A very enjoyable hour of TV - ToTP 1978

EricTheWeary

The roots of hip hop are roughly what punk thought it was. Yet it’s in many ways the continuation of the blues tradition - a mixture of protest, boasting, sexuality and anger. It’s hugely flexible as you can make something with quite rudimentary tools or a sophisticated studio and every point inbetween. There is hip hop made in almost every corner of the world often incorporating local musical culture. Maybe it’s the end game of pop music. 

Anyway, 1978 - I don’t think at the time I was thinking ‘this is my time’ but the seventies are probably the most represented decade in what I tend to listen to. But, as has been said, it wasn’t without its share of material that hasn’t necessarily survived well - although maybe someone somewhere is still bopping around the kitchen to The Doolies. 

Philly_Q

EricTheWeary said:

But, as has been said, it wasn’t without its share of material that hasn’t necessarily survived well - although maybe someone somewhere is still bopping around the kitchen to The Doolies. 

The Dooleys, please!  

EricTheWeary

Philly_Q said:

EricTheWeary said:

But, as has been said, it wasn’t without its share of material that hasn’t necessarily survived well - although maybe someone somewhere is still bopping around the kitchen to The Doolies. 

The Dooleys, please!  

Well, now we know who that someone somewhere is...

chillidoggy

Philly_Q said:

chillidoggy said:

City Boy - 5705, loved that song, a perfect piece of pop. Whatever happened to them?

The guitarist, Mike Slamer, went to the USA and played with the bands Streets, Steelhouse Lane and Seventh Key (all good stuff, I have to say).  He also (uncredited) played the guitar solos on the first two Warrant albums.

Singer Lol Mason went on to form a band called The Maisonettes.  He died last year.

ICBM said:

I actually own 57 out of the 100 on that list - quite a lot on compilations, but many on the original albums too - which might actually make it my most represented year in music, singles-wise.

I think I own 6 as singles, plus I had the ELO, Kate Bush and Justin Hayward tracks on albums.  I had the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, but not Grease.  Just reading down the list of 100, every song pops into my head, apart from 4 or 5 - and I'd probably recognise them if I looked them up.

Ah yes, The Maisonettes, loved their ‘Heartache Avenue’ single! And their drummer sang the lead vox on “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, by Tight Fit!

hollywoodrox

axisus said:

The top 100 hits of 1978 - wonderful times for me!

Position	Artist	Title
01	Boney M	Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring
02	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	You're The One That I Want
03	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	Summer Nights
04	The Bee Gees	Night Fever
05	The Commodores	Three Times A Lady
06	Brian & Michael	Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
07	Father Abraham & The Smurfs	The Smurf Song
08	Abba	Take A Chance On Me
09	Kate Bush	Wuthering Heights
10	The Boomtown Rats	Rat Trap
11	Wings	Mull Of Kintyre / Girl's School
12	10cc	Dreadlock Holiday
13	Brotherhood Of Man	Figaro
14	Blondie	Denis
15	Clout	Substitute
16	Darts	Come Back My Love
17	Gerry Rafferty	Baker Street
18	Boney M	Mary's Boy Child
19	Darts	The Boy From New York City
20	Althia & Donna	Uptown Top Ranking
21	Marshall Hain	Dancin' In The City
22	Rose Royce	Wishing On A Star
23	John Travolta	Sandy
24	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	Too Much Too Little Too Late
25	Darts	It's Raining
26	A Taste Of Honey	Boogie Oogie Oogie
27	Boney M	Rasputin
28	Rod Stewart	Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
29	James Galway	Annie's Song
30	Showaddywaddy	I Wonder Why
31	Andrew Gold	Never Let Her Slip Away
32	Rose Royce	Love Don't Live Here Anymore
33	Suzi Quatro	If You Can't Give Me Love
34	Olivia Newton-John	Hopelessly Devoted To You
35	Frankie Valli	Grease
36	David Essex	Oh What A Circus
37	Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely	If I Had Words
38	Donna Summer	Love's Unkind
39	The Rolling Stones	Miss You
40	Eruption	I Can't Stand The Rain
41	Jilted John	Jilted John
42	Dean Friedman	Lucky Stars
43	The Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive
44	The Motors	Airport
45	Yvonne Elliman	If I Can't Have You
46	The Boomtown Rats	Like Clockwork
47	Electric Light Orchestra	Mr Blue Sky
48	Justin Hayward	Forever Autumn
49	The Village People	YMCA
50	Frankie Miller	Darlin'
51	Patti Smith Group	Because The Night
52	John Paul Young	Love Is In The Air
53	Genesis	Follow You Follow Me
54	Odyssey	Native New Yorker
55	The Jacksons	Blame It On The Boogie
56	Showaddywaddy	A Little Bit Of Soap
57	Electric Light Orchestra	Sweet Talkin' Woman
58	Electric Light Orchestra	Wild West Hero
59	Donna Summer	MacArthur Park
60	Samantha Sang	Emotions
61	Sylvester	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
62	The Cars	My Best Friend's Girl
63	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Davy's On The Road Again
64	The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band	Floral Dance
65	The Bee Gees	Too Much Heaven
66	Bonnie Tyler	It's A Heartache
67	Exile	Kiss You All Over
68	Smokie	Oh Carol
69	Cerrone	Super Nature
70	The Barron Knights	A Taste Of Aggro
71	Showaddywaddy	Pretty Little Angel Eyes
72	Dee D Jackson	Automatic Lover
73	Kate Bush	Man With The Child In His Eyes
74	Leo Sayer	I Can't Stop Lovin' You
75	Plastic Bertrand	Ca Plane Pour Moi
76	Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip	I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper
77	Tavares	More Than A Woman
78	Blondie	Hanging On The Telephone
79	The Michael Zager Band	Let's All Chant
80	Lindisfarne	Run For Home
81	Dan Hartman	Instant Replay
82	City Boy	5-7-0-5
83	Heatwave	Always And Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions
84	Wings	With A Little Luck
85	Bill Withers	Lovely Day
86	Crystal Gayle	Talking In Your Sleep
87	Raydio	Jack And Jill
88	Sheila & B Devotion	Singin' In The Rain
89	Goldie	Making Up Again
90	Abba	Summer Night City
91	Raffaella Carra	Do It Do It Again
92	Bob Marley & The Wailers	Is This Love
93	Crystal Gayle	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
94	The Sweet	Love Is Like Oxygen
95	Hi Tension	British Hustle
96	Blondie	Picture This
97	Rod Stewart	Hot Legs / I Was Only Joking
98	Child	It's Only Make Believe
99	Ian Dury	What A Waste
100	Yellow Dog	Just One More Night

