Lots of ancient music on BBC Four over the next few days…
Tonight there is Prog at the BBC (Yes, Genesis, ELP, BJH, Caravan, etc. playing in the BBC studios in the 70s) followed by Prog Britannia (documentary).
Over the next few days there is also Mark Lawson talking to Phil Collins, Genesis in concert plus the tour documentary, a Time Shift episode about prog rock and a 1974 film of Mike Oldfield playing Tubular Bells. I think the V+ box is going to be busy this weekend – lots to record and watch when Mrs Skuds, who has much more modern tastes, is not around.
Enjoying it so far, although if I had V+ I’d have fast-forwarded through Wishbone Ash….
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Funnily enough I really liked the Wishbone Ash track. Might have to get something of theirs.
Ditto Egg. Never heard of them before but I thought they sounded interesting. Like Caravan or Galliard but a bit more electronic. Will have to keep an eye out for their albums.
It all re-inforced my opinions of ELP though. Brain Salad Surgery is magnificent, Carl Palmer is a powerhouse, Carl Palmer has a fantastic voice, and Keith Emerson is a virtuouso – but they are extremely unlikeable.
Interesting how the 90-minute documentary hardly mentioned Pink Floyd at all, except as part of the psychedelic underground that preceded prog.
We thought it was maybe a rights issue. If none of them were willing to be a ‘talking head’ and they couldn’t agree on film clips that could be used…. It can be a nightmare I hear and one of the reasons why, for example, authors tend not to start chapters with quotes any more.