How Clubbing Changed The World
Friday, 22.00, Channel 4
One of the most idiotic things that absolute turd Aidan Burley said about the opening ceremony was that rap music shouldn’t have been included because it’s a fad, even though, at the age of 33, Rapper’s Delight was selling millions of copies when he was all of six months old. Even the more guitar-crazy individual will surely admit that dance music is now very much this establishment and this documentary traces its history. Then after that at midnight it’s a six hour live special featuring live sets from the likes of Grandmaster Flash and Soul II Soul, without any ad breaks, and regardless of your views on the merits of the music, that kind of commitment demands respect.
It certainly is a commitment. Channel 4 is in some ways more bold and daring than th BBC and, when the licence fee falls, I think C4 will soar ahead.