tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post7929143895044811527..comments2024-02-23T08:40:24.961+00:00Comments on Yes It's Number One: TOTP 21/4/77 (tx 3/5/12): just because a record has a groove don't make it in the grooveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-47237877439542257152012-05-16T17:41:12.656+01:002012-05-16T17:41:12.656+01:00Sorry, I thought everybody knew that one!
Arthur,...Sorry, I thought everybody knew that one!<br /><br />Arthur, thanks for the information re Television. Whether they were the first bona fide punk act in the top 30 is a matter of definition, but they were the first of those weird bands being championed by Sounds to make it that far. And there's even a record with "punk" in the title coming along in a few weeks. (not counting Slik's effort!)Erithiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-69767072308495035112012-05-16T15:50:02.523+01:002012-05-16T15:50:02.523+01:00"Mick and Phyllis..." is "They can ..."Mick and Phyllis..." is "They can feel it all over" from "Sir Duke". I admit I had to look that one up on t'net to get it.<br /><br />The classic mis-heard lyric surely has to be "I believe in Milko" (cue "That's Life") unless you know different...Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-41758433558840655352012-05-16T13:30:50.429+01:002012-05-16T13:30:50.429+01:00"mick and phyllis are lovers"???
i'm..."mick and phyllis are lovers"???<br />i'm guessing that's some kind of misheard lyric in "free" a la "scuse me while i kiss this guy"?wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-37618864022294092442012-05-16T09:05:48.361+01:002012-05-16T09:05:48.361+01:00Sorry for the appalling 'Guardian'-style c...Sorry for the appalling 'Guardian'-style copy just now...is there a way you can go back to a message on this and rectify the typo's?Arthur 'Magoo' Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-8159878092512716082012-05-16T09:01:05.186+01:002012-05-16T09:01:05.186+01:00No, we haven't justed miss a week due to a wip...No, we haven't justed miss a week due to a wiped show (it was just a case of weird scheduling), and "Marquee Moon" never got an airing on TOTP. The wiped edition featuring Television is the 3rd August 1977 show, with "Prove It" at number 25.<br /><br />There are only four missing 1977 editions, thanks in part to Diddy. We've suffered two alreday, and the only other one wiped show is 8th September 1977, whose main 'loss' ("Gimme Dat Banana" by Black Gorilla) was saved and can be found on YouTube...if you're really desperate.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-19807650896867134892012-05-16T07:51:53.025+01:002012-05-16T07:51:53.025+01:00Presumably the missing show last week was the one ...Presumably the missing show last week was the one including Television, at 30 with Marquee Moon? It was also the week Rod Stewart was the highest new entry at 13, meaning that the first player in the forthcoming Jubilee-week drama was in place...<br /><br />A bit late, but another plus vote for Deniece Williams from the last show. And it's always good to hear "Mick And Phyllis Are Lovers" again!Erithiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-68960256891288749472012-05-15T22:07:24.889+01:002012-05-15T22:07:24.889+01:00There's a band called Contempt coming soon on ...There's a band called Contempt coming soon on the programme. Hopefully babblingmouth knows something about them, because the rest of the internet knows next to nothing.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-43690700237466201012012-05-15T21:57:41.105+01:002012-05-15T21:57:41.105+01:00))
babblingmouth said...
