November 29, 20186 yr Musnt be much episodes left as Xmas sees the story of 87 which I'm oooking forward to!
December 1, 20186 yr Last night's was better but not by much. Only really one quality song (True Colours) but everything else was at least average, besides Every Loser Wins of course. How did people let that get to #1 for a few weeks, let alone at all? Terrible terrible singer Edited December 1, 20186 yr by Tedward
December 1, 20186 yr It only got to to number 1 because it was featured on Eastenders which was much more popular in 1986 than it is now. Nick Berry's character Simon Wicks sang it on the piano in the Queen Vic. I think it was part of a storyline involving Michelle Fowler and Lofty.
December 2, 20186 yr Doesn't excuse his horrendous singing though, did anyone know what decent vocals were back then :lol:
December 4, 20186 yr Last night's was better but not by much. Only really one quality song (True Colours) but everything else was at least average, besides Every Loser Wins of course. How did people let that get to #1 for a few weeks, let alone at all? Terrible terrible singer Just found out Nick Berry is the same person who sings the Heartbeat theme tune (and his cover of Heartbeat made #2 in 1992). His vocal is very good in that one I think (not as good as Buddy Holly's in his original though)! Edited December 4, 20186 yr by SnowflakeSnake❄️
December 7, 20186 yr Double bill of it next week though :D looking forward to Story of 1987 in a few weeks time as well
December 11, 20186 yr Author Just thought I would ad Paul simon Call Me Al is the best top 10 song of 1986! A great comeback from Paul Simon after a long period with little success.
December 12, 20186 yr Author S&G only released five studio albums. The last was Bridge Over Troubled Water in 1970.
December 12, 20186 yr Author That long before!? That was a classic album! It was a fantastic album. A classic example of going out on a high.
December 13, 20186 yr No, I was referring to Boris Gardiner. Lady In Red was the dirge it replaced. Now it is Christmas I am reminded of how vastly better 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' is to 'Lady In Red'! It's like a completely different artist! Edited December 13, 20186 yr by SnowflakeSnake❄️
December 13, 20186 yr Author Now it is Christmas I am reminded of how vastly better 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' is to 'Lady In Red'! It's like a completely different artist! A Spaceman... has suffered the stigma of being by Chris de Burgh ever since Lady In Red came out. It made it very hard to be open about liking the song. That just made me hate LIR even more at the time.
December 13, 20186 yr I take it the 39 peak for A Spaceman Came Travelling was simply on the back of the success of Lady In Red and we don't have a totp performance in the coming two weeks to look forward to?
December 14, 20186 yr Author I take it the 39 peak for A Spaceman Came Travelling was simply on the back of the success of Lady In Red and we don't have a totp performance in the coming two weeks to look forward to? It was. It had been released a few years earlier without success. I suppose the one advantage of LIR’s existence was that it gave me a chance to buy Spaceman. I can’t remember whether it was on TOTP. It’s been on TOTP2, hasn’t it?
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