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Post by Cartman on Feb 1, 2023 17:39:16 GMT
There's two on the last list which I love, the England Dan and John Ford Coley and Kate Bush ones.
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Post by Nightfly on Feb 1, 2023 20:04:26 GMT
I always rated Paul Nicholas' Heaven on the 7th Floor much higher than the Grandma's Party stuff he churned out before (though not rated higher than his performance as Knee Tremble Johnny in Stardust).
England Dan and John Ford Coley always sounded like they went to the same school as Hall and Oates. Great single from the long hot summer.
Always loved the Spyro Gyra tune, but it always seemed to be used as a filler for radio jocks to babble over. For ages I thought the title was Up to The News as it was often introduced as "One minute to eight O'clock...Up to the news with Spyro Gyra". I'll get me coat....
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Feb 2, 2023 6:28:56 GMT
If we're talking Paul Nicholas' chart career, then never forget Reggae Like It Used To. Reviewed with much glee in CM episode 18 - "Dave Lee Travis Stamping On A Human Face, Forever". This particular episode also covering Convoy GB by Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks, which hopefully goes some way to backgrounding the episode title.
I do have very fond memories of the Linen song, as it indeed was from that wonderful summer of 1976, and its laid back manner fitted the times beautifully. In very much the same way that the of similar genre Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers did. Also from around the same time and of similar ilk (from the R&B division) was Harvest For The World by the Isley Brothers. A nice trio of US easy listening to perfectly soundtrack the warm sunny times in the Greater London suburbs for this yet to be in double figures lad.
And I agree on the Spyro Gyra track. I also have very fond memories of the lesser balmy summer of 1979, and Morning Dance suited that time well. Perhaps it should have been bracketed "Up To The News"!
Of course in some of the examples I listed, I've realised that CM could still have covered them. Even if it was the L&Co routine, or play-out track, they'd have still been able to talk about the song. But for Gary Holton, Steve Diggle and the Planets, their chance of being praised/coated down (delete as appropriate) will never come, if JS episodes continue to be boycotted.
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Post by Cartman on Feb 2, 2023 7:52:45 GMT
The England Dan track I associate a bit more with the Autumn of 76, I remember phoning it through to our local radio station, Piccadilly 261, in about October 76 as a dedication to this girl I liked.
Didn't do any good....
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Post by Gene Hunt on Feb 2, 2023 9:00:09 GMT
The England Dan track I associate a bit more with the Autumn of 76, I remember phoning it through to our local radio station, Piccadilly 261, in about October 76 as a dedication to this girl I liked. Didn't do any good.... Maybe it was the curry you had that caused the warm wind to blow the stars around that put her off... Gene.
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Feb 2, 2023 10:32:27 GMT
In which case, the linen's definitely best not mentioned!
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 19, 2023 9:23:13 GMT
Another spiffing episode is ready for you to enjoy at all the places you get your podcasts. I've just completed another CM marathon
This time it's April 1986 and, needless to say, it's the usual insightful and amusing swear-fest
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Apr 21, 2023 9:56:06 GMT
Yes indeed. And due to having to focus on elsewhere for the last few weeks, I didn't get a chance to listen to it until relatively recently.
Although a fine episode as ever, I have to say that I didn't find it as enjoyable as other eps. Which is possibly due to the relatively uninspiring era that it covered (for me anyway) and also due to the lack of Taylor, which sadly downmarks an episode before it's even started these days. But it wouldn't be right to have him on every time, and the others have to have their chance, so I have to accept it.
On this TOTP episode (17 April 1986, presented by Gary Davies):-
Look Away - Big Country (studio) Rock Me Amadeus - Falco (video, mostly put in an inset and shared with the chart run down talked over by Davies) Train Of Thought - A-ha (studio) Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega (video, breakers) Just Say No - Grange Hill Cast (video, breakers) What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson (video, breakers) Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial (studio) A Different Corner - George Michael (studio, intercut with video clips) The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston (video, credits)
For a somewhat lacklustre era, not a bad line-up really. I especially like the Suzanne Vega and It's Immaterial tracks. I think the A-ha one is probably one of their forgotten ones, but is a bit of a banger. Watching the episode, and as A-ha were the next studio act after Big Country, I was slightly amused by a vague resemblance between Stuart Adamson and Morten Harket!
I've never really cared that much for the Falco track, but to shrink its visuals and have woo Gary commentating on the charts over the top of it was a poor production decision, which the CM panel certainly agreed with.
There was a lot of CM love for A Different Corner, but to me it's a sludgy dirge, and I hate it now as I did then.
The longest discussion was on the Grange Hill Cast, not surprisingly!
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Post by Cartman on Apr 22, 2023 9:19:57 GMT
Agree with PP that this was a trough era after the late 70s peak. There's three in the list which are passable, Big Country, Its Immaterial and Suzanne Vega. They are the best ones, and they are, as I say, passable, not great.
On George Micheal, he gets a lot of play on Greatest Hits Radio, which I have on in the van at work, and TBH, I'm not a huge fan, he did a couple when he was in Wham which are ok, and I like Careless Whisper, but his later stuff I can take or keave
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