tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post6731789804684037493..comments2024-03-28T10:45:51.725+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: When You Were Top of the PopsAngelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-70063103137155432012016-06-09T22:15:11.112+01:002016-06-09T22:15:11.112+01:00Arthur,i was in America in the summer of 1989 and ...Arthur,i was in America in the summer of 1989 and one show DID have a section where they looked at the UK charts! I distinctly remember the host mercilessly ripping it out of us limeys for putting Sonia at number 1. At the time I thought this was rather rude but in hindsight their mockery was justified and spot on!<br /><br />Mikey Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-39550912137399931072016-06-04T12:48:41.187+01:002016-06-04T12:48:41.187+01:00Probably should have posted the links. Here we go:...Probably should have posted the links. Here we go:-<br /><br />Ultravox<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iKBVyGVOkA<br /><br />EWF / Zoo<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLl-f1gGLTg<br /><br />Kool and the Gang<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=962IRcU11Oc<br /><br />Fureys & Davey Arthur<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onI__4xkcc8<br /><br />Enjoy...sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-66217028944054004422016-06-04T12:39:30.533+01:002016-06-04T12:39:30.533+01:00Looks like I am not going to get to see this show ...Looks like I am not going to get to see this show right through unfortunately. I was interested in the JK US chart rundown, in particular the Air Supply song which was entitled 'Here I am (just when I thought I was over you)'. This really was a great song and due to the previous release, 'The one that you love' having the refrain "Here I am the one that you love", I guess that was why the parenthesis title was added to this Norman Sallit penned tune. Air Supply notched up four No.5 hits in the US, interrupted only by 'The one that you love' which topped their charts. Over here, their hits were rare sadly. <br /><br />I checked out Ultravox 'The Voice' on YT from this edition of TOTP and it's there, complete with DLT referencing the JK section. A much better single than 'The Thin Wall' and even better if you check out the longer album cut which was also the 12" version. Midge looks very smart here as he boogies along during the instrumental break.<br /><br />I also found the EWF / Zoo performance which was worth seeing. DLT's chart rundown from 30 to 20 is there at the start "Laurie Anderson and that strange 'O Superman'" indeed - well how would anyone watching TOTP know? Back to Zoo, well there's not the crowded masses that greeted 'Twilight' last week, but instead it's a duo with a strange curtained set. I can't help think Legs & Co would have done this classic dance track better justice.<br /><br />I also managed to find the Kool and the Gang performance of 'Steppin out' on YT from this show. KatG seem to suffer the same fate as the Human League in being featured on Yewtree shows as I don't think we got to see 'Celebration' on BBC4. This is standard fare for them and is energised by all the dancing going on around them. I do much prefer 'Steppin' out' by ELO though.<br /><br />Finally, I found what must be this TOTP performance (it's not credited as such, but the caption appears at the end) of The Fureys and Davey Arthur. It's very underlit with only Davey really visible but it does fit in with the feel of the song quite well.sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-38651389373600117372016-06-03T23:50:38.210+01:002016-06-03T23:50:38.210+01:004 shared is a good place to upload to. Less chanc...4 shared is a good place to upload to. Less chance of getting taken off again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-51157008297348606622016-06-03T23:48:43.624+01:002016-06-03T23:48:43.624+01:00The uploads do seem to survive for longer on 4shar...The uploads do seem to survive for longer on 4shared. If anybody would be kind enough to oblige. I'd really love to see this show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-66947591744349272822016-06-03T15:11:27.996+01:002016-06-03T15:11:27.996+01:00Same here. I'm very thankful that this was mad...Same here. I'm very thankful that this was made available, but dismayed that it has been removed so soon - a matter of 2 days. ("This video was removed on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 At 12:16 PM.") Is there any chance of a re-upload, to a different server maybe? I'm sure that there are many who have missed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-40971904620571474552016-06-02T21:23:30.835+01:002016-06-02T21:23:30.835+01:00My fault for being behind the clock, but I cannot ...My fault for being behind the clock, but I cannot access this one at all :(sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-52815010971792618062016-06-02T21:10:12.898+01:002016-06-02T21:10:12.898+01:00I suspect part of the problem is that as more show...I suspect part of the problem is that as more shows get added to the individual accounts, so they become more visible to prying eyes, and then the copyright police swoop.