April 4, 20187 yr Hopefully a performance of one of my 1985 faves coming up very soon won't be on a cut episode. Oh-ah-oh-ah! Edited April 4, 20187 yr by Dancing Queef
April 4, 20187 yr A-Ha? Nope, although that's a good one too. I was talking about Tarzan Boy by Baltimora of course.
April 5, 20187 yr Author Not a great show tonight. It would have been a lot better if they'd played Kate Bush in full - preferably on repeat for the whole half-hour.
April 5, 20187 yr Would you say this was past your fav era Suedey? I'm enjoying the 82 repeats a lot more these days. Xmas 82 was when they first had stairs up the sides of the stages I noticed. Strange but I like following the studio changes.
April 5, 20187 yr Author It's going into a bit of a decline at the moment but we still have the 90s to look forward to. Bring on Suede :D
April 5, 20187 yr Would you say this was past your fav era Suedey? I'm enjoying the 82 repeats a lot more these days. Xmas 82 was when they first had stairs up the sides of the stages I noticed. Strange but I like following the studio changes. Well I am guessing Suedehead liked the mid 90s for the Britpop boom! There are still some great songs I think amongst the mediocrity to go in 1985, including a few well known classics. Should have played more of The Cars - Drive, what an amazing song! Yes not the best show, Take Me Home is nice enough but isn't one of Phil's best songs. The Total Contrast song sounded quite good though. It's going into a bit of a decline at the moment What, the cheesy Stock, Aitken Waterman-type-sound domination hasn't come yet! :lol: Edited April 5, 20187 yr by Dancing Queef
April 5, 20187 yr Does anyone know the full current totp lineup for 1985? Seen the episode where they introduced new presenters in dec 1982 with Greg Davies, Janice Long and Pat Sharpe introduced by Simon Bates I think it was and was thinking I haven't once seen Sharpe present an episode.
April 6, 20187 yr I think the main problem at the moment is putting the 40-11 countdown, the breakers, and the top 10 videos next to each other, so you have a very long time without a performance. Just my thought from the show.
April 19, 20187 yr I Wonder If I Take You Home by Lisa Lisa, Black Eyed Peas sampled this on 'Don't Phunk With My Heart ' in 2005 I'm sure they did.
April 19, 20187 yr just catching the 7.30 show: Steve Wright looking quite svelte in those days and Gary Davies less orange than celebrities tend to these days. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - thank heavens for that letter L - seemed quite revolutionary at the time, in terms of song structure and sound ie the lack of chorus - but a bit twee these days. Very 80's fashions there. Drive, The Cars, classic video, so shortened to reduce the emotion in order to stick Baltimora on. Why have mental illness video commentary and post-Live Aid-boosted angst when you can have dancing men in gorilla suits and buxom women in bikinis... Jolly enough, but y'know... Dan Hartman getting his first moment since This Is It on TOTP, 6 years earlier, Mai Tai are History (the follow-ups just not a patch on the first), Marc Almond has some Stories Of Johnny - decent, and there arent enough songs referencing John or Johnny these days IMHO. I had Big Bad John, Johnny Remember Me, and many others growing up, these days nothing! Fire and Higher and swearwords take priority as lyrics. Pah! Goddess Kate on her last but two 'live' TOTP appearance (just Hounds Of Love and a minor 1994 lipsynch to go) Classic anyways. Rundown with Gazza until Princess wants me to say she's my number one. If I was Suedey I'm sure the response would be to suggest more of a number two would be appropriate (Hi Simon), but I rather liked it, at least it was part of the Britfunk-inspired 1985 UK soul scene, and she clearly needed the cash, poor dear could only afford her bikini and an incorrectly-coloured novelty bowler hat - probably on sale as Seconds. Top 10 rundown, and rather good it is too, so many classic toons. Madonna still on top with the non-US single (doh!). Still never seen the film. I liked Madonna right from Holiday, but didn't see her as anything outstanding for another year - though 1985 was hers by quite some distance. Amazulu get Exciteable. Pleasantly Forgettable would have been more accurate...
April 20, 20187 yr Yeah they should have played The Cars video in full. I know the set up in the studio (and the official video) was cheesy, but Tarzan Boy itself is a great song I think. The Kate Bush performance was great. Glad to hear there might be a Hounds Of Love performance that might escape the cut episodes, Hounds Of love is my favourite Kate Bush song! Marc Almond seems to have been obsessed with Johnny, whoever he is in 1985. He also did that Johnny Remember Me/I Feel Love medley with Bronski Beat earlier in the year. The Princess song is good, Stock Aitken and Waterman thankfully weren't too cheesy at this stage! Madonna and her airdryed armpits at #1 then Amazulu which despite being on trend at the minute tropical dance, does sound rather dated and cheesy, albeit fun enough!
April 20, 20187 yr Author just catching the 7.30 show: Steve Wright looking quite svelte in those days and Gary Davies less orange than celebrities tend to these days. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - thank heavens for that letter L - seemed quite revolutionary at the time, in terms of song structure and sound ie the lack of chorus - but a bit twee these days. Very 80's fashions there. Drive, The Cars, classic video, so shortened to reduce the emotion in order to stick Baltimora on. Why have mental illness video commentary and post-Live Aid-boosted angst when you can have dancing men in gorilla suits and buxom women in bikinis... Jolly enough, but y'know... Dan Hartman getting his first moment since This Is It on TOTP, 6 years earlier, Mai Tai are History (the follow-ups just not a patch on the first), Marc Almond has some Stories Of Johnny - decent, and there arent enough songs referencing John or Johnny these days IMHO. I had Big Bad John, Johnny Remember Me, and many others growing up, these days nothing! Fire and Higher and swearwords take priority as lyrics. Pah! Goddess Kate on her last but two 'live' TOTP appearance (just Hounds Of Love and a minor 1994 lipsynch to go) Classic anyways. Rundown with Gazza until Princess wants me to say she's my number one. If I was Suedey I'm sure the response would be to suggest more of a number two would be appropriate (Hi Simon), but I rather liked it, at least it was part of the Britfunk-inspired 1985 UK soul scene, and she clearly needed the cash, poor dear could only afford her bikini and an incorrectly-coloured novelty bowler hat - probably on sale as Seconds. Top 10 rundown, and rather good it is too, so many classic toons. Madonna still on top with the non-US single (doh!). Still never seen the film. I liked Madonna right from Holiday, but didn't see her as anything outstanding for another year - though 1985 was hers by quite some distance. Amazulu get Exciteable. Pleasantly Forgettable would have been more accurate... How did you guess? :P
April 20, 20187 yr When I saw Kate Bush was on the bill,I assumed it was the video. I don't remember her performing the song in the studio so that was a pleasant surprise. Tarzan Boy is very good and I recorded it from the radio onto a blank cassette at the time.
April 21, 20187 yr When I saw Kate Bush was on the bill,I assumed it was the video. I don't remember her performing the song in the studio so that was a pleasant surprise. Tarzan Boy is very good and I recorded it from the radio onto a blank cassette at the time. Yes I think the standard of songs in the charts is starting to pick up now again by this point, quite a few songs in late 1985 to come that I really like!
April 21, 20187 yr That Tarzan Boy track is good, I've def heard it before. Haven't seen the gorilla suits since 1982 in totp lol.
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