tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post4921867958943651315..comments2024-03-28T23:09:18.798+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: Is Top of the Pops there?Angelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-30353149977141504172016-04-08T04:44:04.297+01:002016-04-08T04:44:04.297+01:00I missed out on the Vimeo link. Please can anyone ...I missed out on the Vimeo link. Please can anyone provide a new link to view or DL?teaurnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567246659179603874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-6886179587281473632016-03-09T22:45:48.700+00:002016-03-09T22:45:48.700+00:00Tenpole Tudor - it has been a while since we'v...Tenpole Tudor - it has been a while since we've had something as energetic and raucous as this. Great stuff.<br /><br />And it was good to see Hot Gossip on this show as well :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-56454813389788337272016-03-08T04:47:17.011+00:002016-03-08T04:47:17.011+00:00thanks to arthur i've now had another listen t...thanks to arthur i've now had another listen to teardrops exdplodes' "treason" for the first time in many years. and yes, it makes a refreshing change from the over-exposed "reward". like teardrop, the pale fountains also emanated from the early 80's scouser indie scene and were similarly raved about by the music press at the time. but the (new to my ears) "thank you" bizarrely sounds like something vince hill would sing as a special guest on the lulu show circa 1967!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-84651016811408534542016-03-07T22:19:35.957+00:002016-03-07T22:19:35.957+00:00Terence “Snowy” White helping Thin Lizzy out on on...Terence “Snowy” White helping Thin Lizzy out on one of their lesser tunes followed, scarily, by Jim’ll doing a shopping list of women’s occupations then quickly remembering he needs to introduce the next song.<br /><br />Madness’s nutty boy walk reminded me of an old Dave Allen sketch involving workers walking to a sardine factory. Always though the keyboard riff near the end of “Grey Day” had a touch of “The Ugly Duckling” about it.<br /><br />The Beat’s offering was certainly better than the other side though still not spectacular, and most of us are scratching our heads at Peter Powell’s wowing over “Drowning”.<br /><br />I bet Sheena was furious she was colour co-ordinated with Jim’ll, but he didn’t look a dooood (or doodess) in his clobber. As for the song, clanky lyrics professionally sung.<br /><br />So now it’s CHEE My by Ennio Morricone. Lovely sanguine tune, but I bet the kids at home watched this ‘film’ and thought “Huh?” (the “WTF?” of the time).<br /><br />After Foghorn Ballet, we had four of the best I’ve seen in this re-run, both the songs and the people in view (though sadly, again, no Gill in an outfit made for her, though the making of that outfit would have taken a few minutes…)<br /><br />BAM!!!!! Can you imagine the Twitter messages if BBC4 had shown this? Can you imagine the carnage if DLT had been hosting? An astonishing turn for many reasons. When Rosie did her jiggling best at 23:01 in the show, the song’s lyric “It’s just the way I’d like to go” came back into my head. Yes, again, somehow I manged sound and vision. Blokes can multitask when they want!<br /><br />I love “Treason”, much better than “Reward” to these ears. I do like the ’up and down the scale’ keyboard break, which reminded me of a top 50 hit called “Thank You” by The Pale Fountains which used the same trick but with more of the scale.<br /><br />Eddie Tudor-Pole should have been a shoo-in for Blackadder. He came close several times to knocking the guitarist’s block off with that flag. Fantastic song.<br /><br />The Human League would have been a culture shock for those who remembered them from before. Where’s the bloke with the beard gone? Why are there two Wimpy waitresses on stage? And where did they get such an arty yet hooky song from when they were ripping off Gary Glitter previously? Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-68624053449789032212016-03-07T18:47:29.241+00:002016-03-07T18:47:29.241+00:00Wow, yes you're right Wilberforce! Some real c...Wow, yes you're right Wilberforce! Some real classics - 'Grandmas Party', 'Dancing with the Captain' and the immortal 'Reggae like it used to be'. I never knew that!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-41984583003793520552016-03-07T17:40:20.537+00:002016-03-07T17:40:20.537+00:00lest we forget: dominic bugatti also penned severa...lest we forget: dominic bugatti also penned several hits (with his usual songwriting partner frank musker) for our old chum paul nicholas!