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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 23:23:27 GMT 1
Top of the Pops (BBC 4) Friday 5th January 2018, Time: 21:00 to 22:00 The Story of 1985. Friday 5th January 2018, Time: 22:00 to 23:00 Big Hits 1985.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Dec 7, 2017 19:36:07 GMT 1
No 1984 Christmas Day Episode then? Is it Yewtreed?
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Post by smokeyb on Dec 7, 2017 20:19:17 GMT 1
No 1984 Christmas Day Episode then? Is it Yewtreed? Not sure as there wasn't a dj host as such, I believe Lenny Henry might have presented one of the xmas editions
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Post by o on Dec 8, 2017 11:27:53 GMT 1
I miss my TOTP fix
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Post by suedehead on Dec 8, 2017 12:49:25 GMT 1
No 1984 Christmas Day Episode then? Is it Yewtreed? Not sure as there wasn't a dj host as such, I believe Lenny Henry might have presented one of the xmas editions Yes, the Radio Times listing suggests that the performers presented the programme as well as performing.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Dec 8, 2017 13:20:37 GMT 1
I've just noticed the 1984 Christmas Day edition is actually on next Friday, BBC4 at 8.30pm, repeated again later in the night.
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Post by Tom on Dec 9, 2017 23:17:11 GMT 1
I've just noticed the 1984 Christmas Day edition is actually on next Friday, BBC4 at 8.30pm, repeated again later in the night. Think I also read the Lenny Henry edition is going to be shown on 29th December too.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Dec 19, 2017 14:25:36 GMT 1
Listening to recent chart hits I have been horrified at the thought that I am turning into one of those old people who says all modern music sounds the same. I still find stuff that I like sometimes, but on the charts on Radio 1 there seems to be a prevailing sound, a kind of laid back, nonchalant hip hop with a slurred vocal style that sounds like the artists may have been a little drunk. It all blends into one to the point where I have difficulty distinguishing Post Malone from from French Montana, and French Montana from DJ Khalid, and DJ Khalid from Drake etc etc.
Watching the 1984 Christmas Day Top Of The Pops last night I suddenly realised that I would probably have felt the same if I was listening to music then (I was 7 so was still about 18 months from my first 7" single purchase). The Thompson Twins, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Nick Kershaw - none of them are bad exactly, but there really is a very strong musical theme running through their earnest, electro output. They are not very different from each other at all.
In conclusion - maybe there is hope for modern music yet! I remember the 90s as a time when an incredibly wide variety of stuff made the charts, much of which was excellent. Could there be another 90s just a few years away? Here's hoping!
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 19, 2017 19:57:43 GMT 1
Listening to recent chart hits I have been horrified at the thought that I am turning into one of those old people who says all modern music sounds the same. I still find stuff that I like sometimes, but on the charts on Radio 1 there seems to be a prevailing sound, a kind of laid back, nonchalant hip hop with a slurred vocal style that sounds like the artists may have been a little drunk. It all blends into one to the point where I have difficulty distinguishing Post Malone from from French Montana, and French Montana from DJ Khalid, and DJ Khalid from Drake etc etc. Watching the 1984 Christmas Day Top Of The Pops last night I suddenly realised that I would probably have felt the same if I was listening to music then (I was 7 so was still about 18 months from my first 7" single purchase). The Thompson Twins, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Nick Kershaw - none of them are bad exactly, but there really is a very strong musical theme running through their earnest, electro output. They are not very different from each other at all. In conclusion - maybe there is hope for modern music yet! I remember the 90s as a time when an incredibly wide variety of stuff made the charts, much of which was excellent. Could there be another 90s just a few years away? Here's hoping! Seeing as Wham!/George Michael were a no show for the Xmas Top Of The Pops; and seeing as 75% of 1984 Smash Hits magazine was on stage for Do They Know Its Christmas (Paul Weller miming Bono's "Well Tonight Thank God Its Them instead of youuu..." will never ever get old) then why could they not have ditched the videos for "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" & "Careless Whisper", and instead get Spandau Ballet to mime to "Only When You Leave"; Bananarama to mime to "Robert De Niro's Waiting"; Ultravox to mime to "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes"; Bronski Beat to mime to "Smalltown Boy"; or Black Lace to mime to "Agadoo (ok scrap that last suggestion)?
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Post by o on Dec 20, 2017 14:04:26 GMT 1
French Montana is female so you’d hope she sounds different to Post Malone and Drake, but I do know what you mean. There’s also a certain type of female pop song that sounds like it could be one of several similar sounding artists.
