The Rolling "Top of the Pops" BBC4 Revival thread.

They should have given Tina Charles a box to stand on, then we'd be spared many of these interminable audience shots (why yes, Keith Chegwin lookalike in a trilby, you are on TV).

Never took much notice of the Motors back in the day (too much else of interest) but what a great single is Airport
Anyone else notice the bizarre resemblance between their guitarist and Jack from On the Buses in that clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_oBTUZYJg

Just realised that late 70's Macca looks like an old boss of mine.

Oh look, some tired old shit representing the UK at Eurovision.

odd edit after boomtown rats, straight into hot chocolate. wonder what happened.

Editing around a damaged tape maybe?

http://totp.heroku.com/programmes/4f9x - annoyingly alphabetical

Boomtown Rats - Shes So Modern
Hot Chocolate - Every 1s A Winner
Legs & Co / Andrew Gold- Never Let Her Slip Away
Squeeze - Take Me Im Yours
Wings - With A Little Luck
Sheila - Singin In The Rain
Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
Co Co - The Bad Old Days
Brian and Michael - Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats

which means the following weren't shown:
The Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love
Showaddywaddy - I Wonder Why
The Stylistics - Wonder Woman

is also missing genesis over the chart and blondie over the end credits

are they editing long versions down to 30 minutes? they don't appear to be showing the extended versions on saturdays like they used to

is also missing genesis over the chart and blondie over the end credits

But I heard Genesis being played over the chart. Seeing Andy Gibb made me kinda sad :(

(i meant that list i copied is missing the intro and outro music)

the late repeat yesterday, and saturday night's is 40 minutes long

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules/2013/04/04

I'm not saying last night's show was creepy, but when you end up wondering whether LS Lowry was dodgy it's probably time to tune out.

oh Tina..

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/579824_10151572231594273_794902190_n.jpg

her debut was the first album i ever owned. back cover; her gazing in the mirror brushing her hair.

Ruth Jones to play her in the biopic

yep, missing songs there in the saturday night version. and the worst 3 things on there 8(

So far this week it's like punk never happened. I'd forgotten the performance for 'Automatic Lover' was so ridiculous (pity as the song isn't anywhere near as silly, and we'd have to wait until Gary Numan turned up to hear another robosexual single).

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.

first song tonight is a CHILD abuse joke begging to be made.

> 'Automatic Lover' was so ridiculous

b-but the robot is doing The Robot

o_O at Ferry's VU cover.

And I can't tell if it's late 70s video effects or my PC's video card glitching.

i have never heard that ferry cover. or the thing over the end credits.

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...

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.

Darts appear to have been on every TOTP of 1978.

... or it just feels that way... and will we ever be rid of Brotherhood of Man?

Wasn't that their last hit single? If so, then soon.

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...

A real mixed bag this week.

"Cilla Black always makes great records, but this one I think is an exception."

my mind has also blanked out rod stewart's world cup song, thankfully.

Rod's effort was terrible, but Scotland's WC song for 1982 was by The Krankies.

"this is a song with a nice refrain"

so we'll sing it once again
and again
and again
and again
until it pops into your mind unbidden at random yet inconvenient moments for the next 35 years and counting

yes we smurf in a water tap
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!?!?!?!?!

The guy in the audience with the England hat needs a slap.

I wonder if Whitesnake and Bob Marley and the Brotherhood of Man exchanged 'Props' in the green room...

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...

Or as it was known in Glasgow, "Ah wannae be a polar bear"

my mind has also blanked out rod stewart's world cup song, thankfully.

I was singing it only last week!

Literally every time I watch this brotherhood of man are in the top 5.

Only one more appearance this year to come, in august, until the christmas episode.

Can't wait.

Hray, Buzzcocks

Or at least until the razor cuts Peter Powell comes on with his creepy 'budget Sting at Primark' look.

David 'crepe' Jensen: "The great thing about tonight's show is how many girls are on it!"

Ray Parker Jr.'s guitar doubles as a snow shovel.

heavy on legs and co this week.

Nobody worth a squirt of piss wants to go on it, that's why.

Forever Autumn seemed like it was 6 minutes long, and it's not the first time it's been on

Oh, I thought it was "Sky at night" week..