Posted October 23, 200915 yr Friday 30th October The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen 01 01 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 02 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS 03 07 BORN BAD - JOSEPHINE COX 04 03 CROSS COUNTRY - JAMES PATTERSON 05 18 A GOOD WOMAN - DANIELLE STEELE 06 24 THE PROPHECY - CHRIS KUSNESKI 07 09 SCARPETTA FACTOR - PATRICIA CORNWELL 08 06 THE GIFT - CECILIA AHERN 09 05 WOLF HALL - HILARY MANTEL 10 04 UNSEEN ACADEMICALS - TERRY PRATCHETT The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by HMV 01 01 X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE 02 NE DRAG ME TO HELL 03 02 LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT 04 NE TRICK R TREAT 05 06 ANGELS AND DEMONS 06 NE IP MAN (Cantonese with subtitles) 07 NE DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM 08 NE COLIN 09 13 FAST & FURIOUS 10 08 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST Now "Monsters Vs Aliens" is missing from this list, as it is classed as a Kids film. Then again a few weeks ago, "Coraline" was featured in the top 3. So, who knows why...Both animated, both aimed at children?? Overall "Monsters Vs Aliens" has actually sold more than X-Men, this week. The Top UK Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International 01 01 UP 02 NE SAW VI 03 NE FANTASTIC MR FOX 04 02 COUPLES RETREAT 05 NE CIRQUE DU FREAK THE VAMPIRES ASSISTANT 06 03 THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS 07 04 THE INVENTION OF LYING 08 05 ZOMBIELAND 09 06 FAME 10 RE CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS The Top Games: Based on all formats 01 01 GUITAR HERO ON TOUR 02 02 UNCHARTED 2-AMONG THIEVES 03 04 FIFA 10 04 NE FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 05 NE NEED FOR SPEED-SHIFT 06 NE SOLUS 07 08 MARIO AND SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 08 05 QUANTUM OF SOLACE 09 NE PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 10 NE FORZO MOTORSPORT 3 The Top Albums: Based on a rota Thurs-Weds, with adjusted figures for new entries: 01 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 02 02 CRAZY - MICHAEL BUBLE 03 NE THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 04 01 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA BURKE 05 NE LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VARIOUS 06 NE COMING HOME - THE SOLDIERS 07 NE BELIEVE - KATHERINE JENKINS 08 03 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 09 04 NEW MOON-TWILIGHT SAGA - OST 10 07 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 11 NE PEACE IN THE VALLEY - DANIEL O`DONNELL 12 26 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 13 12 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 14 16 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 15 10 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 16 05 MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 17 08 ONCE AGAIN - SPANDAU BALLET 18 NE POP PARTY 7 - VARIOUS 19 15 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 20 09 DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH 21 22 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 22 20 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 23 29 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 24 17 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - WHITNEY HOUSTON 25 32 BEST OF - ALISON MOYET 26 21 WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN 27 13 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 28 18 REUNITED - CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 29 27 REVELATION - PETER ANDRE 30 19 BLUEPRINT - JAY Z Cheryl selling 105,000 at this point. Although the week at HMV has Mr Buble selling more than her... The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of programmes are note here) 01 01 X FACTOR 13.89 02 02 CORONATION STREET 10.08 03 03 EASTENDERS 9.49 03 04 DOC MARTIN 05 05 STRICTLY COME DANCING 8.44 06 06 EMMERDALE 7.48 07 07 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 7.35 08 NE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 