Chart Music #78- February 16th 1978: Paint Along With Nancy Spungen
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Emu versus Bernie Clifton’s ostrich – who wins in a fight? This episode is practically a scien...
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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 Parke...
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#78 (Pt 4): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
Simon Price , David Stubbs and Al Needham finish off a classic episode of TOTP by strutting through New York with a paint pot in hand, being...
#78 (Pt 3): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
David Stubbs , Simon Price and Al Needham plunge the critical fist even deeper into this episode of TOTP, and the big names keep coming. Dar...
#78 (Pt 2): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
Simon Price , David Stubbs and Al Needham begin their odyssey through this episode of The Pops, and what a opening! We get a blast of a tune...
#78 (Pt 1): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
The return of the podcast that gets it’s hand right down the back of the settee of an episode of Top Of The Pops. Al Needham has a theory th...
Chart Music #77: December 27th 1971: Six Tins Of Bachelors Peas
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Tango or Telstar? Yes, it’s that time of the year, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – we decide to do a C...
#77 (Pt 4): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham reach the end of their journey through 1971 with the unsavoury sight of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke...
#77 (Pt 3): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham continue to gorge upon the selection box of 1971, and the big hitters have arrived. Slade – midw...
#77 (Pt 2): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham commence their expedition into a TOTP end-of-year review with a comprehensive breakdown of Tony...
#77 (Pt 1): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to set about a rare Sixventies episode of The Pops – a gloriously fecund time where the...
Chart Music #76: August 12th 1982 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; do we really need a Chart Music Heritage Chart? Never have we needed Simon Bates at the top of...
#76 (Pt 4): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham – still far too young, still far too clever – finish off this outstanding episode of The Pops, a...
#76 (Pt 3): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham continue their odyssey through this massively enjoyable TOTP, and we finally get to see the Choc...
#76 (Pt 2): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
David Stubbs , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham gleefully ram their fists into a TOTP from the late summer of ‘82. John Peel oversees the well-s...
#76 (Pt 1): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
Taylor Parkes , David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to tuck into a gloriously succulent episode of Top Of The Pops from the Silver Age - but...
Chart Music #75: August 15th 1974 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; The Osmonds – who’s the Sex King? We’re BACK, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and to commemorate this w...
Chart Music #75 (Pt 4): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham conclude their investigation into this episode of Top Of The Pops, and are left shaking their heads...
Chart Music #75 (Pt 3): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham continue their odyssey through one of the strangest TOTP episodes ever, with a right bunch of Egg n...
Chart Music #75 (Pt 2): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee , Taylor Parkes and Al Needham begin their quest through the dungeons of Castle Osmond. It’s August, it’s 1974, and the BBC have g...
Chart Music #75 (Pt 1): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
We’re BACK, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and we’ve foolishly decided to tuck into one of the strangest episodes of Top Of The Pops ever . But firs...