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

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bom #1 this week, gah

still, abba and mr blue sky back to back. and that 'more more night' thing.

(that 'one more night' thing reminds me of 's-s-s-single bed' in a way)

(ha ha, youtube clip is from totp2 and the pop-up text says he was previously in Fox)

"5 Minutes" by the Stranglers was almost embarrassing in that it stood out so clearly amongst all the muck surrounding it.

Three songs featured which never made the chart, including Lulu's cover of "Best Of My Love" and pass-the-hat Dusty Springfield.

TOTP really was shite, wasn't it?

Entering the 'put a sticker on your guitar's scratchplate under the strings' period.

A little while ago, Paul Weller had a "put a mailing address sticker from you girlfriend's post' on his guitar. Presumably she doesn't live there anymore

Kid Jensen very taken with Kate Bush

So was a young snoball. One of my clearest and earliest musical memories.

Me too, I was 6 but I clearly remember my folks and some of their friends buying The Kick Inside and raving about her.

Kid Jensen very taken with Kate Bush

Unusually for Radio 1 DJ as she was over 16 at the time. Kid was kinda korny but at least he wasn't a creep or a weirdo.

Yea, he was earnest, like Richard Skinner

Unlike Peter Powell, however, Jensen does not resemble Kenneth Branagh.

I always thought PP looked a bit like Huey Lewis too

I always thought Powell looked (and acted) like Zippy from Rainbow.

"I'm not in love with television, although I will appear on it if my band's single is a big enough hit..."

They should have given Tina Charles a box to stand on, then we'd be spared many of these interminable audience shots (why yes, Keith Chegwin lookalike in a trilby, you are on TV).

Never took much notice of the Motors back in the day (too much else of interest) but what a great single is Airport
Anyone else notice the bizarre resemblance between their guitarist and Jack from On the Buses in that clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_oBTUZYJg

Just realised that late 70's Macca looks like an old boss of mine.

Oh look, some tired old shit representing the UK at Eurovision.

odd edit after boomtown rats, straight into hot chocolate. wonder what happened.

Editing around a damaged tape maybe?

http://totp.heroku.com/programmes/4f9x - annoyingly alphabetical

Boomtown Rats - Shes So Modern
Hot Chocolate - Every 1s A Winner
Legs & Co / Andrew Gold- Never Let Her Slip Away
Squeeze - Take Me Im Yours
Wings - With A Little Luck
Sheila - Singin In The Rain
Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
Co Co - The Bad Old Days
Brian and Michael - Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats

which means the following weren't shown:
The Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love
Showaddywaddy - I Wonder Why
The Stylistics - Wonder Woman

is also missing genesis over the chart and blondie over the end credits

are they editing long versions down to 30 minutes? they don't appear to be showing the extended versions on saturdays like they used to

is also missing genesis over the chart and blondie over the end credits

But I heard Genesis being played over the chart. Seeing Andy Gibb made me kinda sad :(

(i meant that list i copied is missing the intro and outro music)

the late repeat yesterday, and saturday night's is 40 minutes long

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules/2013/04/04

I'm not saying last night's show was creepy, but when you end up wondering whether LS Lowry was dodgy it's probably time to tune out.

oh Tina..

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/579824_10151572231594273_794902190_n.jpg

her debut was the first album i ever owned. back cover; her gazing in the mirror brushing her hair.

Ruth Jones to play her in the biopic

yep, missing songs there in the saturday night version. and the worst 3 things on there 8(

So far this week it's like punk never happened. I'd forgotten the performance for 'Automatic Lover' was so ridiculous (pity as the song isn't anywhere near as silly, and we'd have to wait until Gary Numan turned up to hear another robosexual single).

And here's Bonnie Tyler with what sounds like a cast off Rod Stewart song where the writer couldn't be bothered to finish the verse lyrics.

first song tonight is a CHILD abuse joke begging to be made.

> 'Automatic Lover' was so ridiculous

b-but the robot is doing The Robot

o_O at Ferry's VU cover.

And I can't tell if it's late 70s video effects or my PC's video card glitching.

i have never heard that ferry cover. or the thing over the end credits.

When that Ferry single came out, I had not heard any VU beyond "Waiting for the man"

Since getting into the VU, I have not heard Ferry's version..

Should be interesting...

dayglo is a bona fide classic, especially the treatment that totp gave it with the solarisation etc.

took two listens to realise that elkie brooks was a cover of the neil young song.

the long version had 'nice and sleazy' on it.

Darts appear to have been on every TOTP of 1978.

... or it just feels that way... and will we ever be rid of Brotherhood of Man?

Wasn't that their last hit single? If so, then soon.

that Izhar Cohen that comes up during the countdown was the israeli eurovision winner that year. but i can't recall it at all. A-Ba-Ni-Bi...

A real mixed bag this week.

"Cilla Black always makes great records, but this one I think is an exception."

my mind has also blanked out rod stewart's world cup song, thankfully.

Rod's effort was terrible, but Scotland's WC song for 1982 was by The Krankies.

"this is a song with a nice refrain"

so we'll sing it once again
and again
and again
and again
until it pops into your mind unbidden at random yet inconvenient moments for the next 35 years and counting