Xmas TOTP - WTF?

less mincepop, more dronerock, please. xmas TOTP is driving me to want to lock myself in my room and listen to neu! records...

girls aloud scare me so badly. i can't believe their advertising tactic actually worked. that "buy girls, bye boys" thing really offended me. chartpop feminism is the most frightening twisted thing. but then again, i can't imagine how bad the boys' product must have been...

sound of the underground? this is about as underground as MILK.

godd, god, iglesias, get it off, get it off, i'm going to my room with my neu! records NOW...

You realise it's a top 20 of the whole year and not just this week's, don't you Kate?

St. Claire = Real Music Martyr

Does anyone care about this?

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Music Clips You Never Want To See Again Ever, Ever, EVER

Another sterling example of the "golden" age of ILM.

Music show Top of the Pops is to return to the BBC over the Christmas period - despite earlier promises it would not be brought back.

The Top of the Pops Christmas Special and Top of the Pops New Year's Eve Special will be presented by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates.

No, they must have Sir Jim presenting - "Now then now then, howazbout fabuulus Ting Tings, The..."

That Xmas TOTP line up in full:

Terry Wogan and Aled Jones
Ken Bruce
X Factor Winner
Sir Cliff
X Factor Finalists
Eva Cassidy (live! in the studio!)

You forgot John Sergeant & His Professional Partner

Where Is Andrew Sachs Band?

And the Cast of EastEnders.

John Sergeant "cheaper than Pan's People"

Beautiful babs too

Stalwart hubby Holby City's Robert Powell will dep.

(xpost) harhar, nice Porridge reference!
I'd like to see his interpretation of "love locked down" or something else completely unsuitable

Eoghan can sing "Silent Night"

Daniel Evans to sing "Love Lockdown" while winking at/pawing up girls dressed as police officers.

XMAS TOTP RUNNING ORDER

CREDITS - "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE" CALVIN HARRIS/MARK RONSON VERSION

GLASVEGAS perform NOW YOU'RE GONE in CUMBERNAULD - LIVE

Set of LITTLE DORRIT - FEARNE and REGGIE in Victorian costume introduce 'XMAS TOTP WITH A DIFFERENCE'

RE-BUILT CUTTY SARK - JO WHILEY explains concept - STARS OF 2008 perform NUMBER ONES OF 2008

FRON MALE VOICE CHOIR ft. ONLY MEN ALLOWED and SCOUTING FOR GIRLS perform MERCY in RADIO 1 LIVE LOUNGE (acoustic)

LEONA LEWIS MEDLEY via SATELLITE from AMERICA - AMERICAN BOY (ft. GEORGE SAMPSON), 4 MINUTES (ft. X-FACTOR FINALISTS - in studio in Brentwood), WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (ft. JIMMY PAGE)

Set of THE RESTAURANT - FEARNE and REGGIE engage in BANTER with RAYMOND BLANC, leading into ELBOW performing THAT'S NOT MY NAME (exclusive kitchen utensils version)

SCOTT MILLS v/o RECAP of ONE BIG WEEKEND ft. THE KOOKS MEDLEY

SIR ALAN SUGAR "fires" FEARNE and REGGIE, leading into SUGABABES vs. GIRLS ALOUD performing TAKE A BOW a capella in SIR ALAN SUGAR'S BOARDROOM over APPRENTICE 2008 RECAP

FEARNE and REGGIE perform VIVA LA VIDA ft. CAST OF EASTENDERS in ALBERT SQUARE (n.b. IT IS SNOWING)

Video message from CHRIS MARTIN

Video message from DAVID CAMERON MP

Video message from SIR ELTON JOHN

TAIO CRUZ ft. JOOLS HOLLAND RHYTHM & BLUES ORCHESTRA performs CLOSER at LOCATION TBA (provisionally SET OF HOLBY CITY)

ANNIE MAC and NICK GRIMSHAW perform SKIT at THAT SORT OF SKATE PARK THING BY THE SOUTH BANK CENTRE before performing DANCE WIV ME ft. GEORGE SAMPSON and CAST OF BRITANNIA HIGH

Video message from MADONNA

Video message from GORDON BROWN

"TRIBUTE TO TROOPS OVERSEAS" - SUE PERKINS conducts KATHERINE JENKINS ft. FA CUP-WINNING PORTSMOUTH TEAM and VICTORIOUS PORTSMOUTH FANS performing ALL SUMMER LONG aboard HMS BELFAST

UNSPECIFIED NON-LONDON SEGMENT

KAISER CHIEFS ft. DIZZEE RASCAL perform I KISSED A GIRL at A PUB

ZANE LOWE introduces RAZORLIGHT performing MEDLEY at MAIDA VALE STUDIOS - SEX ON FIRE, SO WHAT (a capella), WIRE TO WIRE - Encore: THAT ONE THEY DID ON JOOLS HOLLAND

Video message from LEWIS HAMILTON

FEARNE and REGGIE wander around backstage at TELEVISION CENTRE, stumble into TOP OF THE POPS STUDIOS, leading into DUFFY, ADELE, ESTELLE, AMY WINEHOUSE and HER OUT OF THE TING TINGS performing THE PROMISE

BRITISH OLYMPIC HEROES ft. CAST OF "MONKEY" performing HERO

MONTAGE of musical highlights of 2008, leading to FINALE:

OASIS performing MEDLEY - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY, THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING

Please kill me.

They'll not get Oasis on!

OMG is that for real?

(head desks repeatedly)

We're having a meeting about it at three o'clock...

See, if Cowell had brought the show to ITV he could have got Taio Cruz and Jools out to HOT XCITING NEW CITY OF THE SANDS DUBAI...

