A Short History of the Best Bad Top of the Pops Performances

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Let me tell you the tale of Top of the Pops. Since 1964, every Thursday evening Britain's youth would watch the ever-shifting weekly single chart show on BBC One. With performances from the most exciting bands all in the run up to the number one song in the country of that week. Its fondly remembered, but that's not to say it was ever that good. The performances were mimed to backing tracks, the vocals mostly lipsynced, the presenters were cheesy as the pop music, but despite this, Top of the Pops was a very big deal.
If your band had got on the show, you had, in some small way, “made it” in the pop world. It stands as a perfect archive of over 42 years of the British charts and the performances still live on in the public consciousness. The first glimpse of Ziggy Stardust. The public debate about Culture Club's Boy George. The Battle of Britpop. But not all performances on the show went as smoothly as others. Some are iconically bad or shambolic. So who like Rod Stewart on "Maggie May", Mud on "Lonely This Christmas" or Travis on "Sing" couldn't take the lipsyncing seriously? Why Did Dexys Midnight Runners have a dart legend as their backdrop for "Jackie Wilson Said"? And How did Manic Street Preachers while playing "Faster" result in 20K complaints? This and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "Blue Monday" by New Order and "Martha's Harbour" by All About Eve played very wrong. This is A Short History of Iconic Shambolic Top of the Pops Performances.
#TopofthePops #7Things #BBCMusic
Soundtrack:
sleepy fish - Forgot It Was Monday
( / sleeepyfish )
Luar - Into ( / luarbeats )
fantompower - blankets ( / fantompower )
Luar - Oblivion ( / luarbeats )
Stars As Lights - Maps and Constellations (starsaslights.bandcamp.com)
yutaka hirasaka - eternal moment - ambient guitar loops take (yutakahirasaka.bandcamp.com)
Luar - Anchor ( / luarbeats )
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Rod Stewart
03:00 Mud
04:05 Punk
06:02 Dexys Midnight Runners
07:10 New Order
09:00 All About Eve
10:07 Nirvana
11:26 90s Dance
13:14 Manic Street Preachers
14:29 Travis
15:32 Stop of the Pops
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@TrashTheory 4 года назад

So what is your favourite Top of the Pops performance? What did I miss? Trash Theory playlists - Spotify: tinyurl.com/yxp32pjf Deezer: tinyurl.com/y2mdp8h2 Also if you want to help out, here's my patreon link: patreon.com/trashtheory

@westonizzi 4 года назад

Should’ve covered oasis with Liam and noels switch for the song roll with it

@404dia 4 года назад

Enjoyed this, thanks. When I was a kid TOTP was fantastically diverse. Punk, two tone, soul, disco, reggae, post punk etc,; it's hard to believe now that UK families were sat eating their dinner when PIL appeared, almost miming to The Flowers of Romance! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OLMlHe2CslY.html Or that anyone thought it would be good idea to have the TOTP dancers peform to Laurie Anderson's O Superman! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NJBZifZ4TIc.html

@heppolo 4 года назад

Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" only reached #6

@colinp2238 4 года назад

Good video shit commentary, I mean who is/was Kirsty McCoyle? You mean Kirsty McColl. Your droning voice does not give the magic that TOTP did even in it's worst performances and we all knew that they were mimming.

@leetronix 4 года назад

Kirsty McCoil? Its Kirsty McCall...also spoken is not pronounced Spocken..other than that was enjoyable :)

@absinthefandubs9130 4 года назад

"Cobain later said he wanted to sound like Morrissey" This is the best thing I heard all year.

@zachjollimore4339 4 года назад

best thing I hear every year mayne

@SteeeveO 4 года назад

and he meant Neil Morrisey - he was a great fan of men behaving badly.

@liammcnicholas918 4 года назад

Sounds more like a bad Barney impression

@timf7413 4 года назад

The funny thing is that I can actually hear a certain similarity.

@m.asquino7403 4 года назад

Cobain was high as a kite!

@simonhaslam 3 года назад

I remember when The Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ went straight in at number one. Presenter Nicky Campbell said “get your mums and aunties in front of the telly, cos they’re gonna hate this!”.

@JasmineSurrealVideos 2 года назад

My mum loved the Progidy lol

@manicstreetpreacher200 2 года назад

I interpret this as a rare moment of self-realisation from Mr Campbell.😂

@alukuhito 2 года назад

I remember first hearing that song and thought it was pretty dumb. I wasn't sure why anyone liked it. It seemed like maybe the music magazines of the day told the hipsters that they were going to like it, so they manufactured a sense of liking it.

@kostajovanovic3711 2 года назад

@@alukuhito nah

@alukuhito 2 года назад

@@kostajovanovic3711 Yeah.

@chariotdrvr14 3 года назад

I don't think New Order's 'Blue Monday' slipping a notch ever really mattered. That song has experienced so many remixed, rediscoveries, and use in commercials and films that as a track it has far outperformed most pop songs.

@davidhenderson9707 2 года назад

Yes just another live version there - no big deal

@nevrogers8198 2 года назад

And the commentary mentions "MIDI sequencers/sequences". MIDI was a new technology about a year later. For New Order, synchronisation was still a manual process.

@CuriousCritter17 2 года назад

None of them really do they are pop music legends

@samot8945 2 года назад

Is better to have music being made in the moment, rather than just another fake ass playback performance. Kraftwerk also programmed every song in every concert during 1981, they all sound different in each concert.