When you go through the list and can sing most of them in your head , that’s got to be a sign of good writing for sure 

hollywoodrox

chillidoggy said:

Philly_Q said:

chillidoggy said:

City Boy - 5705, loved that song, a perfect piece of pop. Whatever happened to them?

The guitarist, Mike Slamer, went to the USA and played with the bands Streets, Steelhouse Lane and Seventh Key (all good stuff, I have to say).  He also (uncredited) played the guitar solos on the first two Warrant albums.

Singer Lol Mason went on to form a band called The Maisonettes.  He died last year.

ICBM said:

I actually own 57 out of the 100 on that list - quite a lot on compilations, but many on the original albums too - which might actually make it my most represented year in music, singles-wise.

I think I own 6 as singles, plus I had the ELO, Kate Bush and Justin Hayward tracks on albums.  I had the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, but not Grease.  Just reading down the list of 100, every song pops into my head, apart from 4 or 5 - and I'd probably recognise them if I looked them up.

Ah yes, The Maisonettes, loved their ‘Heartache Avenue’ single! And their drummer sang the lead vox on “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, by Tight Fit!

Thanks for the info , especially re. The warrant songs.  I liked 5705 it was a good song 

hollywoodrox

scrumhalf said:

My 1978 was more about John Peel than TOTP, which maybe had one a week of the bands that Peel would play.

The volume and variety of new music in those days was a joy. I don't know if things were like pre-covid but there was so much new music to listen all the time in those days. 

1978 was also probably the beginning of the end for "light entertainment" acts appearing on TOTP.

For those who liked The Motors' "Airport", check out the version of "Dancing The Night Away" from OGWT, it's different class. 

I liked airport, reminds me of living in a caravan in cleethorpes 

Axe_meister

good analysis of music today

axisus

hollywoodrox said:

I liked airport, reminds me of living in a caravan in cleethorpes 

Funny? Reminds me of airplanes.

hollywoodrox

axisus said:

hollywoodrox said:

I liked airport, reminds me of living in a caravan in cleethorpes 

Funny? Reminds me of airplanes.

Lol yeah, it used to be on radio one a lot , I remember it still played a lot in 79 when the radio one roadshow was there, they had the korgi’s playing live 

chillidoggy

axisus said:

hollywoodrox said:

I liked airport, reminds me of living in a caravan in cleethorpes 

Funny? Reminds me of airplanes.

I prefer the Motors predecessors, myself.

Jaycee

I can't believe there are six in that list I don't know

At least I got my 1978 playlist for my Ipod........ could do with 77' 79 - 82'