New three-part BBC2 documentary series: "Secrets Of The Pop Song"

Do I have to go to your house to see it Steve? Is it on anywhere in the colonies? Can I have a baloney sandwich? 

bayoubill


Do I have to go to your house to see it Steve? Is it on anywhere in the colonies? Can I have a baloney sandwich? 

+1 

Thanks, Strummy. 

I hope we eventually get to see it over here, 

[whisper]

Secret 18: Know the right people
Secret 19: Imitate the right people
Secret 20: Provide personal, albeit illegal, "services" for the right people
Secret 21: Bail out the right people
Secret 22: Go to rehab with the right people
Secret 23: Pay the right people
Secret 24: Have soul removed and give it to the right people
Secret 25: Devote the remainder of your life to pretending you are one of the right people

[/whisper]

No one ever points that out twice.

I have some spare chords lying around left over from my last tune, perhaps it will show me where I can use them.

btw Here's the rest of the BBC2 listing for Tuesday.

Early

00:35–01:55

Blue Car
Drama about a gifted 18-year-old who develops a relationship with her teacher.

Morning

06:00–06:10

Wibbly Pig
Bubbles
9/52. Wibbly tries his best to blow the perfect bubble. (R)

06:10–06:15

Dipdap
Dig
33/52. A drawn line creates endless challenges and surprises for unsuspecting character Dip Dap. (R)

06:15–06:30

Pinky Dinky Doo
Pinky the Pet
A group of frogs ask Pinky to come and live with them and be their pet. (R)

06:30–06:45

Tinga Tinga Tales
Series 2, Why Guinea Fowl Has Dots
17/26. Guinea Fowl travels to the very top of Mount Tinga Tinga to discover why it shines. (R)

06:45–07:00

Octonauts
Series 1, The Enormous Elephant Seal
39/52. An enormous Elephant Seal overstays his welcome in the Octopod. (R)

07:00–07:30

Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions
Series 2, Hydro-Bike
12/13. Ed and Oucho are in Newcastle, trying to build Aidan's 'Hydro-Bike'. (R)

07:30–07:55

Arthur
Series 1, Arthur's Family Vacation/Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm
15/15. Arthur is disappointed by a wet holiday, then he and DW visit their grandfather. (R)

07:55–08:00

Shaun the Sheep
Series 2, Cat Got Your Brain?
5 days left to watch
18/40. Two alien scientists transport Pidsley and Shaun aboard their flying saucer. (R)

08:00–08:25

Little Howard's Big Question
Series 3, Can I Read Big Howard's Mind?
2 months left to watch
7/13. Big Howard is hiding something and Little Howard is determined to find out what it is. (R)

08:25–08:50

Prank Patrol
Prank Patrol Down Under, Lousy Laundry
4 days left to watch
15/26. Oakley pranks Danielle at a laundrette, where they help with a service wash for Kylie. (R)

08:50–09:00

Dennis & Gnasher
Mother's Day
On Mother's Day, Dennis tries to please Mum by staying out of trouble for the whole day. (R)

09:00–09:30

The Itch of the Golden Nit
Beanie must return the Golden Nit to its rightful place at the heart of the sun.

09:30–10:00

Blue Peter
02/07/2011
Andy Akinwolere goes behind the scenes of The Itch of the Golden Nit.

10:00–10:30

Relic: Guardians of the Museum
Episode 13
13/13. Three children from Bromley must uncover the secrets of a relic in the British Museum. (R)

10:30–10:40

League of Super Evil
No Good Deed...
44/26. LOSE embark on a campaign of dastardly deeds to re-tarnish their cleaned-up reputation. (R)

10:40–11:00

Wolverine and The X-Men
Battle Lines
13/26. Magneto attacks the MRD bases, releasing the most powerful mutants on earth. (R)

11:00–11:25

Mortified
Series 1, Being Me
12/26. With a school dance coming up, Taylor starts to rethink her image and identity. (R)

11:25–11:40

OOglies
Series Two, Episode 3
3/13. Houdini Rubber performs a daring escape act to impress the stationery drawer judges. (R)

11:40–12:00

MOTD Kickabout
Episode 26
More goals, gossip, skills and stats about the nation's favourite sport. (R)

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Afternoon

12:00–12:30

Animal Park
Series 7: 30 minute reversions, Episode 10
10/20. A hidden 'carcass-cam' shows the ruthless efficiency of the white-backed vultures. (R)

12:30–15:00

The Swarm
An entomologist discovers a swarm of killer bees is heading straight for Houston.

