Chartfridays

Updated OP to give some more info

So the whole EOY synctube (an interesting site I'd not heard of til coming on here) gave me a bit of a wacky idea... As some of you may know using the OCCs retrospective start of the chart this year will be the 70th anniversary of the chart. I was wondering if people interested in having a weekly synctube hangout to listen to all the past No 1s in order from when it started either after the Friday chart or before first look. By my rough calculations with a 3 hour session once a week we could get through them all within the year quite comfortably (although I've not finished putting together playlists yet so maths could be out) and 3 hours is probably the longest you'd want something like this. Due to sheer volume I'd suggest just playing the tracks rather than posting chart stats for every No 1. I'd be happy to host the sessions, if people would be interested? I get there's probably less interest in the really old shit though.... Thoughts? Time - (To be decided) (https://sync-tube.de/rooms/clzvpVP0l) Periods Cover (TBC this week) The times are rough approximates and will likely a bit shorter as grabbed from youtube playlist length. Weekly sessions from 4pm-7pm Sunday afternoon beg Jan 8th. Session 1 (001-067) 14 November 1952 - 14 February 1958 (3 hrs 1 minute) Session 2 (068-138) 14 February 1958 - 12 July 1962 (2 hrs 57 minutes) Session 3 (139-207) 12 July 1962 - 16 December 1965 (2 hrs 59 minutes) Session 4 (208-265) 20 January 1966 - 1 January 1969 (2 hrs 59 minutes) Session 5 (266-317) 1st January 1969 - 12 August 1972 (3 hrs 5 minutes) Session 6 (318-372) 12 August 1972 - 12 July 1975 (3 hrs 9 minutes) Session 7 (373-416) 12 July 1975 - 3 December 1975 (3 hrs 3 minutes) Session 8 (417-476) 4 February 1978 - 14 March 1981 (3 hrs 2 minutes) Session 9 (477-524) 15 March 1981 - 23 July 1983 (3 hrs 2 minutes) Session 10 (525-566) 23 July 1983 - 8 March 1986 (3 hrs 1 minute) Session 11 (567-611) 8 March 1986 - 18 June 1988 (3 hrs 2 minutes) Session 12 (612-658) 18 June 1988 - 26 January 1991 (3 hrs 9 minutes) Session 13 (6597-701) 26 January 1991 - 22 January 1994 (3 hrs 4 minutes) Session 14 (702-744) 22 January 1994 - 5 October 1996 (3 hrs 12 minutes) Session 15 (745-787) 5 October 1996 - 21 March 1998 (2 hrs 57 minurtes) Session 16 (7880-834) 21 Masch 1998 - 4 September 1999 (3 hrs 4 minutes) Session 17 (835-880) 4 September 1999 - 11 November 2000 (3 hrs 9 minutes) Session 18 (881-931) 11 November 2000 - 20 July 2002 (2 hrs 59 minutes) Session 19 (932-977) 20 July 2002 - 10 April 2004 (2 hrs 58 minutes) Session 20 (978-1025) 10 April 2004 - 31 December 2006 (3 hrs 6 minutes) Session 21 (1026-1073) 31 December 2006 - 14 June 2008 (3 hrs 3 minutes) Session 22 (1074-1119) 14 June 2008 - 16 January 2010 (3 hrs 3 minute) Session 23 (1120-1163) 16 January 2010 - 28 May 2011 (2 hrs 59 minutes) Session 24 (1164-1209) 28 May 2011 - 13 October 2012 (3 hrs 1 minute) Session 25 (1210-1256) 13 October 2012 - 12 April 2014 (3 hrs 8 minutes) Session 26 (1257-1303) 12 April 2014 - 17 September 2015 (3 hrs 2 minutes) Session 27 (1304-1346) 17 September 2015 - 15 November 2018 (3 hrs 1 minute) Session 28 (1347-1393) 15 November 2018 - 7 January 2021 (3 hrs 7 minutes) *Depending on how many songs hit the top spot this year I'll either do an extended session for 28 or split it into an extra 29th session if there's loads.

