tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post5976851678986488530..comments2024-03-28T10:45:51.725+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: Dance Hall Top of the PopsAngelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-25083734967824428672017-07-31T16:44:43.129+01:002017-07-31T16:44:43.129+01:00My God, that Hello video is drrrrrrrrreary!
FF was...My God, that Hello video is drrrrrrrrreary!<br />FF was very busy on this one.<br />I like Tina Turner, but you could hear the song crying Help (amusingly, when i fast forwarded, it looked the right speed)<br />Nena - i bought that in the states in 1983 in the german version, so it was a nice flashback.<br />charlie cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051342047720711857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-87879652242575628082017-07-25T07:15:39.669+01:002017-07-25T07:15:39.669+01:00WeTransfer files only stay up for 7 days, as per W...WeTransfer files only stay up for 7 days, as per WeTransfer policy, so it is important to download the file before then, to make sure you don't lose out.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-55930892143109743552017-07-24T21:16:22.799+01:002017-07-24T21:16:22.799+01:00The file has been removed already, I thought they ...The file has been removed already, I thought they stayed up for 2 weeks? Is it possible to repost the link please?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-999779634078520892017-07-23T10:34:27.899+01:002017-07-23T10:34:27.899+01:00this talk of "manhunt" has reminded me o...this talk of "manhunt" has reminded me of a similar WWII-era adventure tv serial also made in the 70's called "rogue male" where peter o'toole (rather surprisingly given he still had hollywood status at the time) plays an englishman that tries and and fails to assassinate the fuhrer before the war starts, and then gets relentlessly pursued by nazi agents as a result. i remember watching it at the time and thinking it pretty good... so another one i must put on my dvd list!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-4101609820853692512017-07-22T20:24:13.314+01:002017-07-22T20:24:13.314+01:00Manhunt is a good series with an excellent cast bu...Manhunt is a good series with an excellent cast but it does go on a bit. It was filmed in rural Oxfordshire doubling for occupied France.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-75026566235900272322017-07-22T11:19:59.785+01:002017-07-22T11:19:59.785+01:00The Australian lady was played by Luan Peters, ori...The Australian lady was played by Luan Peters, original vocalist with 5000 Volts (except she might not have been).THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-91470504852378310752017-07-22T00:00:40.414+01:002017-07-22T00:00:40.414+01:00what? were there some japanese people atop a bovin...what? were there some japanese people atop a bovine creature on the show? i must have missed that bit...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-10310533180731590722017-07-21T21:44:47.808+01:002017-07-21T21:44:47.808+01:00Each to their ownEach to their ownDoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-25291789206897651082017-07-21T16:02:30.700+01:002017-07-21T16:02:30.700+01:00Good grief the nips on Bullock were amazing! Good grief the nips on Bullock were amazing! Stunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-43268148940375717252017-07-21T13:40:45.461+01:002017-07-21T13:40:45.461+01:00The 'old bag' episode is certainly one of ...The 'old bag' episode is certainly one of the best - Cleese picking something up from the floor and asking "is that your brain?" never fails to convulse me!<br /><br />My favourite episode (and let's face it, they're all good) is the Psychiatrist episode with the Australian 'bird'!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-63013588051636724692017-07-21T12:51:04.053+01:002017-07-21T12:51:04.053+01:00thanks for reminding me sct - i remember thinking ...thanks for reminding me sct - i remember thinking that when i heard "the steppes" for the first time. perhaps it was even actually influenced by that?<br /><br />i remember really getting off on the music whenever the "denim" ads came on (and the deep cod-macho voice was brilliant as well), never for one moment believing i would ever hear it elsewhere afterwards. the drummer on it (originally a library piece called "confunktion") was the above-mentioned brian "golf dad" bennett by the way...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-87151235181307987442017-07-21T11:04:46.074+01:002017-07-21T11:04:46.074+01:00Reminds me of the 'Denim' advert!Reminds me of the 'Denim' advert!sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-87383341151313938372017-07-21T09:49:37.357+01:002017-07-21T09:49:37.357+01:00the original recording of "the steppes" ...the original recording of "the steppes" surely features the most booming and ominous drum sound ever?:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4SwHDD6wzAwilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-22292977882627903162017-07-21T09:29:31.712+01:002017-07-21T09:29:31.712+01:00Yes, Mr Beggs did look weird dressed like that. St...Yes, Mr Beggs did look weird dressed like that. Steve played 'Every Day' and 'The Steppes' from those two albums that night which, as you say, are excellent. He also did a storming version of 'Shadow of the Hierophant' from his first solo album 'Voyage of the Acolyte' with Amanda Lehmann on vocals and Gary O'Toole simply awesome on drums.sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-5347038026233147912017-07-21T09:23:51.919+01:002017-07-21T09:23:51.919+01:00the reason i was aware of nick beggs being part of...the reason i was aware of nick beggs being part of steve hackett's band (his albums "spectral mornings" and "defector" are excellent in my opinion by the way) was because a friend of mine went to the above gig and told me it looked like there was a transvestite on stage! so having recently discovered mr beggs' penchant for wearing leather skirts (which i reported on here when kajagoogoo first appeared on the show), i put two and two together... and made four for a change!