For the people who have been watching all these can i ask if a De la soul video was played on one about 2/3 weeks ago cos i think my girlfriend knowing what a fan i am was winding me up!

For the people who have been watching all these can i ask if a De la soul video was played on one about 2/3 weeks ago cos i think my girlfriend knowing what a fan i am was winding me up!

 

 

Erm De La Soul weren't having hits in 1976 so NO. She was winding you up so you must get her back in some way!! :D

Edited August 29, 201113 yr by Common Sense

Ohh are you guys talking about the orginal series getting repeated, I meant a recent TOTP2 i think!!

Liked it this week, though some of the records from last week were still hanging around. I like Hot Chocolate, I think that they made some of the best singles of the 1970's. Errol Brown is retired to Barbados now, is he not? A deserved retirement!

 

I thought that Let 'Em In was one of Macca's best post Beatles productions. Had he wrote that song while in the Beatles, I am sure that they would have had no qualms about putting it out as a single.

 

And Bryan Ferry was back with another worthwhile cover version.

 

Abba with Dancing Queen was obviously good to listen too, a timeless classic.

 

So quite pleased. Who said there was not good music about before punk came along?!

 

Quiz question this week. They played Bryan Ferry and his song the price of love, and then immediately after they played Wings and let em' in.

 

What is the very tenuous connection between those two songs?

 

Answers from knowledgeable pop fans please!

Edited September 1, 201113 yr by blackcat

They skipped a week which is why some acts (e.g. Twiggy) seemed to be on two weeks running.

 

Let 'Em In includes a mention of Phil and Don. The Price Of Love was originally by the Everly Brothers (Phil and Don). It was followed on the programme by Steve Harley's version of Here Comes The Sun, written by George Harrison and performed by The Beatles so there's another link.

 

Maybe you'd like to revive this thread :D

 

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...91&hl=chain

 

 

They skipped a week which is why some acts (e.g. Twiggy) seemed to be on two weeks running.

 

Let 'Em In includes a mention of Phil and Don. The Price Of Love was originally by the Everly Brothers (Phil and Don). It was followed on the programme by Steve Harley's version of Here Comes The Sun, written by George Harrison and performed by The Beatles so there's another link.

 

Maybe you'd like to revive this thread :D

 

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...91&hl=chain

 

 

Yes, correct on all counts, suedehead!

 

I notice Dave Lee Travis said at the end of the programme that there would be a new number one next week! How did he know? Mid-week sales chart, perhaps? :huh:

Edited September 1, 201113 yr by blackcat

Yes, correct on all counts, suedehead!

 

I notice Dave Lee Travis said at the end of the programme that there would be a new number one next week! How did he know? Mid-week sales chart, perhaps? :huh:

Yes, I noticed that but he was wrong. EJ & KD still had another week to go before Abba took over. I'm not sure whether there were any midweek updates in 1976. Perhaps someone can enlighten us.

 

And I shall award myself a biscuit for getting your qiuz right :D

Yes, correct on all counts, suedehead!

 

I notice Dave Lee Travis said at the end of the programme that there would be a new number one next week! How did he know? Mid-week sales chart, perhaps? :huh:

 

Just mentioned that on DS. Abba jumped 16-1 but how did he know Elton and Kiki wouldn't get a 7th week? Thought there were no mids in those days?

Yes, I noticed that but he was wrong. EJ & KD still had another week to go before Abba took over. I'm not sure whether there were any midweek updates in 1976. Perhaps someone can enlighten us.

 

And I shall award myself a biscuit for getting your qiuz right :D

 

He said Abba were at 26 but I thought they entered at 16 that week? Which chart week did we see on TOTP tonight?

 

EDIT. They must have been at 23 then went to 16 then 1. Strange climb I always thought!

Edited September 1, 201113 yr by Common Sense

The Sky At Night was on last week, so Top Of The Pops 1976 style was back on this week after a fortnight's break.

 

Bit too MOR for me this time around. Started off well, with Manfred Mann's Earthband, and the excellent Blinded By The Light (was this the one written by Bruce Springsteen, or was it another song by Manfred? Can't quite recall).

 

And then The Bee Gees track You Should Be Dancing was played, great song, as discussed before. Other highlights included The Chilites, and Gallagher And Lyle had a reasonable MOR song.

 

As for the rest of the programme, not to my tasts at all. I admire the skill of Acker Bilk, of course, but music to fall asleep too, in my view. And Sir Cliff;s single of August 1976 was not a patch on his brilliant Devil Woman from earlier in the year.

 

One really great thing about the programme this week, though; lots of dancing by the female dancers of Ruby Flipper! Very nice!!!

 

As for the music, well, all things considered, I would rather have seen another edition of The Sky At Night! :P

Yes, Blinded By The Light is indeed a Springsteen song. It was on his debut album Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ.

 

As you say it was a great start to the show but the rest wasn't great. At least it is the last week at the top for Elton & Kiki so we won't be hearing that again (unless they show the Christmas Day programme).

I liked that they didn't show the VT for Elton and Kiki, but just had everyone take to the floor for a wee dance while Noel pestered young ladies in the crowd at the back. Really liked the fact that Ruby Flipper clearly thought the song would be shorter and didn't choreograph a full routine which meant they had to just stand in a line and kick in time for about two minutes at the end.

 

Not a classic episode though...

 

And it's a 15 place climb to the top for Abba next week then? Then only a couple of weeks till we get the Wurzels again - oh joy!

Not long until one of my fave songs of all time at No.1, the great Mississippi.

Not long until one of my fave songs of all time at No.1, the great Mississippi.

Well I suppose Pussycat were better than Pussycat Dolls. Just about.

Oh dear, we get Bay City Rollers doing Dusty Springfield tomorrow :cry:

Oh dear, we get Bay City Rollers doing Dusty Springfield tomorrow :cry:

 

Yep The Tourists cover in 1980 was much better.

Edited September 22, 201113 yr by Common Sense

Nice to see a few more entries on this thread during the week, in eager anticipation of the great event, a repeat of Top Of The Pops from 35 years ago! LOL!!

 

One of my favourite records from the glorious summer of 1976 was never featured on Top Of The Pops, because it was never a big UK hit. It got to number three in the USA, though.

 

This classic, by Starbuck:

 

 

People of a certain age will remember that this was a very big turntable hit in the UK at the time, Radio Luxembourg played it a lot, especially. And yet the song never really took off saleswise in the UK.

 

Frightening to think that this was from 35 years ago. We are now as distant in time from that great UK summer of '76 as 1976 was to the early years of the Second World War.

 

What a sobering thought. :mellow:

Ah yes, I remember it well. Capital used to play it a lot at the time. I will try and forget the bit about 1941 as it makes me feel positively ancient :(

Yes of course I remember that Blackcat. David Hamilton on Radio1/2 played it lots in the afternoons too.

How many times has Twiggy been on? 3 or 4 times!