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Rock and roll comes back- dominating the charts with guitar music all year - and no other genres at No 1, and we have the first heavy metal no 1 since Killing in the Name.

I like the fact they've made Abi's reaction to her moving into the street seem really and something you can empathise with rather than hateful for no reason, it's rare these days to get soap storylines where both characters views are understandable. On which note, is anyone sick of Fiz lauding it over Ty with her new fella?

Still doesn't detract from a massive cull of dreadful characters being needed. This Enma storyline is awful.

Will be interesting to see if promised boycotts materialise

Ratings are pretty low all round this Christmas, however that might have something to do with a 4 day bank holiday. Walked past a few pubs over the past few days and they were busier than any time I've seen them in the whole pandemic. I guess people prioritising things that might soon be taken away from them over Christmas. 8.96m for the Queens Speech winning the day. 5.78m for Strictly second. ITV's highest entry being 3.25m for Corrie (overnights) in 8th. ITV deffo need a rethink next year.... Perhaps something like: 5.30pm News 6.00pm Emmerdale 7.00pm - Coronation Street 8.00pm - Ant and Decs Christmas Takeaway 9.30pm - Who Wants to Be A Millionaire At Christmas 10.30pm - News

Yeah, the recon is definitely worth a watch - the colour version especially. Speaking of The Aztecs I've been utilizing the Christmas break to make a bit of progress so the following will be short and sweet reviews of what I’m watching between Christmas and New Year as I'm making my way through a fair chunk of Hartnell's run. Keys of Marinus 11 April 1964 - 16 May 1964 (6 x 25) Season 1: First Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara As a serial in itself there’s nothing intrinsically horrendous about The Keys of Marinus however as a follow up to Marco Polo it certainly appears worse than it is. There’s some great moments in it, Barbara’s revelation of the trickery being played upon them by the hypnotic brains in the first city where they’re being convinced random and mundane things are in fact there deepest desires magicked out of thin air - which leads to some highly amusing scenes with the Doctor even falling for it - showing the true power of the villains. The trial of Ian Chesterton for the death of the guard (the second serial in a row where he’s been implicated in the killing of guard, new ideas please writers) forces a nice storyline. A more formal version of the conflict between Ian and Marco with the Doctor given the opportunity to practice intergalactic law - this time within the confines of a system where you’re guilty until proven innocent - the skeptic might say a convenient plot device, the benevolent critic might point to a well intended commentary on the absurdity of such a system. Either way it’s certainly a tolerable serial, that aside from the wretchedly boring episode The Snows of Terror is very watchable and often engaging. The Aztecs 23 May 1964 - 13 June 1964 (4 x 25) Season 1: First Doctor, Ian, Susan, Barbara It has been alluded to above that The Aztecs is possibly one of the best pure historicals. I’ll reserve judgment on that until I’ve seen the rest, but it’s definitely a fine serial indeed. Barbara gets a chance to shine in playing the role of the Goddess and fighting between those who believe her status and those who know it to be false. The Doctor manages a romance - ‘I made some cocoa and got engaged’ being an absolutely fabulous line, even if the marriage was one of convenience to obtain information, the Doctors sentimentality is relieved by him grabbing the ring on his way out Just like in the Keys of Marinus and Marco Polo the differential between 20th century English society and the society in which the serial is being set. This time the customs of men being allowed to pick whom they marry cornering Susan (another idea rehashed from a previous serial - Marco Polo - for a show running less than a year it’s a bit soon to run out of ideas.) The tradition of human sacrifice also plays a strong role with Barbara’s attempt to stop it The acting from supporting cast is a cut above a lot of Classic Who I have seen from later in the run, and now seems a good time to bring that up - given it’s been a consistent theme of the series so far, and given that another serial I’ve watched in the past The Sensorites is up next so I thought I’d get the comment on good acting out the way before it.

