tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post8178079382352620016..comments2024-03-28T23:09:18.798+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: Top of the Pops Won't Run AwayAngelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-78656209684412718692017-11-14T12:18:02.684+00:002017-11-14T12:18:02.684+00:00I have no recollection of the Alvin Stardust song,...I have no recollection of the Alvin Stardust song, but quite liked it. I had assumed that it was a cover of a Buddy Holly song until we got to the baby details, and then was forced to look up the author.charlie cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051342047720711857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-79860414006503104142017-11-12T13:04:55.057+00:002017-11-12T13:04:55.057+00:00I like all of those heavier sounding Duran Duran r...I like all of those heavier sounding Duran Duran records, ITSISK, The Reflex, Wild Boys and View to a Kill.starrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-34489391385449489632017-11-07T22:21:47.358+00:002017-11-07T22:21:47.358+00:00The full unedited version was only shown on the Sa...The full unedited version was only shown on the Saturday night repeat, but at least it was shown at the last attempt. Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-12457752710601195732017-11-07T22:19:54.418+00:002017-11-07T22:19:54.418+00:00Well they were both crapWell they were both crapDoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-87791342186773746352017-11-07T21:13:11.673+00:002017-11-07T21:13:11.673+00:00(I linked to the following in the comments under t...(I linked to the following in the comments under the 18/10/84 entry, but I guess not many people are going to read it there anymore. Apologies for the deliberate duplication anyway..) <br /><br />A bit late but the restored BBC4HD version of 18/10/84 with JK (plus final link) added back from Neil B's upload is available here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.4shared.com/video/5Nsdr8sMei/TOTP_1984-10-18__restoration_.html" rel="nofollow">TOTP 18/10/1984</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-41553879368443238802017-11-07T18:57:58.897+00:002017-11-07T18:57:58.897+00:00RIP Dudley. Lots of Dr Who shows feature his amazi...RIP Dudley. Lots of Dr Who shows feature his amazing music. Genesis of the Daleks wouldn't have been the same without it. Dudley also composed the theme for 'Moonbase 3'. Not one many people would recall, but did star Ralph 'Warleggan' Bates who died far too young.sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-22350514334014147882017-11-07T17:46:11.685+00:002017-11-07T17:46:11.685+00:00I wonder why we got the edited version in the late...I wonder why we got the edited version in the late slot? Presumably just the usual incompetence. As a result I can only comment on what was in that plus the songs (and not performances) of the other new stuff.<br /><br />Matt Bianco - As I've said before, I simply cannot stand their drivel.<br /><br />Slade - The fact that I can't really recall the tune says it all.<br /><br />Eurythmics - I'm not keen on this at all. We watched the film at school a year or 2 after it was released and were given no warning AT ALL about the gratutious muff shot. Our class were almost scarred for life.<br /><br />The Dazz Band - This one I do remember. And it's rubbish.<br /><br />Alvin Stardust - I was pleasantly surprised by this, much better than I recalled.<br /><br />Nik Kershaw - Best song on the show by far, one of his very best singles.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-29492704315250404452017-11-07T17:40:34.566+00:002017-11-07T17:40:34.566+00:00Surely they are under 'M' in the Guinness ...Surely they are under 'M' in the Guinness book as they are a band, not a person?<br /><br />When I started sorting out the record library at my student radio station, the filing system had put Matt Bianco under 'B', Danny Wilson under 'D', and - most hilariously of all - had Jesus Jones listed as 'Jones, Jesus'!!Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-1607436111449410282017-11-07T17:32:38.292+00:002017-11-07T17:32:38.292+00:00The Reflex wasn't their first No.1 a year earl...The Reflex wasn't their first No.1 a year earlier, that was Is There Something I Should Know.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-30876243667778514682017-11-06T20:39:21.843+00:002017-11-06T20:39:21.843+00:00You didn't pass the Dazz challenge Artur.You didn't pass the Dazz challenge Artur.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-74350949480215330872017-11-06T20:37:03.566+00:002017-11-06T20:37:03.566+00:00I thought he had a Brummie accent. He still had th...I thought he had a Brummie accent. He still had the bad perms though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-25751742479336473362017-11-06T13:15:10.420+00:002017-11-06T13:15:10.420+00:00Ah, apologies. I gave up with the Dazz Band after ...Ah, apologies. I gave up with the Dazz Band after a while. There's still one more of them in the mugshot, though. Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-85699392676904348492017-11-06T13:00:47.308+00:002017-11-06T13:00:47.308+00:00Yes, Dudley had a very long association with Docto...Yes, Dudley had a very long association with Doctor Who, providing incidental music for it over a 15 year period in the 60s and 70s - it was that which got him the B7 gig. He also worked on shows like The Brothers (featuring future Doctor Colin Baker) and The Tomorrow People.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-52550473059226891162017-11-06T12:39:18.025+00:002017-11-06T12:39:18.025+00:00the white guy was in the dazz band video i watched...the white guy was in the dazz band video i watched on youtube (it was so poor-quality that it almost rivalled the t-connection one!) - he's clearly seen (if only fleetingly) at approx 1m30s when the band stand in a line and then all drop away from the front! otherwise he's playing keyboards behind the massed ranks of vocalists with his back to the camera, thus (deliberately?) all-but hiding his honkiness:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA-PFwNFtigwilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-90911562155001163712017-11-06T09:40:08.953+00:002017-11-06T09:40:08.953+00:00this has nothing to do with this show, but i'v...this has nothing to do with this show, but i've just read the news that phil collins has had to cancel his comeback tour as a result of injuries sustained as a result of a fall - maybe fate has taken a hand (and it serves him right anyway) for having billed his previous one as a "retirement tour"!<br /><br />also: i'm sure i'm not the only one here who was familar with the work of tv composer dudley simpson who has just died? in my case it was via "blake's 7", but apparently he did a lot of "dr who" stuff as well... wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-17430141066310638592017-11-06T09:33:51.432+00:002017-11-06T09:33:51.432+00:00yes i'm sure you're right there arthur (wh...yes i'm sure you're right there arthur (which makes him a "mackem") - why does bama think he was a brummie?wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-70317957231277208132017-11-05T23:07:38.079+00:002017-11-05T23:07:38.079+00:00I think The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart's ori...I think The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart's originally from Sunderland.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-51608697453804056042017-11-05T23:06:20.791+00:002017-11-05T23:06:20.791+00:00Could've jetted Billy Paul in to recreate the ...Could've jetted Billy Paul in to recreate the rapping, seeing as he had to 'rap' the speech samples when performing "Let 'Em In"!Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-13131475703289967342017-11-05T22:56:30.226+00:002017-11-05T22:56:30.226+00:00I like it when they play a track in full and every...I like it when they play a track in full and everyone cheers and claps at the end. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-66947784768457931422017-11-05T22:52:40.573+00:002017-11-05T22:52:40.573+00:00Hark at the late night Saturday BBC4 announcer str...Hark at the late night Saturday BBC4 announcer straying into (whispers) Savile Old Record Club territory by giving us the full title of the Eurythmics hit complete with open and close brackets. Naughty.<br /><br />And this week its Sue Perkins and Cheggars at the helm, oh, sorry it's Mike read and Bruno Brooks. Very small isn't he?<br /><br />Back to some slick jazz-pop with Matt Bianco. I liked this sort of music, there I've said it. Not sure why we get a close up of the pianist but hear the acoustic guitar but the camera work gets better as it progresses.<br /><br />Then the mighty video for Wild Boys which we have seen countless times. I prefer to see this than their studio performance. It's all a bit OTT and must have cost a fortune but once seen never forgotten. I bet they were hoping this would push it to number one but not quite.<br /><br />Slade get all anthemic again. Doesn't quite work for me but full marks for having another go and getting the crowd in on the act with the scarves and flags. Curly haired Noddy Holder's no oil painting is he, or if he is it's one by Dali. He and fellow Brummie Jeff Lynne both shared a love of home perm fluid didn't they.<br /><br />Mike read trying to be funny and failing miserably. Stick to the day job.<br /><br />Never liked this Eurythmics hit much but it's quite catchy. I think its the robotic voice and horrible cut up vocals that lets it down for me. Good video but I never saw the film. Dave Stewart is another ugly Brummie with a bad perm.<br /><br />Jim Diamond on his way to the top this time flying solo but with a dancing woman for some reason dressed like a pint of Guinness.<br /><br />The Dazz Band were like a Brass Construction for the 1980s. The production is horribly of its time but I admire the hard funky vibe and the repeated vocals. The video is like a the grooviest episode of You've Been framed ever.