tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post3212452207520028275..comments2024-02-23T08:40:24.961+00:00Comments on Yes It's Number One: TOTP 22/9/77 (tx 18/10/12) open threadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-36256174709561735992012-10-30T09:10:21.105+00:002012-10-30T09:10:21.105+00:00Just checked again and discovered Hank The Knife a...Just checked again and discovered Hank The Knife and The Jets spent two weeks in the breakers, peaking at an unofficial 59. Taking into account all the singles dropping into the 41-50 places which were scratched from the chart, plus all the singles dropping immediately below them, Hank's single was probably about number 80.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-1203714088756850202012-10-29T14:05:15.720+00:002012-10-29T14:05:15.720+00:00by chance i've just come across a sky LP, whic...by chance i've just come across a sky LP, which reminds me that an american disco band called skyy was around at the same time - their record company felt compelled to rename them new york skyy for the UK market (despite the extra "y" in their name) lest they be confused with john williams, herbie flowers et al...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-49749804010460684282012-10-25T19:39:43.739+01:002012-10-25T19:39:43.739+01:00Re Artists renaming themselves I always wondered w...Re Artists renaming themselves I always wondered why it was Gary 'US' Bonds as there was no Gary Bonds having hits here. I think that was just a gimmick though, wasn't it?<br /><br />The Charlatans had to add 'UK' to their name for the US market as well I believe<br /><br />wilberforce - the Carrie Lucas sample would have been 'You Don't Know Me' by Armand van Helden featuring Duane Harden I think. A Number 1 hit in the days when there was a different one every week.<br /><br />Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-90658182677084371192012-10-25T13:11:20.790+01:002012-10-25T13:11:20.790+01:00Bands having to change their name abroad: Squeeze,...Bands having to change their name abroad: Squeeze, renamed UK Squeeze in Australia. The subjects of a recent themed BBC4 night, featuring a superb hour-long documentary with Glenn Tillbrook and Chris Difford (I seem to recall Tilbrook went to jail due to problems with a building company he set up, but no mention?), and then an hour dedicated to Squeeze bit player Paul Carrack! Chas 'n' Dave get an hour's worth on BBC4 tomorrow night, which I'll watch. Never any problems about them being renamed UK Chas 'n' Dave!Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-47140472009672313982012-10-25T11:54:05.065+01:002012-10-25T11:54:05.065+01:00re: pop stars wearing syrups - perhaps the most mo...re: pop stars wearing syrups - perhaps the most most notable serial offender was the drummer in the hollies, who went from comb-over to hats before adorning a variety of luxuriant wigs in different colours in the late 60's and early 70's (although his rug-wearing days are now over, the guy still insists on wearing a hat of some kind when performs nowadays)... i remember when i played in a band 30 years ago, and a guy in another band on the scene always wore a hat of some kind - me and my bandmates used to joke that he did so because he was a slaphead despite his youth!<br /><br />re: bands having to change their name abroad - among others, the ska band the beat suffered from this problem: their "solution" was to give themselves the extremely lame-sounding name "the english beat". it's a good job a certain english prog supergroup didn't have competition for their name elsewhere, otherwise they might have had to have called themselves UK UK...<br /><br />re: the dutch chart - what a coincidence that danny williams williams is also in "the anchor position", as DLT described as such when he was at number 30 in our own charts... going by the number 16 entry, maybe the reason all dutch people apparently find it so easy to master the english language is that in comparison to their own mangled tongue it's a breeze...?<br /><br />re: chicago - despite being a veteran of the original disco scene, i too never realised that the bucketheads had sampled "streetplayer" until i heard it played for the first time at a 70's revival disco afterwards (that coincidentally featured two old chums from totp: tony blackburn and diddy). perhaps more embarrasingly i had the same experience with "dance with you" by carrie lucas (now one of my all-time favourite disco records despite having missed out on it when it was a minor hit): i checked it out in a record shop a few years back and was grooving away when i realised that part of it was instantly familiar to me as a sample used in a number one house hit called "you don't know me" by duane something or other... strangely enough i don't mind it when this happens, but when these talentless bastards sample something i already know and love then it really pisses me off!