tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post9039575696991909196..comments2024-03-28T23:09:18.798+00:00Comments on Never Forget ~ Top of the Pops 1995: The Top of the Pops of Make BelieveAngelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-22233576801667999102016-07-07T07:11:27.075+01:002016-07-07T07:11:27.075+01:00Missed the wetransfer link for this episode. Any c...Missed the wetransfer link for this episode. Any chance of someone uploading it again?HappyShopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533293785157918197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-17076707645131813242016-07-05T21:15:17.507+01:002016-07-05T21:15:17.507+01:00I remember reading that it was OMD's first sin...I remember reading that it was OMD's first single, Electricity, that first turned Vince Clarke on to synths.John Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-26143122545996492152016-07-04T15:42:24.771+01:002016-07-04T15:42:24.771+01:00thanks arthur - yes, i watched that series when it...thanks arthur - yes, i watched that series when it was on the telly a couple of years ago, and as one interested in the production of music (from a creative point of view rather than a technical one, as i have trouble re-wiring a plug!) it was most interesting to my recollection...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-65935078589457972382016-07-04T13:52:25.521+01:002016-07-04T13:52:25.521+01:00...however, snippets of "Sound Of Song" ......however, snippets of "Sound Of Song" can be found on YouTube, including this eight-minute section on "Autobahn". Enjoy!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0qyqpUFz8sArthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-26187967016965318802016-07-04T13:48:31.792+01:002016-07-04T13:48:31.792+01:00Found it. The series was a three-parter about the ...Found it. The series was a three-parter about the evolution of recorded sound, presented by Neil Brand, and it was called "Sound Of Song" - sadly currently unavailable on BBC iPlayer.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-10616756714309256162016-07-04T05:28:55.864+01:002016-07-04T05:28:55.864+01:00i remember phil oakey droning on about "seric...i remember phil oakey droning on about "sericulture" on "being boiled" and (probably not surprisingly) having no idea what it meant (although i think i did make the effort to find out as a result). the b-side of this single is a very kraftwerk-like effort called "circus of death", where somewhat oddly phil actually explains to the listener what the song is about before it starts!:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewEMIiIQX2Q<br /><br />by the way: if arthur or anyone else here can come up with the name of that bbc4 music series mentioned above then i would appreciate it, thankswilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-65674037957270270282016-07-03T19:23:32.846+01:002016-07-03T19:23:32.846+01:00Turns out Music For Boys was a trio which included...Turns out Music For Boys was a trio which included the (former?) drummer and bassist from Big Country.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-57138533960948011162016-07-03T16:51:12.921+01:002016-07-03T16:51:12.921+01:00Thanks again, Neil, for a vid with very good quali...Thanks again, Neil, for a vid with very good quality and definition and an incredibly strong studio presence.<br /><br />In DLT’s mind, if 30 minutes is quite some time, what does an hour constitute? Still, this was definitely one of his best shows.<br /><br />From their adjacent mugshots, did anyone else think Christopher Cross and Meat Loaf had been separated at birth?<br /><br />It’s Thereze as Betty Boo again! Hard to remember this sex kitten as the shy trousered brunette from Guys ‘n’ Dolls. Nice to see David scrubbed up this time.<br /><br />Another excellent vocal performance from Elkie, unfortunately for a soporific setting with background chatter. This song was used as the theme tune for a fine BBC2 sitcom called “Joking Apart”, starring Robert Bathurst as a stand-up comic whose wife had left him.<br /><br />That’s your own song, Shaky? Good effort, fella! Natty outfit and his best performance yet to my mind. The only thing missing was Lulu (remember her?) hero worshipping from behind.<br />A buoyant, confident performance from Clare Grogan and, again, my fave performance by an act thus far.<br /><br />Ah, The Stranglers’ best tune, Just class. Funny to see them so restrained but necessary for this song. No ‘tache for the talented Dave Greenfield but a Gilbert O’Sullivan haircut instead. Why did they cut Hugh’s intricate solo for those soppy dancers? Hundreds of copies of “Golden Brown” were pressed with the wrong B-side, “Samba Some Day” by a group called Music For Boys, as both singles had the same three-figure digit in their catalogue number and the pressing plant mixed the acetates up.