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

It wouldn't be TOTP if you didn't occasionally miss it because of the snooker.

i got a 2 o'clock showing of totp 1980 and 1984 which both turned out to be david byrne at the union chapel.

iplayer will be fine, not least because these were pre-delivered - it doesn't record off air unless the programme's live. sometimes this can be missing bits if the schedule's changed but it's generally tidied up on the next working day. (unless it's the snowboarding on the red button which was royally fucked up but there were whole days cancelled and rearranged by the organisers so it's hardly surprising)

1984 had the bunnymen, Will with his teardrop vox(?) 12 string.

1980 was the cure again and bad manners again.

(my facebook history for friday was me railing against the snooker exactly two years previously, for similar reasons)

The post-Diana week must be coming up soon? Was it even on that week? Many BBC things weren't.

Normal service is resumed next Friday with two consecutive episodes from January 1996 (plus episodes from 1987 and 1976). Diana's death wasn't until August 1997. So we're quite a way off.

For some reason I like 'Slight Return' by The Bluetones despite the many small problems - lead singer looks like Ray Davies but in Phil Daniels' parka from Quadrophenia while shuffling around like Ian Brown / Liam, song title irritatingly reminds me of Hendrix's 'Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)', the rest of the band look like a generic mid '96 Britpop band, I get the sneaking suspicion they were signed because some record exec wanted a band that were a bit like Oasis but not headstrong wankers, etc., etc..

they are soooo stone roses lite

The Lighthouse Family - if you were ever on hold to Dell tech support in the late '90s then you've probably heard their entire greatest hits.