Classic Albums - VGF

Koga · 03-21-2006, 09:14 AM

I recently got the making of A Night At The Opera (by Queen) in the classic album DVD series. It’s a BBC programme which analyses classic albums with interviews with band members, other musicians and music experts. There’s often some acoustic performances of some of the songs.

It’s a great DVD and inside the case there was a booklet with the other DVDs in this series. Which of these DVDs are you interested in and which classic albums would you like to see a DVD about?

Here’s the list:
The Band - The Band
Phil Collins - Face Value
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Grateful Dead - Anthem To Beauty
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Judas Priest - British Steel
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Metallica - Metallica
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Lou Reed - Transformer
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Nirvana - Nevermind
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks
Paul Simon - Graceland
Simply Red - Stars
Steely Dan - Aja
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Who - Who’s Next

Of these albums I’ve only heard Nevermind and ANATO in their entirety. I’m thinking of getting the Nevermind DVD in the near future. Other DVDs (and albums) I’m interested in are Machine Head and Dark Side of the Moon.

I would love to see a classic albums DVD about an Alan Parsons Project album. I think there are two that could be considered classics: their debut album Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which was the first producer album, one of the first concept albums and is really interesting musically and lyrically (based on the tales and poems of Poe). The other is Eye In The Sky, which was commercially the most successful, and has a wide range of different songs. Alan Parsons has already cooperated with the programme once before as he was the producer of Dark Side of the Moon.

Another I would love to see is one on Supertramp. In this case there are also two candidates for classic albums, their breakthrough Crime of the Century and their commercial peak Breakfast in America (which I also think is very interesting musically). Both albums show the wide range of songwriting capabilities of both writers.

Link2000 · 03-21-2006, 07:27 PM

If the Sex Pistols get Never Mind the Bollocks on there then there's no reason why The Clash's London Calling shouldn't be featured.

Do you know if the BBC is still making these?

Koga · 03-22-2006, 06:42 AM

I'm pretty sure they are. ANATO was first shown last December, so that's quite recent. But I don't know how often they make these things. It's not a weekly programme or something. I guess it's because it takes a while to get all the interviews and stock footage.

I actually got the Nevermind one today, and it's really great. I always thought Nirvana were a really minimalist band, but there were quite some vocal overdubs and some guitar ones even (most notably in Drain You). For a couple of songs the producer played a few of the tracks (not songs, but the separate tracks that make up a song) in isolation, which was really cool. Apparantly Kurt was a huge fan of the Beatles and particularly John Lennon, and I know Dave Grohl is into Queen (he's a Roger Taylor fan). He even called the middle section of Drain You, their Bohemian Rhapsody, with all the overdubs and weird noises. I never knew those squeaky noises were actually squeaky toys, I just figured it was guitar. I never realised there was a cello on Something In The Way either.

03-21-2006, 09:14 AM	#1
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,093 Thanks: 104 Thanked 176 Times in 118 Posts Points: 104,330.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 122,082.82 Donate	Classic Albums I recently got the making of A Night At The Opera (by Queen) in the classic album DVD series. It’s a BBC programme which analyses classic albums with interviews with band members, other musicians and music experts. There’s often some acoustic performances of some of the songs. It’s a great DVD and inside the case there was a booklet with the other DVDs in this series. Which of these DVDs are you interested in and which classic albums would you like to see a DVD about? Here’s the list: The Band - The Band Phil Collins - Face Value Cream - Disraeli Gears Deep Purple - Machine Head Def Leppard - Hysteria Fleetwood Mac - Rumours The Grateful Dead - Anthem To Beauty Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Judas Priest - British Steel Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell Metallica - Metallica Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley Lou Reed - Transformer Motorhead - Ace of Spades Nirvana - Nevermind Queen - A Night at the Opera Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks Paul Simon - Graceland Simply Red - Stars Steely Dan - Aja U2 - The Joshua Tree The Who - Who’s Next Of these albums I’ve only heard Nevermind and ANATO in their entirety. I’m thinking of getting the Nevermind DVD in the near future. Other DVDs (and albums) I’m interested in are Machine Head and Dark Side of the Moon. I would love to see a classic albums DVD about an Alan Parsons Project album. I think there are two that could be considered classics: their debut album Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which was the first producer album, one of the first concept albums and is really interesting musically and lyrically (based on the tales and poems of Poe). The other is Eye In The Sky, which was commercially the most successful, and has a wide range of different songs. Alan Parsons has already cooperated with the programme once before as he was the producer of Dark Side of the Moon. Another I would love to see is one on Supertramp. In this case there are also two candidates for classic albums, their breakthrough Crime of the Century and their commercial peak Breakfast in America (which I also think is very interesting musically). Both albums show the wide range of songwriting capabilities of both writers.

03-21-2006, 07:27 PM	#2
Link2000 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Posts: 8,052 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 15,807.15 Bank: 804.22 Total Points: 16,611.37 Donate	If the Sex Pistols get Never Mind the Bollocks on there then there's no reason why The Clash's London Calling shouldn't be featured. Do you know if the BBC is still making these?

03-22-2006, 06:42 AM	#3
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,093 Thanks: 104 Thanked 176 Times in 118 Posts Points: 104,330.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 122,082.82 Donate	I'm pretty sure they are. ANATO was first shown last December, so that's quite recent. But I don't know how often they make these things. It's not a weekly programme or something. I guess it's because it takes a while to get all the interviews and stock footage. I actually got the Nevermind one today, and it's really great. I always thought Nirvana were a really minimalist band, but there were quite some vocal overdubs and some guitar ones even (most notably in Drain You). For a couple of songs the producer played a few of the tracks (not songs, but the separate tracks that make up a song) in isolation, which was really cool. Apparantly Kurt was a huge fan of the Beatles and particularly John Lennon, and I know Dave Grohl is into Queen (he's a Roger Taylor fan). He even called the middle section of Drain You, their Bohemian Rhapsody, with all the overdubs and weird noises. I never knew those squeaky noises were actually squeaky toys, I just figured it was guitar. I never realised there was a cello on Something In The Way either.