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Awww - how very kind!
- Although I fear your finger may have slipped whilst typing the word "young" to be accidently adding "ISH" on the end!! No ish about it - we still all feel (& probably act) about 12 at heart!! ![]() Good to hear 1983 will be coming too! Interesting post from G12th there earlier. The "swap shop generation" getting a shoutout again. Thanks. As for the possible inclusion of DLT in the next year of TOTP showings from 1983 that is interesting (how many did he do that year?) because doesn't his suspended sentence come to an end in a couple of months so he will have effectively paid his dues? After that I see no issue with him appearing with his editions, after all they showed Jonathan King after he served his prison time and the far worse Gary Glitter once his original prison sentences in the UK and Vietnam had been served, and before he was re-arrested, convicted and sent down again.
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It was something so normal & likeable that I think all the jaws of us forumites dropped, in shock, simultaneously, whilst reading it!!
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I wonder how many of you know that Adrian Gurvitz who got some mentions on here had already had another number 8 single way way back in late 1968 with a song called Race With The Devil under the name Gun, a group he was lead vocal on. Google it and you'll see him in glorious black and white on the Pops. Quite a contrast to his 1982 song Classic which I've always enjoyed when I hear it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSxvL5QiVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj716pc1fC0 I wonder if Mungo Jerry's Ray Dorset modelled his early 70s hairstyle on Adrian Gurvitz's voluminous afro - the equally bouffant bass player is his brother Paul Gurvitz who appeared on both TOTP performances of 'Classic' in 1982. Quote:
As for the eternal debate re Lion Sleeps Tonight and Seven Tears its got to be Goombay Dance Band by a short head......re listening to Tight Fit after all these years just shows how weak that song is, theres nothing to it
Does anyone else know which male singer who has featured on these 1982 repeats covered a song originally recorded by The Tokens earlier in his career. |
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No, it must have been something rubbish!
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IIRC it was 'Golden Brown'.
. - Surely not!!! - Boz - if you're out there - was it really 'Golden Brown' ?!!!
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Looking at Adrian Gurvitz in that 1968 clip he instantly reminded me of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka!
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Originally Posted by Jedikiah;*****969
1972-78 also spans the Top Of The Pops presenting career of one Mr Noel Edmonds, so i am sure for that reason also those years hold very special memories. I really do wish there were more Top Of The Pops episodes available from the early seventies period. It was my favourite era. I was listening to Pick Of The Pops the other week, and Roberta Flack's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" came on, and i thought what a wonderfully delicate and understated performance that was. She could certainly teach a thing or two to the over emotive pop star 'singers' of today, and especially those who appear on the likes of The X Factor.
![]() So if anyone can remember what Noel did say Alex was holding in his hand - feel free to let me know. - Clean answers only please!!
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One of my favourite 70s clips was seeing the wonderful Alex Harvey doing 'The Boston Tea Party' in 1976. Noel presented it - but my video cut off just as he was explaining what Alex was holding in his hand.
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- Surely not!!! - Boz - if you're out there - was it really 'Golden Brown' ?!!! ![]() |
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They played this week in 1976 on Pick Of The Pops on Saturday just gone. It so reminded me of the early days of the repeats of TOTP. The Boston Tea Party was in that top twenty and got a play. I really grew to like both the song and the TOTP performance. Coincidentally the lead singer of the group, Alex Harvey, actually passed away on the very date of one of the recent TOTP episodes from 4th February 1982 the day before his.......47th birthday.
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Can't remember, but could well have been as it has been on TOTP 1982 recently. I stand by my original comments, dreadful song.
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They played this week in 1976 on Pick Of The Pops on Saturday just gone. It so reminded me of the early days of the repeats of TOTP. The Boston Tea Party was in that top twenty and got a play. I really grew to like both the song and the TOTP performance. Coincidentally the lead singer of the group, Alex Harvey, actually passed away on the very date of one of the recent TOTP episodes from 4th February 1982 the day before his.......47th birthday.
About the same age as the Swap Shop gang now! Quote:
Yes, both song and performance very good. I remember when Alex died. Tragic family, his brother Les, of Stone the Crows, had been electrocuted on stage in the early 70s.
![]() For some reason I thought he was early 40s when he died. However, he must've been early 40s when he was on TOTP instead. Shows pop stars can be of all ages!
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Can't remember, but could well have been as it has been on TOTP 1982 recently. I stand by my original comments, dreadful song.
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But no different from what it's always been in the music industry. Did you not watch "Classic Albums" on Sunday? All Capitol Records wanted was money from the Beach Boys and were more interested in releasing a Greatest Hits album than promoting the more artistic Pet Sounds. That was in 1966. It is ridiculous to suggest that that sort of thing started with Maggie.
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One of my favourite 70s TOTP clip was seeing the wonderful Alex Harvey doing 'The Boston Tea Party' in 1976. Noel presented it - but my video cut off just as he was explaining what Alex was holding in his hand.
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Can't remember, but could well have been as it has been on TOTP 1982 recently. I stand by my original comments, dreadful song.
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I've been called "young man" three times this year oddly enough. That had not happened to me for a long time prior to this year. It feels weird at 47. I got it from a lady at a checkout who was likely only a decade older than me. I was flattered. Then a few days ago a gentleman about 75 asked me directions and walked up saying "young man I wonder if you can help me out". On that day, that really hot one last week it was, for the first time ever in my life I was going about my business with a baseball cap on my head to keep the sun off me, so maybe it made me look younger, I don't know. I was wearing it the right way around too. If I wear it back to front I can suddenly knock 20 years off myself, it's weird how it does that. When I got chatting to my mum I asked her if she thought 47 was still a young age and she said yes. I think G12th had it right with his "young(ish)" description. But it's frame of mind as much as physical looks.
