This edition of Top of the Pops from the 10th of November 1994 is not being shown on BBC4 due to Gary Glitter in the end credits. So a huge thanks goes to Anonymous for making it available here at WeTransfer.
10-11-94: Presenter: Bruno Brookes
(7) (M.C. SAR &) THE REAL McCOY – Another Night
(14) THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH – One Last Love Song
(12) WARREN G – This D.J. (via satellite) (and charts)
(24) THE SAW DOCTORS – Small Bit Of Love
(NEW) JIMMY NAIL – Crocodile Shoes
(ALBUM TRACK) NIRVANA – About A Girl (video)
(21) DONNA SUMMER – Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved)
(NEW) M-PEOPLE – Sight For Sore Eyes
(1) PATO BANTON – Baby Come Back (video)
(TOTP2) GARY GLITTER – I Love You Love Me Love (clip of TOTP 15-11-73) (and credits)
17th of November is next.
TOTP2 12-11-94 https://wetransfer.com/downloads/3c6991abc2af778f7f5725c22e1939a120230602125901/17d8e6?fbclid=IwAR2hUdk5NrnAJJPOhpFjENKDmgm0fuXws17i3uZY3iCnyw-6r8QZNyTasIA
ReplyDeleteStrangely the presenter was muted out of this TOTP2 show, so it was a show with music and no narration, but it kind of just about worked ok, but would still have preferred a presenter talking us through the show. I wonder what happened here?
DeleteAnyway it was Recorded For Recall November 1973 that really was the pick of the show, especially with the brilliant Amoreuse by a very young looking Kiki Dee, and what looks like the same clip of Gary Glitter that was shown at the end of the TOTP1 show a couple of days earlier, of which BBC4 decided to abandon a whole show for.
Hi Angelo, there's no sound on this 10th Nov 1994 Bruno Brookes edition when downloaded on WeTransfer. Could you repost it with sound please?
ReplyDeleteThere's a version on Youtube as an alternative, Dory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePbrd-2il50
DeleteI am uploader, i just downloaded all 3 files and nothing wrong with audio. Must be an audio codec issue with your device.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous. I have one request for you. Can you make a normal sound of this clip https://we.tl/t-4MT1JVK630 Please
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DeleteOk, watched it on UTube, but thanks anyway Anonymous, it was not one of the best episodes of the year, but a couple of interesting things on a show with a stagnant Top 2, with Bon Jovi still at No.2 with what seems to be an eternity. At least this Utube uploader was able to edit out the Gary Glitter clip at the end, so not sure why BBC4 could not do the same.
ReplyDeleteChart rundown - I noticed a couple of new singles at peak inside the Top 30 from previous Top 30 regulars which would not get a TOTP slot this time:
No.15 REM - Bang And Blame
No.28 Chris Rea - You Can Go Your Own Way
Donna Summer - not sure if anyone watched the new Sky Documentaries two-hour documentary on her last weekend and repeated during the week, but seeing her here on TOTP nearly 20 years after she went to Germany to work with Giorgio Moroder to produce I Feel Love, this new 1994 single in the TOTP studio was a big comedown on those glorious disco days with Moroder and later on her own until the turn of the 80s, and not surprisingly this was to be her last Top 40 single apart from a couple of remixes of her 70s disco classics which charted in 1995 & 1996.
Pato Banton & UB40 - disappointed that UB40 have still stayed away from the TOTP studio in the 90s, considering their smart attire on the video to recreate the 60s attire in the TOTP studio for most bands appearing on the show, which would have come off really well in a 1994 TOTP studio in colour, and also to give Banton his moment of glory to appear in the studio with his only No.1.
Thanks very much again, Anonymous. As Angelo has implied, looks like we’ll need your services twice more in the next month if you’d be kind enough.
ReplyDeleteThis is an example of the BBC at their woke worst. Trev doesn’t even mention that bastard in the outro. You can hear some of the instrumental opening of the offending tune behind him in his sign-off and that’s it. If the BBC could cut R Kelly out of an outro montage, which they have, they could have simply mocked up a final end credit caption at the end, similar to when Bruno was cut short by the announcement of Nigel Lawson resigning, replaced the ending with it, and shown this edition on BBC4.
Anyway, as with the other ‘banned’ edition this week, I’ll mention any song which isn’t at their chart peak in this show.
M.C. Sar was always bracketed in his hits with The Real McCoy. Why? Ah, I remember this one. It sounds to me like early Snap. This made it to number 2.
Paul Heaton, dressed like you’d expect a mod in “Last of The Summer Wine” to look and reading some of his lyrics from that music sheet. Still, he did pay for a few pubs’ drinks for a while prior to a local festival he was playing at last weekend.
Kudos to the bloke walking on the prom behind Warren G. More entertaining than his (c)rap.