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-39078852239963418352016-06-02T20:23:32.958+01:002016-06-02T20:23:32.958+01:00Hall & Oates released three singles in the UK ...Hall & Oates released three singles in the UK a year earlier in 1980 but none of them made top 30. The best was No.33 in Nov 1980 with Kiss On My List, so I'm not surprised that 1981 saw no singles releases for them in the UK. Their fortunes were to change on our shores in 1982 though.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-68669224013687496962016-06-02T17:48:09.759+01:002016-06-02T17:48:09.759+01:00Because they sold so fast and got in the chart so ...Because they sold so fast and got in the chart so quickly and then dropped down The Police released three singles in less than three months, next up is Spirits in The Material World.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-41078440386366239462016-06-02T16:03:08.640+01:002016-06-02T16:03:08.640+01:00I had forgotten just how good this Kool and The Ga...I had forgotten just how good this Kool and The Gang Track was. They are the consummate professionals, a slick performance and a memorable dance track. A superb way to open the show<br /><br />OMD then ONJ - OMG<br /><br />Strange that the visuals playing on the Toppotron in the background of the Fureys performance were different to what we were seeing so they must have been playing rehearsal footage. This time round Davey reminds me of a bearded Eddie Large, so which one was Syd Little?<br /><br />Haircut 100 - the dreadful dancing antics from Zoo really distract from the song. I like the way the band persuaded the session brass players to make an attempt to dress the same as the band with one sax player wearing his track suit bottoms tucked into his socks even though they otherwise look nothing like them. Rico and Dick the brass players in the Specials had the same problem, they would wear suits but they weren't fooling anyone.<br /><br />I wonder if the Jonathan King insert (what a horrible concept!) was the counter the fact that so often they couldn't find enough rising chart acts to fill the 35-40 minute shows and so rather than relying on acts outside the Top 40 they came up with this mess. Quite why he has to be in America isn't explained and quite why he has to do his piece to camera in a crowded arena is equally mysterious. He is so obviously reading the words from idiot boards and with his eyes darting up and down ends up looking even more peculiar than he was. God Air Supply were awful with their anodyne MOR dirges, they should have been starved of oxygen. Hall and Oats on the other hand were brilliant and should have had more UK hits. <br /><br />Like Kool and The Gang I had forgotten just how good The Voice was with its Monks Of Doom backing vocals. A good solid performance from Midge and Co and I can even forgive the silly clothes and posturing. Here was the perfect place to feature Zoo dancing - the right kind of song - but they were no where to be seen.<br /><br />I would loved to have seen Earth Wind and Fire in person on the same show as Kool and The Gang - they could have had a sing and dance off - but instead we have to make so with more dire dancing from Zoo. Never did know the actual lyrics to this one until I looked them up but I still sing "breakfast groove, got you to move in all night, all right". Whenever I hear the intro to this I still think of it as part of the Donna Summer I Feel Love Megamix Tip - it kicks in at 2.01:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ0gtt7Fcc8<br /><br />Rod on Vid. This sounds better the more you hear it even if the video is an a little un-PC these days. One of the dancers is Deborah Jenssen who released a couple of singles herself.<br /><br />The Police at Number and play out with Altered Images with Happy Birthday. It's my grandmother's birthday today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-75829742980395130302016-06-02T15:27:23.552+01:002016-06-02T15:27:23.552+01:00Wilberforce - you don't watch the DLT editions...Wilberforce - you don't watch the DLT editions then? I'm stunned. You do realise he was more or less stitched up. And he was charged/sentenced as a desperate measure after all the other charges didn't stick.<br />Meanwhile other guilty parties continue to get away with their crimes or simply get fired/sacked - you know who I'm referring to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-88527154638787424322016-06-02T14:51:42.170+01:002016-06-02T14:51:42.170+01:00Surely CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) had ...Surely CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) had the most band members. There were 23 of them and they weren't an orchestra. But I don't know if they ever appeared on Top Of The Pops, at least not as themselves because as session musicians some of them were also members of the TOTP orchestra.