Valve
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Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June : "Punk Britannia" & "We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts"
May 31, 2012, 12:58
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I'll be watching 1972 to 1976 with a critical eye. That's my specialist subject on Mastermind. I'm slightly miffed they didn't consult me - I know, how would they know?
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Stevo
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Edited Jun 02, 2012, 10:18
Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June : "Punk Britannia" & "We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts"
Jun 02, 2012, 10:17
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Really enjoyed that We Who Wait, has me thinking I need Adverts etc in my collection. Not sure why they're not already there. An oversight obviously.
Looked for live stuff yesterday and found there was a live dvd on Dime of Adverts revisited backed by a group called The Valentines. So surprised they didn't mention him having done that, i'm assuming it was a tour not a one-off.
Maybe it just meant the story was untidy since it was finishing on a high of him having discovered that he could tour with very small overheads if he just took an acoustic guitar.
Enjoyed that pre-punk Punk Britannia too. Looking forward to the next episode.
Stevo
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Deepinder Cheema
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Edited Jun 02, 2012, 16:46
Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June : "Punk Britannia" & "We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts"
Jun 02, 2012, 16:36
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Moon Cat wrote: Sounds good.
I wish Lucy Worsely was presenting it though.
She is currently presenting 'Saturday Classics' on BBC Radio 3 if that's any consolation.
She wishes royalists and republicans a wonderful weekend
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg7z8
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Ziggypop
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Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June : "Punk Britannia" & "We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts"
Jun 02, 2012, 20:39
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I promoted a gig in January at the Fleece of TV Smith and the Valentines play the Adverts.. Great gig. TV has been doing this on and off for a number of years now. I've got a DVD + CD of them doing the first Adverts LP, Crossing the Red Seafrom 2007(if I remember correctly).. rather good it is too..
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wychburyman
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Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June :
Jun 03, 2012, 11:57
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Incoming Traveller wrote: Elegant Chaos' remarks give me hope that this series will be good. It's great to have a doc on The Adverts and Mark P being interviewed is also a sign that it's not all the obvious suspects being wheeled out again. However, I don't believe a serious look at punk can be done without a) the big role that women have played in it, which usually gets ignored (Zillah Minx's film 'She's A Punk Rocker' goes some way to address this and b) Crass being involved. They were incredibly important and don't get enough credit, in my humble opinion. Looking forward to the series, though.
Good point. Enjoyed it, though.
Being a big STranglers fan, I know that they are set aside from the main Punk movement, but as a crossover band I do think a big debt is owed to them and should at least be mentioned in despatches and not wiped out in some kind of Stalinist way.
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Gnomon
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Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June : "Punk Britannia" & "We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts"
Jun 05, 2012, 21:09
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Hooray for BBC iPlayer! I found something in the 21st century that's made a difference to my life!!!
:o)
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Gnomon
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Re: And on Friday 8th June...
Jun 05, 2012, 21:49
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I can remember watching that and being somewhat entranced while the rest of my family were horrified!
There was a Talking Heads documentary around the same time too; certainly early on in their career. It'd be interesting to see that again.
:o)
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Robot Emperor
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John Lydon Radio 6 show
Jun 06, 2012, 20:24
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Interesting playlist...
Jim Reeves - Welcome To My World
Audience - Eye To Eye
ABBA - Fernando
The Bonzo Dog Band - Canyons Of Your Mind
Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941
Pete Seeger - Little Boxes
Petula Clark - Down Town
Noël Coward - Mrs Worthington
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Moonlight in Vermont
PIL - Deeper Water
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Patsy Cline - Fall To Pieces
T. Rex - Cadillac
T. Rex - Life’s A Gas
Edgar Broughton Band - Gone Blue
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
The Count 5 - Psychotic Reaction
Alice Cooper - 18
Édith Piaf - No Regrets
Public Image Ltd. - Lollipop Opera
Thunderclap Newman - Wild Country
Pink Floyd - Arnold Lane
Pink Fairies - Do It!
Hawkwind - You Shouldn’t Do That
Clarence Carter - Patches
Dolly Parton - Harper Valley PTA
Jimmy Cliff - Harder They Come
Johnny Clarke- King Of The Arena
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
T. Rex - Telegram Sam
Paulus De Boskabouter - Paulus The Little Wood Gnome theme
The Dubliners - Irish Rover
Public Image Ltd. - Out Of The Woods
Good shows actually. On i player for a bit.
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Valve
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Re: John Lydon Radio 6 show
Jun 06, 2012, 20:36
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Audience? Nice one. I was playing that House on the Hill album just yesterday.
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Moon Cat
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Re: BBC4 Friday 1st June : "Punk Britannia" & "We Who Wait: TV Smith & the Adverts"
Jun 07, 2012, 16:24
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Loved the John Cooper Clarke and Adverts progs. Punk one was a bit half n half but an enjoyable watch I thought.
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