Come to think of it, if any day is best to watch John Christie it's today...
I think the last I eliminated to make the neat round number was Stardust, with their castanet-playing hanger-on and Paul Whitehouseagram singer. Also I didn't want too many dance routines so Lonely Boy, with both a storyline and Floyd, got cut late on.
31 December 2012 at 13:10
70's Boy said...
Simon May's dreadfully flat vocal to his 1977 minor hit (I've forgotten the title); the various mini-interviews, the aforementioned Mike Nesmith/David Hamilton being the most memorable; and Boney M coming mob-handed for 'Belfast'. Oh, and Kid's catchphrase.
3 January 2013 at 09:04
By popular demand (two people), a chronological order skirt through what I'd say are the thirty best moments from a year and three quarter of curios, no hit wonders and other remarkable - in that word's many and varied sources - performances from 1976 and 1977 (apart from Diddy's chat with Mike Nesmith, which isn't currently on YouTube):
Hank Mizell, Pan's People and some uncannily lifelike costumes
Paul Nicholas meets rockers uptown, after Noel's forgotten his name
An extraordinary nearly boys-only Ruby Flipper routine to David Bowie's TVC15
Brendon and Mud may have missed this cut but 5000 Volts had to get in for the impromptu talkbox miming
The still remarkable Glamourpuss. Those dresses were restitched and used as quality curtains
The subtle minimalism of 1776, proving you shouldn't go into pop looking like the infamous prisoner Charles Bronson
Percussion and boxing frenzy alike from Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band, including a guitarist who gets so into his solo his hat falls off
Back to the singular Ruby Flipper, this time finding new ways to operate doors for Wings
Can shrug off Noel's... erm... jokes and the absence of their proper guitarist in favour of one building his part up
Noel's abortive interview with Chicago, starting with him asking a non-writer how he writes. Terry Kath gets an impromptu chance to show off his smooth moves.
The almost legendary John Christie, and Noel's similarly almost legendary prediction
Sailor from the Christmas show clearly having done what the chorus suggests, ending in a balloon drop that entirely lands on the drummer
Stevie Wonder won't release the correct singles? David Parton to the rescue with his circle-turning elan and pain-etched singing style
If all this run had achieved was to smoke Contempt out (NB. it isn't) it might well have been worth it
Joy Sarney. Another clip of this was uploaded to YouTube a day after repeat with the description "What the hell is wrong with people from the past...."
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Close this window Jump to comment formwhere's simon may? surely the most excruciating "singer" to ever appear on totp...
31 December 2012 at 11:53
Number 32 - the octogenarian drummer gurning away in Gary Glitter's last stand.
31 December 2012 at 12:56
Come to think of it, if any day is best to watch John Christie it's today...
I think the last I eliminated to make the neat round number was Stardust, with their castanet-playing hanger-on and Paul Whitehouseagram singer. Also I didn't want too many dance routines so Lonely Boy, with both a storyline and Floyd, got cut late on.
31 December 2012 at 13:10
Simon May's dreadfully flat vocal to his 1977 minor hit (I've forgotten the title); the various mini-interviews, the aforementioned Mike Nesmith/David Hamilton being the most memorable; and Boney M coming mob-handed for 'Belfast'. Oh, and Kid's catchphrase.
3 January 2013 at 09:04