The one on Dennis Thingummabob from Dr. Hook was fairly startling
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 July 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
Take out the word "Race", and the Sunfighter song becomes Quite Interesting.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 28 July 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
Steve Harley's keyboard player rocking a huge stack of synths here.
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 08:52 (twelve years ago) link
More acts in the studio this week, but it fizzled out in the second half. And I think maybe the producer had told DLT to tone it down and not be so ***WACKY***
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:00 (twelve years ago) link
i watched this last night, i'm sure i did. am blanking on non-kiki-dee details though. oh, 'oh suzannah'. what is it with that? it's a terrible thing to try and cover, even the byrds sucked at it. some beatles cover too.
― koogs, Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:22 (twelve years ago) link
o_O at wikipedia entry for oh! susanna.
― koogs, Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
Cock-er-knee Webel covered 'Here Comes The Sun'. I wonder what was up with all these Beatles covers, and the band themselves still appearing in the charts, six years after they'd split?
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
xp !!! I knew that there was a minstrel connection to the song, but the original 2nd verse is o__________O
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:29 (twelve years ago) link
I assume there was a mass re-release of Beatles' singles. If the current music scene is crap then I suppose nostalgia for when it wasn't is more likely. Six years was forever in the 70s.
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
Possibly 15th anniversary of the first Beatles' single? Something like that?
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
during one of the songs some girls in the crowd were wearing t-shirts saying Hot Gossip on them. Ruby Flippers days numbered?
― zappi, Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
RubFlip were replaced by Legs & Co. Hot Gossip appeared on ITV, later C4.
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
Six years was forever in the 70s
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That's because we were young then
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
Weren't Hot Gossip on Kenny Everett...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
That was when he moved over to ITV in '78.
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:31 (twelve years ago) link
No it's not that. Probably been covered in some learned thread somewhere.
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
weird, wonder what was going on - fledgling Hot Gossip trying to promote themselves?
― zappi, Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
Which song was it?
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
3 girls right at the front of crowd dancing during that Blue Jeans song
― zappi, Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's the difference between 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon' and 'Are Friends Electric?'
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
Now it's the difference between McFly's 'I'll Be OK' and JLS's 'She Make Me Wanna' ;_;
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 4 August 2011 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
I don't remember a specific reason for the 1976 Beatles singles reissues, but they were heavily promoted, with new sleeve art, and a couple of tracks (Yesterday/USSR) were issued as A-sides for the first time. I bought several of them, mostly for the B-sides (e.g. Rain, Baby You're A Rich Man) as there were no Past Masters comps at that stage.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 4 August 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
David Dundas was the owner of the house in Camden Town where Bruce Robinson and Vivian MacKerrell lived in the late 60s/early 70s: the period that inspired "Withnail and I".
I think they'd moved out by '76, and they probably didn't have a tv anyway, but it would have been interesting to see the reaction to their landlord's appearance on TOTP.
― bham, Friday, 5 August 2011 08:04 (twelve years ago) link
"How like a god" etc, probably.
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 August 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
xp "{...} Nothing that reasonable members of society demand as their rights! No fridges, no televisions, no phones. {...}"
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Sunday, 7 August 2011 07:40 (twelve years ago) link
only one mention of Dr Kiss-Kiss on this thread - and I assumed it would be NOTHING BUT :-(
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Sunday, 7 August 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Right, so tomorrow's TOTP revival features the first punk reference.
Albeit "The Kid's a Punk" by Slik.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Jimmy Saville in a kilt. Thanks BBC.
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 25 August 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Midge Ure is appearing in 'West Side Story' at the Drury Lane Theatre oh wait...
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 25 August 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
David Dundas clearly aghast at the prospect of having to perform while RubFlip caper to the right of him.
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 25 August 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
OK, this is the second time that Billy Ocean's outfit has matched the colour of the backdrop. Was this his 'thing'? Some kind of gimmick?
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 25 August 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's Fearne Cotton, singing on TOTP decades before she presented it. Oh wait it's Twiggy. They really let anyone be a pop star in the mid 70's, didn't they.
― Hysterically Hardcore (snoball), Thursday, 25 August 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
If they asked nicely.
And if they do Country Joe and the Fish numbers...
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
For a horrible second there I thought that DLT was hanging out by the toilets, but no, just another cheap mid 70's CSO effect.
― three word displayname (snoball), Thursday, 1 September 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
...also it makes Hot Chocolate's percussionist's congas look like they're made of cardboard.
― three word displayname (snoball), Thursday, 1 September 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol ABBA couldn't even be bothered to go on TOTP with their biggest single.
― three word displayname (snoball), Thursday, 1 September 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
not even a very good video for it, surprised me.
and another bryan ferry single...
cherry appears to have left ruby flipper 8(
― koogs, Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
George McRae was rather lovely.
Didn't need the extreme close up of Steve Harley's massive teeth though.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
am surprised those doors didn't kill someone
― koogs, Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
jesse green's keyboardist looks like a pound-shop eno.
― koogs, Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
xp Somebody nearly walked into one of them.
Steve Harley looked like he was trying to sing with a dislocated jaw.Aside from Hot Chocolate, everything else was promo clips, recordings of previous appearances, or lacklustre performances.And Bryan Ferry churns out another sausage pointless cover version for a single.
― three word displayname (snoball), Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
also...http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JZHcjhQFDfM/Taqrm94FozI/AAAAAAAACFc/pazRIt6JNvU/s400/dear3
― three word displayname (snoball), Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
BLINDED BY THE SHITE!REVVED UP LIKE A DOUCHE!A RUBBER BUMMER IN THE NIGHT!
― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Can are on this episode apparently.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
You should be dancing jumping about aimlessly and flailing your arms around like you're shooing away a bee
― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
You should be flashing gusset
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Robin Sarstedt, performing tonight on stilts.
― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
Noel and Cliff clearly have the same hairdresser.
― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
and tailor.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
too much Noel Edmonds for anyone.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link