Bee Gees did good stuff in the sixties and eighties.
Disco though sucks.
Programme both had and lacked imagination. There were some interesting performances dug out, but the chosen acts were for the most part "who has been big in the last 60 years" rather than looking for iconic performances. No SAHB? No Cocteau Twins? No Numan? Nothing from Futurama? No Stone Roses blowing the sound system?
And WHY choose THAT from REM? They didn't do The Laughing Gnome for Bowie.
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Watching it, too. Enjoyed seeing Queen again. Morrissey was a skinny fvcker, wasn’t he?
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Oh KB, one of your finest. Written when she was 15. Not these days
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Ooh Kate Bush. Thank god not Running Up That Hill yet again (altho it’s ace)
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Morrissey was fine when he was skinny,
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I think if i ever see him live, i’d be so tempted to throw a burger on stage
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Ok, that transposed interpretive dance is soooo 80s. Pan’s People shout.
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Ok, so it’s not Vienna, but it’s an absolute tune.
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Got to hand to the Beeb they’ve done their research for this.
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https://x.com/quantick/status/1781770449602371858?s=61&t=3lWj0RN-4doErP…
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She was massively into her dancing. Decades ahead of everyone
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Well, with Southampton’s finest turning up, that’s me oot. Will watch the rest tomorrow when i can zip through that…
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Br Br Br Bridget Kelly. Who the hell is Jay Z?
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Coldplay!
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Called time at u2 from glasto. Good job
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Doing the last hour of this now.
How did the BeeGees ever find commercial success?
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Bee Gees did good stuff in the sixties and eighties.
Disco though sucks.
Programme both had and lacked imagination. There were some interesting performances dug out, but the chosen acts were for the most part "who has been big in the last 60 years" rather than looking for iconic performances. No SAHB? No Cocteau Twins? No Numan? Nothing from Futurama? No Stone Roses blowing the sound system?
And WHY choose THAT from REM? They didn't do The Laughing Gnome for Bowie.
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Oh, and basically no punk AT ALL. Big miss. New York Dolls did Whistle Test for starters.
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i taped this. will skim through later
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The Stone Roses aborted performance WAS shown.
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It was all about classic and dug up performances on Beeb 2 scep it didn’t purport to be a definitive history of the times.
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I know, but there were classic performances by acts that were better for that sort of affair than a mundane runthrough by a big name. Craig David ffs.
PS - must have missed that, given how short it was...
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