Top Of The Pops
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:26 pm
They say that it's under threat and complain it's not getting enough viewers. Whatever one might think of the content and the way it is presented now, if they're concerned about that why the hell did they move it to Fridays and up against Corrie? Are these people really THAT stupid??
I've got videos of old TOTP's from the 70's thru to the mid-90's, and they are mostly superb. The format used from 1981 to the mid-80s was proabaly the best (some of those shows are wall-to-wall classics), the atmosphere and style suited the music (which, in terms of chart consistency & quality pop, 79-85 was probably an all-time high). The 70's shows normally had a fair bit of MOR tripe chucked in, and that awful way they used to have the BBC orchestra play the music for the Three Degrees etc to sing to was awful ("Strut Your Funky Stuff" by Frantique has to be heard to be believed) - the way they did the chart rundown at the beginning was cool though...
I also reckon the show also hit a high point around 94/95, it seemed to be all about the music. Alas, its been downhill since then.....
I've got videos of old TOTP's from the 70's thru to the mid-90's, and they are mostly superb. The format used from 1981 to the mid-80s was proabaly the best (some of those shows are wall-to-wall classics), the atmosphere and style suited the music (which, in terms of chart consistency & quality pop, 79-85 was probably an all-time high). The 70's shows normally had a fair bit of MOR tripe chucked in, and that awful way they used to have the BBC orchestra play the music for the Three Degrees etc to sing to was awful ("Strut Your Funky Stuff" by Frantique has to be heard to be believed) - the way they did the chart rundown at the beginning was cool though...
I also reckon the show also hit a high point around 94/95, it seemed to be all about the music. Alas, its been downhill since then.....