I think the picture between Barbara Cartland and the panda might have been Billie Jean King. #TOTP #1982Watch
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A Flock Of Seagulls my fave performance from a top-drawer second Mystery Year, 1982.
I shall take my leave of you, it's Tony Blackburn from 1976 next, with Rod Stewart, the Bay City Rollers, and the Wurzels.
Followed by Girls In Bands, a 1981 concert from Siouxsie and the Banshees, and rock group Fanny.
Saturday night on BBC2 has far too much sportsball, then hits from 1975.
Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one!
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"I don't wanna dance" - Eddy Grant
On video from somewhere hot and sunny. Barbados, probably.
Could be Grenada. Or Anguilla. Or the freezer department at Bejam. Warmer than here, anyway.
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"Wishing (if I had a photograph of you)" - A Flock of Seagulls
The lead singer has a very 'tastic haircut, all asymmetric and pointy as if he were a minor devil.
The performance is on the neon-and-chrome diamond stage, moodily lit in blue, and looks like something from the future. Even this many years later, it looks like the future.
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"The girl is mine" - Paul McCartney and Zoo
Four of the lads have dressed up in their golf checks, as though we're stopping them on the fourteenth tee.
Towards the end of the routine a selection of girls are superimposed in the top left corner of the screen; there's Miss Piggy, Mary Whitehouse, Selina Scott, Barbara Woodhouse, Margaret Thatcher, Dame Edna Everage, Barbara Cartland, don't know, a panda (presumably female so let's say Shao-Shao who gave birth in Madrid Zoo recently and was a bit of a panda celebrity), and Diana Dors.
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"Show me the meaning of being lonely" - Dionne Warwick
Lovely Backstreet Boys cover.
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Our second Mystery Year saw the death of Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the USSR. Lech Walsea, the Polish opposition leader, was freed after almost a year in prison.
The Examinations Council was commissioned to devise a replacement for O-level and CSE examinations.
The Milk Marketing Board raised the maximum price of milk to 21p per pint.
"Crackerjack" was graced by Bob Carolgees, Suzi Quatro, and Classix Nouveaux. "Blue Peter" asked its viewers to design a cake for the Lord Mayor's Banquet.
Top of the Pops was hosted by David "Kid" Jensen, Esq.
If you can, please stand for the national anthem.
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Donny Osmond drops in for a quick plug of his new song, "If it's love you're after", allowing Bruno Brookes to display his repetoire of comedy joke.
Sybil is a bit squeaky and screechy - don't take any more lessons from Anthea Turner. Bruno seemed a bit overpowered by things. Robin Beck performance of the ep, i reckon.
The first Mystery Year was 1988. More in a moment!
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"Orinoco flow" - Enya
Enya is still number one, but only just. Kylie Minogue is just 1% behind - but those 500 sales keep "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" off the top spot.
Michael Geogehan's video uses lots of still photos, overlaid and painted and re-touched, and all compiled by hand. None of that computer-aided nonsense for Enya, who probably thinks the piano is suspiciously modern.
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"Real gone kid" - Deacon Blue
Sure, it's an absolute rush of a song, a comfort blanket, familiar and exciting and vital.
But does it need the most excitable introduction since Bros and Kylie were last in the studio?
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"Missing you" - Chris de Burgh
Unwittingly, Bruno Brookes puts his tiny finger on a problem. Chris de Burgh is Mister Ballad, because his big hits - this, "Lady in red", "A spaceman came travelling" - are MOR mush.
I'd far sooner hear "High on emotion" and "Don't pay the ferryman", two non-hit singles.
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"First time" - Robin Beck
A massive stove-pipe hat on her head, a massive picture of Robin on the Big Bates screen.
Robin has the stagecraft to find the camera, look good down the camera, and make us believe she means what she's singing.
Written for a Coca Cola commercial, Robin was paid $300 for the recording session. She kept all the royalties from sales of the song.
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"He ain't no competition" - Brother Beyond
Nathan in a muscular hearthrob t-shirt, lots of squeals and screams from the audience, and a lovely shot of him jigging up and down through a gap in the crowds.
The song is familiar, similar keys and tempo and riffs to "The harder I try", but that makes it less exciting, and a bit naffer.
Pretty much forgotten these days, like the rest of the band's works.
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Our first Mystery Year came from the year when a broadcasting white paper was published. "We aim to ensure that viewers and listeners have greater freedom of choice, including programmes of high quality," said Douglas Hurd. "The new channels will offer less diversity and lower standards," replied Roy Hattersley.
Charles Windsor, an unemployed 39-year-old father of two, was part of a "danger community", recklessly causing an avalanche on a mountain near Klosters last March; one of the party died, another was seriously injured.
Blue Peter announced its appeal, a bring and buy sale for Kampuchea. On Neighbours, Gail's dinner party headed for disaster.
Top of the Pops was hosted by Bruno Brookes (man in grey suit) and Sybil Ruscoe (slinky green dress).
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What have i learned from #TOTP 2000?
Seems that Reef were still a going concern. My fave of Mansun's, though a shame their lead singer was accused of stalking.
Even the dance choons were on point: Wookie's was rather good, and MJ Cole proved that all foot-tapping music will eventually evolve into smooth soul.
And they built in a washing-up break with Ronan Keating.
Evening, all.