<br /><br />re: rock and pop stars leaping on the disco bandwagon - don't forget the rolling stones' "miss you", dolly parton's "baby i'm burnin", and abba's several later attempts such as "voulez-vouz" and "gimme gimme gimme", neither of which i remember being played at any discos i went to at the time, despite their obvious intentions. even jazz rockers weather report had a go with "river people", that i always thought was rather good...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-88731690575799649942012-10-24T23:10:54.272+01:002012-10-24T23:10:54.272+01:00Arthur - 'Black Is Black' came first; it w...Arthur - 'Black Is Black' came first; it was originally a million-seller in the mid-60s for the Spanish/German band Los Bravos, long before 5000 Volts appeared on the scene.Julie Joanne Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480391445628307945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-68012330591268750272012-10-23T23:04:23.889+01:002012-10-23T23:04:23.889+01:00RE: rock/pop acts going disco we've still got ...RE: rock/pop acts going disco we've still got things like ELO 'Shine A Little Love' and Wings 'Goodnight Tonight' to come amongst others.<br /><br />With Chicago and their jazz-rock origins and early albums going towards disco wasn't really that much of a surprise especially in the light of some of the members having admitted to having preferred to have stayed in a jazzier funkier style and not being over the moon with Peter Cetera's pop ballads direction of the early-80s onwards.80sblokeinthe70shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644457731847221633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-21206060770700098982012-10-23T22:32:10.855+01:002012-10-23T22:32:10.855+01:00Sorry, no Chicago on TOTP this year.
Kiss's d...Sorry, no Chicago on TOTP this year.<br /><br />Kiss's disco track's recently made the UK top 100 after being used in a coffee advert. I would say "how times change", but we've recently seen similair exploits by David Dundas and Danny Williams, and there's another one on the way (though only a minor hit) very soon. Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-43668407074512216152012-10-23T22:16:33.741+01:002012-10-23T22:16:33.741+01:00The Chicago song got to No.41 here but wasn't ...The Chicago song got to No.41 here but wasn't released until November so may still be on TOTP perhaps?<br /><br />I had no idea that it was their song sampled on "The Bomb"!<br />It's quite surprising how many rock artists went disco, there's Kiss of course, plus Alice Cooper's slightly odd efforts.<br /><br />I'd forgotten that the Scorpions were proper rockers back then, their 'Wind of Change' does tend to stain your memory.Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-54344688674724910292012-10-23T21:28:20.943+01:002012-10-23T21:28:20.943+01:00Chicago's "Baby What a Big Surprise"...Chicago's "Baby What a Big Surprise" is a pretty good tune - miles better than what they got into in the mid-80s in my opinion.It was a reasonably sized hit in this country too I think. And before they did deteriorate we still had to look forward to the disco/funk album (very sought after in the club world) they did with "Streetplayer" on it famously sampled by the Bucketheads on "The Bomb" and a few other house tracks.<br />And talking of samples there's Foreigner "Cold As Ice" sampled by numerous hiphop and hardcore/jungle tunes over the years.<br /><br />Incidentally I wouldn't call the Scorpions of the 1970s soft-rock it was out and out heavy metal.<br /><br /><br />Good chart though with Dillinger, Philadelphia International All-Stars, Chicago, Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac all getting much higher than in the UK. <br /><br />And until now I always did wonder why Cats UK had such a strange name. Wouldn't English Cars or something been much better?80sblokeinthe70shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644457731847221633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-52892370584501801752012-10-23T21:12:05.119+01:002012-10-23T21:12:05.119+01:00They certainly liked their soft rock, didn't t...They certainly liked their soft rock, didn't they? Songs I've never heard of by Chicago and (eek!) The Scorpions plus Supertramp in the Top 20!