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Old 09-12-2016, 19:48
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Correct way of saying it, apparently.

Typical, the one everyone else said wrong at the time is the one Simon Bates got right.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:48
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It's been a bland episode so far. Good songs if they were played on their own, but as a compilation it is too much.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:49
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Yes!

Brilliant Eddie Grant.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:50
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You'd think he'd use one of those chairs having dragged them out there.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:50
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This is okay but I much prefer Electric Avenue. It would have been nice for that to be number one and I Don't Wanna Dance to have been number two instead.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:51
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Where's he plugged that guitar?
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:51
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So what exactly was different about this Eddy Grant track compared to his previous ones which caused this one to get to no 1 instead of no 14?
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:51
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Correct way of saying it, apparently.

Typical, the one everyone else said wrong at the time is the one Simon Bates got right.
Not sure but I think most of the TOTP presenters pronounced it the correct way.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:51
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So what exactly was different about this Eddy Grant track compared to his previous ones which caused this one to get to no 1 instead of no 14?
A greater degree of inoffensiveness and accessibility, I would suggest.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:52
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Eddy Grant's second hit in the space of a few weeks, since he wrote Walking On Sunshine.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:53
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Trying to look deep and meaningful when you're holding an orange balloon.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:53
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New performance from Culture Club.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:53
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Such a shame we miss out on the great backing performance of 'Annie I'm Not Your Daddy'.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:55
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O'Dowd's a miserable mimist.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:55
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Oh no, Shakin Stevens' balloons are invading the studio.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:55
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I would almost certainly have been bored to tears by this episode in 1982. Nothing much has changed in that respect.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:56
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Getting a bit like Glastonbury with the flags getting in the way of the shot.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:56
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boy george was going out with the drummer at this stage i believe
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:57
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0/10, points taken off for how cringeworthy Bates was.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:57
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think manilow was in the country at the time, the only reason his worst record got as high in the charts
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:57
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Bloody hell! Simon nearly drown that vampire.
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:58
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Looks like that blond guy in his mid/late 20s who was always in the Top of the Pops studio standing next to the presenters in 1983 and 1984 has finally arrived. I wonder who he was. Anyone know who I mean?
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:59
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LittleGirlOf7:

I posted a perfectly polite request that I would have also posted to a man.

No 'bugging' took place.
It might have seemed politely worded, but when you analyse the content, it was anything but. Plainly completely insensitive, it might just as well have been phrased 'Let's cut to the chase. Don't care your husband is dead, love. Doesn't concern me.How dare he try and deprive me of my entitled right to watch TOTP episodes as a licence fee payer. (because I deserve it, because I am so important- and you should recognise my importance). Please try and satisfy my demands by overturning your husbands express wishes, as you should know that I am a viewer with rights. And my rights take precedence over any old dead TOPT presenter.'
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:59
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boy george was going out with the drummer at this stage i believe
Karma Chameleon is about their relationship.
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Old 09-12-2016, 20:01
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0/10, points taken off for how cringeworthy Bates was.
You didn't like any of the songs?
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