7.05 09 NE LIFE 6.84 10 NE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX 6.63 11 09 FAMILY FORTUNES 6.64 12 12 YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 6.56 13 11 BENIDORM 6.38 14 17 COUNTRYFILE 5.79 15 14 HOLBY CITY 5.73 15 NE HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.73 17 24 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.39 18 19 BLUE MURDER 5.15 19 RE BBC NEWS/SPORT/WEATHER SAT 5.11 20 16 CASUALTY 5.04 21 20 LOTTERY DRAWS 4.98 22 NE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER 4.68 23 RE NEW TRICKS 4.67 23 RE SIMPLE SUPPERS 25 21 BBC NEWS SUN 4.66 26 22 THE ONE SHOW 4.61 27 29 ANIMALS DO THE FUNNIEST THINGS 4.56 28 NE MICHAEL MCINTYRE`S COMEDY ROADSHOW 4.52 29 RE MATCH OF THE DAY 4.51 30 26 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.36 Flash Forward slumps to 31 this time, as The Bill slumps further at 32 on 3.78. Time for the Flashback to...November 1981 (Charts compiled by MRIB) The Top TV, back then: A shortage of actual ratings figures from then, as hardly any were kept BBC Programmes: 01 PAUL DANIEL`S MAGIC SHOW (SAT) 16.00...comedy and magic a la Paul & Miss Debbie McGee 02 JULIET BRAVO (SAT)...Stephanie Turner stars as Jean Darbley in the police based drama series 03 THE MOVING TARGET...taken from the Ross MacDonald novel. Lew Archer trys to find a missing oil tycoon 04 LARRY GRAYSON`S GENERATION GAME (SAT) 14.50...Larry in his 4th, and final series of the family game with Isla St Clair 05 WILDLIFE ON ONE (TUES)...David Attenborough on his nature trek 06 ROSIE (MON)...dodgy sitcom about PC Penrose (Paul Greenwood), and his pal PC Wilmot (Tony Haygarth). This, the very last edition...thank God! 07 MASTERMIND (SUN)...Magnus Magnusson introduces the grueling quiz 08 FLAMINGO ROAD...a US Soap based on a 1949 film with Joan Crawford. In vain of "Dallas", & "Knots Landing". This version starred Morgan Fairchild & John Beck 09 TOMORROW`S WORLD (THURS)...the 17th series of the science based look at new gadgets with Kieran Prendiville, Judith Hann, and Maggie Philbin 10 IT`S A KNOCKOUT (FRI) 10.50...the ever laughing Stuart Hall plays host, as the late Eddie Waring keeps track of the score in the treble team contest ITV Programmes: 01 FILM: JAWS (SAT) 23.30...the first British tv showing of the film 02 CORONATION STREET (MON) 18.80 03 CORONATION STREET (WEDS) 04 THE BENNY HILL SHOW (WEDS) 17.00...The regular 2 month outing for Benny, along with Henry McGee, Jackie Wright, and Hill`s Angels 05 ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (THURS)...The Sitcom, where James Bolam/Peter/Bowles/Christopher Strauli got to stay in Hospital for 4 series! 06 NEVER THE TWAIN (MON) 16.00...Father Of The Groom. Lyn & David get married much to annoyance of Oliver Smallbridge & Simon Peel in the sitcom 07 CROSSROADS (MON) 08 THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW (THURS)...Eric & Ernie, and a carrier bag at the bus stop 09 BULLSEYE (MON) 14.00...Jim Bowen in the super, great, smashing darts based quiz in series one at ATV 10 PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT (FRI)...Bruce Forsyth in series 3 of the game, where you could win £2,000, and a car by predicting the turning of a playing card I always get asked on the vintage tv thing about the Top Of The Pops ratings...This week in 1981, the show had just over 10million viewers, following Tomorrow`s World on Thursdays at 7.20pm. Although it averaged between 13 & 11million during the whole of 1981. The Christmas Day edition, in which the Radio One DJs (Tommy Vance/Richard Skinner/Peter Powell/Simon Bates/DLT etc picked their favs of 1981, got 14million. The Top Albums in Nov 1981: With the classic Police L.P. reigning supreme on week 3, ready to be knocked off by the Human League classic "Dare". 