Ken Bruce leaving in March 😕

From the PR, it looks like Popmaster will be moving to Greatest Hits Radio with him.

Round 1 : 21 Didn't get

Sandie Shaw (I did think of her but went for Dusty Springfield), Eurythmics, Neil Diamond, Listen To Your Heart

 

Round 2 : 30 Didn't get

The Eagles, the second Elton John question

 

 

3 in 10 : 1

Electricity

 

From the PR, it looks like Popmaster will be moving to Greatest Hits Radio with him.

 

I assume he was asked to leave then?

His contract only lasts 2 years and ends in march. I assume hits radio made him an offer he couldnt refuse in an attempt to get the 8 million listeners ken and popmaster brings in.

 

Place your bets on which ex radio 1 dj will get the slot! Id like Scott Mills to move there and fill the afternoon slot with another radio 1 dj who's pushing 35 or so...

 

Today i got the year wrong round 2. I said the right year in my head and then talked myself out of it.😆

Another fail on round 1 but not bad on round 2.

 

Round 1: 9 (missed

Deniece Williams (-6), 1976 (-3), Sandie Shaw (-6), 'Yellow Pearl' (-3), Eurythmics (-3), Neil Diamond (-6), 'Listen To Your Heart' (-3)

)

Round 2: 24 (missed

1995 (-3), 'Lyin' Eyes' (-3), 'I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That' (-6), Alison Limerick (-3)

)

3 in 10: 3/3 (

'Trash', 'She's In Fashion', 'Electricity'

) -

fresh on the mind from the #1 albums! otherwise the songs I know best from them are their recent releases that didn't chart lol

 

 

2 years late then 3 years early for the years this time.

For some reason I was sure Ini Kamoze had been covered in Gezza's TOTP thread but I guess I'm thinking of something else!

 

 

 

I also guessed Petula Clark for the 60s singer and Alison Moyet for the final question - with me also not getting Eurythmics, it's really a running theme now that I can't get any question related to Annie Lennox or Alison Moyet correct :lol:

 

 

A couple of rather annoying misses - definitely should have got

'Listen To Your Heart'

and

'Lyin' Eyes'

was right on the tip of my tongue too :'(

I don't think I've heard the latter song but I remember it being referenced in HAIM's 'If I Could Change Your Mind'!

 

Round 1: missed the first couple of questions (they'd started by 10:30) so will have to download later, but dropped 12 points from the ones I did catch, including the middle bonus question. I got the year though!

 

Round 2: 18 - didn't get any of the bonus questions

Little Richard couldn't come to me in time, d'oh! Also couldn't think of Cozy Powell's surname in time

 

 

Three in ten: 3 -

Sweet Dreams, Halo, If I Were A Boy

 

Happy to hear that Ken will bring the PopMaster format with him when he moves over to Greatest Hits Radio at least!

 

Round 1: 24 (didn't get:

Gregory Abbott, Rickie Lee Jones, Peters & Lee (oops confused them with fellow #1 artists Peter & Gordon :lol:), Limmie & Family Cookin'

)

Round 2: 21 (didn't get:

Prefab Sprout, Eric Clapton, Cozy Powell, Sally Oldfield

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

(Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Crazy In Love, Halo)

 

 

Ooft a tough day!

Have you notice how there are always questions about

1988, must be their fav years :D even 2 in the same round today!!

 

 

also nice to get a question about

Air today, since we were talking about them in the other thread

 

 

The 3 in 10 are kinda too easy lately, yesterday I manage to answer 20 hits for

Suede

 

Falling on my face a bit again today oops - 1/6 bonuses and 1 year early on both of the year questions -_- Very easy 3 in 10 today though.

 

Round 1: 12 (missed

'Shake You Down' (-6), 1986 (-3), 'I Know Him So Well' (-3), Rickie Lee Jones (-6), 'Welcome Home' (-3), 'Ocean Drive' (-3), either Limmie & Family Cookin' song (-3)

)

Round 2: 9 (missed

Little Richard (-6), 1997 (-3), Prefab Sprout (-3), 'Lay Down Sally' (-6), 'Kelly Watch The Stars' (-3), Cozy Powell (-3), Sally Oldfield (-6)

)

3 in 10: 3/3 (

'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)', 'Irreplaceable', 'BREAK MY SOUL'

)

 

Most annoying miss was

Little Richard

- I was trying to think of that name as a guess but couldn't quite recall it, could only remember the first word oops! A few more I probably should have got too -

I should have been able to guess the Steps one just based on the artists of the original but I forgot they had a version of that song oops. Should have known 'Ocean Drive' too although Duke Dumont's song of the same name > x And if only the Air album listenthrough had actually happened already...

