Anyway, I'm off to watch Newcastle (hopefully) beat Notts Forest 
Top Of The Pops 1982 - BBC4
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Originally Posted by Straker:
“None on any format. I do have a CD of loungecore cover versions of their stuff but that's as close as it gets.
No Rolling Stones stuff either.
”
“None on any format. I do have a CD of loungecore cover versions of their stuff but that's as close as it gets.
No Rolling Stones stuff either.
”
I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though!
They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. 
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“There's a thread on a music forum giving all the 80's top 5 sales. I'll see if I can find out for you.”
“There's a thread on a music forum giving all the 80's top 5 sales. I'll see if I can find out for you.”
Thanks.
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though! They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. ”
“I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though!
They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. ”
Sacrilege. Note my username.
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“Can only hope its gonna be a "no!".”
“Can only hope its gonna be a "no!".
”
I'm with you. Starmaker was a horrible record. On the whole though the Autumn of 1982 was strong and I wonder if Peel's admiration of Shalamar was just a running joke. Struck me over the last two evenings that Peel largely played it straight as a solo presenter but did a fine job.
Originally Posted by annielou:
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I have rewatched the Bitterest Pill video several times since last week and am sufficiently recovered from my reminder of seeing Paul Weller as a romantic lead. I think he also wore that trench coat in the Speak Like a Child video as well. Shame they missed out on a number one, but Musical Youth was a breath of fresh air at the time.”
“
I have rewatched the Bitterest Pill video several times since last week and am sufficiently recovered from my reminder of seeing Paul Weller as a romantic lead. I think he also wore that trench coat in the Speak Like a Child video as well. Shame they missed out on a number one, but Musical Youth was a breath of fresh air at the time.”
And on the cover of the 'Cafe Bleu' album as well.
Originally Posted by LittleGirlOf7:
“Aww, John dedicated Love Me Do to his missus. So sweet.”
“Aww, John dedicated Love Me Do to his missus. So sweet.”
Until he dumped her for Yoko!
Originally Posted by Robbie01:
“Anyway, I'm off to watch Newcastle (hopefully) beat Notts Forest”
“Anyway, I'm off to watch Newcastle (hopefully) beat Notts Forest
”
See you at the bar at half-time!
An alright edition this evening. More than one track that has stood the test of time. Twice in the case of The Beatles.
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“Sacrilege. Note my username.”
“Sacrilege. Note my username.
”
And...probably best I keep my opinion of EP's music to myself!!!
Originally Posted by LittleGirlOf7:
“Aww, John dedicated Love Me Do to his missus. So sweet.”
“Aww, John dedicated Love Me Do to his missus. So sweet.”
Originally Posted by UrsulaU:
“Until he dumped her for Yoko!”
“Until he dumped her for Yoko!
”
Peel, not Lennon.
Originally Posted by Straker:
“None on any format. I do have a CD of loungecore cover versions of their stuff but that's as close as it gets.
No Rolling Stones stuff either.”
“None on any format. I do have a CD of loungecore cover versions of their stuff but that's as close as it gets.
No Rolling Stones stuff either.
”
Do you have anything by Elvis? I feel a para-phrasing of a Clash lyric coming on!
Well an impressive TOTP tonight - Loved seeing Tears For Fears again, Ultravox - good song & if The Pretenders had been there even better. A bonus having 'Love Me Do' in the charts too - should have got higher back in the 60s.
So overall a 7/10!
So overall a 7/10!
Originally Posted by LittleGirlOf7:
“Peel, not Lennon.”
“Peel, not Lennon.”
Oh yeah - sorry missed that bit!
I did hear him say the bit about "loves coming at you" though.
They used to get away with saying a lot back then!! 
Originally Posted by footygirl:
“What happened to the episodes that feature Musical Youth's first two weeks at number one”
“What happened to the episodes that feature Musical Youth's first two weeks at number one”
Basically Jimmy Savile happened!
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though! They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. ”
“I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though!
They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. ”
In my much younger days, I was very opinionated about music and would've been chomping at the bit, but now I'm of the opinion that in the end its just music!
To quote Bob Dylan, 'I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.'
Originally Posted by Cat Simon:
“In my much younger days, I was very opinionated about music and would've been chomping at the bit, but now I'm of the opinion that in the end its just music!
To quote Bob Dylan, 'I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.'”
“In my much younger days, I was very opinionated about music and would've been chomping at the bit, but now I'm of the opinion that in the end its just music!
To quote Bob Dylan, 'I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.'”
Indeed!! And of course that's just how it should be.
Never seen that Dylan quote before, like that!
Originally Posted by footygirl:
“What happened to the episodes that feature Musical Youth's first two weeks at number one”
“What happened to the episodes that feature Musical Youth's first two weeks at number one”
Links to downloads of both of those shows have been posted on previous pages on this thread, if you're interested.
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though! They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. ”
“I only have a handful of Beatles songs. Surprised to hear your not a Stones fan either though!
They were much better IMO. Which probably won't be a popular opinion to some. ”
Electronic music is my bag, everything from Louis & Bebe Barron to SAW. I love the sound of machines making music. Just never got The Beatles or The Stones or Bob Dylan for that matter
Originally Posted by Cat Simon:
“Do you have anything by Elvis? I feel a para-phrasing of a Clash lyric coming on!”
“Do you have anything by Elvis? I feel a para-phrasing of a Clash lyric coming on!”
Love The King. Inherited that from my mum.
Big fan of Sinatra too, particularly his Nelson Riddle collaborations just in case anyone thinks I eschew the massively popular for the sake of it!
OFGS we've missed out on some great songs and performances thanks to Yewtree and Mike Smith.
Wham and Hall and Oats.
And Annie I'm not Your Daddy performance with the backing singers giving Marie Wilson's backing singer a run for their money.
manilows worst song was his biggest hit, strange how this did so well.
anyone like tears for fears stuff before they were famous in the band Graduate who had two good singles, ever met a day and elvis should play ska.
anyone like tears for fears stuff before they were famous in the band Graduate who had two good singles, ever met a day and elvis should play ska.
Originally Posted by highlander1969:
“Mari reminds me a bit of Deneice Welch if that's how it's spelt!”
“Mari reminds me a bit of Deneice Welch if that's how it's spelt!”
BIB - "i before e, except after c" is what I was taught at school.
Originally Posted by SgtRock:
“Still absolutely no bells being rung by The Pinkees - either they've completely fallen out of my head or they completely passed me by (and bear in mind that I'm just about the only poster on here who remembered seeing The Leyton Buzzards first time round).”
“Still absolutely no bells being rung by The Pinkees - either they've completely fallen out of my head or they completely passed me by (and bear in mind that I'm just about the only poster on here who remembered seeing The Leyton Buzzards first time round).”
Perhaps I was the other one.
Originally Posted by vauxhall1964:
“wow. Pop history in the making with the nation's first exposure to Boy George”
“wow. Pop history in the making with the nation's first exposure to Boy George”
Originally Posted by Cat Simon:
“My generation's Bowie/Starman moment!”
“My generation's Bowie/Starman moment!”
I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to you all.
Originally Posted by Straker:
“Are you kidding? His surgeon performs operations in a wind tunnel - Its the only explanation for that thing he calls a face.”
“Are you kidding? His surgeon performs operations in a wind tunnel - Its the only explanation for that thing he calls a face.”
If Donald Trump allowed his plastic surgeon to perform operations in a wind tunnel he would probably emerge from it looking something like this.
https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qim...t_to_webp=true
Originally Posted by koantemplation:
“OFGS we've missed out on some great songs and performances thanks to Yewtree and Mike Smith.
Wham and Hall and Oats.”
“OFGS we've missed out on some great songs and performances thanks to Yewtree and Mike Smith.
Wham and Hall and Oats.”
AFAIK it's only speculation at the moment but if Mike Smith's inaugural 4th November 1982 edition is inexplicably skipped then I'd say it's looking pretty ominous and knowing the BBC it's probably safe to assume the worst.
Just What I Always Wanted sounds better each time I hear it. It turns out the producer is none other than Tony Mansfield of New Musik fame.
I much preferred her single before this, 'Baby It's True', which missed the top 40. 'Wanted' is a bit too obvious for me
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