Oooh, Contempt are comi...))<br /><br /> babblingmouth said...<br />Oooh, Contempt are coming... :)<br /><br />))<br /><br />Er.....meaning?Elsterpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-2544141111884568382012-05-13T14:29:34.688+01:002012-05-13T14:29:34.688+01:00ah yes, pickettywitch - one of those famous-for-15...ah yes, pickettywitch - one of those famous-for-15-minutes studio concoctions that were prevalent in the early 70's... i'm sure i'm not the only one here who remembers the sensational tabloid tales of the pickettywitch singer who suffered from "20th century allergy" syndrome? what they always failed to mention was that she didn't actually sing on their few hit singles and only joined later on when they were residing in the "where are they now" file...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-71637420143803379672012-05-13T12:58:02.940+01:002012-05-13T12:58:02.940+01:00Oooh, Contempt are coming... :)Oooh, Contempt are coming... :)babblingmouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800031680643785923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-86010752218648460292012-05-12T22:38:12.250+01:002012-05-12T22:38:12.250+01:00Forgot to add link above
http://www.youtube.com/w...Forgot to add link above <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfSlzmwkjGw&feature=youtube_gdata_playerElsterpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-6180506116919447452012-05-12T22:26:04.347+01:002012-05-12T22:26:04.347+01:00Another week where i note i have a lot of the sing...Another week where i note i have a lot of the singles still (oc, deniece, delegation, dundas....oh yes...and elkie). Like wilberforce i couldnt abide elton , except ego, and put this down to his having a lot of hits, however crap, in the uk because they were in the US.<br /><br />Thanks to Arthur i have been showing all and sundry ms Brown's reverse Michael Jackson performances. And the 1970 pickettywitch performance shows why the late 60s, early 70s to end 73 TOTPs were better. Audience more glamorous, bopping more, all around the stage , behind bars, above the band, generally more chaotic and dynamic".........and probably no or less ladybirds/pearson ruining it. I think the mid 80s recovered some of this atmosphere. By the 90s i was firmly abroad but on the occasion I saw the Pops during the late nineties / early naughties, i hardly wondered that it was taken off. Utterly devoid of atmosphereElsterpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-2012715770855065982012-05-11T11:47:28.712+01:002012-05-11T11:47:28.712+01:00that william b swygert review (linked by simon abo...that william b swygert review (linked by simon above) was really excellent - i'd like to contact him to urge him to keep it up but unfortunately there seems no way of being able to do so! let's hope he does so anyway instead of wasting his time writing about contemporary nonentities such as chris moyles and fearne cotton...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-13157724265339328772012-05-10T11:18:37.865+01:002012-05-10T11:18:37.865+01:00Can you not open the link in a new window? Or maxi...Can you not open the link in a new window? Or maximise the popup box?<br /><br />As I have nothing else for this week off I'll mention here that the week after next (w/c 21/5) there's a TOTP2 listed for every weekday on BBC2 for an hour from 6.30pm. No blurb has been updated yet so I don't know why.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-74914193991922480882012-05-10T08:46:58.912+01:002012-05-10T08:46:58.912+01:00I have similar problems in that, when Simon gives ...I have similar problems in that, when Simon gives a link to a YouTube clip or the like, I can't get it any bigger than the size of this comments box, so I have to copy the clip's 'long number' and type it into Google to get a full screen version.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-66371145132027467442012-05-10T07:09:18.483+01:002012-05-10T07:09:18.483+01:00Incidentally, can someone change the size of this ...Incidentally, can someone change the size of this blog thing. It's annoying enough to have to type those two words in all the time, very often they're not always easy to read, and I can only see half a screen size and have to keep scrolling over to read the comments. I'd like to be able to see it full screen.Steve Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214371275300282613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-73224856122322923422012-05-10T07:06:12.211+01:002012-05-10T07:06:12.211+01:00Tony Blackburn and myself have much the same taste...Tony Blackburn and myself have much the same taste in Soul music, that's why I enjoy his shows so much. So I was delighted to see OC Smith, Deniece Williams, (whose single I helped get to number one, and whose album, This is Niecy, is soulful and seductive) and Tavares. I bought a number of their albums, Sky High (1976) and Love Storm (1977) which contains Whodunit and two follow up singles, the dreadful One Step Away, which I remember Radio One Jock Robbie Vincent on his "Long hot summer of '77" disco show describing as "turgid, standard disco fayre" Too right. The album's third single, the excellent I Wanna See You Soon, a duet with labelmate Freda Payne, failed to chart. I gave up on Tavares albums after that one and only bought any singles that came out, and much, much later a greatest hits cd which is just about bearable.