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-19571288017228585702016-03-07T10:38:24.109+00:002016-03-07T10:38:24.109+00:00starry, thanks for the link to the original versio...starry, thanks for the link to the original version of "chi mai" - i agree with your opinion that it's better than the re-recording!<br /><br />i thought the heavily-processed snare drum sounded too "modern" for the early 70's, but in my ignorance i thought if anything then it must have been dubbed onto the original version later on. but it turns out what was used for the "lloyd george" series is a completely re-recorded version in a different key (released in the late 70's as some kind of weird disco cash-in)!<br /><br />as a morricone fan i'm ashamed to say i should have known that! in fact a friend recently sent me some morricone mp3's on a cd burn, but i ignored "chi mai" as i assumed it was the later version. fortunately i've still got the disc, so thanks to starry i have been able to retrieve it for my collection...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-43988829755001538222016-03-07T07:46:45.086+00:002016-03-07T07:46:45.086+00:00John G, you must be correct here, and hopefully a ...John G, you must be correct here, and hopefully a full original copy of this show will surface sometime in the future with Jim'll introducing the No.1Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-84833015380988008472016-03-07T07:24:25.989+00:002016-03-07T07:24:25.989+00:00Not wrong, Wilby. Corrida is Spanish for bullfight...Not wrong, Wilby. Corrida is Spanish for bullfight.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-50506712674959881202016-03-06T23:57:12.975+00:002016-03-06T23:57:12.975+00:00The re-recording of Chi Mai was prominently used i...The re-recording of Chi Mai was prominently used in the Jean-Paul Belmondo action movie Le Professionel, too. Great car chase, but just an OK film.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-88502670366054642932016-03-06T23:43:58.655+00:002016-03-06T23:43:58.655+00:00Right, thanks. I couldn't be bothered looking...Right, thanks. I couldn't be bothered looking up the anecdote in his (excellent) autobiography.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-79812636436238792332016-03-06T19:21:41.571+00:002016-03-06T19:21:41.571+00:00My favourite bit was the lady with the leg up prac...My favourite bit was the lady with the leg up practically behind her ears and clearly auditioning for a prototype version of Legs & CoNoaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-23170252697973121112016-03-06T17:33:36.972+00:002016-03-06T17:33:36.972+00:00The original of Chi Mai is better I think.
https:...The original of Chi Mai is better I think.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n83VRAWDjAA<br /><br />The blurb for the film it was from from imdb<br />"The film Maddalena tells the story of a woman who is desperate to find real love in a real steady relationship on the one hand; and a priest who is doubting his ability to cope with celibacy on the other hand. When Maddalena decides the priest is the man that she wants, an atmosphere of erotic tension and self-questioning about true Faith fill up the air." <br /><br />Music from within the film, at two points in the video<br />https://youtu.be/SnlSTCZQ6Ek?t=701<br />https://youtu.be/SnlSTCZQ6Ek?t=1012<br /><br />starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-8670353935802864152016-03-06T15:05:22.913+00:002016-03-06T15:05:22.913+00:00Now this time it is a real shame that we can't...Now this time it is a real shame that we can't see this on BBC4 as there's some good stuff on this show.<br /><br />Thin Lizzy is not one of those, with a pretty average opener.<br /><br />The Madness song I really like, one of their most under-rated big hits I would say.<br /><br />The Beat - well, it's better than the double-A-side song we'd seen before, you can say that much!<br /><br />Sheena Easton - one of those 'worthy but dull' efforts I'm afraid.<br /><br />Legs & Co begin the really good section of the show. What an amazing routine, and as a Rosie fan I was obviously very happy to see it!<br /><br />I really like 'Treason' and although it's not attention grabbing like 'Reward', I think it's a really good song.<br /><br />Loved Tenpole Tudor when I was a kid (well, you would really, wouldn't you? all that jumping about and colour) and even if they are a bit like Adam & The Ants in many respects I still like this song.<br /><br />Then The Human League - great song and an entertaining performance that begins a run of bad luck for them with regard to Yewtreed shows. Barring the 'housewife classic' at the end of the year of course. Sod's law....Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-43274974122558492972016-03-06T14:59:43.172+00:002016-03-06T14:59:43.172+00:00I'm pretty sure that the Teardrop Explodes pe...I'm pretty sure that the Teardrop Explodes performance you're referring to was for 'Passionate Friend'.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-42178943836297176652016-03-06T14:57:13.088+00:002016-03-06T14:57:13.088+00:00Another edition well worth seeing (host aside). Th...Another edition well worth seeing (host aside). Thanks again Meer.<br /><br />Thin Lizzy – Are you ready to rock – From the Killers EP the Thin Lizzy sound was on the wane by now and I think that’s Snowy ‘Bird of Paradise’ white as one of the guitarists. Surely not his real name?<br /><br />Madness – Grey Day – Infectious tune but slightly downbeat (and weird) video. The ‘locomotion’ walk appeared on the cover of the ‘One step beyond’ single.<br /><br />The Beat – All out to get you – Surprisingly we get the ‘other’ A side. After the dreadful ‘Drowning’ that PP raved about the other week, this is an improvement but still not that memorable. Strange ‘freezing’ effects.<br /><br />Sheena Eaton – When he shines – Co-written by Dominic Bugatti who also co-wrote Air Supply’s ‘Every woman in the world’ (Which reached no.5 in the US but number nothing here), this is a great ballad for Sheena paving the way for the theme tune to the Bond film ‘For your Eyes only’ and the magnificent but underrated ‘You could have been with me’. I always felt that this song, good as it was could have done with better production and the introduction of drums etc. towards the end in the same way as (say) ‘Desperado’ by the Eagles. Speaking of the States, ‘RIO’ Speedwagon had reached no.1 in March with this wonderful record which I guess will be on TOTP soon.<br /><br />Department S- Is Vic there – Apparently still not there…<br /><br />Ennio Morricone – Chi Mai – Only kept off the top spot by the flippin’ Eurovision Song Contest, a nice reflective and nostalgic film to accompany the music with snatches of archive footage of David Lloyd George. The series is on YT, I might give it a go on the back of this…<br /><br />Spandau Ballet – Musclebound – No more ‘Game of Thrones’ film, back to the original studio rendition and I’m really wishing they could have featured ‘Glow’ instead.<br /><br />Quincy Jones – Ai no Corrida – I’m speechless! Two weeks in a row Legs & Co are dancing in virtually nothing! This was 1981 for goodness sake, not the 70s. How did anyone deem this suitable?! Great to see it and be able to appraise it of course!<br /><br />Teardrop Explodes – Treason – Uninspiring. I liked ‘Reward’ but this didn’t come close.<br /><br />Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a thousand men – Energetic performance and a stonking tune to boot. Not much more to come from Eddie and the boys but this was pretty good.<br /><br />Human League – Sound of the crowd – Little did we know that this was just the prelude. One of many great tracks on the (forthcoming) ‘Dare’ album that just gets played over and over again. <br /><br />Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up – Third week at no.1 and it’s back to the skirt ripping performance rather than the minis. <br /><br />No playout – I wonder what it was? <br /><br />…and would you believe it, Gillan was still going up the charts having gone:-44,37,25,24,20,18,17…and then 23, 33, 45<br />sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-64677642078092957642016-03-06T14:48:24.474+00:002016-03-06T14:48:24.474+00:00The Life and Times of David Lloyd George is on YT....The Life and Times of David Lloyd George is on YT. I did watch it at the time and remember being quite shocked at his life. I had an image of him from a PG Tips card in the 'Famous People' series that was shattered!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-55610502114255924492016-03-05T23:54:53.867+00:002016-03-05T23:54:53.867+00:00I like The Human League, it had nice energy to it ...I like The Human League, it had nice energy to it and they deserved the effects much more than The Cure did.<br /><br />Ai No Corrida was also lively, the dance routine playing with depth and having more invention than their norm for sure. Beyond any sexiness I enjoyed the interpretion which was synchronised well and did fit the music faithfully.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-13241319065838789142016-03-05T23:51:37.368+00:002016-03-05T23:51:37.368+00:00Not that keen on the Madness one, they could do de...Not that keen on the Madness one, they could do decent emotive tunes like Our House and The Sun and the Rain, but this falls flat for me melodically.