July 22, 20186 yr I meant they performed 'West End Girls' in the studio three times. I'm sure we will see them many times in coming episodes,including 'It's A Sin'. Edited July 22, 20186 yr by King Rollo
July 31, 20186 yr I'm so pleased that they did show the 27/12/71 edition in full. I never expected I'd enjoy it so much.
July 31, 20186 yr Missed it, doh! Have seen it since I first saw it though - in 1971. Loved it then love it still.... :lol:
July 31, 20186 yr Some great hits from Diana Ross/Slade/George Harrison/T-Rex/Rod Stewart - the famous performance of Maggie May with John Peel and Ronnie Wood!
August 2, 20186 yr Anyone watch the 1971 Christmas special at the weekend? Will have to watch it on the iplayer! Would be interesting to see what a full TOTP episode was like from the 70s compared with the 80s, as I don't think I have watched a full 70s TOTP episode before! Weird showing a Christmas special at this time of year, but I assume because so many early 70s TOTP shows can't be shown now for obvious reasons they have few choices available from the ones that can be shown!
August 2, 20186 yr Author Will have to watch it on the iplayer! Would be interesting to see what a full TOTP episode was like from the 70s compared with the 80s, as I don't think I have watched a full 70s TOTP episode before! Weird showing a Christmas special at this time of year, but I assume because so many early 70s TOTP shows can't be shown now for obvious reasons they have few choices available from the ones that can be shown! It's not just the Savile issue. A lot of early episodes were wiped so no longer exist.
August 2, 20186 yr A lot of early episodes were wiped so no longer exist. :( Watched the 1971 Christmas special and it was very good, all the songs were excellent, with the exception of that rather cheesy New Seekers track which was just OK. My favourite song was the Slade one 'Coz I Luv You', I do like some folky violins! Edited August 2, 20186 yr by Gríma Wormtongue
August 2, 20186 yr I watched totp since they started the repeats with the 1976 episodes but only really watched it every week from 1981 onwards - the 70s is like a different world compared to what we are watching now in 1986 studio/musically/fashion wise, never seen such social and cultural changes in such a short period. Think they showed 1971 because it was a Rolling Stones night or something on BBC 4!
August 2, 20186 yr I watched totp since they started the repeats with the 1976 episodes but only really watched it every week from 1981 onwards - the 70s is like a different world compared to what we are watching now in 1986 studio/musically/fashion wise, never seen such social and cultural changes in such a short period. Indeed the TOTP style is much different to the 80s! The 90s is much different too judging from the clips of TOTP performances I have seen from that decade. Musically I think a lot of the late 80s stuff (apart from the dance music and the likes of New Order/Pet Shop Boys) sounds more dated than a lot of the early 80s stuff.
August 3, 20186 yr Five Star were one of those bands where only one did most of the singing and the others very little. They always looked like they weren’t really enjoying themselves.
August 3, 20186 yr Author Five Star were one of those bands where only one did most of the singing and the others very little. They always looked like they weren’t really enjoying themselves. I certainly didn't enjoy listening to them, so why should they have any fun?
August 3, 20186 yr Love 'System Addict' the middle 8 bit of the song is pure pop heaven! Stay out of my life is criminally underrated.
August 3, 20186 yr I certainly didn't enjoy listening to them, so why should they have any fun? Their dad made them do it. Blame him :lol: I'll also defend System Addict and Rain Or Shine as great pop records :D
August 3, 20186 yr Great timing for TOTP2 to play a pro-Robert Mugabe song the week that Zimbabwe's been back in the news.
August 3, 20186 yr It's been a while, so here's a quickie review: Belouis Some up first, loved Imagination at the time, right from before it belatedly took off, though his bleached blonde career never really took off sadly. I still like it, but don't quite rate it as much as I did Whitney's pop funfilled video of How Will I Know, the film biog is stark and dark and not at all fun and poppy. The track is OK at best, never loved it, never hated it, just sort of pop-by-numbers. Radio Africa, another one I got into first time round. Latin Quarter were good, still sounds good, but was more of a fan at the time than now. 1986: when every other records was a flop from previous years. Tells you something about the pop scene running out of steam after years of bursting with creativity. Su Pollard. Hi De Hi! Ooh, Mr Fairbruther can ah bicum a yellercohwurt? Notts lass, endearing, can hold a tune, but this is a christmas novelty bit of tat oddly late. Chart rundown from Steve n Gary. Breakers, the fab Carol Kenyan (her of awesome Temptation Heaven 17) on a lead vocal for Paul Hardcastle. No "featuring"s for vocalists in those days, even when she's the best thing about the forgettable dance track. Bit of Survivor. No not the good one, the rubbish one. Chain Reaction, Diana Ross' last truly great pop record, courtesy the Bee Gees. Love the 60's video bits and the go-go dancing, using her own pop history as inspiration. Shakin Stevens. No I don't remember it either. This has been pulled over from an alternate dimension. Better than Su Pollard and Survivor. Not as bad as I probably thought it was at the time, and quite listenable. Ah, Dave Edmunds on guitar, that'll be why. Hero. Top 10, Billy Ocean on top. saw him literally sing this last summer, literally 300m from our house at a country park festival. The going got tough as he reached his encore, so I got going early. Still a great singer. Still think of Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, who I saw today in Antman & The Wasp. Life is so circular...
August 3, 20186 yr Author Great timing for TOTP2 to play a pro-Robert Mugabe song the week that Zimbabwe's been back in the news. And I once stood in for their singer, Steve Skaith :o
August 3, 20186 yr And I once stood in for their singer, Steve Skaith :o :o As a singer, or as a body double?
August 3, 20186 yr Author Chart rundown from Steve n Gary. Breakers, the fab Carol Kenyan (her of awesome Temptation Heaven 17) on a lead vocal for Paul Hardcastle. No "featuring"s for vocalists in those days, even when she's the best thing about the forgettable dance track. Bit of Survivor. No not the good one, the rubbish one. Chain Reaction, Diana Ross' last truly great pop record, courtesy the Bee Gees. Love the 60's video bits and the go-go dancing, using her own pop history as inspiration. Survivor had a good song? I must have missed it.
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