More like Sex Pistols vs Eddie Cochran (Pistols losing btw)
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Thursday, 6 March 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
The 80s arrive early with M.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
(slightly) longer version on later...
lot of good things on this. that israeli BoM thing in the middle, not so much.
had forgotten that Members song. cod reggae in places, but prescient. also, i think every band member was dressed like he was in a different kind of band...
― koogs, Thursday, 3 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
The 12" version with a dub section is good! (I.e. Not embarrassing)
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
Bonus track on midnight showing was gen x - valley of the dolls. And chic. Also a much bigger chunk of staircase mystery over the lights at the end.
― koogs, Saturday, 5 April 2014 08:19 (ten years ago) link
I think this one is a keeper!
― Mark G, Saturday, 5 April 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
had forgotten that Members song. cod reggae in places, but prescient. also
Cod reggae all the way through (and not very good cod reggae either), what a weird subject to write a song about
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 6 April 2014 12:11 (ten years ago) link
I got the feeling they were trying to be 10cc crossed with some Boomtown Rats political content.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Sunday, 6 April 2014 13:00 (ten years ago) link
last night (1979) had the damned (love song) and last week had the banshees (staircase). both what i would call 'goth' but both previously 'punk' bands. when did that fork happen?
(wasn't just a musical thing - they'd both adopted a non-punk dress style also (ok, apart from captain sensible)
and bright eyes got short shrift again. was number 1 in the charts but i don't think i've heard them play more than a minute of it. which i find curious.
― koogs, Friday, 2 May 2014 09:02 (ten years ago) link
The BBC can't afford to pay for extended usage of the film footage (see also Grease and Saturday Night Fever last year). Maybe they could have done if they hadn't paid all that money to former TOTP presenters and other "characters" in the past.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 2 May 2014 09:13 (ten years ago) link
when i read this week what the BBC allegedly used to pay Susanna Reid i almost turned into my old man for a moment
― you poll a lot, but you're not saying anything (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 May 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link
some sterling performances from the young Billy Idol is recent weeks. All those evenings spent in front of the bedroom mirror pretending to be Alvin Stardust are paying off.
― mahb, Friday, 2 May 2014 13:33 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmoFAcnCUAAikeR.jpg
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 2 May 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
that sparks single was another i bought at the time. (my first two batches of records ever, one from earlier in the year, one from around now). still sounds great and the long version on the b is better.
long version of the show had a repeat of the execrable monks song
― koogs, Friday, 2 May 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
This ABBA song sounds out of place enough on 'ABBA Gold', but compared to The Police and The Undertones it's like a relic from another era.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Thursday, 8 May 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
Wait what the shitting fuck? A disco cover of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'?
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Thursday, 8 May 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Max Webster seems to have been written out of musical history. Probably those trousers.
― koogs, Thursday, 8 May 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
Different bit of bright eyes too. Still v short though.
― koogs, Thursday, 8 May 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
Xtc, m and Judas priest on the long version BTW
― koogs, Friday, 9 May 2014 07:12 (ten years ago) link
what's with the long version? did TOTP used to be 40 minutes long in the 70s?
The Tubes song is good this week(Prime Time?) never heard that before. sounds more modern than millions of records since.
― piscesx, Friday, 9 May 2014 09:09 (ten years ago) link
yes, the 7:30 showing is cut down to 30 minutes (to fit bbc4 schedules?), the 00:00 showing is 40 minutes.
― koogs, Friday, 9 May 2014 09:22 (ten years ago) link
It used to run from 7.30pm to 8.10pm as I recall. Got trimmed to 30 mins at some point when the BBC decided that programmes had to start on the hour/half-hour.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Friday, 9 May 2014 10:05 (ten years ago) link
are we going to start seeing DLT presenting shows again?
spoilers:
http://z6.invisionfree.com/popscene/index.php?s=2245a36f16e870d44e381f23043ae0a4&showtopic=891824-5-79: Presenter: David Jensen is next, i think. first tubeway army?
