Shambolic Charm
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Top of the Pops 76
#922045 - 23/06/11 11:05 AM
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The Elf
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But don't forget that any of us serious about music weren't watching that garbage!
Personally I was in my bedroom, burning incense and listening to 'Wind and Wuthering'!
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Sam Inglis
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Dolly Parton "as bad as it gets"? I do hope you're not serious.
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narcoman
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dolly = awesome
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The_Big_Piano_Player
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Re: Top of the Pops 76
[Re: narcoman]
#922068 - 23/06/11 01:39 PM
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Yeah... Stop knocking Dolly Parton, I've had enough of Dolly Parton's Knockers!
I think the guy who was number one with "No Charge" looks a bit like David Cameron with
a permed hair...
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fletcher
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Must say I thought exactly the same - horrendous!
As you say apart from Thin
Lizzy, and Dolly! the rest was trash. Neither was in the studio though. Actually the
Stones were ok as well.
So we did get three good acts (that's three more than
this weeks chart shows will have). It must have just been that the rest were so bad (and
they were) the show as a whole was a bad experience. Nothing on the 2011 charts will be
that bad. I'm not a fan of the latest styles but I will take them over that 1976 show.
I guess that's what has changed, today has a lot of highly produced mediocre
music, those days we had some truly great music and a lot of crap at the same time. The
crap gets forgotten thank god - until someone at the BBC decides it's worth showing again.
Think that show has been shown about 3 times in the last 3 weeks!??
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Andi
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1976, let's see now Night Moves, One More From The Road, Rocks, Johhny The Fox,
Ramones, Rising, Presence, Troubador, Tejas, Stupidity, Wired, You Can't Argue With a Sick
Mind, All American Alien Boy, Made In Europe, Jailbreak, Gimme Back My Bullets, Boston,
Hotel California, Private Eyes, Long Hard Ride, Blue For You - it wasn't THAT bad 
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Techno-confused
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The latest re run of a 76 issue has just been on BBC4 a few minutes ago. Blimey... The
Wurzels... and some women called the Surprise Sisters (didn't remember them from 76). On
the other hand... The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were on... and Osibisa were always a
fun band.
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fletcher
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Re: Top of the Pops 76
[Re: Andi]
#922141 - 23/06/11 08:07 PM
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Don't get me wrong 1976 was amazing for lots of music....... That's the year
George landed the Holy Mothership on the "Clones of Dr. Funkenstein" tour. I
was too young to go 
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Zukan
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I need to watch that so I can figure out what to get for Hugh for his birthday so we can
retire the infamous 'pink jumper. I am pondering sleeveless Afghan jacket
matched with some 72" flares. Come on guys, work with me here. I beg you.
-------------------- Samplecraze
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The Elf
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Re: Top of the Pops 76
[Re: Zukan]
#922199 - 24/06/11 06:24 AM
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Hugh has always struck me as being the brown corduroy Oxford bags and star jumper type.
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Shambolic Charm
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Sorry about that -I forgot about Dolly and the Stones amidst the horror of the other, er
music on there
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The_Big_Piano_Player
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Either on this week's 1976 TotP or last week's, I saw Mud doing some sort of disco/funk
song. Mud, fer f&&k's sake!
What next? Bootsy Collins' seminal cover
of "Tiger Feet"? 
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fletcher
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now we're talking - when's it due out  On a slightly more serious note, I would love if the BBC could get to show a good show
from the 70's - the original Soul Train from the states. I know it might not have the same
nostalgia for us Brits, but it did have some great acts on it. The dancing was a lot
better as well! Check it out on uTube. Notice the crowd's slim look as well......USA
pre-fast food!
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SafeandSound Masteri...
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It's surprising really as I think recording industry had it's hey day in the 70's some of
the recordings were of the highest quality I have heard.
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narcoman
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had it's "big success day" then - but best recordings? Richard Graham (from round here)
introduced me to an amzing recording from 1962. I've also got plenty of recordings from
this year that sound amazing.
Tonally? I could agree with certain tonalities
being people faves from the 70s - but to me it's not the pinnacle of recording. It's just
another decade with greats and shites.....
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