Friday 29 July 2016

Disappointing news

I know you have been waiting news on my impending TV appearance following the recording made at the end of April.

Well, yesterday I received a call from the producer that the BBC, and due to the high volume of material they recorded for the show, my interview will not be used. Zoe appologised and said it was good, but with just an hour it was difficult to know what to leave out.

Oh well, fame eludes me once again.

However, you might be interested in the full list of number ones, I found a file hidden away in the "my documents" file:

1. Atomic – Blondie
2. Turning Japanese – The Vapours
3. Going underground – The Jam
4. Call Me – Blondie
5. Geno – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
6. Theme From Mash – Mash
7. Simon Templar – Splodgenessabounds
8. 747 Strangers in the Night – Saxon
9. Babushka – Kate Bush
10. Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
11. Eighth Day – Hazel O’Connor
12. Don’t Stand so Close to Me – Police
13. Trouble – Gillan
14. What You’re Proposing – Status Quo
15. Enola Gay – OMD
16. Die Young – Black Sabbath
17. Rock ‘N’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution - AC/DC
18. Hit Me With your Best Shot – Pat Benatar
19. Happy Christmas (War is Over) – John Lennon
20. Antmusic – Adam And the Ants
21. Imagine – John Lennon
22. Woman – John Lennon
23. Vienna – Ultravox
24. Kids in America – Kim Wilde
25. D Days – Hazel O’Connor
26. Einstein A Go-go – Landscape
27. Keep on Lovin’ You – REO Speedwagon
28. I Want to be free - Toyah
29. Swords of a Thousand men – Tenpole Tudor
30. Chequered Love – Kim Wilde
31. I Want to be free – Toyah
32. Will You – Hazel O’Connor
33. The River – Bruce Springsteen
34. New Life – Depeche Mode
35. Sat in Your Lap – Kate Bush
36. Fire and Ice – Pat Benatar
37. Water on Glass – Kim Wilde
38. Tainted Love – Soft cell
39. Start me up – Rolling Stones
40. Souvenir – OMD
41. Invisible Sun – Police
42. Happy Birthday – Altered Images
43. Thunder in the Mountains – Toyah
44. Happy Birthday – Altered Images
45. Every Little thing She does is Magic – Police
46. Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie
47. Four More From Toyah – Toyah
48. Don’t you want me? – Human League
49. I Could be Happy – Altered Images
50. Don’t you want me? – Human League
51. I Could be Happy – Altered Images
52. Golden Brown – Stranglers
53. Town Called Malice – The Jam
54. Go Wild in the Country – Bow Wow Wow
55. Mickey – Toni Basil
56. See those Eyes – Altered Images
57. Papa’s Got a brand New Pigbag – Pigbag
58. Instinction – Spandau Ballet
59. The Back of Love – Echo and the Bunnymen
60. Temptation – New Order
61. Fireworks – Siouxsie and the Banshees
62. Temptation – New Order
63. The Back of Love – Echo and the Bunnymen
64. Rock the Casbah – Clash
65. Strange Little Girl – Stranglers
66. Under the Boardwalk – Tom Tom Club
67. The Message – Grandmaster Flash
68. Under the Boardwalk – Tom Tom Club
69. Straight to Hell – Clash
70. Ziggy Stardust – Bauhaus
71. Shipbuilding – Robert Wyatt
72. Shadows of the Night – Pat Benatar
73. Christmas Wrapping – Waitresses
74. Let’s Get this Straight From the Start - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
75. The Cutter - Echo and the Bunnymen
76. Christian – China Crisis
77. A Little Too Late - Pat Benatar
78. Fields of Fire – Big Country
79. Speak Like a Child – Style Council
80. Don’t talk to me About Love - Altered Images
81. Let’s Dance – David Bowie
82. Blue Monday New Order
83. Song for a Future Generation – B52’s
84. I Love You – Yello
85. Qual – Xmal Deutschland
86. Birds Fly – Icicle Works
87. Never Stop – Echo and the Bunnymen
88. For you – The Farmers boys
89. Will you Stay Tonight? – Comsat angels
90. Confusion – New order
91. Crushed by the Wheels of Industry – Heaven 17
92. Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees
93. I Wouldn’t Want to Knock it – Cook Da Books
94. The Love cats – Cure
95. This Charming Man – Smiths
96. Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
97. Sunburst and Snowblind – Cocteau Twins
98. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
99. What Difference Does it Make – Smiths
100. Your Love is king – Sade
101. Swimming Horses - Siouxsie and the Banshees
102. Barriers – Tony Martin
103. Thieves Like us – New Order
104. Pearly Dewdrop Drops - Cocteau Twins
105. Silver - Echo and the Bunnymen
106. Dazzle - Siouxsie and the Banshees
107. Murder – New Order
108. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – Smiths
109. Get Your feet Out of My Shoes – Boothill Foot Tappers
110. Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
111. Seven Seas - Echo and the Bunnymen
112. The Comeback – The Mighty Wah
113. Sunset Now – Heaven 17
114. Kangaroo – This Mortal Coil
115. Love of my Life – Wild Indians
116. 54-46 Was My Number – Aswad
117. Listen to Your Father – Fergal Sharkey
118. Keep On Keepin’ On – Redskins
119. Respect yourself – Kane gang
120. Since yesterday – Strawberry Switchblade
121. The Green fields of France – Men They Couldn’t hang
