Old TOTP (BBC4)

100 pages of this topic now. One of the biggest on the whole site. And there's only been about 5 posters contributing.

WELL DONE GUYS
 
Inspiral Carpets now. Wow Madchester swept in super quick.

That hair is a choice.
 
Bruno Brookes another stinking Tory and lover of Anthea Turner. I bet that was a terrible household.
 
Ag said:
Shakin Stevens did a single with Viz?!
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Yeah - they kept putting him in the comic as a way of ending strips that they couldn't finish it. He chose to lean into it and got them to do a sleeve for him. Top chap.
 
octophone said:
Yeah - they kept putting him in the comic as a way of ending strips that they couldn't finish it. He chose to lean into it and got them to do a sleeve for him. Top chap.
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I always presumed he was a bit of a cunt.
 
Blue Savannah Song is great.

Erasure really were more successful than they were meant to be.
 
I have met Queen Latifah.

Christ at the Another Day In Paradise dance version.
 
I don't care for The Power particularly but the podium is quite a nice touch. What's with the singer at the singer at the back though?
 
The lead singer of They Might Be Giants has a bit of the Alaska Thunderfuck's.
 
Jimmy Somerville really was unashamedly waving the gay rights flag years before many other popstars. Fair play.
 
I feel like I've heard Dub Be Good To Me these last couple of months more than some of my favourite current tracks. Not complaining though, obviously.

One thing that's surprised me about the charts during this time was the amount of megamix/medley type singles charting. I'm not surprised at them doing well, cos of course they would. It's just that by the time I started following the UK charts myself (in about 1993), they weren't still around. Did they stop being chart eligible due to rules coming in at some point, or were they just a fad of the time?
 
Will said:
I feel like I've heard Dub Be Good To Me these last couple of months more than some of my favourite current tracks. Not complaining though, obviously.

One thing that's surprised me about the charts during this time was the amount of megamix/medley type singles charting. I'm not surprised at them doing well, cos of course they would. It's just that by the time I started following the UK charts myself (in about 1993), they weren't still around. Did they stop being chart eligible due to rules coming in at some point, or were they just a fad of the time?
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Likely just a fad of the times. With those kind of Greatest Hits medleys or things like the Grease megamix, maybe they were in a way showcases to encourage people to buy the albums, or a cheap way to experience your favourite choruses without having to pay for an album.
 
True. But then there's that The Brits 1990 single that spent a couple of weeks in the Top 10, and in January's episodes there was a best-dance-hits-of-89 style single floating around for a while. Perhaps all releases featured in the single were on the same label or publisher though, so that eradicated most of the licensing issues that would normally have risen in these types of things. And as you say, it's cheap promotional tool for the label itself.
 
It was partly just a fad that burned out but it was also down to publishers getting savvy/arsey about royalties i.e. the 150% royalty settlements for Dub Be Good To Me I talked about upthread.
 
Prince had one called the Purple Medley in 1995. It was dreadful and flopped. It was odd because it was released on his own label but featured mostly his Warners hits right in the middle of their major contract disputes.
 
I'd have struggled to imagine that New Kids On The Block would be even worse than I remembered them, but fuck me they were appalling.
 
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