Seven Ages of Rock

[Devski]

Anyone been watching this? Pretty superficial but very watchable also.

Last night's one squeezed 20-odd years into 90mins and managed to run from the Smiths to the Libertines in record time.

Needless to say some great footage on there & I'd forgotten how good the Stone Roses were. Amazing how easily forgotten they have become but when you compare them to what has followed, very little comes close and most is unadulterated trash.

I stuck on both albums back to back straight after the programme & was blissfully entertained for the next couple of hours.

Oh, and they went over the tedious & pointless Blur v Oasis "duality" ;) again last night. Members of both bands incredibly still willing to talk about it - Blur's James & Albarn remarkably bitter still, especially the former. Just say you hate them you twat, rather than give grudging compliments through gritted teeth! Sad.

[baz reds77]

Missed the first one, taped a few haven't had a chance to watch right through yet, saw a good bit of last weels and found Nirvana more interesting than I ever had in the past, saw a little bit of the Heavy Metal One, and found it more interesting for who it didn't feature rather than what it did.


one thing that puzzled me though and that was the episode on Stadium Bands, naturally you pick Zeppelin (even if you know nothing about the band itself, their name alone conjures up images of playing sold out stadium tours all accross the world) I could also understand the inclusion of Springsteen, Genesis and Queen, but the Police? :confused: When the fuck were they ever classed as a stadium band?

talking to people who saw more of the programme than I did, they were very very disappointed, especially ovedr the Stadium bands and the HM Episodes, and watching last weeks about Grunge, you could be foregiven that it began and ended with Nirvana once REM moved away from that format, it seemed to me more like a template on which to build rather than a complete programme, I'd be interested to know what anyone else thinks

[Big Ed]

George Michael just played Wembley - twice.

For stadium rock, read 'very popular'. Hardly a category.

And Manchester invented Indie - apparently.

4AD got about 5 seconds, Jesus & Mary Chain 10. Thanks for that.

[RedRich]

I quite enjoyed the programs mainly for the footage and interviews but they were essentially pointless. As has already been said, how can you jump from the Smiths to the Libertines (both great) in that amount of time and expect to be credible? The Oasis/Blur thing was very sad the first time round to bring it up again was kind of reaching a little bit. Noel Gallagher is a funny fucker though.

Last weeks one was odd as well, talking about grunge = talking about The Pixies and Nirvana apparently. Both great bands but again, there was far more to it than just those two. (On a side note, Kim Deal used to be very attractive, what went wrong?)

On the whole, a good idea for a series but if you're gonna go to the lengths of getting all those people to do interviews and digging up all that footage you might as well go the whole hog and double the length of the series to cover each 'genre' a little more comprehensively.

[Gus]

Had enjoyed the previous 6 episodes, but found last nights tedious, especially the Oasis-Blur argument, and basically when ever Noel Gallagher was speaking :mad: What a tosser !!!!

[Matt R]

Enjoyed it all in a greatest hits kind of way, which I think was the point. Here's rock music, here's the main bands, off you go.

When I heard Stuart Maconie mention the series before it had even started, he said that last nights episode was from The Smiths to Oasis at Knebworth. They stuck on an extra half hour (all the others were an hour long) and it wasn't half rushed. No mention of Pulp except a brief shot of their name on the NME cover. By far the best 'Britpop' album.

[The Prince]

Has Noel Gallagher cured cancer yet?

[cots]

The whole series has been a mish mash. They've taken two or three bands from each 'genre' (obviously those bands that they've been able to corner for interviews) and based the entire installment around them throwing in tit bits from other bands in for good measure. The american alt rock programme was neglectful of so many great bands -especially The Pixies. Just REM and Nirvana with the others being a side note. Not a mention of Sonic Youth or Fugazi etc.

I'm glad they finally cleared up Rob Halford was gay though.

[Mozzaretti]

Watched it and whatever doubts I had about him were confirmed: Noel Gallagher is complete tosser.
Mind you it's the first time I've heard Bonehead for a while, at least he seemed to have kept his feet somewhere near the ground.

I only caught the Blur Oasis bit, I've got the rest to watch later, so I'll keep me powder dry for the rest.

[baz reds77]

Originall quoted by CottsI'm glad they finally cleared up Rob Halford was gay though.:eek: :eek:

Yeah, so was I, I never beleived it for a minute, even after he apparently came out after he left Judas Priest the 1st time:o and all those "hints" in the stage gear he wore, I'd never have known. Still, when you're as good a frontman as he is I wouldn't care if he shagged dogs Personally!

[Birdcage]

Missed the first one, taped a few haven't had a chance to watch right through yet, saw a good bit of last weels and found Nirvana more interesting than I ever had in the past, saw a little bit of the Heavy Metal One, and found it more interesting for who it didn't feature rather than what it did.


one thing that puzzled me though and that was the episode on Stadium Bands, naturally you pick Zeppelin (even if you know nothing about the band itself, their name alone conjures up images of playing sold out stadium tours all accross the world) I could also understand the inclusion of Springsteen, Genesis and Queen, but the Police? :confused: When the fuck were they ever classed as a stadium band?

talking to people who saw more of the programme than I did, they were very very disappointed, especially ovedr the Stadium bands and the HM Episodes, and watching last weeks about Grunge, you could be foregiven that it began and ended with Nirvana once REM moved away from that format, it seemed to me more like a template on which to build rather than a complete programme, I'd be interested to know what anyone else thinks

There was a period at the end of the 70's/early 80's when The Police were absolutely HUGE in the US. They'd not really broken here so toured insessantly over there and the hard work paid off. Next thing they knew, they were selling out stadiums all over the country.

Seen a few of the programmes - the Punk, Heavy Metal ones were good and also the US Alternative one. Didn't watch the last one 'cos Indie music is shit (Just my opinion like ;) ).

[Birdcage]

PS - And yes, I was another spotty teenager who went to see Priest live and stood there looking at Rob Halford thinking he looked cool as fuck in all his leathers, oblivious to the fact he'd got them all from Soho Gay shops!!! :eek: