Originally Posted by Ella Nut:
“Well I liked Classic. Pretty little ditty.”
“Well I liked Classic. Pretty little ditty.”
Snap Ella - me too!
Top Of The Pops 1982 - BBC4
60 of 549
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“Might be wrong but I say no. I think they'd released a single but it hadn't charted.”
“Might be wrong but I say no. I think they'd released a single but it hadn't charted.”
Wasnt their first hit "Really Saying Something" about a month later, which I seem to remember featured FB3?
Originally Posted by Rinsewind:
“Wasnt their first hit "Really Saying Something" about a month later, which I seem to remember featured FB3?”
“Wasnt their first hit "Really Saying Something" about a month later, which I seem to remember featured FB3?”
That was the follow up to tonight's song.
Their debut single was, I believe, 'Aie a Mwana', which is a great song but it failed to chart.
Originally Posted by highlander1969:
“Breath of fresh air from Bow wow wow.”
“Breath of fresh air from Bow wow wow.”
Weren't the backing band Adam's original Ants?
Originally Posted by UrsulaU;83*****4:
“Or 'Winner Takes it All' for me (as in an overrated song that everyone seems to like)
I do like Golden Brown - but not as much as their late 70s punk stuff!”
“Or 'Winner Takes it All' for me (as in an overrated song that everyone seems to like)
I do like Golden Brown - but not as much as their late 70s punk stuff!”
Ha!
Well indeed. Still mystifies me that Ursula. Out of interest and if you've ever commented on it, apologies I forget, but did you like 'Day Before You Came'?
Originally Posted by Torch81:
“Ha! Well indeed. Still mystifies me that Ursula. Out of interest and if you've ever commented on it, apologies I forget, but did you like 'Day Before You Came'?”
“Ha!
Well indeed. Still mystifies me that Ursula. Out of interest and if you've ever commented on it, apologies I forget, but did you like 'Day Before You Came'?”
Hmmm - I'm undecided about that one too!! To be honest as soon as Agnetha cut her hair - I lost interest in Abba after that & their 'let's sound mature' style!!
Originally Posted by Rinsewind:
“Weren't the backing band Adam's original Ants?”
“Weren't the backing band Adam's original Ants?”
Yes. Spot on there!
Originally Posted by SgtRock:
“Gonna write a classic
Gonna write it in an attic.
Worst opening lines ever.”
“Gonna write a classic
Gonna write it in an attic.
Worst opening lines ever.”
It has very strong competition from
"She's a model and she's looking good
I'd like to take her home, that's understood."
Originally Posted by Rinsewind:
“Weren't the backing band Adam's original Ants?”
“Weren't the backing band Adam's original Ants?”
I believe so yes. We'll soon be getting 'Deutscher Girls' by the original Adam and the Ants on TOTPs. It's only danced to by Zoo though.
Originally Posted by highlander1969:
“I might be in a minority here but I've always loathed 'Classic'. I never had the patience for it.”
“I might be in a minority here but I've always loathed 'Classic'. I never had the patience for it.”
I think the problem is, that if you call a song "Classic". you also have to make sure that it is. Having said that, it's unlikely that anybody would ever write a song called "Absolute Drivel".
Originally Posted by Rinsewind:
“It has very strong competition from
"She's a model and she's looking good
I'd like to take her home, that's understood."”
“It has very strong competition from
"She's a model and she's looking good
I'd like to take her home, that's understood."”
Google translate from the original German is good for a laugh:
She's a model and she looks good
I would take today 'happy with me to my house
you plays hard, she comes to no one' ran
before the camera, she shows what she can
Originally Posted by Straker:
“Google translate from the original German is good for a laugh:
She's a model and she looks good
I would take today 'happy with me to my house
you plays hard, she comes to no one' ran
before the camera, she shows what she can”
“Google translate from the original German is good for a laugh:
She's a model and she looks good
I would take today 'happy with me to my house
you plays hard, she comes to no one' ran
before the camera, she shows what she can”
All making perfect sense of course!
