:D Hi to all Eno lovers (I'm guessing there's a few here).

The BBC have been making some great music based programmes and here's another that is destined to be essential viewing. The fabulous TV series Arena has made a one hour special about one of my all-time musical heroes, the one and only Brian Eno. It's first showing on BBC4, Friday 22nd Jan at 21.00. Here's a quote:

"Eno has given Arena unprecedented access to observe him working in his studio and talking with friends and colleagues. The master of reinvention engages with fellow influential minds, including Richard Dawkins, Malcolm Gladwell, David Whittaker and Steve Lillywhite, in a series of conversations on science, art, systems analysis, producing and cybernetics."

 

Here's a link to the info:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q9xqk

 

And here's a link to the BBC blog about it:

http://tinyurl.com/y8bgw6k

 

As if that wasn't enough, right after it at 22.00 is another one hour show called Brian Eno: Hits, Classics and Tracks, where Paul Morley talks about some of Eno's hit tracks, either as musician or producer. Nice to see they've chosen a Coldplay track as one of those to showcase.

Here's the link for that one:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q9xqm

 

And here's the tracklist for that show to whet your appetite (OK, you might not like them all, but there's some real classics here!):

Roxy Music — Virginia Plain

Roxy Music — Ladytron

Roxy Music — Grey Lagoons

Nico — The End

David Bowie — Heroes

David Bowie — Boys Keep Swinging

Ultravox — My Sex

Devo — Jocko Homo

Talking Heads — Once in a Lifetime

Brian Eno & David Byrne — The Jezebel Spirit

U2 — With or Without You

Passengers — Miss Sarajevo

Coldplay — Viva La Vida

David Byrne — Life is Long

 

Also, if you missed it first time around, right afterwards they're repeating The Roxy Music Story yet again at 23.00.

Here's the link for that one:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00djn0s

 

If you miss any of these shows they'll all be repeated at some point, so keep your eyes open, and as usual they'll also be available on the BBCiPlayer for a while: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv

 

The BBC are spoiling us!

Sonic ;)

really cool

Interesting how they choose Viva La Vida..maybe Cemetaries of London would have been a better choice?