Here’s the classic “selected playlist” featuring the best tracks from Behind The Brel, a BBC documentary on the life and career of Jacques Brel, one of the best singer songwriters of all time.
If you’ve missed it, you can still download it here: Part 1: An Introduction, Part 2: The Existentialist, Part 3: Hungry for Life. Or you can just discover Jacques Brel through the playlist if you’re feeling lazy.
If you’ve enjoyed Don’t Look Back in Anger, The Story of Britpop, here’s the Spotify playlist where you can listen to the best tracks featured in the documentary. Unfortunately, tracks from a couple artists – namely Oasis and Elastica – are unavailable on Spotify in some countries. So you’ll need to have the local files to be able to play these.
The whole documentary series is of course still available for download:
Part 1: Britain Strikes Back, Part 2: Cool Britannia, Part 3: Oasis vs Blur, Part 4: The Party’s Over
If you’ve enjoyed Pill ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, the Story of Madchester, here’s the spotify playlist where you can listen to the best tracks featured in the documentary.
The whole documentary series is of course still available for download:
Part 1: From Punk to Dance Music, Part 2: Large Trousers and Little Pills, Part 3: The Rise of The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays, Part 4: The Comedown
If you enjoyed The David Bowie Story, here’s the traditional selected playlist of the best tracks featured in the series. You can check it out on Spotify.
For those who missed it, you can still listen or download the whole series here:
Part 1: The Apprenticeship
Part 2: One Man Against the World
Part 3: Fame
Part 4: Don’t Normalise It
Part 5: Out Of Characters, Into Suits
Part 6: Falling Down, Standing Up
If you enjoyed The Road to Nirvana, here’s the traditional selected playlist of the best tracks featured in the series. You can check it out on Spotify.
For those who missed it, you can still stream or download the whole series here:
Part 1: The Birth of College Rock
Part 2: The Rise of Seattle
Part 3: The Explosion of Grunge
Part 4: What Happened Next
