Graham Parker & The Rumour - hold back the night
What is the rumour? They don't say but this is funky white boy pop soul with some tasty brass (unseen) presumably by the TOTP orchestra. Exciting debut indeed Kid, brilliant start to the show.
The Real Thing - you'll never know what you are missing
The Real Thing must have lived just around the corner and always been on standby as they appear on TOTP a lot. No hat this time just a relaxed sound that suddenly scares you when the chorus goes all high-pitched.
Brotherhood of Man - oh boy
Kid says they have a change of style, i'm not sure exactly what this change is. It starts off vaguely ABBA and proceeds into a standard MOR pop song which is what Brotherhood of Man always seemed to churn out (so its not like they went punk). Its a little less cute than usual perhaps and there is no weird dance routine, instead they stand awkwardly on stage between verses without anything happening.
Smokie - lay back in the arms of someone
Another band who didn't veer too far from their formula. Singalonga pop-rock which Kid likes, he says its their best single. I prefer the other one, that sounds like this only is a little bit different.
Barbara Dickson - another suitcase in another hall
Intense performance, Barbara looks good though the sound mix seems rather odd and at times shes drowned out by the background vocals which is rather odd.
The Rubettes - baby i know
This C&W tune has appeared a lot. Kid predicted it would go to #1, instead its at #11 so he was almost right.
ELO - rockaria
The 24-esque video again. Lots of repeats tonight.
Legs & Co interpret the divine Mary Macgregor's "torn between two lovers", i'd rather see Mary to be honest.
Brendon - gimmie some
What is this? Curlylocks spouting lyrical banality? Yes!
Manhattan Transfer - Chanson d'amour
Back in the day i knew this song and loved it, one of the first songs i loved and i still like its retro French cabaret-ness. I guess when you are 6 years old this kind of thing blows your mind, and 40 years too as it turns out.
I thought it was quite odd how much Barbra Dickson's hair looked like Susan Boyle's hair.
ReplyDeleteand Brendon, what was that all about?
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