BBC United States of Rock documentary

[UndertheWire]

BBC Four is trailing a 3-part documentary on american rock from the 1960s to 1990s. The first episode will be broadcast on 10th January 2014 at 9pm and the second a week later.


This second part of Born To Be Wild tells the story of the 1970s, when rock stars became multi-millionaires and the music they made was the soundtrack for middle America.

The programme includes rare studio and concert footage of the acts who defined 70s classic rock including Alice Cooper, Bruce Springsteen, Boston and the Eagles, and features interviews with many of the big names of 1970s classic American rock.
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Don Felder from The Eagles comment on the pressure of following up some of the biggest-selling albums of all time.
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This series is part of BBC Four’s United States of Rock, a season celebrating US rock music, telling the story of its history through the bands that lived it and featuring some of the great concerts.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/02/born-to-be-wild-ep2.html


Trailer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01ny2nw

[Glennsallnighter]

Definitely will be worth watching but I'd say (JMHO) Felder making comments might be just a little one sided. It will be interesting to hear what he says, but I'd love to hear it from the perspective of the current Eagles as well.

[UndertheWire]

I'm looking forward to seeing the Eagles in the context of all the other big acts of the time and also the differences between the UK and US music scenes in the late 70s. I'm not expecting any new Eagles stuff.

[sodascouts]

Those who watch it - please let us know how you like it!

[shunlvswx]

Too bad we can't see it in the US.:sad: If it was on BBCAmerica, I would had definitely watch it.

[sodascouts]

Hopefully they'll send it our way one of these days.

[UndertheWire]

This is now on youtube. The Eagles part starts around 40 mins into part 2 with Don Felder talking about writing Hotel Caifornia, cocaine and the difficulty of writing a follow up to HC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkoXqXAGvkE&list=RDZh7DVY48xxQ&index=2

My feeling was the Eagles (and Fleetwood Mac) didn't fit into the main premise of the documentary series so they were treated as peripheral - they made a lot of money and used a lot of cocaine, that's it.

[GlennLover]

It's been blocked in Canada on copyright grounds. :-(

[sodascouts]

We can see it in the USA - thanks for posting the link!

Note: the 70s one is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh7DVY48xxQ&list=RDZh7DVY48xxQ&index=1

[sodascouts]

Additional note: the Eagles segment starts around 38:45. A few minutes after that segment ends, Don Felder talks about cocaine abuse, so keep watching.

[WalshFan88]

I love BBC documentaries. Watching now.

They did a great one on Southern Rock too.

[Midnight Visitor]

That's funny. I watched this last night. I had no idea it was so recent. I too love BBC Documentaries. I watch a ton of them. This was NOT one of the better ones.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Meanwhile, Soda, I can't quit staring at your avatar! Nice, and double the fun when you post two posts in a row!!

[tjh532]

I watched parts 2 and 3 (the 70s and the 80s), and I will go back at some point and watch part one. I thought it was pretty good. There's just so much ground to cover in one hour that you can't do much but give a brief overview. They talked about the Eagles a little, but not much. I liked episode 3 better. When they talked about hair metal it made me think of Timothy in the HOTE, talking about singing backup on Twisted Sister and Poison records "That was more like screaming" :hilarious: