Pete heads for the dizzy heights
14/02/85 (Simon Bates & Janice Long)
Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” (19)
Getting us off to an energetic start with this soon to be number one.
The Commodores – “Nightshift” (17) (video)
Peaked at number 3. But edited out of tonight's 7.30pm broadcast.
The Colour Field – “Thinking Of You” (13)
A second studio performance for this original tune with a Burt Bacharach feel and it went up one more place.
Jonathan King – US chart rundown: Edited out.
REO Speedwagon – “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (video clip)
David Lee Roth – “California Girls” (video clip)
Daryl Hall & John Oates – “Method Of Modern Love” (video clip)
George Michael – “Careless Whisper” (video clip)
Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood” (24)
The lead singer reminded me of someone ~ David Essex I think! This song was the band's biggest hit and reached number 16.
Sharpe & Numan – “Change Your Mind” (28) (breaker)
The most successful single for this unlikely duo peaking at number 17.
Kool & The Gang – “Misled” (36) (breaker)
Peaked at number 28.
Don Henley – “The Boys Of Summer” (39) (breaker)
His biggest hit peaking at number 12.
The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” (26)
Not if fact taken from their new number one album Meat is Murder, but from their previous album, Hatful of Hollow. And it only went up two more places.
The Top Ten Videos:
Kirsty MacColl - "A New England" (10) (video clip)
The Art Of Noise - "Close (To The Edit)" (9) (video clip)
Russ Abbot - "Atmosphere" (8) (video clip)
Howard Jones - "Things Can Only Get Better" (7) (video clip)
Prince - "1999" (6) (video clip)
Foreigner - "I Want To Know What Love Is" (5) (video clip)
Bruce Springsteen - "Dancing In The Dark" (4) (video clip)
Ashford & Simpson - "Solid" (3) (video clip)
King - "Love & Pride" (2) (video clip)
Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – “I Know Him So Well” (1) (video)
Second of four weeks at the top.
Eugene Wilde – “Personality” (34) (audience dancing/credits)
Went up no higher.
Prince "a wally" according to @JaniceLongDJ? "1999 bodyguards..."? What can she mean? Oh yes, *this* famous appearance at the Brits on 11 February 1985. pic.twitter.com/n5wBffXdv3 #TOTP— BBC Four (@BBCFOUR) February 1, 2018
Prince gets a Brit
Next up is February 21st.
WeTransfer link with the JK bit below, courtesy as ever of Neil B:
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Nice one :-)
DeleteDespite having to host with a beige Master Bates (who in fairness was pretty decent here) Janice was in a hugely excitable mood for this show. She had reason to be as well, as there were some excellent studio performances. Just a shame that because of JK, the breakers and the video Top 10 we lost out on potentially three other full-length songs - surely Bowie's tune should have got an airing this week?
ReplyDeleteAfter their breakers appearance just a week earlier Dead or Alive had already climbed 21 places, and Pete opts for a striking "man in black" look for this studio outing, as well as a bit of the cod-flamenco dancing he does in the video. This was the song that really launched SAW into the big time, and while they later descended into formulaic pap the energy and vibrancy of this record is still potent - it's just a fantastic slice of pop music. The Commodores can't help sounding soporific by comparison, not helped by their dark, dry ice-filled video, but nevertheless this is a heartfelt, quietly touching tune. You could argue that without Jackie Wilson Motown may never have existed, as it was the profits Berry Gordy made from writing Reet Petite and Lonely Teardrops that helped fund the launch of the label.
We then have a second performance from The Colour Field in which Terry Hall looks like Shaky in long shot, while Bates helpfully informs us that Tel's attractive sidekick Katrina also earns a living as a singing telegram, as you do. JK looks to be in the studio again, albeit pre-recorded, for what would be his last ever regular TOTP slot. In truth it's a pretty dreary selection, with some archetypal AOR from REO Speedwagon, a dismal, badly sung Beach Boys cover from David Lee Roth and an attempt by Hall and Oates to adopt a more contemporary sound that sadly is not accompanied by a strong enough song. Something tells me that Roth would not get away with that video nowadays, especially in the current #MeToo climate...
