Re: Repeats of Top of the Pops on BBC Four. Part 8.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:14 pm

Sam Brown - Stop.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:14 pm

I predict this will by my favourite track of the night.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:14 pm

She looks a lot better than I remembered.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:15 pm

And has an imperishable voice.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:17 pm

Faded out just as her organ broke loose. rant

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:17 pm

The Style Council - Promised Land. llama

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:18 pm

I have never heard it before.

I'm beginning to see why.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:18 pm

This song has nothing at all going for it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:19 pm

The band has two pianists, neither of whom seem to be able to play the piano.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:19 pm

Top Ten.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:20 pm

Marc Almond and Gene Chutney are still Number One.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:21 pm

Fast Forward to the playout.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:22 pm

S-Express - Hey, Music Lover.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:22 pm

This all sounds like it's going to be dance

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by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:23 pm

I'm not convinced any of these people are actually on the record.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:26 pm

That was a solid episode, with highlights by Edie Brickel, Sam Brown and S-Express.

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

That episode was from 16th Feb 1989.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:32 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I don't get the feeling this song's actually about anything.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Not that I can make out any of the words anyway.

"Rocket"

Ah ah
Ooh ooh
Ah ah
Ooh ooh
White lights, strange city, mad music all around
Midnight street magic (ah) crazy people crazy sound

Ah ah
Ooh ooh

Jack Flash, rocket man, Sergeant Pepper and the band
Ziggy, Benny and the Jets, take a rocket
We just gotta fly

I can take you thru the center of the dark
We're gonna fly
On a collision course to crash into my heart
I will be your, I will be your, I'll be your

Rocket yeah satellite of love
Rocket yeah satellite of love
Rocket yeah satellite of love
Rocket baby! C'mon, I'll be your satellite of love

Ooh ooh
Ah ah
Ooh ooh
Ah ah

Spotlight magnetic razor rhythm laser love
Guitar, drums, load up, stun!

Ah ah
Ooh ooh

Jet Black, Johnny B ,Gene Jeanie, Killer Queen
Dizzy Lizzy Major Tom so c'mon
We just gotta fly

[Repeat Bridge]

[Repeat Chorus]

Rocket baby! C'mon, we're gonna fly

[interlude]
Oooh
Countdown commencing...fire one
Five, four, three, two, one, zero...we have liftoff

We just gotta fly

[Repeat Bridge]

[Repeat Chorus]

Rocket, baby, guitar, drums, light up
We're gonna fly, rocket yeah
Satellite of love, we're gonna fly
Rocket yeah, satellite of love
Rocket yeah!

Did someone get paid to write those lyrics? Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:32 pm

A dead cat could come up with better than that, just by randomly falling on words in a dictionary. Colbert

by Fangirl Three Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:58 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:A dead cat could come up with better than that, just by randomly falling on words in a dictionary.

Mmm, it's like Wendy James had been rummaging through Doctor and the Medics's waste-paper basket.

by Butterfield Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:51 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Simple Minds - Belfast Child.

When this was out I thought it was just about the most boring and tedious song I'd ever heard - and yet it got to number one!

I've grown to sort of like it and understand its meaning somewhat - and in fairness it looks like they only ever played random bits and pieces of it on Top of the Pops so one can never quite get the gist of it.

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