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Talking of jingles, the show is missing the R1 summer jingle, which sort of went...."Suuuummmmer radio, on the Tony Blackburn show....."
It was used by most Radio 1 DJ's late 70's early 80's, often on the Roadshow anyone recall the one I mean? It would be a good addition to summer POTP charts. |
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I remember Paul still using that jingle in 2007 during Classic Golds final few months.
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Poptastic!
I'm listening to POTP on the iPlayer and it's now playing the number 1 from 1974 - I used to own 'Sugar Baby Love' by The Rubettes, one of the first singles I ever bought. It still sounds brilliant. |
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Poptastic!
I'm listening to POTP on the iPlayer and it's now playing the number 1 from 1974 - I used to own 'Sugar Baby Love' by The Rubettes, one of the first singles I ever bought. It still sounds brilliant. |
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Yes and I am a 40 year old music lover so well with in the age bracket and I want to hear post 2000 charts. I certainly at least want to hear some 90's charts. If it is aiming at the age group you say it is ridiculous that we rarely ever hear anything from the last 20 years.
As for the 2 years being featured being poles apart. No they are not. Only 7 years apart and certainly more didn't happen between these 2 years than 60 years of pop music to date! We are always hearing 1981 and I suspect again we will hear the delights of Stars on 45 again!:yawn: Quote:
Barely a gap? The singles charts of 1974 and 1981 may be just 7 years apart, but in music terms they are light years away from each other. More happened between those two dates in music than in most of the entire 60 years of pop music to date.
Most listeners to Pick Of The Pops do not want to hear charts since the year 2000 for a start, although 2001 has been played before. I'm guessing it's aiming at 35 to 55 year old music lovers, but did play 1961 last week, which would appeal to people of almost 70, so in the hosts age bracket. I seem to remember the local radio station used to play some 70s pop, soul and R&B while I was growing up, so maybe I got an ear from it there as well. Personally the 90s were 'my years' when I was a teenager, so I'd love to hear some of that too but it wouldn't necessarily mean much to the majority of listeners, so I'd understand not covering that time - maybe in 10 years time or so?. I imagine some people think its a bit strange that I listen and like music thats pretty old but I do like some modern day artists as well - I like what I like I imagine I'm probably about the youngest person (or one of them) to enjoy listening and shown an interest in it sometimes but I could be wrong and am happy to be proven wrong I think Tony is a good DJ for the show as he's quite laid back, although it is frustrating when DJs talk over the end of tracks - tut.If Radio 1 had a show dedicated to playing music between say the early 80s and the late 90s, that would suit me fine but I doubt if they'd do that because Radio 1 is supposed to be purely about the up-and-coming, hits before and as their hits, isn't it I could be wrong though. [/speech]
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I'm a bit disappointed that TB didn't play 'Ossie's Dream' at number 5 this week in 1981. While it's not the best of songs (it's rubbish to be honest!) I do wish TB would play all of the records inside the top 10 and not skip one or two. It was for this reason that I stopped listening for a while, TB can be too selective about what is (or not is) played.
It's a shame as it spoiled what has otherwise been a great show. |
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I'm a bit disappointed that TB didn't play 'Ossie's Dream' at number 5 this week in 1981. While it's not the best of songs (it's rubbish to be honest!) I do wish TB would play all of the records inside the top 10 and not skip one or two. It was for this reason that I stopped listening for a while, TB can be too selective about what is (or not is) played.
It's a shame as it spoiled what has otherwise been a great show. |
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Yes it contained that immortal lyric "Spurs are on their way to Wembley, Ossie's knees have gone all trembly....."!
![]() Good old Chas n Dave doing the business on the lyrics! |
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![]() Good old Chas n Dave doing the business on the lyrics! |
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Chas and Dave are the business!
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I'm a bit disappointed that TB didn't play 'Ossie's Dream' at number 5 this week in 1981. While it's not the best of songs (it's rubbish to be honest!) I do wish TB would play all of the records inside the top 10 and not skip one or two. It was for this reason that I stopped listening for a while, TB can be too selective about what is (or not is) played.
It's a shame as it spoiled what has otherwise been a great show. |
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Chas and Dave are the business!
The good old FA Cup days when if the Saturday match ended in a draw we'd get a Thursday night replay. |
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I love Tony's style and he plays songs other stations leave out, a major plus for me. I tend to listen only to 1977-1985 though, as they're what interests me.
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I think most listeners of the programme want to hear charts from the sixties, seventies and eighties not the nineties and 00's. I'm most interested in the charts from the sixties and seventies, not early sixties though. Regarding charts from the nineties and 00's it must be remembered which station this show is on, most Radio 2 listeners wouldn't want to listen to rap/hip hop/rave etc, maybe there could be an alternative Pick of the Pops on Radio 1 to cover those years.
