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@losttourist@social.chatty.monster it is a banging cover, possibly enhanced by being part of a classic film, mind. #TOTP
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Piers Cawley
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mastodon 4.7.2Endowed by nature with a magnificent beard and a fine voice, it was almost inevitable that Piers would grow up to be a folk singer, and so they have!
An old internet bloke of longstanding, they've served time as a sysadmin, ISP operator and programmer before RSI buggered up all those career paths.
These days he's most likely to be found at home working as his wife's carer, or streaming #FolkSongs on Friday nights at https://youtube.com/pierscawley/live
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Was 1986 the year the eighties jumped the shark? #totp
Pointless remix klaxon! #totp
How good was Whitney that she could take this hogwash and sing the arse off it? #totp
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@Wigwam12@mastodon.scot If it isn’t the best track of the episode, I shall be very surprised. #TOTP
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@neonbubble@mstdn.social @u0421793@toot.pikopublish.ing and a sub par Prisoner episode at that. #totp
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@losttourist@social.chatty.monster I’m sure you’re right. Just one more reason to dislike them. #TOTP
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@Bez_Lightyear@crispsandwi.ch I was thinking this would sound better with Rick Astley singing it, but yeah. #TOTP
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This is where U2 started treading water, for me. But it’s still a CHOON. #totp
Not a prime cut of the Duran Duran boys. #totp
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The seventies record buying public were absolute maniacs, weren’t they? What a chart! What a show! #totp
No Pyeeeeooo :( #totp
Anyone keeping a drug cheat counter for this vid? #totp
Is someone gonna start a mid/late 80s SAW counter? I’m not doing it, but I think it stands at 2 #totp
Look, it’s awful, but dammit it’s still a CHOON. Absolutely sincere and pure country.
CHOONS: 8 from 10 (80%)
Seventies #totp whiplash count: 7 (and probably going to be 8)
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@u0421793@toot.pikopublish.ing Bono’s substantially less sexy than yer man Hutchence though. #TOTP
Some excessively flashy drumming going on here. Presumably the drummer got as bored as the rest of us. #totp
Overplayed, but still a CHOON:
9 from 11 (82%)
Seventies #totp whiplash count: 8
CHOON (4.5 from 6 or 75%).
Seventies #totp whiplash count: 4
Play Bobby McFerrin! I unashamedly love that song. #totp
It’s not “Up The Junction”, obviously, but what is? #totp
Oh, Whitney just won Top of the Hats #totp
FUCK OFF SPICE GIRLS! #totp
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@u0421793@toot.pikopublish.ing oh yeah, but that was a bare minimum at the time. He talks about how he thought his voice sounded thin, but I don’t think he realised quite how well it suited the material in the early days. #totp
Losing My Mind has a surprisingly SAWy vibe. But done way better than SAW could pull off. #TOTP
I don’t actually remember this, but I’m liking it. Calling it half a CHOON. 7 from 9 (77.777777%)
Seventies #totp whiplash count: Stable at 6.
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And, more surprisingly, this cover of Where The Streets Have No Name/Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You is also bloody magnificent. #TOTP
Neil’s definitely a strong contender for Top of the Hats. #TOTP
KATE! CHOON! (5.5 from 7, 78.5%)
Seventies #totp whiplash count: 5 (but we know it’s going to be six, because nobody’s like Kate Bush)
Dear god, Mark Goodier’s a complete waste of space #totp
Fucking hell nanas, you’re supposed to be delightfully shambolic. You’ve gone and actually learned the choreography for this one haven’t you and you’re letting us all down. #totp
Clearly the rest of the #totp picker-aparters are saying it’s 70% CHOONage, but I shall not be moved.
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@u0421793@toot.pikopublish.ing Neil’s on record about how he didn’t think much of his voice. Couldn’t be more wrong, but I can sort of see where he’s coming from. As they went on, he got more confident and they learned how best to produce his vocals so he ends up sounding immense. #totp #PSB