Bbc's Story Of Soul

Posted February 22, 200817 yr

The ABC have just started to show the series The Story Of Soul here in Australia, 1st week was dedicated to Ray Charles, this weeks was concerned with Sam Cooke's contribution to the emerging soul genre, next weeks is advertised as entirely concentrating on Motown, now I'm sure that the most of you in blighty have had the pleasure of viewing this series, my question is how deep does it delve into the perpetuation of the soul scene by the UK affectionados & it's expansion?.....I'm gonna watch it anyways, just wondering.

KTF

Baz

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February 22, 200817 yr

...my question is how deep does it delve into the perpetuation of the soul scene by the UK affectionados & it's expansion?.....
KTF
Baz

Answer: Not at all, if I remember!

February 22, 200817 yr

While we're at this, is it possible to buy this in the UK?

They showed it in Norway a while ago, but it's impossible to get it on DVD.... :ohmy:

February 22, 200817 yr

While we're at this, is it possible to buy this in the UK?
They showed it in Norway a while ago, but it's impossible to get it on DVD....

Maybe the BBC website might help?

February 22, 200817 yr

Maybe the BBC website might help?

I've tried, but with my search skills I couldn't find anything... :ohmy:

February 22, 200817 yr

There's no real research if that's what you mean. It basically follows someone's own personal take on the progress of soul through the years, and at times it's pretty tenuous in my book. You'll already have noted that both Sam Cook and Ray Charles are credited with being responsible for the birth of 'soul R&B', whatever that may be. Me, I quite distictly remember the music they were both making as being called rock'n'roll, and so it was. It just suits someone to call it some kind of soul in order to fulfil it's criteria to be included in the show.

Personally I have no problem with either Charles or Cook being in the programme, but they should either have started with music sctually described as soul at the time, or gone right back way before either of those two to when the music was really created.

What would be really great is if someone would do a programme about music in which every avenue of possibility was explored rather than just trying to pass off the programme maker's opinion as the gospel (No pun intended) truth.