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 (ten 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 (ten 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...
Or as it was known in Glasgow, "Ah wannae be a polar bear"
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Friday, 14 June 2013 09:17 (ten years ago) link
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.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 14 June 2013 11:03 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Can't wait.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 14 June 2013 11:16 (ten 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
(wait, it's 1978. still, with all the showaddywaddy, darts and grease stuff in the charts... 4 things in top 10 from grease.)
― koogs, Saturday, 28 September 2013 10:22 (ten years ago) link
There've been a lot of godawful piano ballads recently. Just listen to this monstrosity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGfb6pm3DOg
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 28 September 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
er, convicted sex offender Jonathan King?
― not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Thursday, 3 October 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that's an odd decision given that they aren't showing some episodes because two different presenters are currently unpeople.
still, it's like they have discovered punk / new wave this week. (i may've spoken too soon, am watching about 20 minutes behind real time). odd given that blackburn's shows are usually disco-heavy.
― koogs, Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
so is this Aug 31 or Oct 26?
August 31, 1978 - Tony BlackburnSeptember 7, 1978 - Peter PowellSeptember 14, 1978 - Jimmy SavilleSeptember 21, 1978 - Paul BurnettSeptember 28, 1978 - Dave Lee TravisOctober 5, 1978 - David JensenOctober 12, 1978 - Jimmy SavilleOctober 19, 1978 - Peter PowellOctober 26, 1978 - Tony Blackburn
actually given that the last four have been Powell, Burnett, Jensen, Powell it must be Oct 26.
― koogs, Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
is it still 1978? these years must have been interminable to actually live through.
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
yeah, they are trying, i thought, to stay exactly 35 years ahead. which is my i'm surprised that we are 3 weeks ahead.
― koogs, Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
actually i'm being a bit harsh this week's has almost all of Public Image, after the Number 1 over the end credits!
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
(that was last week's. this week they were on (video) as part of the main show)
― koogs, Thursday, 3 October 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
was that a different vocal on Germfree Adolescent? could swear her voice cracks more on the version i know.
otherwise, that was dire. Dandy, Patrick Juvet, ONJ, Rats, Darts, Cars, Xray Spex, JT&ONJ, Jacksons over end credits
― koogs, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, they would sometimes have the original backing track and a 'live' vocal.
― Mark G, Friday, 18 October 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
Polystyrene was asked by the TOTP producer to change "Listerine" to "glycerine" and "SR" to "XR" to avoid what-we-now-call product placement.
― harveyw, Friday, 18 October 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
could've sworn it was SR last night. will give it another listen.
and just listening to the John Peel Session version (on Let's Submerge) and that *is* XR and Glycerine. (and breaking voice, although not as much as the lp version)
― koogs, Friday, 18 October 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
no, you're right (1:22 and others)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmlujq7qsW0
― koogs, Friday, 18 October 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
star ship trooper really is a thing.
― koogs, Thursday, 31 October 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
i'm not sure i have the words to describe it.
― koogs, Thursday, 31 October 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
The song itself isn't too bad, but the visual presentation tips it over into Woolworths naff-ness.
― not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Thursday, 31 October 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
Back on tonight, 30th Nov 2013.
― fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Thursday, 14 November 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
^^^ uh, I meant 30th Nov 1978
― fashionably early Christmas themed display name (snoball), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link