Interesting post from G12th there earlier. The "swap shop generation" getting a shoutout again. Thanks. As for the possible inclusion of DLT in the next year of TOTP showings from 1983 that is interesting (how many did he do that year?) because doesn't his suspended sentence come to an end in a couple of months so he will have effectively paid his dues? After that I see no issue with him appearing with his editions, after all they showed Jonathan King after he served his prison time and the far worse Gary Glitter once his original prison sentences in the UK and Vietnam had been served, and before he was re-arrested, convicted and sent down again. |
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But no different from what it's always been in the music industry. Did you not watch "Classic Albums" on Sunday? All Capitol Records wanted was money from the Beach Boys and were more interested in releasing a Greatest Hits album than promoting the more artistic Pet Sounds. That was in 1966. It is ridiculous to suggest that that sort of thing started with Maggie.
SAW presented the music industry with a new model at a time when it was failing to generate major new talent. With promo videos now cheap enough to use extensively (in contrast to the 60s and 70s), they had an apparently never-ending stream of songs that quickly dominated the singles chart. And, thanks to the TV tie-in with Neighbours, acts that could also sell albums, too. Acts who were compliant and did as they were told. Plus they didn't even have to pay any musicians - it could all be played/programmed electronically by the producers. As well as their own label, SAW were guns for hire to the majors. And, for every act they managed to sustain some sort of career for, there were multiple others that came and went as soon as they'd arrived. It was a new short-term profit model … in an era where money was deemed as more important than anything else by the government of the day. And the legacy of that bled into the 90s, and so to today. I'm not saying - and have never said - that this is all down to one person. Obviously there are a number of factors that have contributed to where we are now. But the mention of Thatcher came from a FM who seemed to be claiming that she was responsible for acts like ABC in some kind of positive way … when I'd argue the influence of her government had nothing to do with promoting British music and more to do with the money men taking control behind the scenes. They turned their backs on the business models of the 60s and 70s, which may have looked wasteful on a balance sheet, but actually reaped much more long term than the kind of short-termism now the hallmark of Simon Cowell and his wannabes. |
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I don't think any song can top Renee & Ronato for being Britain's worst No 1 song!!
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I found two clips on YouTube - one from the German 'Beat Club' series in early 1969 and another which I think may be from a French show - AFAIK the 1968 TOTP appearance is wiped and has not re-surfaced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSxvL5QiVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj716pc1fC0 I often wonder about ex John Mayall's Bluesbreaker and ex Rolling Stone, Mick Taylor, and what he could perhaps have achieved over the longterm, when he joined the Jack Bruce Band in 1975, had they had not folded, before managing to get into the studio to record an album. That seemed like a fascinating collaboration on the surface, which failed to bear any fruit, except for a performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzSToefLUc |
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Plus they didn't even have to pay any musicians - it could all be played/programmed electronically by the producers. As well as their own label, SAW were guns for hire to the majors. And, for every act they managed to sustain some sort of career for, there were multiple others that came and went as soon as they'd arrived. It was a new short-term profit model … in an era where money was deemed as more important than anything else by the government of the day.
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Karn played on Numan's Dance LP.
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I second your comments, I've never liked 'Golden Brown'.
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I stand by my original comments, dreadful song.
![]() I can understand peoples dislike of Tight Fit or the Goombay Dance Band - but 'Golden Brown' by The Stranglers?!! Have I suddenly logged on to the wrong forum here?
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When do we get two DJS presenting one show?
Looking forward to seeING John Peel and Kid Jensen. They were a great double act. When do they first appear? |
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The Music for Chameleons performance features Gary Numan's new band: Pino Palladino, Chris Slade on drums (formerly with Uriah Heep at the time and now with AC/DC) and the guitar synth player on the right is Numan's adopted brother John Webb. Does anyone know who the other guitar synth player is? Roger Mason?
The B-side of MFC, 'Noise Noise', includes Thereza Bazar on backing focals and David Van Day with 'helpful hints' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSK8fdwEsD8. |
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Does anyone know anything about the style of drums in the Gary Numan video... the ones that look as if the drum shells had melted. I remember seeing them a few times in the 80's.. I assume it was something to do with directing the accoustics
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![]() I can understand peoples dislike of Tight Fit or the Goombay Dance Band - but 'Golden Brown' by The Stranglers?!! Have I suddenly logged on to the wrong forum here? ![]() As i mentioned previously, ''Golden Brown'', alongside the likes of ''Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'', and ''Party Fears Two'', immediately captured my interest in the music of early 1982, back at the time. |
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- Although I fear your finger may have slipped whilst typing the word "young" to be accidently adding "ISH" on the end!!
No ish about it - we still all feel (& probably act) about 12 at heart!! 
As for the possible inclusion of DLT in the next year of TOTP showings from 1983 that is interesting (how many did he do that year?) because doesn't his suspended sentence come to an end in a couple of months so he will have effectively paid his dues? After that I see no issue with him appearing with his editions, after all they showed Jonathan King after he served his prison time and the far worse Gary Glitter once his original prison sentences in the UK and Vietnam had been served, and before he was re-arrested, convicted and sent down again.
