Coming from you Highlander Ian I'm afraid to say that I'm not entirely convinced.

I have some good news for you in the 1982 album chart coming up later by the way.

By 1986 Jimi Jamison (who died a couple of years ago aged 63) had replaced Dave Bickler on lead vocals.


Hurll's cheerleaders and paid-to-dance brigade dressed a lot more flamboyantly and idiosyncratically than the regular 80s TOTP audience - apart from that I don't think there was much difference between the two decades.

It would also have won the money on pointless earlier this evening as would my choice someone somewhere in summertime

That's the thing, my Bowie knowledge is so hit and miss. Also had a couple of blank moments in the general knowledge round even though I knew the answers and that was in the comfort of my own home. Gawd knows what a hash of it I would make in the actual chair.

But, if I was actually on the show, my specialist subject would probably be the TV series Spaced.

Go for The American guys classic Simple Minds with extra added kahunas

Just watched that Mastermind on the BBC live catch up facility which kicked off with the Bowie specialist subject and couldn't believe I actually got 13 points. They were so easy. But I'm a huge fan and it's always easy if you know.

Let's face it though, Mastermind is dumbed down beyond belief nowadays compared to Magnus's day, when a typical specialist subject would have been something along the lines of "The Life And Works Of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from 121AD to 180AD".

I was a fan of Bowie and only scored 4

on the plus side I scored 10 the other week on Red Rum and Ginger Mccain and 9 on Ipswich town- both through memory

agree though the subjects are so dumbed down. even the GK questions are much easier

Great to see the John Peel re-runs and there's an anniversary tomorrow that really brings home the importance of his career. Anarchy In The UK turns 40.

Or both are good, they are simply different?

Anyway, where is the harm or surprise in the ignorant behaving as the ignorant do? Think about it. Should you not rather blame yourself, for not anticipating that this man would make this error? Your reason gave you the resource to reckon this mistake likely from this man, yet you forgot and are now surprised that he went wrong.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.42.3

The general knowledge questions on Mastermind these days are ridiculously easy compared to when Magnusson was presenting it. Not sure about the specialised knowledge questions.

BIB - ICYMI, Kashif is another of 2016's casualties - he died in September.

'Love Come Down' is yet another brilliant classic from 1982 (there are so many) - but I can't help but wonder if Evelyn King might scored a bigger hit with the similarly Kashif-produced 'I'm In Love' a year earlier, had TOTP deigned to feature it (and it did scrape into the Top 30) …

Rather good quotes from Emperor Aurelius for in respect of DS....

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is perspective, not the truth"

"Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most clearly resembles the one I am about to criticise?"

"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own."

"Life is opinion"

UK Top 75 Singles Chart for w/e 18th September 1982 - Broadcast Radio 1, DLT @ 12.45pm Tues 14th Sept 1982.

1. (1) Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
2. (4) Dire Straits - Private Investigations
3. (2) Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
4. (5) Rocker's Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine
5. (New) The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
6. (8) ABC - All Of My Heart
7. (6) The Kids From 'Fame' Featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity
8. (13) Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message
9. (3) Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen
10. (17) Shalamar - There It Is
11. (11) Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight
12. (19) David Christie - Saddle Up
13. (9) Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1)
14. (14) Talk Talk - Today
15. (7) Soft Cell - What
16. (12) Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool
17. (24) Carly Simon - Why
18. (29) Evelyn King - Love Come Down
19. (10) Boystown Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
20. (15) Modern Romance Featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
21. (16) Sting - Spread A Little Happiness
22. (New) Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe
23. (21) Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence
24. (28) Shakatak - Invitations
25. (22) Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk
26. (18) Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy
27. (27) UB40 - So Here I Am
28. (38) Simple Minds - Glittering Prize
29. (20) Irene Cara - Fame
30. (23) Kool And The Gang - Big Fun
31. (40) Wonder Dogs - Ruff Mix
32. (31) Thomas Dolby - Windpower
33. (46) Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
34. (41) Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
35. (33) Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair/Love Hangover
36. (61) Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted
37. (25) Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes
38. (37) Showaddywaddy - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bompa-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)
39. (32) Wavelength - Hurry Home
40. (New) Fat Larry's Band - Zoom