<br /><br />Nice to see Jigsaw's falsetto flop doing so well, and interesting choice of Elvis song to re-release as I wouldn't have thought that was the most obvious one to pick.<br />Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-86326581575882983982012-10-23T17:37:14.549+01:002012-10-23T17:37:14.549+01:00Dutch Top 30: Lets Clean Up The Ghetto - one of my...Dutch Top 30: Lets Clean Up The Ghetto - one of my faves!charlie cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051342047720711857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-42751054767118492372012-10-23T17:26:02.995+01:002012-10-23T17:26:02.995+01:00And also Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, ...And also Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, who never had a UK hit but bassist August Darnell's alter ego Kid Creole (and their percussionist Andy 'Coati Mundi' Hernandez) would make up for that, and their <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZnXgxODfHg" rel="nofollow">Sunshower</a> is apparently sampled on A Tribe Called Quest's Can I Kick It? and definitely interpolated into MIA's Sunshowers. Presumably The Cats are why the Luton Airport chancers of 1979 were Cats UK.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-15949400281200900412012-10-23T15:20:20.414+01:002012-10-23T15:20:20.414+01:00I have a hunch Hank’s record label, Sonet (yes, th...I have a hunch Hank’s record label, Sonet (yes, them again!), saw the success they’d had with Hank C. Burnette, looked at the success Steve Gibbons was having and tried to cash in with no success.<br /><br />Intriguing Dutch chart rundown. Thanks for that. I wonder what the rundown music would have been? Pussycat? Golden Earring? Teach-In? By the way, I agree that “Magic Fly” would have been a great TOTP rundown theme replacement.<br /><br />That Guys and Dolls track had been a hit over here the previous year, just prior to the start of this re-run. Phew, that was close! The Philadelphia International Allstars (including Lou Rawls, Archie Bell and Teddy Pendergrass amongst others) sang “Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto”, a paen to improving the ’hoods and whose lyrics start by mentioning a garbage collection strike in New York! Despite having very little in common with the British way of life back then, the single spent five weeks in the UK top 40 and peaked at 34. We’ll see Santa Esmerelda’s disco version of an Animals track later this year – it spent five weeks in the 50, peaking at 41.<br /><br />Thank you, pavilion.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-64610697517753512552012-10-23T14:10:35.858+01:002012-10-23T14:10:35.858+01:00Hank and co are still going and have there own web...Hank and co are still going and have there own website. Hank Bruysten was the guitarist by the way (he had been in Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers), the singer was Pierre Beek. And this series of photos shows that he changed from combover to wig to Van Morrison-style Fedora hat over the years. There's also a 70s advert showing that the band were dressed in 'Landlubber Jeans'. Nice.<br /><br />http://www.hanktheknifeandthejets.nl/img/stages/Historie/index.htm<br /><br />They had two other Top 20 hits in Holland but the Dutch charts were different from ours. Here's a Dutch chart from 30 September 1977 and it's interesting to compare with the UK. It included Dillinger with Cocaine In My Brain!<br /><br />1 I remember Elvis Presley ; Danny Mirror <br />2 Remember ; Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers <br />3 Muss i denn (Wooden Heart) ; Elvis Presley <br />4 Sorry, I'm a lady ; Baccara <br />5 Float on ; The Floaters <br />6 Don't let me be misunderstood ; Santa Esmeralda <br />7 Give a little bit ; Supertramp <br />8 Let's clean up the ghetto ; Philadelphia International All Stars <br />9 Dreams ; Fleetwood Mac <br />10 Baby what a big surprise ; Chicago <br />11 Hello Josephine ; The Scorpions <br />12 You don't have to say you love me ; Guys & Dolls <br />13 Another star ; Stevie Wonder <br />14 Cold as ice ; Foreigner <br />15I feel love ; Donna Summer <br />16Ik ga weg hier ; Dingetje <br />17 Standing in the rain ; John Paul Young <br />18 We're all alone ; Rita Coolidge <br />19 I'll play the fool ; Original Savannah Band <br />20 Way down ; Elvis Presley <br />21 Cindy ; The Cats <br />22 If I have to go away ; Jigsaw <br />23 Speak up mumbo ; Manhattan Transfer <br />24 Best of my love ; Emotions <br />25 Ramona te quiera ; The Walkers <br />26 Je wordt ouder papa ; Peter Koelewijn <br />27 Cocaine in my brain ; Dillinger <br />28 I'm still in love with you ; Oscar Harris <br />29 The Deep ; Donna Summer <br />30 Dancin' easy ; Danny WilliamsYessirIcanbamaboogiewoogienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-88043264335976102062012-10-23T10:57:48.758+01:002012-10-23T10:57:48.758+01:00Funny you should say Dutch Les Gray, because The N...