'I Will Survive' documentary

**Greg Wilson** · December 26th, 2005, 01:44 PM

Missed this the other night - believe it was really good.

Fortunately, it's on again tonight (1.45am UK time) and also Saturday (3am UK time) on BBC 3.

Here's the lowdown:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/will_survive.shtml

BTW hope everyone had a good Christmas.

**Greg Wilson** · December 29th, 2005, 11:38 AM

I really enjoyed this, as I'm pretty sure most people here would.

Here's what someone had to say about it on another forum:

Anyone catch the documentary about Gloria Gaynor's 'I will survive' on BBC3 last night? I wasn't gonna give it long as I imagined it would be one of the cheesiest shows ever but it was far better than I expected.

The highlights for me were all the interviews with Gloria and the footage from her early days (kinda sad that she now thinks her whole career is defined by just this one song but I guess that's how she's come to see it over the years), and seeing Tom Moulton play around in his studio with the orginal multi-track and hearing how he went about creating his re-edit. Nicky Siano also chipped-in, and there was much talk about how Richie Kaczor broke the record (originally a B-side) at Studio 54.

The other fantastic part was seeing Dino Fekaris talk through how he made it with Freddie Perren (who sadly passed away in 2004), and then seeing the original rhythm section re-united for the first time in 26 years and then hearing them playing the tune again and reminiscing about back in the day.

There was a helluva lot of padding too but these bits made it more than worthwhile. I should just add that I still think 'I will survive' is one of my least favourite disco ditties, but disco gets so little (credible) coverage on mainstream TV that this programme was like a breathe of fresh air.

jc

**Nano** · December 29th, 2005, 01:18 PM

Sorry, is this a TV program or a film? They don't include credits information nor say how long this is. I assume it was made by the BBC, but who knows...

**QUINNY** · December 29th, 2005, 06:35 PM

Watched this programme almost twice, as my new PVR didn't record the whole thing properly when first aired.

It followed a fairly mainstream course in what it chose to highlight, but was fascinating to watch, especially the part with Tom Moulton where he gave a snippet of a new remix (has this been released yet?) he was working on, at the time of filming.

Polydor record executive reckoned that one track generated well over $100 million in turnover when all is added up.

**Greg Wilson** · January 2nd, 2006, 07:14 PM

On again on Wednesday at midnight.

**Ysl** · January 5th, 2006, 03:38 PM

Thanks for sharing this info !

Taped it on BBC 3 yesterday on Astra 2 satellite, seem very interresting !!

Ysl

**FrontPage22** · January 5th, 2006, 08:46 PM

Any mention of it's flip side, "Anbody Wanna Party"?

**QUINNY** · January 6th, 2006, 03:07 AM

Originally Written by FrontPage22

Any mention of it's flip side, "Anbody Wanna Party"?

Much of the programme centred on the fact that it was originally the 'B' side to Substitute and it is therefore the most successful 'B' side in recording history.