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Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast

The podcast that takes one random episode of Top Of The Pops - the greatest TV Pop show ever - and breaks it down to its very last compound. Created by Sarah Bee, Neil Kulkarni, Taylor Parkes, Simon Price and David Stubbs (who all wrote for Melody Maker) and hosted by Al Needham (who didn"t), it"s an unflinching gaze into the open wound of pop culture and a celebration of Thursday evenings past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:36:09

#56 (Part 4): 25.12.1983 – Oh Dear!! A Bat Bit You

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/01/08

Finally, the Gang’s all here when theRock Expertpitches up, and the journey into the heart of the 1983 Xmas Top Of The Pops goes on. Adam Ant’s crown begins to slip, The Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boys from Quality Street look upwards, Bucks Fizz get all hard-hitting and mature, an American police officer has a bit of a dance, and Carol Kenyon makes your dad drop his Satsuma…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:25:43

#56 (Part 3): 25.12.1983 – Oh Dear!! A Bat Bit You

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/01/07

The Chart Music works do – held after Christmas, because we’re proper mingebags – is kickingrightoff, and we’re only at the halfway mark of the ’83 Xmas extravaganza. Mike Smith has a wide-on for some Real Aussie Men, Our Sarah uncorks astupendousslam poetry re-enactment of Bonnie Tyler’s finest five-and-a-bit minutes, Annie Lennox glares at us, Janice Long gets massively full-on, and there’s some rammel Thatcherite American dance-arse.TUCK IN, POP-CRAZED YOUNGSTERS!Video

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1:39:48

#56 (Part 2): 25.12.1983 – Oh Dear!! A Bat Bit You

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/01/06

Our New Year’s do has only just begun, with two very special guests –Price the WolfchildandThe Incredible Kulk– dropping in to lob their coats in the spare bedroom and pick at the sumptuous buffet that is the Top of The Pops 1983 Xmas episode. Revel in the joy of Inky Peebles refusing to join in the Panto atmosphere as Freeez caper about, the Bad King of Pop reveals a hitherto undiscovered love of Billy Britain and SWANT, and Taylor and Sarah discover that just when you think you’ve got the measure

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#56 (Part 1): 25.12.1983 – Oh Dear!! A Bat Bit You

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/01/05

Al Needham’s hosting a late New Year’s party, and all the Pop-Crazed Youngsters are invited. And unsurprisingly, it involves you being made to sit in an armchair and watch an episode of Top Of The Pops while other people shout at you – and this time, it’s the Xmas Day one from 1983. But before that, him andSarah BeeandTaylor Parkesleaf though that week’s Melody Maker, reminisce on Xmases past, and get you all ’83-compliant for our LONGEST EPISODE EVER…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The

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1:45:30

#55: 23.12.1982 – Hygge Pop

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/12/21

Chart Music #55: 23.12.1982 – Hygge PopThe latest episode of the podcast which asks: why hasn’t London got a Revels World?It’s getting to look a lot like Christmas, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and you know what that means: the Nanas of the Kingdom start fiddling with their purses at the counter of HMV and encrust our beloved charts with the mung of novelty. We can’t lie: this episode of The Pops has been freshly squeezed from the very ringpiece of the cat, and no amount of live weather reports from Kid

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1:04:50

#55 (Part 4): 23.12.1982 – Hygge Pop

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/12/20

Al Needham,David StubbsandNeil Kulkarniwatch aghast as Pop Santa curls one off into their stockings, as we reach the appalling dénouement of this episode of The Pops. It’s a full-on Nana takeover, as we submit to the sickening one-two punch of Emo duckling whingeandthe West Midlands version of the Red Shoe Diaries…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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55:54

#55 (Part 3): 23.12.1982 – Hygge Pop

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/12/19

Neil Kulkarni,David StubbsandAl Needhamcontinue the death-march into the final TOTP of 1982, pausing to gaze upon Zoo having an ethnic knees-up, reflect upon the last stand of Abba, witness the slow afternoon of Imagination, and muse upon what Comrade Shaky’s version of the Fool’s Gold loaf would be…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:02:13

#55 (Part 2): 23.12.1982 – Hygge Pop

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/12/18

Flags! Balloons! Tinsel! Zoo Wankeridge!David Stubbs,Neil KulkarniandAl Needhamstart to gum their critical teeth up on the manky, non-Cadbury selection box that is the last proper TOTP of ’82, and imagine a world where Bing Crosby and David Bowie cover Prince Buster…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:33:16

#55 (Part 1): 23.12.1982 – Hygge Pop

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/12/17

Al Needham, Neil KulkarniandRock Expert David Stubbscome together to reveal the Christmas Chart Music Top Ten, leaf through a Melody Maker with balloons and a Jam flexidisc on the cover, talk about keeping the electricity on at their house by flogging off armfuls of review copies at the Record and Tape Exchange, and prepare for a grim death-march into aTop Of The Popsfrom the arse-end of 1982…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See

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1:40:06

#54: 25.5.1978 – Nineteen Seventy Gibb

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/11/17

The latest episode of the podcast which asks: wouldyougo to see Panties at Canning Town Bridge House?Unbelievably, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, this appears to be only the second time we’ve chanced across 1978 – which is a shameful way for a podcast about Top Of The Pops to act, because this year isrammedwith cultural behemoths dominating the landscape, with the musk of all the things that Chart Music cherishes hanging thick in the air. We're right on on the perineum ‘twixt Saturday Night Fever and

