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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostSome acts were a total disaster when they did it live - New Order with 'Blue Monday' for example.
I know this because I was working nights in a warehouse at the time, with the shift kicking off at nine.
So, on the Thursday night after New Order had really, really fucked up True Faith on TOTP,, I went to work, only to hear my co-workers laying in to "that load of shit who played live."
Although I rarely said anything there, I pointed out that New Order were all right. Whereupon Big Fucking Old Lag said, "Yeah, young 'un. But you like choccy ringers as well, you gay cunt." And so I was the gay cunt who liked choccy ringers.
I emigrated shortly afterwards.
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Enjoyed Mystic Mayo saying that Everyday Is Like Sunday would be a number one. It climbed to nine the following week and then got no further. Last time he presented he predicted Mary's Prayer would also top the charts, and that didn't get near it either.
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I'm sure I read somewhere that Glitter cashed in all his royalties for a lump sum before the scandals broke around him so it wouldn't make any difference to him financially if his records were played or not.
Whoever bought them must be well pissed off.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostEnjoyed Mystic Mayo saying that Everyday Is Like Sunday would be a number one. It climbed to nine the following week and then got no further. Last time he presented he predicted Mary's Prayer would also top the charts, and that didn't get near it either.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostMary's Prayer peaked at #3 on reissue - which is fairly near - however, believing that an act like Morrissey (or The Smiths per se) would ever be likely to bag a number-one single doesn't/didnt display much knowledge of how the market worked back then.
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Then better just to say 'great record, that': it was very widely known that artists like Morrissey/The Smiths tended to sell singles to the fan base, usually debuting high in the chart before disappearing quickly. (The latter had only scored one UK Top Ten hit (HKIMN) to that point.)
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Not entirely sure I'm over seeing Anthrax make it onto UK "terrestrial" telly last night. I mean, "Make Me Laugh" gets nowhere near my top 50 Anthrax songs, but whatever. I still had a bit of a fanboy glee moment and for that, well, having to listen to Andy Crane is a small sacrifice.
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