01 01 GHOST IN THE MACHINE - POLICE 02 14 DARE - HUMAN LEAGUE 03 04 IF I SHOULD LOVE AGAIN - BARRY MANILOW 04 02 SHAKY - SHAKIN`STEVENS 05 03 7 - MADNESS 06 08 HOOKED ON CLASSICS - LOUIS CLARK/ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 07 05 SUPER HITS 1 & 2 - VARIOUS 08 07 ABACAB - GENESIS 09 06 DEAD RINGER - MEATLOAF 10 19 OCTOBER - U2 11 10 STILL - JOY DIVISION 12 NE HEDGEHOG SANDWICH - NOT THE NINE O`CLOCK NEWS CAST 13 NE BODY TALK - IMAGINATION 14 NE GOSH IT`S - BAD MANNERS 15 11 WIRED FOR SOUND - CLIFF RICHARD 16 12 CELEBRATION - JOHNNY MATHIS 17 09 TATTOO YOU - ROLLING STONES 18 18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES 19 13 RAGE IN EDEN - ULTRAVOX 20 15 DENIM AND LEATHER - SAXON The Top Singles in Nov 1981: 01 01 IT`S MY PARTY - DAVE STEWART/BARBARA GASKIN..the other Dave Stewart (not the Eurythmics one). Still actually working with Barbara 02 07 HAPPY BIIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES...the first for Clare Grogan and co 03 04 O SUPERMAN - LAURIE ANDERSON...the longest record in the chart "uh uh uh uh uh uh". Didn`t it drive you nuts? 04 14 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS - THE JAM...Paul and co, smashing up again 05 02 THE BIRDIE SONG - TWEETS...this record tops the hall of shame for cheese, along with Teletubbies, Aqua, and Black Lace 06 03 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS - TOYAH...hit 3 for Ms Wilcox 07 12 GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES - ELVIS COSTELLO...a surprise return for Elvis, going country style 08 28 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - POLICE...2 hits in the 30 for the band, heading to the top 09 06 OPEN YOUR HEART - HUMAN LEAGUE...the 3rd biggie for Phil and co 10 08 IT`S RAINING - SHAKIN`STEVENS...Shaky slightly loosing steam with another cover 11 24 LABELLED WITH LOVE - SQUEEZE...Difford & Tillbrook heading towards Elvis Costello in similar vain 12 05 UNDER YOUR THUMB - GODLEY AND CREME...the first biggie for the boys of 10cc. Remember "Englishman In New York"?...a UK flop 13 17 LET`S HANG ON - BARRY MANILOW...Bazza doing a former Four Seasons hit. Also covered in 1980, by Darts 14 19 HOLD ME - B.A. ROBERTSON/MAGGIE BELL...another cover of a PJ Proby hit. No split trousers in 1981, though! 15 11 WALKIN`IN THE SUNSHINE - BAD MANNERS...a lesser heard Buster Bloodvessel hit 16 30 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL - FOUR TOPS...the return of the boys. Not before time, and a top 3 smash 17 10 JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH - DEPECHE MODE...No #1s for the band 18 13 HANDS UP GIVE ME YOUR HEART - OTTAWAN...cheese, and a New Zealand #1. In France the song "You`re Ok" was the biggie 19 15 SHUT UP - MADNESS...the nutty boys, and that broken window/tv set 20 27 TONIGHT I`M YOURS - ROD STEWART...Rodders heading back to the UK top 10 21 09 PRINCE CHARMING - ADAM AND THE ANTS...Stewart Goddard, later to be found in US crime shows a la "The Equaliser" etc 22 26 WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN - FUREYS/DAVEY ARTHUR...a trip to Ireland, for this even then oldie 23 38 JOAN OF ARC - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK...2 hits in for OMD. Recently seen performing with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 24 20 QUIET LIFE - JAPAN...Mick Karn/David Sylvian and co, who formed in Lewisham in 1974 25 18 INVISIBLE SUN - POLICE...the 2nd for Sting and co 26 16 ENDLESS LOVE - DIANA ROSS/LIONEL RICHIE...a lot of duets in 1981. This one on the Motown stable, of course 27 22 SOUVENIR - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK...Andy McCluskey and co again. With the dvd out on 30th Nov 28 25 MAD EYED SCREAMER - CREATURES...more or less Siouxie And The Banshess, and more goth 29 23 TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL...where we connect to Gloria Jones, with the Marc Bolan connection 30 42 PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN...Olivia away from the film circuit, but a dodgy video on keep fit. Was it what she really meant? 