Movie Pirate Radio features a great soundtrack!
BennieDingo
Last week Jammin' Jan and myself finally got to see the movie 'Pirate
Radio'
Last weekend. We have literally been waiting months for it's
release.
Originally released as 'The boat that rocked' last summer in the UK -
It is based on the true story of Radio Caroline followed by several
other
offshore Pirate Radio ships that dotted off the coast of actually
several
Western European Countries.
In the mid 60's the BBC in the UK only contributed an hour a week to
Pop music at the time. And caused quite a musical void to the
younger
listeners in the UK. Many resorted to tuning in at night to the
popular
Rock station Radio Luxembourg. In 1964 an Irish Millionaire by the
name of O'Rahilly saw a financial opportunity to have a radio ship
anchored
in International waters just off the coast of England bringing
commercial
pop radio to a wanting audience.
The Radio Ship 'Mi Amigo' was launched and Radio Caroline was on the
air - and millions throughout the UK tuned in every day, and rapidly
gained
mass popularity over the lackluster BBC at the time.
Though the movie doesn't exactly follow thru on the factual storyline
of
Radio Caroline - The movie is a fun watch and some of the exploits not
to
give away the plot - from the accounts I have heard did actually
happen
aboard Radio Caroline.
If you like Mid 60's Rock and Roll the soundtrack to this movie would
be great to own if and when it is released.
If you would like to read part of the true story of Radio Caroline and
these
other broadcasting legends Rock-it Radio has a webpage dedicated to
them
at: http://www.rockitradio.net/pirate.html
On that webpage we also have listed other pirate Radio links and also
the
ability to purchase actual unedited radio shows of Radio Caroline and
Radio London as well as a couple of other pirate radio broadcasts of
the
1960's and help out Rock-it Radio remain online.
Michael Black
> On that webpage we also have listed other pirate Radio links and also
> the
> ability to purchase actual unedited radio shows of Radio Caroline and
> Radio London as well as a couple of other pirate radio broadcasts of
> the
> 1960's and help out Rock-it Radio remain online.
>
Don't forget the episode of "Secret Agent", or was it "Danger Man", where
Drake goes undercover at a pirate radio station, I seem to recall that was
on an oil rig platform or something like that. I remember his tape
recorder in a cigarette pack, but nothing more. But the fact that a
pirate radio station was used for an episode seems to reflect something
about the times.
Michael
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"Michael Black" <et...@ncf.ca> wrote in message
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It was filmed on the WW2 anti-aircraft fort in
the mouth of the Thames, and was home to
Radio 390 at the time.
(See Pirate Radio websites for pics of the fort)
It was in better condition than Radio City's fort.
Michael Black
I couldn't remember what those things were called when I posted.
I also couldn't remember if the anti-aircraft platforms had actually been
used by a pirate radio station, or if I was picking that up from fiction.
Michael
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Clifford Blau
<rocki...@netzero.net> wrote:
>PIRATE RADIO MOVIE FINALLY HITS U.S. FILM MARKET
I saw it last week. Some laughs and good music; it's mostly a time
killer, though. The whole bit with the government made it seem like
the filmmakers didn't really want to have a plot, but felt like they
should make the slightest effort possible to include a story.
"Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!"
Michael Black
That's about what the local reviewer said, "good music, no plot".
Of course, I wondered since someone young enough might think the whole
thing is fictional, which then impacts on their view of the movie.
I remember "FM" that came out in 1978, about an "underground" radio
station that was getting more commercial, and the staff reacted. The
local review back then suggested the plot was all nonsense. In some ways
it was, given the year (it wasn't historical, it was taking place right
then and the music was current music of 1978), yet it wasn't unlike the
problems with the San Francisco "underground" stations after they achieved
a level of success, the deejays that had made it so wanting to continue
the freeform radio, the management wanting to make more money from the
success.
So when I saw the local reviews, I wondered how much the movie wsa
dismissed because the concept of pirate radio was seen as too fictional.
The reality is it isn't even "pirate radio" as the term has tended to
become. Those British stations were outside the limits of England,
operating in international waters, so they weren't breaking any national
laws related to radio broadcasting. "Pirate radio" is more generally
applied to some guy illegally operating from his closet without a license.
Michael