Members RadioSilence Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 Alan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument. Beginning with the rise of the acoustic guitar, the series takes him from an ancient Middle Eastern ancestor of the lute, to the iconic guitars draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley and beyond.Featuring interviews with Bert Weedon - the man who taught Britain to 'Play in a Day', Pete Townshend, Bill Bailey, flamenco player Paco Pena and classical guitarist John Williams. http://bbc.co.uk looks good this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 That does look pretty cool. Bill Bailey? Inspired choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 cheers for posting this, i'm always missing good stuff on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted October 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 there was a trailer on at lunchtime. "The only musical instrument... that can turn a man... into a God!" i lol'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SonicVI Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 That does look pretty cool. Bill Bailey? Inspired choice Bill Bailey? Is that Axl Rose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 Bill Bailey? Is that Axl Rose? No, it's this guy: AZuwFqI2EIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrianUK Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 ^^LOL. I hadn't seen that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3red Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 guitar history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members messiah Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 ...although Alan Yentob is about as fun as a bout of crabs... I'd rather it was Bill Bailey presenting it... we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 Why don't they play this stuff on BBC america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bayliss Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 Why don't they play this stuff on BBC america. They've been playing a lot of BBC music docs on VH1 Classic lately! Hopefully they'll get this one, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted October 5, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 ...although Alan Yentob is about as fun as a bout of crabs... I'd rather it was Bill Bailey presenting it... we'll see. he makes good documentaries though. bump for the uk folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fist Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 That does look pretty cool. Bill Bailey? Inspired choice so is bill bailey presenting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Headlow Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 Looking forward to this. I think I remember reading months ago that they ended up with so much material that it was going to 2 or 3 parts. Is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted October 5, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 Looking forward to this. I think I remember reading months ago that they ended up with so much material that it was going to 2 or 3 parts. Is that true? yep, 3 parter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 so is bill bailey presenting it?No, Alan Yentob is. Bill Bailey will be interviewed at some point in the three parts, and his comments, which will no doubt be hilarious, will be included in the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 Looks good, I shall be watching this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 psst. watch as much of the Sigur Ros gig on GoogleCurrent TV (channel 155 on Virgin TV) beforehand.. starting 9:30pm.i wonder if they'll have anything in the program about cello bow on guitar.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 i wonder if they'll have anything in the program about cello bow on guitar.. Jimmy Page is also contributing, so possibly yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 cool.. so maybe we'll see vibrators, sustainer/e-bows, hand-held fans, drills, drumsticks and all sorts aswell.:snax: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 cool.. so maybe we'll see vibratorsThere are other channels if you want that sort of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 got the recorder set!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tubezipper Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 got the recorder set!!! you got sky + why aren't you gonna watch it live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 you got sky + why aren't you gonna watch it live? no, I don't even have sky, let alone sky + I have a dvd/freeview/Hard Drive thing...like this, but ours is last years model...http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/1015206/index.htmlI probably will watch it too, I'm just recording it incase I want to watch it again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tubezipper Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 no, I don't even have sky, let alone sky + I have a dvd/freeview/Hard Drive thing... like this, but ours is last years model... http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/1015206/index.html I probably will watch it too, I'm just recording it incase I want to watch it again!!! It will be on iPlayer for a week or so anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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