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-79252920773559280262016-06-02T14:37:45.387+01:002016-06-02T14:37:45.387+01:00I knew we hadn't seen the last of Legs. The Le...I knew we hadn't seen the last of Legs. The Legs will never die.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-47390059333034840942016-06-02T14:34:20.325+01:002016-06-02T14:34:20.325+01:00I feel sorry for Ruby Flipper (remember them?!) th...I feel sorry for Ruby Flipper (remember them?!) they only lasted 5 months in the long hot summer of 1976 and were quickly replaced with Legs and Co and it was never properly explained why they made a hasty exit (a mix of racism and homophobia methinks). But 5 years later we finally get a new male/female dance troupe and they're shite with appalling dress sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-65933818716021301972016-06-02T14:25:50.887+01:002016-06-02T14:25:50.887+01:00Re JK - I recall some female celeb (I forget which...Re JK - I recall some female celeb (I forget which one) once saying that she was dating Jay Kay (from Jjamiroquai) and the presenter tought they meant Johnathan King and was rightly surprised!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-33671561567592733332016-06-02T14:21:56.325+01:002016-06-02T14:21:56.325+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-20478271970099893232016-06-01T19:03:22.038+01:002016-06-01T19:03:22.038+01:00Shakin' Stevens' second Green Door perform...Shakin' Stevens' second Green Door performance with Legs and Co behind him does get repeated in the 31/12/81 number 1s of the year show however. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164497915486217540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-2085394848828985872016-06-01T13:34:52.487+01:002016-06-01T13:34:52.487+01:00Good grief, does anyone know whey these disappear ...Good grief, does anyone know whey these disappear within days or get taken down, whether on Vimeo or U-Tube? First it was Manorak, and now Meer.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-75169120383374256212016-06-01T11:59:49.142+01:002016-06-01T11:59:49.142+01:00I think that Calvin heenderson youtube has shut do...I think that Calvin heenderson youtube has shut down, also all of meer's shows on vimeo have gonedarnall 42https://www.blogger.com/profile/02507194175757970016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-13418072455820569762016-05-31T22:53:48.376+01:002016-05-31T22:53:48.376+01:00Yes, it would have been odd to the repeat the Fure...Yes, it would have been odd to the repeat the Furey's for their second appearance on TOTP, as we would have seen Gillian of Legs & Co on it, and now already on this week's DLT show we were already onto the second week of Zoo, so they had no choice but to ask The Fureys to come back a second time, and they could then replace Gilllian's part with one of the new Zoo performers! It was that easy, or take a chance with the video, but they went for a second studio performance instead.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-43151573248658102932016-05-31T22:48:56.977+01:002016-05-31T22:48:56.977+01:00Noax, you can access it on this link alternatively...Noax, you can access it on this link alternatively, so you can watch it here:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jc3KB19gXo&list=UUs-mp5VY3vMoOj4oQ3kxBAA&index=51Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-79975376077586997342016-05-31T22:48:07.875+01:002016-05-31T22:48:07.875+01:00Fear not Starry, you can access it alternatively b...Fear not Starry, you can access it alternatively by this link:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jc3KB19gXo&list=UUs-mp5VY3vMoOj4oQ3kxBAA&index=51Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-32972227611042420612016-05-31T21:34:27.419+01:002016-05-31T21:34:27.419+01:00I so nearly watched this yesterday, and now it'...I so nearly watched this yesterday, and now it's disappeared - mind you, it looks like I'm not missing much.<br /><br />Of the songs that are new, I can take or leave the Kool & The Gang one, I do like 'The Voice' and agree with most that 'Let's Groove' is also rather fine.<br /><br />As for JK, I remember at the time being mystified by the appearance of the US chart rundown which continued into 1983 IIRC (though not every week, I don't think?)<br />It's particularly bizarre to include it at a time when British pop was experiencing a real revival. Who cares if most of it didn't export to the US? Most of their stuff stopped selling here too! (quite rightly given that a lot of it was extremely boring AOR)Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-78379341109424090302016-05-31T21:25:52.938+01:002016-05-31T21:25:52.938+01:00'I can't go for that' was a hit in 198...'I can't go for that' was a hit in 1982 (at least in the UK it was!) Wilberforce.<br /><br />I remember Jonathan King going on and on about how great Philip Jap was as he did OK in the States but despite being British wasn't successful here. Mainly because his songs were crap.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.com