tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post2942481907324057185..comments2024-03-28T23:09:18.798+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: The More You Live The More You Love Top of the PopsAngelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-1189704386666883752017-10-14T16:23:35.078+01:002017-10-14T16:23:35.078+01:00Oh no it's Peebles and Wright. Two wrongs don&...Oh no it's Peebles and Wright. Two wrongs don't make a Wright.<br /><br />TFF's drummer looks like John Altman AKA Nick Cotton in EastEnders. <br /><br />Love the Howard Jones song and the video. In fact all of his videos were pretty good and added something to the song. Seeing him wandering round London early in the morning takes me back to working at Our price in Oxford Street that same year.<br /><br />The dancing girls and fruit liven up Agadoo. I hated this at the time and still can't being myself to watch it with any sense of enthusiasm.<br /><br />"Nice to see some heavy metal in the chart" quips Peebles conveniently forgetting to mention that AC/DC were already in the chart. Iron Maiden on in concert on video. Didn't Spinal Tap come out that year? Just checked out the lyrics to this and they include "As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy. We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies". A bit different to Agadoo.<br /><br />A flock of bad haircuts up next. This was slowly creeping up the chart but didn't get much higher. It's weird that they only had two big hits but I thought they did better in the chart than they actually did.<br /><br />Trevor Walters back again even though we didn't see (or hear) Lionel Richie once. Fix! Don't care much for Trev's teeth, he he could eat an apple though a tennis racket as they used to say.<br /><br />George on video again and play out with The Pointer Sisters. Don't recall the latter at all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-37373319389274630352017-10-07T14:23:24.303+01:002017-10-07T14:23:24.303+01:00Quite enjoyed this.
Tears for tears track not one...Quite enjoyed this. <br />Tears for tears track not one i remember well, but pleasant enough.<br />Howard Jones must have been miffed wth the London weather.<br />Iron Maiden doing what Iron Maiden do.charlie cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051342047720711857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-92030710525302701582017-10-07T09:47:06.019+01:002017-10-07T09:47:06.019+01:00Thanks, didn't even realise there was an edit ...Thanks, didn't even realise there was an edit with 25/9/80, or maybe I did and since forgot. <br /><br />Anyway would be happy to add that one, but I see the dropbox link to the complete version that someone posted at the time of BBC4 stopped working long ago. So I would be dependent on someone re-uploading it.<br /><br />The same goes for several eps recently e.g. 19/7/84 where there the final link was edited. I'd love to do restored versions of those too, but it needs someone with the complete versions to upload somewhere.drykidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498600516144279319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-29515897889885448262017-10-05T20:26:00.594+01:002017-10-05T20:26:00.594+01:00Good stuff drykid. But you're missing 25th Sep...Good stuff drykid. But you're missing 25th September 1980Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-78719531146544548362017-10-05T10:14:03.005+01:002017-10-05T10:14:03.005+01:00Looking at the schedules coming up, and the large ...Looking at the schedules coming up, and the large number of Yewtreed shows for the rest of 1984, it looks like we will be done and dusted with the 1984 shows within 5-6 weeks from now, that is by Mid-November!<br />I mean this weekend alone, there will be four TOTP shows to blog.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-11425599053189724062017-10-05T10:10:08.036+01:002017-10-05T10:10:08.036+01:00Sct353, yes indeed you're right, Tom Petty &am...Sct353, yes indeed you're right, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were on the TOTP 16th June 1977 edition hosted by David 'Kid' Jensen, and played on the show just before the No.1, Lucille by Kenny Rogers. I had totally overlooked it, but considering that this performance by Mr Petty in 1977 was a new hit by a new band in the UK, and never got played again, it doesn't exactly trigger the memory. <br /><br />In fact nothing of theirs made the top 40 after that 1977 debut hit, until 1989 where he peaked at No.28 with the aptly titled I Won't Back Down, which was largely down to his impact that year with The Travelling Wilberrys, which was a much needed project to raise his profile in BritainDoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-72869427473568916422017-10-04T21:15:48.086+01:002017-10-04T21:15:48.086+01:00Dory - Stevie Nicks was on the original 1981 recor...Dory - Stevie Nicks was on the original 1981 recording of Stop Draggin' My Heart Around; indeed, it is one of the tracks on Bella Donna, her debut solo album from that year. I think Tom had originally intended that the Heartbreakers should record the track on their own, but Stevie loved it so much she badgered him into making it a duet! I agree that it's a great song.