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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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1:28:49

#72 (Pt 2): 3.10.85 – Rod Vicious

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/08/22

Simon Price,Rock Expert David StubbsandAl Needhamset about this episode of TOTP with the usual gleeful abandon, asking themselves; what did Paul Jordan actuallydoto get nobbed off from Radio 1 in less than a year? And why does Gary Davies look like he’s been thrown into a tub of Bisto? Colonel Abrams gets us housetrained, Iron Maiden have a good widdle in California, and we’re subjected to a break-in…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|PatreonGet your tickets for Chart

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2:12:34

#72 (Pt 1): 3.10.85 – Rod Vicious

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/08/21

Simon Price,Rock Expert David StubbsandAl Needhamprepare for a punishing slog through a post-Live Aid episode of The Pops – but first, a good hard shill of their new books, which are out NOW/SOON. We leaf through that week’s NME, discuss a Norwegian newspaper article from the year 2000, and, y’know, go on a bit about pop music. TUCK IN, POP-CRAZED YOUNGSTERS!Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|PatreonGet your tickets for Chart Music at the London Podcast Festival

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7:16:56

#71: March 19th 1981 – Shaky Of The Dorm

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/06/25

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Whoops Scotties, Tasty Tarts Foster Grants or Allied For Carpets For You?Oh yes – it’s back to the Eighventies we go, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, to a year where everyone was loaded into a cannon and fired into the dress-up box, or so we’re led to believe. One look at Peter Powell – who has turned up looking like he’s booked a week’s holiday on a canalboat through Hoseasons – will remind you it wasn’t quite like that.It’s a boom time for TOTP, is early ’81:

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1:46:17

#71 (Pt 4): 19.3.81 – Shaky Of The Dorm

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/06/24

Neil Kulkarni,Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamfinally stumble upon thereal1981 – Strange The Clock, and the New Street Station Dolls – while Al deals with an industrial dispute over Toyah by locking Neil and Taylor out and getting some robots in. And we finally get to grips with the most malign influence upon the charts of 1981 – the Syd Little of America…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|PatreonGet your tickets for Chart Music at the London Podcast Festival HERE Hosted on

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2:09:14

#71 (Pt 3): 19.3.81 – Shaky Of The Dorm

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/06/23

Neil Kulkarni,Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamplough on through this episode from the tail-end of the Eighventies, stopping for a deep, deep,deepdive on the post-Moon Who. Legs & Co say farewell to Pauline by sitting about under a giant Scotch egg, the Paint Pot comes back for an encore, and Bucks Fizz make their debut and do that thing with the Velcro…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|PatreonGet your tickets for Chart Music at the London Podcast Festival HERE Hosted on

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1:38:17

#71 (Pt 2): 19.3.81 – Shaky Of The Dorm

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/06/22

Neil Kulkarni,Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamcommence their odyssey into the March 19th1981 episode, and are horrified to discover that the Top Of The Pops Orchestra are still knocking about, and The Kids – who are supposed to be dressed up as nouveaux dandies – are wearing visors and doing the Blockbusters hand-jive. After a visit from Comrade Shaky – the Everlasting Gobstopper of Chart Music – it’s a frigid blast of Dad-Synth. Oh dear…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music

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1:50:18

#71 (Pt 1): 19.3.81 – Shaky Of The Dorm

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/06/21

Neil Kulkarni,Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamprepare the stage for a late-Eighventies episode of The Pops – but first, it’s a flick through that week’s NME, Rod Hull and Emu pay tribute to Rolls-Royce, Neil speaks of his brush with the local Masonic Lodge (and fails to win the Tombola), Al shares not one buttwoembarrassing stories about teenage lust gone awry, and a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|PatreonGet your tickets for Chart Music at the London

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6:08:07

#70: April 17th 1986 – The Rishi Sunak Of Top Of The...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/04/18

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; has Rock Expert David Stubbs come from The Sky?After all the lovely Pop trifle we’ve had in recent episodes, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, it’s time for some necessary roughage, as we take a tentative walk down Nineteen Eighty Six Street once more. And yes, it’sstillone of the most rammel years for 20th Century Pop, but somehow we managed to find one which doesn’t have the whiff of the dog's arse about it.It’s only four months into ’86, but our Favourite

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1:39:51

#70 (Pt 4): 17.4.86 – The Rishi Sunak Of TOTP

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/04/17

Neil Kulkarni,Sarah BeeandAl Needhamfinally claw their way up the final furlong on an episode of TOTP that’s been better than any episode set in 1986 has a right to be. Neil issues a come-and-get-me statement to Janet Jackson, It’s Immaterial look knackered and bemused on the big new set, George Michael delivers the weirdest Number One of the entire decade, and then thereal’86 presents itself as Whitney Houston fills the Harlem Apollo with a concentrated blast of mawk. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS BE

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1:30:27

#70 (Pt 3): 17.4.86 – The Rishi Sunak Of TOTP

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/04/16

Sarah Bee,Neil KulkarniandAl Needhamplunge deeper into the 17.4.86 episode as we hit the Breakers section. Suzanne Vega slaps it about with assorted extras fromBonfire Of The Vanities, and then we get hit with REAL KIDS ISSUES as Grange Hill become child conscripts in the War On Drugs…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:35

