Seven Ages of Rock documentary starts 19 May

sonicl · 05.18.2007, 03:08 AM

BBC2, Saturday evenings, 9.10 pm - 10.10 pm, for seven weeks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/

king_buzzo · 05.18.2007, 03:10 AM

Cool thanks, I'm going to try to watch this.

fishmonkey · 05.18.2007, 04:05 AM

yeah, saw this advertised last night on TV, it looks good.

Toilet & Bowels · 05.18.2007, 03:45 PM

let's hope they deliver

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 04:27 PM

The BBC tends to do quite a good job with things like that.

Hip Priest · 05.18.2007, 04:35 PM

I'd been determined all week to remember about this, but I had actually forgotten. So thanks for the reminder.

We saw a trailer last Saturday. It looks decent.

05.18.2007, 04:43 PM

I expext it to be mainly rubbish. The Velvet Underground bit has only got footage from the psyciatric convention, for example.

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I expext it to be mainly rubbish. The Velvet Underground bit has only got footage from the psyciatric convention, for example.

How will they sleep at night? The shame of it!

auto-aim · 05.18.2007, 05:11 PM

I'm looking forward to it... though it'll basically be a refresher of rock history.... with loads of clips of paul morley talking about how much more clued into it than everyone else at the time.

05.18.2007, 05:13 PM

Yeah, right.

MellySingsDoom · 05.18.2007, 05:21 PM

A series on rock that manages to ignore Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard etc from the off? Hmmm....The Sabbaff episode should be good, hopefully.

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 05:34 PM

Don't get me wrong, I like Sabbath, a lot, but I'm starting to find their recent over-exposure on TV shows a bit annoying. Obviously it's a result of the whole Osbournes phenomenon but they do seem to have eclipsed almost every other area of British metal - much of which, like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden, is arguably far more influential.

Not saying they don't deserve the recognition, but a bit of balance would be quite nice too.

MellySingsDoom · 05.18.2007, 05:42 PM

^^^Maiden may get a mention, but not Judas Priest, or any of the other NWOBHM lot. They'd NEVER mention Venom either - another highly influential band. Perhaps you're right, maybe there should be a moratorium on not mentioning Ozzy et al for a bit.

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 05:48 PM

I think he deserves to be mentioned, but he has sort of become (alongside possibly Lemmy) some kind of spokesperson for an entire genre. Re-writing history, the swines!

MellySingsDoom · 05.18.2007, 05:51 PM

"History is written by the victors" (MellySingsDoom)
"What-eva" (those damn impudent young people of today)

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 05:56 PM

I shall not rest until Diamond Head receive their just recognition.

MellySingsDoom · 05.18.2007, 05:59 PM

demonrail666 lifts the sword of NWOBHM, and leads the tribes of bullet-belted denin-clad Uruk Hai to the Royal Standard in Walthamstow, where a Saxon tribute band are playing, as they do every week.

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

demonrail666 lifts the sword of NWOBHM, and leads the tribes of bullet-belted denin-clad Uruk Hai to the Royal Standard in Walthamstow, where a Saxon tribute band are playing, as they do every week.

Christ, it's a dirty job but someone has to do it I suppose.

Now, what did I do with that Sweet Savage cassette?

Toilet & Bowels · 05.18.2007, 06:20 PM

black sabbath are over exposed these days are they?

demonrail666 · 05.18.2007, 06:29 PM

I'd say so, yeah.

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05.18.2007, 04:43 PM	#7
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I expext it to be mainly rubbish. The Velvet Underground bit has only got footage from the psyciatric convention, for example.
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05.18.2007, 05:11 PM	#9
auto-aim the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wales Posts: 650	I'm looking forward to it... though it'll basically be a refresher of rock history.... with loads of clips of paul morley talking about how much more clued into it than everyone else at the time. __________________ His Naked Torso
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05.18.2007, 05:13 PM	#10
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Yeah, right.
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	A series on rock that manages to ignore Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard etc from the off? Hmmm....The Sabbaff episode should be good, hopefully. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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05.18.2007, 05:34 PM	#12
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Don't get me wrong, I like Sabbath, a lot, but I'm starting to find their recent over-exposure on TV shows a bit annoying. Obviously it's a result of the whole Osbournes phenomenon but they do seem to have eclipsed almost every other area of British metal - much of which, like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden, is arguably far more influential. Not saying they don't deserve the recognition, but a bit of balance would be quite nice too.
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05.18.2007, 05:42 PM	#13
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	^^^Maiden may get a mention, but not Judas Priest, or any of the other NWOBHM lot. They'd NEVER mention Venom either - another highly influential band. Perhaps you're right, maybe there should be a moratorium on not mentioning Ozzy et al for a bit. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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05.18.2007, 05:48 PM	#14
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I think he deserves to be mentioned, but he has sort of become (alongside possibly Lemmy) some kind of spokesperson for an entire genre. Re-writing history, the swines!
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	"History is written by the victors" (MellySingsDoom) "What-eva" (those damn impudent young people of today) __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I shall not rest until Diamond Head receive their just recognition.
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	demonrail666 lifts the sword of NWOBHM, and leads the tribes of bullet-belted denin-clad Uruk Hai to the Royal Standard in Walthamstow, where a Saxon tribute band are playing, as they do every week. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,262	black sabbath are over exposed these days are they?
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05.18.2007, 06:29 PM	#20
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I'd say so, yeah.
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