― koogs, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 12:42 (ten years ago) link
Only if he's cleared of the remaining charges against him.
Who the hell were "Liner"?
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:32 (ten years ago) link
I remeber this being a mainstay of bargain bins when I was starting to spend lots of time in record shope in the early 80s but I don't think I remembered who the band were even then: http://gdm.glorydazemusic.com/images/reviews/liner79.jpg
― Tim, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
(That pic stolen from this article which has told me all I need to hear about Liner: http://gdm.glorydazemusic.com/articles.php?article_id=2668 ...even given my recent higher-tolerance for 70s AM music I'm not sure this will be for me.)
― Tim, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
Spoiler2: I wonder if in a few weeks David Kid will say "tune in next week for the 800th TOTP's with Jixxx Sxxile" ?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
xpost it was post-yacht rock.
was easy enough to find on youtube, probably taken from that very totp episode. one for the ffwd button, methinks.
― koogs, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
Richard Jobson in terrible miming incident.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
Liner, the Lidl Bee Gees.
― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
playground twist, death disco, are 'friends' electric?, theme from grizzly addams...
― koogs, Saturday, 28 June 2014 09:09 (ten years ago) link
So has this been canned now, or are we moving through a period of DLT/Savile/etc hosted episodes?
― I only listen to Vantablack Metal (snoball), Thursday, 28 August 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
It's the Proms.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 28 August 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
revive!
this was on again thursday (i missed it and the pvr forgot) and is repeated tonight.
― koogs, Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
Yes, it's the second week back after prom-break.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 4 October 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
Kate Bush doing a track from her live ee.p.
― Mark G, Saturday, 4 October 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Just watching the Saturday extended repeat. What the actual fuck? Tree Thatcher song. Makes the ukip calypso seem reasonable.
Quite poor this week. Specials and Rico the obvious highlight.
Last week's was dreadful, one before that was stone cold classic.
― koogs, Sunday, 2 November 2014 11:10 (nine years ago) link
what was the Thatcher song?
― piscesx, Sunday, 2 November 2014 12:34 (nine years ago) link
Had never heard it before. Was Janet brown dressed as Thatcher singing how she'd horsewhip people into submission.
― koogs, Sunday, 2 November 2014 12:39 (nine years ago) link
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Lady_(album)
― koogs, Sunday, 2 November 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
Ilx didn't hyperlink the trailing ) BTW
'produced by John Lloyd'?! who knew.
― piscesx, Sunday, 2 November 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
the last 5 episodes are still on the iPlayer. seems they keep them up longer than they used to. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00704hg/episodes/player
― piscesx, Sunday, 2 November 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
it's 30 days for everything now (TV and radio).
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 2 November 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
Yeah that episode with the Thatcher song is one of the weirdest I've ever seen, barely recognised anything. Looked like a heavy handed parody what with that toothy group who all looked related singing about the chosen few and Peter Powell perving over literally everybody. Was quite enjoyable in an unheimlich way.
― ewar woowar (or something), Sunday, 2 November 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
interesting mini spiel on the iPlayer; "1979 is maybe the most diverse year ever for acts on Top of the Pops with disco at its peak, new wave, 2 Tone, reggae, rock, folk and electro records all making the top five.. "
― piscesx, Sunday, 2 November 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
1 november 1979
sparks (not heard this before, feel like a rehash of #1 song)some kids choirdartsthe jam (eton rifles. probably more relevant today than it was at the time)lene lovich* (birdsong, something i don't ever remember hearing before. taught hazel o'connor everything though.)earth wind and fire (legs and co)thin lizzysuzi quatrob a robertsonlene martelfleetwood mac
nothing if not mixed...
* wow at this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lene_Lovich
― koogs, Sunday, 9 November 2014 12:04 (nine years ago) link
Sparks and B.A. Robertson were great in this. Wtf were Darts? I mean they were total shit but there's something interesting about them
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Sunday, 9 November 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
Trying to remember what dance track sampled that Sparks tune. Felix Da Housecat, maybe?
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Sunday, 9 November 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link