2 weeks always felt far too short for both those chart toppers. But in 1980 songs were having shorter runs at No1 for just that year oddly.
Compare the sheer brilliance of the two August 1980 hits at No1 from Abba and David Bowie, against the two songs that made No1 exactly ten years later in August 1990 from a bunch of Ninja Turtles and Timmy Mallett. Feel free to weep.
What a difference a decade makes! And some claim music didn't decline in late 80's! ;-)
Thanks for the tennis spoiler you sods on here! Watched Nadal lose the first set and felt confident he'd come back. Unfortunately I entirely forgot to come back myself and finish watching it.
Guilty as charged. Sorry RT! Was in shock about it and got carried away. Now expect Brown to lose in straight sets in the next round!
As was Elton last week! There must be something written into their contracts!! ;-)
I think they were both trying to be cool and failed miserably. Next weeks co-presenter isn't really capable of being cool whatever the situation so I don't think we'll witness that problem arising again though. ;-)
Don't look so miserable, Rog. You'll be headlining Glastonbury in 35 years.
The modern equivalent would be akin to Coldplay's Chris Martin being told today that he will be playing Glastonbury on the weekend of Friday 24th - Sunday 26th June 2050.
Roger Daltrey going on about The Clash was a bit like me back in March when Charli XCX had her concert in Brighton and it was clashed with my residiantal (Which I didn't go at the end beacause I did not feel well on the night before I departed for the Residiantal).
I think they were both trying to be cool and failed miserably. Next weeks co-presenter isn't really capable of being cool whatever the situation so I don't think we'll witness that problem arising again though. ;-)
Yes - if it's Cliff - he'll be guilty of being too nice instead!!
Compare the sheer brilliance of the two August 1980 hits at No1 from Abba and David Bowie, against the two songs that made No1 exactly ten years later in August 1990 from a bunch of Ninja Turtles and Timmy Mallett. Feel free to weep.
Yikes!!
I'm so glad I was a child of the 80s & not the 90s!! I certainly wouldn'tve been asking for either of those singles for my birthday!!
Now, it's one thing to edit for time and then repeat the show in full later but another to edit for content and not say so. That's the case with Roger's comments. I always think that if a programme has been edited since its original broadcast - for whatever reason - it should be mentioned at the start either by the announcer or with a caption/symbol. Like the P sign you get to denote product placement. An E in a circle or something just so the viewer knows.
I saw him in pantomime when I was very young in the 1980s. I think it was Tom Thumb. I remember absolutely nothing of the show itself apart from crumpling onto the floor in a heap after not realising the seats flip back when you stand up.
What a difference a decade makes! And some claim music didn't decline in late 80's! ;-)
Guilty as charged. Sorry RT! Was in shock about it and got carried away. Now expect Brown to lose in straight sets in the next round!
I think they were both trying to be cool and failed miserably. Next weeks co-presenter isn't really capable of being cool whatever the situation so I don't think we'll witness that problem arising again though. ;-)
Anyone who compares 1990 favourably against 1980 is tone deaf.
No worries. I sat watching the first set of that match as I ate dinner and for about the first 5 games I thought Nadal was playing Gael Monfils the Frenchman, not this Dustin Brown character!
Overly trying to be cool like Roger was doing tonight is infact incredibly uncool and shows through so easily. I disagree with you about Cliff. He is naturally a cool guy, and in 1980 was very much cool again, one of his coolest periods. Tom Jones is considered a really cool guy nowadays. In 1980 he was thought of as utterly naff and a has been at just 40, the same age as Cliff.
I saw him in pantomime when I was very young in the 1980s. I think it was Tom Thumb. I remember absolutely nothing of the show itself apart from crumpling onto the floor in a heap after not realising the seats flip back when you stand up.
That caught me out too once or twice in the past. ;-)
Anyone who compares 1990 favourably against 1980 is tone deaf.
No worries. I sat watching the first set of that match as I ate dinner and for about the first 5 games I thought Nadal was playing Gael Monfils the Frenchman, not this Dustin Brown character!
Overly trying to be cool like Roger was doing tonight is infact incredibly uncool and shows through so easily. I disagree with you about Cliff. He is naturally a cool guy, and in 1980 was very much cool again, one of his coolest periods. Tom Jones is considered a really cool guy nowadays. In 1980 he was thought of as utterly naff and a has been at just 40, the same age as Cliff.
Yeah, agreed. I was a bit harsh on Cliff and took a bit of a cheap swipe earlier. He's alright and I wouldn't have 28 of his songs on the ipod if I really thought otherwise.