The lower Top 75 positions;

41. (26) Captain Sensible - Wot
42. (30) Yazoo - Don't Go
43. (70) Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - Do Ya Wanna Funk
44. (63) Odyssey - Magic Touch
45. (47) Howard Johnson - So Fine
46. (44) Natasha - The Boom Boom Room
47. (55) Aretha Franklin - Jump To It
48. (35) Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss
49. (72) Journey - Who's Crying Now
50. (42) Rush - New World Man
51. (50) Gillan - Living For The City
52. (69) Michael Schenker Group - Dancer
53. (48) Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
54. (75) The Sugarhill Gang - The Lover In You
55. (52) The Steve Miller Band - Keeps Me Wondering Why
56. (75) Dennis Brown - Halfway Up, Halfway Down
57. (62) Billy Fury - Love Or Money
58. (68) Billy Idol - Hot In The City
59. (New) Dollar - Give Me Some Kinda Magic
60. (54) Fashion - Love Shadow
61. (39) The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl
62. (New) Pinkees - Danger Games
63. (64) Tygers Of Pan Tang - Paris By Air
64. (New) The Beat - Jeanette
65. (58) Irene Cara - Out Here On My Own Tonight
66. (New) Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
67. (67) Diamond Head - In The Heat Of The Night
68. (New) CaVa CaVa - Where's Romeo?
69. (49) Pete Townshend - Uniforms (Corps D'Esprit)
70. (New) The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun {1982}
71. (34) The Fun Boy Three - Summertime
72. (36) Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)
73. (New) Stiff Little Fingers - Bits Of Kids
74. (New) Asia - Only Time Will Tell
75. (45) Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon


Summary

11 New entries.
25 Up.
34 Down.
5 Non movers.

Longest song in chart Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners - 11 weeks.

The so called 'professional' dancers doing the same hand movements as the backing singers just seems wrong.

Great news Highlander Ian, your album is the highest climber by a mile, up 66 places!


UK Top 100 Album Chart for w/e 18th September 1982.

1. (1) Kids From Fame - Kids From Fame
2. (2) Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's
3. (New) Rush - Signals
4. (7) Various Artists - Breakout
5. (5) ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
6. (Re) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
7. (73) Various Artists - Chart Beat Chart Heat
8. (New) Gary Numan - I Assassin
9. (8) Imagination - In The Heat Of The Night
10. (4) Duran Duran - Rio
11. (3) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
12. (6) Cliff Richard - Now You See Me Now You Don't
13. (12) Scritti Politti - Songs To Remember
14. (9) The Commodores - Love Songs
15. (10) League Unlimited Orchestra - Love And Dancing
16. (11) The Who - It's Hard
17. (14) Blackfoot - Highway Song-Blackfoot Live
18. (New) Frida - Something's Going On
19. (15) Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
20. (16) Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters
21. (New) Level 42 - The Pursuit Of Accidents
22. (13) Madness - Complete Madness
23. (New) Mike Rutherford - Acting Very Strange
24. (23) Steve Winwood - Talking Back To The Night
25. (17) Original Soundtrack - Fame
26. (27) Roxy Music - Avalon
27. (21) Talk Talk - The Party's Over
28. (29) Asia - Asia
29. (20) John Martyn - Well Kept Secret
30. (19) Fleetwood Mac - Mirage
31. (18) Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Concerts
32. (28) Shalamar - Friends
33. (24) UB40 - The Singles Album
34. (30) Shakatak - Night Birds
35. (57) Evelyn King - Get Loose
36. (25) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Can't Stop The Classics - Hooked On Classics 2
37. (45) Journey - Escape
38. (34) Dire Straits - Makin' Movies
39. (22) Tygers Of Pan Tang - The Cage
40. (40) Japan - Assemblage
41. (61) Arlene Phillips - Keep In Shape System
42. (38) Soft Cell - Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing
43. (53) The Human League - Dare
44. (36) Fashion - Fabrique
45. (41) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
46. (43) Barbra Streisand - Love Songs
47. (42) Original Soundtrack - Rocky III
48. (55) Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire
49. (31) Simon And Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park
50. (35) Haircut 100 - Pelican West


