Old TOTP (BBC4) (1 Viewer)

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Christ. I;d forgotten Jason Donovan was going straight to #1 with any old shite. Grim.

 

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I'd forgotten how annoying the 'woah! yeah!' seemingly present in every dance song around this period (and lingering well into the early 90s, if memory serves) was.

Yeah, it was locked into the drumloop everyone was using and became seriously irritating.

 

[lolly]

What did Jazzie B actually DO in Soul II Soul?

I prefer to call Jazzie and Nellee (nearly my cousin, as I've said before) by their real names, Trevor and Christopher.

 

[octophone]

Is "Cruel Summer '89" considered CANON?

 

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I prefer to call Jazzie and Nellee (nearly my cousin, as I've said before) by their real names, Trevor and Christopher.

Nellee Hooper produced Neneh Cherry's album around the same time, didn't he?

 

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Oooh, Fuzzbox again, looking exactly the same as last time.

 

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I prefer to call Jazzie and Nellee (nearly my cousin, as I've said before) by their real names, Trevor and Christopher.

I don't know this one.

 

[octophone]

Fun fact: Fuzzbox's drummer is now a primary school teacher.

 

[lolly]

I don't know this one.

It's a bit (lot) of a stretch. His family are (or at least were) very local. My aunt was briefly engaged to his father.

 

[octophone]

YAAASSS! R.E.M. - Orange Crush - superb.

 

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tits out for michael stipe

 

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Simon Parkin looks about 14.

 

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Poor Ringo, fannying about in a Tom Petty video for beer money.

 

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Wasn't that Living In A Box single considered a bit off? My memory tells me that it was held back because "Gatecrashing" wasn't the best title so soon after Hillsborough...

 

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Well, there's a quiz question I;d have got wrong: "What was The Bangles' follow up to Eternal Flame and which member of the band sang it?"

 

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Ah "Batdance" - one of Prince's weirder career decisions. At the top of his game, knocks off a film soundtrack in about 3 days and then decides to just run with it.

 

[octophone]

Well, that was terrible. It's about the end of '89 things start to get fun again, IIRC.

 

[Shirley]

Ugh GUN, STEVE WRIGHT'S LEGS and now LINDA MCCARTNEY RIP

 

[Shirley]

Never fear though the next episode feature LIZA MINNELLI and BETTY BOO

 

[Shirley]

Just GET YOUR TITS OUT Wend

 

[Shirley]

LESBIAN ALERT

Don't get your tits out Wend

 

[Shirley]

Ooh the LIGHTNING SEEDS

I did like their first album like the SAD OLD SAP I am

 

[Shirley]

KYLIE in GOLD STRIDES! Strewth!

 

[Shirley]

JIVE BUNNY's first of 3000 weeks at Number One

I don't think Shakespear's Sister ever bettered YOU'RE HISTORY but that's just my USELESS OPINION

 

[FetchFugly]

Oh I love Landslide of Love. It is so over the top, my favourite from Wend and co I think.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Oh TOTP not Steve Wright.

 

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Did we never see Cha Cha Heels?

 

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What a grotty episode. Paul McCartney, Tranvision Vamp...

 

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You know it's a bad episode when the Lightning Seeds are a highlight.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Hang on... KYLIE.

Wouldn't Change A Thing was never one her GREATS WAS IT?

Although I prefer it to Hand On My Heart.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Oh Jive Bunny. Which means Black Box is COMING UP.

 

[Shirley]

THANK THANK THANK YOU BABY

 

[Shirley]

Don't fancy yours much...it's BIG FUN!

Ugh

 

[Shirley]

THIS IS MORE LIKE IT

THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME
THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME
THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME
TO BELIEVE IN LOVE

 

[Shirley]

I'd like to think SYBIL RUSCOE is wearing that getup in some kind of misguided Madonna tribute but she probably is some TAMBOURINE-BANGING GODBOTHERER

 

[Shirley]

Who the fuck were DOGS DINNER or whatever they're called? I don't remember this AT ALL

 

[Shirley]

Ah yes REDHEAD KINGPIN and the FBI

Or should that be AH YEAH

 

[Shirley]

It's SHUV and that old shrieky bird

 

[Shirley]

Fuck ASWAD we want LIZA and BETTY

 

[Shirley]

BETTY BOO!