Re: Repeats of Top of the Pops on BBC Four. Part 9.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:43 pm

Macca, Holly and the bloke from the Christians are still Number One.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:43 pm

Black and white olden days stuff.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:44 pm

Although most of it looks like it was filmed in the 1980s. Sly

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:44 pm

Liverpool football club.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:45 pm

Being triumphant.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:46 pm

Playing out with WASP and The Real Me.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:46 pm

It sounds like you'd expect it to.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:47 pm

So far, he's mentioned his doctor and his mother.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:47 pm

But it is, at least, divertingly noisy.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:49 pm

That was an acceptable episode, with the one massive highlight being by Sam Brown.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:29 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:And that sample of someone going, "Ah yeah," that turned up on every record in that era.

The sample being taken from the first 5 seconds of this 1983 live Run DMC song. music

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:31 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina.

Something about that video and the lyrics make me think it wasn't meant to be heard by today's generation. shifty

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:37 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:ABC have a hit.

Their last ever Top 40 hit! Stalling at number 32. And they followed the Style Council with the whole late 80s house-lite genre change.

Martin Fry in double denim dancing to house music. cripes

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:38 am

I was thinking it's like proper dad dancing - but he'd have only been 31 at the time.

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:40 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Joe Brown playing a judge.

I missed that.

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:41 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:First Edelweiss, now him, what is this madness that has seized the charts?

I have a feeling Frank Ifield re-released a song around this time. scared

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:42 am

That was later, in 1991. And it got to number 40.

Gr8 remix.

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:48 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Is this the theme tune to Prisoner: Cell Block H?

Despite this reaching number 3 and me remembering every other Top 10 hit from this time, I have absolutely no recollection of this song or her.

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:51 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Cappella and a title I can't spell.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:He's just standing around, trying to look like he's dancing.

According to Wikipedia he's just an Italian model, and therefore probably paid simply to look good with a ripped t-shirt.

by Butterfield Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:58 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Even Donna can't make it seem like an interesting song.

I'm not one for idle gossip, but legend has it that Ms. Summer refused to appear in the corresponding video as she disliked the song so much, feeling the lyrics were too "young" for her. So instead we got this naff video full of generic young people.

"WATERMAN / STOCK / HAITKEN" hmm

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