On the 30th of July top of the pops will play for the very last time.For over forty years its been staple diet for most teenagers with some massive acts to its name.
whats your view on its demise or whats your favorite DJ or TOTP moment.
I always liked jimmy savile and remember dexy’s midnight runners playing Jackie Wilson says, in front of a giant picture of Jockey Wilson 😀
By: Chipmunk Carol - 22nd June 2006 at 13:49
Gutted
You appear to have turned into a fish!
By: Ren Frew - 22nd June 2006 at 13:08
RenF: That wasn’t you who cut the souind to Anything But The Girl, was it?
No I only do pictures, not sound (or lack of it)… :p
By: Swift - 22nd June 2006 at 11:07
Gutted
By: Chipmunk Carol - 22nd June 2006 at 09:22
RenF: That wasn’t you who cut the souind to Anything But The Girl, was it?
By: Ren Frew - 22nd June 2006 at 07:33
Do you remember that they actually used to use the BBC Orchestra as backing for the pop groups. Quite amazing now really.
I also discovered that the for the groups that mimed, the cymbals on the drum kit were made of red plastic!
Yes the ‘works band’ were in great demand in those days. Nowadays it’s all Proms in the Park and The Royal Albert Hall… 😀
As for the cymbals for mime shoots… Generally speaking the cymbals are real these days albeit with an extra cymbal glued inside to dampen the sound.
By: Chipmunk Carol - 22nd June 2006 at 06:17
Do you remember that they actually used to use the BBC Orchestra as backing for the pop groups. Quite amazing now really.
I also discovered that the for the groups that mimed, the cymbals on the drum kit were made of red plastic!
By: steve rowell - 22nd June 2006 at 04:55
I remember watching it in the sixties with the likes of The Searchers…Dave Clark Five….The Hollies and the Swinging Blue Jeans and so on……it’s been runnin’ a long time then!!
By: Ren Frew - 22nd June 2006 at 01:12
Thats about all they’re good for 😀
And damn good at it they were too, second only to Nina Pedersson from ‘The Cardigans’ who performed a simliar operation upon my sweaty forehead some years earlier… 😎
By: Ren Frew - 22nd June 2006 at 01:09
RenF: Do you know if there is an online catelogue of which acts appeared on any particular show?
I honestly don’t know Janie, but given it’s demise I’d have thought there will be one if there isn’t already..?
I’d also expect a raft of TOTP themed dvd releases covering the golden years and beyond. 😀
By: neal h - 22nd June 2006 at 00:02
the time Girls Aloud mopped my sweaty brow… 😮 😀 :rolleyes:
Thats about all they’re good for 😀
By: Chipmunk Carol - 21st June 2006 at 23:41
I went to watch TOTP many years ago and blagged my way into the after show party under the name Rusty Egan (Sorry Rusty if you failed to get in later!).
Jimmy Saville was not sociable and we were treated like sheep. There was just a small crowd of kids watching and four stages and we were shepherded from one to another. I loved every second of it and the tickets were free.
RenF: Do you know if there is an online catelogue of which acts appeared on any particular show?
By: laviticus - 21st June 2006 at 20:27
LOL….
In think TOTP was the bench mark ,that the likes of the tube and the old gray owe a lot to.Any one who worked on the program over the years should be proud of a job well done.
More of a Patti man myself until hot gossip on Kenny Everett.
By: Ren Frew - 21st June 2006 at 20:11
So ren,is it as busy as it looks ,or are the kids crammed together like jasper carrot says for the cameras…
dave
Well it kind depends on a few things…
A: How many of the invited kids turn up…?
B: How many of the invited kids aren’t ejected for fighting the other kids…?
C: How many of the invited kids aren’t ejected for smoking, and drinking Bacardi Breezers in the bogs…?
When you get a high level of kids falling into categories B&C, it certainly does get a bit like the show Mr Carrott describes… 😀
By: laviticus - 21st June 2006 at 19:49
Latterly I would work on the show from time to time, especially the TOTP Saturday morning edition.
So ren,is it as busy as it looks ,or are the kids crammed together like jasper carrot says for the cameras…
dave
By: Dantheman77 - 21st June 2006 at 19:24
It’s a terrible thing name dropping isn’t it ? :rolleyes:
Billy Connolly once told me that… 😀
Thats Mr Connolly to you pal! 😉
( from one of his stand-up routines)
By: Ren Frew - 21st June 2006 at 18:41
Name-dropper! :rolleyes:
What? Me? Jealous? :diablo: :diablo: :diablo:
It’s a terrible thing name dropping isn’t it ? :rolleyes:
Billy Connolly once told me that… 😀
By: Grey Area - 21st June 2006 at 18:27
I’ll never forget the day Rachael Stevens winked at me, nor the time Girls Aloud mopped my sweaty brow…
Name-dropper! :rolleyes:
What? Me? Jealous? :diablo: :diablo: :diablo:
By: DazDaMan - 21st June 2006 at 18:16
Latterly I would work on the show from time to time, especially the TOTP Saturday morning edition. I’ll never forget the day Rachael Stevens winked at me, nor the time Girls Aloud mopped my sweaty brow… 😮 😀 :rolleyes:
Time for a lie down methinks…? 😀
Some chaps have all the luck…! :rolleyes:
By: A225HVY - 21st June 2006 at 18:16
Bab’s or Patti 😀 😀 😀 LOL
Gotta be Babs!!!!! :diablo:
By: Mark9 - 21st June 2006 at 17:03
Pan’s People used to keep my interest back in the 1970’s…. :diablo:
Babs or Patti 😀 😀 😀 LOL
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