tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.comments2022-11-21T00:07:59.880+00:00Steve Does Top of the Pops!Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-12610174260212456372022-11-21T00:07:59.880+00:002022-11-21T00:07:59.880+00:00Good reeadingGood reeadingSkylight Contractors Hesperiahttps://www.professionalskylight.com/us/california-skylights/skylight-contractors-hesperia.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-67602510505002493442022-06-20T16:00:54.584+01:002022-06-20T16:00:54.584+01:00Thank you, James.Thank you, James.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-17900849773153121922022-06-18T01:31:22.823+01:002022-06-18T01:31:22.823+01:00Nicce blogNicce blogJames Robleshttps://www.jamesrobles.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-872606975766224992013-01-26T10:04:18.821+00:002013-01-26T10:04:18.821+00:00I'm very flattered, Anon, but I suspect the wo...I'm very flattered, Anon, but I suspect the world will survive without me. There's always http://itstotp.blogspot.co.uk/ which'll be blogging on TOTP 1978.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-68008965681941818432013-01-25T22:07:39.770+00:002013-01-25T22:07:39.770+00:00Steve
Just seen first episode from 1978. We need ...Steve<br /><br />Just seen first episode from 1978. We need you now more than ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-50662502394675407432013-01-01T09:39:41.330+00:002013-01-01T09:39:41.330+00:00Paul, thanks for the praise. I wasn't aware of...Paul, thanks for the praise. I wasn't aware of the Oasis/Julie Covington link but, thinking about it, it really <i>is</i> the same tune. Oh well - makes a change from Noel stealing his tunes from the New Seekers, I suppose.<br /><br />Wilberforce, thanks for sticking around all this time. It is weird the way both blogs have folded at the same time. It only shows the power of 1977 to wear a man down.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-88741024992924368402013-01-01T05:33:15.717+00:002013-01-01T05:33:15.717+00:00PS
Wasn't Only Women Bleed the inspiration to...PS<br /><br />Wasn't Only Women Bleed the inspiration to Oasis 'All Around The World'? Standing on the shoulder of giants indeedPaulMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-66183157205929752792013-01-01T05:30:08.609+00:002013-01-01T05:30:08.609+00:00Loved the blog. Will miss it Steve.Loved the blog. Will miss it Steve.PaullMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-36321191339889833462012-12-31T23:01:44.681+00:002012-12-31T23:01:44.681+00:00steve, sorry to see you go but thanks for your eff...steve, sorry to see you go but thanks for your efforts over the last few months - i was certainly laughing out loud at times!<br /><br />hopefully you'll keep watching totp 78 and make some contributions to the chris retro site that's being set up to continue "yes it's number one"'s good work (you're going down like ninepins!)wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-87290928249984860152012-12-24T23:10:13.065+00:002012-12-24T23:10:13.065+00:00Thanks, Arthur, and merry Christmas to you too.Thanks, Arthur, and merry Christmas to you too.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-85209360987468919442012-12-24T22:33:10.624+00:002012-12-24T22:33:10.624+00:00Steve, thanks for being the amusing sidekick to Ye...Steve, thanks for being the amusing sidekick to Yes It's Number One. I've read and enjoyed the two blogs in tandem, and this sad but expected news has made me feel sanguine this Christmas Eve, so I'll need to open another can of lager and look for Glamourpuss or Page Three on YouTube. Thanks again, and have a merry Christmas and happy New Year. Cheers, Eddie, aka Arthur. Arthur Nibble says ta...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-18744769179211075322012-12-24T09:53:37.028+00:002012-12-24T09:53:37.028+00:00I don't only want it. I demand it.I don't only want it. I demand it.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-44929235810434973872012-12-24T04:51:46.741+00:002012-12-24T04:51:46.741+00:00Steve, I plan to tweet all the way through ToTP78....Steve, I plan to tweet all the way through ToTP78. I believe you would have wanted it that way.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-2750105176121413212012-12-22T21:44:35.914+00:002012-12-22T21:44:35.914+00:00Thanks, Simon. Suddenly all becomes clear.Thanks, Simon. Suddenly all becomes clear.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-61515491939277204122012-12-22T11:12:16.421+00:002012-12-22T11:12:16.421+00:00Half of The Banned were prog also-rans Gryphon ope...Half of The Banned were prog also-rans Gryphon openly cashing in. They failed to do so.<br /><br />White Christmas, I assume, was cut for Holiday Inn clip licensing reasons.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-24942200178558399572012-12-15T21:50:50.450+00:002012-12-15T21:50:50.450+00:00Thanks, Anon. At the moment, I certainly don't...Thanks, Anon. At the moment, I certainly don't have any urges to continue with it but I'll see how I feel after Christmas. I suspect I'll still feel the same though.