Documentaries
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@booboo have you watched them all? I really enjoyed them, fascinating stuff.
Currently watching An Idiot Abroad.
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@taniwharugby not comprehensively. Caught most of Walking the Americas, which was good, and bits of Arabia, which I haven't enjoyed so much.
Will be on the lookout for his other stuff though.
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@booboo was probably the causacus, russia, georgian, nile ones I liked most, but rest are all good to watch...think it was the Russia to Iran one he went to a country where it only recently became illegal to kidnap a woman to make your wife
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@MiketheSnow said in Documentaries:
Pepsi Where’s My Jet
ExcellentI'm three episodes in and have decided I don't like anyone on either side of this.
Pretty interesting doco though.
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Anyone else watched the Ch5 Wayne Couzens doco yet?
The shocking truth about the serving police officer who killed Sarah Everard.
Ahh man. Fuck me. Troubling and frustrating in equal measure, some jaw dropping stuff in there.
Example, a stat shown related to the number of police officers with multiple allegations of sexual offence in the last six years (259).
Two have more than 15. Do they not sit back at say 3, and go...hang on? How the fuck does it get to 15!
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The Met is rotten from the top down. Has been for years.
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@Victor-Meldrew yeah had my eyes properly opened to that when I started listening to the Daniel Morgan podcast in 2016.
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Finally got around to watching Icarus, and it doesn't disappoint. Starting out as one man's experiment to singlehandedly prove how to beat world doping testing, it morphs into a story akin to a cold war era spy thriller as the extent of Russian government sanctioned doping and cheating is revealed. Highly recommended
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I'm watching this at the moment.
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yeah i am watching it too, i reckon it's pretty great
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Documentaries:
@Crazy-Horse said in Documentaries:
They use the system to their advantage. Somehow we need to find the balance.
Yep. And rehab & prevention isn't easy to do and sell.
The issue is that rehabilitation only works when someone wants to be rehabilitated.
And figuring out in a justice system who wants to and who doesn't is incredibly tricky...
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Just watched this, definitely well worth it and pretty interesting to hear how it was all put together.
Lionel Richie, Huey Lewis, Bruce Springsteen and Kenny Loggins come across as bloody nice and incredibly humble guys for the huge stars that they are.
Prince sounds like a cock for not turning up ( still a fucken genius though )
Cyndi Lauper has a voice like nails on a blackboard.
So does Bob Dylan.
What the fuck was Dan Aykroyd doing there ?
Cracked me up how Waylon Jennings walked out the moment Stevie Wonder wanted to sing in Swahili.
Even funnier when it was pointed out to Stevie that they don’t speak Swahili in Ethiopia.
Sounds like an absolute logistical nightmare but hats off to Lionel for sorting it.
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@MN5 Yeah was good watch.
I read somewhere Ackroyd was one of the organisers - plus he's a Blues Brother.
If Jennings had lived until this doco came out he might have been embarrassed, he essentially had a hissy fit and threw his toys when he could have just waited 5 minutes for it all to resolve with as you note the funny comment about how they don't speak Swahili in Ethiopia.
I think the Dylan stuff was really good. I have a mate who defends his singing, even Dylan wouldn't defend his singing.
I had no idea who Al Jarreau was and I guess he must have been big in the states back then as he's very prominent.
Funny seeing Jackson still black.
Is Ritchie's current alien face due to plastic surgery or just his face shape?
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@Nepia said in Documentaries:
@MN5 Yeah was good watch.
I read somewhere Ackroyd was one of the organisers - plus he's a Blues Brother.
If Jennings had lived until this doco came out he might have been embarrassed, he essentially had a hissy fit and threw his toys when he could have just waited 5 minutes for it all to resolve with as you note the funny comment about how they don't speak Swahili in Ethiopia.
I think the Dylan stuff was really good. I have a mate who defends his singing, even Dylan wouldn't defend his singing.
I had no idea who Al Jarreau was and I guess he must have been big in the states back then as he's very prominent.
Funny seeing Jackson still black.
Is Ritchie's current alien face due to plastic surgery or just his face shape?
Yeah I think Stevie Wonder was a bit too woke and it’s a good thing they didn’t indulge him. He almost ruins one of his own songs ( Don’t you worry bout a thing ) with incessant ramblings in Spanish for example.
Al Jarreau did this, great song, smooth voice but not as big a star as others there…..
As for Lionel I assume he’s had A LOT of work done.
Further on the Prince no show…..definitely a case of him not being the biggest star on show (as well as Purple Rain had done MJ had sold more with Thriller ) and not being in complete control. Having read a book on him he had a habit of firing any blokes in his bands who threatened to steal the limelight from him, he never had an issue with women being front and centre at times though.
But overall some absolutely terrific voices on display ( Richie, Wonder, Lewis, Nelson, Rogers, Springsteen and above all MJ ).
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Stevie was woke before there was woke! Great show. Funny that Prince stood Lionel up. Great talent but a weird guy clearly. Sheila E seemed butthurt about not getting a solo. But she wasn't a patch on most of the stars in the room, even though I loved her big song that year. Someone needs to make a new doco on Do they know it's Xmas? now.
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
Stevie was woke before there was woke! Great show. Someone needs to make a new doco on Do they know it's Xmas? now.
Yeah, and Waylon Jennings was refreshingly un PC.
a good ol boy like that ain’t got time for singing in African !
Stevie is a musical genius ( I don’t use that term lightly ) but I gotta agree with the Dukes of Hazzard singer in this case.
Shelia E was fucken incredible as one of Princes support acts, absolutely wicked drummer and a pretty cool singer but yeah, she’s not worthy of a line above others in that lineup.
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@MN5 said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
Stevie was woke before there was woke! Great show. Someone needs to make a new doco on Do they know it's Xmas? now.
Yeah, and Waylon Jennings was refreshingly un PC.
a good ol boy like that ain’t got time for singing in African !
Stevie is a musical genius ( I don’t use that term lightly ) but I gotta agree with the Dukes of Hazzard singer in this case.
It was the way it was framed, but perhaps Stevie was overcompensating for missing out on the original writing of the song. One thing that comes out is how much of a writing genius Lionel and Michael were, and Quincy and his partner were amazing when picking who would sing which parts based on their voice profiles. Huey Lewis was very big at that time, but I think he could count himself lucky to get a solo
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
@MN5 said in Documentaries:
@canefan said in Documentaries:
Stevie was woke before there was woke! Great show. Someone needs to make a new doco on Do they know it's Xmas? now.
Yeah, and Waylon Jennings was refreshingly un PC.
a good ol boy like that ain’t got time for singing in African !
Stevie is a musical genius ( I don’t use that term lightly ) but I gotta agree with the Dukes of Hazzard singer in this case.
It was the way it was framed, but perhaps Stevie was overcompensating for missing out on the original writing of the song. One thing that comes out is how much of a writing genius Lionel and Michael were, and Quincy and his partner were amazing when picking who would sing which parts based on their voice profiles. Huey Lewis was very big at that time, but I think he could count himself lucky to get a solo
Yep, Lionel is the king of cheese but he did some absolute bangers in his time and you get the feeling he is a hell of a nice guy too.
If a weirdo like MJ can turn up you’d have assumed Prince would too. Sigh,
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