Life of rock with Brian Pern
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Topic: Life of rock with Brian Pern
Posted By: timbo
Subject: Life of rock with Brian Pern
Date Posted: March 07 2014 at 03:30
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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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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: March 07 2014 at 03:54
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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. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 07 2014 at 13:28
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I did laugh out loud at the very end of the last episode during the Segway jousting sequence. That was funny. ------------- What? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 06:58
I think that pretty much sums it up for me as well.
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Kotro wrote:Posted By: RichardGorman
Date Posted: March 15 2014 at 15:09
| 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! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 16 2014 at 04:20
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Brian Pern with Thotch: Land of the crab (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHrr0VOjZk" rel="nofollow - Thotch live (1975)  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 16 2014 at 04:27
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Brian Pern on Top of the pops 1986 - Spirit Level
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycjKlt7aeY" rel="nofollow - TOTP 1986 ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: March 17 2014 at 16:59
First time I saw it, didn't realise it was a joke for the first few minutes  It was at Phil Collins playing "In The Air Tonight" loudly over "Stairway" in Live Aid 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 23 2014 at 02:24
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I thought it was hilarious. |