<br />Funny you should say Dutch Les Gray, because The Netherlands was the main (probably the only) mainland European country which embraced glam rock - "Dyna-Mite" and Tiger Feet" were chart smashes over there. <br /><br />Hank and the lads released two other singles in Germany, and all three have picture sleeves showing Hank with his Shredded Wheat combover. At the time, with that hairstyle Hank could have had a good alternative career as a winger or centre-half in the English First Division. <br /><br />As for Baccara, they can boogie but they need a certain song. Does that mean they spend all night dancing to the same song over and over again?<br /><br />When I first saw the trousers on La Belle Epoque's lead singer, I immediately thought of "Grease", as Olivia Newton John's fairground trousers were sewn tightly onto her, making it impossible for an 'excuse me' moment without getting the seamstress out again.<br />Arthur Nibble making up for lost timenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-66956939896829912482012-10-23T09:56:02.792+01:002012-10-23T09:56:02.792+01:00I wonder what happened with Hank - obviously we...I wonder what happened with Hank - obviously we'd never have seen that footage at the time so he could fully reinvent his image for a different time and audience but he actually seems to have ditched any post-Elvis pretence, sideburns gone and accent dimmed. He looks in 1975 like he wants to be the Dutch Les Gray. The UK sleeve isn't pictorial so no clues there.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-42690328595364720102012-10-23T09:46:27.156+01:002012-10-23T09:46:27.156+01:00Schoolboy error - got my Slade members mixed up. T...Schoolboy error - got my Slade members mixed up. That Hank identikit should have read "Dave Hill meets Terry Nutkins". Sorry, Jim!<br /><br />Dear God, Baccara were incredibly jammy. I've just discovered this was a non-mover that week at 50 when they got the TOTP gig. Of the the ten singles immediately above them, eight were new entries and the other two were climbers (only three of which had been on this or a previous show), and these included Kenny Rogers, Rainbow (imagine them in the studio!), Gladys Knight and the Pips, George Benson and, er, "Bee Sting" by Camouflage. To think we could have been spared.<br /><br />Incredibly, it appears there are two separate Baccaras going! The ladies eventually split a couple of years after one of them complained massively about a 1980 single which was mixed to sound like a solo single for the other gal, and took the record company to court for breach of contract. Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-59407416552886837012012-10-22T23:09:34.936+01:002012-10-22T23:09:34.936+01:00Great spot by Simon regarding Hank The Knife's...<br />Great spot by Simon regarding Hank The Knife's German TV clip. It looks like the same chap, who ditched his 1975 'Jim Lea meets Terry Nutkins' look for a shagpile syrup in a more vibrant colour. The German TV clip also shows the drummer to be yet another Keith Lemon lookalike...or was it John Miles moonlighting?Arthur, aka Stanley The Knifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-57117502789971414712012-10-22T21:38:34.050+01:002012-10-22T21:38:34.050+01:00@80sblokeinthe70s - The Hank The Knife single was ...@80sblokeinthe70s - The Hank The Knife single was not a flop in Holland it made number 3 there albeit back in 1975 so this was not a new song.<br /><br />@Simon - I know you said you hadn't read the comments but thank you for saying that the lead singer of Stardust looked like Paul Whitehouse, I said the same thing (there's a Fast show character who has exactly the same hair style). But I though the headscarf lady looked more like Cassandra from Only Fools and Horse.<br /><br />Surely Hank the Knife is surely a play on Mack The Knife. BTW Hank and the boys are still going, they have their own website. Hank is an own-up baldy.<br /><br />@Arthur - I guess your comments count as a re-entry in the chart blog. I used to love chart re-entries when I was a chartophile (are you still allowed to say that?) and non movers.