<br /><br />The Charts and good to see The Human League in there with Louise.<br /><br />Alvin Stardust next but I think I would rather have seen The Temptations, The Human League or even Huey Lewis. It's okay but nothing special. I had forgotten that he had so many hits in the 1980s.<br /><br />Nik Kershaw goes all Mike Oldfield with the Riddle. I liked this at the time, it's probably the best thing he did even if it is a wee bit pretentious.<br /><br />The CK video again and a wasted opportunity to interview the lady properly. Oh well. what did we expect.<br /><br />Play out with The Pointer Sisters in full making it the longest show in years. Great way to end a brilliant show.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937581521280389248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-31386425029227828852017-11-05T21:26:11.743+00:002017-11-05T21:26:11.743+00:00I could imagine that it would not be easy to perfo...I could imagine that it would not be easy to perform the No.1 in the studio, even though Chaka Khan was in the studio, as a lot of the song including male rapping, and it was really a double act, with the male rapper having as much voice on the record as Chaka, and could even have upstaged her, had they performed it in the studio!Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-21352402440078074152017-11-05T21:22:06.633+00:002017-11-05T21:22:06.633+00:00Catching up later than I wanted, as the truncated ...Catching up later than I wanted, as the truncated show was still on BBC iPlayer at 11.00 last (Saturday) night.<br /><br />Read and Brookes looking and sounding as funny as ‘Ron and Ron’ Hale and Pace, apart from the riddle 10-to-1 joke which was clever. Bruno has trouble remembering song titles, doesn’t he?<br /><br />An interesting mention of ‘spot the white man’ re The Dazz Band, as their mugshot included a nine-piece with a sole white chap, not in the video!<br /><br />Why was Guitar Boy in Matt Bianco dancing way too fast and to a different rhythm? Was he on the mushrooms mentioned later by Ready?<br /><br />Duran Duran – FF, no contest.<br /><br />I had to wait until today to see Slade and wished I hadn’t bothered. Still, great marketing with those Goombay Dance Band style scarves.<br /><br />Oh God, it’s Ready with a guitar! Phew, he doesn’t get to play it or try and sing. For those new(ish) to the blog, Mike was actually in a band called Esprit De Corps who got a new release slot on TOTP in the 1960’s, but he arrived at the studio only to be refused permission to mime as he didn’t have Musician’s Union membership.<br /><br />Scary square pupil at the start of the Eurythmics video. Sadly, (a) that was the best bit for me, (b) year namecheck apart, the title could easily have made this an anthem for at least three ogres previously on the re-run, and I don’t include DLT in that.<br /><br />Jim Diamond, wearing the definitive design rolled-up 80’s jacket and flanked by two daft dancers who added nothing to the song instead of Rory McGrath on guitarlike last time.<br /><br />It’s the Yank ‘Waddy! Here come The Dazz Band, an eight-piece with only four musicians, a video containing loads of sports (mainly American -yawn) and a horrible way of pronouncing “Blow”.<br /><br />Alvin was gripping that mic for all it was worth. He would’ve gained brownie points for running on the spot when singing the title.<br /><br />Nik Kershaw surrounding himself with musicians to avoid his specialist dancing – where’s your posse, Howard? He would’ve done better by having someone the same height and not sticking out like the shortie leader a la Graham parker and the Rumour.<br /><br />Chaka, you’re in the studio. At least earn that hat and try to mime the chart topper for us!<br /><br />Who was that look-at-me knob wearing grey at the start of the outro?Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-62261940707411406422017-11-05T10:44:26.251+00:002017-11-05T10:44:26.251+00:00Ah right sorry it said 8.30 in the tv guide.Ah right sorry it said 8.30 in the tv guide.Steve Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365973104946684183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-66216195386572126012017-11-04T21:45:51.533+00:002017-11-04T21:45:51.533+00:00Not 8:30, it's actually on at 8:20, if you wan...Not 8:30, it's actually on at 8:20, if you want to watch it live.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-76819748885406382702017-11-04T18:50:06.083+00:002017-11-04T18:50:06.083+00:00Just noticed some strange scheduling for next week...Just noticed some strange scheduling for next week: TOTP as normal on Thursday and Friday, but straight after the Friday 8.30pm edition BBC4 are showing the 22nd Nov 84 edition again!<br /><br />Looks like the full unedited 29th Nov 84 show is being broadcast at 8.30 though.Steve Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365973104946684183noreply@blogger.com