Killing Joke's lead singer looked more like a vampire than David Essex to me, which is perhaps appropriate when "blood" is in the song title! A moody, atmospheric performance to match a fine song, with some nice guitar work. On to the breakers - we will be seeing more of Sharpe/Numan and Don Henley very soon, but not so Kool and the Gang, with a lesser heard song which definitely owes something to Jacko, as does the ambitious video. I see from the Sharpe/Numan video that Gary was still persisting with the clown look - why?
The Smiths next, with possibly their best song. Mozza's bleating is kept in check, and Marr's soaring guitar and the moody bass help to make this something rather special. Good performance too, with Mozza appearing to mime machine gunning the audience at one point! Doubtless even more hyper after that, Janice proceeds to prick Prince's ego during the Top 10, where we also get a brief glimpse of the Howard Jones video, an unimaginative "in concert" affair. Sadly Eugene Wilde's playout doesn't have much personality, but there are some wacky clothes on display in the crowd to make up for that...
john i didn't read your comments before i posted (you hadn't done so before i started writing my review), but it seems great minds think alike by describing morrisey's "bleating"!
DeletePeter Powell also told us The Colour Field's Katrina worked as a singing telegram!
DeleteYeah, I just love the David Lee Roth video with those tasty California girls in those bikini's. Nice touch to release the song in the middle of winter, to give us all something to look forward to in the summer.
DeleteWhat of the 'current climate' that you mention John? Hmmm, it's just ugly-looking feminists trying to destroy the fabric of life, by taking worst-case scenarios like Weinstein to drag into harmless environments like The President's Club charity, in an attempt pull the curtain down on women's own liberties (it's not just about men). Soon they'll be wanting girls to cover up in It's A Knockout style costumes, so that we can't see them at all. Good Lord!
I think the #MeToo movement is a lot more to do with not getting sexually harassed at work than bringing down civilisation as we know it.
DeleteWilberforce - that is a strange coincidence, but as you say, great minds think alike!
DeleteArthur - I'd forgotten that PP had already mentioned Katrina's other occupation. In truth, when he comes on now I tend to pay more attention to what mood he is in rather than anything he actually says...
Agreed, you got to hand it to Neil B, always comes up with the goods. This UK Gold copy is a good one in that it has the Commodores, and of course the LAST EVER JK section on TOTP if I am correct.
ReplyDeleteThe Commodores - it's not quite the same when the lead vocals are by someone else and not Lionel Richie, but nevertheless, the song does have a certain charm about it, and has held out through the years.
The Colourfield - I just love the female joint lead-vocals with Terry Hall. You could say she is the cutie with the orange hair. Well, Simon Bates reveals her name at the end of the song - oh, its Katrina. The song has so much good feeling associated with it, a sort of pick-me-up if any one feels down. Bravo!
Killing Joke - the lead singer reminds me of the half-way stage of the metamorphosis of David Banner to The Incredible Hulk from the original 80s series with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. Yeah, you could say kind of ugly looking lead singer, and the song wasn't that appealing either.
Kool & The Gang - the short clip on the breakers was quite intriguing, in that I've never seen the colourful video before, and one that I must watch in full over the weekend when I get the chance.
Don Henley - I just love this song and video, and the black & white feel of it goes well with the summer mood. Just brilliant, and no end of compliments for it.
Ashford & Simpson - celebrating a rock-solid marital relationship as we are told yet again this week in the top ten chart rundown. The loving couple break into the top 3 at last, and I love this song no end. Wish it had got to No.1 instead of Paige & Dickson.
dead or alive: it sounds very of its time now with its clunky cowbell drum machine programming, but i have to admit i quite liked this at the time and even taped it not long after it was a hit. then about 10 years later i lent the tape to some guy i knew, who upon noticing it on the playlist started sniggering at my perceived lack of musical taste! mind you, he thought brtipop stuff like ocean colour scene was good, but i bet no one remembers them now in the way they do this? whenever i see this lot i always have to laugh at pete's colleagues - a rag-tag bunch who range from a clone to a slaphead, with a mullet inbetween
ReplyDeletecommodores: despite losing the man who bled the funk out of them in order to have commercial success, the rest still try and follow in his footsteps - presumably in the interests of keeping up the mortgage repayments? quite bizarrely they recruited a british guy to fill mr richie's shoes, but whoever it might have been made no difference in my view as this plodder bored the pants off me. and still does
killing joke: i was pleased at the time to see that they'd made a top 20 chart breakthrough with this, but it was a bit of a disapointment compared to the excellent "eighties" that was a non-hit a year or so before. however listening again now for the first time in ages it's actually far better than i remember it being (i must get it on mp3). angelo mentions that frontman jaz looks like david essex - well, i've just been watching a season of "the walking dead" and he certainly looks like a zombiefied version of the guy! it seems that youth has gone awol, but (as well as having distinctive chops) surely guitarist geordie has to be one of the coolest rock stars ever?