<br /><br />Loved your comment are Meri's telephone man looking like Bob Carolgees. I thought there was a look of Robin Williams about him but ether way she's (very) easily pleased. He must have a big telegraph pole.<br /><br />The Stranglers. I noticed that Jean Jacques Burnel's jacket zip had come disconnected from his jacket and was waving about like an antenna.<br /><br />Any theories yet on what the grumpy guy in the audience is mouthing and whether or not he got in a fight?YessirIcanbamaboogiewoogienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-3168536510989740042012-10-22T21:09:40.776+01:002012-10-22T21:09:40.776+01:00Finally got round to watching this edition, which ...<br />Finally got round to watching this edition, which I enjoyed more than I expected.<br /><br />Couldn’t work out if that was a syrup on Hank. Strangely, he reminded me of a chap in an old Grecian 2000 advert. As far as the song goes, more like too late than “Tulane”. Seems there was only room for one sort of king in the charts back tgen.<br /><br />The beginning to “Black Is Black” is a dead ringer for “I’m On Fire” by 5000 Volts. Wonder who ripped who off there? Loved the blonde woman’s dance tribute to Leo Sayer.<br /><br />Speaking of whom, Leo acted like the bored teenager mentioned on DLT’s badge. Thought Leo was going to do a Neil Kinnock at the start of the video. Anyone else notice the “Look, there’s a camera down there” expression on one of the women in the street shot?<br /><br />Give DLT credit, he’s definitely at home introducing The Stranglers. He gave them a good intro first time round too. Cracking song, obviously the single’s backing track with live vocals, but cut way too short.<br /><br />Loved The Emotions, Boisterous, vigorous and energetic, and that goes for both the song and the dance routine. Unusual 3 x 2 colour co-ordination for the outfits, which suited Singalong Rosie best.<br /><br />Talking of outfits, the white clad Baccara woman wins the latest Thelma Houston award for best first impression. There was apparently another woman on stage singing the main vocals. Mind you, it always grated with me that they couldn’t pronounce “Woogie”. I realise my Spanish is far worse than their English, but “Boogie Voogie” indeed!<br /><br />Fashion templates over the years – matching blouse and headscarf for Meri. A diminutive song, less than two minutes, and off she disappears much to Angelo’s anguish. I was shocked that the object of her affections looked like Bob Carolgees.<br /><br />I made a right Horlicks of Stardust’s nationality earlier (proves I hadn’t seen the show before). The lead singer looked like a cross between Benny from Abba and the bloke in The Krankies. They certainly win the award for most audible stomping by a band, but they lose marks for referring to a rock ‘n’ roll music band in a prime slab of cabaret pop.<br /><br />I was enraged when Gill was cut early doors in “Way Down” for a picture of old burger chops, but perked up straight away when Patti turned up with her double half moon impersonation. Reminded me of the old joke – guy says to gal “How do you get into those shorts?”, gal replies “A double gin and tonic's a good start”. Boom boom tish!<br />Arthur Nibble (at last!)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-33624553240850522342012-10-22T18:41:44.259+01:002012-10-22T18:41:44.259+01:00DLT has a baccara rose, much like Noel making up t...DLT has a baccara rose, much like Noel making up the drell spoon last year. If only Jean-Jacques Burnel had joined in on the "boogie" here too. The duo try their best but the orchestra can't even carry this one off. Wah-wah guitar licks? Really? Afterwards our host has his arm round a young woman commenting on "the wealth of beautiful ladies on the show" before introducing the all male and non-model-like Boomtown Rats. I refer you to a previous comment. At least he doesn't demand we listen to the words.<br /><br />"Someone gave me a tap on the chin" says DLT in relation to... well, he's got something affixed to his beard but the mike's in the way so we never see what. He then calls Meri Wilson - and when discussing her story, <a href="http://i.imgur.com/0Xjvm.jpg" rel="nofollow">please remember this</a> - "mental, absolutely mad", and he sang Convoy GB so he should know. Or something. Wilson denotes the bits sung by the telephone company operative by putting on a hard hat. Phone engineers need headgear protection? Health and safety gone mad. Also, he looks more like a pilot.