 

 

Ah well, hopefully better tomorrow again :kink:

Round 1 : 27 Didn't get

Ricky-Lee Jones, Ocean Drive, Limmie & Family Cooking

 

Round 2 : 21 Didn't get

The year, Lay Down Sally, Sally Oldfield, Robbie Williams

 

 

3 in 10 : 3

Sweet Dreams, Cuff It, Single Ladies. Two of those I've recently included on my no.5 poll results, otherwise I don't think I would have been able to name three in the 10 seconds.

 

Round 1: 27 (didn't get:

Randy Crawford, Spandau Ballet, The Lovin' Spoonful

)

Round 2: 21 (didn't get:

The Specials, Peter Frampton, Public Image Ltd, Kiki Dee, Alisha's Attic

)

Three-in-Ten: 3

(Kiss, 1999, When Doves Cry)

 

 

30 and 30 today, boo! I got 2 wrong each round:

 

 

including Lovin' Spoonful, :o Kiki Dee's name (which I knew) and Alisha's Attic (which I knew, I just couldnt get I Am I Said out of my head - Neil Diamond's biggie)

doh!

Got the first two questions in Round 1 yesterday (easy), so would have scored 27 - the ones I didn't get yesterday were

Rickie Lee Jones, Peters and Lee (had a mind blank), Limmie and The Family Cookin'

 

 

Round 1 today: 27 - didn't get

Randy Crawford (all I could think of was The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho), one year out (said 1977), The Lovin' Spoonful

 

 

Round 2: 30 - didn't get

Gangsters (d'oh! It was a 50/50 between that and A Message To You Rudy which I went for), Kiki Dee

 

 

Three in ten: 3

Kiss, Purple Rain, When Doves Cry

:wub: x3

Round 1 : 27 Didn't get

Spandau Ballet, Lovin' Spoonful, Me Against The Music

 

Round 2 : 27 Didn't get

The year, Kiki Dee, Alisha's Attic

 

 

3 in 10 : 3

Purple Rain, Kiss, Raspberry Beret

 

 

Featuring the

Andrew Gold

song on my number 5 poll commentary yesterday helped me get the year right in round 1.

Friday:

 

Round 1 : 27 Didn't get

Latin Quarter, the year, Lisa Stansfield

 

Round 2 : 24 Didn't get

Bob Dylan, the year, Hot Chocolate

 

 

I was one year out on both years today.

 

3 in 10 : 3

He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Bus Stop, The Air That I Breathe

 

 

Round 1: 27 (didn't get:

Latin Quarter, Lisa Stansfield, Exile

)

Round 2: 15 (didn't get:

Bob Dylan, 1973, Level 42, Hot Chocolate, Genesis

)

Three-in-Ten: 2

(He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, I'm Alive)

 

 

Had a bit of a nightmare with round 2 :lol:

Round 1 yesterday: 30 - didn't get

Latin Quarter, Exile

 

 

Round 2: 30 - one year out

(said 1974), Hot Chocolate

- same correct answers as the contestant!

 

Three in ten: 3 -

The Air That I Breathe, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, I'm Alive

 

Round 1: 36 - didn't get

The Adverts and I know that song, argh! I knew it was the somethings but all I could think of was The Mixtures :lol:

 

 

Round 2: 30 - didn't get

Bryan Ferry (I should have remembered that), Bobby Womack (I would have known Sly Fox if Ken hadn't given away the answer)

 

 

Three in ten: 3 -

How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Lean On Me, Can I Touch You There

:cheeseblock:

Round 1: 36 (didn't get:

The Adverts

)

Round 2: 30 (didn't get:

Bryan Ferry, Bobby Womack

)

Three-in-Ten: 1

(How Am I Supposed To Live Without You)

 

 

Yay, a good start to the week. Ooh we have an exact snap Jim (3-in-10 aside) even down to the questions we didn't get :lol:

 

I did wonder if a

Deep Purple

question would come up for Round 2 when the bonus theme was chosen :P