Telly tonight: rock band managers (C4, 10pm)

richh

What it says on the tin...

thomasross20

Hmmm, might be good... Is it a re-hash? 

richh

Sorry, not correct: 10pm BBC4 'Music Moguls: Masters of Pop'

Well, could be quite interesting, hopefully not just the same old Peter Grant anecdotes

richh

thomasross20 said:

Hmmm, might be good... Is it a re-hash? 

I think it is a new programme, but it may end up using a lot of old clips and pad it out

thomasross20

No probs. 

Will prob give the pop one a miss but thanks anyway!

EricTheWeary

Good watch, famous managers from Col Parker to the modern day. Next week Producers presented by Nile Rodgers.

DiscoStu

I'm going to iPlayer it just now, but more intrigued by the producers episode next week.

 

duotone

I watched it and really enjoyed it. Don't think it was a rehash I hadn't seen a lot of the interviews and clips before.

About next weeks episode it should be interesting.

mart

It was entertaining - much more than I'd feared it might be. But it seemed pretty light on information, and heavy on anecdotes about Don Arden and Peter Grant.

But Loog Oldham and McLaren came across as very interesting. Maybe not good managers, but they had some interesting perspectives.

Anyway, thanks @richh for the heads up.

EricTheWeary

Nile Rodgers tonight talking about producers. Bit of the usual suspects but some good moments, find the bit with Visconti disecting Heroes.

duotone

Producers episode was very good. There were a couple people I didn't recognise, but they had all worked with famous bands/solo artists I had heard/heard of. Liked the quote about "you shouldn't be allowed to be a producer unless you have written & had your own hit."

jonnyburgo

Loog Oldhams book "Stoned" is a good read.

EricTheWeary

Might be worth saying it wasn't very 'rock' - Motown, hip hop, disco got a lot of it. Lot of luuuv for Marc Ronson. I wondered if Nile had to be persuaded to include the bit on Joe Meek to give a more British angle. I think it's PR people next week?

Reverend

duotone;945132" said:

Producers episode was very good. There were a couple people I didn't recognise, but they had all worked with famous bands/solo artists I had heard/heard of. Liked the quote about "you shouldn't be allowed to be a producer unless you have written & had your own hit."

That quote just show the slant of the programme.

Martin Birch did write and have his own hit and I'll take him over anyone.

I got annoyed about the Silvia Robinson bit.
She was not a great producer. She was just a rip off merchant.

RobDavies

Ian Faith FTW.

scrumhalf

That second programme was poor. It seemed to divide producers into two sections - those who found ways to get the sound of a band playing a song onto record, and those who pushed butons and clicked mice.

57Deluxe

The Producers one could've gone on for hours as are sooo many secrets that could've been revealed... Great to see Fairlight featuring in mix... My work is done...

EricTheWeary

Got the PR one on, waiting in for a delivery. Not sure how much I'm going to learn about PR from this bunch of anecdotes but, y'know, some interesting anecdotes.

breakstuff

I loved the producers one,especially watching Tony Visconti layering Heroes by Bowie.Seeing all those strange noises transformed into such a iconic track was brilliant.