@jamesschulziii9098 2 года назад

I remember new order from about 87 onward and when I finally discovered the earlier stuff I'm like okay I think I've heard Blue Monday too somewhere, like you said discovering , rediscovering etc.i like their early stuff post Joy division ,that's some of the best stuff they've ever put out or anybody for that matter I mean movement is amazing as is the one with age of consent

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

14:45 - "The performance is pretty by-the-numbers for the first two-thirds of the song, apart from the lobster taped to the microphone" is a magnificently understated sentence.

@thefewerstream2467 4 года назад

Nirvana's performance was one of the best trolls ever

@IETCHX69 4 года назад

cuz he sang better than More ASS y .

@eoinmacdonnchadha5682 4 года назад

Hell ye bruther

@swampshack1018 4 года назад

emosh73 I wish I could have experienced it

@iaminsideyourhome69 4 года назад

now i get why weird al did that thing in his parody video

@Karmy. 4 года назад

That and Nirvana's appearance live on MTV for the music awards

@joemcelroy7202 4 года назад

No mention of Oasis, Noel and Liam switching places so Noel is miming the lyrics and Liam does the guitar solo?

@mattiemclean9882 4 года назад

no.... because it wasnt that interesting... at that point not many of the general public knew the difference

@SebChamp360 4 года назад

Joe McElroy or other oasis performances where they didn’t mime

@harrypainter7472 4 года назад

Mattie Mclean You sound like you’re fun at parties

@joemcelroy7202 4 года назад

@@mattiemclean9882 not known? theyd already done Definitely maybe at tha point, the fastest selling debut album of all time (at that point)

@mattiemclean9882 4 года назад

@@joemcelroy7202 i was talking about the general public. Not people who read the NME

@marcdavis7583 4 года назад

6:55 Re: Jocky Wilson picture. "After 35 years no-one has confirmed if this was a mistake or intentional". Well, apart from about a month after event and during every interview Kevin Rowland has ever done since where he explained it was his joke. So no, it won't remain a mystery....

@tomstatham2135 4 года назад

Thank you. Thought this was very strange by Trash Theory who otherwise tend to do quite credible research.

@Diamonddogusa 4 года назад

...."print the legend"

@partlyironic 4 года назад

This whole video is a bit shit really

@exgren 4 года назад

Its so obviously a piss take by rowland, how could anyone confuse Jackie Wilson with jocky Wilson, the name of the song is Jackie Wilson said, for christ sake

@helenagackowska8398 4 года назад

@@partlyironic Glad its not just me lol

@suej3959 4 года назад

I still remember the excitement of Thursday nights waiting for TOTP to start. It was the highlight of the week, and Kate Bush was my all time favourite performer. I didn’t care if they were miming.

@colingeddes2172 3 года назад

Yeah as a youngster and teenager i used to watch t o t ps religously. At the time i wasnt too bothered about the miming.

@edwardalexander9486 4 месяца назад

Kate Bush - the Taylor Swift of the 70s/80s. Kudos to Swift but she plays to the gallery in a way that Kate Bush wasn't interested in? Or just the wrong timeslot.

@TheGiantKillers 4 года назад

People took the piss but I think when you look back today, it shows how shows like this actually gave time to artists who, the like of, today can't get air time on TV. TOTP ran as a democracy. People voted in the record shops and TOTP then siad, the eight highest chart climbers, not featured on the show last week got air time no matter what.

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

Do you honestly believe that?

@markkavanagh7377 3 года назад

@@Ndlanding don't tell him about Santa either.😉

@KayEl58 3 года назад

True. The bad thing about that was when people 'voted' by buying stuff like 'Una Paloma Blanca' and you got to watch Johnathan King week after week 🤣 Until The Old Grey Whistle Test came along TOTP was the only music programe on TV. TOGWT was so much better, live performances by excellent musicians. TOTP had some crap in the mix but was always worth watching. I doubt if I was the only teenager who lived from Thursday to Thursday.

@lemsip207 3 года назад

@@Ndlanding It was a lot better then than it is now even though the artists first had to be discovered and then signed to record labels and after that the plugging and the DJ's playing their favourite singles more.

@Ndlanding 3 года назад

@@lemsip207 Dunno about now, as I've been abroad for a long time. When I used to play in a band, our rehearsals would stop for TOTP, mainly because it was compulsive, even when it was shite. Then we'd go back to rehearsing, without being even slightly influenced by the Top 20/30/40.

@heggy_69 4 года назад

You mention Shane McGowan being drunk as if he wouldn't be if they were doing it live lmao

@colinp2238 4 года назад

It would have been more unusual if he was sober.

@raleighburner1589 4 года назад

Well he was born in pembury Kent so I think I'd be drunk too how fucking boring

@ExUSSailor 4 года назад

The fact that he was ONLY drunk was a friggin' miracle!

@nutcracker2916 4 года назад

@@raleighburner1589 Didn't know that ? Same with Phil Lynott I recently heard he was born in the Midlands. Ruddy Plastic Paddy's. lol

@trevorbarre5616 4 года назад

In actual fact, he appears relatively sober on this occasion. Bad call.

@vikinglord7545 4 года назад

To be fair I think "off your face drunk" was just Shane McGowan's normal condition.

@mr.x9566 4 года назад

Orbital moved more in that clip than Kraftwerk have ever moved in ALL of their 90s shows.

