Top of the pops has been going for many, many years and over them years the stage has been filled with many successful, great performers and some not so good!!
The show was one of the first programmes, which featured bands/artistes performing live (or not so live!!) They also play the new ... Read review
Advantages: Can see some exclusive videos/performances Disadvantages: Not as good as it was!
Top of the pops has been going for many, many years and over them years the stage has been filled with many successful, great performers and some not so good!!
The show was one of the first programmes, which featured bands/artistes performing live (or not so live!!) They also play the new released videos and quite regularly have exclusives.
~ ~ ~ What sort of music do they feature? ~ ~ ~
All sorts, they have featured ... ...The idea of the show is to reach out to all ages and music tastes. Unfortunately as pop is very fashionable at the moment there is a lot of pop acts on the show such as S Club 7 and Atomic Kitten. However this will appeal to a lot of viewers.
I have watched since I was very small, I can remember singing and dancing along to East 17 – Deep!!
Over the years I have lost interest and my music taste has changed and ... more
Top of the pops has been going for many, many years and over them years the stage has been filled with many successful, great performers and some not so good!!
The show was one of the first programmes, which featured bands/artistes performing live (or not so live!!) They also play the new released videos and quite regularly have exclusives.
~ ~ ~ What sort of music do they feature? ~ ~ ~ All sorts, they have featured performances from Brandy to Travis, from 702 to Ash. The idea of the show is to reach out to all ages and music tastes. Unfortunately as pop is very fashionable at the moment there is a lot of pop acts on the show such as S Club 7 and Atomic Kitten. However this will appeal to a lot of viewers.
I have watched since I was very small, I can remember singing and dancing along to East 17 – Deep!!
Over the years I have lost interest and my music taste has changed and a lot of artists that feature I am not particularly keen on. If I know an Artist I like is on I will tune in especially.
I watched it last Friday and the week before and quite enjoyed it as I hadn’t seen it for a while.
~ ~ ~ When can I watch? ~ ~ ~ Every Friday at 7:30 and it is also repeated on Saturday night (normally around 1:00 am) The repeat normally features performances/videos that couldn’t be shown on the earlier show. Examples of this includes when Eminem performed Stan (although he has performed on the earlier show it had to be cut) and when Robbie Williams had the new video Rock DJ and it was too horrible for TV as he ripped his skin off (mmmm sexy!!!)
I remember watching it on a Thursday, when it was at 7:00 before Eastenders (those were the days!)
~ ~ ~ How Long Is the show? ~ ~ ~ The show normally lasts half an hour although sometimes, when they features special programmes (for example they had a show which was all about Shania Twain) they can be longer of shorter.
On each show they normally have around 7 or 8 acts. Not all will be singing live but may be in the studio.
An example of a typical show is what is on this Friday Will Young – Evergreen Jamiroquai – Love Phoolosophy Lasgo – Something Beverly Knight – Shouda, woulda, coulda White Stripes – Fell In Love with a girl Shakira – Whenever, wherever Nickelback – How you remind me
~ ~ ~ Who presents it? ~ ~ ~ Everyone you can think of has probably presented it at one point!! Jamie Theakston is quite a regular presenter along with Kate Thornton. Not only do they have presenters, presenting, they also have celebrities trying to present and it is quite funny to watch as they have no idea what to do…….and the part we watch is the cut, “best” version!! ~ ~ ~ More information ~ ~ ~ On ceefax page 566 where it features listings to the next show, a quick quiz and facts.
www.bbc.co.uk/totp
I would recommend to anyone who likes the current chart scene. More underground, unknown music may not find it as interesting.
Okay, it’s not *so* bad that you want to turn over, but really, who can be arsed with TOTP anymore? It’s not that I find it DREADFUL, it’s just... there. Like rind on Edam, very fast rapping on a Busta Rhymes CD and a poorly head after 10 shots of gold tequila, you can always rely on it. Sort of.