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-19097093239578241042017-10-04T18:01:10.683+01:002017-10-04T18:01:10.683+01:00I'm pretty sure that we did see the Tom Petty ...I'm pretty sure that we did see the Tom Petty appearance. It didn't surprise me to see the usual suspects (eg BBC Breakfast) trot out the typical half-arsed badly researched 'tributes'. "He had a string of hits", they said. Well...however highly regarded he was and how many albums he sold, the fact is that he had 2 Top 40 hits, 3 if you include the Travelling Wilburys.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-79974639580531937482017-10-04T17:51:08.887+01:002017-10-04T17:51:08.887+01:00The usual caption writer really did have a long Su...The usual caption writer really did have a long Summer holiday based on the evidence we've seen, didn't they?Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-12033355333742354762017-10-04T10:29:48.801+01:002017-10-04T10:29:48.801+01:00Dory - We must have seen that debut hit (Anything ...Dory - We must have seen that debut hit (Anything that's Rock'n Roll)that you mention on the 16th June 1977 Repeat run edition....sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-24862361970391299802017-10-04T04:42:48.186+01:002017-10-04T04:42:48.186+01:00Indeed that was a top single with Nicks. I was sur...Indeed that was a top single with Nicks. I was surprised to see that it charted as early as 1981 in Britain, even though it only got to No.50, but I don't know if that early version had Stevie Nicks on it, or did she do it much later with him, as I always thought that duet was a 1990's version. <br />In fact I was even more surprised that his first single release in the UK was as early as 1977 with anther unknown song that peaked at No.36.<br /><br />I watched last night on BBC4 'Rock Goes To College:Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' from 1980 at Oxford Polytechnic, although the first I ever heard of them was in 1985 with their first single of any note here called Don't Come Around Here No More, even though that also only reached No.50, but because of the famous video it seemed everyone was aware of him by then.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-67346795373423132017-10-03T08:27:06.372+01:002017-10-03T08:27:06.372+01:00Let's not forget that a clever piece of dubbin...Let's not forget that a clever piece of dubbing morphed 'Everbody wants to Rule the World' into 'Everybody wants to Run the World'. This was the signature tune for Sports Aid and the 'Race for Life' in May 1986. It returned the song to the top10 a year or so after it was an original hit. sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-7530697431396497762017-10-03T08:22:39.627+01:002017-10-03T08:22:39.627+01:00RIP Tom. Loved the duet with Stevie Nicks - 'S...RIP Tom. Loved the duet with Stevie Nicks - 'Stop draggin' my heart around'. sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-72008355104386325552017-10-03T00:25:16.760+01:002017-10-03T00:25:16.760+01:00I'm off to bed, but Tom's not dead yet, th...I'm off to bed, but Tom's not dead yet, the reports were false. He might not have long to go, however. Must be awful for his family.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-42293259332639846412017-10-02T23:02:46.086+01:002017-10-02T23:02:46.086+01:00Yes, it's sad to hear of his death, and at onl...Yes, it's sad to hear of his death, and at only 66, it is all the more sad, G-d rest his soul. Petty was one of the nice men of the music world, and of course one of the Travelling Wilberrys formed in the late 80s with George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan. <br /><br />The first time I had heard of Petty was in 1985 when I saw the video of Don't Come Around Here No More, which was a scary sort of Alice In Wonderland Story, but a very clever production nevertheless, and would set the scene for his later work in the rest of the decade:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-58149590646840348522017-10-02T22:53:44.082+01:002017-10-02T22:53:44.082+01:00Songs From The Big Chair was one of the most succe...Songs From The Big Chair was one of the most successful albums of the 80s, but not mentioned in the same breath as other albums of the era like Thriller, Brothers In Arms, etc. It was Tears For Fears at their very best, and peak, with this first release Mothers Talk as a taster, but better was to come with Shout, Everybody Want To Rule The World, and Head Over Heels through the 1984/85 period.<br /><br />Suffice to say that TFF will be performing a one-off concert at The Royal Albert Hall later this month on 27th October, called Rule The World, and I must admit that I'm very tempted to buy a ticket.