Originally Posted by faversham saint:
“34 years later I'm still waiting to hear the elusive classic Mr. Gurvitz claimed to be writing in an attic.”
“34 years later I'm still waiting to hear the elusive classic Mr. Gurvitz claimed to be writing in an attic.”
I don't recommend holding your breath...!
Originally Posted by UrsulaU:
“Hmmm - I'm undecided about that one too!! To be honest as soon as Agnetha cut her hair - I lost interest in Abba after that & their 'let's sound mature' style!!”
“Hmmm - I'm undecided about that one too!! To be honest as soon as Agnetha cut her hair - I lost interest in Abba after that & their 'let's sound mature' style!!
”
Bit harsh, but agreed she did look better with it longer though, particularly around the time of 'Take A Chance...' for me. Although, having said that, after a couple of distinctly dodgy 'looks' via the Super Trouper and One Of Us videos I thought by the time of DBYC she was back to looking close to her extraordinarily magnificent looking best.
Originally Posted by SgtRock:
“This is the third time Elkie Brooks has been on, and it's still only at 29?”
“This is the third time Elkie Brooks has been on, and it's still only at 29?”
Obviously not enough people in record shops, waving guns about and shouting "You must buy this record! You must buy this record!"
Originally Posted by SgtRock:
“"The biggest jumper of the week" - and he's not even wearing it this time!”
“"The biggest jumper of the week" - and he's not even wearing it this time!”
It's actually draped over the bassist's shoulders (yes, I thought the same as you - Nick Heyward/biggest jumper, surely there 's a joke there somewhere!)
Originally Posted by Jason C:
“That's some fey clapping right there.”
“That's some fey clapping right there.”
And obviously, while they're clapping, the instruments just play themselves.
arrggghhhh... I've done it again and totally forgot about Top Of the Pops being on tonight. At least it's on my Sky Box so will watch it tomorrow.
Originally Posted by SgtRock:
“Absolute classic time!”
“Absolute classic time!”
Yes. an absolute classic -but at the same time, an indication of where Paul Weller was going musically, and possibly why he left/disbanded the Jam to form the Style Council.
Originally Posted by Jason C:
“Did The Jam film their video straight after Hall and Oates had done theirs?”
“Did The Jam film their video straight after Hall and Oates had done theirs?”
Originally Posted by highlander1969:
“In the days when entering the chart at No.1 was unbelievable and so exciting.”
“In the days when entering the chart at No.1 was unbelievable and so exciting.”
These days anybody can do it - you just have to win a crap TV competition (and be able to put up wth Cowell's smug, gurning face for the duration of said competition).
Originally Posted by UrsulaU:
“I always thought she was just 14 or 15!!”
“I always thought she was just 14 or 15!!
”
That's correct, on every appearance she made on Top Of The Pops (all in 1982) she was 15.
Originally Posted by faversham saint:
“Don't know what 'Love Plus One' is about but I always assumed that after falling out with his girlfriend Anna who subsequently refused to accept his phone calls (Ring Anna, Ring Anna, Ring Anna, Ring Anna) he decided to commit suicide by drowning himself in the lake (Where do we go from here, is it down to the lake I fear).”
“Don't know what 'Love Plus One' is about but I always assumed that after falling out with his girlfriend Anna who subsequently refused to accept his phone calls (Ring Anna, Ring Anna, Ring Anna, Ring Anna) he decided to commit suicide by drowning himself in the lake (Where do we go from here, is it down to the lake I fear).”
But he must have had second thoughts - I can't remember any other H100 hits, but he did release a brilliant single called "Warning Sign", which apparently the record company didn't want to put out because it was so unlike anything he'd done previously.
And, surely, isn't "Love + 1" about having a threesome?
Originally Posted by Straker:
“Anyone name the other two without googling? I can but I'll see who else does.....”
“Anyone name the other two without googling? I can but I'll see who else does.....”
The other two what? Of course if you are referring the Jam, it's Bruce Foxton on bass, and Rick Buckler on drums. (I didn't need to google it, as I've been a fan since about the first time I heard "In The City").
60 of 549
