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Post by Tom on Feb 28, 2018 11:29:39 GMT 1
I haven't given up on this thread, I've just not been keeping up with my recordings. After Thursday though I will have 2 weeks at home recuperating from an operation, at least one day will be a TotP fest Yea, been so wrapped up in 1990 I've been ignoring TOTP! Got a few recordings to watch, and I haven't seen the shows raliverpool put up yet either...
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Post by SheriffFatman on Mar 1, 2018 10:03:11 GMT 1
John Peel is so dry it’s hard to tell exactly when he’s taking the p*ss, but when he referred to Curtis Hairston as “one of the great American voices” I think I may have spotted one such occasion. I reckon it would make him chuckle to think of that being broadcast in 2018.
With the top 40 run down followed by chart breakers and then the video top 10, we can have a whole 10 or 12 minutes now without a live performance, new territory for Top of the Pops I think.
I had completely forgotten Bronski Beat and Marc Almond’s version of I Feel Love did so well. I can think of no good reason for it at all, that bit in the middle where they suddenly start singing Johnny Remember Me is bizarre.
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Post by o on Mar 4, 2018 12:56:11 GMT 1
Animotion - Obsession, nice!
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 4, 2018 17:24:24 GMT 1
John Peel is so dry it’s hard to tell exactly when he’s taking the p*ss, but when he referred to Curtis Hairston as “one of the great American voices” I think I may have spotted one such occasion. I reckon it would make him chuckle to think of that being broadcast in 2018. With the top 40 run down followed by chart breakers and then the video top 10, we can have a whole 10 or 12 minutes now without a live performance, new territory for Top of the Pops I think. I had completely forgotten Bronski Beat and Marc Almond’s version of I Feel Love did so well. I can think of no good reason for it at all, that bit in the middle where they suddenly start singing Johnny Remember Me is bizarre. and TOTP isn't showing the beginning part where they start with Love To Love You Baby. They seem to have a thing about that song, they banned the original too back in 1976.
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Post by Mic1812 on Mar 6, 2018 15:02:12 GMT 1
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond's I Feel Love is brilliant. The radio edit is too short really. It cuts off the Love to love you bay bit. And it was a medley of 3 songs. Love to love you baby / i feel love/ johnnie remember me. I have several versions of this song all different lengths.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 11, 2018 9:55:00 GMT 1
Hella busy lately so missed a load of 1985. Is that bad? Let's see. Peel and Long. 7 March. We start with Shaky's fiftieth appearance with "Breaking Up My Heart". Really, really nasty tinny synth backing. Stevens doing the Miami Vice jacket thing. Sounds nothing like a Shakin Stevens record. Mr Barrett looks as if he has St Vitus' dance. This is atrocious. Credit to Shaky, he is giving it really everything, but you can't polish a turd.
Lond says Madonna is at 4 with "Material Girl". The chyron says 5. This is utter gash. Anyone bar Madonna and nobody on the planet would be buying it. 100% hype. f*** off.
Jermaine Jackson. Despite the name it is not a girl. At no. 18. f***ing hell, this would have sounded wimpy and weedy in 1976. Dreadful.
Top 40 breakers on video. This is a new thing. We start with Loose Ends, which is crap. We follow with Go West, which had a ludicrous amount of hype. Godley & Creme video. Then it is Collins & Baily. This is also sh*t with the smuggest video that has ever been shot. Oh, that is it? Three breakers?
Charts. Well, there's another breaker at 40, and 39, and 38. Big Sound Authority at 36. Who? Russ Abbot at 35 with "Joy Division's Atmosphere'. 33 is Little Benny & The Masters. Who again? Terry Hall at 22. Best ones I've missed evidently are Sharpe & Numan, Colour Field, and Killing Joke. "Legs are up". Heh. Kirsty MacColl has been in the top ten. Eddy & The Soul Band. Who? We in fact go from 40 to 11.
And stop at David Cassidy. This is also utter crap. More Miami Vicery. His voice is completely unsuited to this fake wine bar synth backing. About ten minutes in something happens. Too little, too late.
Janice had him on her bedroom wall. Peel remarks on her agility. And Long cracks up. Top 10 vids. Howard Jones. We get about four seconds of brilliance and then it vanishes. 9 is Springbok, dull. 8 is King, dull. 7 is Prince, OK. 6 is Ashford & Simpson, dull. 5 is Madonna, sh*t. 4 is Stephen Duffy, and this is the best thing that has been on the show, so we get about four seconds. 3 is Commodores, sublime. 2 is Paige & Dickson, in sesh with Peel allegedly. This isn't bad. I've missed it at no. 1. So what IS at no. 1? Dead Or Alive. Oh goody. More tin-synth backing. Another Liverpool group where they do f*** all other than a very camp singer. How f***ing original.
