Everything posted by Paul
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glamrock....
My favourite music of all time is glam rock as it takes me back to my junior school days. In my opinion the best music came from 1972-1975 . The Sweet were a very underated group & were brilliant live. T Rex made some good tunes earlier on but towards the end kept on repeating the formula of their songs.
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Not In Top 40
Welcome to the monkey house by Animal Magnet Kiss Me (original version) by Stephen Tintin Duffy Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison These are all good cheesy party songs but never made the top 40
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Blondie Documentary Last Night
Brilliant documentary - Im glad I taped it I didnt realize how good Rapture was until last night. My bedroom wall was covered in Debbie Harry posters in late 70s early 80s. My first ever concert was to see Blondie in 1980 . Its a shame the music went a bit naff towards the end in 1982 due to the drugs but they came back with Maria, a classic Blondie record in 1999.
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What's the first song you remember from TOTP?
I think mine was Wigwam Bam by Sweet back in 1972
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Best Top Of The Pops Shows Moment
All about Eve doing Marthas Harbour was so funny. They couldnt hear the track being played so just sat there for 3/4 of the song . Suddenly they could hear it and everybody started to cheer.
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"It's Friday, it's five to five. . . It's Crackerjack!".
I remember watching it when Don MacLean ,Peter Glaze & Ed Stewart presented it back in the 70s.
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Recommend songs named after places in Europe
Adam & The Ants - Young Parisianes ELO -Birmingham Blues The Clash-London Calling Style Council-Paris Match EP Simple Minds-Belfast Child Boney M -Belfast
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Retro Quiz #27
Hi Lesley Ive just sent in my answers ... I nearly forgot to do it this time !!
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worst fashion disaster ever
Shell Suits in the late 80s The Wedge hair cut in the early 80s
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Culture Club to reform without Boy George
Jimmy Somerville would probably suit
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Cool tunes that you like from your parent's time!!!
My parents music era was during the birth of Rock & Roll in the 50s ,when they were teenagers . Thats when the word teenager was invented. I love to hear stuff from that period from time to time.
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Your Top Of The Pops Memories
Leo Sayer dressed as a clown in 1973 singing Show Must Go On Madonna singing Like A Virgin with long Pink hair (wig ?) Jeffrey Daniels from Shalamar body popping & moonwalking to A Night to Remember (before Jacko did it ) Bob Geldof ripping up posters of John Travolta and Olivia Newton John when the Boomtown Rats eventually ended their 6 week run (with Summer Nights) at No. 1 with "Rat Trap" One of my earliest memories is listening to Mud doing Tiger Feet and copying the dance!!
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Your Top Of The Pops Memories
I remember Oasis playing with Noel on vocals and Liam on guitar in the most obivious mime ever which still makes me laugh. Rod & The Faces lost performance of Maggie May where the band swapped instruments half way through. Rod singing the lyrics of You Wear It Well from a sheet of paper. Rod & The Faces (again) performing Angel with a cardboard cut-out of bassist Ronnie Lane who couldn't make the show I would forgive the BBC for wiping so much classic 60s/70s stuff if they would show existing 60s/70s shows on BBC3 in their entirity.
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Your Top Of The Pops Memories
BBC needs to let it go out in style. Get DLT and Tony Blackburn in to host the last one, get Slade and Roy Wood on to perform, have the proper Led Zep theme music, get Pan's People back. Get Dexy's in in front of a picture of Jocky Wilson again . Let's have a celebratory finish not a damp squib. One last burst of gloriously silly fun. Who's with me?
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Geri Halliwell its raining men
Lonely this Christmas (Mud), Wont somebody dance with me (Lyndsey de Paul) and Roll away the stone (Mott the Hoople) all have talking bits in the middle.
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Your Top Of The Pops Memories
Mud doing Tiger Feet and Sweet doing Blockbuster
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was frankie goes to hollywood really that shocking?
I liked Welcome to the pleasure dome by FGTH. The 12" mixes of Two Tribes were good. The video was very powerful at the time as it was the time of a lot of tension between USA and USSR.
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On This Day In TOTP History
How did so many TOTP recordings get wiped ?
