And here's Bonnie Tyler with what sounds like a cast off Rod Stewart song where the writer couldn't be bothered to finish the verse lyrics.
― Will you see a political publicity stunt? (snoball), Thursday, 18 April 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
first song tonight is a CHILD abuse joke begging to be made.
― koogs, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
> 'Automatic Lover' was so ridiculous
b-but the robot is doing The Robot
― koogs, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
o_O at Ferry's VU cover.
― Camp Macaroni Style (snoball), Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
And I can't tell if it's late 70s video effects or my PC's video card glitching.
― Camp Macaroni Style (snoball), Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
i have never heard that ferry cover. or the thing over the end credits.
― koogs, Thursday, 25 April 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
When that Ferry single came out, I had not heard any VU beyond "Waiting for the man"
Since getting into the VU, I have not heard Ferry's version..
Should be interesting...
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
dayglo is a bona fide classic, especially the treatment that totp gave it with the solarisation etc.
took two listens to realise that elkie brooks was a cover of the neil young song.
the long version had 'nice and sleazy' on it.
― koogs, Friday, 17 May 2013 08:50 (eleven years ago) link
Darts appear to have been on every TOTP of 1978.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Friday, 17 May 2013 08:53 (eleven years ago) link
... or it just feels that way... and will we ever be rid of Brotherhood of Man?
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Friday, 17 May 2013 08:54 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't that their last hit single? If so, then soon.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 17 May 2013 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
that Izhar Cohen that comes up during the countdown was the israeli eurovision winner that year. but i can't recall it at all. A-Ba-Ni-Bi...
― koogs, Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
A real mixed bag this week.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
"Cilla Black always makes great records, but this one I think is an exception."
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
my mind has also blanked out rod stewart's world cup song, thankfully.
― koogs, Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Rod's effort was terrible, but Scotland's WC song for 1982 was by The Krankies.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Thursday, 23 May 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
"this is a song with a nice refrain"
― koogs, Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
so we'll sing it once againand againand againand againuntil it pops into your mind unbidden at random yet inconvenient moments for the next 35 years and counting
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
yes we smurf in a water tapWHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!?!?!?!?!
The guy in the audience with the England hat needs a slap.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Thursday, 13 June 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if Whitesnake and Bob Marley and the Brotherhood of Man exchanged 'Props' in the green room...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Thursday, 13 June 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Or as it was known in Glasgow, "Ah wannae be a polar bear"
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Friday, 14 June 2013 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
I was singing it only last week!
Literally every time I watch this brotherhood of man are in the top 5.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 14 June 2013 11:03 (eleven years ago) link
Only one more appearance this year to come, in august, until the christmas episode.
― Mark G, Friday, 14 June 2013 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
Can't wait.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 14 June 2013 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
Hray, Buzzcocks
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 June 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
Or at least until the razor cuts Peter Powell comes on with his creepy 'budget Sting at Primark' look.
― Wide Area Network King (snoball), Thursday, 27 June 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
David 'crepe' Jensen: "The great thing about tonight's show is how many girls are on it!"
― Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
Ray Parker Jr.'s guitar doubles as a snow shovel.
― Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
heavy on legs and co this week.
― koogs, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
Nobody worth a squirt of piss wants to go on it, that's why.
― Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
Forever Autumn seemed like it was 6 minutes long, and it's not the first time it's been on
― koogs, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I thought it was "Sky at night" week..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
Apart from Raydio you haven't missed anything.
― Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
it's wednesday, that's probably why.
it's repeated tonight and maybe saturday. and on iplayer.
― koogs, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah!
Right, will have a word wit' tivo.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
A bland cover of 'It's Only Make Believe'. Totally not an attempt to ride on the coat-tails of 'Grease's success, oh no...
― slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
Nah, that would suggest a thought process 'in the moment' which is not evident
― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
I guess Lloyd-Webber and Rice couldn't get Ringo Starr so they had to settle for David Essex...
― slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
More like Che Whatever.
― slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
hadn't seen that clip of gordon dancing with legs and co before. noticed he'd also amended his t-shirt...
― koogs, Thursday, 15 August 2013 09:45 (ten years ago) link
Tony Blackburn confused by all these Hong Kong Gardens and Dreadlock Holidays.
― slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
I'm intrigued by the breaks in transmission. Are we missing J P$£l episodes?
― kraudive, Friday, 23 August 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/trivia/presenters/list2.shtml
am not sure where we are...
August 3, 1978 - Dave Lee TravisAugust 10, 1978 - Peter PowellAugust 17, 1978 - Noel EdmondsAugust 24, 1978 - David JensenAugust 31, 1978 - Tony BlackburnSeptember 7, 1978 - Peter PowellSeptember 14, 1978 - Jimmy SavilleSeptember 21, 1978 - Paul BurnettSeptember 28, 1978 - Dave Lee Travis
peel is much later iirc (feb '82)
― koogs, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
also, some breaks may just be due to missing recordings.
― koogs, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
(wednesday's was 31/08)
― koogs, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
Apologies for the easy google opportunities I missed there.
Right, I assumed JP was around earlier than he may have been. It seems the beeb is trying to keep the broadcasts in the original week of each particular year.
― kraudive, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
(he'd done some of the earlier shows but there was a hiatus...)
― koogs, Friday, 23 August 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
1977: The Year Doo-Wop Broke.
― koogs, Saturday, 28 September 2013 10:20 (ten years ago) link