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London Rock
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Bands reveal thoughts on inspiration and stardom
Many of the new sounds of the 70s looked to the past for inspiration. Kenny Jones admits the Faces focused a lot on “where we grew up and used to play on bombs,” others looked even further back, drawing inspiration from mythology, legend and traditional songs.
Following artists including T-Rex, the Faces, Fairport Convention and Matthew’s Southern Comfort, London Rock examines the personal nature of putting down a track. Charting a musical journey from the dawn solstice ceremony at Stonehenge, through lazy afternoons writing lyrics in the open air, to city life in Portobello Road, and the spirit of a sleepless music festival in Bath, it provides an insight into the new sounds that emerged in the Seventies, while examining the philosophy of its young musicians and their early thoughts on music and stardom.
With additional music by The Who, King Crimson, Marc Bolan, Traffic and Jethro Tull, the musicians involved explain the influences they explored in their work.
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E.
Fri 23 April 2010, 08:53
Marc Bolan is God!
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Rob
Sun 25 April 2010, 15:29
christ almighty, why don’t you actually LIST the broadcast times??
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terry
Tue 27 April 2010, 09:24
Towards the end of the doc was that the Pink Fairies I spotted?One of the guys was wearing a really tall top hat.
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Bob Burwell
Sat 9 October 2010, 18:02
Marvellous! Not a lot of film from that period so this is a rare treat. Thanks a lot!
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Paul Long
Tue 19 October 2010, 22:01
Who directed/produced this film which was great to see - really unusual.
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Alfie Sykes
Mon 29 November 2010, 13:56
Superb- The Faces, pre-disco Rod and his sports car. A total joy.
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inquisitiveemily
Tue 21 December 2010, 19:00
anybody know the name of the black female singer who sings and plays piano,think they are the second band featured but I don’t think its says their name anywhere
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Dermot2927
Wed 22 December 2010, 14:36
I’ll watch anything from this era, and the footage was amazing. Great to see those faces again, some beloved people no longer with us. But I didn’t really get the point of the film - it just seemed to be a disparate bunch of interviews and rehearsal footage thrown together. No complaints though - anything that transports me back to the early Seventies is gold dust to me!
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Dermot2927
Wed 22 December 2010, 14:39
Inquisitive, that singer was Linda Lewis. A great singer-songwriter from that era, she had a few hits (unrepresentative IMO) with It’s In His Kiss, Rock A Doodle Doo etc. She’s 60 now and apparently still has a nice market in Japan, so it’s nice to see she’s stll earning a crust.
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Thunderwing
Mon 7 November 2011, 16:25
Instead of having to search for a program’s next showing, it would be handier to have forthcoming showtimes listed against the program.
I’ve missed London Rock and I’d love to know when it’s next on.
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