December 30, 20186 yr Do we have to wait until next Thursday to see the next episode? And is it the Story of episode?
January 4, 20196 yr 1987 begins tonight on BBC4 with The Story Of and Big Hits regular episodes begin next week. Justin Lewis on Twitter has made a 1987 playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bzoDGxos...OS0WcTDuLYyuPdQ
January 4, 20196 yr Also interesting the scenes showing Michael Hurll having to go on discussion shows to defend the music on totp and this effectively seen a change in the style of the show with regards to less backing dancers etc. Moving into the 90s now - they also argued that it led to more alternative acts using The Jesus and Mary Chain on alongside SAW acts. Always thought totp were decent at this from watching through the 80s!
January 5, 20196 yr So sad about Mel & Kim, didn't realise one of them died so young :( Indeed :( And another dance-pop duo, the London Boys who got two top 10 hits in 1989 both died young too. :( I really like 'London Nights' from them - great fun track. 'Requiem' is very good too! 'Showing Out' by Mel and Kim is technically the second house hit to make the charts. Moving into the 90s now - they also argued that it led to more alternative acts using The Jesus and Mary Chain on alongside SAW acts. Always thought totp were decent at this from watching through the 80s! There seems to have been an change from predominately synth based alternative acts in the early 80s to guitar based alternative acts in the late 80s and into the early 90s. Synths had obviously become much less cool, probably because so many pop acts were using them. Edited January 5, 20196 yr by The Snake
January 5, 20196 yr Yeh and one of the reasons why the sounds of the mid 80s changed as synth pop diluted the sound down so much to achieve a hit. One of the reasons why I enjoyed the 1979-84 period much more - it's just full of more legendary and longevity based acts compared to the quick quid acts from 1985 onwards. Thank goodness for house music :)
January 6, 20196 yr At the end of TOTP - The Story of 1987, there was a teaser for 1988 which included Yazz and Kylie. When BBC4 get to The story of 1988, I hope that they mention the chart battle between them and how Kylie almost made chart history by nearly becoming the first female soloist to enter at No.1 with "The Loco - Motion". It was very close that week: On the WK Ending 6 August 1988: Kylie was on course to enter in at No.1 with "The Loco - Motion" and of course make chart history. She was pipped to the post by Yazz and the population's "The only way is up". Yazz was at No.10 the previous week, and leapfrogged Kylie at the last minute, jumping nine places to the top spot, selling 54,000 copies. Kylie sold 52,000 copies that week, losing to 2K. So so close! Poor Kylie. Edited January 7, 20196 yr by Danny89
January 7, 20196 yr At the end of TOTP - The Story of 1987, there was a teaser for 1988 which included Yazz and Kylie. When BBC4 get to The story of 1988, I hope that they mention the chart battle between them and how Kylie almost made chart history by nearly becoming the first female soloist to enter at No.1 with "The Loco - Motion". It was very close that week: On the WK Ending 6 August 1988: Kylie was on course to enter in at No.1 with "The Loco - Motion" and of course make chart history. She was pipped to the post by Yazz and the population's "The only way is up". Yazz was at No.10 the previous week, and leapfrogged Kylie at the last minute, jumping nine places to the top spot, selling 54,000 copies. Kylie sold 52,000 copies that week, losing to 2K. So so close! Poor Kylie. I remember that week well. I actually loved both tracks and loved Kylie and her cover was very good.
January 7, 20196 yr Did the Locomotion ever reach no1 then? I seem to remember Yazz bejng no1 for a while! I assume Kylie entered so high due to the anticipation for her single following being in neighbours!?
