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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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1:33:10

#64 (Pt 3): 26.4.84 – Metal Mickey Dropping His Guts

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2022/03/03

Simon Price, Neil KulkarniandAl Needhamcontinue to gingerly pick through the rubble of April ’84. After gasping at the outrightLijkenpikkerij of Belle and the Devotions, they tackle Lilt Advert Bob Marley, before getting out of the way of Duran Duran’s Come Tsunami…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:26:40

#64 (Pt 2): 26.4.84 – Metal Mickey Dropping His Guts

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2022/03/02

Neil Kulkarni, Simon PriceandAl Needhamcommence their plunge into this episode of Top Of The Pops, stopping to pay respects to Our Janice and giving Simon Bates’s new jacket a thorough examination. There’s a rare opportunity to give a slight bit of credit to Morrissey for not being a complete bell-end four decades ago, before blanching at the sight of a Mayan mask with Phil Collins’ mouth…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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1:30:47

#64 (Pt 1): 26.4.84 – Metal Mickey Dropping His Guts

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2022/03/01

Simon Price, Neil KulkarniandAl Needhamgird their loins in anticipation for an episode of The Pops located slap bang in the middle of theAydeez,taking the time to discuss the decline of New Pop, leaf through that week’s NME, and ruminate upon the career of The Mary Brennell Boy’s Murder…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7:17:47

Chart Music #63: December 28th 1972 – Thank God For...

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2021/12/29

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Singleton Noakes Purvis and Judd, or Baxter Woollard and Rodd – who was the better Prog band?Santa has come once more to Chart Music, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – but this year he’s decided not to curl one off into our stocking, and has dropped off what is indisputably the greatest episode of the Pops we’ve chanced upon thus far in our five-year odyssey, plucked from the very dawning of the Golden Age. No, it’s not a Xmas Day one – that year’s episode,

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2:02:10

63 (Pt 4): 28.12.1972 – Thank God For Belgian World...

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2021/12/28

Neil Kulkarni, Taylor Parkesand Al Needham gleefully rip into the final part of their exhumation of the last TOTP episode of 1972, and it’s banger after banger after banger. The Osmonds begin their journey on the Highway to whatever Mormons think is Hell! Chuck Berry tempts the youth into mutual masturbation in Coventry, while Rolf Harris tries to distract them! Michael Jackson and his family steal in near the end to drop the performance of the night! We drool over T Rex for ages! And there’s Ringo

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2:15:55

#63 (Pt 3): 28.12.1972 – Thank God For Belgian World...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/12/27

Taylor Parkes,Neil KulkarniandAl Needhamramp up their excitement at this astonishing episode of The Pops as the hits keep on coming. We get the twin piano attack of Hilda Woodward and Roberta Flack, followed by the Wolverhampton Tramps of the Future. Benny Hill returns for one last slap of the bald head of chart success, Chicory Tip nick a hit record off poor Giogio Moroder, and Cherry Gillespie sits in a huge paper bag for three days, being let out to emote to Harry Nilsson…Video

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1:37:01

#63 (Pt 2): 28.12.1972 – Thank God For Belgian World...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/12/26

Taylor Parkes,Neil KulkarniandAl Needhambegin their submergence into Top Of The Pops ’72, and discuss the less-than-immaculate interplay between Tony Blackburn and his foul nemesis Edmonds. Mike Leander (and his singer, who we’re not supposed to talk about these days, but do) drops his magnum opus. Donny Osmond does some Weenybopper edging and bats his eyelids like a rabbit trapped in a fence. And Alice Cooper blows up a school and gets Mary Whiteshouse’s knickers in a twist…Video

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1:27:41

#63 (Pt 1): 28.12.1972 – Thank God For Belgian World...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/12/25

Neil Kulkarni, Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamfrenziedly lay out the most spanglfierous buffet of Pop ever witnessed on Chart Music, as we go all the way back to late 1972 and the dawning of the Golden Age of our weekly Thursday Night Pop Treat. As they assemble a pyramid of Watneys Party Four and fill a paddling pool with Angel Delight, they learn that people were moaning about Top Of The Pops even then, examine the musical output of the Inner London Education Authority, have a flick through Melody

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6:12:29

Chart Music #62: November 3rd 1977 – WHOO! HEY!

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2021/11/06

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; if David picked potatoes on Jack Heap’s playing field for one hour, how many Fumanchews would he able to cram into his gaping maw?Once again, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, Team Chart Music has returned to the safety of the late Seventies, and your panel is a) having their crayons thrown out of the window after an incident that could have been ripped fromThe Shining,b) being disappointed by Scalextric, and c) getting their arse tanned over an art installation on

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1:55:44

#62 (Pt 4): 3.11.1977 – WHOO! HEY!

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2021/11/05

Taylor Parkes,David StubbsandAl Needhamfinish off this episode of The Pops in fine style. David Bowie watches his mate cheat on his missus up against a wall. Showaddywaddy nick some girl’s silver top hat with ‘VOTE FONZIE’ on it. Abba eschew all that Pop-A-Matic rammel and deliver another whopper of a #1. And Smokie are represented by a black void. PLUS Dave Bartram’s travelogue of rubbish holiday parks, what an audition for Opportunity Knocks looks like, and some properly obscene Bruce Foxton

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1:14:44

#62 (Pt 3): 3.11.1977 – WHOO! HEY!

