Old TOTP (BBC4)

Quartz and Dina going for a very literal interpretation of It's Too Late, with a Dali themed video!

Happy times.
 
Ag said:
I totally forgot The Clash had a no.1.
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Levis ad. They had a massive chart impact in the late 80s and well into the 90s. I think "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo might have been the last one but Mr Oizo's Flat Beat may have come after it, can't remember right now.
 
octophone said:
Levis ad. They had a massive chart impact in the late 80s and well into the 90s. I think "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo might have been the last one but Mr Oizo's Flat Beat may have come after it, can't remember right now.
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Flat beat was 95/96 I think, Flat Beat was 99. Wasn’t Room 5 a Lynx No.1 too?

ooh have they had Stiltskin too?
 
There were loads...

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Turn On Tune In Cop Out, Underwater Love, Inside...
 
Nicky Campbell and waistcoat remain terrible, though possibly not quite so bad as Brambles who was trying out additional sass this week (unsuccessfully).
 
FetchFugly said:
Nicky Campbell and waistcoat remain terrible, though possibly not quite so bad as Brambles who was trying out additional sass this week (unsuccessfully).
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Yes the sass against Madonna.

Hun she's got a no.2 hit! Reign it in!
 
Gawd, Flat Eric was as late as 99? Blimey, yer sense of time really does get skewed with age.
 
I had no idea Massive Attack were known as just Massive for Unfinished Sympathy

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The group temporarily shortened their name to "Massive" on the advice of McVey to avoid controversy relating to the Gulf War.[22] They went back to being "Massive Attack" for their next single, "Safe from Harm".
 
Ag said:
I wish they'd bring the full charts back.
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Y'know, I had completely forgotten that they'd done that! It was only when I reached the relevant episode that I thought "Hang on, what's THIS SHIT?".
 
octophone said:
Y'know, I had completely forgotten that they'd done that! It was only when I reached the relevant episode that I thought "Hang on, what's THIS SHIT?".
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Yes this is just the worst. It is nice to see a plummet or a graceful decline play out.

Good episodes this week though. Dannii's arrival! The keyboard player for The Mock Turtles was much more glam than you would expect for such a band.

Feargal's rather treacly ballad did surprisingly well.
 
It's a shame they killed and ate her, but nice to know Plavka had a more prolific career than I was aware of

 
Anthea on Dannii: 'She's a great little actress, she's got a charming personality...'

I'm sure she was pleased to receive such a recommendation.
 
Ag said:
The fabulous mincing homo singing on Human Nature looks amazing these days...

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Great friend of Mark E Smith, believe it or nay. Appeared on stage with The Fall a few times in '82 and was in the "Perverted By Language Bis" video thingy with the group in '83. Attended MES's funeral and was clearly absolutely gutted. Not completely sure of Pillay's current pronouns as these have varied regularly (as has the choice of first name: Alan, Lana, Al, Lanah etc) but definitely highly thought of in Fall circles.
 
octophone said:
Great friend of Mark E Smith, believe it or nay. Appeared on stage with The Fall a few times in '82 and was in the "Perverted By Language Bis" video thingy with the group in '83. Attended MES's funeral and was clearly absolutely gutted. Not completely sure of Pillay's current pronouns as these have varied regularly (as has the choice of first name: Alan, Lana, Al, Lanah etc) but definitely highly thought of in Fall circles.
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I didn't connect that it was the same artiste responsible for this:




:disco:
 
This is a really good episode. Cathy Dennis, Sam Janus getting her pre-show run out and Frances Nero having her unlikely hit moment. Also enjoyed Paul Young apparently not knowing which part of the song he sang.

Seeing the struggle of the Nana Pop Life chart runs play out though :(
 
Ag said:
Bit KKK, but still amaze.
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Aye, alright Anthea, settle down.

The KLF really were a joy. The scale, the absurdity, the sheer art of it all. And the tunes still sound amazing. Both Drummond and Cauty are national treasures. Bill Drummond's book, "45" is well worth reading...it's a good 20 years old now but the stories all hold up.
 
Bernard Sumner dancing. No.

Also Damon Albarn's hair. And that video. Choices.
 
Crystal Waters new at no.3?

There must have been some serious pre release hype.
 
Just when you think we've got past dirty old men and ridiculous grudges, up pop licensing issues! Denying us Kylie too.
 
It feels that the Decker presence has become more challenging in their absence but Whenever You Need Me is a very good song.

Sorry Carol it kind of was a requiem though.
 
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