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David Soul, Mark King, Steve McQueen - anyone else he looks like?
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Not this again. Wish he would saddle up and giddy the hell out of here.
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Well another average episode. The highlight was Boy George/Culture obviously - but the rest I'll give a 4/10.
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I think for me the introduction of Gary Davies as a TOTP presenter will mark the end of the early 80s and start of the mid 80s. At some points in the mid 80s about half of all shows were being presented by either him or Mike Smith.
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I think for me the introduction of Gary Davies as a TOTP presenter will mark the end of the early 80s and start of the mid 80s. At some points in the mid 80s about half of all shows were being presented by either him or Mike Smith.
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At some points in the mid 80s about half of all shows were being presented by either him or Mike Smith.
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Yep, that edition had a whole host of Radio 1 DJ's including Jimmy Savile, Jonathan King and DLT so it will be locked away in the vaults for eternity.
It's a shame that 'Jocky' Wilson Said' only had one performance on Top of the Pops due to it climbing and falling so suddenly -26-5-6-10-17-26-56 It's one of my favourite songs of '82. Dexy's Midnight Runners - 'Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)'. Top of the Pops studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCCB8N2chqM
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Seeing as we won't get to see that delight here it is! How a pretty good song can be murdered by Radio 1 DJ's. Warning: This clip......well you know what I'm gonna say.... Adam Ant 'Friend or Foe' (Top of the Pops Radio 1 DJ's): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWqowWRdiic Mike Read maybe considering he had a couple of TV shows by then ? |
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Out of curiosity I just wonder who was the biggest name on Radio one by the Autumn of 82. I think we were past the point by then that the DJs were demi gods (only just mind). Steve Wright had yet to really make his name. Edmonds had all but left the network and Blackburn and DLT were yesterdays men
Mike Read maybe considering he had a couple of TV shows by then ?
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Mike Read maybe considering he had a couple of TV shows by then ?
Had 'Saturday Superstore' begun by the point we've now reached in the repeats? Edit: No, it began the Saturday of the week after - October 2nd. |
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One thing that seems to change sometime over the next 12 months or so is the age of the TOTP audience. For the last couple of years the average age has been around 18 (with quite a lot of 16 and 17 year olds) but by the end of 1983 it seems to be more like 20 or 21. I wonder whether someone at the BBC contacted Michael Hurll to tell him that he needed to slightly increase the age of the audience?
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Was the Dollar song that was edited out tonight their first in the post-Trevor Horn era?
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Out of curiosity I just wonder who was the biggest name on Radio one by the Autumn of 82. I think we were past the point by then that the DJs were demi gods (only just mind). Steve Wright had yet to really make his name. Edmonds had all but left the network and Blackburn and DLT were yesterdays men
Mike Read maybe considering he had a couple of TV shows by then ? Young Steve and the Afternoon Boys: 'I'm Alright' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJkOcbMlfo
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If you assume that a station's biggest name is the guy who does the breakfast show, then yes, he would have been.
Had 'Saturday Superstore' begun by the point we've now reached in the repeats? Edit: No, it began the Saturday of the week after - October 2nd. |
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Didn't Jimmy Savile just presume he was the biggest name on radio & TV for the second half of the 20th Century?
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Some good songs in this week's edition.
It's strange that for all its catchiness, I have absolutely zero recollection of 'Saddle Up' and it was a sizeable hit. Fat Larry's 'Zoom' is a classic, on the other hand, and I really loved it at the time. Depeche Mode have certainly moved on from the very simplistic tunes and lyrics of stuff like 'I Just Can't Enough'. 'Leave in Silence' is far more sophisticated. One of my favourites of theirs though comes next year with 'Everything Counts'. Very nice to see 'Pass the Dutchie' again after all these years. Talented youngsters. It's a pity that all the reaction and hype in the media to Culture Club back in the day was nothing at all to do with the quality of the song, but, as many forum members have alluded to upthread 'Is it a man, a woman or something else?' The hype gave much needed publicity and the group was certainly everywhere in the papers in those early weeks after the TOTP appearance. Can't really appreciate the merit of the Evelyn King song. Sounds very average. It totally passed me by at the time and it doesn't ring any bells hearing it again now. |
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I'm trying to think back but my memory's letting me down. I would say Peter Powell and Mike Read were pretty big back in '82 and Steve Wright was making a name for himself. Who can forget Steve Wright's Ivor Novello winning Top 40 song 'I'm Alright' which reached the dizzy heights of No.40 in December 1982? Tragically, it never appeared on Top of the Pops...not even on a Yewtree'd show!
Young Steve and the Afternoon Boys: 'I'm Alright' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJkOcbMlfo ![]() I always thought his best character was the not too well known Dave Doubledecks the local radio DJ..... thought that character was brilliant
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Was the Dollar song that was edited out tonight their first in the post-Trevor Horn era?
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Have links appeared for the Yewtreed 30th Sep and 7th Oct shows?
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I'm trying to think back but my memory's letting me down. I would say Peter Powell and Mike Read were pretty big back in '82 and Steve Wright was making a name for himself. Who can forget Steve Wright's Ivor Novello winning Top 40 song 'I'm Alright' which reached the dizzy heights of No.40 in December 1982! Tragically, it never appeared on Top of the Pops...not even on a Yewtree'd show!
Young Steve and the Afternoon Boys: 'I'm Alright' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJkOcbMlfo ![]() |
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BIB, not me! That chorus is still stuck in my head 30 odd years on.
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It was 'Give Me Some Kinda Magic'. I'm not sure if Trevor was involved. In fact I can't actually remember how the song goes. It only reached No.34. I'll have to Youtube it.
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Have links appeared for the Yewtreed 30th Sep and 7th Oct shows?
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Have links appeared for the Yewtreed 30th Sep and 7th Oct shows?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtQWa4B2K4 |
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He wasn't involved. That's probably why the song is so awful.
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Some good songs in this week's edition.
It's strange that for all its catchiness, I have absolutely zero recollection of 'Saddle Up' and it was a sizeable hit. Fat Larry's 'Zoom' is a classic, on the other hand, and I really loved it at the time. Depeche Mode have certainly moved on from the very simplistic tunes and lyrics of stuff like 'I Just Can't Enough'. 'Leave in Silence' is far more sophisticated. One of my favourites of theirs though comes next year with 'Everything Counts'. Very nice to see 'Pass the Dutchie' again after all these years. Talented youngsters. It's a pity that all the reaction and hype in the media to Culture Club back in the day was nothing at all to do with the quality of the song, but, as many forum members have alluded to upthread 'Is it a man, a woman or something else?' The hype gave much needed publicity and the group was certainly everywhere in the papers in those early weeks after the TOTP appearance. Can't really appreciate the merit of the Evelyn King song. Sounds very average. It totally passed me by at the time and it doesn't ring any bells hearing it again now. |
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I always thought his best character was the not too well known Dave Doubledecks the local radio DJ..... thought that character was brilliant