31 21 PRETEND - ALVIN STARDUST...a 1950s cover for the return of Bernard Jurey 32 34 DEAD CITIES - EXPLOITED...possibly one of the worst singles ever, by this Scottish Punk band, still performing 33 31 LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS - SLADE...more noise from Noddy, Dave, and co 34 NE BEGIN THE BEGUINE - JULIO IGLESIAS...the Spanish goalkeeper, unable to play anymore due to an injury. This, his 1st UK hit 35 37 NIGHTMARE - GILLAN...Ian and the band, with the Reading Football Club connection during the Elm Park years 36 NE LOVE ME TONIGHT - TREVOR WALTERS...reggae stylie 37 NE TWILIGHT - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA...slightly forgotten hit by ELO 38 41 AND THEN SHE KISSED ME - GARY GLITTER...Gazza covering the Crystals/Beach Boys, and even Kiss (who cut it in 1977) 39 NE TOM SAWYER - RUSH...over to Ontario, for the rock band who formed in 1968 40 47 CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES - THE CURE...this one missed the Official top 40, for the boys with the hair from Crawley The Top Pre-Orders in 2009 Top Pre-Order Singles: 01 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 2nd Nov 02 HAPPY - LEONA 9th Nov 03 END CREDITS - CHASE AND STATUS 2nd Nov 04 JUST SAY YES - SNOW PATROL 2nd Nov 05 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 2nd Nov 06 ABOUT A GIRL - SUGABABES 9th Nov 07 HEAL THE WORLD - BULIEF 2nd Nov 08 TIK TOK - KE$HA 30th Nov 09 TO LOVE AGAIN - ALESHA DIXON 16th Nov 10 I`M ALL OVER IT - JAMIE CULLUM 2nd Nov Leona beats Sugababes on Sunday 15th Nov... Top Pre-Order Albums: 01 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9th Nov 02 GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 2nd Nov 03 JLS - JLS 9th Nov 04 ECHO - LEONA 16th Nov 05 CIRCLE - BON JOVI 2nd Nov 06 NOW 74 - VARIOUS 23rd Nov 07 CIRCUS LIVE - TAKE THAT 30th Nov 08 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - MARIAH CAREY 16th Nov 09 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE 23rd Nov 10 ONLY REVOLUTIONS - BIFFY CLYRO 9th Nov The Top Physicals this week: 01 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 02 01 CHERYL COLE 03 02 ALEXANDRA BURKE 04 NE DOWN - JAY SEAN 05 03 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 06 04 YOUNG SOUL REBELS 07 NE YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 08 NE PARTY IN THE USA 09 06 CHIPMUNK 10 NE HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 11 NE THE CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 12 05 WHITNEY HOUSTON 13 07 TAIO CRUZ 14 08 SHAKIRA 15 09 SATURDAYS 16 NE ANYWAY - ARMAND VAN HELDON/A-TRACK 17 11 COBRA STARSHIP 18 10 ALPHABEAT 19 NE GET READY - BUBBEL G 20 12 MADONNA Other other entries physically further down for LITTLE COMETS, TI/MARY J BLIGE & SKUNK ANANSIE. The Full Week on iTunes: 01 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 02 NE DOWN - JAY SEAN 03 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 04 02 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA BURKE 05 07 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 08 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 07 03 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 08 NE PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 09 04 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 10 09 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11 05 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 12 06 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 13 10 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 14 NE BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 15 18 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 16 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 17 11 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 18 19 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 19 NE ANYWAY - DUCK SAUCE 20 12 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP On a usual week for iTunes...they are about 1 day ahead of everyone else. Possibly a tip, there. Hang on for those complete combined singles, coming soon...
October 30, 200915 yr Urgh at westlife selling more physicals than cheryl :rolleyes: Cheryl album at 105k, fantastic news. Good sales tomorrow i hope. Thanks for the info Dave as always.
October 30, 200915 yr Thanks Dave AMAZED to see Frankie in front of the Sugababes, I thought Relax would flop this time for sure...
October 30, 200915 yr Author The Combined Singles/Downloads this week: Compiled thus...The top 20 based on Chart Show tv, but with added sales minus airplay. The 21-40 based on a combi of physicals/downloads compiled by DTR. The 41-75, based entirely on downloads. The Bubblers: TOP 75 Journey TOP 70 Michael Jackson (Thriller) Ray Parker Jnr (Ghostbusters) Jamie Cullum Jace Everett Black Eyed Peas (Boom Boom Pow) TOP 60 Michael Jackson (Man In The Mirror) Sean Kingston (Face Drop) The Complete Top 50: 50 NE UNDERDOG - KASABIAN 49 44 GET SHAKY - IAN CAREY 29) 48 38 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 28) 47 40 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 27) 46 35 WATCH THE SUN COME UP - EXAMPLE 26) 45 32 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 44 NE ROCK N`ROLLER - KANO 43 NE SWAY - MERCEDEZ BENZ 42 36 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 25) 41 25 DOMINOES - THE BIG PINK 40 29 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 39 42 BROKENHEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 38 RE WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY 37 30 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 24) 36 RE YOU`VE GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 35 22 WHEELS - FOOFIGHTERS 34 NE CRY ME A RIVER - MICHAEL BUBLE 33 21 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 23) 32 26 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 22) 31 19 THE SPELL - ALPHABEAT 21) 30 27 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 20) 29 33 PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 28 20 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS 27 31 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 26 23 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 25 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 24 17 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 19) =20 23 14 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 18) 22 15 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 17) 21 13 SEXY BITCH - DAVID GUETTA/AKON =17 20 12 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 16) =19 19 NE ANYWAY - DUCK SAUCE 15) =18 18 07 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 14) =16 17 NE THE CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 13) =15 16 NE BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 15 16 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 12) =13 14 18 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 11) =14 13 09 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 12 06 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 10) =12 11 08 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 9) =10 10 NE PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 8) =11 09 04 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 7) =9 08 05 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 6) =8 07 03 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 5) =7 06 11 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS =6 05 10 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE =5 04 02 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 4) =4 03 NE DOWN - JAY SEAN 3) =3 02 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 2) =2 01 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Cheryl on 122,000...which is 50,000 more than Westlife. Jay Sean will not catch them before Sunday!
October 30, 200915 yr Thanks Dave! Pleased to see Alphabeat still top 40, and Gaga will SURELY be top 15 by Sunday :cheer:
October 30, 200915 yr Thanks Dave! The Bill slips further and further... Good memories of 1981 - well the music at least! The TV was pretty awful at the time... Only When I Laugh was a one programme joke that ran for years though it managed to be funny at times...
October 30, 200915 yr Author Thanks Dave! The Bill slips further and further... Good memories of 1981 - well the music at least! The TV was pretty awful at the time... Only When I Laugh was a one programme joke that ran for years though it managed to be funny at times... I always thought the "Roy Figgis" character played by James Bolam, was basically "Terry Collier" (of Likely Lads fame) in Hospital!
October 30, 200915 yr The top 2 albums from 1981 are excellent, I haven't played Dare in ages, its the best Human League album to date, they are still around but they only do the Here & Now tours with the odd new album every 3 to 4 years. I was a big fan of them early 80s, Sound Of The Crowd, Love Action, Open Your Heart, and their #1 hit Don't You Want Me Baby are just classics, we don't hear good music like them no more. Physical by Olivia Neutron Bomb :wub: love the video and her dodgy outfit. Souvenir, Joan Of Arc, Tainted Love CLASSICS Tainted Love my favourite all time #1.
October 30, 200915 yr I always thought the "Roy Figgis" character played by James Bolam, was basically "Terry Collier" (of Likely Lads fame) in Hospital!after their fall out in real life, maybe Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) put him there! Or more likely Thelma...