@cloudbloom 3 года назад

So true haha

@franciscotorres9486 4 года назад

"Cobain said he wanted to sound like Morrisey" 😂😂😂 11:17

@borisbecker6433 4 года назад

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

@dec0mposing 4 года назад

I think he nailed it 😂

@flightnesssnowbirb8318 4 года назад

To his credit, it was pretty on point during the chorus

@larry90944 4 года назад

sounds like joe swanson.

@jayfrank1913 4 года назад

@@larry90944 Or Jim Morrison.

@charleskuckel3173 4 года назад

That candelabra - saxophone solo had me laughing so hard I was in pain!

@gedski100 4 года назад

You’d obviously laugh if your arse was on fire

@wcsxwcsx 4 года назад

From what I heard, a musician's union wouldn't allow him to mimic playing a saxophone because he wasn't a saxophonist.

@tonyjulius6011 4 года назад

Typical Bob Geldoff. Stupid.

@lisagreen8261 3 года назад

At the start of the performance, Geldof took a picture of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, who they had just knocked off the number one spot, and tore it in two.

@colinwilkes8957 2 года назад

Lisa green ,cutting edge stuff,eh?

@toddy505 4 года назад

I think we’re missing the point of these performances, good old British humour, aka taking the piss lol

@grahamd4764 4 года назад

Exactly. These artistes are just pointing out how absurd TOTP's really was.

@carolsnook4659 4 года назад

Well said Toddy..my sentiments exactly...

@tonyjulius6011 4 года назад

British humor is only funny in Britian.

@anonb4632 4 года назад

@@tonyjulius6011 American humor is funny nowhere. With some honorable exceptions.

@tonyjulius6011 4 года назад

@@grahamd4764 it was the 80s. Everything was absurd/over the top. Classless Brits acting as they are above everything. Props to bands like Maiden that still had respect for their performances. You didn't see the US acts acting ridiculous. Solid Gold was the equivalent here in the states and I don't recall this ever happening. I do recall it happened a few times on AB. No surprise it was the Sex Pistols. Zero talent.

@mercedesgarciacarrillo1736 4 года назад

First of all: we NEED a Trash Theory episode on the Manics. Second: the sanctity of stiff and awkward Blue Monday-era New Order must be protected... always.

@thegloriouspyrocheems2277 3 года назад

Very underrated band when talked about by the music analysts

@GerardPerry 4 года назад

"Blue Orb decided to release a 39 minute 57 second-long version of their track, Blue Room, as a single. A 3 minute snippet of the track was played over the top of producers Alex Patterson and Chris Weston playing chess, with Weston playing with a toy sheep. And that was it, that was the whole performance." The '90s were a strange time.

@Codex7777 4 года назад

Never heard of Blue Orb...

@brandonwachter2264 4 года назад

True. But I'd always rather have a strange time than a bad time. Sidenote: I do truly miss the 90's but lets see what the 2020's have in store...

@skriptico 4 года назад

dr Alex is the man still :)

@dannad123 4 года назад

went to school with Kris "Thrash" Weston!

@splo1nger909 4 года назад

I remember the orb doing it

@probablygraham 4 года назад

Now there's a name I've never heard before - Kirsty McCoil????? RIP Kirsty, you deserve better.

@Dermot2927 4 года назад

I recoiled from that.

@paulmartin6453 4 года назад

With Shane McCondom

@paulandjana 4 года назад

Kirsty McCoil with Shane Gowangowangowan...

@kanfall66 4 года назад

@herbert sherbert Idiot!

@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418 4 года назад

@herbert sherbert I never heard that she gave money to the IRA?!?! She was Scottish not Irish.

@Maerahn 4 года назад

I remember Marillion's performance of their single 'Lavender.' Fish, the lead singer, had laryngitis at the time and (I think) had had to cancel some gigs because of it, but TOTP still wanted the band to perform their single because it 'didn't matter anyway,' because they were often mimed. So the band went ahead and did it - but Fish didn't lip-sync at all. Instead, he'd made a series of cards with the lyrics to the song written on them, and just held each one up in turn, in time to the song, for the whole duration of the performance.

@JohnnyF71 3 года назад

8:04 "The midi sequences are also wildly out of sync with everything else...." Proceeds to clip of what sound to me like perfectly synced midi sequences 🤔

@alfsmith4936 2 года назад

That's exactly what I thought.. Plus, I never owned an Oberheim DMX with midi. There's a conversion kit now but there wasn't in those days.

@JohnnyF71 2 года назад

@@alfsmith4936 ahhh I didn't know that! I use an Oberheim DMX software emulation in my recording studio and I love it, but I don't know what I'd do without the ability to midi-sync it to everything else. I thought that performance by New Order on TOTP was actually really good and it was TOTP that let them down with a crappy mix.

@jasontopping7964 2 года назад

Agreed. Sounded good to me

@JasmineSurrealVideos 2 года назад

I thought it sounded in tune, in sync and fine.

@oldskoolfool141 4 года назад

I actually like the New Order performance, it's like all the playback's pushed back and all the live/honest stuff is pushed up front and exposed, a sort of non-slickness about it that's in keeping with the band

@andyforsythe2565 4 года назад

It was always hit or miss with New Order when it came to live performances.

