tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post6458635601589616038..comments2024-02-23T08:40:24.961+00:00Comments on Yes It's Number One: TOTP 27/5/76 (tx 2/6/11): Flipper's follyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-42153186998033603742011-08-03T01:03:57.022+01:002011-08-03T01:03:57.022+01:00Due to a combination of factors, I was convinced ...Due to a combination of factors, I was convinced that the Archie Bell & The Drells song was entitled "So Silly Walking".Egbert Guffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751101344767270716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-47561317931908323462011-06-07T08:40:53.715+01:002011-06-07T08:40:53.715+01:00yes, "the flasher" was an early fave of ...yes, "the flasher" was an early fave of mine too (i remember playing the single over and over again), but like steve, it's one of those that i had forgotten about and hadn't heard for years until fairly recent times - it still sounds pretty good, but i'm amazed to hear it was considered a northern soul favourite as it doesn't sound anything like the stuff that crowd usually got off on...<br /><br />i remember the daily mirror running a competition around this time, and the prizes were tickets to see either status quo or the real thing live. as i was still quite into quo i entered and the good news was that i won. however the bad news was (despite making my preference clear in the application) the bastards sent me tickets for the real thing! although i was in the process of weaning myself off rock and onto funky disco sounds at the time, i certainly had no interest in the lightweight pop-soul brand the real thing were offering, so i threw the tickets away!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-27549859241536857922011-06-06T21:04:38.771+01:002011-06-06T21:04:38.771+01:00Ah, never mind, I had a go. One of the things I li...Ah, never mind, I had a go. One of the things I like the best about The Real Thing is how badly dressed they are, I don't want to spoil it but in a couple of weeks the singer perfoms with a clearly home-made "U 2 ME R EVERYTHING" T-shirt which he's clearly made himself with some marker pens. I like how uncomfortable the rest of The Real Thing are, the one with the guitar who never seems to be quite sure how a guitar works, and the one third from the left who looks and dances like a brickie.<br /><br />I loved the crew joining Jim for his final link, especially the ugliest and fattest being at the front. The Flasher is a brilliant song, my parents had it on seven inch and when I was young I used to love it, and on the documentary to launch this season, they showed a brief clip of Ruby Flipper dancing to it and I spent all weekend trying to remember what it was called, as I hadn't heard it for twenty years. In fact this was a great show for my parents as they saw The Real Thing live at the Buckley Tivoli when they were courting.<br /><br />What was on the T-shirts of Jim'll's various young friends in the audience? "FIRESHOW 76"?Steve Williamshttp://www.tvcream.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-26665870049264743122011-06-06T12:50:52.918+01:002011-06-06T12:50:52.918+01:00Thanks to Steve Williams for his lookalikes help l...Thanks to Steve Williams for his lookalikes help last week. I don't think it's Richard Beckinsale that Ray Stiles is bringing to mind, but I'm still not coming up with anything else. Also, the wife says that the brunette Brotherhood lady is not bringing to mind Arlene Phillips. I think we should take these mysteries to bed.<br /><br />Mind you, staying with lookalikes, I read in Another Place that someone had the younger Bellamy Brother down as a Hugo Weaving-alike. I can buy that.<br /><br />Not much to add to this week's offerings. Except for a totally irrational annoying thing about Combine Harvester. Mr Sousaphone pointing at himself on the word "I" and to the audience on "you". He does it every single bloody time in every single bloody performance! And he never makes any pretence at playing the damn thing either...Old Applejacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-39494118455551889572011-06-05T15:17:39.196+01:002011-06-05T15:17:39.196+01:00Great to see the Shepherds Bush freeform limbo cha...Great to see the Shepherds Bush freeform limbo champion during the Heavy Metal Kids. Moment of the re-run so far.<br /><br />I assumed that Archie Bell and the Drells were indulging in some Music and Movement in their rundown shot, but was pleasantly surprised during their performance when our Arch, going freeform early doors, joined in the routine effortlessly in the second verse. Again, eat that, Sheer Elegance.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-71913549609218003912011-06-04T21:21:43.512+01:002011-06-04T21:21:43.512+01:00I enjoyed Sir Jim'll turning up this week unex...I enjoyed Sir Jim'll turning up this week unexpectedly and was deliriously happy that we actually got a 'UHuhUHuhUHuhUHuh, Goodness Gracious!' in one of the links.<br /><br />I was wondering how long it would take you to mention the Smashie and Nicey Pops montage, they clearly did their research on that one (and of course the 'Nicey read my mind!' bit was a direct lift of one of Edmonds and Blackburn's bits of comedy business)<br /><br />I don't want to 'come over all Lewis Hamilton' here but is it me, or is the black guy in Ruby Flipper getting the worst/strangely inappropriate costumes or what?!<br /><br />Final observation - were The Real Thing that hard up at this point (clearly they wouldn't be for much longer...)that they couldn't get any decent costumes together? I remembered them being quite smart, but here it looked like someone had given them the BBC 'Dress Up Box' as used by Play School, Doctor Who etc.Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-13652852481954502252011-06-04T18:49:54.279+01:002011-06-04T18:49:54.279+01:00Hands up, doing the write-up I somehow managed to ...Hands up, doing the write-up I somehow managed to miss Ducking Man, even though some people on Twitter saw him and it turns out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4_YoeCpF74" rel="nofollow">even Steve Wright noticed</a>. You'd imagine he might have been the floor manager, but he's too close to the crowd even if he has his back to them - note the two girls next to him. (And as that link's up, look at 1:50 as Holton realises where he put his umbrella)<br /><br />While I'm here, if anyone reading this has ever longed for <a href="http://celebratesitself.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">a Tumblr for semi-forgotten Britpop videos</a>...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-44708530288092232032011-06-04T15:35:18.481+01:002011-06-04T15:35:18.481+01:00Old guy - best bit in quite a few episodes!!Old guy - best bit in quite a few episodes!!ximeremixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14111737219569347508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-64204876112371191092011-06-04T09:52:30.846+01:002011-06-04T09:52:30.846+01:00Presumably the backing singer with JJ Barrie was t...Presumably the backing singer with JJ Barrie was the late Vikki Brown, who did the vocals on the record?Ullapoolharbournoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-81207675420604841472011-06-03T23:25:48.754+01:002011-06-03T23:25:48.754+01:00i checked out the heavy metal kids on wikipedia, a...i checked out the heavy metal kids on wikipedia, and unbelievably they're apparently still around today, with the unavailable gary holton replaced by "nasty nick" from eastenders! (they were hardly "kids" in the 70's never mind now ha ha)...<br /><br />btw i agree the "old guy" ducking out of camera shot was the classic moment of the show - he was he? what was he doing there? how did he get in? and what did he have to hide? i notice despite looking considerably more mature than the rest of the audience he was kitted out in the 70's smoothie outfit of open-necked shirt over jacket collar - maybe he was a bbc staffer (or a chum of saville's) who was out to pull a "bird", and he didn't want the missus to see him...?wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-52873263692454971792011-06-03T20:41:27.281+01:002011-06-03T20:41:27.281+01:00The old guy caught in shot, and quickly ducking do...The old guy caught in shot, and quickly ducking down, during The Heavy Metal Kids performance was the best part of the whole show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com