Indeed - I was referring to the fact that Gangster O seemed to be treating your post as though it were a guess to his favoured video.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostAgree with Peel on Louise, not least because its my only known example of narrowboating in popular music video.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostAgree with Peel on Louise, not least because its my only known example of narrowboating in popular music videoLast edited by Mumpo; 20-11-2017, 14:43.
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Originally posted by steveeeeeeeee View PostFairly sure Phil Oakley was sailing his narrow boat up the River Lea, through Hackney Wick, Hackney Marshes and up towards the Lea Valley Ice Centre, thereby predating the current East London fashion for houseboat living on the River Lea by a good 3 decades. Brilliant song and video.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostQuite amusing to see that Spandau Ballet have declined to the extent that they've been relegated to the lesser Christmas show.
Also unsure why they're showing My Oh My, given that it was over a year old by this stage.
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Long Haired Lover actually sold more copies in 1973 than the previous, but featured in the year-end listings for both years.
But pretty much every year is going to include a song that has cusped the years at number one, or thereabouts. (Queen obviously featured in both 1975 and 1976 with Bohemian Rhapsody, etc.) Not sure of their sources, but - if one ignores the annoying apostrophes - this website seems a pretty useful resource:
http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1973.shtml
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Fuck sake I had a Russ Abbott album on tape when I was about 7 (pre-Atmosphere Russ anyway). Seem to remember finding parodies of songs I was barely aware of (“(I wish they all could be) Upper Norwood Girls”, whatever he did to Ghost Riders in the Sky) just hilarious. Even had some cheapo Fleetway or whatever Russ Abbott annual with comic strips based on his greatest creations. Fuck sake, what a wally.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostThis opening number from The Limit (whoever they were) is laying down a marker for the direction of music during the mid-late 80s.
Amii Stewart's dancing was mental, it screamed "I'm a trained dancer!" But just looked so absurd.
And I can't imagine Grandmaster Melle Mel and his crew running tings on road these days in that get up.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostWell, he (Frank Kelly) had a #26 UK (and Top Ten Ireland) hit with Christmas Alphabet at the end of 1983, so very likely it was that?
Or did Frank Kelly have two Christmas hits - one called "Christmas Alphabet" and one called "Christmas Countdown"?Last edited by treibeis; 20-01-2018, 07:52.
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Oops, guilty as charged re Father Jack's effort - Christmas Alphabet was an old Dickie Valentine hit, about which I'd recently been writing. (You'll have to trust me on that one.)
Similarly guilty over the S'n'W scene - but I have no recollection of this 'DIVORCE' foul-up of which you speak.
Go easy, eh? I've not had the best start to the year.
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The D.I.V.O.R.C.E. thing (Billy Connolly's version) was your not knowing what the bleeped-out lyrics were.
Genuinely sorry to hear about your shitty start to the year. It won't stop me coming down on you like a ton of bricks if, in future, you, say, get the order in which the police officers sing in "King Of The Cops" wrong, but you still have my sympathy.
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Why would you even mention King Of The Cops knowing that everyone except you had mercifully forgotten it? You're a monster and I hope that a horde of Helmut Kohl proportioned Bavarians come and stand on your holes.
Hope the year picks up for you, JW.
And I can't imagine Grandmaster Melle Mel and his crew running tings on road these days in that get up.
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostWhy would you even mention King Of The Cops knowing that everyone except you had mercifully forgotten it? You're a monster and I hope that a horde of Helmut Kohl proportioned Bavarians come and stand on your holes.
I'd love anybody, even Frank Kelly singing "Christmas Alphabet", to stand on my holes.
On the other hand, you're about my age (50), aren't you? You loved, you fucking LOVED "King Of The Cops", didn't you?Last edited by treibeis; 20-01-2018, 18:45.
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A group of us sang KING OF THE COPS at the youth club christmas party back when it came out, I was Steve Mc Garret and Stavros (one line, ok lieutenant ) we thought we were brilliant, as you do when you're 10
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