When your skirt is a lampshade
07/04/88 (Gary Davies & Simon Mayo)
Taylor Dayne – “Prove Your Love” (15)
The press had been chasing her everywhere apparently but she's in the studio to get tonight's lively show underway with what became her second and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 8.
Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere” (13) (video)
Nice video, but it's a shame they couldn't haul themselves into the studio with what became their tenth and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 4.
Glen Goldsmith – “Dreaming” (16)
Making his studio debut with what became his biggest hit and it peaked at number 12.
Hazell Dean – “Who’s Leaving Who” (20)
Four years on from her last hit Hazell's back with what became her third and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 4.
Natalie Cole – “Pink Cadillac” (24) (breaker)
Became her first of two top ten hits when it peaked at number 5.
AC/DC – “That’s The Way I Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll” (22) (breaker)
Got no higher.
Pebbles – “Girlfriend” (23) (breaker)
Her only top ten hit, peaking at number 8.
Scott Fitzgerald – “Go” (not in chart)
This year's Eurovision offering - and it came within a whisker of winning, missing out by just one point to Celine Dion! It didn't do so well in the charts though, peaking at number 52.
Pet Shop Boys – “Heart” (1)
First of three weeks at the top for their fourth and final number one.
Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei – “Just A Mirage” (21) (video/credits)
His final top 40 hit and it peaked at number 13.
Next up is April 14th.
Angelo, I think you got to be kidding lol about expecting Fleetwood Mac to perform in the TOTP studio, as they never did throughout the 70s and 80s. Did they come to the studio in 1969 for their singles then, as these shows were wiped, but perhaps they did if our experts on here could enlighten us?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I did like the video of Everywhere on this week's show, as the song clearly needed the video in order to bolster its position in the charts, as the song alone would not have done as well as it did to get to the dizzy heights of No.4 in the charts as you say.
However, the appearance of Taylor Dayne in the TOTP studio this week to open the show, was a little surprising, but I guess if TOTP USA had gone to the wall by now in April 1988, then her only hope of performing live would be to come over to the UK studio.
Nevertheless, this was a perfect show opener, as TOTP has always traditionally opened the show with an upbeat dancey studio appearance, although Hazel Dean could easy have been chosen as the show opener is Taylor Dayne was not in the equation.
The mighty Peter Green incarnation of Fleetwood Mac did indeed appear in the studio on three occasions in 1969, performing two classics in the shape of Man of the World (twice) and Oh Well. Sadly, all those performances are lost to us now.
DeleteSo for 19 years since 1969, Fleetwood Mac did not come to the TOTP studio. Sounds familiar, with ELO also not doing TOTP for their final 10 years between 1976-1986. Two of my top 5 favourite bands of all time, and having to make do with videos on the whole through all those years!
DeleteDidn't Fleetwood Mac appear on a TV show for Oh Diane around 1982 that was then shown on TOTP
DeleteIndeed! Here'sthe clip.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txA4jXCXun0
That clip was was a short clip of 2:21 in length that TOTP played, but not the full footage from whichever TV show it came from, which is difficult to tell from that clip. Anyhow, it was indeed rare to get this regularly-infighting group of musicians together on a TV show, whichever one it was!
DeleteTo be fair Dory, 'Oh Diane' isn't much longer than 2 and a half minutes anyway!
DeleteSorry for the delay, but wasn’t the clip from The Late Late Breakfast Show?
DeleteA reasonable show, helped by having two good hosts who just get on with it and are reasonably slick. It's Taylor Dayne first, big of hair and short of skirt, with a follow-up to her big hit that is nowhere near as distinctive, and sounds as if it has just rolled off a production line for identikit late 80s pop hits. If the press really were chasing Taylor, presumably she ceased to be of interest to them soon after this, though admittedly she scored some further big American hits over the next couple of years. Next, perhaps the most overplayed Fleetwood Mac song. Partly for that reason, and partly because I find it quite dull, it has never been a favourite of mine, though the very end part where the layered vocal effects kick in is the best bit of the track and another testament to the inventiveness of Lindsey Buckingham's production and arrangement skills. A pretty fairy-tale video too, though it is notable that only the band's British contingent appear in it - I think Lindsey had quit by this point, and Stevie was presumably off her face...
