posted by davidt on Tuesday May 11 2010, @11:00AM
Len Brown writes:
Here's the link to last night's BBC2 programme on rock guitarists (region restricted)

It features Johnny M playing the intro to 'This Charming Man' intercut with James from the Manics struggling with the same. The I'm In A Rock & Roll Band series is produced by John Piper, who made The Brit Girls and My Generation programmes for Channel Four with me back in the 1990s. We also worked together on the T. Rex: Dandy In The Underworld documentary with valuable contributions from Mozz and Boz Boorer. (Available on the TV Rex On TV DVD)

This episode of I'm In A Rock & Roll Band is directed by Matt O'Casey, another of our Manchester music-loving production colleagues. (Matt made When Boxing Ruled The World with me for BBC1 and recently did the BBC4 programme on Dennis Wilson.)

There haven't been enough good music docs on British telly in recent years so it's good to see programmes like I'm In A Rock & Roll Band getting a decent budget and a good primetime TV slot. The series comes out of the same BBC department that produces Later...With Jools Holland. Mark Cooper is the head man there.
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  • yes, loving this show - good Smiths content on both episodes so far...interesting contributions from James (Manics "you motherless fuck") and disturbingly Huey from FLC stating how Marr 'put up' with Morrissey, hmm....can't see 'Bruce/Rick' making an appearance but a great show, well done BBC, for a change! Pinkie xx
    Anonymous -- Tuesday May 11 2010, @11:21AM (#351988)
    • Re:Show! by Strutting Rooster (Score:1) Wednesday May 12 2010, @12:10AM
    • Re:Show! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday May 12 2010, @05:18PM
  • you tube clip (Score:2, Informative)

    Anonymous -- Tuesday May 11 2010, @12:35PM (#351992)
  • Were they REALLY struggling with that riff? I mean, yes, it is a beautiful, seminal, and well-written riff, but it's not TERRIBLY difficult to play. Marr wrote far more complicated stuff than that.
    mcrickson -- Tuesday May 11 2010, @01:17PM (#351999)
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  • Axis (Score:1, Insightful)

    Good to see Marr play that riff with such ease. In the first episode of the series he and Morrissey were one of the examples of The Axis in a band: a singer and guitar player, together being the creative core of the group. Neither of them really found this in another setting, I thought.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday May 11 2010, @10:57PM (#352015)
  • charming man (Score:1, Insightful)

    i love how difficult the charming man riff is for others to play! marr is a genius!!
    playboys -- Wednesday May 12 2010, @12:12AM (#352019)
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  • Though understandably concentrating a bit too much on rock guitar gods, I found the program very amusing, particularly Richard Hawley and Dave Hill's contributions. Good work BBC
    Anonymous -- Wednesday May 12 2010, @05:35AM (#352030)
  • After all these years, Johnny's still got it. There's a reason why he's the best guitarist/musician Morrissey's ever worked with. Vini Reilly comes in second place.

    Must be a coincidence that the two genius guitarists mentioned above are Mancunian...
    Anonymous -- Wednesday May 12 2010, @07:56PM (#352059)
    • Re:Simply the best by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday May 13 2010, @07:26AM
      • Re:Simply the best by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday May 13 2010, @09:24AM
        • Re:Simply the best by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday May 13 2010, @10:17AM
          • Re:Simply the best by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday May 13 2010, @11:45AM
          • I agreed with a lot of what you say, my son.
            Hence, a Pavlovian drool trickled from the side of my mouth as clicked your youtubian link - somebody better than Johnny Marr?!. Wow!.

            However, I was truly let down and disappointed just like the way a lotto winner isn't and my mouth suddenly went dry...

            If you think that's good, you should see Seamus Sheridan - the plucky guitarist in our local parish folk group. We call him The Octopus.

            However, it's all pish posh really. Guitar playing isn't a urination distance contest. And Johnny Marr above all is testament to that. I'm glad he's not a "virtuoso" octopus fingered robot. That's exactly what he avoids and makes him unique and great as well as his sunblessed melodic gifts.

            God night and good bless

            Fr. Neil Horan -- Thursday May 13 2010, @01:06PM (#352089)
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