Just one wee thing WBS missed out; SPECIAL TING TINGS TRIBUTE "GUEST DJ" TO BE PERFORMED BY CAST OF DRAGONS DEN FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCE BY DEAN GAFFNEY AS "THE DRUMS, THE DRUMS"

I always picture Dean as more of a 'the bells, the bells' kinda guy.

(nice work WBS)

SURPRISE CLIMAX: PUBLIC APOLOGY and FLOGGING of JONATHAN ROSS AND RUSSELL BRAND by ANDREW "MANUEL" SACHS and BRAVE DIRECTOR GENERAL MARK THOMPSON to be ACCOMPANIED by STIRRING RENDITION of WHEN EWE BEE LEEEEEVE by HAMFATTER

WBS that's fucking genius.

^

NATIONAL HERO SIR LEWIS HAMILTON OBE to LEAD top pop babes the PUSSYCAT DOLLS onstage in SPECIAL performance of IF I WERE A BOY with UNIQUE DANCE ROUTINE by the GMTV STRICTLY COME DANCING STARS, viz. FEBRILE FIONA PHILLIPS in suit and tie, ANDREW CASTLE as MARTINA "JUNGLE HERO" NAVRATILOVA, &c.

NEW YEAR'S EVE TOTP RUNNING ORDER

CREDITS - "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE" PERFORMED LIVE BY ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS

CUT to FEARNE and REGGIE wearing FLARED SANTA CLAUS SUITS and COMEDY NAZI HELMETS and welcoming us to this year's SPECIAL RING IN THE OLD TOTP - STARS OF 2008 SING THE HITS OF 1973

McFLY perform BLOCKBUSTER LIVE in front of recently closed BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO SHOP in STREATHAM HIGH ROAD - featuring 1973 ODDBALL ECCENTRIC CULT TV LEGEND TOM BAKER AS THE SIREN

GIRLS ALOUD perform CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE LIVE from FASHIONABLE NEW LONDON SHOPPING CENTRE WESTFIELD specially introduced by 1973 MUSIC LEGEND SIR NODDY HOLDER with extra irritation guaranteed by way KIMBERLEY pronounces the word "GIRLS"

SO BRAVE DANIEL EVANS performs POIGNANT rendition of THE TWELFTH OF NEVER while winking at and pawing up members of NEW DANCE TROUPE PAN'S DAUGHTERS...

...who then perform a SPECIALLY CHOREOGRAPHED NEW ROUTINE to GET DOWN as performed by FLEET FOXES featuring CONTROVERSIAL TENNIS LEGEND ANDY MURRAY as the one who keeps jumping off his CHAIR

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON performed by the X FACTOR FINALISTS LIVE from a fortified camp 30 miles south of BASRA

FIVE SECOND INTERVIEW with JUNGLE LEGEND TONY BLACKBURN by LAUREN LAVERNE in the CAR PARK conducted while riding a SPACE HOPPER

SEE MY BABY JIVE performed LIVE at the GATESHEAD METRO by EOGHAN with the STRICTLY COME DANCING STARS performing an EXCLUSIVE PASO DOBLE ROUTINE

Video message from PAUL BURNETT

CAN THE CAN performed LIVE at GROUND ZERO by KINGS OF LEON with DRAGON'S DEN STAR JAMES CAAN on BACKING VOCALS

LEMAR featuring GERRY ADAMS MP and REV DR IAN PAISLEY performs RUBBER BULLETS LIVE from BELFAST

DUFFY and JOOLS HOLLAND featuring RUBY TURNER perform SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME LIVE from a BOLTHOLE in WARWICK AVENUE

Video message from DONNY OSMOND

HISTORIC TEAM-UP of WILEY and DIZZEE RASCAL perform WELCOME HOME in the STUDIO. On the SAME STAGE

CUT TO SILVERSTONE SPECIAL TOTP FEATURE where NATIONAL HERO SIR JACKIE STEWART OBE INTRODUCES a SPECIAL RECREATION of the 1973 BRITISH GRAND PRIX STARRING LORD LEWIS HAMILTON KH as SADLY MISSED LEGEND JAMES HUNT NOBLY FINISHING IN FOURTH PLACE

CAST OF TOP ITV WINNER BRITANNIA HIGH perform YOUNG LOVE LIVE in a field near IVER.

WESTLIFE perform ANGEL FINGERS LIVE from the top of GORMLEY'S LANDMARK SCULPTURE ANGEL OF THE NORTH, near NEWCASTLE

Video message from LORD GEOFFREY HOWE

CALVIN HARRIS in the STUDIO performs his QUIRKY rearrangement of EYE LEVEL VAN DER VALK featuring JAMES BOLAM wandering around in a NAVY BLUE FLEECE JACKET

THE TING TINGS perform their SPECIAL DAVID MEDLEY of DAYDREAMER and THE PUPPY SONG LIVE from SALFORD QUAYS as the SO BRAVE RED ARROWS RECREATE SEVERAL CLASSIC PAINTINGS by LOWRY ABOVE THEM

VIDEO MESSAGE from PRINCESS ANNE

VIDEO MESSAGE from LADY THATCHER

LIVING PETER PAN OF POP POP LEGEND SIR CLIFF performs MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY LIVE in the STUDIO with CAST of EASTENDERS and COMEDY LEGEND PETER KAY

END CREDITS - MONTAGE OF MAGICAL SEVENTIES POP MOMENTS INCLUDING BOWIE ARM ROUND RONSON/FACES PEEL MANDOLIN/PAN'S PEOPLE MONSTER MASH

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