@thewoodentops. 4 года назад

agreed. it was cool at the time. sounded like the record and def live. That the single dropped a bit matters not a jot. It lasted for years in all kinds of high spots worldwide. Probably the record of the decade.Oh wait, the final countdown :)

@OkSharkey 3 года назад

it was even good that sales went down given they were losing money on each sale because of the packaging costs

@dimitrispodilatis5814 8 месяцев назад

The manic street preachers performance is legendary.punk anarchy at its finest.Just amazing.

@PHDarren 4 года назад

They gave artists 2 options, sing live to backing tracks or mime to live instruments. Which is why REM's Michael Stipe protested with his Orange Crush mimed through a megaphone for the entire track.

@martmako1 4 года назад

The Shamen getting away with shouting "Es are good!" on national telly was mint

@Claymor621 4 года назад

Just goes to show, one person’s ‘mint’ is another person’s irritating wannabe naughty-boy slop.

@davidadams2395 4 года назад

@The Radiant Mrs Gloop _"Well, I never!"_

@joepublic3933 4 года назад

@Sean Wilkinson Wicked, my son!

@08mlascelles 4 года назад

@@Claymor621 you must be fun at parties

@anonb4632 4 года назад

Many of us didn't have a clue... I was young, I hadn't even started drinking then.

@vermilliongecko 4 года назад

Little known fact: After All About Eve's fiasco, singer Julianne Regan was upset, so Kylie Minogue sent her a huge bouquet of flowers.

@painbow6528 4 года назад

Little known because it's not interesting.

@NotMarkKnopfler 4 года назад

They also invited all about Eve back to the show the next week to say sorry, if I remember correctly. 👍

@kerrytaylor1795 4 года назад

@@painbow6528 I disagree

@portcullis5622 4 года назад

Nice gesture, if true, from the pop product. Sending flowers to a real singer and artist.

@resurgam75 4 года назад

@@portcullis5622 I actually love both but let's be fair, one was a blip, the other is a legend who is still smashing records, so your perspective is a bit out of touch with reality.

@SuspenduAuGaffa 4 года назад

9:52: "Despite this, the track rose in the charts the preceding week". Impressive time-travelling rise up the charts there.

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

And before that, fell to Number One.

@danielgardecki1046 3 года назад

*proceeding

@VicvicW 4 года назад

I love the bands that protested not being able to sing themselves by genuinely not trying.

@davidzanke3913 4 года назад

Wow! I've never seen Shane McGowan with teeth. I did see him live once, he almost made it through 2 songs.

@matthewwilderbrokemystride2972 3 года назад

David Zanke got him on a good day did you?

@melissawright1979 3 года назад

I'm surprised the bloke is still alive tbf

@whi5tler_1337 3 года назад

_now your just showing off_ 🙄

@mattshaw5179 4 года назад

I remember Eels 'playing' novacaine for the soul on toy instruments, and smashing everything at the end! Brilliant!!

@portcullis5622 4 года назад

So do I (1996). I bought their debut album after that, and have been listening to them ever since.

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

Yes! I thought it was only me who remembered that. One of the best ever TotP moments for me, having been born too late to witness anything much before about 1993 first-hand.

@eole123456789 3 года назад

oh wow I remember that was a huge hit

@lordred4116 4 года назад

Watching Bowie perform starman, and Jimmy saville fondling the girls in the audience probably sticks in my mind.

@luvstellauk 3 года назад

The reason for the miming on Top Of The Pops wasn't entirely down to the bands not being able to play or the studio not set up for it, the union representing the BBC's house musicians had a part in it as well, they insisted only the BBC orchestra could play the music whilst the band could only supply the vocal parts, this eventually led to the bands having to supply a backing track and singing live to it, by which in time ended up with bands just using the original recording and miming everything.

@WordsofHeresy 4 года назад

"As he fellates the microphone" The best sentence I've ever heard

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

Then you haven't heard many sentences.

@WordsofHeresy 4 года назад

@@Ndlanding naw, I've heard quite a few

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

@@WordsofHeresy Naw, ye huvnae. Yer corned beef!

@WilliamViets 4 года назад

My autobiography will be called “I was the dentist for The Pogues.”

@davidbaines1425 4 года назад

Author died prematurely from overwork..

@jimbehr2291 4 года назад

You sucked then.

@HeadacheMachine 4 года назад

A single line then: I waited alll day but...

@derfscreechenhowser7548 4 года назад

@@HeadacheMachine Shane MacGowan's dentist IS the loneliest dentist. Loved your comment.

@markfox7764 4 года назад

Will it be a toothfull account?

@timz979 4 года назад

That dummy was more genuine than 95% of all the other acts on TOTP.

@ericwincentsen587 4 года назад

"Shane MacGowan was off his face and couldn't sing the words in time." Otherwise, it's Shane being Shane.

@allwrighty100 4 года назад

Along with Kirsty McCoyle(?) whoever she is.

@msstarlight4770 4 года назад

Yeah, I'm surprised anybody noticed. (I really like that song though).😄😄😄

@msstarlight4770 4 года назад

@@allwrighty100 Kirsty MacColl, (they said the wrong name in the video), she was a great singer, but wasn't really well known, in general. Sadly, she died in 2000 in a boating accident that was fairly big in the news because of the people involved & that there was clearly a cover up.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 года назад

Shane was 100% proof

@frogindeed 4 года назад

@@msstarlight4770 Even fewer people know that her dad wrote Dirty Old Town and The First Time Ever I Saw your Face. RIP Kirsty.