Peel is going to see the mighty Fall. They should have been on. We play out with Hall & Oates because my life sucks.
God almighty, that was utter sh*t.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 11, 2018 10:19:52 GMT 1
We leap to 4 April because the BBC put one dead man above the interests of the 65m people who pay for them. Skinnerbate. Glenn Fr"e"y and guess what he's wearing a Miami Vice jacket. OK, I can safely fast-forward this, because it is one of the worst records ever released.
Phyllis Nelson who is singing live. Nice pipes, but does this ever end? It's just a nothing.
Breakers. ABC. This is perky. Cabaret Voltaire did this sort of video first.There's a girl in there now. Bryan Adams live. Rubbish. Pat Benatar. Skinner points out she is a milf. She is officially a rock star, apparently, but in terms of rock, this is as heavy as talc. Wow, a gigantic mullet. Oh, it's REO Speedwagon with a song that is bascially identical to "Keep On Loving You".
Simon Bates introduces a record that is going to break a band so big it is untrue. Trying to guess who it is. The Cool Notes. Oh, no, no, no. Poor man's Shakatak. f***ing yuppie w**k. Oh God, they even have a telephone noise when they have the word telephone. I bet they're the sort of band that still turns up at jazz festivals in Aylesbury to go on below Euphonious Nunnery and his Predelictic Combo or some such sh*t. Not that I want to turn down the invitation to spend the night with those rather nice young ladies, but, Christ alive, that is beyond redemption.
Top 40. China Crisis. Billy Connolly? Dream Academy. Change? Who? Bryan Adams is moving up somebody. Lucky him. The New Edition Basketball Team are falling. Shakespear's Sister at 26. Big Daddy at 23. Who? We stop at 12 for Grant & Graham because we cannot have enough yuppie sh*t.
They read out no. 11 (Madonna) without bothering with a graphic. Top 10 countdown. 10 is Duffy. 9 Nik Kershaw with a fifties throwback. 8 is Jermaine Jackson. Christ alive, people actually BOUGHT that? Young at 7 with a no. 1 album. Go West are hyped to 6. TFF up 11 to 5. Their worst single yet. 4 is Moyet. 3 is Brightman and a choirboy with Lloyd-Webber's Requiem. FGTH at 2 with their latest bit of marketing. Crystal Maze video.
1 is Collins and Baily. God almighty.
Third World playing out. Well, it's different. In that it is bog standard reggae.
1985 is obviously exponentially worse than 1984.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 11, 2018 10:58:26 GMT 1
11 April for what was trailed as a live show. TFF to start with some old cobblers. Let's move on. 7. USA For Africa. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!!!!!!! This has to be the absolute single worst record ever released in the history of music. There is not one single redemptive factor in it. Michael Jackson is so overproduced as to be basically pointless. Springsteen Mariah Careys all over it like a total w**ker. I don't even recognize half of the others. Which might be because "the world" according to the US and this video is 100% American. They can all f***ing f*** off. Why couldn't Al Qaeda bomb this?
And we go from this to The Rah Band, with a record that somehow out-yuppies even The Cool Notes. Who the actual f*** is actually buying it? And why are they STILL f***ing playing USA For Africa?
Breakers. Foreigner. MV. Billy Connolly with the Supergran theme. China Crisis with "Black Man Ray", which sounds exciting, but I've forgotten how it goes while I am listening to it. Collins who can f*** off.
Dream Academy. At LAST, something good this year. Lou Diamond Phillips on lead vox, apparently. So incongruous, mix of insidious acoustic rock and African chanting that builds to a terrific climax. About time there is something good.
Charts. Dull. King Kurt at 24. They're singing about deep issues like heavy times and parking fines (seriously) but sound like they are delighted.
THEY ARE STILL PLAYING US f***ing A FOR f***ing AFRICA IN THE BACKGROUND. I'm going to steal a sandwich from an Ethiopian in revenge. Top 10 vids. Graham & Grant. Christ alive. 9, Young. 8, Nelson. She doesn't have an actual video. More USAF with Wonder and Springsteen trying to kill each other with their ludicrously OTT voices. Go West are STILL going up? Why?
Collins & Baily are no. 1. God alfuckingmighty. Watching the video, don't you want to punch them repeatedly in the face?
Playout is Nebatar.
Thank f*** for Dream Academy.
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Post by o on Mar 15, 2018 21:27:05 GMT 1
Dixie Peach really!?! Classic quote, Marillion - Kayleigh, on it's way to a million seller! What?!? What did it sell to be the 32nd best seller of 1985?
