BBC New York - Music Documentary Series
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2007
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Part 1 - Once Upon A Time In New York
New York
NY
Broadway, Tin Pan Alley
The Velvet Underground
Club Culture
The New York Dolls
Patti Smith
The Ramones
Disco Mania: Studio 54
The South Bronx
DJ Kool Herc
Afrika Bambaataa
Blondie: Rapture
End Credits
The Birth Of Hip-Hop, Disco And Punk
Part 2 - New York Rock At The BBC
London
England
New York Dolls - Jet Boy (ogwt '73)
Patti Smith Group - Horses (ogwt '76)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (ogwt '78)
Television - Foxhole (ogwt '78)
Ramones - Don't Come Close (ogwt '78)
Blondie - I'm Always Touched (ogwt '78)
Lou Reed - Waiting For The Man (ogwt '84)
John Cale - Dying On The Vine (ogwt '85)
Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane (Later '92)
Patti Smith - Because The Night (Later '02)
Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Later '03)
John Cale - Venus In Furs (Later '03)
David Byrne - This Must Be The Place (Later '04)
Antony & The Johnsons - Hope There's Somewhere (Later '05)
The Strokes - Last Nite (Later '06)
end
ogwt = The Old Grey Whistle Test
Later = Later... with Jools Holland
Part 3 - Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side
New York
NY
Intro
Holly Woodlawn
Andy Warhol
Lee "Black" Childers
Joe Dallesandro
The Sugar Plum Fairy
Candy Darling
End
"The story behind Lou Reed's song Walk on the Wild Side. The characters named in it were people who frequented Andy Warhol's studio in the late 1960s. Holly Woodlawn and Joe Dallesandro are the only "superstars" who have survived and
they are interviewed in the programme. The programme presents a snapshot of a certain moment in the life of New York's underground culture."
Part 4 - John Cale - BBC Session
London
England
Intro
Ship Of Fools
Paris 1919
Things
Magritte
Cable Hogue
Close Watch
Thoughtless Kind
Venus In Furs
Over Her Head
Caravan
Archimedes
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
Hallelujah
Part 5 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
New York
NY
Intro
Hawthorne, New Jersey
Hey Blondie
The Revolution Will Be Peroxide
Heart Of Glass
Union City Blue
Drug Habits
Debbie Leaves
Hall Of Fame 2006
Part 6 - Queens Of Disco
New York
NY
Intro
Gloria Gaynor
Donna Summer
Sylvester
Grace Jones
Chaka Khan
Madonna
Six short biographies of famous Disco Divas.