[pbradley]

Tom Smith disapproves.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

I'd say so, yeah.

are they on tv and stuff these days? i haven't watched much tv in the last few years but i was slightly agrieved that after the initial success of the osbournes there was no return to the spotlight for black sabbath.

[sonicl]

I'm with T&B on this. The Osbourne family is hideously overexposed, but not Sabbath. I bet you 99% of the nation would be unable to name one Sabbath track other than Paranoid.

[Norma J]

The Osbournes tv show was like Cops - it's entertaining to watch, but nothing you live for or care to view again once it's been on. Sabbath on the other hand are fantastic listening. I grew up listening to that shit. Which reminds me, I must ask dad for his Sabbath vinyl if he don't mind.

[Tokolosh]

Looks like it could be quite good. My VCR is on standby.

[Pookie]

I think "meh" is an appropriate response to Episode 1.

Well enough put together, some good clips which are always good to see. But nothing new, in fact nothing we haven't heard countless times before.

Better than a poke in the eye though, I suppose.

[Tokolosh]

Like Pookie already metioned, nothing new, but there was some live footage and interviews I had not seen before.

[Pookie]

Although I will add that I found the first programme a very entertaining hour.

If you just view it for the live performances and the interviews, then you won't be disappointed.

And it was well put together.

AND, it's always good to be reminded what a fantastic band The Who were.

[sonicl]

I quite enjoyed the programme. There was some great footage in there and some of the commentary linking different bands together and showing their shared influences was quite good. It could have done without the music journalists talking heads though.

It's repeated tonight, by the way, on BBC1 from 11pm to midnight UK time.

[Pookie]

And Charles Shaar Murray is better to read than to look at.

 

[sonicl]

There was some twat with a silly beard too. He could do with a heavy weight being dropped on his head from a great height. Just for the crime of having a silly beard. Oh, and an odd shaped face.

[Pookie]

It did seem a fairly random selection of talking heads.

Still, could have been worse:

 

[sonicl]

The guy from Rolling Stone magazine was also on the "Put The Blood In The Music" documentary. He hasn't changed at all in 18 or 19 years. And he wasn't very cool-looking 18 or 19 years ago.

[Pookie]

He's been on so many things and yes, unfortunately for him, he never changes

[Cardinal Rob]

That was awful! They never mentioned AMM! D':

[Toilet & Bowels]

which guy from rolling stone was it?

[sonicl]

David(?) Fricke

[atari 2600]

Say what you will about these programmes (hehe) being wrong about this or that or remiss for leaving this or that artist out of the content, I just really love this series.

I've seen the first two, and I'm eagerly anticipating watching the third one, "Blank Generation." I'm settling in to enjoy it now.

I remembered we had a thread about this awhile back. I signed back on tonight to post here, but got side-tracked for a few minutes in the other thread.

[sonicl]

I watched the Blank Generation episode yesterday evening - lots of great footage that I've never seen before, of Television and patti Smith for instance. Not terribly informative, but great to watch anyway.

next week... the heavy metal years. I am (without irony) hoping for some good Iron Maiden footage.

Part 1 and part 2 can be watched on here, and the quality is good. You just need to download the divx player, but it's well worth it:

http://stage6.divx.com/videos/search:seven+ages+of+rock