be discovered by a major recording label and decided to find a balance. Many still manage to produce great albums and enjoy reasonable turn-outs at gigs across the country and often get to a small number of European and US venues/festivals. They love doing it that way and because the gigs are fewer they are that much more special. |
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