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Post by SheriffFatman on Mar 15, 2018 21:37:52 GMT 1
Dixie Peach really!?! Classic quote, Marillion - Kayleigh, on it's way to a million seller! What?!? What did it sell to be the 32nd best seller of 1985? I think you misheard and he actually said a Marillion seller
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Post by raliverpool on Mar 15, 2018 21:54:32 GMT 1
11 April for what was trailed as a live show. TFF to start with some old cobblers. Let's move on. 7. USA For Africa. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!!!!!!! This has to be the absolute single worst record ever released in the history of music. There is not one single redemptive factor in it. Michael Jackson is so overproduced as to be basically pointless. Springsteen Mariah Careys all over it like a total w**ker. I don't even recognize half of the others. Which might be because "the world" according to the US and this video is 100% American. They can all f***ing f*** off. Why couldn't Al Qaeda bomb this?And we go from this to The Rah Band, with a record that somehow out-yuppies even The Cool Notes. Who the actual f*** is actually buying it? And why are they STILL f***ing playing USA For Africa? Breakers. Foreigner. MV. Billy Connolly with the Supergran theme. China Crisis with "Black Man Ray", which sounds exciting, but I've forgotten how it goes while I am listening to it. Collins who can f*** off. Dream Academy. At LAST, something good this year. Lou Diamond Phillips on lead vox, apparently. So incongruous, mix of insidious acoustic rock and African chanting that builds to a terrific climax. About time there is something good. Charts. Dull. King Kurt at 24. They're singing about deep issues like heavy times and parking fines (seriously) but sound like they are delighted. THEY ARE STILL PLAYING US f***ing A FOR f***ing AFRICA IN THE BACKGROUND. I'm going to steal a sandwich from an Ethiopian in revenge. Top 10 vids. Graham & Grant. Christ alive. 9, Young. 8, Nelson. She doesn't have an actual video. More USAF with Wonder and Springsteen trying to kill each other with their ludicrously OTT voices. Go West are STILL going up? Why? Collins & Baily are no. 1. God alfuckingmighty. Watching the video, don't you want to punch them repeatedly in the face? Playout is Nebatar. Thank f*** for Dream Academy. If you think of "We Are The World" as a comedy record then it works.... Just. Famously Quincy Jones insisted Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, & Stevie Wonder sound more like themselves on the record. So due to a break in the recording session the three legends got together and agreed if Q wants us to sound more like ourselves then we might as well exaggerate & parody ourselves, which you have to admit The Boss did magnificently. Personally the only person who comes out with any credit from the USA For Africa single is Prince for bailing on the recording session when he found out at the American Music Awards the night before that Madonna had been "black balled" from the recording session by the song's co-writer Michael Jackson. So he went out and partied with her instead. Hilariously, the song that replaced that monstrosity off the top of the Billboard singles chart was ..... Madonna's Crazy For You.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 15, 2018 22:38:57 GMT 1
Dixie Peach really!?! Classic quote, Marillion - Kayleigh, on it's way to a million seller! What?!? What did it sell to be the 32nd best seller of 1985? That would be the Dixie Peach introduced by UKIP's Mike Read with the words "You've seen him on Radio 1". I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that he hasn't quite grasped the concept of radio. I think that's more likely than the idea that he was such a visionary that he foresaw the idea of a webcam in the studio.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 15, 2018 23:33:08 GMT 1
The Crowd's version of You'll Never Walk Alone was hacked to bits because it featured Rolf Harris and Dave Lee Travis.
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Post by raliverpool on Mar 16, 2018 20:01:35 GMT 1
Dixie Peach really!?! Classic quote, Marillion - Kayleigh, on it's way to a million seller! What?!? What did it sell to be the 32nd best seller of 1985? That would be the Dixie Peach introduced by UKIP's Mike Read with the words "You've seen him on Radio 1". I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that he hasn't quite grasped the concept of radio. I think that's more likely than the idea that he was such a visionary that he foresaw the idea of a webcam in the studio. Having just watched it on the iPlayer (in readyness to watch tonight's episode "live") What they actually say is: DP (looking at his fellow DJ) "Now, on there way to sell a million?" MR: "At Two, it's "Kayleigh" from Marillion" (Cue sheepish smug grin). In other words it was a flimsy attempt at an "amusing" pun. PS. As far as I'm concerned BBC could remove The Crowd "You'll Never Walk Alone" in its entirety because it is a terrible cover of a terrific song.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 16:33:49 GMT 1
The Crowd's version of You'll Never Walk Alone was hacked to bits because it featured Rolf Harris and Dave Lee Travis. Max Clifford was on it too according to the back cover list.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Mar 18, 2018 0:09:51 GMT 1
Wow, Sting’s backing singers are quite a contrast. One of them is three times the size of the other. Also, the lenses on his glasses are both oval shaped, but one is horizontal and the other is vertical, which is very odd. All of which is presumably designed to distract from the fact the song is crap.
