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Post by jno on Dec 15, 2015 9:59:42 GMT
Please wait for this page to load. Please do not 'Quote' this original post. Suggested by: The Noise Abatement Society.20 candidates this week, based on our very own TOTP review thread. Therefore you can CHOOSE FIVE. Remember to zoom out on your browser if you can't see all the videos below (hold down the CTRL key and mouse wheel out). So, what was the absolute worst SONG (regardless of performance) to feature on Top Of The Pops in 1980? TIP: ONLY PLAY ONE VIDEO AT A TIME! 
MIKE BERRY
The Sunshine Of Your Smile
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BLACK SLATE
Amigo
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THE DOOLEYS
Love Patrol
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THE FLYING LIZARDS
T.V.
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KENNY ROGERS
Coward Of The County
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LIQUID GOLD
Dance Yourself Dizzy
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LIQUID GOLD
Substitute
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LIQUID GOLD
The Night, The Wine & The Roses
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KAREL FIALKA
The Eyes Have It
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GENESIS
Turn It On Again
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MATCHBOX
Over The Rainbow
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KEITH MICHELL
Captain Beaky
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B.A. ROBERTSON
Kool In The Kaftan
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SHALAMAR
I Owe You One
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SMOKIE
Take Good Care Of My Baby
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SHAKIN’ STEVENS
Hot Dog
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ST. WINIFRED’S SCHOOL CHOIR
There’s No-One Quite Like Grandma
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SWEET PEOPLE
Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And The Birds Were Singing)
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UB40
Dream A Lie
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MARTI WEBB
Take That Look Off Your Face
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Post by jno on Dec 15, 2015 13:36:07 GMT
Early predictions show a runaway victory for Captain Beaky!
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 15, 2015 19:10:58 GMT
Can I vote for St.Winifreds School Choir 5 times?
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Post by jno on Dec 15, 2015 20:19:45 GMT
Mike Berry aka Mr Spooner from "Are You Being Served" but for me he was Mr. Peters in Worzel Gummidge which later ended up in NZ! Mr Berry has his own website here: www.mikeberry.netNow then, I wonder who voted for Genesis?  |
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Post by daz on Dec 16, 2015 8:15:28 GMT
I am the Genesis voter. A bit disappointed CLiff wasn't on the list, but more than made up for by the including of BA Robertson and Kenny Rogers. BA RObertson was a grade A ****. The interview with the singer from Bow Wow Wow, is classic TV and showed him for the smug git he really is.
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Dec 18, 2015 0:15:29 GMT
I voted for BA Robertson for his attempt to ruin The Monster Club.
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Post by Portland Road on Dec 20, 2015 9:39:31 GMT
I notice that Sue Wilkinson is missing. Is she redeemed by good looks?  |
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Post by ltd on Dec 20, 2015 18:39:36 GMT
St Winifred's get my vote, loathed by myself at the time, and my gran oddly enough. Don't remember the Smokie and UB40 songs but voted for them on principle, the principle being they were always sh!te.
I remember quite liking the Marti Webb one.
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Post by Terry on Dec 22, 2015 9:38:36 GMT
Hi 5, daz....
Easy...as it can't get much lower than Genesis (Phil Collins Years), it's Turn it on again for me...terrible, flat, unimportant "Shopping-Mall-Lift"-music.
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Post by Portland Road on Dec 28, 2015 8:19:45 GMT
Collins was everywhere by the late 80s.  But I have no problem with the earlier career of Genesis. They had many good years, going from prog through the New Wave upheavals.  Only when MTV kicked in by the mid 80s did they go naff. |
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Post by jno on Dec 28, 2015 19:44:18 GMT
Everyone entitled to opinions regarding music - all a matter of taste. Let's just keep things nice and friendly on forum please. I like Chas'n'Dave's few big hits as it happens and even confess to purchasing one of them in 1982. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Dec 28, 2015 20:12:10 GMT
I like Chas'n'Dave's few big hits as it happens and even confess to purchasing one of them in 1982. You loser, Chas N Dave are pants..... Only kidding...... I like C&D too and have a couple of their albums (even some of their Black Claw early prog rock stuff on disc)!! In the interests of moderation I have checked 'Off Topic' topics/threads for examples of 'Chas N Dave sniping history' and have found nothing so far..! Which is a shame because I was hoping to come down on MIAS like a ton of bricks over it..... but all I could find were jibes about Status Quo trying to steal their double act!   |
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Post by jno on Dec 29, 2015 14:47:44 GMT
...and meanwhile Arch is now getting "Jamboree Bag No. 2" for next year's Christmas!  |
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 29, 2016 17:24:13 GMT
Harsh on Marti Webb this was. That flying lizards 'song' was excruciatingly awful. I would have given mention to the original Suicide Is Painless. The Manics did an amazing job turning this into the great song they did.
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Post by Portland Road on Jul 5, 2016 5:18:27 GMT
Agree about Marti Webb and THe Flying Lizards.
I like the original MASH theme song (recorded in a style very typical of its time, i.e. 1969 rather than 1980). The Manics made a decent cover version.
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Post by thewoodster on Apr 29, 2018 18:19:55 GMT
Looks like captain beaky has walked it...or flown it...lol
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Post by jno on May 27, 2018 13:57:07 GMT
mias's party song! |
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Post by thecraftyleek on Aug 9, 2019 4:37:43 GMT
Marti Webb and St Winifred’s for me. I can’t vote for Kenny Rogers. Even though I detest most country music, his gig at Cardiff in 1998 was one of the best I’ve ever been to. ‘I don’t do encores,’ he says. ‘What’s the point in you guys banging the floor for 10 minutes? So this will be the last song. Thank you and good night.’ Then he did Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town. What a man! I didn’t pay for my ticket by the way...I won two in the local paper. Took me and the then girlfriend who thoroughly enjoyed it. Talking of rednecks. Look what we’ve got in Portrush later tonight. Kiefer Sutherland’s band are there too, live on the beach. g.co/kgs/5aP3SnSadly, I’ll be busy washing my hair listening to some proper music. Or just getting ready for the new Premiership season. Jack Bauer goes hick. Whatever next. |
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Post by billymedhurst on Sept 5, 2019 23:02:22 GMT
It seems like only yesterday !! Has to be Keith Michel, and Smokie 
But only by a whisker....
Apparently Smokie are still going - hopefully they keep going, and never come back !! According to Wikipedia, they've been boring the nation rigid since 1964, a lifetime cure for insomnia...
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Post by jno on Sept 6, 2019 8:41:17 GMT
As long as The Dooleys never win this, I will be happy, "Love Patrol" is superb! |
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Post by jno on Sept 7, 2019 3:18:30 GMT
I fixed all links in the original post yesterday and realised, dear oh dear, there were some truly shocking chart 'hits' in 1980.  |
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Post by billymedhurst on Sept 7, 2019 22:23:41 GMT
I fixed all links in the original post yesterday and realised, dear oh dear, there were some truly shocking chart 'hits' in 1980. There was some brilliant stuff too ! |
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Post by Shot By Both Sides on Dec 16, 2019 7:07:29 GMT
Turn It On Again? Who writes this stuff?
And Captain Beaky, Amigo, Kool In The Kaftan, Hot Dog and Dream A Lie would all get on our jukebox, so there!
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Post by Shot By Both Sides on Dec 16, 2019 20:07:29 GMT
Borderline sociopath? That song's sublime.  |
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