<br /><br />Oh dear. Time for some FF’ing. Kool and The gang was just awful both aurally and visually, The Four Tops’ great effort was ruined by some more crap dancing, and I passed on Brown Sauce.<br /><br />There was an excellent series about the evolution of music on BBC4 recently, the name of which I’ve forgotten, and one programme gave a wonderful insight on the electronic motoring symphony that is Kraftwerk’s 22-minute version of “Autobahn”.<br /><br />Interesting Hai Karate outfits for Bucks Fizz, and a nice figure of eight loop dance during the instrumental at the start. Take note, Glamourpuss – ah, too late.<br /><br />“Being Boiled” is a protest about silk farming and eastern religion with lyrics that make Morrissey sound like Nick Heyward. It turns out to be the song that caused Vince Clarke to form Depeche Mode.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-60495169070434460012016-07-01T20:33:21.601+01:002016-07-01T20:33:21.601+01:00Thanks Dory. In my haste I forgot the word 'Ly...Thanks Dory. In my haste I forgot the word 'Lynne' after Jeff. <br /><br />I also recall seeing the luminous 12" single of 'Neon Lights' on a market stall and wondered why on earth someone had decided upon that as the A Side with 'The Model' tucked away as a second B Side track.<br /><br />http://www.45worlds.com/12single/record/12cl15998<br /><br />It was also on the B Side of the 7" single which I never realised until now:-<br /><br />http://www.45cat.com/record/cl15998<br /><br />sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-56847730433319301712016-07-01T09:21:16.558+01:002016-07-01T09:21:16.558+01:00Stephen is referring to Jeff Lynne of ELO who'...Stephen is referring to Jeff Lynne of ELO who's last single of 1980 from the Xanadu soundtrack was called Don't Walk Away, and he gave the first lyrics above. By the fact that The Four Tops by coincidence came up with the same title now in 1982, it was not a jot on ELO's completely different tune a year a so earlier, which just happened to get stuck between No 20-30 in the charts for 2 months during Nov 1980 - Jan 1981!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzwveN64C28Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-88601987823987528202016-07-01T07:13:57.765+01:002016-07-01T07:13:57.765+01:00i first heard "the model" in 1978 when i...i first heard "the model" in 1978 when i bought the 12" version of "neon lights" in luminous vinyl! does anyone know at exactly which point someone decided to the flip "computer love" single and play "the model" instead? i had got hold of the brilliant "computer world" album by this point, and in my opinion the title track would have been a far better follow-up to the surprising flop "pocket calculator". but then again if they had released that they would probably have never had a number one hit!<br /><br />by the way, who is jeff?wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-83828579144585656542016-07-01T06:16:47.541+01:002016-07-01T06:16:47.541+01:00First of all, thanks to Neil B for this opportunit...First of all, thanks to Neil B for this opportunity. Certainly worth seeing this show and the video shimmers towards the end do remind me of my own VHS recordings from the late 80s where tapes sometimes did this.<br /><br />Dollar – Mirror Mirror – great start to the show and as well as Thereze that bass line is really getting to me.<br /><br />Elkie Brooks – Fool if you think it’s over – Chris Rea song which Chris himself took to No.30 in 1978. I like both renditions. Elkie liked her ‘Fools’ as a few years later, she had her biggest hit with ‘No more the fool’. DLT raves about Elkie and he’s actually got fine taste as the sleeve notes for the 1972 Clodagh Rodgers album ‘It’s different now’ are written by DLT himself “….this is the album that Clodagh has wanted to record for a long time……track by track you’ll come to realise as the title suggests, it’s different now”.<br /><br />Shakin’ Stevens - Oh Julie – Penned by the man himself, this is an irresistible catchy slice of pop and that dance! <br /><br />Altered Images – I could be happy – Their first single I’ll always hate but this one has grown on me and the bouncing Clare is a surefire promotion coup. It couldn’t (and didn’t last).<br /><br />Stranglers – Golden Brown – Timeless track written in an unusual time signature of three bars of 3 / 4 followed by a bar of 4 / 4. Apparently Jean-Jacques Burnel didn’t play the bass notes on the recording (Dave Greenfield played them on keyboards) even though he is shown miming to them here.