smiths: mozzer's sterotypical bleating apart this is one of their better singles, thanks to johnny marr's take on the old bo diddley rhythm that pretty much dominates things. it does go on a bit though
eugene wilde: "personality" was alright as a piece of club/dance action. however the reason i bought the 12" of it at the time was for the far superior flip "let her feel it", a slightly-remixed version of a track originally released by eugene's old band simplicious a year earlier. and to my ears it still does the business now
Dead or Alive with a bona fide pop classic starts the show at a breakneck pace, with Pete doing the wibbly-wobbly walk to boot ((c) Derek Griffiths).
ReplyDeleteThe Commodores with a perfect song to listen to late at night, just as well I watched this edition after midnight, then. Loved this at the time, found it really soothing and soulful, as I suppose it should be in light of who they were paying tribute to. Video's a bit boring, the most exciting part is where they swap vocalists.
Colourfield, charming as ever, though how did Katrina lose that tooth? I said before this was a perfect slice of English pop, but hearing it again that guitar is rather Spanish.
Killing Joke with another great tune, that's four in a row this edition, not bad. Fantastic crunchy guitars, massive, apocalyptic sound and driving drums make for a cult classic. Jaz of course went off to Iceland to prepare for the end of the world. Hasn't happened yet!
Like Dory, I'll have to check out that Kool and the Gang video on the Breakers, looks weird.
The Smiths, not my favourite of theirs but again, another cracking tune for guitars, and the line about going home and crying and wanting to die is still amusing.
Still at the top spot, the huge hairdos, the shoulder pads, the torrid affairs - no, not Dynasty, Paige and Dickson.
Ironic that Eugene Wilde's effort Personality is singularly lacking in same, but it gave us a chance to see the best dancer, the little Asian guy with the thousand watt smile. Bring him back next week!
I also liked Nightshift at the time, nice vocals and beat. At the same time I liked Solid which was more a hard edged sound, it was nice to have a softer sound in the charts too.
DeleteI remember Prince getting a hell of a lot of stick for his Brit acceptance speech at the time, but watching it again he's very much the shy Jehovah's Witness he always was when not performing. Give the wee guy a break!
ReplyDeleteHe wasn’t a religious but then. That came about when he met Larry Graham and George benson in the late 90s.
ReplyDeleteOh, OK. But he was shy! And he did thank God.
DeleteThough I loved The Smiths, I wasn't a fan of "How Soon Is Now", and I positively hated "Hippychick" by Soho, which lifted the initial guitar intro and made you think you were about to hear The Smiths but instead you got some talentless jarring track tacked onto it.
ReplyDeletesadly arthur the hippychick thing was just the tip of iceberg when it came to talentless twats sampling intros from older recordings (that actually required a bit of creativity and musical knowledge) and then basing their whole "song" around it. two lifts i remember that really pissed me off as they were played all over the place at the time were "are friends electric" and "spacer"
DeleteOh I liked HippyChick.
Delete(leaves forum in disgrace...)
but morgie if you weren't familar with the smiths' original, then i would say you could be excused? i suppose it has to be taken into consideration (even though the shameless lifting of others' ideas and efforts makes my stomach turn) that these things which sample older (and usually far better) recordings are aimed at an audience that has no familiarity whatsoever with the original sample (as a result of probably being too young) and thus just take it on face value. i have to admit that there were a few house tracks from the late 90's that i really got into, which i only discovered later on were built on samples from disco recordings that i hadn't heard before!
DeleteAlthough I generally share your views on sampling Wilberforce, I must admit I did like The Sugababes' Freak Like Me, Are Friends Electric sample and all, though I did feel a bit guilty about doing so...
DeleteMorgie, come back! To each their own.
DeleteHave to agree about Sugababes, a good use of a sample.
DeleteThe Smiths was a group I didn't really listen to properly until the late 90s.
Was familiar with Morrisey by 88 as we studied "Everyday Is Like Sunday" in GCSE English.
