D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (TOTP) 06-01-1994

[jjj99kpe14]

reminds me to much of tony blair :p but great song though

[KieranFinn]

Prof Brian Cox

[davybhoy74]

rangers fans must b thinkin that

[mikeyholding]

MIDI TRUMPET LOL

[strabbs1]

He played with neneh cherry ya know

[strabbs1]

I actually had lessons of mark the drummer for 3 years

[iryztech]

My dad went to school with the singer

[EddieAlda]

Whatever happened to this loser band?

[andrewcameron92]

If I had 1 pound for every pixel in this video...I'd have 50p.

[jazzpony1]

The person on the keyboards for this TOTP is Simon Ellis the M D( Muscial director) of D ream Spice girls. X

[WENCHY101]

Where the hell is Dr. Brian Cox??

That's sure NOT him on keyboard!

[meganuh2o]

The great one has spoken (Karen Freeman). Guess she only speaks when she wishes to put someone in their place. Absolute power is power absolute. How sad a middle aged woman has to relive her youth in this way. She may sing and she may dance but a course in psycology 101 would serve her well in dealings with civilized society. So self serving. My opinion, she should focus on her Zumba classes and stop stalking free thought on the Tube.

[meganuh2o]

@jazzpony1 Temper Temper Ms.Freeman. Are your clients and fans aware of the foul mouthed side of you. You have only served to confirm my observations. I have not worked in entertainment but be assured I have had a successful career of my own with no need to be jealous. My moniker is Mega-New-Water (meganuh2o) so I am not Megan. Under the voices and choices act I may speak my mind as you have but it becomes quite clear that spelling and diction are not your fortay. Have a nice day!

[TrolleyPower]

New Labour!!!

[logom0]

didnt brian cox play keyboard???

[Tranxhead]

Physics students of Manchester! Go into your lectures with this set as your ringtone and get a mate to phone you!

[hantkd1]

@Tranxhead Hahahaha. Awesome mate! So gonna do that on wednesday when he is giving us a lecture! xxx :) :D <3

[iwan0t0smith]

@Tranxhead In the past year, Brian has only been in the physics building once

[davidholttek]

pause @ 0.52 that looks like the prof!

[BirminghamRocks]

wheres the prof?

[IlRezzonico]

@BirminghamRocks doing his maths homework, but it didn't do much good - he only got a grade D at A level, what a thicko!!

[jamesgreenie]

@IlRezzonico HAHAHAHAHA Good one, i'm glad you're getting your quotes from a reputable source, good old wiki.

[shaun056]

Brian Cox looks a dood

[shovingwords]

That isn't Brian Cox! What a jip!

[MrJuggernutter]

6th January 1994 is my birthday... :D

[melina880]

@jediboyuk i think you've hit the nail on the head there! ;L

[Tasbo1982]

No way is that fat cunt Brian Cox

[Nilguiri]

The singer is Brian Cox. So is the bassist and the drummer.

[balz83]

Anyone who thinks prof Brian cox was not in d:ream watch the Jonathan Ross show episode with him in it and his walk on music is "things can only get better" then they quickly talk about it.

[gerrymoran1]

@midlands72 No one is disputing BC was in D:ream, but that's someone else in this particular performance

[Rocktopus]

I really really really really really really hate this song!

[jackieplaydon]

Professor Brian Cox is the keyboard player.

[wotsey]

the bloke on bass is brian cox ,if you look hard enough...

[Huttate1]

TOTP was always mimed I think, it was something to do with the union rules.

[mrpumpkinn]

seriously.. if anyone can actually find any footage of brain on the keyboards, please let us all know..

that fat bastard on the keys is CLEARLY not him.. whats the deal?

[BANGERS68]

i cant see coxy in any of there vids,,im starting to think it is all bollox

[Monkeyslash]

God awful! and what the hell is that saxophonist doing?? Maybe Prof. Cocks is the drummer?

[haymarmas]

aw this was number 1 when i was born too :)

[FierceMundy]

i know Brian Cox is meant to be in this band but after numerous tactical pauses i have concluded that the man on that keyboard is an impostor

in other news on the mime issue that has clearly risen in recent youtube chit chat no way is that saxophone making a saxophone noise

[ItsameAlex]

@FierceMundy

I think he's playing the drums-the white guy with sticks that hits the drums.