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Post by suedehead on Dec 20, 2017 15:33:10 GMT 1
Listening to recent chart hits I have been horrified at the thought that I am turning into one of those old people who says all modern music sounds the same. I still find stuff that I like sometimes, but on the charts on Radio 1 there seems to be a prevailing sound, a kind of laid back, nonchalant hip hop with a slurred vocal style that sounds like the artists may have been a little drunk. It all blends into one to the point where I have difficulty distinguishing Post Malone from from French Montana, and French Montana from DJ Khalid, and DJ Khalid from Drake etc etc. Watching the 1984 Christmas Day Top Of The Pops last night I suddenly realised that I would probably have felt the same if I was listening to music then (I was 7 so was still about 18 months from my first 7" single purchase). The Thompson Twins, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Nick Kershaw - none of them are bad exactly, but there really is a very strong musical theme running through their earnest, electro output. They are not very different from each other at all. In conclusion - maybe there is hope for modern music yet! I remember the 90s as a time when an incredibly wide variety of stuff made the charts, much of which was excellent. Could there be another 90s just a few years away? Here's hoping! Seeing as Wham!/George Michael were a no show for the Xmas Top Of The Pops; and seeing as 75% of 1984 Smash Hits magazine was on stage for Do They Know Its Christmas (Paul Weller miming Bono's "Well Tonight Thank God Its Them instead of youuu..." will never ever get old) then why could they not have ditched the videos for "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" & "Careless Whisper", and instead get Spandau Ballet to mime to "Only When You Leave"; Bananarama to mime to "Robert De Niro's Waiting"; Ultravox to mime to "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes"; Bronski Beat to mime to "Smalltown Boy"; or Black Lace to mime to "Agadoo (ok scrap that last suggestion)? Yes, I was quite surprised at the number of people who turned up for the finale but who didn't perform anything else. That even included people like Jimmy Somerville who weren't on the Band Aid record. I assume Wham pulled out fairly late, but it should still have been possible to replace at least one of their songs.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 18:07:53 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 23:24:31 GMT 1
Just heard BBC Four are repeating the 1981 TOTP run starting in January as well as the 1985 series. It would be nice if they show the then unbroadcastable edition 7/5/81 with Peter Powell and lifting the DLT ban too.
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Post by o on Dec 23, 2017 23:55:42 GMT 1
Why show 1981 and 1985?
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 25, 2017 15:58:13 GMT 1
I'm traditional and come from the days Christmas show means all the number 1s and number 2s and nothing else.
Therefore the lack of Nena and others (yes even Stevie Wonder) meant it wasn't the way I want a Christmas top of the pops to be.
Doctor Doctor was the only song I heard on the show that didn't peak at high as #2 and that peaked at #3. So it was pretty much #1s and #2s just not all of them.
I don't know if there was a 2nd edition shown at sometime hosted by some DJ we're not allowed to see, that had all the missing ones, or at least most of them.
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Post by suedehead on Dec 25, 2017 17:31:53 GMT 1
Given the choice between videos of the number ones and a selection of runners-up, or live performances of successful songs (even if they didn't make the top two), I'd choose the latter.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 26, 2017 13:19:42 GMT 1
Listening to recent chart hits I have been horrified at the thought that I am turning into one of those old people who says all modern music sounds the same. I still find stuff that I like sometimes, but on the charts on Radio 1 there seems to be a prevailing sound, a kind of laid back, nonchalant hip hop with a slurred vocal style that sounds like the artists may have been a little drunk. It all blends into one to the point where I have difficulty distinguishing Post Malone from from French Montana, and French Montana from DJ Khalid, and DJ Khalid from Drake etc etc. Watching the 1984 Christmas Day Top Of The Pops last night I suddenly realised that I would probably have felt the same if I was listening to music then (I was 7 so was still about 18 months from my first 7" single purchase). The Thompson Twins, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Nick Kershaw - none of them are bad exactly, but there really is a very strong musical theme running through their earnest, electro output. They are not very different from each other at all. In conclusion - maybe there is hope for modern music yet! I remember the 90s as a time when an incredibly wide variety of stuff made the charts, much of which was excellent. Could there be another 90s just a few years away? Here's hoping! Maybe the answer is to 1980stize 2017 big hit singles ......
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Post by raliverpool on Jan 6, 2018 17:50:00 GMT 1
Was I the only one who watched last night's The Story of 1985?
A pretty good show. But Two Factoids I never knew stood out:
Firstly, Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record): The TDF mix did not stand for Tour De France, but Two Dogs f***ing to represent the BBC sample included on the track of the sound of two dogs having sexual intercourse (which is probably preferable to most of SAW's late 1980s output).
Secondly, Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down: Paul Weller penned it after being gobbed on by police when visiting the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in Berkshire.
But that 1985 TOTP banter: "Better suntan than me" to describe Dixie Peach. Just highlights how 32 years ago was a completely different time.
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Post by smokeyb on Jan 6, 2018 22:28:16 GMT 1
Was I the only one who watched last night's The Story of 1985? A pretty good show. But Two Factoids I never knew stood out: Firstly, Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record): The TDF mix did not stand for Tour De France, but Two Dogs f***ing to represent the BBC sample included on the track of the sound of two dogs having sexual intercourse (which is probably preferable to most of SAW's late 1980s output). Secondly, Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down: Paul Weller penned it after being gobbed on by police when visiting the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in Berkshire. But that 1985 TOTP banter: "Better suntan than me" to describe Dixie Peach. Just highlights how 32 years ago was a completely different time. Yep I watched it too and picked up on these for the first time. However it was A-Ha take on me video that caught my attention, with 3000 drawings for the video to give them their commercial breakthrough after the song had flopped in 1984. Here is the original version
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