January 8, 20196 yr Did the Locomotion ever reach no1 then? I seem to remember Yazz bejng no1 for a while! I assume Kylie entered so high due to the anticipation for her single following being in neighbours!? Not in the UK it didn't. The only time it had a proper chance against Yazz was it's first week. Although Kylie's sales did increase the week later, it was too late to catch up with Yazz. The following week "The only way is up" exploded in sales: Kylie spent four weeks behind Yazz at #2. Here are the sales for two hits. Yazz... #1... 54,000... #1... 98,000... #1... 149,000... #1... 126,000... #1... 91,000 Kylie...#2... 52,000... #2... 79,000... #2... 68,000... #2... 54,000... #3... 38,000... #9... 23,000 Edited January 8, 20196 yr by Danny89
January 8, 20196 yr The Only Way Is Up is a far better song though tbf Locomotion is good but yes I prefer Yazz's version of The only Way is Up. I like the way its kind of halfway between Communards-style Hi-NRG and acid house.
January 9, 20196 yr Not in the UK it didn't. The only time it had a proper chance against Yazz was it's first week. Although Kylie's sales did increase the week later, it was too late to catch up with Yazz. The following week "The only way is up" exploded in sales: Kylie spent four weeks behind Yazz at #2. Here are the sales for two hits. Yazz... #1... 54,000... #1... 98,000... #1... 149,000... #1... 126,000... #1... 91,000 Kylie...#2... 52,000... #2... 79,000... #2... 68,000... #2... 54,000... #3... 38,000... #9... 23,000 Great thanks for the sales - where do you get them all? Yazz must have been a huge selling single, as I know there were no more millionsellers after 1985 due to the downwards single sales as people moved to albums and cd sales started to rise!
January 9, 20196 yr Great thanks for the sales - where do you get them all? Yazz must have been a huge selling single, as I know there were no more millionsellers after 1985 due to the downwards single sales as people moved to albums and cd sales started to rise! I found them all in the link below! I didn't compile any of it. :lol: It was a very long and fascinating read. This page contains a more detailed chart analysis of the Yazz/Kylie battle. https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/80s-to...9.60497/page-20 This website contains week by week sales for the UK top 10 singles chart from 1980 onwards till the end of 1992 at the moment. At the start of page 1 there are links that are helpful for finding individual years. It also reveals the best selling acts of the year, after each year has been compiled. The only way is up sold 704,000 copies, and was the UK's 2nd best selling single of 1988. You're right about single sales decreasing from 1985, you will notice a stark difference from sales between 81-84, & 88-89. Also Kylie frustratingly missed out AGAIN on making chart history with her single "Hand on your heart" because of a huge cock-up from PWL. This link below explains it more in further detail - WK Ending 6 May 1989: https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/80s-to...9.60497/page-47 Edited January 9, 20196 yr by Danny89
January 10, 20196 yr Wasn't a good one tonight, only real highlight was Is This Love, and its the second time we've seen it as well! Looking at the episode guide, there's another pretty crap edition tomorrow with only two performances, but things will pick up next week with a decent one featuring Dead Or Alive (didn't think we'd be seeing them again!), Curiosity Killed The Cat, and a noteworthy #1, Jack Your Body- the first house record to go to the top, then John Peel's last episode the week after that. Edited January 10, 20196 yr by Tedward
January 11, 20196 yr I found them all in the link below! I didn't compile any of it. :lol: It was a very long and fascinating read. This page contains a more detailed chart analysis of the Yazz/Kylie battle. https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/80s-to...9.60497/page-20 This website contains week by week sales for the UK top 10 singles chart from 1980 onwards till the end of 1992 at the moment. At the start of page 1 there are links that are helpful for finding individual years. It also reveals the best selling acts of the year, after each year has been compiled. The only way is up sold 704,000 copies, and was the UK's 2nd best selling single of 1988. You're right about single sales decreasing from 1985, you will notice a stark difference from sales between 81-84, & 88-89. Also Kylie frustratingly missed out AGAIN on making chart history with her single "Hand on your heart" because of a huge cock-up from PWL. This link below explains it more in further detail - WK Ending 6 May 1989: https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/80s-to...9.60497/page-47 Thanks for this :D
January 11, 20196 yr The two studio performances aside (Swing Out Sister and Gap Band) that was pretty forgettable.
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