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/11/04

David StubbsandTaylor ParkesjoinAl Needhamfor further larks and japery in a classic slice of Jubilee-era Pops. The Barron Knights advance the theory that Irish people are stupid and homosexuals are amusing. Freddie Mercury pretends to be a bottle of Irish liqueur and encourages middle-class kids to rummage through their Dad’s golf bag. Legs and Co play Sexy Lady Croquet. And Status Quo get in Alan Partridge’s Wife on the bass…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon

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1:47:01

#62 (Pt 2): 3.11.1977 – WHOO! HEY!

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/11/03

Taylor Parkes,David StubbsandAl Needhamget stuck into this episode of The Pops, but not even they can match the bundle of frizzy energy thatisPeter Powell, who makes his debut and hits the ground running. He likes EVERYTHING! Meanwhile, the Great ELO-Faust Wars of Barrack-in-Elmet are re-examined, Paul Weller puts his girlfriend’s address on his guitar, and Karen Carpenter invites some aliens over for tea….Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See

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1:29:14

#62 (Pt 1): 3.11.1977 – WHOO! HEY!

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2021/11/02

David Stubbs, Taylor ParkesandAl Needhamare planning a journey into the dark heart of late 1977 – a treacherous odyssey through a land strewn with gargantuan chart acts, shape-shifting monstrosities who can change from The Old Sailor to Him Out Of The Floaters in the blink of an eye, fertility symbols hewn from clay and feral youths who prey on unsuspecting Labradors. Dare you join them?Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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5:39:53

Chart Music #61: July 25th 2003 – The Arsethropocene

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2021/09/10

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; has Al ever been tossed off by a robot?Yes, Pop-Crazed Youngsters; after putting it off for ages, it’s finally time for another rare excursion into The Most Rubbish Century We’ve Ever Lived Through. It’s 2003, and your panel is currently 1) Doing a Sex in the Daily Mirror, 2) Baiting David Blaine with a Whopper, and 3) getting their head together in Lancaster by burying their face into a load of dogs. Top Of The Pops, on the other hand, is faring less

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1:16:32

#61 (Pt 4): 25.7.2003 – The Arsethropocene

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/09/03

Simon PriceandSarah BeejoinAl Needhamto finish off this episode of The Pops from the Poochie Era. Benny Benassi pitches up with some Oven Ready Women, The Coral are suddenly a big deal, Beyoncé reduces everything we’ve just seen into dust with one mighty shake of her arse, and D-Side flounce off. TUCK IN, Pop-Crazed Youngsters…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:07:40

#61 (Pt 3): 25.7.2003 – The Arsethropocene

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/09/02

Sarah Bee,Simon PriceandAl Needhamgasp in horror as this episode of Top Of The Pops is derailed by a massive plug for Fame Academy, and look on as poor D-Side get ambushed by a leathery headmaster. Thankfully, Super Furry Animals bring up the rear in a tribute to the Slag Brothers…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:32:43

#61 (Pt 2): 25.7.2003 – The Arsethropocene

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/09/01

Simon PriceandSarah BeejoinAl Needhamfor their first tentative steps through the Poochie Era of TOTP. It’s an opportunity to put Chris Cowie’s tenure as Boss Of The Pops under the microscope – and fair play to him, the show by now is an absolute Swiss watch of precision and design. Fearne Cotton and Liz Bonnin are on hand to say things off the autocue, so what could go wrong? A very slight Wayne Wonder and a screaming potato, that’s what…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music

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1:55:48

#61 (Pt 1): 25.7.2003 – The Arsethropocene

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/08/31

Sarah Bee,Simon PriceandAl Needhamprepare for a rare excursion into an episode of The Pops from this rubbish century, pausing along the way to discuss their time at BANG! Magazine, hosting a club night at a venue run by Sex Nazis, leafing through that week’s NME, moaning about looking like a perverted Happy Eater Man in the Daily Mirror, and the usual Pop-Crazed blather…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:16:32

#60: April 7th 1983 – We Need To Talk About Kevin...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/07/15

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; is the tie clip the least Rock accessory?Remember the last Xmas episode? When 1983 revealed itself to be not as catshit as we thought it was? Well, in this episode your hosts – who at the time this episode went out were staring out of the window at the glorious panorama of Barry, writing plays about Jesus getting The Chair and electing to have a Tefal Man haircut, respectively - have a tentative sniff of a regular episode from that year, and what

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1:45:30

#60 (Part 4): 7.4.1983 – We Need To Talk About Kevin...

Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast ·

2021/07/14

Neil Kulkarni,Simon PriceandAl Needhambring a nigh-perfect episode of Top Of The Pops to a close, as FR David spoils everything, Nick Heyward nervously looks out into the audience to see if anyone’s having sex at him, David Bowie brings a nuclear holocaust to Australia again, and Stuart Adamson goes; ‘SHAAAH!’ a lot. Be prepared for a full discussion of Ian Astbury getting his Wolfchild out in a Birmingham car park…Video Playlist|Subscribe|Facebook|Twitter|The Chart Music Wiki|Patreon Hosted on

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