ReplyDeleteGlen Goldsmith's performance gets off to an unpromising start with his Jacko-inspired dancing, but thankfully the song is quite a good, upbeat helping of pop-soul; unfortunately for Glen, he just doesn't stand out much from the crowd in any way despite his best efforts, which perhaps explains why he never really hit the big time. As she was with SAW at the very beginning, it's perhaps fitting that Hazell Dean should have scored another hit when they were in their pomp, and this is actually a pretty decent effort, with a very catchy chorus and a good vocal from Hazell. Just a shame that she fell for the allure of a puffball skirt here, as it does nothing for her figure.
AC/DC are the one breaker that we won't see again, and there's not much to say other than that it's the usual noise. A sharp contrast to follow, as Scott Fitzgerald returns to TOTP after 10 years with this almost-successful Eurovision entry. It's OK, I suppose, and I can see why it did well in the contest - shame it didn't win really, as we might have been spared Celine Dion's subsequent career! Scott looks a lot chunkier here than he did when we last saw him ten years earlier, though the big shoulder pads and baggy trousers probably don't help.
PSB visit the studio to celebrate their first week with another well-deserved number 1, and while not that visually interesting this performance is preferable to the video for me as there is no talking over the record. Chris looks like he's absconded from his stint at the local fast food emporium, but perhaps the headgear had something to do with the yacht club he is advertising on his chest? I'm not surprised to learn Jellybean's chart fortunes fell off a cliff after this one, as it's an anonymous offering that suggests he was running out of ideas - forgettable video, too.
Hazel Dean coming back after a four year absence was indeed very refreshing, with such a welcome feelgood sound, making it the highlight of the show for me, despite it being a SAW production. Just wondering why there was nothing from her after her debut year of 1984 until now in 1988, when she was so uplifting on this new tune. I could listen to her music all day long when it comes off so well like this one, skirt or no skirt!
DeleteAC/DC came off very well on this Breaker, and you got to hand it to Brian Johnson (no relation to Boris?) for their great videos from 1988 onwards, in my opinion being late bloomers, when you think of their 1978-1988 period which was less punchy than it was from around this point in 1988.
I think Lindsey Buckingham quit shortly after Tango In The Night was released. The others wanted to do a big world tour straightaway, he didn't. I would guess he was pretty p*ssed off with the band at this time given that he'd done the album pretty much singlehandedly.
DeleteDory, between this and her last (number 4) hit, Hazell Dean released three more singles on her old label which peaked at 41, 41 and 58 and then three complete flops on EMI, for which it was fourth time lucky.
DeleteHazell also had a crack at Eurovision, but her song came second last in the "Song For Europe" final won by Belle and the Devotions and the subsequent single was never released.
DeleteSteve - I checked the dates, and Lindsey quit the Mac in August '87. I think he'd just had enough of the psychodrama that surrounded the band, and the fact that Stevie was so angry she physically attacked him when he announced he was off probably confirmed for him that he was making the right decision!
Deletei do have a dim memory of the late 80's puffball skirt fad. however mercifully it was short-lived, as they looked somewhat ridiculous even when worn by the most attractive teenage girl - never mind a fairly dowdy-looking woman old enough to be their mother!
DeleteThanks John. I did notice the picture in the chart rundown thia time was the line up responsible for Behind The Mask, so Lindsey's departure must have been made public by this point.
DeleteThere was a feature on Fleetwood Mac in Mojo not so long ago about Lindsey's most recent departure. This time Stevie thought he was laughing at her while she was making an acceptance speech and gave the rest of the band a 'me or him' ultimatum!
It's a shame they can't work together as, even though Christine and Stevie are great songwriters, I think Lindsey has the extra something that takes Fleetwood Mac to the next level.
It's an interesting read on Wikipedia regarding Buckingham, in that although leaving the band in 1987 after the Tango In The Night album, he rejoined the group full time in 1997 and stayed a further 21 years with the band until leaving for good in 2018, and then had open heart surgery earlier this year at the age of 69.
DeleteHe did a very good album with Christine Mcvie a couple of years back. The lead single In My World was (I think) his most radio friendly song in years. The album also featured John Mcvie and Mick Fleetwood, just one member short of a Fleetwood Mac studio reunion.
