The Rolling "Top of the Pops" BBC4 Revival thread.

A bit spun out by the NKOTB Casio Beatles pastiche...

Tricky Disco sounding much, much better than I remember. I bought it totally on spec because it was the plain purple sleeve WARP single after LFO (which, to repeat those who have come before, is still a fucking banger).

Does Timmy Mallett actually sing on this song at all?

Tricky Disco very slightly spoiled by the ubiquitous early 90s 'oh... yeah...' sample that Timmy Mallett's song hammers (pun not intended) into the ground.

Does Timmy Mallett actually sing on this song at all?

This hasn't been officially confirmed, but I have heard that it's a session singer from a few places now.

The 'oh... yeah...' was a pointed dig at the ubiquity of that sample at that time, though rather than bring a sample it is voiced by one of the duo, Lee Newman, and then pitched up.

Does anyone know if there will be a "The Story Of 1990" this year?

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referring to Tricky Disco there in case not clear.

I think they usually do the 'Story of...' at the start of a new TOTP year.

Just went down a Google wormhole trying to find who sang Itsy Bitsy (apparently A guy called Paul Everton, now a teacher) and discovered it was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber as a bet with his wife lol

I thought they were usually shown around January.

Itsy Bitsy is a sleazy record for kids, which should not be a thing.

Does anyone know if there will be a "The Story Of 1990" this year?

They showed it already, a few months ago - was a good one!

Adamski was in it, he had a very memorable look.

Good anecdote about him and Seal meeting as well.

Adamski was in it, he had a very memorable look.

Oh, i saw it! I am patently losing my mind.

I thought they were usually shown around January.

They were, but because we had a few blank months over the summer (presumably because of COVID) we didn't finish 1990 in December.

1990 only started in september. we talked about the 1990 documentary then:

The Rolling "Top of the Pops" BBC4 Revival thread.

(hope that works)

ah, thanks. sorry for thread derail.

no prob. it was a bit weird with the break. it was also the first overview show i watched.

and they do repeat them towards the end, i think, or just randomly - story of '77 is on on thursday for instance. big hits 89 on bbc2 tonight.

it was also the first overview show i watched.

You've missed out. The overview shows are much better than the actual episodes of TOTP.

Well, yeah but you get more context with the episodes.

the 1990 show is repeated on Thursday on bbc2

(the overview show, that is)

Anthea turner called klf kfm in the intro.

primal scream track at the end head and shoulders above everything else in the show (consolation prize to Betty boo)

Yeah, glad to see "Come Together" vid, it's not often seen.

i had screamadelica on vhs (and only vhs) for the longest while, finally buying a cd copy for £3 in 2008 (although i had all the singles on vinyl)

Primal Scream are not for me. His vocals exemplify that slightly out of tune can't be bothered Indie style of singing which I hate.

whit's this now

Bob can be bothered, he just can't sing.

Lol, Primal Scream got a skip here, one of the worst things E A S I L Y in the show

"head and shoulders above everything else" pfft Primal Scream do not have T U R T L E power

Haha. After 4 weeks that also got a skip.

Primal Scream not head and shoulders above KLF or Hardcore Uproar

Imagine writing a song which is vastly inferior to a very famous song called Come Together, and naming it Come Together. This has happened several times.

Now or something is my best friend etc.

Jive Bunny and Timmy Mallett on the same week. At least there's Dee-lite.

Is there going to be one or two episodes this week?

(my pvr doesn't like the 7pm cbeebies to bbc4 switchover, i often get audio only, so it'll be interesting to see if these recorded)

yeah, no dice on the first episode, but the second one taped.

betty boo rhyming 'window' with 'handle'

dancers doing all the work on itsy bitsy.

I dunno, say what you want about Mallett, he is giving being obnoxious some real welly as far as I can tell.

catching up on the first of this week's

nice to see Phil's hair has grown back on that one side, but i hope he didn't pay full price for that jacket. least cool I've ever seen the human League.

poor old janet kay

never liked that swanee whistle noise in the dee lite song but enjoyed seeing the video again

I only recently realised that's Bootsy Fucking Collins.

I mean I had no idea who he was in 1990.

Also the male Dee-Lite members' styles are very 2010s hipster.

<q>poor old janet kay</q>

Seconded, having to sing backing to a much worse version of your own song, mind blowing.

There have been times in my life when I’ve heard Groove is in the Heart too much, but what a perfect pop song.

yeah, i only hope it was lucrative for her.

i had a listen to other deee-lite songs on youtube. not a glimmer.

I've got a lot of time for Good Beat, but if you wanted a similar song to Groove you're out of luck, this is more of a deep house track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP55r5CDjI8

definitely worth searching through Towa Tei's back catalogue though, whether solo or his collabs like the supergroup Metafive (with Cornelius, Yukihiro Takahashi and others). some great stuff in there.

Her from Deee-Lite has fallen deep into the conspiracy hole in recent years :(