Synth Britannia BBC4 16th Oct

[oryx]

Finally caught up with this via iPlayer - amazing stuff!

Not just the music but some of the old footage of 80s Britain.

 

[Strumpet]

You don't look old enough to remember that lot!

You are my favourite Maggot ever

 

[Dr. Furface]

Tell you what, they've all aged bloody well. And they look *normal*. In a dignified way. None of slightly sad old man raawk star stuff.

Maybe cos they didn't mangle their faces up gurning while playing guitar and drum solos.

Apart from him from the Cabs.

 

[Maggot]

This excellent programme is on again tonight at 9pm on BBC4.

 

[toblerone3]

Excellent. I never realised the connection between JG Ballard and Gary Numan's Cars before. Also interesting to hear that Gary Numan has mild Asperger's Syndrome.

 

[stethoscope]

Ta for the heads up!

 

[Maggot]

Ta for the heads up!

Happy to return the favour you did by letting us know about that reggae programme.

 

[stethoscope]

Was excellent

And Synth Britannia at the BBC has been enjoyable too (Japan - Ghosts on atm <3)

 

[QueenOfGoths]

OMG baby Pet Shop Boys on at the moment. I don't remember them - or me - being that young

 

[rosa]

aaargh forgot this was being repeated tonight, now i'm gonna have to stay up to watch the repeats from 1.30am.
actually that's no great hardship....

 

[spanglechick]

we watched this. was amused by how may of them now have scary plastic surgery, inc the blonde curly bloke from depeche mode and everyone from the human league.

 

[Hollis]

I only spotted that guy out of Depeche Mode - the blondy. Who else has had the knife etc?

 

[Maggot]

we watched this. was amused by how may of them now have scary plastic surgery, inc the blonde curly bloke from depeche mode and everyone from the human league.

I don't think Martyn Ware has.

 

[rubbershoes]

aaargh forgot this was being repeated tonight, now i'm gonna have to stay up to watch the repeats from 1.30am.
actually that's no great hardship....

it's on iplayer

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I watched Surrogates.....don't ask why!

I find Bruce Willis really watchable, even in shit......but not today.

What a pile of shite. Storylines left dangling all over the place. Characters barely formed. Plot hardly there at all.

Very poor.

Read a terrible review for Cop Out today too.......looks like Bruce needs a Pulp Fiction style reboot again.

 

[Strumpet]

And Synth Britannia at the BBC has been enjoyable too (Japan - Ghosts on atm <3)

Watched this again. Loved it...again

That song (and his voice) ^ makes my skin tingle and I was besotted with David Sylvian for a while

 

[Maggot]

I watched Surrogates.....don't ask why!

I find Bruce Willis really watchable, even in shit......but not today.

What a pile of shite. Storylines left dangling all over the place. Characters barely formed. Plot hardly there at all.

Very poor.

Read a terrible review for Cop Out today too.......looks like Bruce needs a Pulp Fiction style reboot again.

Wrong thread?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Wrong thread?

Oh yeah