Pop Musik

T.Rex do "Get It On" on Top of the Pops

So Top of the Pops ended on Sunday...oh, so many happy memories - and not a few scary ones.

This appearance was a bit before my time, but a classic (revisited) and is worthwhile watching for the audience dancing. And their fashions. Wow, folks used to get real dressed up in them days, huh?

Y'see, it all used to be different. I remember the days of listening, with bated breath, to the chart rundown on a Tuesday luncthime (when the number 1 was revealed), then there was TOTP on the Thursday (with a chance to watch your fave band miming) followed by the full chart show on Radio 1 on Sunday. A chance to try to (illegally!) tape your favourite song, with someone like Tommy Vance wittering over the beginning/end of it ("there we go, beautiful guitar work by Phil Manzanera" I remember having taped over the end of a Roxy Music offering). Now we have MTV, iTunes and YouTube.

RIP TOTP.