For over 30 years (it was launched in 1964 - thanks to stevethesleeve for correcting me!), Top Of The Pops, or ver Pops as I like to ... ...fairly apt, seeing as some of the acts and presenters should be in one, ha ha. The premise has always been the same from its conception – the top acts in the UK charts travel on down to the studios in London to mime (sometimes VERY badly) to their song and mug at the camera. It’s a simple enough set up, which was enlivened (and kept cheap) by the presence of Radio 1 DJs such as Dave Lee Travis (named “the hairy cornflake” ...
peppersinclaire 17.12.2001
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Advantages: memories of Liz Kershaw's sassy earrings... Disadvantages: pointlessly revamped and outdated
Every generation has its own memories of 'Top Of The Pops'. For some there's Jimmy Saville introducing Gary Glitter in a retrospectively sinister way. Imprinted on the memory of others is the be-maned Bruno Brookes and his chunky yellow microphone, reeling off statistics about Five Star and Wham! with the enthusiasm of a tartrazined-up toddler. And then of course there was that moment of organisational genius where the lisping Chris Eubank was the ... ...track 'Cecilia'…
However, the 1990's and early 2000's have seen TOTP rebranded time and time again in an effort to remain the flagship music television programme. Whilst it was still getting twice the number of ratings as ITV's nearest rival, 'CD:UK', youth TV guru Andi Peters was put in charge of rebranding the show in an attempt to gain back its declining audience.
Launching after a blaze of publicity this week, we were promised a new theme tune, ...
stoffy 29.11.2003
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Advantages: The odd decent song/video Disadvantages: Far too many to bore people with.
TOTP has been teetering on the brink of the abyss for at least 20 odd years now and criticised by just about everyone who takes an interest in this show.
Even back in the late 70s people moaned that it lacked any imagination because the bands they had on were always the same bands playing their "samey" music under a mimed-influence and trying to look sincere and/or cool but never both at the same time.
I guess if you've seen some of the TOTP compilations ... ...of those old bands you used to love when you were younger. The fact is, regardless of era, regardless of musical taste & fashion, regardless of what people say - TOTP always somehow manages to survive & shuffles on regardless.
Yes they've tried to look more trendier, with their so-called ultra cool star DJs, CGI animation & livelier studio acts, but at the end of the day TOTP is pants and always will be pants; it will be pants in the future as it ...
dreamstar70 07.01.2001
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Advantages: Entertainment for the kids. Disadvantages: It's the same week after week, equating top 10 with good music.
Hmm...I wonder why you never see any live performances on "TOTP"? Could it be that most of the acts can't actually sing? Then again, that's just my personal opinion. TOTP has been going for decades now, so they must be doing something right. Every friday night for half an hour you can watch a handful of chart toppers "perform" in the TOTP studio. Most of the acts are pop bands, commercial dance music, R&B etc, that are succesful chart entries. In ... ...decent indie, hip-hop or rock band and sometimes they even perform live! Hats off to the show, as it is known internationally and the format has been sold to many countries worldwide. Ok, Ok, it's also an evenings entertainment for anyone under the age of 15.
Content is very limited, mostly top 20 entries along the lines of rival ITV show, CD:UK. The longer this show runs, the variety of music seems to become more and more limited. For example, ...
jennystevenson 24.02.2001
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Do we really have to put up with the trash that is on what used to be an actually enjoyable programme, For the past several months I have watched and listened to nothing but rubbish in the charts. I have not heard a guitar for months. I sometimes wonder if the exist anymore, or if they ever did, and the whole actual music as it should be scene, was just a big hoax. I am absolutely baffled that in the past few weeks, Miss Briteny Spears, Ai The Big ... ...)Made it into the top 10. What are we going to? Go into hybernation maybe, until somone brings out something worth listening to? Seems the best option at the moment, rather than waste my Friday 7.30-8.00 slot, watching a show, just hoping something good is going to come on.
Please help me in my matter of trying to change the charts. I am campaigning to change the way we see music for ever. Join me. Write to your MP ...
Wilbo 19.09.2000
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