@DamoBloggs 4 года назад

Thanks for that little nostalgia trip - I remember nearly all of those f*ck-ups, with my ol' man puffing and blowing in the background from the sofa about the "bunch of flippin' freaks". 😆

@archstanton6102 4 года назад

Little known fact: Jackie Wilson was actually really good at darts and hit a 9 dart finish in his televised match with Elvis

@snakemanpete55 4 года назад

Cool I didn't know that

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

Yeah, but he missed loads of easy doubles in the next round and got knocked out by Little Richard.

@EricIrl 4 года назад

@@Somnogenesis Leapy Lee was best - he even had a song called "Little Arrows".

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

@@EricIrl Not to be confused with Jerry Lee Lewis - who of course did Great Bulls of Fire about his favoured checkout.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 года назад

You schooled me.

@MarcNeilson1 4 года назад

For the longest time, i thought lonely this Christmas was by Elvis. Until I was talking about it with my Dad and he was like it was by mud. Who i'd never heard of before haha

@theutilitymonster2615 4 года назад

Might you have been mixing it up with "Blue Christmas"?

@colinp2238 4 года назад

Les was an Elvis impersonator.

@sladeippie5841 4 года назад

@but why He co wrote 2 off his 40 greatest hits, or at least gets credited on 2. Basically Elvis was a voice & actor

@oldskoolfool141 4 года назад

@but why Yep Elv liked 'em 'fresh', his thing was if he liked your song he would sing it in return for 50% ownership, that's how the bugger got so rich, he wanted Dolly Partons I will always love you but she refused him, clever gal

@vordman 4 года назад

@@oldskoolfool141 Actually, he wasn't that rich. In terms of rock star "rich" that is. He was forced into doing Las Vegas cabaret because his manager and entourage were literally bankrupting him. Remember, he had no songwriting royalties to fall back on.

@bravotronalpha3787 4 года назад

"Asked about it later, Cobain stated he wanted to sound like Morrissey." JFC Kurt XD

@comettamer 4 года назад

Good ol Kurt

@Onizukachan915 3 года назад

“ When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend” is a line from the end of “Who shot Liberty Valance”

@dambrooks7578 4 года назад

The Nirvana performance was one of my greatest teenage memories of TOTP, utterly mocking the mine 😂

@spiderjerusalem100 4 года назад

Growing up being in to rock and metal i used to watch TOTP nearly every week in the hopes of seeing some rock music on there. My fondest memory of the show is Faith No More performing "Ashes to ashes". They play live and and it actually sounds heavier than the album version. It's on RU-vid, check it out.

@melll1972 4 года назад

FNM performing From Out Of Nowhere on TOTP is what got me into them.

@davidellis5141 4 года назад

Al Pacino.

@spiderjerusalem100 4 года назад

@@davidellis5141 Yep!

@anonb4632 4 года назад

I remember Faith No More doing Digging the Grave on TOTP. They were pretty good.

@miguimau 4 года назад

New Order were great in that TOTP performance.

@drkatel 4 года назад

Miguel S. P., Yeah, it didn’t seem especially bad to me either.

@miguimau 4 года назад

@@drkatel I think it´s crude but… in a good way. Anyway, they could have easily performed on a taped version of Blue Monday and they dared to go live ;)

@justmadeit2 4 года назад

I was thinking the same thing, it sounded good from that snippet they played, now I need to search out the whole performance

@ThreadBomb 3 года назад

@Jetsonic The problem might have been that they and their crew got wasted every night during the US tours.

@ConkerKing 4 года назад

The Jockie Wilson thing was defo deliberate....

@raithrover1976 3 года назад

Yep, pretty sure someone from the band has confirmed that it was a joke they came up with in rehearsal and that the production staff needed quite a lot of convincing lest it look like they'd messed up.

@lukesymonds1887 4 года назад

Nirvana's is the best ever, but I love the Smiths, with Morrissey singing into a bunch of flowers too

@davidbaines1425 4 года назад

You should check out Nirvana on The Word then. If I remember rightly we were treated to a bit of bush.

@DaleDucktail 4 года назад

@@davidbaines1425 L7

@tonyjulius6011 4 года назад

It's pathetic. It's like saying, hey you have a good song and we'd like to give you some exposure here in England. Here's a chance to promote yourself. Then you act like fking idiots. Shoulda bought that gun sooner, Kurt.

@LiamGervaise 4 года назад

@@tonyjulius6011 Completely missed the point and then tried to be edgy yeah you ain't funny my guy

@tonyjulius6011 4 года назад

@@LiamGervaise I am as funny as Kurt was, and I wasn't trying.

@JonMichaelDeShazer 4 года назад

Orbital's "performance" on TOTP led to them creating their now legendary live shows. If you noticed, not any of their equipment was plugged in either. Phil Hartnoll said in 2018 about the experience: "They wouldn’t let us play live, so we performed in T-shirts reading “No” and “Poll tax”. We placed the mains plugs on top of our instruments so that everyone could see we weren’t really playing. They didn’t let us back on the show for six years."

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

"They didn’t let us back on the show for six years." To be fair, that was about how long it took them to have another big hit.

@JonMichaelDeShazer 4 года назад

@@Somnogenesis Halcyon, Belfast, Satan and let is not forget their legendary Glastonbury performance were within 5 years of this performance.