Gayle unless there's a unexpected new release.

Add to that an absolutely dreadful selection of artists - we caught it the other night and weren't impressed.

Thanks, updated for Christmas Day as well know.

The issue is the timezones. There's a reasonably large casual fans of NBA segment in the UK but games on middle of the night here, one of my favourite things about being nightshifted I'd knowing I can watch NBA on days off. I think we view it the same way certain Asian nations view the PL - were interested but watching it's just not practical. The fact the UKs own basketball league is a laughing stock probably helps divert British Basketball fans to the NBA too

The Christmas episodes are a real treat. Exactly the right tone for the current time rather than usual Christmas doom and gloom.

Watched the 2002 one, can deffo see why they killed it off by that point

List all the artists they couldn't get to perform and then introducing Joel Corry was a bit harsh

Updated for Christmas Eve with the usual suspects.

Marco Polo 22 February 1964 - 4 April 1964 (7 x 25) Season 1: First Doctor, Ian, Susan, Barbara Recon Source: Loose Cannon - Black and White For a first taste of recons on the marathon journey, Marco Polo is hardly a gentle introduction. Whereas many serials are simply devoid of an episode here or there this is entirely missing, which leaves the primary way of enjoying this particular story as either an audio/book telling or the fabulous fan made reconstructions which take together audio from off-the-TV recordings and telesnaps - pictures of TV shows taken in the 60s and 70s to create brilliant replacements for the episodes. Thankfully however the grandness of the whole Marco Polo storyline perhaps lends itself well to having much left to the imagination, perhaps reflected by it’s retrospective popularity in place of its original mixed reception at airing. It’s easy to forget that this is actually a historical story given how much it’s rated above many others. Tegana is an excellent villain, with the deceit and treachery and conflict between the TARDIS crew, Marco and Tegana providing a much welcome storyline. Of course this is Doctor Who, we know The Doctor (almost) always wins but this particular jeopardy and danger feels real, rather than sci-fi like in the previous serial, it certainly provides a greater sense of urgency and concern for the main characters. There’s a few great parts to the tapestry here, Ping-Cho and Susan’s friendship, which already provides a useful backdrop for historical elements such as the story of girls being married to leaders they had no interest in being married to. The water shortage works well as a way of advancing the plot and setting up trust dynamics between the different factions in this camp, as does the death of the guard. The Doctor and Kublai Khan’s bonding over age is of course amusing - the maps showing the progress of the journey and the journaling of Marco Polo really add an atmosphere and sense of time-span to the whole trip, to the point you can place yourself on the journey with them despite not really knowing much about the time and place. All in all I really enjoyed this serial, and I think I’m starting to get more accustomed to the slightly more play-like feel of the show in this earlier era now after 13 episodes. It seems a shame that this would likely be the last serial to get an animation, due to it’s large cast and costume requirements, however it certainly is a brilliant storyline. Of course this is a 'pure historical' in that it tells the story in the past without any monsters or aliens etc, which is a format the show would unceremoniously drop during Troughton's era, apart from one serial in 1982 so it's actually quite interesting, any concerns about the story being unengaging due to this were thankfully unfounded - which is good given we've a few more on the way soon.

Or a hell of a lot of people have dumped the run of the show and started watching old episodes. This lost is weird anyway - Waterloo Road and old soap no one cares about bearing Doctor Who isn't a good sign.

I'd still want to see a breakdown of how many were for old episodes.

He's a firebrand radical leftist detached from reality, yet Piers makes him look sane. It's impressive. At least Kier is finally showing why we binned Jezza

Surely this partly down to sheer number of episodes?

I've never played League of Legends and was utterly captivated by the fantastic animation and story of this. Can't wait for the second series. As mentioned above this feels like breakthrough for video game adaptations.

The political and moral authority he has diminished substantially last Christmas.

Absolutely no chance of pre-Christmas restrictions.