15:00–17:10

The Eagle Has Landed
A squad of Nazi paratroopers are sent to England to kidnap Winston Churchill.

17:10–18:10

Flog It
Series 4, Chippenham
15/70. Paul Martin discovers Wiltshire's part in the railway revolution. (R)

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Evening

18:10–20:00

Wimbledon
2011, Ladies' Doubles and Men's Doubles Final
Sue Barker hosts further coverage of the men's and women's doubles finals.

20:00–21:00

Today at Wimbledon
2011, Day 12
John Inverdale and guests review the women's singles final.

21:00–21:45

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Series 40, Episode 3
3/11. With guest host John Bishop and panellists including Andy Hamilton. (R)

21:45–22:45

Secrets of the Pop Song
Ballad
1/3. Songwriters Guy Chambers and Rufus Wainwright collaborate to write a new ballad.

22:45–23:25

The Kennedys
Episode 4
4/8. In August 1961 the Russians move troops into Berlin, though their intentions are unclear. (R)

23:25–00:10

The Kennedys
Episode 5
5/8. At home and with little to do, for the first time in his life Joe Sr feels useless. (R)

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Late

00:10–02:10

Glastonbury
2011, Best of Glastonbury 2011
Highlights including stage performances, acoustic sessions, cabaret and action.

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UbiquitousBubba


Looking at that morning schedule, I feel extremely deprived.

The perfect bubble?  Perfect?  Nevermind the pop songs, there's such a thing as "Priorities". 

I think "Priorities" is on a different channel.

All that's on the BBC anymore is Dr Who ...

pistolpete


All that's on the BBC anymore is Dr Who ...

 
Hey Pete, good to see you around mate.
 
How are things, what are you up to?
 
Are you touring the UK this year?
 
 

Jonbouy

SteveStrummerUK

Jonbouy


btw Here's the rest of the BBC2 listing for Tuesday.

Tuesday?

Yes, for those CHr's reading this post on Tuesday (yesterday), I give them Saturdays schedule...

Simples

Man, Am I supposed to know what day of the week it is now?

 
<<sigh>> I can't even do 'pedantic' correctly
 

SteveStrummerUK


Here's the bumph for this Saturday's first episode:

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Guy Chambers, who co-wrote Robbie Williams' Angels, presents an insider's guide to crafting a    
 
 

bbc journo's / researchers.. gotta love em.. they never heard of  Ray Heffernan ?  they should cover the whole story about it.. or just another "mick jackson" type situation.

yes but they pick a song that they solely weren't the co-writers of... sure pick the other stuff... 

if you know about the certain "click" of UK writers / producers in the pop industry that's interesting in itself (and pretty much a closed shop)    

if they did a thing about a lot of the  NDA's in the music / pop industry that'd open some folks eyes.. besides the few well  known ones.

 but obv. they don't due to them being NDA's

Fog

if you know about the certain "click" of UK writers / producers in the pop industry that's interesting in itself (and pretty much a closed shop)     

Click (or Clique) in the music business?

No.

Never.

craigb



(I use a cliche track personally.)

We bought the same plug-in.


You got it to work, apparently.

craigb


Not yet, but it has some really great error messages telling me why it's not working and what it intends to do to fix the problem.

So, it's better than the forum software?

bapu

craigb


Not yet, but it has some really great error messages telling me why it's not working and what it intends to do to fix the problem.

So, it's better than the forum software?

What isn't?