DeleteThere's no doubt in my mind that Lindsey is a musical genius, and it is principally down to him that the "Rumours" line-up became so successful, even if Stevie attracted the greater share of public and media attention. He has always struck me as being a tortured soul, however, in the way that many intensely creative people are, and I'm sure he can't have been easy to work with. When he first joined the band, he came close to being fired after trying to tell John McVie how he should be playing his bass!
DeleteSame as McCartney I reckon, in that he's clearly a genius but knows how to rile people (see the Let It Be incident when he tried to show George Harrison how to play the guitar).
DeleteLooking for incredibly aggressive, in your face pop? Ms Dayne will be happy to oblige, service with a snarl. As for the song, her vocal is as forceful as before, but although it had plenty of airplay it doesn't stick in the mind as much, if at all.
ReplyDeleteFleetwood Mac with a pretty little tune, perhaps a shade overproduced, and the lyrics suggest a real doormat is singing them, but it's nice enough. The video seems to be some English Civil War tale, which surprisingly doesn't have a happy ending as the lovers die! Cheers for that. Some nasty CSO in it, too.
Glen Goldsmith with a peppy little ditty, and he's a peppy little soul too, though more Janet than Michael in this performance. The verses are anonymous, but the chorus is fine - maybe he needed SAW or nearest equivalent behind him to capitalise on this Top 20 hit.
Hazell back with a serious fashion faux pas, she looks like she's wearing a nappy she's recently filled, and nobody wants that. As for the song, it's the usual SAW production, but maybe they were more subtle in tailoring their output to individual artists than is commonly agreed.
I'm guessing AC/DC got this song from their Blow Up Your Video album, hence the line about blowing up your video. Note the addition of ladies for visual interest, obviously pandering to the Motley Crue audience who were muscling in on the boys' act.
Next, the reason Bruce Forsyth put the whole of France in Room 101 when their Eurovision Jury failed to award the UK any points for his daughter's song, thus allowing Celine to win for Switzerland. At the time I thought of Scott, who is this old guy? But now he looks younger than me! Ah, youth.
Then PSB claim the top spot for the last time, and for them its a straightforward, unironic love song, proving they could do those too. Did Chris program the PET SHOP BOYS onto his monitor himself? I bet he did.
To end on, the man Madonna called an "asshole" on The Graham Norton Show recently, prompting those of us who recognised him in the photo they showed to wonder what he had done to deserve that attack. Anyway, the American one man SAW delivers a jaunty number with yet another anonymous singer, but it wasn't enough to keep him in the limelight.
Somewhat surprised that this was PSB's last No.1. If so, it's a pity, because they must have been at their very peak at this point, after three years since bursting on to the music scene with West End Girls.
DeleteI did expect the iconic Dracula video on this week's show, and I don't recall a TOTP studio performance, so one that passed me by it seems.
The TOTP studio by this point in its evolution, and certainly since late 1987 with the arrival of heavy disco and house music, was clearly getting darker and darker, and we could no longer see the faces of the studio audience on each performance, so I guess they could no longer tell their friends that they were on the show, unless they were on the TV camera during the presenters introduction of each song, which I guess not everyone would be invited for those shots!
I remember the better lighting in the TOTP studio during the colour 1970-1986 period, not the awful nightclub-style lighting that the end of the Michael Hurll period brought in, and we are now in a poorly lit TOTP studio which would only get worse through the early 90s at least, but by 1995 I stopped watching, and nor did I care any more.
Dory - I think PSB were at their creative peak at this point, and the number 1s dried up just as they began to slide down from that peak. Having said that, later in '88 we get Left to My Own Devices, which is arguably their masterpiece, and really should have been another chart topper for them.
DeleteFor me the most annoying 'innovation' of the Ciani era was the special effects which we're starting to see i.e.the picture flying off the screen as they move to a different camera angle. It hasn't dated well.
DeleteOh yes John, I remember Left To My Own Devices at the back end of 1988, with the unforgetable lyrics:
Delete"I get out of bed at half-past ten, and pick up the phone to the Party Animal....."
Only the Pet Shop Boys could come up with such a line, but it's brilliant music and video-making.
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DeleteThe special effects were right off Dr Who. Watch the time scoop effect in the story 'The Five Doctors' and you'll see what I mean!
Deletemadonna saying jellybean is an asshole is surely a case of the kettle calling the pot black?
DeleteMaybe they were both assholian? They could have created a perfect storm of 80s assholeness.