[ItsameAlex]

@FierceMundy

I mean pause at 0:52. Big lips, long hair, its him.

[Tazwegian]

@ItsameAlex That's the drummer lol.

[ItsameAlex]

@Tazwegian

Maybe he was sick that day coz I saw a video of another song they did and he was def. playing the keyboard.

[zayne91]

@FierceMundy he left the band at this point

[zayne91]

@FierceMundy yo check this vid out its got brian cox in it U R The Best Thing TOTP

[ryangscott]

@FierceMundy Looks like he was on the drums for this performance.

[jazzpony1]

@FierceMundy The man on the keyboard in this Topof the Pops is the talented musical director Simon Ellis, from Ellis Beggs and Howard as of Spice girls S club fame.

[moonrockguy]

@FierceMundy I think you'll find it's him on guitar on this song. Look at 0:15. If it's not him, then it may be that he took his PhD in physics seriously....Unlike Ben Miller or Brian May.

[1exteme1]

@FierceMundy hahahaha

[Beany139]

@FierceMundy I thought that straight away, I onlt watched it to see Brian, and that keyboard player is far too fat!!!!!!!!!!

[sixinthemaze]

WTF LOL

Where's Brian 'king of keys' Cox ?!?! That fatty on the piano is a FAKE!!@£E$R

[rickenbackerric]

@jungle2266 actually he was...check out the band DARE thats his first band.

[jungle2266]

@rickenbackerric I never said he wasn't :s why is every one arguing with me...i already know he was in dare and d;ream...thats why i put my comment lol

[jungle2266]

lol as if brian cox a very respected particle physicist and tv presenter who worked on the hadron atom smasher was the keyboardist in this group :s

[DoctorWhoFanAndrew]

@jungle2266 He was the keyboard player - God his parents must have so relieved when he got over his rock-star stage and became a physicist lol :)

[mrpumpkinn]

@jungle2266 he was.

ive seen pictures.

[jungle2266]

@mrpumpkinn I know he was...what the hell is up with you all lmao

[pattas2005]

@jungle2266

lol @ at the way you wrote this comment mate!!

[orangepuffafish]

Was number 1 the week I was born :D

[AverageJoe1903]

orangepuffafish LOL same here!!! Yay for January 1994 :L

[orangepuffafish]

@AverageJoe1903 Amazing, obviously.

[dennisbergkampisgod1]

love to see the david cameron version

[easyxtarget]

Takes me back to being a wee kiddie :)

[JamieFromBrumHD]

A message to my fellow Bluenoses & England fans..

[Alan7997]

New Labour murdered a good song :(

[billythekid7862]

it is a great concert afterall

[wackautd81265]

i saw d ream in York great concert . will never forget . was the first concert I went with my wife. spent most of the time looking at the fit backing singers . but don't tell the wife lol.

[wackautd81265]

i saw d ream in york great concert . will never forget . was the first concert i went with my wife. spent most of the time looking at the fit backing singers . but don't tell the wife lol.

[5KProduction]

Wish I could go back to 1994; gr8 days

[lukespencer91]

Makes you proud to support Labour! Never will Support Lib dems or conservatives. Labour Fightback 2015!

[firekind1980]

things have certainly got better since 1994?

[auntsally36]

I love this song it actually makes me feel better

[147BAZZY]

@jazzpony1 and your hot .......

[TheProfRobin]

Sorry mrbill but I fixed up D:Ream to shoot a vid (Part up the world) in the Jodrell Bank dish and I can tell you, the band could play and sing. It's a bit of an insult to use the word :"ilk" on them. A sorry wouldnt come amiss.

And evil, that isnt Brian on keyboard here. Brian's on the '97 TOTP vid, during the election campaign. He had shoulder length hair throughout the 90s.

[mrbillhicks]

As is usual with bands of this ilk I doubt if any of them actually played, or sang, on the recording. Can't seem to find anything of them playing this live !!!!

[evilgypsy]

Ooh, cynical as your namesake ... ;-p

Peter Cunnah the lead vocalist, was a producer and singer who wrote and performed pretty much all of the songs himself with additional support from various musicians at various stages of the group's career.

The only person who didn't play anything live was the keyboard player who appeared on stage on TOTP and various shows to

But as you're probably aware it's Prof Brian Cox the Quantum Physicist, who was a good friend of Peter.