Rock Follies

June 1, 2008 | By Doug In Rock Music |

Rock Follies
Customer Review: Rock Follies
I can recall now crowding around the telly as a young kid to watch The Rock follies long before Girl Power there was The Follie’s Power a group of three women trying to make their way in what was and perhaps right up until the eighties (when we had left school and staretd to fight the power) a very male dominated world of music - you can’t help but cringe as you remember the fashion, the misery of a pre-thatacher britain where apathy ruled the day - and don’t you ever for get it. The Follies was the best thing on telly in the late 70’s - there was nothing like it and in a world now of Pop Idol and X factor (what did we all do before the talented Kelly Clarkson and Will Young!!) Follies music and the politics of the shows along with the fact that these women are from such different social class makes it ”must see tv” to understand where Music has not only come from today but exactly where things were back then. I understand Julie Conington turned her back on the whole fame game shortly after making this series…… But even so through Rula and Charlotte remind us all to say ” step back Suzi Quartro ” These Wimmin Rock” and the actng for the time and was just brilliant. I remain a fan of the show and the music until my dying day

Customer Review: TV’s First Girl Group
As we approach the Queen’s Golden jubilee, here is a welcome re-release of a show from the year of her Silver jubilee - the sequel to the 1975 series “Rock Follies”, neither of which have ever been repeated since (but why?). The story of the rise and rapid fall of a girl group during the year dominated by punk rock, if you never saw the series, then don’t worry , the main plot is told by the songs - “Follies of 77″ tells the story-so-far, “Round 1″, “The Hype” and “The Things You have to Do” are about life in a record deal, whilst the “Wolf at the Door” and the terribly sad “Real Life” tell the listener how it all ends. The album features the groups real-life hit single “O.K.” (plus its b-side “B-side” as a bonus track) - words and music being composed once again by Howard Schumann and Andy Mackay (of Roxy Music fame). More than nostalgia - a postcard of its time, now someone show the programme again, or at least get it out on video/DVD!