<br /><br />Thin Lizzy have plenty of energy at least, so not a bad show starter.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-21434220165768255232016-03-05T23:46:11.817+00:002016-03-05T23:46:11.817+00:00The Chi Mai video was very interesting, it was lik...The Chi Mai video was very interesting, it was like it was setting the transience of mankind (war/politics) and the eternal cycle of nature.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-86371487917496918722016-03-05T20:09:16.817+00:002016-03-05T20:09:16.817+00:00Incidentally, I had the feeling that the Bucks Fiz...Incidentally, I had the feeling that the Bucks Fizz performance may have been spliced on to the end of this recording of the show, as Jim'll didn't announce the song and there were no end credits over it, which according to Popscene there should have been. I suspect BF got left off this recording originally.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-28089475909224505172016-03-05T19:40:06.485+00:002016-03-05T19:40:06.485+00:00This was the best show for a number of weeks, in n...This was the best show for a number of weeks, in no small part thanks to the arrival of The Human League Mk 2 with arguably their finest song. The Sound of the Crowd is a brilliant mix of the commercial and experimental, and I don't know why the group seemed so down on it in The Story of 1981 - just goes to show that the artist is not always the best judge of their own record! I'm sure at the time Phil and the girls could not have conceived that they would be one of the biggest acts around by the end of the year, but they would thoroughly deserve that status.<br /><br />The show began less promisingly with yet another dull, anonymous Lizzy effort, though at least Yellow Pearl was coming up to remind us that Lynott could be good. Madness were much better - in general I prefer their more downbeat tunes, and this is quite powerful in its understated way. A striking video too, with the grey outfits and creepy clown make-up.<br /><br />The Beat are back with the other side of their double-A release, and it is definitely an improvement on Drowning. However, musically it breaks no new ground and I can see why it stalled at 22. Sheena Easton gets the dark studio big ballad treatment, but this overwrought affair is let down by horrendously clunky lyrics and the way it seems to go on for an eternity. Sheena would have to wait for the Bond song to come along in order to get her tonsils around a decent ballad. As if to reflect the song title, she was also dressed in very shiny gold - I'm sure the similarly-bedecked Jim'll must have been rather jealous...<br /><br />More Edwardiana to accompany Chi Mai this week, with plenty of footage of Lloyd George interspersed with shots of what I assume is the Welsh countryside. Legs, by contrast, are firmly in 1981 this week with costumes that doubtless made many male jaws drop! Good routine anyway (though I doubt many people were following the choreography) and it's also a very good record from the multi-talented Mr Jones.<br /><br />It was always going to be tough trying to follow up Reward, and Treason is by no means a bad effort, though it does show up the limitations of Julian Cope's voice to some extent. It is blown out of the water by Tenpole Tudor's fantastic post-punk rabble-rousing anthem, which I bet Adam Ant wishes he had written! I like the way Ed is dressed for 1981 from the waist upwards, and for 1581 below...<br /><br />Presentation-wise, Jim'll puts in a decent if unremarkable shift, but he is looking ever more out of place among the new groups now coming to the fore - I notice he also takes a leaf out of the Bates book by not reading out any song titles during the chart rundown. John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-54276209721061411912016-03-05T18:57:52.104+00:002016-03-05T18:57:52.104+00:00That's not the only thing that Richard O'B...That's not the only thing that Richard O'Brien did better...John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-44587571272090668312016-03-05T11:19:16.262+00:002016-03-05T11:19:16.262+00:00I can't get this one to download either! any c...I can't get this one to download either! any chance it could be uploaded to the other site, please?Matt Spireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990946118217462218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-83827785305958584172016-03-05T10:29:34.264+00:002016-03-05T10:29:34.264+00:00I wouldn't say Treason is inferior to Reward, ...I wouldn't say Treason is inferior to Reward, less energy maybe but a fine melody. The whole Kilimanjiro album is good though.starrynoreply@blogger.com