#70 (Pt 2): 17.4.86 – The Rishi Sunak Of TOTP

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/04/15

Neil Kulkarni,Sarah BeeandAl Needhamget stuck into the hellscape of 1986, and discover that it’s not that rammel, actually. We gaze upon the even-toed ungulate splendour of Gary Davies – a man who divides his time between going out on the pull with Brian Tilsley, bringing peace upon the houses of Fine Young Cannibals and Matt Bianco, and making the sex workers of Amsterdam plunge through windows to get at him, only to discover that he’s got a horrible jacket on. Big Country prepare to get properly

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1:25:38

#70 (Pt 1): 17.4.86 – The Rishi Sunak Of TOTP

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/04/14

Sarah BeeandNeil KulkarnijoinAl Needhamand prepare for some serious loin-girding as they prepare to tackle an episode of The Pops from the unappealing middle bit of the Aydeez – a neon wasteland where the Dinosaurs of Pop are running rampant in their Success Coats with sleeves a-rolled. But first, a flick through that week’s NME, and a vital BPT update…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6:03:06

#69: December 27th 1974 – The Ramadan #1 Of 1974

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/01/28

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; have any of Team Chart Music done a streak?It’s late January, but the inflatable Jimmy Savile-as-Santa is still hanging off the roof of the Chart Music house and the wreath that looks like DLT still hangs on the door as we prepare to tuck into another end-of-year splurge of Pop, as our favourite Thursday evening pop treat gets shunted to a Friday teatime and another Selection Box of the hits of the year gets ripped into.‘Tis the arse-end of 1974,

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1:37:44

#69 (Pt 4): 27.12.74 – The Ramadan #1 of 1974

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/01/27

David Stubbs, Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamconclude their excavation of the last TOTP of 1974. After Ray Stevens lets us all down by refusing to lob it out, Suzy Quatro drops the last ever Glam Bomb and then – YESSSS! Carl Douglas gives another demonstration of Chinese-lettered-pyjama funk with the most perfect Number One EVER. Terry Jacks reminds us that he’s clinging on to life. And then the winners of 1974 – along with West Germany and Harold Wilson, twice – pitch up to remind us that for the next

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1:38:10

#69 (Pt 3): 27.12.74 – The Ramadan #1 of 1974

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/01/26

Taylor ParkesandDavid Stubbsgo deeper on the last TOTP of 1974 withAl Needham, and recoil at Dave Lee Travis looking none more Gnasher-like as he salivates over Stephanie De Sykes and then we’re hit with Another Chance To See the debut performance of Sparks, the Great Lost Gary Glitter Number One, Another Chance To See Sylvia telling some very young Osmonds fans about how she slagged it about in Spain this summer, and some very unfair jokes at the expense of Brian May…Video

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1:34:29

#69 (Pt 2): 27.12.74 – The Ramadan #1 of 1974

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/01/25

David Stubbs,Taylor ParkesandAl Needhambegin their odyssey into the second part of TOTP’s review of ’74, but not before another few rounds of Pantomime Horse and having to deal with the rampaging egos of Noel Edmonds and The Living Gnasher Badge. The first #1 single that ever enraged Al is up first, then John Denver bangs on about his missus eight years before he ends up taking a chainsaw to their bed, followed by world-class mic-standsmanship by Alvin, and George McCrae gets into even more trouble

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1:20:09

#69 (Pt 1): 27.12.74 – The Ramadan #1 of 1974

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2023/01/24

Taylor ParkesandRock Expert David StubbsjoinAl Needhamto prepare the ground for an in-depth trawl through one of those end-of-year TOTPs – and this one is a rare Friday teatime excursion through the bangers of 1974, and possibly the last episode from the Golden Age of Top Of The Pops. Naturally, there’s a pick through that week’s NME, and the introduction of Pantomime Horse, the parlour game poised to sweep the dinner parties of 2023. TUCK IN, POP-CRAZED YOUNGSTERS… Hosted on Acast. See

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6:43:13

#68: May 1st 1980 – The Ken Of The Eighventies

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2022/12/11

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; have any of Chart Music ever had to deal with a Hard Lovin’ Woman?As listeners to the World’s Greatest Podcast About Middle-Aged Hacks Banging On About Old Episodes Of Top Of The Pops, you’ll be fully aware of the general consensus on Nineteen Eighty, Pop-Crazed Youngsters; that it was the trough between the stratospheric peaks of ’79 and ’81. But in this episode, the case for the defence is comprehensively laid out, and if you’re here for the

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1:38:00

#68 (Pt 4): 1.5.80 – The Ken Of The Eighventies

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2022/12/10

Neil Kulkarni,Simon PriceandAl Needhamhit the final straight on this very decent episode of The Pops. After getting our obligatory serving of the Nolans, it’s the double-Harringtoned attack of The Beat, Kate Bush prepares to go Zorbing in a nudist camp, there’s a GLORIOUS Number One, and then we have to listen to Johnny Logan’s pain over some kaleidoscopic studio lights. And a BPT update!Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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1:55:38

#68 (Pt 3): 1.5.80 – The Ken Of The Eighventies

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2022/12/09

Simon Price,Neil KulkarniandAl Needhamcontinue their voyage into this episode of TOTP, and the thick musk of denim and leather is beginning to permeate the air. Whitesnake! Saxon!Motörhead! Three youths up the front giving themselves a headache! Rude t-shirts! Jimmy Ruffin in a Hawaiian shirt! Close Encounters of the Errol Brown kind! RRROCKKKK!Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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