Continuing a great run of shows with a couple of exceptions…
ReplyDeleteDead or Alive – You spin me round like a record – Great production by a talented trio who we’d not really heard of at this point in time.
Commodores – Nightshift – Think I’ll stay on days…
Colourfield – Thinking of you – Listen carefully to the great harmonies in this. Totally unexpected to hear Terry Hall making this kind of record and I love it.
JK slot
REO Speedwagon – Can’t fight this feeling – The massive US no1 from REO and one of my favourite songs of 1985. For some reason JK calls it ‘Can’t fight the feeling’. One of Kevin Cronin’s finest that he performs at Live Aid later in the year. David Lee Roth – California Girls – Was this meant to be taken seriously? Hall & Oates – Method of Modern Love – Nice song, prefer Bowie’s ‘Modern Love’ but this isn’t bad at all. George Michael – Careless Whisper – Proving that cream always rises to the top.
Thanks again Neil B
Killing Joke – Love like Blood – KJ had 16 chart singles without hitting the top 10 once. This is not one I recall but it’s quite good.
Breakers
Sharpe & Numan – Change your mind. Well it’s really Numan all over and complete with the ‘Berserker’ image too.
Kool & the Gang – Misled – Hmmm not a typical K&tG sound at all. Not surprised it didn’t get very high despite the flashy ‘Indiana Jones’ video.
Don Henley – Boys of Summer – Whoah! A pop at the music press from Mr Bates! A timeless single that reached no12 this time, and again in 1998. The single was edited, chopping out the fabulous intro on this original release, but my 1998 cd single has it intact as well as the fade out. The original B Side ‘A Month of Sundays’ was fabulous too…and the video is great. Another 1985 favourite of mine (they were all stacked up in the first few months).
Smiths – How soon is now – Better known as the theme tune from ‘Charmed’ performed by Love spit love. Cop this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMPn324J81o
Shame Shannen left the series.
Top10 rundown - Nice to see a clip of Howard’s video – that hair!!
Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson – I know him so well – With one of the chess pieces at no2, the duo reign supreme at the top and deservedly so. What else was released off the ‘Chess’ album? ‘Nobody’s Side’ by Elaine Paige, ‘The Arbiter’ by Bjorn Skifs, ‘Heaven help my Heart’ by Elaine Paige and finally over a year later, another crack at ‘Nobody’s Side’; this time remixed and in a ‘limited edition’ double pack with….you guessed, ‘I know him so well’
Eugene Wilde –Personality – FF to the end rapidly!
I much preferred Hazell Dean's Whatever I Do Wherever I Go from 84, punchier melody in the chorus, I like the synth arrangement more and her vocal as well.
DeleteSct353, I would go further to say that Don Henley's Boys Of Summer is one of the greatest songs of all time, ever since pop music began. every time I hear it, it seems that life feels good again. The video is the main driver for this.
DeleteThe REO Speedwagon sounds like it's going to go into Keep on Loving You, but it's a worse chorus. It's their just repeating a formula.
ReplyDeleteRoth - I never saw the point of this cover, it just seems to cash in on the original
Hall/Oates - not bad at all, smooth but with an injection of energy.
Smiths – “How Soon Is Now" Interesting ominous guitar sounds, though the chorus to me feels like it goes for a quick hook. Not among their very best for me.
David Lee Roth was a man bereft of ideas once he left Van Halen, he also covered Just a Gigolo about the same time.
DeleteFinal time I'll need to do this given that this was (apparently) the last US chart rundown, but anyway here's the JK segment from Neil B.s upload edited back into the BBC4HD version:
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Full list of previous restorations:
https://drykid.github.io
I'll still try and do restorations of episodes where the final link has been edited due to mention of Mike Smith presenting the week after, but I don't expect too many opportunities for this as sadly the uncut versions of these shows rarely get uploaded anywhere. I totally get why it's a pain to upload a large file for just a few seconds of missing video, but from my perspective all I need are the few seconds that were edited out by BBC4. So if people have a means to edit them down themselves first and only upload the link in question then that's fine with me :)
This was the last regular JK slot, according to Popscene, but he does show up again on Christmas Day '85 for one final outing - it remains to be seen at this stage whether we will see that edition on BBC4.
DeleteThat's right, and the last two JK slots had JK in the TOTP studio, and not in his customary on-location site in the US. I guess the BBC had stopped paying his air fare and hotel bills by the end of 1985, which could explain his place in the TOTP studio alongside the main two presenters.
