| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 23:22 - May 10 with 1752 views | Coastalblue |
That is a very solid line up, several of those I'm sure have more to do with nostalgia than real quality but there are some very, very good tunes in their too. |  |
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 23:34 - May 10 with 1743 views | gtsb |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 23:22 - May 10 by Coastalblue |
That is a very solid line up, several of those I'm sure have more to do with nostalgia than real quality but there are some very, very good tunes in their too. |
The only trouble with watching programmes like this is that you end up googling to see what they are doing now. Unfortunately I read that Lillian Lopez, the lady with the beautiful voice in Odyssey, ended up in England and died in Basingstoke after suffering the big C. Most of tonight's artists are now in their seventies. Scary stuff. |  | | |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 23:39 - May 10 with 1734 views | fabian_illness |
Cheers for the heads up.
Enjoyed that!
I remember my mother being besotted with Johnny Mathis. Bless her. |  | | |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 08:51 - May 11 with 1609 views | WeWereZombies |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 23:39 - May 10 by fabian_illness |
Cheers for the heads up.
Enjoyed that!
I remember my mother being besotted with Johnny Mathis. Bless her. |
I used to work with someone who once got on the studio audience for an episode of 'Wogan' where Johnny Mathis was a guest. Only thing the bloke said about his day out at the BBC was, and I am going to have to explain this to avoid a Danny Baker moment, that Johnny Mathis had really bad skin. OK, when people go on TV they have a lot of slap put on them because the silver screen shows up everything and what he meant was that on the big monitors before the make up went on Johnny Mathis has a mass of pock marks and blemishes. Not that rare and a real difficulty for many people to live with. In fact Benjamin Zephaniah wrote a book called 'Face' to compare the difficulties that a boy with facial disfigurement goes through with those of black people in predominantly white communities.
Hope this doesn't put your Mum off Mathis, he did have a wonderful voice and seemed a warm personality.
edit: Actually he did say another thing about his day out, Terry Wogan only came to life when the cameras were on him, otherwise he seemed slumped in his seat. There, I have had a good start to the day, slagging off dead celebrities - and I don't even read The Daily Mail. [Post edited 11 May 2019 9:01]
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 10:02 - May 11 with 1556 views | factual_blue |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 23:34 - May 10 by gtsb |
The only trouble with watching programmes like this is that you end up googling to see what they are doing now. Unfortunately I read that Lillian Lopez, the lady with the beautiful voice in Odyssey, ended up in England and died in Basingstoke after suffering the big C. Most of tonight's artists are now in their seventies. Scary stuff. |
The Sweet are appearing at The Apex soon. If you want a really scary photo....
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 10:35 - May 11 with 1522 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 10:02 - May 11 by factual_blue |
The Sweet are appearing at The Apex soon. If you want a really scary photo....
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I have seen a Sweet tribute band a few times at Rock & Bike festival. Very entertaining & brought the house down both times. The very lovely Kate Bush was my late teenage crush.  Some cracking tracks there. |  |
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It's very, very quiet.
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 11:30 - May 11 with 1473 views | Colin_Viljoen |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 10:02 - May 11 by factual_blue |
The Sweet are appearing at The Apex soon. If you want a really scary photo....
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Sweet were at St Matthews Bath's back in the day |  | | |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 11:39 - May 11 with 1465 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 11:30 - May 11 by Colin_Viljoen |
Sweet were at St Matthews Bath's back in the day |
Bet that was a blockbuster. Did most of the town get a piece of the action?. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 11:52 - May 11 with 1460 views | Guthrum |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 10:02 - May 11 by factual_blue |
The Sweet are appearing at The Apex soon. If you want a really scary photo....
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Still very good live, tho. Saw them supporting Rainbow* a couple of years ago.
* Richie Blackmore the only original member present |  |
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 14:37 - May 11 with 1397 views | fabian_illness |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 11:30 - May 11 by Colin_Viljoen |
Sweet were at St Matthews Bath's back in the day |
Was St Matthews baths where they used to put a floor over the pool?
I’m sure my mate from work said he saw Thin Lizzie there. | | | |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 16:16 - May 11 with 1373 views | factual_blue |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 14:37 - May 11 by fabian_illness |
Was St Matthews baths where they used to put a floor over the pool?
I’m sure my mate from work said he saw Thin Lizzie there. |
I imagine not doing so would have resulted in soggy gigs. | |
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| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 00:18 - May 12 with 1275 views | WeWereZombies |
| BBC 4 10.30pm TOTP 1978 on 14:37 - May 11 by fabian_illness |
Was St Matthews baths where they used to put a floor over the pool?
I’m sure my mate from work said he saw Thin Lizzie there. |
Yep, hence the 'In At The Deep End' bootleg of the Led Zeppelin concert. Don't recall Thin Lizzy playing the Baths though but they did play The Manor Ballroom and The Gaumont. | |
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