Top Of The Pops bow's out

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:20 am

Times have changed and although TOTPs was brilliant in it's day, it's past it's 'sell buy date'...I like the variety you can get on Sky and some of the videos are brilliant.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:07 am

Clancy wrote: TOTP's will it be missed? I doubt it.

The format needs to go back to its roots - however, if it's being axed, this

obviously won't happen! I wonder when was the last time that performers

were "live", instead of just miming - the '70s?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:15 am

The programme was immortalised in the classic Mott The Hoople song "Saturday Gigs"

"...........Take the mick out of Top Of The Pops

We play better than they do..ner.ner.ner" :guitarist

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:36 am

Clancy

Thanks for sharing your memories with us :-6

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:02 am

Clancy wrote: I tell you what I use Sky for more than anything now , Bez. It's radio channels. Thye have a good selection, and when I'm in this room, I switch between, iTunes radio, what I've loaded in there, and my HiFi system behind me.

Sky, pah. You can get a good PVR for GBP 100, and use Freeview, or Freesat!

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:32 pm

Pinky wrote: The signal isn't good enough where I live to get freeview! I tried, but I took the box back, and the booster aerial. The signal still looked like I was watching reality weather programmes from the north pole!

I get that problem here, theres a bloody great granite hotel in the way of my signal! I paid out for a Sky Digibox and Dish and get freeview through that (I had to talk sweetly to the hotel manager to get my dish put up on the hotel though!).