51. (44) Various Artists - The Best Of British Jazz Funk Volume 2
52. (26) Bad Company - Rough Diamonds
53. (67) Y And T - Black Tiger
54. (32) Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
55. (39) Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
56. (50) Duran Duran - Duran Duran
57. (60) Elkie Brooks - Pearls
58. (52) The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
59. (64) The Rolling Stones - Still Life (American Concert 1981)
60. (68) Queen - Greatest Hits - Queen
61. (59) Genesis - 3 Sides Live
62. (33) Deep Purple - Deep Purple Live In London
63. (Re) Paul McCartney - Tug Of War
64. (72) Captain Sensible - Women And Captain First
65. (69) Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless
66. (56) Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
67. (98) Original Soundtrack - Brimstone And Treacle
68. (65) Japan - Tin Drum
69. (97) Elvis Presley - Romantic Elvis/Rockin' Elvis
70. (51) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
71. (78) Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
72. (47) Pink Floyd - The Wall
73. (37) Various Artists - Soul Daze/Soul Nites
74. (88) Foreigner - 4
75. (63) Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds
76. (82) Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
77. (75) Queen - Hot Space
78. (48) Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
79. (94) Shalamar - Greatest Hits - Shalamar
80. (66) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture And Morality
81. (Re) Imagination - Body Talk
82. (86) Bucks Fizz - Are You Ready?
84. (Re) Felicity Kendal - Shape Up And Dance (Volume 1)
85. (83) Associates - Sulk
86. (79) Au Pairs - Sense And Sensuality
87. (74) A Flock Of Seagulls - A Flock Of Seagulls
88. (46) Donna Summer - Donna Summer
89. (Re) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics
90. (81) Barry Manilow - Barry Live In Britain
91. (70) Barclay James Harvest - A Concert For The People (berlin)
92. (Re) Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
93. (54) David Essex - Stage Struck
94. (New) Comsat Angels - Fiction
95. (89) Simon And Garfunkel - The Simon And Garfunkel Collection
96. (62) Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
97. (New) Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow
98. (92) Barbara Dickson - All For A Song
99. (76) Randy Crawford - Windsong
100. (81) Santana - Shango


Summary

7 New entries.
23 Up.
59 Down.
6 Re-entries.
4 Non movers.

Longest album in chart Rumours by Fleetwood Mac - 258 weeks.

No83 is missing even from the OCC website. I bet you have it Robbie.

Wasn't keen on their new acoustic album. Simple Minds were always about the production values.

This UB40 track has got quite the funky bassline.

So UB40's new album was called UB44.

UB47 if you're one of this thread's many 69'ers!

Any claims on UB41, UB42, UB43, UB45, UB46, UB48, UB49 and I suppose UB40 and their album UB44 of course.

The Jam's The Bitterest Pill = Theme music to children's TV show Bagpuss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga23iSxyXO4

Good to see Frida of Abba proving what a wonderful thing hindsight is

Mark Hollis never bought a pair of sunglasses. Didn't need them.

Can you believe that!

Frida from Abba in the studio with her current new solo hit I Think There's Something Going On and it simply plays in the background without her singing it in the studio.

Trouble is it had gone down from No48 to No53 this week, damnation. Surely they could have broken their rigid rule for an Abba visitor to the studio.

It's a great solo track.

Whoever produced Today by Talk Talk did a bloody good job of it.

I wonder why ABC didn't appear in the studio to perform All Of My Heart? Maybe they were touring.

They definitely edited out the best songs from the early edition. I would have preferred Adam Ant only having one showing. Also could have done without Zoo dancing to Carly Simon.

Although the song is good