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Bros documentary

hoof_it_up_to_benty
hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,494
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The Bros Documentary on BBC4 was comedy Gold - if you need cheering up give it a watch on IPlayer.
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  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,622
    Caught the back end of it, still seem both are troubled souls, especially Matt.
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,922
    Rob7Lee said:

    Caught the back end of it, still seem both are troubled souls, especially Matt.

    I recorded it and haven't watched yet. The boys were totally ripped off. One example a tour that turned over £6M, they got £4k each.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Ferryman said:

    Rob7Lee said:

    Caught the back end of it, still seem both are troubled souls, especially Matt.

    I recorded it and haven't watched yet. The boys were totally ripped off. One example a tour that turned over £6M, they got £4k each.
    That's where they wrote the lyric "I owe you nothing", its what their management kept telling em when they asked for more
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    A fine selection of rock band t shirts on show by the bald one.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,869
    edited December 2018
    They’ll probably claim it’s the way it’s edited that makes it so hilarious but I don’t think it is.

    It’s like an episode of the office.

    I pulled a muscle in my side last week and this is not helping.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,765
    Yup - what a couple of needy bell ends
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,160
    RalphMilnesgut said:

    A fine selection of rock band t shirts on show by the bald one.

    They’re both bald, only one admits to it.
    I do need to give this a watch though.....
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,494
    The philosophical insights the brothers give in the documentary are brilliant and I doubt any comedy writer could have scripted this.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Ahh Bros, who 'wrote' the classic line "most of my friends were strangers, when I met them"

    Lennon has no need to worry.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    edited December 2018
    an old school friend of mine discovered and managed them for a time (as he did with the Pet Shop Boys and E17), I believe he's still living very comfortably from the royalties to this day .. Bros ?... made good pop records that reflected and suited the era in which they were discovered, polished/manufactured and performed

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  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    The band I truly hated.

  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    Ferryman said:

    Rob7Lee said:

    Caught the back end of it, still seem both are troubled souls, especially Matt.

    I recorded it and haven't watched yet. The boys were totally ripped off. One example a tour that turned over £6M, they got £4k each.
    Then they are clearly stupid twats
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,203
    Pair of spoilt twats!
  • Daarrzzetbum
    Daarrzzetbum Posts: 1,236
    Can't believe one of them headlined at a non-descript Vegas hotel for a while this summer.
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 3,000
    Daarrzzetbum said:

    Can't believe one of them headlined at a non-descript Vegas hotel for a while this summer.

    Non descript? It was Caesars Palace and He was brilliant
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,622
    Daarrzzetbum said:

    Can't believe one of them headlined at a non-descript Vegas hotel for a while this summer.

    He's been doing Vegas for a few years I think, suspect he's made a huge sum doing so, fair play to him.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,869
    kimbo said:

    Daarrzzetbum said:

    Can't believe one of them headlined at a non-descript Vegas hotel for a while this summer.

    Non descript? It was Caesars Palace and He was brilliant
    Kimbo, Charlton life’s very own Brossette.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,202
    I loved this doc. It’s so funny it’s untrue.

    I interviewed them for it. I found them to be incredibly sweet and genuine people. Without any badgering from me, they insisted on recording a message for my sister after I told them she was a super fan, and Matt even invited me to get tequila with him in Vegas!

    Anyway - it’s a fantastic doc. I’m not sure how much they’re in on the joke. I suspect not at all. The directors trod a careful line, and it was brave of them to allow it. Cos they really do get laughed at.

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,926
    edited December 2018
    Craig Logan is the one who did well out of Bros.

    They paid him off for £1m to continue as a duo and he used that money to build a studio and became a very in demand producer. Think he went out with or married whichever one of Mel & Kim didn't die, and became a big cheese at EMI or SONY
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    MrOneLung said:

    Craig Logan is the one who did well out of Bros.

    They paid him off for £1m to continue as a duo and he used that money to build a studio and became a very in demand producer. Think he went out with or married whichever one of Mel & Kim didn't die, and became a big cheese at EMI or SONY

    RIP Mel

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    It is repeated on BBC4 on January 1st 01.10-02.40 .
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,160
    It is quality, can’t believe Gervais had nothing to do with it :open_mouth:
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,830
    kimbo said:

    Daarrzzetbum said:

    Can't believe one of them headlined at a non-descript Vegas hotel for a while this summer.

    Non descript? It was Caesars Palace and He was brilliant
    Be fair Caesars palace is tucked away.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,312
    Just watched it. Can't believe it's a serious documentary. It has some unintentially funny moments in it & they come across as having really shitty attitudes, especially Matt
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,813
    edited December 2018
    Really skin crawling documentary. Totally enjoyable but how can you have a documentary about a band without mentioning the third member ?
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,063
    They came across as nice guys who went through the mill, to me

    Impressive how they both went on to rebuild themselves professionally afterwards

    Much of the unintentional comedy is in the first few minutes, where the editing did very well to accentuate some real David Brentesque monologues from each of them

    Very enjoyable watch for all sorts of different reasons
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    i haven't seen it but cant help but be reminded of this


    https://youtu.be/n1zJmqqhjEk
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,450
    JiMMy 85 said:

    I loved this doc. It’s so funny it’s untrue.

    I interviewed them for it. I found them to be incredibly sweet and genuine people. Without any badgering from me, they insisted on recording a message for my sister after I told them she was a super fan, and Matt even invited me to get tequila with him in Vegas!

    Anyway - it’s a fantastic doc. I’m not sure how much they’re in on the joke. I suspect not at all. The directors trod a careful line, and it was brave of them to allow it. Cos they really do get laughed at.

    image
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,926
    The brothers were actually originally in a rockier image band called Gloss.
    there is picture somewhere of them with long hair.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,427
    kimbo said:

    Daarrzzetbum said:

    Can't believe one of them headlined at a non-descript Vegas hotel for a while this summer.

    Non descript? It was Caesars Palace and He was brilliant
    Yeah, but it's hardly Travel lodge, Milton Keynes. ;)

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