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I'm surprised that Mike Read as a prominent UKIPer is allowed on the BBC - what with them being known for their left-wing bias.
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Just watched the second part of this on bbc4. Missed the first part. An enjoyable half hour. Got all the music rounds right (well except the final Abba question, bleugh) pity no one around to witness my pointless knowledge
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An enjoyable show again tonight..... Really hope we get a new series of it now.
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Not impressed by tonight's edition and a horrendous mistake in one of the rounds where the team had to guess the year and name the three hits played. They played Elton John's Nikita, Smiths with Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and I Feel For You by Chaka Khan. The year was named as 1984, except the Elton John single actually came from 1985 and wasn't even released until October that year.
Such a basic error on a show of this kind is simply not good enough. |
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"Name Phil Collins' first solo album"
"No Jacket Required"? "No, goes over to the other team" "No Jacket Required"? |
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Not impressed by tonight's edition and a horrendous mistake in one of the rounds where the team had to guess the year and name the three hits played. They played Elton John's Nikita, Smiths with Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and I Feel For You by Chaka Khan. The year was named as 1984, except the Elton John single actually came from 1985 and wasn't even released until October that year.
Such a basic error on a show of this kind is simply not good enough. Still enjoyable, but that was a basic mistake, that should not have slipped through. Even so I hope they make some more episodes soon. |
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Well spotted!
Still enjoyable, but that was a basic mistake, that should not have slipped through. Even so I hope they make some more episodes soon. The error was glaring however. As soon as Elton began playing I knew it must be 1985 but then the Smiths came along which confused me momentarily as I knew it from summer '84, and then when Chaka Khan came last with her November 1984 No1 hit I knew there had been a mistake. It does make you wonder about the "quality control" and how such errors get through. Not even any of the panellists appeared to notice. Infact I thought the six players tonight seemed quite unsure of some rather basic and obvious questions, such as those intro's. I agree though, more please! |
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Not impressed by tonight's edition and a horrendous mistake in one of the rounds where the team had to guess the year and name the three hits played. They played Elton John's Nikita, Smiths with Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and I Feel For You by Chaka Khan. The year was named as 1984, except the Elton John single actually came from 1985 and wasn't even released until October that year.
Such a basic error on a show of this kind is simply not good enough. |
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I totally agree, I knew Nikita was a hit in 85 & loads of other people will have noticed, very amateurish.
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Not impressed by tonight's edition and a horrendous mistake in one of the rounds where the team had to guess the year and name the three hits played. They played Elton John's Nikita, Smiths with Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and I Feel For You by Chaka Khan. The year was named as 1984, except the Elton John single actually came from 1985 and wasn't even released until October that year.
Such a basic error on a show of this kind is simply not good enough. I've enjoyed these couple of shows immensely, even though I did find myself shouting the answers at the telly a couple of times (the contestants don't take any notice strangely enough). We haven't really grasped the concept of TV as a passive activity in our house in the middle of our street! Schoolboy error from the Readster for the wrong Year but great fun nonetheless & like Jedikiah I'd like to see it back for a series with a slightly wider scope of Years to make it more interesting with trickier questions, a bit like a TV version of Ken Bruce's Popmaster. |
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I'm sure they bought this back on Vintage TV a few years ago? It may have just been a one off.
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I rather enjoyed them.
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I enjoyed it more than I thought I would !
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I spotted the Nikita wrong year error as well as it featured on a 1985 compilation album that I had. Although I thought maybe it was released in Dec 84 and didn't chart until Jan 85 but as has been pointed out on here and on that tweet to Mike Read it was released in Oct 85 so absolutely no excuses there.
That sort of error is a mild irritation of mine. It also annoys me at the moment there is a Ministry Of Sound 90s dance compilation that is currently being advertised and two songs that feature on the ad stick out for me that shouldn't be on there: Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam & Black Box - Ride On Time. Both released in 1989. In fact Ride On Time was the biggest selling single of 1989. |
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Considering they were 80s pop stars I thought their knowledge of the 80s was dire. How can Nick Heyward not know D.I.S.C.O.
Cheryl Baker didn't know Mad World. She thought it was Sad World or whatever. I still enjoyed it over all |
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It was alright, but I much preferred the contestants on the first show to those on last night.
Also, David Grant's team basically cheated all the way through! You could see that Jay Aston was slightly miffed about it, too. I know it's just a bit of fun, but..............
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I'm surprised that Mike Read as a prominent UKIPer is allowed on the BBC - what with them being known for their left-wing bias.
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Terrible mistake with "Nikita'', but an enjoyabe show overall. It is always surprising, though, how little the stars of the day really know about pop. I am pretty sure many of us watching would have been far more knowledgable. I suppose at the time they would have been too busy with their own careers to take note of what was going on around them. Noone as bad as Andy last week from OMD, who i don't recall getting one question right!
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How can you fail NOT to be impressed with the vision that is Ms. Aston young Riccardo? I did think 'oh, you daft bat' when she repeated the wrong answer though!
I've enjoyed these couple of shows immensely, even though I did find myself shouting the answers at the telly a couple of times (the contestants don't take any notice strangely enough). We haven't really grasped the concept of TV as a passive activity in our house in the middle of our street! Schoolboy error from the Readster for the wrong Year but great fun nonetheless & like Jedikiah I'd like to see it back for a series with a slightly wider scope of Years to make it more interesting with trickier questions, a bit like a TV version of Ken Bruce's Popmaster. Quote:
I rather enjoyed them.
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I spotted the Nikita wrong year error as well as it featured on a 1985 compilation album that I had. Although I thought maybe it was released in Dec 84 and didn't chart until Jan 85 but as has been pointed out on here and on that tweet to Mike Read it was released in Oct 85 so absolutely no excuses there.
That sort of error is a mild irritation of mine. It also annoys me at the moment there is a Ministry Of Sound 90s dance compilation that is currently being advertised and two songs that feature on the ad stick out for me that shouldn't be on there: Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam & Black Box - Ride On Time. Both released in 1989. In fact Ride On Time was the biggest selling single of 1989. Quote:
Considering they were 80s pop stars I thought their knowledge of the 80s was dire. How can Nick Heyward not know D.I.S.C.O.
Cheryl Baker didn't know Mad World. She thought it was Sad World or whatever. I still enjoyed it over all |
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Apart from the song by The Specials that I did not recognise, I had a 100% record in the intros round. The panelists probably lead busy lives - not like sad gits like me who have encyclopedic knowledge of 1980s pop music.
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Ranking Roger is from the Beat!
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I'm surprised that Mike Read as a prominent UKIPer is allowed on the BBC - what with them being known for their left-wing bias.
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2nd show was just as good as the first one. OK there was a mistake with the Elton John song but so what? It was all good mild-anarchic fun.
Long may it continue (hopefully). |
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The time is ripe for an 80's based music quiz, BBC - please commission a series post haste!
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An enjoyable show again tonight..... Really hope we get a new series of it now.
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You could see that Jay Aston was slightly miffed about it, too. I know it's just a bit of fun, but..............