DeleteA very pleasant cover of Village People's 'Go West' by the PSB in 1993 just missed out on the top spot to 'Mr Vain' by Culture Beat and 'Boom! Shake the Room' by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince....both of those records sounding like really classy hits (haven't heard either to be honest).
DeleteBoom! Shake the Room is great, best thing Will Smith ever did (not that amazing a boast, granted).
DeleteDory - Michael Hurll's departure presented a great opening to move away from the dire studio lighting; alas, an opportunity missed. Some of the camera shots and movements since Paul Ciani's arrival are also odd and over the next 12-18 months we will begin to see many other changes and innovations which were all retrograde steps. (I'm surprised you lasted until 1995).
ReplyDeleteThe highlight of this show was probably Hazel Dean. I wonder if Stock, Aitken and Waterman were inspired by Abba's sound for this one.
I can also recall Scott Fitzgerald and his Eurovision song which was a creditable effort. Now 71, he is of course also the father of renowned songwriter, Ki Fitzgerald.
I held on till 1995 for the pop music scene as there were still some original performers from the 70s and 80s (the golden era) in the early 90s with new music and videos, like Elton John, Meat Loaf, Genesis, Guns 'n'Roses, etc, but by 1996 when the internet had arrived en mass, it seemed to knock out the classic artists of the golden age for good, for new phenomena like The Spice Girls, and well, that explains everything!
DeleteHeard on 6Music today, a dance project called Fleetmac Wood which remixes Fleetwood Mac tunes for a "party" atmosphere. On this listen, I wouldn't say they were entirely successful, but it's one way of keeping the music alive, and apparently the actual band listen to it while doing their workouts (!).
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else think the sound on the BBC iPlayer editions is a bit muddier and less clear than on those gratefully received contraband programmes? Anyway...
ReplyDeleteTaylor Dayne, a dentist’s dream (open wide - stop!) and keeping the hairspray industry thriving. No running around in that skirt. “I want to HEAR your body next to mine”? Ughhh!
So we get brief silhouettes of a handful of Big Mac members, with a depressing end to the video, as the butchered lovers reunite in ghost form.
Glen, angular stage posturing does not a memorable hit make.
Natalie Cole gives us a plastic R&B version of a Broooce song.
Pebbles, obviously not singing a rock song, and hopefully not stoned for the video shoot. Bam bam!
Andy Capp and the lads next and, oh dear, no blazer and lots of sweat on Angus. Appealing.
Was Hazell Dean wearing that outfit for a bet? A pink pound Eurobeat song sung in low register and containing a catchy chorus.
In the mugshots, late to the show with this one, but was that possibly the UK’s first sighting of the soon to be ubiquitous Nike on that Status Quo shirt?
Talking of The United Kingdom, we go from a Brooooce song to a daughter of Bruce song (see what I did there?). Scott going live as a pilot run for the big gig, and didn’t he do well? Okay, sort of. I fecking hate Celine Dion, so thanks a fecking bunch for giving her a career, snail eaters.
Hello sailor! Chris even grins shyly after Milk Tray Neil mimes effortlessly.
I wish that outro song really was just a mirage. Average video, forgettable song.
Good grief, it’s a whole week’s rest until the next show! I’ll have to find a hobby in the meantime.
I don't know about the iplayer Arthur, but when it's on BBC4 I find myself having to turn the volume up twice as loud as I'd normally have it.
DeleteNice to think that there is only one episode to savour this week and we’re not chasing through the weeks of 1988.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Dayne – Prove your love – This does nothing to me whatsoever. Just a shouty upbeat song that probably got overplayed in Discos, hence the high sales. Can anyone honestly say this would feature on their ‘Desert Island Discs’?
Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – Christine McVie was writing good songs at this point. The best tracks in my view on ‘Tango in the Night’ were written by her. I like the way Christine is silhouetted on this rather mediaeval looking high quality video, though it’s not clear how many other band members feature (Lindsay and Stevie look absent). Great track that is still a regular staple on Smooth FM and nice to see it played almost until the end of the fade here.
Glen Goldsmith – Dreaming – Simply horrible….although the title did prompt me to revisit this, which I think is one of the most exciting ‘performance’ videos ever, along with a stonking good tune. Sorry Glen, but Clem and co rule the ‘Dreaming’ stakes…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-lS_Gryk
Hazell Dean – Who’s leaving who – Not bad, not bad. I didn’t really recall this but I liked it. Hazell in her puffball skirt started releasing singles in 1975 calling herself ‘Hazel’. Probably no puffball skirts around in 1975 and in fact I prefer the chart rundown photo of Hazell.