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1:57:41

#54 (Part 4): 25.5.1978 – Nineteen Seventy Gibb

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/11/16

We’re into the final stretch for an outstanding episode of The Pops, andAl Needham,Taylor ParkesandNeil Kulkarnistrain every sinew as they navigate Disco Cilla, avoid Jimmy Pursey as he tumbles to the floor, bow to the true bosses of 1978, and join Joe Jordan and Kenny Burns for a geographically incorrect carnival, just before they fall on their faces like Bobby Davro in front of Keith Chegwin and Jim Bowen…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See

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1:31:19

#54 (Part 3): 25.5.1978 – Nineteen Seventy Gibb

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/11/15

The twin cultural juggernauts of 1978 collide in this episode ofTop Of The Pops, andTaylor ParkesandNeil KulkarnibegAl Needhamto slow down so they can have a good look at the splintered and mangled carnage. A second shift for Legs & Co appears to catch them with their pants down, the TOTP Orchestra lay off the Party Fours for a bit, and your Mam can’t take her eyes off Phil Lynott’s shiny trousers…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See

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1:24:17

#54 (Part 2): 25.5.1978 – Nineteen Seventy Gibb

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/11/14

Uh oh – The Pops has finally got some competition, as the pilot episode ofRevolvercrashes into ITV’s Saturday teatime schedule, so naturallyNeil KulkarniandTaylor Parkeshave a look at it whileAl Needhamchivvys them through the opening shots of this week’s episode. Get ready for top-drawer critical analysis on disco strippers, late-Seventies jumper technology, a list of potential Oliver Tobias understudies, and razor-sharp criticism on whatever rubbish band photos are in the chart rundown this

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1:28:28

#54 (Part 1): 25.5.1978 – Nineteen Seventy Gibb

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/11/13

Team ATVLand –Al Needham, Taylor ParkesandNeil Kulkarni– reassemble for a catch-up about posture correctors, run down the brand new Chart Music Top Ten, leaf through that week’s NME, and gird each other’s loins in preparation for a massively intense burrow into aTop Of The Popsfrom the very the heart of 1978…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:26:56

Chart Music #53: May 12th 1988 – Boing! Boing! Boing!

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/10/10

Chart Music #53: May 12th1988 – Boing! Boing! Boing!The latest episode of the podcast which asks: if the first girl that Prince met on Alphabet St happened to be Blunder Woman, would he jerk his body like a horny pony would?This episode – THE LONGEST EVER, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – finally sees us slipping the surly bonds of this rubbish century to touch the smiley face of 1988. We’re on the very cusp of the Second Summer of Love, but your panel are a) leafing through Athena posters and avoiding

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1:31:01

Chart Music #53 (Part 4): May 12th 1988 – Boing!...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/10/09

Chart Music #53: May 12th1988 – Boing! Boing! Boing!The latest episode of the podcast which asks: if the first girl that Prince met on Alphabet St happened to be Blunder Woman, would he jerk his body like a horny pony would?This episode – THE LONGEST EVER, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – finally sees us slipping the surly bonds of this rubbish century to touch the smiley face of 1988. We’re on the very cusp of the Second Summer of Love, but your panel are a) leafing through Athena posters and avoiding

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1:18:50

Chart Music #53 (Part 3): May 12th 1988 – Boing!...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/10/08

Chart Music #53: May 12th1988 – Boing! Boing! Boing!The latest episode of the podcast which asks: if the first girl that Prince met on Alphabet St happened to be Blunder Woman, would he jerk his body like a horny pony would?This episode – THE LONGEST EVER, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – finally sees us slipping the surly bonds of this rubbish century to touch the smiley face of 1988. We’re on the very cusp of the Second Summer of Love, but your panel are a) leafing through Athena posters and avoiding

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1:33:57

Chart Music #53 (Part 2): May 12th 1988 – Boing!...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/10/07

Chart Music #53: May 12th1988 – Boing! Boing! Boing!The latest episode of the podcast which asks: if the first girl that Prince met on Alphabet St happened to be Blunder Woman, would he jerk his body like a horny pony would?This episode – THE LONGEST EVER, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – finally sees us slipping the surly bonds of this rubbish century to touch the smiley face of 1988. We’re on the very cusp of the Second Summer of Love, but your panel are a) leafing through Athena posters and avoiding

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1:33:12

Chart Music #53 (Part 1): May 12th 1988 – Boing!...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/10/07

Chart Music #53: May 12th1988 – Boing! Boing! Boing!The latest episode of the podcast which asks: if the first girl that Prince met on Alphabet St happened to be Blunder Woman, would he jerk his body like a horny pony would?This episode – THE LONGEST EVER, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – finally sees us slipping the surly bonds of this rubbish century to touch the smiley face of 1988. We’re on the very cusp of the Second Summer of Love, but your panel are a) leafing through Athena posters and avoiding

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1:43:51

Chart Music #52: February 14th 1985 – British People...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2020/08/09

The latest episode of the podcast which asks:if The Smiths were still making singles today, would they have a still fromSex Lives Of The Potato Menon the cover?The latest episode – another five hour-plus plunge into the very depths of your favourite Pop TV show – lands us on the very perineum ‘twixt Band Aid and Live Aid, in a shameful era when even the Weetabix are pretending to be American street youths, and on the very cusp of the achingly slow decline of The Pops. The majority of the Zoo Wankers

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