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

@@JonMichaelDeShazer Oh, granted, and I know I sounded facetious there - but in pure singles chart terms they didn't have another decently-sized hit until The Box made no.11 in 1996. The year after that Satan finally became a big hit in a remixed live version that reached no.3, as did follow-up The Saint (I always thought those two titles made a great juxtaposition). In the 6 years after Chime though they barely scratched the top 30. Edit: here we are - www.officialcharts.com/artist/13342/orbital/

@sarahmillard6401 4 года назад

Jon-Michael DeShazer I was there - amazing performance! Oh happy days 😀

@mytrailofdisgrace 4 года назад

When I was a child, I lived in England briefly and was able to see numerous original broadcasts of TOTP in late 70s. While it had its share of crap, the weird mix of artists who appeared on it during that time period really made an impact on my impressionable mind. It was one of the formative influences on my eclectic musical taste - both in first real exposure to punk & new wave, but also in being able to appreciate multiple genres & styles (something that continues long after).

@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630 4 года назад

Almost all music shows were like this. My favorite was Smokie s performances. Hilarious. Glad you put this out. Thanx. Brought back lots of memories

@JammyGit 4 года назад

I can clearly remember the episode that had Dexy's Midnight Runners and the photo of Jocky Wilson in the background. I can't believe that it was 37 years ago 😮 Wow time flies, I was only 12 at the time. 👍

@oldskoolfool141 4 года назад

Ha me too, I remember rolling with laughter and calling my mum to come see it 😂

@al201103 4 года назад

Can you believe we're nearly 50? It seemed like such an old age back then. Now it's like "no, I'm twenty something, I'm sure of it"

@Dermot2927 4 года назад

I credit someone at the Beeb with a sense of humour.

@colinstock325 3 года назад

Everyone knew the bands mimed. If I recall correctly in early episodes viewers watched the tone arm lower onto the vinyl.

@TheHumbuckerboy 4 года назад

An unmissable show from my childhood and through my teenage years ... Sweet were my favourite band and the glam rock era was a real spectacle and great fun !!!

@eliminatorofevil8140 4 года назад

TheHumbuckerboy. Sweet were my favourite too, bought every single and their first Album. SWEET F.A.

@PeterCamberwick 4 года назад

The Manic Street Preachers song included such dark and humourous lyrics as, "Anamabadabanafamamamafaaa". ... I played that about 6 times and I still got no idea. Lol

@MattJames1958 4 года назад

His kind of rapid fire style doesn't help, "I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing"

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey used the same technique. Maybe.

@deannilvalli6579 4 года назад

It may have been a flawed icon, but it was, as you suggest, a uniting cultural force. The whole of the UK paid attention and came together in a shared moment. WIth that gone, the atomization of the country continues faster than ever.

@Chromaticosomaermati 4 года назад

I just did what I should have done when I first subbed... I'm now a patron! Amazing content at documentary level quality. Peace, love and rock & roll.

@joannaoconnor9418 4 года назад

I will never forget being 9 yrs old and sat on the living room floor, mesmerised as Boy George dressed in full regalia performed Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. It was 1982 and much apart from loving the reggae vibe ( a family full of rude girls and rude boys) a mass debate broke out in the family as to whether he/she was a guy or a girl!!!! Bloody iconic and I’ll never forget that moment. No matter where you were or what you were doing, everything stopped for TOTP’s. Playing out during summer holidays, we’d all run home at 7pm to watch it! Classic!

@joelonsdale 4 года назад

I remember the family discussion well - was it a boy or a girl?

@ajaku 3 года назад

Loved this video!! I am so sad that this era of pop culture has passed

@bloodboughtbigphilr8266 4 года назад

Iron Maiden 'Running Free' 1980. Best ever performance on what was a totally naff show and one of the few to play live and not mime.

@wingnut857 4 года назад

I can remember the Eels preforming Novacaine For The Soul, pretending to play the song with toy instruments. Hilarious

@Somnogenesis 4 года назад

Then smashing them up at the end like a pre-school Who! Brilliant idea.

@chroniclesofbap6170 4 года назад

ps... the Dexys one is an urban legend... It was actually a joke that the band were fully aware of: "Most viewers naturally assumed that clueless TOTP producers were behind this screw-up, and interviewers were probably too scared of Dexys' inscrutable frontman Kevin Rowland to ask him about it. When they finally did, though, he explained that it was his idea all along. "For a laugh, we told the producer to put a picture of Jocky Wilson up behind us," he told the Guardian in 2002. "He said: 'But Kevin, people will think we made a mistake.' I told him only an idiot would think that. The morning after, the [Radio 1] DJ Mike Read said: 'Bloody Top of the Pops. How could they mix up one of the great soul singers with a Scottish darts player?'"

@TheRobman Год назад

"only an idiot" ... Mike Read, LOL. Yes, Mike Read was an absolute twat, let's not forget how he contributed to Frankie Goes to Hollywood history

@tonymack66 4 года назад

Julian Cope, TOTP live 1981, stood bare foot on a piano, tripping on LSD and fronting The Teardrop Explodes.

@PhilRemington 4 года назад

Nicky Wire is the Manics' bassist, not guitarist.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 года назад

No, he was their bongos player: FIGHT ME

@Ndlanding 4 года назад

@Welsh Simon A guitarist is not a bassist. Fact. There is also a difference in IQ.

@VileplumeTea 4 года назад

"The presenters were as cheesy as the pop music." really thought Saville was getting brought up there lol

@eddiewillers1 4 года назад

Well, it's well known that cheesy Tony Blackburn and hairy Dave Lee Travis were the inspiration for Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse's pisstake with 'Smashie & Nicey'.