122. How Soon is Now? – Smiths
123. Between the Wars – Billy Bragg
124. Aikea Guinea - Cocteau Twins
125. When Love Breaks Down – Prefab Sprout
126. Green Shirt – Elvis Costello
127. The Perfect kiss – New Order
128. Bring it Down – Redskins
129. She Sells Sanctuary – Cult
130. In-between Days – Cure
131. Immigrant – Patrick
132. Primitive Painters – Felt
133. Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads
134. Bring on the Dancing Horses - Echo and the Bunnymen
135. Subculture – New order
136. Echoes in a Shallow Bay - Cocteau Twins
137. Flag Day – Housemartins
138. Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
139. The Trumpton Riots – Half Man Half Biscuit
140. E=MC² - Big Audio Dynamite
141. Shellshock – New Order
142. Sinful – Pete Wylie
143. The Big Sky – Kate Bush
144. Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite
145. Happy hour – Housemartins
146. Rockin’ With Rita – Vindaloo Summer Special
147. Levi Stubb’s tears – Billy Bragg
148. Panic – Smiths
149. Don’t Leave me This Way – Communards
150. Take the Skinheads Bowling – Camper van Beethoven
151. World Shut Your Mouth – Julian Cope
152. Man Shortage – Lovindeer
153. Greetings to the New Brunette – Billy Bragg
154. Caravan of Love – Housemartins
155. Kiss – Age of Chance
156. I’m No Rebel – View From the Hill
157. If You Let me Stay – Terrance Trent D’Arby
158. What’s My Scene – Hoodoo Gurus
159. To Be reborn – Boy George
160. Heaven is a Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle
161. Victoria – The Fall
162. Birth, School, Work, Death – Godfathers
163. Crash – Primitives
164. What’s Happening Here? – 10000 Maniacs
165. Cathouse – Danielle Dax
166. Theme From S Express – S Express
167. Alphabet Street – Prince
168. No Conversation - View From the Hill
169. Atmosphere – Joy Division
170. All Fired Up – Pat Benatar
171. Glam Slam – Prince
172. Like the Weather - 10000 Maniacs
173. What can I Say to Make You Love Me? – Alexander O’Neil
174. The Race – Yello
175. Birthday – Sugarcubes
176. The Killing Jar - Siouxsie and the Banshees
177. Fake 88 - Alexander O’Neil
178. Wee Rule – Wee Papa Girl Rappers
179. A Little respect – Erasure
180. Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue
181. I Wish U Heaven – Prince
182. Kiss – Prince
183. Giving the Best I Got – Anita Baker
184. 9 a.m. The Comfort Zone – London Beat
185. Buffalo Stance – Neneh Cherry
186. Hit the Ground – Darling buds
187. Cathedral Song – Tanita Tikaram
188. Can’t Be Sure – Sundays
189. Like A Prayer – Madonna
190. Got to Keep On – Cookie Crew
191. Never – House of Love
192. I Drove All Night – Cyndi Lauper
193. Express Yourself – Madonna
194. Back to Life – Soul 2 Soul
195. Satisfaction – Wendy and Lisa
196. You’re History – Shakespears Sister
197. Hey DJ – Beatmasters with Betty boo
198. Partyman – Prince
199. Cherish – Madonna
200. The Sensual World – Kate bush
201. I Want that Man – Deborah Harry
202. Eye Know – Prince
203. All Around the World – Lisa Stansfield
204. The Arms of Orion – Prince
205. Waterfall – Wendy and Lisa
206. This woman’s Work – Kate Bush
207. Dear Jessie – Madonna
208. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
209. After the rain – Titiyo
210. Love and Anger – Kate bush
211. Love Shack – B52’s
212. This is How it Feels – Inspiral Carpets
213. Vogue – Madonna
214. Escapade – Janet Jackson
215. Roam – B52’s
216. The Only One I Know – Charlatans
217. Hippychick – Soho
218. A Leaf from A Tree – Mary Coughlan
219. Jerk Out – The Time
220. How the Heart Survives – Was (not Was)
221. Thieves in the temple – Prince
222. Ice Blink Luck – Cocteau Twins
223. Unbelievable – EMF
224. All together Now – Farm
225. Sons of the Stage – World of Twist
226. Sit Down – James
227. Get the Message – Electronic
228. Shiny Happy People – REM
229. Sheriff Fatman – Carter USM
230. And then She Smiles – Mock Turtles
231. Progen ’91 – Shamen
232. Apparently Nothin’ – Young Disciples
233. Sunshine on a Rainy day – ZoĆ«
234. Insanity – Oceanic
235. Jacky – Marc Almond
236. I Believe – Booth and the Bad Angel
237. Forbidden City – Electronic
238. Good Enough – Dodgy
239. Race - Tiger

1 comment:

nztony said...

Oh no, that is shocking news, I was very much looking forward to seeing it. I did recognise a lot of your number ones though and enjoyed many of them myself at the time.

If it is any consolation, I had the same rejection in 2012. I was at a breakfast function for ex New Zealand Olympians (here in Wellington, NZ) watching the opening ceremony of London 2012. A couple of us were asked to talk to our national TV News Station to be on the news that evening and talk about how the London 2012 opening ceremony compared to our own (Seoul 1988 for me). The two of use stood shoulder to shoulder and talked of our experiences. Obviously I very keenly watched the national tv news bulletin that evening to see myself just standing there nodding in agreement to what my fellow ex Olympian was saying but they didn't include anything I said! I looked like a rather gormless nodding person!