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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #810 on: January 12, 2012, 08:10:04 PM »
Are the BRIT Awards ever shown here? 
Artists confirmed to perform on the night are Adele, BLUR (zomg), Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Florence and the Machine, Ed Sheeran and Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds.

Here's a list of the nominees anyhoos:

British Female Solo Artist

Florence and the Machine

How does a woman fronting a band qualify as a solo artist?
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #811 on: January 22, 2012, 12:04:08 PM »
Steven Tyler just did one of the worst renditions of the National Anthem I have EVER heard.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #812 on: January 23, 2012, 09:09:18 AM »
Steven Tyler just did one of the worst renditions of the National Anthem I have EVER heard.

here's a click-bait blog post on this:
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/steven-tyler%e2%80%99s-horrible-national-anthem/?tsp=1

two camps here:
one says "It was Steven Tyler doing what he does perfectly, what's the fuss?"
the other says "That old lady forgot the words and screeched.  WTF?"

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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #813 on: January 23, 2012, 09:14:42 AM »
Steven Tyler just did one of the worst renditions of the National Anthem I have EVER heard.

here's a click-bait blog post on this:
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/steven-tyler%e2%80%99s-horrible-national-anthem/?tsp=1

two camps here:
one says "It was Steven Tyler doing what he does perfectly, what's the fuss?"
the other says "That old lady forget the words and screeched.  WTF?"

I switched to that mid-anthem, they're showing the crowd, the players, and I'm thinking "who is that butchering the anthem?"  Then there was a undeniable Stevie screech and then I knew.  At times he was almost on key, but it was pretty awful.  I've lost all respect for the guy now that he's a clown on American Idol. 
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #814 on: January 23, 2012, 09:36:30 AM »
Steven Tyler just did one of the worst renditions of the National Anthem I have EVER heard.

here's a click-bait blog post on this:
http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/steven-tyler%e2%80%99s-horrible-national-anthem/?tsp=1

two camps here:
one says "It was Steven Tyler doing what he does perfectly, what's the fuss?"
the other says "That old lady forget the words and screeched.  WTF?"
That dude, dude, dude looks like an old lady!   :o

He also buys size 27 lady jeans.  My friend assisted him in the women's contemporary department at Neiman's. 

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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #815 on: February 04, 2012, 06:05:23 PM »
The SoulTrain marathon on Centric continues apace.  Just caught the Spinners doing their 1979 flop "Body Language"  -- damn, some of the worst lip-synching I've ever seen on this show (and that's saying somethng).

Now we're into an '80s episode -- the kids are dancing to Sheena's "Strut" and the guests are Donna Summer and the Staples -- could this be the show where Mavis does her cover of "Slippery People"? Answer: YES!!!  One of the great cover versions of the '80s.

ETA: a few hours later, and we're into a late-'78 show with disco in full bloom. Peaches & Herb are 'bout to shake they groove thangs.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #816 on: February 07, 2012, 08:08:15 AM »
even tho' there are only TWO Best Song nomineees at this year's Oscars... they're not planning to perform either on the awards show this month. Buh-bye, Muppets!

http://m.deadline.com/2012/02/exclusive-oscars-wont-perform-nominated-songs/
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #817 on: February 11, 2012, 05:18:02 PM »
This latest PBS oldies-fest -- '50s and early '60s, hosted by Ronnie Spector and Jon "Bowzer" Bowman -- is a tad depressing because some of these folks are REALLY old. Jay Black can still sing but he looks every year of his age (73) and then some.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #818 on: February 11, 2012, 07:07:49 PM »
This latest PBS oldies-fest -- '50s and early '60s, hosted by Ronnie Spector and Jon "Bowzer" Bowman -- is a tad depressing because some of these folks are REALLY old. Jay Black can still sing but he looks every year of his age (73) and then some.

Musicians "real" ages are high because of their hard livin'. We got an obvious and sad example just within the last couple of hours.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #819 on: February 19, 2012, 10:11:22 PM »
KOFY "Retro Nite" showing two Monkees episodes as we speak. "Monkees at the Circus" -- an episode in which they sing "She".
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #820 on: February 22, 2012, 09:26:58 PM »
I commented earlier on FB about a Smokey Robinson show on KRCB -- Gwen Ifill interviewed him (circa 2009) and Teena Marie, Howard Hewitt and Musiq Soulchild sang some of his songs. That was followed by another more recent hour where Gwen interviewed Valerie Simpson and Patti Austin sang Ashford & Simpson songs. Nice Stuff.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #821 on: February 24, 2012, 11:10:15 AM »
I commented earlier on FB about a Smokey Robinson show on KRCB -- Gwen Ifill interviewed him (circa 2009) and Teena Marie, Howard Hewitt and Musiq Soulchild sang some of his songs. That was followed by another more recent hour where Gwen interviewed Valerie Simpson and Patti Austin sang Ashford & Simpson songs. Nice Stuff.
saw most of the Valerie Simpson show.  Definitely a different sort of TV show.  Nice stuff indeed.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #822 on: February 26, 2012, 04:42:08 PM »
watching the Sharks play at MN -- the Wild actually have a real live hockey-rink organist, playing versions of stuff like "Hold the Line" (cute).
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #823 on: May 26, 2012, 07:38:50 PM »
KQED showin that "best of Soul Train" hour again. Teddy P looking *SO* young (and showing a bare midriff). Lawdy.
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Re: Music on TV
« Reply #824 on: May 27, 2012, 09:44:21 PM »
Astoundingly, the GGBridge fireworks are NOT on TV. NBC Bay Area had a split screen (with "America's Got Talent") for a few minutes, then dropped it. WTF?  The soundtrack itself is quite, um, gimmicky -- not like "Kaboom" at all.
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