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Post by o on Mar 18, 2018 12:01:27 GMT 1
I thought one of the backing singers was Jo Brand for a moment, but I was looking through Stings glasses...
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Post by raliverpool on Mar 18, 2018 16:28:36 GMT 1
Sad to here that session singer Claudia Fontaine passed away at the age of 57 earlier this week (March 13th):
She made many uncredited appearances on TOTP during the 1980s:
She performed on 'Nelson Mandela' (Special AKA), 'Every Day I Write The Book' (Elvis Costello), 'Back To Life' (Soul II Soul) and 'Things Can Only Get Better' (Howard Jones) as a member of trio Afrodiziak (who also counted Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler in their line-up).
On her own, she appeared as a backing vocalist with Maxi Priest, Dusty Springfield, Betty Boo, Squeeze, EMF & most prominently:
RIP.
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Post by vastar iner on Mar 27, 2018 22:10:51 GMT 1
15.05. Powell and Davies.
Kim Wilde looking a bit like Sandi in Grease when she goes full leather. But hotter. "Rage To Love" has a bit of a Stray Cat strut to it. It's not very rage-y. Not that impressive as a song, it's just there. But I can see where INXS get their "New Sensation" sound from. They do a Status Quo homage at the end. No. 22 and I doubt it will go much higher.
From Rage to Slave. Bryan Ferry is the highest climber to 14. This is more of his lounge lizard seduction, it's similar to a dirtier "Avalon". But there is still something classy about it.
Sharp jump cut to Davies. High new entry at 7. Duran Duran. "A View To A Kill". Chez Tayloire. This could be the first Bond theme chart-topper. This is a very good video, intercutting some genuine film clips with the Durannies trying to kill Bond. Lots of Q gadgetry. Good song. Episode is getting better with each song. "Bon. Simon le Bon." Funny.
Aaaand it comes to a grinding halt as Oz from Auf Wiedersehen Pet decides to have a pointless hit single. Can't be doing with that.
Right. Charts. Spinning turntable. Retro. Katrina & The Waves at 39, that one's not bad. "We All Follow Man United". Do we f***. Davies is a gloryhunting b*st*rd. Heh, Everton are winning. Don't remember The Untouchables. Or "Shake The Disease". Divine, my God, there was a talent vacuum. Rah Band, the yuppiest single ever. Other than Loose nEds at 20. "The" Eurythmics. Most of this chart is bobbins. Marillion new in at 15, that's a surprise. Curtis Hairston? Who?
We are now going to look at three songs tipped for the top. Heh, return of Breakers. Well, Depeche Mode go up 7 to 25, so I am willing to bet a very large amount of money that that is NOT going to make the top. We see some Go West, because it was literally impossible to go more than five minutes in 1985 without hearing Go West. And a new entry at 15 means you get about ten seconds on Ver Pops rather than a full amount. Hm. Is this Marillion's biggest hit already? This is pretty decent.
Right. Top 10. This is a VERY short show. We eke it out with a video top 10. Simple Minds with their best single, perhaps not coincidental that they didn't write it. Is that Rick Parfitt behind Jimmy Nail? Style Council on a tram at no. 6. Where is this shot? Some left-wing utopia? Nobody looks that interested.
At 5 we have "Never Gonna Give You Up". Rick Astley has gone black. This is crap. Debarge at 4. Dull. Jimi Somerville is going full UB40 of only having hits with cover versions now. We get more of Phyllis Nelson than we do of Marillion. Priorities, people.
And our no. 1 single is Paul Hardcastle's "19", a song whcih doesn't get the credit it deserves these days, the whole sampling thing is all given to M/A/R/R/S. Having been to the Cu Chi tunnels and the Bay of Pigs, it is difficult to overstate just how moronically, cretinously stupid the American brass hats were. They almost literally could not have fought in Cuba and Nam in a worse way. If they had sent 10,000 men into battle armed with soft fruit at least the Commies might have been too busy laughing to fight back.
And we play out with Divine, because we can't be bothered with Marillion or any of the acts that deserve a spot. Sorry, this is an utter crime against music. It's one thing to be a dull and unoriginal drag act, but at least most drag acts can f***ing sing.
Weird show. Missed out on a lot.
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Post by raliverpool on Mar 27, 2018 22:21:46 GMT 1
15.05. Powell and Davies. I can't wait to you get to the July 11th show (the one just before Live Aid), because even by my more lenient standards it is a stinker where only Tears For Fears; and Kathy Sledge in a leather cat suit were the only redeeming things about it.
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