sidman69 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Not sure if you guys have seen this but this apparently aired in the UK in 1991. Can't seem to find the full version of it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I do remember around 1991 I saw a GnR documentary advertised in the TV listings for the night, and I frantically tried to tune my TV and VCR to record it but couldn't get them to work and was really annoyed. There wasn't much GnR-only stuff on terrestrial TV at the time. This is most likely that documentary. The one I saw listed was on a station called Channel 4, I think, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stress Fracture Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I saw and recorded this at the time. It probably sits somewhere on a long lost VHS with a bunch of Raw Power episodes. I always used to record that show as it was on at some ungodly hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 7 hours ago, Stress Fracture said: I saw and recorded this at the time. It probably sits somewhere on a long lost VHS with a bunch of Raw Power episodes. I always used to record that show as it was on at some ungodly hour. Raw Power, lol. That was on about 2 a.m. on ITV.. I was about 11 years old at the time and used to sneak the TV on very quiet to watch it as I wasn't allowed to be up. It was basically the only chance of seeing any GnR on TV if you didn't have satellite, which we didn't. Most of the time I'd watch the whole show only for there to be no GnR feature. But at the very least there was always the snippet of Axl chucking his shades off from the Paradise City vid, which they including on the intro montage to the show, with the Aerosmith 'Love in an Elevator' solo as backing track. God the lengths we'd go to to catch anything at all GnR related. Ah those were the days. here it is! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 18 hours ago, sidman69 said: Not sure if you guys have seen this but this apparently aired in the UK in 1991. Can't seem to find the full version of it It actually aired in Feb '92 on a channel called LWT [London Weekend Television] so was most likely only seen by people from London and the SouthEast. It may have been called 30 Minutes. I had it on VHS tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzymacbeth Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 21 minutes ago, janrichmond said: It actually aired in Feb '92 on a channel called LWT [London Weekend Television] so was most likely only seen by people from London and the SouthEast. It may have been called 30 Minutes. I had it on VHS tape. LWT produced shows that were shown nationwide in the UK. I lived in Scotland until 93 and then moved to Northern Ireland and we got a lot including this. I seem to remember You Bet and Celebrity Squares also being LWT. All were shown on ITV (regionally STV and UTV in Scotland and N. Ireland respectively). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 19 minutes ago, Izzymacbeth said: LWT produced shows that were shown nationwide in the UK. I lived in Scotland until 93 and then moved to Northern Ireland and we got a lot including this. I seem to remember You Bet and Celebrity Squares also being LWT. All were shown on ITV (regionally STV and UTV in Scotland and N. Ireland respectively). Oh, I didn't know that. It was shown on LWT but i believe it was produced by TVS and then picked up by LWT. So you saw it too? Did you record it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindsorBoy147 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I remember this so well, it was on a friday night shown on itv about 11.30. The ending of the programme had Axl on piano singing November Rain and the narrator saying " The biggest band in the world, but will they self destruct an the candle flame blow out" Almost other than Paris 1992 on channel 4 my earliest memory of the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 19 minutes ago, WindsorBoy147 said: Almost other than Paris 1992 on channel 4 my earliest memory of the band. Paris 1992 wasn't on terrestrial, it was on pay per view satellite.. maybe you're thinking of the Freddie Mercury tribute? That was on terrestrial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindsorBoy147 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) No mate in the uk it was on channel 4 A saturday night, It's sitting on vhs recorded on my shelf as I speak... Edited December 7, 2017 by WindsorBoy147 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 That's odd, I specifically remember being bummed cos I couldn't watch it as we didn't have satellite.. to make things worse, I could *hear* my neighbours watching it next door, but I couldn't go round as I didn't know them..! -- Maybe the Channel 4 showing you mention was a repeat, I dunno. I did manage to get a copy of Ritz 88 recorded from the UK version of MTV Headbanger's Ball I think. But I don't think that concert was shown on terrestrial either. Man it really was hard work following bands back then, even when they were at the top of their game! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzymacbeth Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 2 hours ago, janrichmond said: Oh, I didn't know that. It was shown on LWT but i believe it was produced by TVS and then picked up by LWT. So you saw it too? Did you record it? No dude, sadly not. I did record the Robert John thing a couple of years later though. 2 hours ago, Nice Boy said: Paris 1992 wasn't on terrestrial, it was on pay per view satellite.. maybe you're thinking of the Freddie Mercury tribute? That was on terrestrial. Yeah Paris 92 was on Channel 4 in the UK. I still have my VHS of it. It was only PPV in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki_Sixx Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 In holland Paris '92 was broadcast on national television (Veronica), and again a year later. I know because I taped both broadcasts. No PPV whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 20 hours ago, Izzymacbeth said: Yeah Paris 92 was on Channel 4 in the UK. I still have my VHS of it. It was only PPV in the US. I saw it and recorded it on Premiere which was a cable channel, it was a film channel but it showed this live but although it was advertised as PPV we got it free as we already paid for the Premiere channel. I had no idea it was on Channel 4, if it was it wasn't live as i was the only one of my friends that could watch and record it. I then had to make copies for everyone which took ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindsorBoy147 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Jesus fucking christ......IT WAS SHOWN ON CHANNEL 4..........................fucking people lol Funny how people who don't even remember, then swear they know what happened.............Literally the whole of my college watched it, Maybe true it wasnt live as i didnt start college until September, so the dates don't match up. Edited December 7, 2017 by WindsorBoy147 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 The version on 4 was not live and incomplete. I taped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzymacbeth Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 3 hours ago, janrichmond said: I saw it and recorded it on Premiere which was a cable channel, it was a film channel but it showed this live but although it was advertised as PPV we got it free as we already paid for the Premiere channel. I had no idea it was on Channel 4, if it was it wasn't live as i was the only one of my friends that could watch and record it. I then had to make copies for everyone which took ages. There was a big build up to the Channel 4 showing, between ads it would flash up a grey screen with a band members name in yellow GNR font, Axl, Gilby etc. Was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 2 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: The version on 4 was not live and incomplete. I taped it. What did they cut out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 minute ago, janrichmond said: What did they cut out? The Aerosmith section wasn't there as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, DieselDaisy said: The Aerosmith section wasn't there as I recall. What about Lenny Kravitz? And Axl’s Warren Beatty rant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just now, janrichmond said: What about Lenny Kravitz? And Axl’s Warren Beatty rant? They were there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I remember accidentally recording over the start of my Paris PPV show with an episode of Neighbours, so for years I had (part of) this episode of Neighbours at the beginning before the show resumed around 'Bad Obsession' time. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindsorBoy147 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Yes just watched it over, No Aerosmith section......rest was in Kravitz and Beaty rant.....Wasn't live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 10 hours ago, WindsorBoy147 said: Yes just watched it over, No Aerosmith section......rest was in Kravitz and Beaty rant.....Wasn't live A good reason to watch it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindsorBoy147 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 2 hours ago, janrichmond said: A good reason to watch it again Yes mate going on the adverts I think it was screened in September 1992 as they advertising Football Italia match on the Sunday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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