<br /><br />Kool and the Gang – Get down on it – Skip<br /><br />Four Tops – Don’t walk away – “Why do I say, don’t walk away, you’ll be the way you were before when you don’t want me anymore”. Oh, sorry, not that wonderful song (I wish Jeff had included it in the recent live set), but a really rotten Four Tops song accompanied mainly by the male Zoo dancers. Not a dream ticket for me.<br /><br />Brown Sauce – I wanna be a winner – Surprised this got another showing but I enjoyed seeing Boycott hit for four by Viv Richards again. <br /><br />Kraftwerk – The Model – Fabulous. I always wondered if the video was put together in 1981 when this single started to chart based on ‘The Model’ being the B side, but having said that, ‘Das Model’ did get a single release in Germany in 1978 as an A Side (backed with ‘Neonlicht’). Thanks goodness TOTP realised why people were buying the single and didn’t treat us to the inferior A Side ‘Computer Love’. Me, I first heard ‘The Model’, and loved it in 1978 – I always listened to Nicky Horne’s ‘Mummies Chart’ on Capital Radio on Saturday nights. Every week Nicky would play more or less the same tracks off the albums that had been voted into the chart, and for ‘The Man Machine’, he always played ‘Spacelab’ or ‘The Robots’. One week, Nicky was off and I think Tommy Vance stood in, and he played ‘The Model’ and I thought ‘wow’….<br /><br />Bucks Fizz – Land of make believe – The folks just couldn’t stay away from the TOTP studio could they, and this is another great performance with some smart outfits. The lad at the end is once again chopped off.<br /><br />Human League – Being boiled – A number of old league singles hit the lower regions of the charts around this time and this was certainly the best, if not in the ‘Dare’ league (ouch!).<br />sct353https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640119850898956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-54678962477883249432016-06-30T22:25:51.072+01:002016-06-30T22:25:51.072+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Westyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362616579542081021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-25928946303661167562016-06-30T22:25:47.735+01:002016-06-30T22:25:47.735+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Westyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362616579542081021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-64028311562356855792016-06-30T22:24:59.202+01:002016-06-30T22:24:59.202+01:00Bit of crinkle at least another couple of times af...Bit of crinkle at least another couple of times affecting Four Tops & Bucks Fizz as well.<br /><br />Ive found the Totp 2 Recorded For Recall slot covering this edition as well, featuring Altered Images, Bucks Fizz, Stranglers & Kraftwerk.<br /><br />Annoying, that will only repair two of the dropout clips, with Four Tops/Zoo not repeated.Westyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362616579542081021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-61512255018925910622016-06-30T20:32:20.366+01:002016-06-30T20:32:20.366+01:00Not to worry, the early evening show is on after a...Not to worry, the early evening show is on after all on BBC4 only one hour later at 8.30pm once the tennis is over, so get to work Angelo!Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-7935146506843902092016-06-30T19:56:56.545+01:002016-06-30T19:56:56.545+01:00They can not be serious!They can not be serious!Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090709386124664912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-60766472820519229462016-06-30T19:45:21.763+01:002016-06-30T19:45:21.763+01:00Good God, I don't believe it, in that the earl...Good God, I don't believe it, in that the early evening TOTP on BBC4 tonight, i.e. the 21st Jan 82 show, has been cancelled in favour of the live Wimbledon action.<br />Looks like there will only be the late night full version to look forward to.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-54671632510449584922016-06-30T19:37:57.187+01:002016-06-30T19:37:57.187+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-2676428457387072632016-06-30T17:42:17.339+01:002016-06-30T17:42:17.339+01:00Not forgetting "The Trumpton Riots" by c...Not forgetting "The Trumpton Riots" by cult indie band Half Man Half Biscuit.Arthur Nibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547006132533866220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-47738503355765702502016-06-30T16:45:04.713+01:002016-06-30T16:45:04.713+01:00This show was not a huge loss for me as a lot of t...This show was not a huge loss for me as a lot of the songs we have already seen on BBC4 and others we (presumably) will soon.