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10 records that were banned by the BBC
I remember in the chart show the presenter always referred to the song as just "Healing" Records by Judge Dread were all banned by the BBC as well. Hi Hi Hi by Wings because of explicit sexual lyrics (not drug references) Tell Laura I love Her was banned because of the reference to dying in a stock car race . Max Romeo - Wet Dream - A song about his bedroom ceiling - the BBC wouldn't buy that . Ivor Biggun - The winker's song (misprint) - Sexually explicit Lil Louis - French Kiss - "Heavy breathing" All these recordings were banned during the gulf war in 1990. Jose Felicano & The Doors - Light My Fire Something Happens - "Parachute" The Cure - Killing an Arab Little angels - Bone yard Massive Attack had the word "attack" dropped during the gulf war. Bomb the Bass also suffered during this period. The Kinks - Lola - was originally banned because it mentioned Coca-Cola, was later changed to Cherry Cola to get airplay.
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General Music pop fans!!! Is all that Punk stuff overrated?
A lot of 70s Punk was badly played & sung Rock & Roll mixed with white noise /feedback & swear words. At the time the music shocked older people & a lot of the the lyrics were about the bad state of the country back then. The Sex Pistols stuff seems quite tame when its played nowadays but at the time was meant to shock.
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Early Sales Figures Sunday 04/06/06
Im amazed that HMV are still selling it for £1.99
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1976
One Hundred Ton And A Feather -It Only Takes A Minute Jun 1976 This was actually pervert Jonathan King in one of his diguises
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Retro quiz #26
Hi Lesley Ive just sent you my answers Hopefully they reached you. A bit tougher quiz this one
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1976
I remember Elton John & Kiki Dee being number one for weeks and weeks during that summer and being knocked off by ABBA's Dancing Queen . Ive just looked it up and they spent 6 weeks each at number one . Here are all the top ten hits during the summer of 76 (courtesy of everyhit.com) Rod Stewart -Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) Jun 1976 Real Thing -You To Me Are Everything Jun 1976 Shangri-Las -Leader Of The Pack Jun 1976 Bryan Ferry -Let's Stick Together Jun 1976 Manhattans -Kiss And Say Goodbye Jun 1976 Dorothy Moore -Misty Blue Jun 1976 Dr Hook -A Little Bit More Jun 1976 One Hundred Ton And A Feather -It Only Takes A Minute Jun 1976 Demis Roussos -The Roussos Phenomenon EP Jun 1976 Elton John & Kiki Dee -Don't Go Breaking My Heart Jul 1976 Queen -You're My Best Friend Jul 1976 Isley Brothers -Harvest For The World Jul 1976 Tavares -Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Jul 1976 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds -Now Is The Time Jul 1976 Billie Jo Spears -What I've Got In Mind Jul 1976 5000 Volts -Dr Kiss Kiss Jul 1976 Johnny Wakelin -In Zaire Jul 1976 Notes David Dundas -Jeans On Jul 1976 Steve Harley -Here Comes The Sun Jul 1976 Chi-Lites -You Don't Have To Go Jul 1976 Bee Gees -You Should Be Dancing Jul 1976 Lou Rawls -You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Jul 1976 Stylistics -16 Bars Aug 1976 Bryan Ferry -Extended Play EP Aug 1976 Wings -Let 'Em In Aug 1976 Georghe Zamfir (The Light Of Experience) -Doina De Jale Aug 1976 Mr Acker Bilk - Aria Aug 1976 Tina Charles -Dance Little Lady Dance Aug 1976 Abba -Dancing Queen Aug 1976 Rod Stewart -The Killing Of Georgie (Parts 1 And 2) Aug 1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band -Blinded By The Light Aug 1976 Pussycat Mississippi Aug 1976 Real Thing -Can't Get By Without You Sep 1976 Elvis Presley -The Girl Of My Best Friend Sep 1976 Rod Stewart -Sailing (re-entry) Sep 1976 Wurzels -I Am A Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca) Sep 1976 Bay City Rollers -I Only Wanna Be With You Sep 1976 Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots -Disco Duck (Part One) Sep 1976 Ritchie Family -The Best Disco In Town Sep 1976 Sherbet -Howzat Sep 1976
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Retro Quiz #25 Answers and Results
And Im an idiot as well.....we're a trio of idiots !!!