Who saw the first episode of "Give It A Whirl," the new documentary series on TV1 that's taking a look at the history of popular music in New Zealand?
I did, and it was bloody excellent. It was so interesting that it made me want to watch the rest of the series right then and there.
The first episode took a look at the beginnings of rock 'n' roll. It was really interesting seeing icons from that era, Johnny Devlin, Dinah Lee, Max Merritt, and even ol' Ray Columbus, talking about what the live music scene was like back in the '50s. Pubs closed at 6pm then, so there was so pub rock, for a start, but seeing footage of halls full of sweaty, excited teens, dancing their arses off to rock 'n' roll (while back at home their parents worried), it made me realise how, well, punk in attitude it all was.
Anyway, I think you should watch the rest of this series. The next five episodes are on every Monday night at 8.30 on TV1.
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Oh yeah, in tonight's episode there ...
Oh yeah, in tonight's episode there was some footage of a 1950s rock 'n' roll concert and at either side of the stage were giant signs in the shape of a Coke bottle.
People seem quick to criticise Nesian Mystik for doing a Coke ad, but it kind of puts a different spin on things when we see that Coke has been supporting New Zealand music (or "bands have been selling out to Coke") for 50 years.
Man, if you saw those dudes in the bank ...
Man, if you saw those dudes in the bank - New Zealands first real rock stars - you'd swear they were just old riggers who worked in repair garages. I can't beleive Johnny Devlin could have sold 100,000 copies of his first single, would routinely play for 4,000 people and tour the North Island for 4 weeks! Insane!
That show was excellent - Can't wait for more!
It was good. I didn't find it ...
It was good. I didn't find it excellent. Maybe I wasn't too interested in the subject material or that there wasn't that much really being said.
Dambed I missed a great show not next ...
Dambed I missed a great show not next week.I was talken to a friend the discussion was great.Back then there was only one channel and everyone new who was who,it was the ice breaker.Then we got more channels an now we live in our own genra world.Interesting your coke observation Robyn,but aside from that I would like to trail the history .Yeah the rebellion is still out there...ie Rock of yesterday...Punk alternative today.Not really much to add.I went to an open mic night at the Dog's Bollix, was great.
Was a very interesting documentary to ...
Was a very interesting documentary to learn about the birth of NZ pop music, was a shame that people only wanted NZ bands to cover overseas hits but it changed eventually. That Max Merrit song at the end was a nice guitar track he did in london, kinda timeless in its style. Who wrote "Shes a Mod" did ray columbus find the song in a bin or something?
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i saw bits of it during the ad break of ...
i saw bits of it during the ad break of americas most wanted (tv4) i saw the articles on johnny devlin and ray columus (sp) and the invaders....informative i must say, some cool sounds as well,
much respect to DLT. i had forgotten ...
much respect to DLT. i had forgotten just how cool the motherfucker is.