The Rolling "Top of the Pops" BBC4 Revival thread.

the Alcatraz track is excellent, pretty lush sounding for an almost top ten hit, not to mention rather hookless

but i've written about that before

Giv Me Luv is amazing. love the head-scrambling way in which the different rhythmic layers are brought in. there's also this call-and-response thing going on between the lead synth and the bassline, and with that handclap, it always make me think of it as some sort of wordless electronic gospel

yes i know it has actual words too, but they seem kind of by the bye to me

a couple of episodes behind but I am in awe of that East 17 single that I don't recall from the time, the lyrics and Tony's performance are ridiculous. I'm also really enjoying the performances of 3T where the singer explodes with emotion and... throws his backpack on the floor. Both when they were in the studio, and on the beach.

"The Naughty North & The Sexy South" is a banger for all ages though.

Classic hardbag. I wonder if we'll be getting it again later in the year during chart rundown (i assume not)

My intro to it was actually this erm Doctor Fox 'mix' CD, a very first-four-months-of-1996 compilation albeit with a few stranger older choices (i assume never forget is there as a memorial for take that)

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/djmix/doctor-fox/mixomatic/

Supergrass' first album is still such a blast

that's me out of Whamageddon 2024 then... and it's only just July

Firestarter video: image-wise this is Keith's equivelent of Elvis in a gold suit. Meanwhile Liam wonders if he's left the gas on, Maxim wonders if this is how Leeroy feels in every video, and Leeroy runs down some tunnels.