Breakers – Natalie Cole – I loved the B Side to Springsteen’s ‘Dancing in the Dark’ called ‘Pink Cadillac’ and was surprised Bruce didn’t spot a hit and release it himself. Natalie delivers an ‘OK’ version. Pebbles – pretty non-descript although preferable to the other ‘Girlfriend’ song from the Wings album ‘London Town’, later covered by Jacko. AC/DC – sounds just like any other AC/DC song.
Scott Fitzgerald – Go – ‘If I had words’ with Yvonne Keeley and the St Thomas Moore School choir was a highlight song from 1978 (if rather repetitive). Worth a recap here featuring a younger looking Scott (or ‘Scotts’ as Tony appears to be saying…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZbF9WsCcs
This Fitzgerald song with its line “Go before you break my heart” is really quite pleasant. However, anyone recall the runner up to Abba in the 1974 song contest? It was Gigliola Cinquetti with ‘Go (before you break my heart)’ or ‘Si’ as she performed it. A sumptuous song, and one of my all-time favourite Eurovision songs.
Pet Shop Boys – Heart – Looking thrilled to be no1 (marooning Bros at No2 for four weeks!) the boys are back with their PC; although I thought I spotted it on show the other week with another act on the show. Great song.
Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei – Just a mirage – First Adele to feature in the top20 before you know who? This is more fodder from JB though.
That Gigliola Cinquetti song was lovely. Eurovision 1974 was a big hit in our household - the only contest where my family bought three of the entries which were all hit Uk singles. The other one was the Dutch entry, "I See A Star" by Mouth and MacNeal.
DeleteYou're so right Arthur. Three wonderful songs in the same contest. I love the way in this Italian language rendition Gigliola lets the orchestra cut in at around 03:00 before she joins in with the backing quartet at the climax of the song. On the English language version that was a hit over here, she sings over this section.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiQ-g1ncjIs&list=LLKxazJlNWdv8E9aEOkZ394w&index=72&t=0s
i remember watching that year's eurovision, and it was quite obvious from the moment the swedish entry's conductor stepped up on stage dressed as napoleon that something special was going to happen. and then with their lively tune and outlandish costumes abba absolutely blew the rest of the competiton away!
DeleteI'd forgotten that, ten years previously, Gigliola Cinquetti had joined that rare breed of artists who managed a foreign language UK hit, "Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti" reaching number 17.
DeleteDelving into Eurovision 1974 makes fascinating reading. Gigliola Cinquetti's song was effectively banned in Italy for a month or so, and the contest not shown by the main TV channel, as it coincided with a mass televised political debate on divorce (and the title of Gigliola's song was seen as a subliminal message to vote 'yes' even though the song had no connection). The juries were given ten points to dish out between their favourite songs as they wished, on the proviso they could give a maximum of five points for a single entry. The UK awarded Abba nil points! France pulled out of the contest late on as a mark of respect to their president who'd passed away during the week.
DeleteTaylor Dayne - Simply because it's not heard anywhere near as much as her more famous hit, I don't mind hearing it from time to time. She still scares me though.
ReplyDeleteFleetwood Mac - Nice enough, though it's the most played track from the album these days thanks to that dancing horse video and subsequent re-release. Incidentally, this may be (I haven't checked) the only single to have appeared on a Hits album on first release and a NOW album on re-release!
Glen Goldsmith - No. Next!
Hazell Dean - Ah, much better. For my money, one of SAW's finest offerings.
Breakers - The AC/DC song isn't a patch on their previous hit sadly.
Scott Fitzgerald - Not a bad song really, certainly the best thing the UK had entered in years. And even now, I'm still annoyed that the awful woman with terrible teeth and a skirt even less flattering than Hazell Dean's managed to beat this and build a career on it.
PSB - Another top pop tune that by leapfrogging Bros at least meant that their only No.1 was with a half-decent song. As for 'Heart', it's not one of my absolute favourites but does mark the end of their 'imperial phase' (Neil's words, not mine)
Jellybean - Not much love for this here then? I think it's his finest single and - I'm full of facts today - did you know that Adele Bertei is the female vocalist on Thomas Dolby's 'Hyperactive'? She tried to forge a solo career off the back of that and if you have the second and last of the 'Out Now!' compilations that were intended as a rival to the NOW series, you'll find one of her tracks there.
