On Friday, July 23, 2021 at 8:41:21 PM UTC+1, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:48:30 -0700 (PDT), Chris Brown <extrem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Maybe that’s what’s up with all the YouTube clips.I should have posted this at the weekend but it’s already old.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5J87jeSqQ2Idgqn0uD5L3g?si=fcxOb4oETOWYwF9xlPFcww&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
Chart dated 22nd July 1978
Ah, I realise what’s happened - because YouTube finds it so difficult to show playlists in the right order in the library, I inadvertently linked to an earlier incarnation of the playlist where quite a lot of the videos have gone.
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:48:30 -0700 (PDT), Chris Brown
<extrem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I should have posted this at the weekend but it’s already old.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5J87jeSqQ2Idgqn0uD5L3g?si=fcxOb4oETOWYwF9xlPFcww&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNqxLQF6J9LJ8vR5WxQ1-Zdf
Chart dated 22nd July 1978This is an interesting chart. There are some very good songs in here, as well as some songs by acts that are more famous for their very good
songs. And there are also some very bad songs, but then every chart has
at least some of those.
1 (1) John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You’re The One That I WantI saw the movie in the Rex Cinema in the High Street of my nearest town.
A year later it was demolished and replaced by a Boots store. I don't
think there was any causal link.
2 (2) Father Abraham & The Smurfs - The Smurf SongLittle known trivia fact: this single holds the record for the longest continuous time spent at No.2 in the chart.
Another little known trivia fact: The Smurfs are, arguably, the most
famous set of cartoon characters to originate in Belgium. Or, at least, would be if people realised that's where they came from.
3 (3) Marshall Hain - Dancing In The CityNot particularly memorable.
4 (17) Clout - SubstituteThe video you originally picked for the YouTube playlist turns out to be blocked for me. So here's an alternative:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fgA_yNCeq4
Little known trivia fact: the above video, despite being from the Dutch "TopPop" show, was used on TotP rather than the band performing/miming
in the studio. That's because the band were South African, and at the
time, Equity had an official boycott of South African performers which prevented them from appearing in person.
5 (8) Showaddywaddy - A Little Bit Of SoapNot one of their best. Or one of their best remembered.
6 (6) The Boomtown Rats - Like ClockworkAn interesting early Rats single, before they're really made up their
minds about what direction to take. This is actually a pretty good song,
it's just that it has, of course, been massively overshadowed by its successor.
7 (19) Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West HeroPossibly a little surprisingly, this reached exactly the same chart peak
as both its immediate predecessor and immediate successor - a straight
run of three consecutive number 6s. But nobody remembers this now,
whereas those either side have become gold format staples. And one of
those is now considered an all-time great.
8 (5) The Motors - AirportEarly new romantic/synth pop vibes from a band that didn't last long
enough to cash in when it hit the big time.
9 (9) Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His EyesClassic song. Is there any early Kate Bush song that isn't a classic?
10 (11) A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie OogieThis time, you've managed to select a deleted video for the playlist! So here's an alternative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9IYWwWnpuA
11 (7) The Sex Pistols - No One Is Innocent/My WayIf the Pistols can be said to have jumped the shark, this is probably
where they jumped it.
12 (13) The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My GirlOr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8SBcGNRWc if you prefer an
unblocked version :-)
13 (4) James Galway - Annie's SongProbably the best novelty song in this chart. Well, it's not really a novelty as such, but an acoustic cover of a C&W staple performed on the flute probably pushes it into that category.
18 (16) Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The ReaperGood song. For some reason, I thought this was older than this.
36 (27) The Bee Gees - Night FeverAll time disco classic.
41 (63) Renaissance - Northern LightsOne of my favourites at the time. So much so, in fact, that this was the first single I ever bought.
43 (45) Genesis - Many Too ManyAnother one of my favourites from the time.
47 (33) Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour MoiAs was this. Probably the most famous musician ever to come out of
Belgium (and no, the Smurfs don't count, because although their
cartoonist was Belgian the music was Dutch).
Apparently this song doesn't mean anything in French either. It's just a
set of random words and phrases set to music.
https://tinyurl.com/hsptv9a3
63 (70) Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me ArgentinaA slightly left-field hit, but nonetheless a very good one.
65 (52) Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have YouApropos nothing in particular, Yvonne Elliman was Andrew Lloyd Webber's first choice to perform Don't Cry For Me Argentina, but she wasn't available.
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