Wasn't it on one of those NME vhs video comps?
I'm sure I a) saw it before it got on TOTP b) still have that video tape somewhere
― Mark G, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
This was my final year at university and I'd pretty much weaned myself off chart music by then, and probably had better things to do with my Thursday nights, so I have no memory of these episodes.
― koogs, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
What the fuck was that Michael Jackson video?
― The Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 17 April 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
"Look there's The Incredible Hulk!"
Basically all MJ's LA mates.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 17 April 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
neither seen nor heard that norman cook song before.
― koogs, Friday, 17 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
I don't remember that Eartha Kitt / Bronski Beat song.Uhgh it's late '89 as evidenced by the sudden chart dominance of Jive Bunny.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 17 April 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
The Eartha/Bronski B-side, "My Discarded Men", was fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYjmYRo_0JU
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:46 (four years ago) link
Strong shameless rip-off but fun vibes on that Norman Cook song, and another hip-house track in the same show, one-day that genre will make a glorious comeback!
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
Earliest example I've seen on the show of someone rapping with a pronounced UK accent. There've been plenty of British rappers of course, but they've all been beset with a plague of faux-Americanisms.
― chap, Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I thought that
― The Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
A New Flame by Simply Red is...actually kind of a banger?
― chap, Friday, 24 April 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
They weren't completely useless.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Friday, 24 April 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
Video is gross tho
― or something, Friday, 24 April 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
It's more Mick Hucknall's general air of smugness that pervades everything.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
which is 100% the active ingredient in the grossness of the video just to clarify
― or something, Friday, 1 May 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
who pissed on betty boo's chips?
― koogs, Saturday, 9 May 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
doin' the doo-doo
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 9 May 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
Yeah A New Flame is great, i always thought it sounded a bit Bond theme-y.
― piscesx, Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
I have a lot of time for Betty Boo, this track and the Boomania era
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 11 May 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
There was a rap song on the other night where the guy had genuinely sick flow, but I can't remember what it's called.
― chap, Monday, 11 May 2020 11:54 (four years ago) link
readhead kingpin and the fbi? very daisy age.
― koogs, Monday, 11 May 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
Yeah that's the one.
― chap, Monday, 11 May 2020 12:10 (four years ago) link
game of two halves tonight - didn't know half of it and the half i did know i've always hated (black box especially).
― koogs, Friday, 15 May 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
second episode was no better
so much crowd noise again
and it needed an epilepsy warning
― koogs, Friday, 15 May 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
Had the second ep on, the chart rundown had lots of artists I remember all doing songs I don't!
― Mark G, Friday, 15 May 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
Black Box is a classic, loved it, such an awesome sounding crossover record. I have had no memory of these numerous Fuzzbox appearances. I keep wanting to like them, but nah.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 16 May 2020 07:51 (four years ago) link
Their Thunderbirds song was kind of almost fun.
― chap, Saturday, 16 May 2020 10:40 (four years ago) link
But yes I have literally zero memory of them from first time round (I was 11 in 89 and more into Warhammer and 2000 AD than pop music).
― chap, Saturday, 16 May 2020 10:41 (four years ago) link
'Pink Sunshine' and that Thunderbirds track is the extent of my memory of them. Also I don't remember this Cliff Richard song. Starlight - you'd think they'd have made a proper video. A bit of a precursor to the ITV Chart Show videos from random dance acts who unexpectedly have a hit.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 11:21 (four years ago) link
Then Jericho's singer - a preening cockwipe. At least with Mick Hucknall I get the sense that he's at least partially aware that he's a clown.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 11:22 (four years ago) link
Black Box - it's a great song regardless of the miming controversy. At least they got a black person to mime to Loleatta Holloway's sampled vocals.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 11:26 (four years ago) link
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball),
Yeah what a nob. Also Hucknall wrote better songs and had a better voice.
― chap, Saturday, 16 May 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
The Chart Show! I hadn’t thought about it, but this is now the era of that show too.
I would love to be be able to see a repeat of those shows on the same week too.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 16 May 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
If we lose BBC4 befoee we get to the 90s episodes that I grew up with I am going to be so disappointed
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 16 May 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
xphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs-MrHNGBQM
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
Just a taste! That will do though, I guess there may be full episodes some weeks.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 16 May 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
Gary Davies says "live" then immediately afterwards introduces Black Box in the studio.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 22 May 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
My favourite bit of TV magic this week was when Alyson Williams was introduced as being “over there”. Abrupt cut to a clip from a previous week.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 23 May 2020 08:01 (four years ago) link
Jive Bunny's aesthetic really was revoltingly cheap and ugly wasn't it? No one putting in any effort on any level.
― chap, Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:48 (four years ago) link
It would be my nomination for worst uk number 1 of all time
― or something, Saturday, 23 May 2020 10:21 (four years ago) link
The third Jive Bunny #1 is the worst one, easily.Also within a year we have Timmy Mallett.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 May 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
Abrupt cut to a clip from a previous week.
Same trick with tonight's two episodes - except this time more fittingly with Black Box.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 29 May 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
Good to see Technotronic (or their single representative).
― chap, Saturday, 30 May 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
Probably the hardest kick drum to feature so far, right?
― chap, Saturday, 30 May 2020 00:45 (four years ago) link
I've definitely found a new respect for London Boys after their appearances. Maybe 50/50 between the tunes and those dance routines.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 31 May 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
BRITISH POLITICIAN SEX!
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
The mood whiplash there going from Chris Rea to Jive Bunny. 'The Road To Hell' is an odd song because for me it sums up a lot of late 1989, before suddenly the Berlin Wall fell and things changed drastically.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 12 June 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
'Oh Well' by Oh Well???https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z1aP74rtHA
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
There's a Pet Shop Boys interview where they're in the studio trying to make a 12" mix of 'Discotecha' and with some degree of amused disgust decide that it sounds like Jive Bunny's 'That's What I Like'.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
The mood whiplash there going from Chris Rea to Jive Bunny.
Mood whiplash was fundamentally the beauty of TOTP and I miss it.
― chap, Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link