October 30, 200915 yr The top 2 albums from 1981 are excellent, I haven't played Dare in ages, its the best Human League album to date, they are still around but they only do the Here & Now tours with the odd new album every 3 to 4 years. I was a big fan of them early 80s, Sound Of The Crowd, Love Action, Open Your Heart, and their #1 hit Don't You Want Me Baby are just classics, we don't hear good music like them no more. Physical by Olivia Neutron Bomb :wub: love the video and her dodgy outfit. Souvenir, Joan Of Arc, Tainted Love CLASSICS Tainted Love my favourite all time #1.I never fully got into The Police - some good songs but an awful lot of rubbish. I thought Ghost In The Machine was a poor album. Dare is an absolute classic though, I had all the singles on 12" plus the album. The last I heard Martin Rushent was working on some tracks that were discarded for the album, I assume it's for a deluxe edition release... The video for Physical is terrible! ONJ looks as nice as ever but the video looks like it was put together in half an hour on a $5 budget! Edited October 30, 200915 yr by Robbie
October 30, 200915 yr I never fully got into The Police - some good songs but an awful lot of rubbish. I thought Ghost In The Machine was a poor album. I agree Ghost In The Machine was their least favourite album of theirs I wouldn't have called it one of the best but they made it up with their final album Synchronity, and it was the first album with an English title after the brilliant Zenyatta Mondatta. Mind you I was a massive fan of The Police back than they were my favourite band of the 80s along with Blondie, I'm showing my age now. :lol:
October 30, 200915 yr Author after their fall out in real life, maybe Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) put him there! Or more likely Thelma... Yeah, the full out has always been strange. Rodney Bewes reckons it was something to do with the duos billing on the feature film shot in 1976. Rodney got star billing, James did not...but who knows the reason for sure?!
October 30, 200915 yr Yeah, the full out has always been strange. Rodney Bewes reckons it was something to do with the duos billing on the feature film shot in 1976. Rodney got star billing, James did not...but who knows the reason for sure?!The story I heard was that Bewes was doing an interview in 1976 and mentioned that Bolam's wife was pregnant. Apparently Bolam took exception to this and cut off all contact with Bewes, Bolam apparently didn't like his personal life being made public. Bewes phoned to apologise, Bolam hung up, and that was the last contact the two had. If true then it seems a strange reason to maintain a feud over the years. I can understand Bolam being annoyed but that sort of thing would have son been sorted out. I also heard that they didn't really have a great relationship on set during the Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads years, so perhaps it was the final straw. Regardless, Bolam kept the feud running for so long that the more (alledgedly) impoverished members of the cast had to beg with him to allow the series to be released on video to allow them to earn some income, something he continually refused to do for many years until he eventually relented.
October 30, 200915 yr OMG! Black eyed peas out of the top 10! :o :o :cheer: :cheer: God hope they dont get back on sunday looks like im gonna do really bad in the chart prediction games this week!
October 30, 200915 yr The Top Albums in Nov 1981: With the classic Police L.P. reigning supreme on week 3, ready to be knocked off by the Human League classic "Dare". 04 02 SHAKY - SHAKIN`STEVENS Making its CD debut on 16th November... Dave, any idea if the Saw Doctors will bother the Top 100 this week with their new "Best of...."?
October 30, 200915 yr Author Making its CD debut on 16th November... Dave, any idea if the Saw Doctors will bother the Top 100 this week with their new "Best of...."? No sign of them. But I am actually attending the concert at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 5th Dec. Are you seeing them on the Ireland concerts at all?
October 30, 200915 yr Author The story I heard was that Bewes was doing an interview in 1976 and mentioned that Bolam's wife was pregnant. Apparently Bolam took exception to this and cut off all contact with Bewes, Bolam apparently didn't like his personal life being made public. Bewes phoned to apologise, Bolam hung up, and that was the last contact the two had. If true then it seems a strange reason to maintain a feud over the years. I can understand Bolam being annoyed but that sort of thing would have son been sorted out. I also heard that they didn't really have a great relationship on set during the Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads years, so perhaps it was the final straw. Regardless, Bolam kept the feud running for so long that the more (alledgedly) impoverished members of the cast had to beg with him to allow the series to be released on video to allow them to earn some income, something he continually refused to do for many years until he eventually relented. I remember hearing that too. Certainly a big row, also blew up with the BBC in 1981, when the entire series was repeated for the first time in 6 years, following the first showing of the film. James, didn`t want it repeated at all. It`s a shame really, when you consider the quality of the acting in the series. I suppose we could say Mr Bolam has done slightly better in his tv work than Mr Bewes, and has hardily been off the small screen since 1973! Rodney was (of course) the first BBC partner of one Basil Brush (although Basil first came to light on ITV, with Howard Williams circa 1965).
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