Good fact about Adele Bertei there, Noax. I bought my wife a Ministry of Sound "Electro 80's" triple CD and we played disc one on route to an anniversary celebration two weekends back, and "Hyperactive " was on it. Blimey, high and loud vocals at the same time!
Deletehi does anybody have the Drykid restored versions of
ReplyDelete21.01.88 and 03.03.88 and 24.03.88 as i missed them on WE Transfer thanks
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DeleteGood start with Taylor Dayne, Fleetwood mac (not sure what the video was about though!) both getting full watch...
ReplyDeleteThen spoilt with Glen Goldsmith, a nan who seemed to be locked in an invisible box - unfortunately not soundproof..
Two breakers with songs given to them by bruce and Prince-respectively.
Hazell - Stock (see what I did there) SAW tune, but hey I’m a fan... odd outfit - was going to say looked like a kangaroo pouch, but beaten to it by Simon...
Very knowing nod from audience member on mention of Eurovision. I am a big fan of Eurovision, but I can’t remember this one...sounded very dated, even then...
And another hi-nrg(ish) track at number one...
Even the Jellybean playout was ok - Overall one of the best shows for a loooong time.
April has arrived (my word 88 is flying by) and Gary is back with the boy Mayo.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Daynes brief moment on the spotlight continues with this rather bouncy little pop tune. Some rather wild hair on show as well as a lot of black. I wonder whatever happened to Ms Dayne.
2nd of last weeks breakers Fleetwood Mac up next so we get to see more of the video. Did they ever grace the TOTP studio? Mind you they clearly make an effort with their videos so I dont mind watching them. A lot of CSO work going on here. I like the bit at the end of the song which is very cleverly mixed.
Glen Goldsmith with a song that has failed to make its way onto Spotify so this is the first chance I've had to hear it in many years. Its quite a slight number, even the chorus doesn't pick up pace at all. Nice enough I suppose but no classic. Boy has got some moves though which the crowd seem to appreciate.
Breakers:
Natalie Cole with her Pink Cadillac. Loved this at the time as it was on my first NOW (12). She's been taking lessons from Janet Jackson for the video.
As has Pebbles with her JJ sounding Girlfriend. A massive radio hit at the time, I can take it or leave it.
AC-DC were bloody awful werent they.FF
Hazell Dean with a song I adored as a 13 year old. I still adore it as a 45 year old. One of SAW finest one of 88s best pop songs. Not sure about the skirt though Hazell. Great energetic performance.
Eurovision Time. Been a few years since we had one of these. Nice hair Scott. Has he modeled himself on Bobby G from Bucks Fizz. Song is terrible. Celine Dion about to become a Swiss success story. Sorry Scott.
Imperial phase PSB. In the studio this week so we will wait another week for the full video. Why has Chris come as as Sailor?
Why has Neil come as a Vicar?
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Jellybean. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
What a 12 months this guy has had. Checked out the album a few weeks ago and it's fantastic. 😀
Scott Fitzgerald had pretty much the same hair when he last appeared on TOTP in 1978, so perhaps Bobby G modelled himself on Scott!
DeleteIt's quite possible that Fleetwood Mac may have graced the TOTP studio in the late 1960s in the Peter Green era in some of the many wiped episodes, but I doubt if they appeared in the TOTP studio in the 70s, post-Peter Green, when Christine McVie joined the band in 1970, and then Buckingham and Nicks shortly after, but some of our regulars on here can hopefully confirm?
DeleteHadn't realised there was a previous Scott appearance as I started watching in 79. Must have been a popular hairstyle at the time.
DeleteFleetwood Mac I always lose track of who was in the band and when. They seems like an "old person's" band when I was a kid but were merely middle aged it seems.
Just to confirm on Fleetwood Mac, as I mentioned in my post much further up this thread it looks like they made a handful of studio appearances in 1969, with Peter Green, but never again after that.
DeleteScott Fitzgerald's hair reminded me of Justin Hayward's "carved from butter" look. I think Justin still rocks it, but no idea what Scott looks like now.
DeleteYou're right THX, their hair was very similar. Justin's is still broadly the same today, but shorter than it was.
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