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-79547284410366611012017-07-21T09:10:47.675+01:002017-07-21T09:10:47.675+01:00i remember watching the opening titles for the har...i remember watching the opening titles for the harry worth shows as a child and being fascinated by the scene where he appears to be levitating as a result of using a shop window, and indeed i found such a window in the local high street (i think it was john collier or another of those men's outfitters that were popular at the time) to achieve the same effect myself! i can't remember anything else about the series though. however i hope it was better than harry hill, whose appeal is totally lost on me...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-23659269447550789272017-07-21T09:03:10.062+01:002017-07-21T09:03:10.062+01:00"the germans" episode seems to be the fa..."the germans" episode seems to be the favourite "fawlty towers" of many, yet i consider it by far the worst one of the lot and a total embarrassment (even if cleese presumably wrote it as a satire on the views many brits held at the time). the classic episode for me is "communication problems" where basil is constantly confounded by an old bag of a guest as played by the splendid joan sanderson...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-36184073835195645422017-07-21T08:52:35.093+01:002017-07-21T08:52:35.093+01:00Huge thanks again to Neil B but boy this show is r...Huge thanks again to Neil B but boy this show is rotten! I agree with John G that it’s no loss for BBC4 viewers. Sorry I’m late to the Party!<br /><br />I’m not even bothering to do my usual song by song comment for all on here, but suffice to say:-<br /><br />Lionel Richie – Hello – Loved it then but much prefer ‘Running with the Night’ these days (“Hi There Steve Lukather!”). Don’t recall the spoken bit on the video intro nor the continuous ‘soundtrack’ and no denouement shown here! The whistle like instrumental sound near the beginning was used on another Commodores hit I believe. I always thought that the Toto guys played on this one, but no, according to the credits on the ‘Can’t slow down’ album they didn’t.<br /><br />Kajagoogoo – The Lion’s Mouth - Definitely diminishing returns and I don’t recall this. As Wilberforce points out, Nick Beggs has been playing (non-stick) bass with Steve Hackett for some years and a damn fine show that was earlier this year at the London Palladium.<br /><br />Tina Turner – Help – Why?????? Simply the worst. The best cover of ‘Help’ I have heard is actually The Carpenters from the ‘Close to me’ album (they did a great version of ‘Ticket to Ride’ too which is much more well-known).<br /><br />Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days – I dug out the ‘Strictly Inc.’ album that Jack Hues sung on with Tony Banks from Genesis and it’s a cracking album. A lot better than this. <br /><br />Richard Hartley – Bolero – I have a soft spot for this and its fabulous to see it again and watch in awe. Definitely a case of Winter Olympic frenzy to get this in the charts that we actually won something rather than no-hopers like Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards. Do we win anything at the Winter Olympics these days I wonder? Don’t hear much about them. Oh yes, and T&D coming fourth on their Olympic comeback was an absolute disgrace on the judges.<br /><br />Nena – 99 Balloons – This must be the showing that I recall for obvious reasons!<br /><br />Break Machine – Street Dance playout again!!<br /><br />Hosts – No comment….<br /><br />Now then; “Some people stay far away from the door if there’s a chance of it opening up….”<br />sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-10301373986794781082017-07-21T08:48:07.723+01:002017-07-21T08:48:07.723+01:00bama thanks for the notification on the "meli...bama thanks for the notification on the "melissa" 70's tv series - i'll add that to my list. as a result i have now discovered that mr barkworth also starred in what looks another interesting series i'd never heard of before about the french resistance in the second world war called "manhunt" (now ordered from ebay!)wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-87576189127543390542017-07-21T08:36:38.937+01:002017-07-21T08:36:38.937+01:00You can see the full, uncut version of the Fawlty ...You can see the full, uncut version of the Fawlty Towers 'The Germans' episode on DVD too... sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-44520576303288735022017-07-21T01:00:49.082+01:002017-07-21T01:00:49.082+01:00Switch channels and you'd hear the Fraggles th...Switch channels and you'd hear the Fraggles theme every week, that show was flogged to death. I tried an episode on YouTube a few years ago, having enjoyed it as a kid, and it was cloyingly sanctimonious I'm sorry to say. The Muppets will always have a place in my heart, though (sad to see the news about their troubles recently).THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-10403236433524181382017-07-21T00:56:25.426+01:002017-07-21T00:56:25.426+01:00I have not thought about Frank Topping in decades!...I have not thought about Frank Topping in decades! My religious mum had a book by him, he was a beardy man I seem to recall.<br /><br />As for spoken word hits, Baz Luhrmann's (Everybody's Free to Wear) Sunscreen was a huge hit about fifteen years ago. Baz wasn't even the know-it-all on the recording, he got a voiceover man to do it.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-16304015645764701682017-07-21T00:45:31.290+01:002017-07-21T00:45:31.290+01:00Go to ITV3 and you'll see about a billion 70s ...Go to ITV3 and you'll see about a billion 70s sitcoms, from the great (Man About the House, Rising Damp) to the rubbish (er, just about everything else sitcommy on ITV)THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-5824708606888069542017-07-20T21:45:20.904+01:002017-07-20T21:45:20.904+01:00Arthur, I'm glad I've made someone happy.Arthur, I'm glad I've made someone happy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-59169257695979300742017-07-20T21:35:48.074+01:002017-07-20T21:35:48.074+01:00Mind Your Language was written by the same guy (Vi...Mind Your Language was written by the same guy (Vince Powell) who created and co-wrote Love Thy Neighbour which is equally un-pc these days. But the same writers also wrote sitcoms for Harry Worth in the 1960s which were very funny but have sadly been mostly wiped now. You can see some on YouTube. Harry Hill basically stole his whole act from Harry Worth, even stole his name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.com