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    Posted: March 07 2014 at 03:30
More for the UK folks here, but has anyone seen "Life of Rock with Brian Pern" (BBC4)?

[For those not in the UK, search YouTube for Brian Pern, there are a few clips on there, but not the whole show.]

It's an attempt to do a "Spinal Tap" type documentary for prog, with the front man as a thinly disguised Peter Gabriel type. Particularly cruel to Genesis!

A few genuine rock musicians crop up as themselves, including Phil Collins, Rick Wakeman, Jools Holland.

It certainly plays to the stereotypes of prog rock musicians of being self-important and taking everything way too seriously. Personally I didn't find it that funny - Spinal Tap did it much better 30 years ago - but I can see the humour in it.

Phil Collins took part as himself in a quite cruel dig at him playing in both Live Aid events in one day. Good to see he's able to laugh at himself there!

What does anyone else think?


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Points: 2815 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2014 at 03:54
It was mildly fun. I enjoyed it but it didn't make me laugh out loud. Best character for me was Michael Kitchen's lawyer/manager persona.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2014 at 13:28
I did laugh out loud at the very end of the last episode during the Segway jousting sequence. That was funny.
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2014 at 06:58
Originally posted by Kotro Kotro wrote:

It was mildly fun. I enjoyed it but it didn't make me laugh out loud. Best character for me was Michael Kitchen's lawyer/manager persona.

I think that pretty much sums it up for me as well.
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Must confess I nearly piddled myself. Quite excellent piss take of Gabriel and Genesis, the online stuff is terrific too. I thought he nailed Gabriel. The constant album delays, the invention of 'World music', the pioneering use of plasticine in a video...great stuff. Oh what I wouldn't give for a Thotch re-union!
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2014 at 04:20
Brian Pern with Thotch: Land of the crab (Live)

Thotch live (1975)



Edited by Blacksword - March 16 2014 at 04:21
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Brian Pern on Top of the pops 1986 - Spirit Level

TOTP 1986

Edited by Blacksword - March 16 2014 at 04:27
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First time I saw it, didn't realise it was a joke for the first few minutes Tongue It was at Phil Collins playing "In The Air Tonight" loudly over "Stairway" in Live Aid Smile
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Points: 65602 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2014 at 02:24
I thought it was hilarious.
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