@portcullis5622 4 года назад

@@eddiewillers1 I thought that they were based on David 'Kid' Jensen and Alan Freeman.

@pabloplato 4 года назад

it should be noted that Orbital were one of the few techno acts that regularly toured and performed live, and put on some of the best shows to this day. Chime being their first single, and thus, not having performed much to that point (nor introduced their live performance trademarks) and being asked to mime, they were most likely taking the piss. such is their humour after all.

@chroniclesofbap6170 4 года назад

As this is Top of the Pops there may be flashing images. Jimmy Saville flashing kids.

@14rnr 4 года назад

That made me chuckle, thanks for that.

@doctorlolchicken7478 4 года назад

Unfortunately the beeb can’t show many TotP reruns because Jimmy Saville was often the presenter.

@splo1nger909 4 года назад

gary jones or dead or a mental patient or .....you get the idea

@paulandjana 4 года назад

On the very last TOTP Saville turned the lights off as he left the studio. The BBC knew of his nonciness but had him pinned as a legend.

@matthewwilderbrokemystride2972 3 года назад

Paulus thewoodknome nonciness. I learned a new word today.

@kevinmoppett4760 4 года назад

Another car crash I remember was the Spoof of Grease track "You're the One That I want" by Arthur Mullard and Hilda Baker. Track was rising up the charts until they went on TOTP. The performance was so bad that the single bombed the next week!!

@ChrisHow 4 года назад

My god, I hadn't thought about that for about 40 years! Here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x_MSi0MhM_c.html

@al201103 4 года назад

Yes - some things cannot be unseen. This along with "Grandma" and "Grandad". Though at least the Mullard/Baker one wasn't serious....

@14rnr 4 года назад

Still better than any "hit" of the last 12 or more years though! haha

@14rnr 4 года назад

@@ChrisHow I'll have a laugh at this now.

@nutcracker2916 4 года назад

@Tone. Yes according to his daughter.

@trashley7937 4 года назад

The Dexy’s Midnight Runners incident gets me every time

@alternativeglasto 4 года назад

And contrary to the claim here, it was actually Kevin Rowland's idea to have Jocky Wilson; the claim that this was a mistake by somebody at the BBC (come on!) has been long debunked.

@TheHumbuckerboy 4 года назад

180 !!!

@AmethystDew 4 года назад

You said it - I DO remember my first glimpse of Ziggy Stardust. It was the exact shots you have shown. I was 12 - I am now 60. I wouldn't swap that moment for anything. x

@dirtybird311 2 года назад

I think this is the video that made me sub, and I’ve watched it at least 5 times, since I first clicked on the link. Great stories!!!

@RUDI-UK 4 года назад

"I've been too honest with myself, i should have lied like everybody else" Faster Manic Street Preachers

@thegloriouspyrocheems2277 3 года назад

Manics are definetly underrated in terms of what they have done while Richey was there as well as post-Richey trilogy

@markgullick1725 3 года назад

I wasn't going to watch this because I am 60 and I loved the show. But it is one of the best pop videos I have ever seen. My mate worked as a tech on TOTP and swears the Jockie Wilson picture was a mistake. Great work.

@rosemarymills1671 3 года назад

I see lots of Top Of Pops on videos, an being from U.S., didn't understand much about it; you opened my eyes a bit. Thank you!

@GerardPerry 4 года назад

"With performances from the most exciting bands." And Bob Geldof as well.

@amthatdad3450 4 года назад

But then again who among us likes Mondays?

@ronwhite8503 4 года назад

"singing" Rat Crap/Clap Trap........ nobody cared because he's a twat.

@davidbaines1425 4 года назад

Supported by fucking Travis.

@karlosdeevs 4 года назад

i always wondered why people were always so pissed of by Travis (i never really got the chance in england or scotland)

@schmozzer 4 года назад

Bob prancing around like a berk then falling over at the end of one number just summed it all up.

@hallamhal 3 года назад

There's a great performance of the Stranglers playing No More Heroes on TopPop where they've all swapped instruments - JJ Burnell gives animal a run for his money!

@apemoon1731 3 года назад

I've seen that, but I don't think it was on TOTP.

@euanelliott3613 4 года назад

From what I understand, it was Mike Patton of Faith No More who broke the camel's back when he goofed around during an appearance in 1990. The program insisted on live vocals from that point on. Mud were great, RIP Les Gray.

@tomg5187 2 года назад

This was awesome thank you!

@pearl.jasmine 4 года назад

The manics performance was iconic

@woohooboy 4 года назад

TOTP was made for pop artists who could stand there and mime a song. Not surprisingly, many bands *LOATHE* being on the show as they had to "pretend" their way through a performance and it shows with a majority of these groups who appeared on the program throughout the years. On one hand, a lot of bands understood the exposure that being on TOTP would bring them, but on the other hand it's obvious how many of them thought of it as a joke and would not take it seriously. TOTP rode that line of instant fame and chart recognition vs credibility and respect......

@AdjustableSquelch 4 года назад

New Order were like that and in the 80s refused to do show where they would have to mime. Considering they could either be epic or pants from one moment to the next its a brave stance! For another fun one look up on here their live appearance on Radio 1s Rock Around The Clock. Although musically a million times better they are ALL pissed off and hilarious. look up the Gillian and Steve talking about it 'New Order's Steve & Gillian talk about the band's performance on Rock Around The Clock, BBC in 1984'

@Shannie411 4 года назад

From what I have read, Syd Barrett hated TOTP and that was a contributing factor to him leaving/getting kicked from the band.