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-40388866454782879052012-12-15T19:27:43.526+00:002012-12-15T19:27:43.526+00:00Steve - in the words of KC and the Sunshine Band -...Steve - in the words of KC and the Sunshine Band - Please don't go! I read your comments with interest every week. Life will not be the same. How can you pass up on such greats in 1978 as the Smurfs, Brian and Michael, The Scottish Football Squad, Plastic Bertrand, Jilted John, Hylda Baker and Arthur Mullard, Hot Gossip and so many other classics. Your country needs you at this time of dire music, fashion and memories that we thought we had lost. The year of Saturday Night Fever, Grease et al. It was the year I went to Uni, lost my virginity as well as my taste in music. And TOTP was there all the time - well, almost apart from when it was off the air because of some BBC strike. As someone might have said 'Hows about that then?' Another year and you will have earned a rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-4879219424296889252012-12-14T22:23:53.439+00:002012-12-14T22:23:53.439+00:00I do hope Kid Jensen and Noel Edmonds doesn't ...I do hope Kid Jensen and Noel Edmonds doesn't get arrested otherwise we will have TOTP every other month, if that<br /><br />PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-86673209708255913372012-12-13T21:24:03.147+00:002012-12-13T21:24:03.147+00:00Arthur, I'm not totally sure when my swansong ...Arthur, I'm not totally sure when my swansong is. But I definitely won't be back next year. I fear the strain of watching all that Legs and Co would be too much for my sanity.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-6525607880347994532012-12-13T21:10:07.306+00:002012-12-13T21:10:07.306+00:00If Fleetwood Mac had been influenced by "Egyp...If Fleetwood Mac had been influenced by "Egyptian Reggae", surely their song would have been called "Hump" instead of "Tusk"? It's okay, don't worry about replying.<br /><br />Well, a tinge of sadness. Isn't next week's double issue your swansong? Or may you decide to give it another year?Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-47147114029761793132012-11-24T00:09:59.647+00:002012-11-24T00:09:59.647+00:00the reason i can describe the saga of the aliens w...the reason i can describe the saga of the aliens with half-black and half-white faces with such clarity is because i recently saw it on dvd whilst finally getting to watch every episode of the original series ever made, a few of which i don't ever remember seeing when they would be sporadically shown on the telly - unlike this one, which i have seen several times previously so would have been aware of your erroneous recollection regardless...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-8503886466985343562012-11-23T21:32:45.690+00:002012-11-23T21:32:45.690+00:00Ah. I was remembering it as them having both been ...Ah. I was remembering it as them having both been the same man who'd been split in two. It just goes to show how long it is since I've seen it.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-19984046343756879102012-11-23T21:06:33.461+00:002012-11-23T21:06:33.461+00:00steve, at the risk of sounding like a sad trekkie ...steve, at the risk of sounding like a sad trekkie (or trekker, which is is apparently what the real hardcore call themselves - i consider myself neither despite my substantial knowledge of and love for the show) there were actually two guys with half-black, half-white faces in a star trek episode (one of which was played by the guy who was the riddler in batman) - they were rescued from their separate spaceships by the enterprise, and then proceeded to keep fighting each other despite captain kirk's best efforts to stop them. finally a bemused kirk asks "why do you you fight? after all you're both the same", to which one replies "no captain, if you look more closely, you'll see my face is white on the left, and his is white on the right (or it may have been the other way around - as i said i'm no trekkie)" - it might seem a bit corny, but i still thought it was a brilliant allegory of how people sometimes just can't get on with each other despite seemingly having much in common...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-60503978742999910722012-11-23T21:02:50.271+00:002012-11-23T21:02:50.271+00:00Best one yet, better to come - unless "BBC to...Best one yet, better to come - unless "BBC to axe Top of the Pops repeats" according to the NME yesterday, start the petition now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176232028550764413.post-72673290655162551732012-11-22T21:21:01.941+00:002012-11-22T21:21:01.941+00:00I loved Extras - especially the final episode. I j...I loved Extras - especially the final episode. I just wish it didn't mean I now inextricably link David Bowie with Ricky Gervais.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.com