DeleteI meant to say 'by the end of 1984'.
DeleteYeah in hindsight it looks like the BBC maybe were getting cold feet about the US segment and decided to cut costs and do it from the main studio instead, only to realise that by doing so they had lost the whole point of the segment and ended up killing it off altogether after a couple more shows.
DeleteWas Entertainment USA still running at this time? I guess you could argue that there was a always a big overlap between the two things anyway.
Entertainment USA was still running at the time. I suspect another factor was the shrinking of the TOTP running time in 1985; given the return of the video Top 10 and the new breakers section, there wasn't enough time any longer for JK as well.
DeleteYes, it seems the Breakers section was a like-for-like swap with the JK section in terms of time taken up on the show, and TOTP opted for the Breakers which continued right through 1985.
DeleteOK, I've watched Kool and the Gang's video on YT and I'm none the wiser as to what was going on. No idea what the ghost lady had to do with ancient Indiana Jones or the singer dancing with her. Also, the ending, weren't they taught in school never to finish a story that way?
ReplyDeleteLol THX, the plot for the whole video was that it was all a dream, in the realms of the Thriller video by Michael Jackson, especially the ending, so there was no doubt where Kool got the inspiration for this video. It was almost exactly the same ending as Thriller!
DeleteIn any case it was a classic 80s fancy-dress style video, and the lead girl in the white ghost costume had a fantastic body, didn't she, especially the way she moved and danced in the woods. What a pity that TOTP never gave this a main feature on the show, but only a short clip on the Breakers slot. The one and only time we get to see this Kool & The Gang gem of a video, even though the song was ordinary.
So a last chance to see JK which I think I will pass on.
ReplyDeleteDead or Alive - tune....never tire of this one.
So Pete Burns finally gets his 15 minutes, which he certainly made last.
Not sure about them all dressed up in black, needs a but more colour this one.
The Commodores with a beautiful record. One of the standout ballads of the 80s, massively underplayed nowadays on 80s radio. Not normally something I would like but really grown on me over the years.
Now a couple of weeks ago I was unkind to this song but I stuck it on my Spotify playlist anyway and it has really grown on me. Caught myself humming it the other day.
I had a T-shirt like Terrys as well I remember, Think my brother had the yellow and black version (must have been on a deal in BHS)
Killing Joke a new name to me, didn't register at the time. Not a fan of this one I'm afraid. Bit catchy at times but too much of it is just dull.
Not sure about David Essex though Angelo. He looks more like that guy that played the Incredible Hulk.
Breakers time:
Sharpe/Numan - Not heard this before. I like.
So distinctive that voice. Lets hope he gets a full showing on TOTP.
Kool and the Gang - Thriller video on the cheep. Do you think Michael was watching and thought..good idea.
Don Henley - A classic tune. One of my dads faves. Really thought this was an autumn tune.
The Smiths - Fabulous record. Such and iconic 80s tune. How did this not get any higher?
Hated the Smiths at the time though, oh well, no accounting for 10 year olds taste in music.
Top Ten time:
Russ STILL in the Top 10 - who bought this..
Maybe Janice is going on the tour????
Howard Jones has brought the Wifey into the room, she wanted his haircut but her Dad said no so she had to stay with Duran Duran flick.
What is Janice on tonight "best bottom" Springfield at 4
King - another victim of the number 2 spot, should have been number one.
Last night I watched the Peter Kay spoof of the IKHSW video. Highly recommended and makes this video so much funnier...
Eugene on playout for another top edition of TOTP. Even Slimey was OK this week.
Still no sign of Bowie, This is not America.
... and now there won't be any sign of bowie & pmg on the show! apart from being criminal in any event, it's also really annoying in my view as it was a near-cert for my top 10 totp crackers of 1985 - the same thing happened with the equally excellent "owner of a lonely heart" by yes a couple of years earlier
Deletedespite being shunned by the show the pat metheny group has been in existence for over 40 years now, with both pat and keyboard maestro lyle mays being founders and ever-presents. i've been a massive fan of theirs since around the mid 80's (thanks to the "old grey whistle test", who unlike totp deigned to feature them around this time) and have dozens of their recordings in my music collection (they had a big influence in weaning me off the ever-worsening late 80's commercial pop scene). i did actually get to see metheny perform live once as well, although that was with his "trio" rather than the PMG. so sadly i still haven't had the pleasure of witnessing the incredible lyle mays play in the flesh
peter kay is strictly comedy anathema as far as i'm concerned (to me he's like a 21st century version of russ abbot i.e. strictly for the plebs). i was aware of his "geraldine" alter ego although i had never seen "her", so looked up the IKHSW skit on yt (without sound) out of curiosity. and not surprisingly he does not make for a very convincing woman... although probably slightly more attractive than susan boyle!