<br /><br />Frampton Comes Alive! Or at least Frampton as portrayed by Paul Whitehouse. Stardust's headscarved backing singer is the focal point of fascination here, she resembles the singer from Manhattan Transfer and has the most vigorous maraca action I think I've ever seen. Maybe the Jets shouldn't have been so willing to hide their bassist, Stardust's is even balder on top with equally long hair and he gets a big chorus close-up. This, then, is how come Baccara ended up being taken so seriously in comparison.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-4252447103069121782012-10-22T18:41:28.787+01:002012-10-22T18:41:28.787+01:00Writing this without looking at the existing comme...Writing this without looking at the existing comments, sorry for potential repetition etc. <br /><br />Yes are in the top 20, Jean Michel Jarre is in extreme close-up, but surely <a href="http://i.imgur.com/xvbY8.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> is the highlight of the rundown. A triumph of the prop department's art.<br /><br />What sort of band name is Hank The Knife & The Jets anyway? Hank & The Jets maybe, Hank The Knife is stretching it a bit, The Knife & The Jets a foreign language version of West Side Story perhaps, but all together, not least in a rock and roll vein... no. Weird thing is, have a look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tix2nI46pT8" rel="nofollow">this German TV footage</a>, apparently from 1975 so the single has quite possibly been repromoted here on the back of Elvis on the offchance. There they're a five-piece - look carefully, the bassist is right at the back - led by a Max Wall-type balding man. On TOTP, a Dirk Benedictagram whose vocal tone is subtly different. What's gone on there? I liked the drummer joining in on a Beatles "whooo" with head shaking.<br /><br />Ooh, it's the bit off the start of Can U Dig It! Sticking all personnel in front of a blue screen was evidently big business for video directors in the pre-MTV era. Someone remind me what the strings have been sampled/copied on too. The lead Epoque must have had her trousers built for specific tight fit, you can't imagine her voluntarily removing them without someone pulling. Note that instead of mirroring the original performance everyone just danced to it again for the CSO overlay bit.<br /><br />You know, the Stranglers could just have asked for the dry ice machine to be turned off. After swapping instruments last time Cornwell and Burnel, who's wasting a perfectly good paper there and resembles a mod Paul Merton, have the right kit on but just don't bother miming along for the intro. Regardless, Hugh's sweating before the first chorus. Dave Greenfield plays a one handed solo while sporting his work boiler suit.<br /><br />Speaking of made to measure, as we were before then, it's probably a trick but Legs & Co seem to have on what are known in the trade as 'pasties'. Disco in luminous trousers otherwise, Lulu having made the unwise decision to grow and crimp her hair, her transformation into Gill's double underway. DLT makes his entrance from the back and sneaks up behind Pauline, eyes on her posterior all the way. Do you remember when we could view such moments with a mere reminder to self that some played their part up too much? As if in sympathy, the camera that's been in one position for the previous thirty seconds goes out of focus.<br /><br />"You're gonna love it!" DLT assures of Leo Sayer. We'll be the judges of that. Having shrugged off the other three Leo wanders around Brighton beach looking pensive at a pace of movement and editing that doesn't match the song in the slightest. Might work for If I Need You. Someone get to that re-edit.<br /><br />(to be cont'd)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-68026080689730062572012-10-22T10:37:54.511+01:002012-10-22T10:37:54.511+01:00talking of groping: at the risk of raising simon&#...talking of groping: at the risk of raising simon's ire, i'd like to point out to those not aware already that the beeb are showing their own investigation into "s*vilegate" tonight (monday) with a panorama special - just when you thought the furore was finally dying down...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-28539102313924586502012-10-21T19:19:22.516+01:002012-10-21T19:19:22.516+01:00Germany more advanced in many ways but not in leav...Germany more advanced in many ways but not in leaving groping behind, this was 2009<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDuzbi1JQg&feature=youtube_gdata_playerCatchpole Elsterpienoreply@blogger.com