I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

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I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Dave Conway » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:00 pm

I don't know if this has been posted here or on the news page before, if so, then my apologies.

There is a series with the above title starting this Saturday, 9.40 pm BBC2 about Rock Bands. Anyway, at the end of the trailer, currently being shown, is a cartoon picture of Alice, so looks a decent chance there will be some AC related content!

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Baz » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:34 pm

It was posted on 24th April, c`mon Dave pay attention at the back. :grin:
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Dave Conway » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:20 pm

Soz Baz! Been run of my feet lately, it can be hard to keep up!
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by KeithGale » Sat May 01, 2010 9:44 pm

I don't know if anyone has seen this from the BBC two website. Nice artwork.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcmusic/201 ... _band.html

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by suziginajackson » Sat May 01, 2010 9:48 pm

Bloody snooker over-ran, and I can't be bothered to stay up to watch this show

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Dave Conway » Sun May 02, 2010 8:48 am

Suzi, I couldn't stay up either, will watch it tonight.
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by kevinuk81 » Sun May 02, 2010 11:18 am

Was ok, Alice was on, obviously, but no sign of Axl, unless i missed that bit.

How can you have a programme about lead singers and miss Axl?
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Post by moonshadow » Sun May 02, 2010 3:05 pm

It's because he is small and ginger. heightism and gingerism strike again!! ;) . (I should know)!
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Dave Conway » Mon May 03, 2010 8:50 am

Yeah, really enjoyed this. A pleasing amout of Alice and nice to see him review the props from T.O.D.
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Baz » Thu May 06, 2010 11:54 am

For anyone who missed the show first time around, it`s repeated tonight ( Thurs ), BBC2 at 10pm.
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Post by While Heaven Wept » Thu May 06, 2010 6:32 pm

It's also on BBC iPlayer

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Baz » Fri May 07, 2010 8:15 am

For some reason the iPlayer gave me a stop /start pic the full show, tho sound was perfect
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Gorehound » Fri May 07, 2010 2:03 pm

I enjoyed it but I was hoping they might show some of the footage shot at the Wolverhampton show which I believe we were told was for some BBC thing around May time? Anybody heard owt else on this, whether it's gonna appear in summat else or if they scrapped it for whatever reason?

Alice talking about the props was cool though.
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by ElectedPlus » Fri May 07, 2010 2:20 pm

I guess they shoot lots more than they air - plenty of great footage must get dropped when editing it together.

(reminds me of that saying - 'kill your children').

Was wondering where the pre-gig tour of the props was from, thanks for answering that, Gorey lol.

BTTW the cartoon Coop was used for a while on the bbc.co.uk frontpage as an ad for the show.

On the whole it was great, liked the animations and some great thoughts into what makes a good lead singer. There was a point however where they they seemed to suggest that Alice took a load of inspiration from Arthur Brown, which is an easy thing to assume on lack of research.

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Post by A_MichaelUK » Fri May 07, 2010 2:46 pm

>was hoping they might show some of the footage shot at the Wolverhampton show

I can't remember if they taped any of the performance.

>which I believe we were told was for some BBC thing

That is the programme under discussion.

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Gorehound » Fri May 07, 2010 7:52 pm

I remember there being a camera man through the first four songs so just wondered if it was definitely for this show and they didn't use it for whatever reason or if it would appear in summat else on the BBC.

Yeah I guess you're right about editing Tim.
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by A_MichaelUK » Sat May 08, 2010 10:01 am

>I remember there being a camera man through the first four songs

I genuinely don't think I remember, but you could be right.

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by recoop » Sun Jun 06, 2010 4:12 pm

The one good thing about last nights finale for me was the large piece of art work of Alice behind the panel...was in view pretty constantly...think freddie mercury ended up as singer chosen but interesting that the 3 most prominent pieces of art work in background related to Alice, Daltry and Axl (no mention of bowie-he was more rock than morrissey shirley ( don't call me shirley)..none of them had a sniff..good old bbc/surpised Morrissey wasnt chosen to front a rock band..at one point they seemed to be showing pop bands from the eighties ha...when you get used to these progs they can be funny..one or two good tribute bands playin especially led zep tribute
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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by ElectedPlus » Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:13 pm

As they were discussing who the best frontman could be, I was hoping they'd turn around to find the answer had been closer than they imagined.

Nah, It's a silly battle.. but I don't think any of it was intended to find the answer to the question (which is impossible to get to the bottom of in the first place). Just a fun platform for lively debate, jokes, great clips and quality live music for a few hours.

However, I was disappointed when Cooper was missed from the get go & didn't make it to the shortlist for votes for frontman. Ironically they used his image with more significance than the others in a number of places - in the foreground of the image to represent the show on iPlayer, on the homepage of the bbc website and as recoop mentioned, a huge cutout behind the panel which had plenty of airtime (probably moreso than the other rock toons). So, whilst he wasn't totally missed out I was expecting him to have more prominence in the whole series given the amount of faith they have in using his image to sell the show.

But hey, it's been a great watch over the weeks and nice to see something that contrasts well with the 'make it or break it, we'll forget you soon enough anyway' thing of Britains got Talent.

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Re: I'm In A Rock 'N Roll Band

Post by Si » Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:01 am

In all honesty I didn`t expect Alcie to be in the running. While *we* know he is the best out there, I think what they were really looking for was more the most Iconic person in each role. The one who embodied the "Rock God" type of thing. In which case this really isn`t Alice as there is far more to him then just that. Robert Plant or Freddie Mercury are worlds apart in their approches, but I can see why they were up there. Cobain was the odd choice there. Maybe to appeal to the youner demographic? But when you think about it I suppose he does represent a third approach to being a frontman, different from the other two.

I was suprised Neil Peart wasn`t mentioned for Drummer. Love or Hate Rush the guy is incredible. But again, maybe not the iconic view of a rock drummer in the way the three chosen are.

Also surprised Floyd and the Stones didn`t even come into it. While not the best musicians, Floyd are universally loved as a band across countless subgroups of fans. Perhaps they just aren`t "rock and roll" haha... but the Stones certainly are, more so then the Beatles.

I agree it was basically just a bit of fun, and really proved nothing, but I thought it was great that on a programme about rock, they actually did pretty much only have rock artists up for voting. I half expected the vote to be littered with indie and pop artists.

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