DeleteThanks for the info Wilberforce.
DeletePat Methany I am not familiar with. Managed to dig out the Bowie song on You Tube. It's a bit of a slow one and not one of his best
Peter Kay I agree is an aquired taste. I like his mis-heard lyrics skit and his comic relief stuff but not his live shows.
Susan Boyles ever growing hair makes me smile in that skit and the original video is now more amusing than the skit.
although i like it a lot i wouldn't call "this is not america" particularly representative of what the pat metheny group do, as for a start they rarely if ever feature a vocal with lyrics (if they do, then it's usually of the scat/wordless variety). it's not that easy to pigeonhole them given the breadth of what they've done over the decades, but if i had to offer one example that shows what they're all about then this comes to mind:
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It would have been nice to see Love and Pride get to the top, maybe the false start it had on the initial release in earlier 84, didn't help that.
DeleteOh blimey! I finally start catching up with the week’s TOTPs and find another one’s been downloaded while I’ve done my first critique. Looks like I’ll probably have to do one show a night, especially with the avalanche coming our way later this week.
ReplyDeletePete Burns with the glossiest lips in town, making Paul King look like a shy librarian. Great tune. Best thing Stock, Aitken and Waterman ever did - such a shame they peaked with their first big effort.
The Commodores with a stage foggier than the 21st March edition VHS we’re not allowed to see despite it being crucial to “The Story of 1985”.
The Colour Field with a lush, lovely song and the effervescent Katrina complimenting the studious Terry. She reminded me of those Corsodyl TV ads with gorgeous women showing at the end they had teeth missing.
Christ! Jas from Killing Joke wasn’t half scary. Those eyebrows too! Eschewing his keyboard to be an arty frontman, who actually breaks into a smile when shown back of shot 14:36 into the iPlayer show. Great, muscular, brooding song in my opinion.
Bill Sharpe looking as serious as old blue and white face. Doesn’t bode well.
Kool to record company - “We want a video as weird as Billy Ocean’s and we want to borrow Bryan Adam’s leaves while we’re at it”. Don’t remember this one at all.
Fitting that I get to see “The Boys Of Summer” on Superbowl night, the ‘boys’ referring to American Football teams who train on the beaches in the summer outside the regular season and steal the hearts of the local gals (and guys too).
Sorry, Morrissey, only room for one prominent Northern frontman tonight, and Pete’s more bouncy and less morose than you.
Onto the top 10 vids – someone liked that Art of Noise effort as it got way more time than most, I liked Janice’s ribbing of Russ ‘only one ‘t’ ’ Abbot but wasn’t keen on her choice of best arse, and Howard Jones managed to look more garish than last time.
And we finish with an okay track until the personality-free chorus kicks in.
There must be something about co-presenting with Janice that brings out the...well, let's not ay best...competent in Bates. Mind you, the extreme close-up we got at one point nearly put me off my dinner.
ReplyDeleteDead Or Alive - A very obvious choice to get the show underway, you can clearly see and hear why this was headed for the top after the initial push it got the previous week.
Commodores - Worthy but tedious.
JK - One we've seen, one which is ridiculous (Dave Lee Roth), one incredibly bland (REO) and one which is surprisingly good but needs a few listens (Hall & Oates)
Killing Joke - I always think that this good song would be even better if about a minute was chopped from the end as it outstays it welcome somewhat. A charismatic but not very pretty lead singer, eh?
Breakers - Blimey, more good songs than bad for once (admittedly only 3 to begin with!) with the Sharpe & Numan song in particular being very good.
The Smiths - More good stuff, and the edit to get it down to TOTP friendly length is surprisingly fine. Moz seems to be inventing Bez here. It was a bigger hit for the 90s re-release.
Then another bland video countdown with nothing played in full this time, that song at No.1 again and yet another terrible choice for playout song.