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Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

A Pedant writes: POTP on Saturday (1970) played Andy Williams' Can't Help Falling In Love. This was a hit earlier in the year. Surely he should have played It's So Easy, a hit in July 70.
Where do they get their researchers from?

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

On this occasion Phil Swern is technically right.

Andy Williams' Can't Help Falling In Love was indeed a new entry, actually a re-entry, to the Top 40, at No 38 for the week ending 27th June 1970.
It fell out the following week, so you could say he might have been better to have played Shirley Bassey's Something, which was a completely new entry at No 32, and had more of a future.

It's So Easy did not enter the Top 40 until the week ending 15th August 1970.
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Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

In that case, apologies to Mr Swern! I didn't know 'Can't Help...' re-entered the charts. It was certainly a bigger hit in April. And a fine song.

And a pity Something wasn't played. A nice cover.

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6851

Have just caught up with last week's show and Tony played What Is A Man by The Four Tops ...one I don't remember at all ....on it they sound more like,apart from the odd vocal,The Four Preps than The Four Tops!......

....and was reminded how much I love Breakaway by The Beach Boys... Smile

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

My copy of Breakaway was labelled wrongly! You needed to play the 'b' side if you wanted to hear Breakaway! I remember being on the point of taking it back to the shop and thought I'll turn it over and see what's on the other side. Just as well that I did.

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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6851

Could be worth more that way,Helen.... Smile

Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

Whilst in Canada one year, I bought a CD copy of Pink Floyd's The Wall which, like my original Vinyl copy, is a double CD. The Cd's were wrongly labeled!
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Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

'Breakaway' by The Beach Boys (from last week's POTP 1969) was indeed a good song but then every song from that particular chart was good. Which contrasted with this week's 1978 which was utter dross, not a single good song.
Perhaps chart shows should boycott the late 70s!

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

The only decent one in the 78 chart was Don't Fear The Reaper from Blue Oyster Cult, the rest as you say were awful.

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Funny thing is that we were saying exactly the same thing about the 1978 chart. Utterly appalling, all of it!

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Not say the pop pickers every week.

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Ian Robinson · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:31 am Post subject:

Ta for that. I'm too young to know the radio scene of that time (my parents just listened to Wogan, Young, et al)

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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

For the next three weeks POTP's will be recorded cause they Phil the Collector and Tony keep drifting into the Olympic lanes. Laughing

ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

Can't say I blame them - If I was based in London I'd be keen to keep well out of the way of the whole Olympics charade
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I have a meeting in London next week. I bet the atmosphere will be fantastic!

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

If you like 60's charts it's a good one so far on POTP!

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ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

I thought both charts were pretty good today and in a way I'm glad with a recorded show that Tony doesn't have to waste time reading out text messages so we get a bit more music Very Happy

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

I didn't think much of the 85 one either.

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POTPsfrom the 80s are always rubbish, aren't they! I always switch off.

ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

I have to disagree Colin - I love most eighties music although obviously not all of it was brilliant

It reminds me of a wonderful period in my life when I was a great deal happier than I am now - mainly because I hate the way this once great country is going

The only other comparible period in music in my view was the post flower power era in the late sixties which I would say is probably the best period in the history of popular music Smile

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ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

Sorry Colin but I again have to disagree although I accept your basic implied view that you might have preferred album tracks at that time

But how can you possibly not agree that many of the classic Bowie singles of the seventies were not brilliant - or many of the early punk singles around 1977 - or some of the post punk new wave stuff - or many of the Elvis Costello singles of the late seventies/early eighties

I'm sorry but I think you must have had a very bad memory lapse when it comes to such matters although I do agree that there was a lot of dross around especially in the first part of the seventies - a small price to pay for some real musical gems Smile

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

I'm going to agree with Colin on the 80s, in fact if my memory is correct I stopped listening to POTP and TOTP around 85/86. For some reason the music stopped appealing to me and I guess I had other things I needed to do. I didn't stop listening to music just didn't much care for a lot of the charted stuff.

I also prefer the 60s up to 68ish, there was a definite change as has been said on previous posts.

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oldraver · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 1189 Location: London

I have to admit, I don't listen to POTP if it's after 1973. Like you Colin, I stopped buying singles about then..think Pyjamarama was the last one I bought, and then only because it wasn't on an album.
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Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

It seems to me that 1971 was a good Top Of The Pops period. They had an album spot in those days as exemplified by this clip of Mick Abrahams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVytZqfwe6Q So they were not necessarily by the well known chart singles acts of the time. It's a shame that this spot didn't seem to last very long, in fact, according to this, it didn't see the year out: http://z6.invisionfree.com/popscene/ar/t8674.htm
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Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

1971 was a fine year for albums: Sticky Fingers, All Things Must Pass, Tapestry, Who's Next, Led Zep 4, Every Picture Tells A Story, Imagine and many more. The late 60s and early 70s was a golden age for rock/pop and will never be repeated.
Consequently I was glued to TOTP and POTP in those years and lost interest in the dreadful mid/late 70s. However my interests revived in the mid 80s and in fact I watched/listened to chart shows till well into the 90s.

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ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

I also agree and I concur with Schiz about the TOTP eighties output Smile

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graham b · Joined: 23 Sep 2010 Posts: 211 Location: Wakefield

1968 again this week. One of my favourites. Fire at No2. How come this is the only Arthur Brown track that gets played on R2. He did some good stuff like Rest Cure and Devil's Grip that we never hear.

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

Well that's what you get with a true one hit wonder - they only play the one hit.

But you never know, the others might pop up on SOTS.
What do you reckon?...

Rest Cure (B-side of Fire)

Devil's Grip On Me

I reckon if they do someone here will complain they're too obscure Wink

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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6851

Listening to this I remarked to my daughter I hadn't a clue what No 19 (think it was) was ...I guessed it was the Small Faces (The Universal) but can't ever remember hearing it before ....if it had been in the lower regions of a top forty I could understand but a top twenty record?? Very Happy

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