Huh, the following year or so, Rolfs Cartoon Time was taken off and replaced by Neighbours. I liked his choice of cartoons, it lightened the mood just before the news.
BBC and their soaps, they should have left that muck to the commercial TV channels
Now, it's one thing to edit for time and then repeat the show in full later but another to edit for content and not say so. That's the case with Roger's comments. I always think that if a programme has been edited since its original broadcast - for whatever reason - it should be mentioned at the start either by the announcer or with a caption/symbol. Like the P sign you get to denote product placement. An E in a circle or something just so the viewer knows.
A bit OTT! They cut 3 words out of a show first shown 35 years ago and they should tell the viewers this?! What were they supposed to say: "Next on BBC 4 is Top of the Pops from August 1980, the three words "mind your backs" have been deleted from the show in case anyone finds them offensive".
Well - a great show tonight - a bit of everything - I couldn't post before as I was glued to the set !!
They DID cut out Roger's comment after all!! Maybe someone read our earlier comments and reported back to the BBC!
Loved Bowie's video - got that single for my 11th birthday on the strength of the video! Loved Grace Jones too! - Smoking away I see!!
8 out of 10!!
Except she never put the cigarette to her mouth! Surprised she didn't burn her fingers!
What a difference a decade makes! And some claim music didn't decline in late 80's! ;-)
Guilty as charged. Sorry RT! Was in shock about it and got carried away. Now expect Brown to lose in straight sets in the next round!
I think they were both trying to be cool and failed miserably. Next weeks co-presenter isn't really capable of being cool whatever the situation so I don't think we'll witness that problem arising again though. ;-)
There may have been a slight decline in 1987/8, but 1989 is up there with the best of them.
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Ooh that's right! I preferred Mr Lewis!! (Think that was his name, anyhow!!)
I think they were both trying to be cool and failed miserably. Next weeks co-presenter isn't really capable of being cool whatever the situation so I don't think we'll witness that problem arising again though. ;-)
What is it about TOTP & its never ending list of suspects?!!
Yes - if it's Cliff - he'll be guilty of being too nice instead!!
Yikes!!
I'm so glad I was a child of the 80s & not the 90s!!
Perhaps Roger had just come off the set of 'McVicar' after a long, hard day's filming and was still "in character" ?
"Straker" will be opening next week's show, let alone posting on Digital Spy about it.... ;-)
Mr Lucas! He was the funnier of the two juniors.
Oh yes - I knew it started with an L!!
I saw him in pantomime when I was very young in the 1980s. I think it was Tom Thumb. I remember absolutely nothing of the show itself apart from crumpling onto the floor in a heap after not realising the seats flip back when you stand up.
Always amuses me when people think it's a song about driving a car.
Anyone who compares 1990 favourably against 1980 is tone deaf.
No worries. I sat watching the first set of that match as I ate dinner and for about the first 5 games I thought Nadal was playing Gael Monfils the Frenchman, not this Dustin Brown character!
Overly trying to be cool like Roger was doing tonight is infact incredibly uncool and shows through so easily. I disagree with you about Cliff. He is naturally a cool guy, and in 1980 was very much cool again, one of his coolest periods. Tom Jones is considered a really cool guy nowadays. In 1980 he was thought of as utterly naff and a has been at just 40, the same age as Cliff.
Abba, IMHO, second only to the Beatles in creating absolutely perfect pop music.
You can explore 1980 BBC1 schedules here....
http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/years/1980
but "next week's episode" is 40 minutes (cut to 30 at 7.30 by BBC4 of course).
It's not until February 1985.
Yeah, agreed. I was a bit harsh on Cliff and took a bit of a cheap swipe earlier. He's alright and I wouldn't have 28 of his songs on the ipod if I really thought otherwise.
To make room for Eastenders.
Huh, the following year or so, Rolfs Cartoon Time was taken off and replaced by Neighbours. I liked his choice of cartoons, it lightened the mood just before the news.
BBC and their soaps, they should have left that muck to the commercial TV channels
Common link here is Steve Strange who also appeared in the TV show Ashes to Ashes first series I think? I have the DVD collection.
A bit OTT! They cut 3 words out of a show first shown 35 years ago and they should tell the viewers this?! What were they supposed to say: "Next on BBC 4 is Top of the Pops from August 1980, the three words "mind your backs" have been deleted from the show in case anyone finds them offensive".
That honour went to Grace Jones.
Yes, definitely.
Except she never put the cigarette to her mouth! Surprised she didn't burn her fingers!
There may have been a slight decline in 1987/8, but 1989 is up there with the best of them.