@cloudbloom 3 года назад

This was fascinating, as someone who grew up in the usa I never had the chance to watch top of the pops until the RU-vid era came about

@georgebarry8640 4 года назад

Great lil Doc..THANK YOU!

@penthousedog5292 4 года назад

Pleased to see James' Balaclava get a mention.

@cleaningmyroom1000 4 года назад

Orange Juice’s performance of rip it up is legendary

@lucieverbeke1753 4 года назад

Not gonna lie this video was really good even though I don't know anything about Top Of The Tops (I'm from France) and this makes me want to watch even though it doesn't exist anymore lol As always this video was amazing thank you for always putting so much effort in your creations

@nathanpollard1223 4 года назад

Well, if you can get BBC Four, you'll get a bunch of oldies.

@TheFartGallery 2 года назад

Didn't know about this guys channel - glad I did now!

@jibjab351 3 года назад

The last person seen on TOTP was Jimmy Savile turning the lights out.

@n64glennplant 4 года назад

Surprised fire starter by prodigy didn’t make it to this list - I’m sure that was at the time of its release one of the most complained about episodes as I remember it being on the news that Keith flint was too scary for prewatershed viewing 😂

@medes5597 4 года назад

I remember that and expected to see it too. Also expected Brian Molko's Nancy Boy drag act that also made the news (he performed in a dress and make up and suggestively rubbed his body while he sang). Damn a lot of weird stuff happened on TOTP in hindsight. Having said that, glad the Manics got a mention for causing all that fuss about nothing. I assume we're gonna get a whole episode on the prodigy as part of the New British Canon series.

@Codex7777 4 года назад

That was a video...

@davidbaines1425 4 года назад

Yeah wasn't it just the video .. lol

@splo1nger909 4 года назад

Where they in the studio performing this video?

@burnthetrolls5971 4 года назад

"It was the system and had to be Raged against" when he said that I thought "oh imagine if Rage Against The Machine appeared on that show"

@zennyclor626 4 года назад

This is such a fun and entertaining video! Great idea

@bellmeisterful 4 года назад

The Mud one with the dummy was awesome.

@lewisner 4 года назад

Iconic. When Mud were on TOTP you knew you were in for a laugh. Wizzard too.

@kevinprior3549 4 года назад

This bloke sounds dull

@colinwilkes8957 2 года назад

Loved Les Gray,mud were a fun band.

@jasoncromwell4206 4 года назад

Actually Kurt sounds more like Ian Curtis to me. Actually all of these except maybe the New Order performance are more funny than anything. It's like "taking the Piss out of" the traditional we're going to stand here and mime our song. I loved all of these clips. I would imagine Bernard and the gang were just nervous without Ian leading them. The Orbital guys look the very same way.

@alexwestconsulting 4 года назад

ermmmm Ian Curtis had been dead for 3 years by this point. New Order had performed many times before this and was just wrapping up their second album, Power, Corruption & Lies, one of the greatest albums of all time, with Bernard's vocals on tracks like Age of Consent going places that Ian Curtis never could. MANY New Order fans think that the TOTP Blue Monday performance was spot on, had exactly the effect it was meant to (if not noting the obvious mixing issues). Here's a quote from Bernard about Blue Monday: "‘Blue Monday’ connects with people because of the startling lack of emotional content within the song." New Order fans understand that they did exactly what they meant to do, shitty vocals and all. That was the point.

@hatandbeardmedia5925 4 года назад

Reminds me of Jethro Tull's performance of "Witches Promise" on TotP. Ian Anderson spends the whole performance gurning at the camera and not even trying to look like he's actually playing his flute. The only band member that seemed to be happy to be there was Glenn Cornick, rest his soul. Anderson has been very vocal through the years about his aversion to performing to cameras, but especially miming.

@gideonharris1493 2 года назад

@Trash Theory your boring narration is boring me to tears. I'm almost asleep. Are you stoned or jet lagged? I can barely keep my eyes open now to watch the great nostalgic clips! I've just saved this to listen to each night to treat my insomnia. Thank you!👏🥰👍

@koolklem7889 4 года назад

I'd love to see a punk dance interpretation of "Holydays in Cambodia" 😍

@CIMAmotor 4 года назад

I can actually remember the DK's on TOTP.

@jonathanwalker8730 4 года назад

Faith No More, around 1990; I think they mimed to From Out Of Nowhere and the singer Mike Patton spent quite a bit of the performance with his tongue hanging out.

@charlieost 4 года назад

Chris Stein out of Blonde playing his guitar lead. That was a good one. Excellent video. Thanks.

@MyCovertNarcissism 4 года назад

Great video, really enjoyed this one

@marksieczko7766 4 года назад

In the early 70s there was the 'Album slot'. The Groundhogs were on it and when they finished no body clapped!

@KonoShunkan 4 года назад

I was wondering if someone would mention the album slot. Didn't last long, of course. I remember that Yes did Yours Is No Disgrace. Don't remember the Groundhogs, although I probably saw it.

@colinwilkes8957 2 года назад

I find it hard to believe they would play yes or the groundhogs on top!wish I’d seen it ,would have pummelled most of the shit singles into dust!