loved the background music for the chart rundown, does anyone know if it was an actual song like in 70s when zeppelins whole lotta love was used, or an in house bbc music ditty ?.
@thebedlingtonterrier yeh surreal, imagine the chart rundown music actually in thechart rundown...up 3 at this weeks no15 is...err erm the chart rundown music.. lol.
Just left school myself 28 May '82 - Oh the memories,not a care in the world,detested school and it felt like the end of a prison sentance to me,just started pubbing and clubbing,amazing,exciting times.Can remember leaving my parents house,being out all day till late evening,having a whale of a time - and all without a single penny in my pocket!!! Absolutely Golden years.
loved the background music for the chart rundown, does anyone know if it was an actual song like in 70s when zeppelins whole lotta love was used, or an in house bbc music ditty ?.
peterpeterxxo 5 months ago
@peterpeterxxo It was by Phil Lynott [ Thin Lizzy] and was called Yellow Pearl peaked at No 15 in the UK Charts in late January 1982.
thebedlingtonterrier 3 months ago
@thebedlingtonterrier yeh surreal, imagine the chart rundown music actually in thechart rundown...up 3 at this weeks no15 is...err erm the chart rundown music.. lol.
peterpeterxxo 3 months ago
I don't know how to respond to this. All my teenage memories rolled into one!!
Feisty1967 9 months ago
Just left school myself 28 May '82 - Oh the memories,not a care in the world,detested school and it felt like the end of a prison sentance to me,just started pubbing and clubbing,amazing,exciting times.Can remember leaving my parents house,being out all day till late evening,having a whale of a time - and all without a single penny in my pocket!!! Absolutely Golden years.
GBPaddling 1 year ago
Wow! This was the top 30 for the week that I was born. :-)
I love so many of the bands mentioned e.g. Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, Adam Ant, Madness etc.
cosmetichameleon 1 year ago
wow i bought 7 of that top 30. showing my age now :/ !!!
XabiAlonsosCousin 1 year ago
what a fantastic year.......... anyone got a time machine please? great post markjuk, thanks!
rokusho63 2 years ago 2
What a countdown !
2009ginasweetie 2 years ago
@2009ginasweetie I know! I interviewed the #10 chart placer Nicole last year, she's got a lot of heart!
thirtymphs 2 years ago
That black girl on Kid Jensen's left is really cute!! Girls were so much more natural and sexy in those days - shame those days have gone :(
PM1970 3 years ago 6
I agree, girls were so much slimmer and prettier in those days, now they're mostly fat and covered in tattoos, and I speak as a woman!
UKSazzy67 2 years ago
@UKSazzy67 I dunno, you are obviously forgetting the hairdos :P
XabiAlonsosCousin 1 year ago
@PM1970 I agree. These days young women look like plastic porn stars.
whitbyjet65 9 months ago