Wendy

@penwing@wandering.shop Ah, that was Sex (barn) On Fire. Though I’m assuming “Sex Barn, Sex Barn” got sung a few times in the Warrington Guardian offices.

So this is definitely the show where the 80s become the 90s. Early rave made on a half-broken Atari ST in a sec? #TotP

YEEEEESSSS! #TotP

Its too early for ironic Keytar you fool Sash #TotP

Headless guitars for reggae klaxon #TotP

What is going on with that keyboard? #TotP Keytar on a cable?

TONE CHANGE KLAXON! #TotP

Looking a Wikipedia Andreas Johnson’s subsequent career has involved entering Melodifestivalen a lot and releasing several albums, one called “Mr Johnson, your room in on fire” #TotP

“Pseudosatisfacton baby” just about works as a lyric unlike “why tolerate this numismatical polity?” (Nik Kershaw “Radio Musicola”) #TotP

Hey Watergate, Asia is a big continent to piss off #TotP

Nice of Alex Kingston to pop over while painting her front room #TotP

I feel that a love song to a car may be the final death of Britpop #TotP

Chaka Khan in my mind will always be associated with her Wild West shootout with the Bee Gees #TotP #OKThatOneIsObscure

Due to a course of antibiotics I’ve not been able to drink alcohol from June until now. Thank gawd, just in time for all the Craig David repetition #TotP

Is it me or does it look like the bass player has been inflated? #TotP

So why did dance music stop using daft random samples? Oh, yeah, this #TotP

Is this actually a love song to a Piano? Takes all sorts #TotP

I think history remembered the correct tune about the silver Jubilee. And not this pseudo-Reggae shite #TotP

Did not expect to see a song referencing Milton Keynes. It’s no @warringtonruncorn@mstdn.social though #TotP

I am loving her outfit. Swishy skirt plus what looks like armour plating. Win. #TotP

“Needle in the Groove” by Jeff Noon is set in a future Manchester where the streets are named after Manchester recording artists. I suspect this was mainly so he could have “A Street Called Gerald” #TotP

Boring geographical fact, this #TOTP includes singers from Widnes (Mel C) and Warrington (Kerry Katona). Bit between Manchester and Liverpool reprezent

TUNE! The glitter and eyeshadow is just the icing on the cake. Or something. #TotP Disappointingly not on Now 8

This song came out three years •after• Being Boiled by the Human League. And, y’know, Joy Division #TotP

10 years before this Dance Music was some weirdos from smallish towns, two keyboards, an Atari ST, and several kids TV samples. Professionalism is a bad thing #TotP

Looking at Wikipedia Andreas Johnson’s subsequent career has involved entering Melodifestivalen a lot and releasing several albums, one called “Mr Johnson, your room is on fire” #TotP

One of the first records I bought was Now 8 (yes I’m old) which this was on, and now I’m getting weird flashbacks to being nine. The good news is I once helped win a music round at a pub quiz which we normally failed at because most of the tracks were from Now 8. Basically a huge chunk of my head is Now 8. Help. #TotP

Just looked up and found that the fantastic singer on "Love Can't Turn Around" Daryl Pandy sadly died in 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Pandy Might have to look up his solo album #TotP https://youtu.be/LDtbXxemnPw?is=7ZXeNXa17jlsRAB3

In 13 years Julian Cope will end up back on the #TOTP stage wearing nowt but a sack https://youtu.be/J2w6UKeoDZQ?is=wW_oy4fxs9Hn9FVI (IMHO a great TOTP moment)

James Brown trying to make Safety glasses trendy? Good on him #TotP

I think I see why Garage isn’t really a thing any more #TotP

And here are the men! Men with smallish saxophones! #TotP

Dancing here is giving me photo-Jamiroquai vibes #TotP

I was studying in London at this point. It was also meh. #TotP

I had a childhood fear of robot impersonators, which was bad as it was the 80s and they were everywhere. But somehow comically horny ones in jockstraps are a lot less scary #TotP

Star Trekkin by The Firm. Not The Fall. #TotP

Who are this lot? Swear I saw them playing a caravan park in East Yorkshire a few years back #TotP

Thought that was Chris Morris for a beautiful second #TotP

Lost track for a second there, are these the Hanson Sisters or something? #TotP

Goths in hot weather alert #TotP