1982: Co-presented by John Peel and Debbie Harry. A dream ticket, though in what seems to survive in the public forum Debbie appears to be more a guest. It's cut short by the FA Cup final replay, hence Peel's comment at the end of the link into Genesis, Phil still multitasking. Peel debuted his famous 'LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS' jumper here, and in case you wondered Smash Hits had the answer...
1993: Suede do with a small cloud of dry ice, Lenny Kravitz dons a hat and gets shot through a kaleidoscope, Tears For Fears get first refusal on the smart new video screen.
2001: What an odd show this was. From the not too glamorous sounding Pennington’s in Bradford, the show marked both the Music Live event and the twentieth anniversary of 1981 by bringing on some stars of the day to perform a hit - ABC, Eddy Grant, Midge Ure, Roxy Music - and a couple of newer bands to cover songs of the year, Reef riding roughshod over Start Me Up, Spooks taking on Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic. The big finish? Soft Cell.
2 comments:
Yup that TVC15 number by basically just the guys was very unusual.
I don't think we got another male-only one until Zoo?
Well, they were the only dance troupe to include males other than Ruby Flipper, and even then given their make-up and the common desire for female TOTP dancers I doubt they ever had a similar routine. It makes sense that early in Ruby Flipper's run they should have a masculine routine to justify their presence, but something that's acted out like that...
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