You say it should be remembered what station the show is on. Well the target age of the station is over 35';s. A 35 year old would have been 15 in 1993 and 20 in 1998. So the show isn't reflecting that. Also if Dance music is so unsuitable for Radio 2 why does Dave Pearce have a Saturday night Dance show on the station? |
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That's a fantastic jingle. Has he played that then previously on POTP?
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I've said this before, but I think it would be great if there was a POTP on both Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday one could be 80s and beyond and the Sunday one 50s-70s. It wouldn't bother me if this meant one or both had to be recorded - at least there'd be more music and less reading out of texts.
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I've said this before, but I think it would be great if there was a POTP on both Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday one could be 80s and beyond and the Sunday one 50s-70s. It wouldn't bother me if this meant one or both had to be recorded - at least there'd be more music and less reading out of texts.
Saturday's schedule on Radio 2 is more "current" so say 80's or 90's or even 00's on a Saturday would work, then Sunday concentrating on the older stuff but no idea where it could fit into the schedules. |
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That's a fantastic jingle. Has he played that then previously on POTP?
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I agree! There was a documentary about them on BBC4 the other day, I think it was first broadcast last year, which shows how much musical heritage they both have. I love their music.
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C&D certainly have great musical heritage, they worked with Joe Meek in the early 60's.
They've knocked out some great songs over the years, though Ossie's Dream aint one of them. There just aint no pleasing some people
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Tony mentioned this one the show today and said it's the first time Pick of the Pops has been done by just using vinyl.
Sorry Tony but it's not. How do you think that it was done all those years ago ? |
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A mix of vinyl and audio tape, with the later the addition of 8 track tape cartridges, so maybe he is using just vinyl this time.
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It will be good to hear the countdown from 1976. Hopefully Tony will play 'Love Hangover' by Diana Ross. It's possibly my favourite Diana Ross song.
I wonder which chart he will be counting down, the chart dated 5 June 1976 or the one dated 12 June 1976? As the programme is broadcast on 8 June 2013 it would make sense to countdown the latter chart as it was first unveiled on Tuesday 8 June 1976. Back in 1976 June was the first month of the unforgettable heatwave that we had that year although until the 22nd of June the weather was changeable apart from a mini-heatwave on the 7th to the 9th of June. Then we had a spell of cool and unsettled weather before the heatwave that we all remember started in earnest on 22 June and lasted until 27 August when we began to have very memorable thunderstorms - Newcastle was hit on the 28th by flash flooding and I can remember the shopping centre in my town just south of Newcastle being flooded and I remember getting absolutely soaking wet! But the records Tony will be playing next weekend remind me of the start of the heatwave, especially (if it is played) 'The Boys Are Back In Town' by Thin Lizzy which I especially associate with the heatwave, partly because it was a massive radio hit in June and July 1976 and so I heard the song quite a lot back then and partly because of the verse That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long Won't be long till summer comes Now that the boys are here again which summed up the summer perfectly for me. |
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I'm a bit disappointed that TB didn't play 'Ossie's Dream' at number 5 this week in 1981. While it's not the best of songs (it's rubbish to be honest!) I do wish TB would play all of the records inside the top 10 and not skip one or two. It was for this reason that I stopped listening for a while, TB can be too selective about what is (or not is) played.
It's a shame as it spoiled what has otherwise been a great show. I was a bit disappointed that Tony passed by Human League's The Sound Of The Crowd and went for George Harrison's All Those Years Ago. I think if you are playing a particular year then it helps to try and play what sounds more relevant from the year in question if it was in the Top 20, and Human League were more so than one of the former Beatles less great solo efforts. David1956 mentioned Dale's shows being better, well I have got a couple of years of his on tape, as well as the final 2 of Fluff's, and although Dale was not as bad as I thought when he took over from the original master of POTP, his shows were just competent and no more, whereas Tony has brought an enthusiastic spark into it again which is just great. He is miles better in every way, and I can tell you that Dale did also talk over tracks because I've heard some back and it didn't take long to find him doing it. I think the reason he reads so many texts and tweets out on air is likely down to the producers wanting the show to "prove it's live" more than anything else. The text yesterday from the guy that told Tony he had played Bill Withers Just The Two Of Us, when I, and most, Tony included, knew it was Grover Washington Jnr's version was just hilarious. I loved the on air put down he gave to the texter when he said "We do actually know what we are doing here you know". That told him. JBO's post #2 mentioned hoping June 1988 will get played. It did get played tonight on Smooth's copy of POTP with David Jensen. When he followed it up with this weekend in 1979 you just could feel the difference in quality between the two years, showing 1988 up for the low it was at that point in the 1980's, and for how brilliant 1979 was. |
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It was a good idea of yours to start a Pick Of The Pops thread Rich Tea. After all these years the board has been running, back to 2000 or so, and after a few DS threads over the years about certain aspects of POTP, in hindsight I'm surprised that no-one had previously thought to start a dedicated POTP thread.
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I imagine I'm probably about the youngest person (or one of them) to enjoy listening and shown an interest in it sometimes but I could be wrong and am happy to be proven wrong
I could be wrong though. [/speech]