<br />There were also some extremely odd edits as well, there was a particularly bad one as DLT was linking out of Brown Sauce and into the chart rundown. Oh, and surely that isn't the floor manager or director shouting "Move it!" just after DLT says his goodbyes, is it?!<br />One thing I will say is that the hairy one does his job very well here, perfect with the chart rundowns in giving us all the info.<br /><br />A good idea to start with Dollar, but I'm not sure about Thereze's bow - was it a cast-off from Clare Grogan?<br /><br />Elkie Brooks - Nah, I prefer Chris Rea's version.<br /><br />The Shaky song is good, certainly his least heard chart topper I would say.<br /><br />The Stranglers - hmmm...loved it at the time but I'm a but bored of it now to be honest. I prefer their later 82 / 83 offerings.<br /><br />Not keen on Kool & The Gang or the dancers then..another dance performance. Yeah, great scheduling there! The Four Tops song is middling, not one of my favourites.<br /><br />Brown Sauce - still love it, but yet again they chop it as the instrumental bit starts. Why? It's a 3 minute song, it doesn't need chopping!<br /><br />Kraftwerk - great, but as others have said, it's a shame that you never hear any of their other brilliant songs.<br /><br />Then Bucks Fizz in some very boring outfits followed by the lovely 'Being Boiled'. The sound of that song always intrigued me as a child and I do think it played a part in my love of synth-pop which endures to this day.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-24755565538221170422016-06-30T16:37:02.682+01:002016-06-30T16:37:02.682+01:00I remember that video very well Dory, and could ha...I remember that video very well Dory, and could have sworn that it got played on TOTP but we now know otherwise.<br /><br />A bit unlucky that we didn't get to see 2 of the 3 performance on BBC4 really.Noaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790474836630218113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-65402939650321967862016-06-30T13:59:21.899+01:002016-06-30T13:59:21.899+01:00Was disappointed to hear of the sad death today of...Was disappointed to hear of the sad death today of Gordon Murray, the creator of Trumpton at the age of 95. While this is no TOTP reminisce, I remember that growing up as a schoolboy in the 70s & 80s, children's programmes like Trumpton gave us some delight in a world with only three channels, an limited programming.<br /><br />In fact Trumpton also inspired pop chart singles like A Trip To Trumpton by Urban Hype which got to No.6 in the summer of 1992, giving a well-earned mark of respect to Gordon Murray, and gaining its own spot on TOTP: "Cue Cue Barney McGrew, Cuthbert Dibble Brough!"<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXYa_qklKPcDoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-10579240261290365292016-06-30T08:52:00.946+01:002016-06-30T08:52:00.946+01:00At the same time we also say goodbye to I could Be...At the same time we also say goodbye to I could Be Happy by Altered Images, now it's peak of No.7 this week, and taking a look at the video which we didn't see on TOTP, it would have been a perfect play on this week's show, because it features a man dressed-up as a lion, much in the same vain of the gorilla man with DLT this week in the studio, and that awful panda over Xmas. <br /><br />Suffice to say that Altered Images didn't bring the lion man into the studio this week at No.7, but wouldn't that have been brilliant, cos he could have made friends with the gorilla on the same show.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqPJp7Q7qE<br /><br />At the end of the video, Claire groan gets to kiss the lucky man (erm lion).Doryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656821189691902130.post-35286883011542359122016-06-30T08:37:24.589+01:002016-06-30T08:37:24.589+01:00As we say goodbye to Dollar this week in their las...As we say goodbye to Dollar this week in their last appearance with Mirror Mirror, we didn't get to see the video on TOTP, which I curiously had to see.<br /><br />It's an interesting one where the pair start as wooden chippings in a toymaker's shop, then turn into a real couple, then break out of the shop window in an Adam Ant style breakout smashing their way through the glass window and singing outside in the snow, and then later jump back in to the shop, and reverse back into wood chippings, and it was all a daydream by the toymaker in his shop. Worth a viewing I would say, and a bit in theme of Mr Benn or Bagpuss:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkI2VBiLggDoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718769648375882927noreply@blogger.com