Non-mugshots: the second and final sighting of Blast featuring VDC, and Moist (ahem) will make the top twenty when this is re-issued nine months later.
Next up it’s the Saw Doctors, the Pogues’ sanitised dads, from a town in County Galway with less than 10,000 inhabitants. Not the sort you’d expect to see a Specials-type stage party for.
Woah, Jimmy aims very high vocally from the start and keeps on singing his future top 4 hit over Trev’s song outro.
Nirvana’s track was never issued as a single, the album a posthumous release after Kurt Cobain’s passing. Never realised he was left-handed before this clip. Just goes to show I’m not all that attentive.
Donna Summer wearing what looked like the Pet Shop Boys’ attempt at designing university graduation chic, the song taking a while to build until…. oh, this may just as well have been Rozalla.
Third non-hit at the time on the show, and not a sound for sore ears if you ask me. M-People made number 6.
Poor Pato, being stood up again by those UB40 knobs
See earlier for my views on the show’s ending.
The Utuber who posted this edition managed to do his own edit at the end of the show to remove the Gary Glitter piece but still had the goodbye from Bruno Brookes kept in, which came out well, so not sure why BBC4 couldn't have a go to do the same.
DeleteMaybe there's some legal thing that they have to show credits at the end of every programme?
DeleteI've seen it discussed on the Popscene website that the BBC may find it cheaper just to ban an edition rather than employ someone / resources to cut and paste a show to make it fit for public consumption. That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
DeleteGood Lord!
DeleteTwo songs peaking outside the top 40 this week from previous 80s regulars that were still going strong in the 90s with new singles releases:
ReplyDeleteNo.51 Kim Appleby - Free Spirit
Fourth single in a row since 1991 to flop outside the Top 40, this was indeed her final single, bringing down the curtain on a Mel & Kim and then solo career for Kim Appleby stretching back to 1986 with their first single Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend).
No.54 Terry Hall - Sense
Third solo single since 1989, and third to flop outside the Top 40, it wouldn't improve for Hall, as a further three singles up until 2003 also failed to reach the Top 40, but no doubt this was one of the best musicians of the modern era, and I really enjoyed his Radio 2 live special last year before he sadly passed away soon after.
Were it not for there being three non chart songs I'd say this was another cracker of an episode. The only dud for me was Jimmy Nail (and obviously the end credits).
ReplyDeleteStrong opener with one of the year's most memorable dance tracks in the spirit of many of the year's other dance tracks (Corona, Culture beat, Snap etc).
Was this Jacqui Abbot's first Pops with the Beautiful South? Feels like ages since they were in the studio but good to have them back.
Warren G with a song that's no Regulate but is perfectly serviceable with a strong hook.
Are we in the Ireland is Everywhere era of Eurovision, Riverdance etc yet? Certainly the Cranberries and Saw Doctors have been playing their part.
Really enjoyed both Nirvana and M People despite not being chart hits yet. Don't remember this Donna Summer but it's alright.
Anyone know why UB40 were being such funsponges and not turning up? Were they out of the country?
Did a google check of tour dates for UB40 in 94 and it appears they were not on tour in November.
DeleteAnother week, another easy edit that BBC4 couldn't be bothered with. An interesting show as well with a bit of variety.
ReplyDelete(M.C. SAR &) THE REAL McCOY open up with a big US hit "Another Night". I bought this (and the album) at the time so was a bit of a fan of their stuff. Good showing here tonight as well.
Here come THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH's takeover of the Album charts with their Greatest Hits, and well on their way to having the second biggest selling album of 1994. "One Last Love Song" last track on the CD and a cracking single. Huge fan of this lot.
WARREN G doesn't know what year it is (we'll blame the drugs) and not a sign of "This D.J." he keeps going on about. Nothing remotely memorable about this tune. Hello Celine at Number 30. "Think Twice" about to go on a long, long, long hike to Number One. We will come back to this one.
Next up a tune I wasn't looking forward to and one I thought I would enjoy. THE SAW DOCTORS would need several pints of Guinness to get me going normally but the foot started tapping and I ended up with a "Small Bit Of Love" for this tune. Quite enjoyed it. I was looking forward to JIMMY NAIL as I remembered "Crocodile Shoes" as quite a nice tune but I did not enjoy this performance at all. Not a great vocal I'm afraid and it was all a bit flat.
Proper 60's vibe next with an unplugged NIRVANA tune that I'm not familiar with. Enjoyed hearing "About A Girl" and I thought the performance was really strong. Surprise of the night for me.
No idea DONNA SUMMER had a hit in 1994 and it wasn't great. Couldn't get into it. Then M-PEOPLE with one of my faves of theirs. "Sight For Sore Eyes" best in class this week. Great tune. Proper club record. Nice.
So Pato Banton is Top Of The Pops! This could catch on....