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Girls Girls Girls
Mar. 14th, 2013 08:23 pm
When you're feeling flat, there are few better tonics than an episode of Top of the Pops 1978 - especially one with a stellar cast like tonight's. Generation X and the Jam; a classic from Hot Chocolate; Andy Cameron's immortal Scotland 1978 World Cup song (we'll draw a veil over the team's performance at the tournament)...and Tina Charles, Debbie Harry and Kate Bush all making strong bids for my Pop Babe of '78 title *x*
It was nice to hear Brian and Michael's Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs again. Reminded me of when it was a hit and I, then aged six, thought the lyric was "And he takes his cushiony weights," until Eddie Large launched into singing a snatch of it on Little and Large and revealed it was "brush and he waits". Pop trivia fans : the children's chorus were none other than the St Winifred's School Choir, who of course had a #1 of their own two years later.
Watching this episode reminded me that I never did announce my Pop Babe of '77 winner. Sorry about that. For the record, Donna Summer lifted the crown, with Meri Wilson 2nd and Tina Charles 3rd.
It was nice to hear Brian and Michael's Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs again. Reminded me of when it was a hit and I, then aged six, thought the lyric was "And he takes his cushiony weights," until Eddie Large launched into singing a snatch of it on Little and Large and revealed it was "brush and he waits". Pop trivia fans : the children's chorus were none other than the St Winifred's School Choir, who of course had a #1 of their own two years later.
Watching this episode reminded me that I never did announce my Pop Babe of '77 winner. Sorry about that. For the record, Donna Summer lifted the crown, with Meri Wilson 2nd and Tina Charles 3rd.