<br />I thought this show was a good one, although I'm getting a bit fed up of the seeing the same Elkie Brooks performance now, can't wait to see something different from her, I see a swift follow up is on the way. I'm also getting a bit fed up of ABBA at number one, familiarity breeds contempt eh! Roll on Niecy when she gets to the top.Steve Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214371275300282613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-12863363692482860782012-05-09T15:56:05.352+01:002012-05-09T15:56:05.352+01:00Another (one-off) take on this week<a href="http://williambswygart.tumblr.com/post/22705808571/music-diary-2012-part-three-technically-part-one" rel="nofollow">Another (one-off) take on this week</a>Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-68238864318822710792012-05-09T07:51:57.820+01:002012-05-09T07:51:57.820+01:00It's a shame that - after that Blue Peter - th...It's a shame that - after that Blue Peter - the BBC doesn't present to us the almost-complete Dick Emery recovered TOTP of the same week - a very fast-paced as-live show feating the likes of Queen, Glitter Band, Sparks, Roxy Music, Pilot and a load ofothers live in the studio....Chris Barrattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-76348865970815065262012-05-08T08:27:38.449+01:002012-05-08T08:27:38.449+01:00Sorry I'm late, most of the points I was going...Sorry I'm late, most of the points I was going to make have already been made other than the fact the guitarist in Eddie and The Hot Rods doing all the rock poses looked exactly like Kevin Eldon as Simon Quinlank. On Popular someone says that the audience fleeing to OC Smith should be accompanied by a speech bubble saying "Thank Christ that's over!". The audience really were comically unimpressed this week.<br /><br />I loved that Leo video, I'd never seen it before and it's hilarious, even though it fails to follow the golden rule that every video filmed in a white void must at one point go into a black void.<br /><br />Looking good for the next few weeks anyway, the double bill makes up part of surely the best night's telly ever with that Blue Peter coming from 4th November 1974 and also featuring Petra's birthday, then the week after that Jim presents probably the most eclectic and bizarre line-up in the show's history.Steve Williamshttp://www.tvcream.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-3727543305986810392012-05-07T10:37:13.349+01:002012-05-07T10:37:13.349+01:00Out of completeness, and as quite a few people see...Out of completeness, and as quite a few people seem to remember it: <a href="http://lordofthebootsale.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/richard-digance-earls-winger.html" rel="nofollow">Richard Digance's Earl's A Winger</a>Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-62611494366522656982012-05-06T22:16:34.224+01:002012-05-06T22:16:34.224+01:00I must have watched the Deniece Williams song abou...I must have watched the Deniece Williams song about 20 times now. Never tire of it - absolutely magical.Stuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-4456888909739238852012-05-06T17:03:02.812+01:002012-05-06T17:03:02.812+01:00Enjoyed this week's show, although I must admi...Enjoyed this week's show, although I must admit the catchy, heartfelt and beautifully sung refrain, 'Living with you is beautiful', hasn't quite left my head from last week yet. <br /><br />Neither has the WTF moment of Cleo Laine and Andy (sic!) Williams. I know we didn't have the phrase WTF in 1977, but I do remember thinking its equivalent back then, which was 'Gosh, what is this doing on my favourite pop music charts programme without being in the charts?'<br /><br />Always interesting to see what isn't on a particular show, and it's sad so many new entries recently have been ignored for one reason or another - Glen Campbell, Streisand, Van McCoy (although those two are around for Barry Biggs style ages!), Mike Nesmith, Rose Royce... <br /><br />Waiting in the wings in the Top 50 are Joe Tex, The Eagles, 10CC, Deep Purple, Rod Stewart, Television, and, er, Barry Biggs' latest, which doesn't actually make it past 36. Bless. He needs to do something else with a circus theme really...<br /><br />Oh, and it was Abba's fourth week at number one. Pedantic mode off.<br /><br />See you for the double in a fortnight.babblingmouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800031680643785923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-31255106451805580472012-05-06T13:04:44.642+01:002012-05-06T13:04:44.642+01:00i took a look at the above, and i see what you mea...i took a look at the above, and i see what you mean... but i had to watch it with the sound off as i hate reg's singing so much!<br /><br />if anyone's interested, i thought i'd give an update on this blog's "competitors": sadly <a rel="nofollow">yellow pearl</a> has long since stopped commenting on the show and just offers bone-dry stats, and now it seems <a rel="nofollow">trip tv</a> has given up the ghost as well as they haven't filed a report since the last kid jensen show... a shame really as although this blog is the original and best, the others also provided entertaining rashomon-style differing views. still, at least <a rel="nofollow">steve does top of the pops!</a> continues to give us an alternative outlook...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-61916281892453251752012-05-06T11:45:57.571+01:002012-05-06T11:45:57.571+01:00The 'change' in TOTP re: atmosphere & ...The 'change' in TOTP re: atmosphere & audience happened as 1974 rolled into 1975 - look at this recovered Elton John performance from September 74, the show was still quick-paced and as much about the studio audience as the performances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HxYuCsj26sChris Barrattnoreply@blogger.com