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-26608286573069374252017-10-02T21:45:08.922+01:002017-10-02T21:45:08.922+01:00Sorry, that should be "this blog," of co...Sorry, that should be "this blog," of course.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-65911486823664402692017-10-02T21:44:28.536+01:002017-10-02T21:44:28.536+01:00Very sad to hear that Tom Petty has just died. I k...Very sad to hear that Tom Petty has just died. I know his music is not universally popular on his blog, but at his best I think he produced some excellent stuff, and is for me one of the great figures in American rock.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-53042692008605319382017-10-02T18:59:01.241+01:002017-10-02T18:59:01.241+01:00As usual, restored BBC4HD version of 16/08/84 with...As usual, restored BBC4HD version of 16/08/84 with JK segment addded back from Neil Bs upload:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.4shared.com/video/--ICMRzHei/TOTP_1984-08-16__restoration_.html" rel="nofollow">TOTP 16/08/1984</a><br /><br />Full list of restorations:<br /><br /><a href="https://drykid.github.io" rel="nofollow">https://drykid.github.io</a>drykidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498600516144279319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-76824825390092888182017-10-02T18:12:49.601+01:002017-10-02T18:12:49.601+01:00The notes of the 'Songs from the Big Chair'...The notes of the 'Songs from the Big Chair' remaster edition observe that "...phenomenal success was preceded and possibly even brought about by a bad patch for the duo. Two singles 'The way you are' and 'Mother's Talk' had fared relatively poorly in the charts....Smith later revealed that he enjoyed recording neither song and that both he and Orzabal realised that something was wrong...".<br /><br />So it's not just us!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-61065515569923746532017-10-02T11:27:38.200+01:002017-10-02T11:27:38.200+01:00there was actually a remix of "mother talk&qu...there was actually a remix of "mother talk" produced for the american market - i've had another listen to it, and i can't say if it's better or worse than the original mix of what still sounds rather a rather weedy song despite all the bluster of the singing and arrangement. and i forgot to mention in my review: is this the first hearing of the synth-triggered "orchestral stab" patch that became the vogue for a year or two around this time?<br /><br />also: apparently it's yet another dig by pop stars at the cold war stand-off that was in force at the time ("when the wind blows" was of course the title of the satirical post-apocalyptic graphic novel by raymond briggs that had been produced a year or two earlier)wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-39257782666438000802017-10-02T10:54:07.016+01:002017-10-02T10:54:07.016+01:00On the rock side of things I definitely think Tear...On the rock side of things I definitely think Tears for Fears beat Iron Maiden here. 2 Minutes to Midnight doesn't have a great chorus hook, whereas Mother's Talk has an interesting contrast between the sad and angrier sections. It goes on too long for me maybe it needed an interesting break in the middle, but it's not bad.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-8018977817402518522017-10-01T17:49:48.303+01:002017-10-01T17:49:48.303+01:00Good Lord, I see next weekend there will be four s...Good Lord, I see next weekend there will be four shows to blog, cos the first and third will be shown by BBC4, but the 2nd and 4th will not be shown.<br /><br />Has anyone got the 30th Aug and 13th Sep shows, cos Depeche Mode are unlucky to have been on both Yewtreed shows, and we will not see their Master & Servant at all on the BBC4 TOTP reruns!Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-59481294146973574822017-10-01T17:39:17.864+01:002017-10-01T17:39:17.864+01:00There seems to be no video for this Pointer Sister...There seems to be no video for this Pointer Sisters track, or even any footage from 1984 of them singing it. The only thing I could find was this 1988 live version by them, and wearing ball gowns. Never mind Ruth in blue, but I prefer the one in red with the shortest of the three dresses among the sisters:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04DsiU0czzcDoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-76957505037559041292017-10-01T17:35:08.662+01:002017-10-01T17:35:08.662+01:00Indeed there was more footage of the playout on BB...Indeed there was more footage of the playout on BBC4 this week than was originally broadcast in 1984, thanks to the original broadcast furnished by Neil B. However, BBC4 seemed to still cut it short of the full performance when the studio audience podium dancer's yellow miniskirt was so short that her white nickers kept showing, otherwise we could have got a lot more of the dancing. Pity that, cos this lesser known Pointer Sisters track was quite good for a lazy Sunday morning lie-in I thought.<br /><br /> Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.com