Comments on: TOTP is Dead. http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: harry b http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160458 harry b Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:46:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160458 It was good whenever John Peel presented it. It was good whenever John Peel presented it.

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160457 Daniel Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:43:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160457 <i>And Jools Holland’s music programme is more or less the same format.</i> except with added Jools Holland. Apparently Mark E Smith had it written into his contract for the Fall's appearance that "at no point during the performance will Mr Jools Holland play boogie-woogie piano". And Jools Holland’s music programme is more or less the same format.

except with added Jools Holland. Apparently Mark E Smith had it written into his contract for the Fall’s appearance that “at no point during the performance will Mr Jools Holland play boogie-woogie piano”.

]]> By: nick s http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160439 nick s Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:35:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160439 <i>Not coincidentally, about five minutes after punk rock started.</i> Oh, it ceased to be old and grey at that point, but certainly staggered on through the 80s. And Jools Holland's music programme is more or less the same format. More pertinently: at what point was TOTP not bollocks? I can think of one edition when both the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays appeared, that seemed to mark the coming-of-age of Madchester, but other than that? Not coincidentally, about five minutes after punk rock started.

Oh, it ceased to be old and grey at that point, but certainly staggered on through the 80s. And Jools Holland’s music programme is more or less the same format.

More pertinently: at what point was TOTP not bollocks? I can think of one edition when both the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays appeared, that seemed to mark the coming-of-age of Madchester, but other than that?

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160406 Daniel Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:45:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160406 <i>When did they kill off the much-better “Old Grey Whistle Test”?</i> Not coincidentally, about five minutes after punk rock started. When did they kill off the much-better “Old Grey Whistle Test”?

Not coincidentally, about five minutes after punk rock started.

]]> By: bob mcmanus http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160363 bob mcmanus Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:45:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160363 I vaguely remember seeing clips of groups (probably on VH1) like the Yardbirds and Beau Brummels lip-synching in a small room with a staircase and I was wondering if that was the "abandoned church" mentioned in the article. Gone googling. I vaguely remember seeing clips of groups (probably on VH1) like the Yardbirds and Beau Brummels lip-synching in a small room with a staircase and I was wondering if that was the “abandoned church” mentioned in the article.

Gone googling.

]]> By: Urinated State of America http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160260 Urinated State of America Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:03:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160260 When did they kill off the much-better "Old Grey Whistle Test"? When did they kill off the much-better “Old Grey Whistle Test”?

]]> By: harry b http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160232 harry b Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:32:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160232 thanks functional, that's what I aspire to! thanks functional, that’s what I aspire to!

]]> By: Functional http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160219 Functional Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:16:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160219 This was one of the classic Crooked Timber "indecipherably obscure" posts. At least to its American readers. This was one of the classic Crooked Timber “indecipherably obscure” posts. At least to its American readers.

]]> By: chris y http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160190 chris y Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:48:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160190 I bet I'm older than Brendan, and I already don't give a shit about it. Third rate show since RSG went live (1965), of antiquarian interest only. I bet I’m older than Brendan, and I already don’t give a shit about it. Third rate show since RSG went live (1965), of antiquarian interest only.

]]> By: Brendan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160187 Brendan Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:07:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160187 Since we are all, presumably, the last generation who will give a shit about this, does this mean we are all officially old then? Since we are all, presumably, the last generation who will give a shit about this, does this mean we are all officially old then?

]]> By: Andrewgates http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160186 Andrewgates Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:14:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160186 Hardly matters Daniel, Late realisation, but its "better late than never"! Hardly matters Daniel, Late realisation, but its “better late than never”!

]]> By: Chris http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160179 Chris Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:09:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160179 Story on the radio last night said that Jeremy Clarkson presented one edition of TOTP, reacting to one US rap act by saying "wasn't that awful" or something like that. Its days then already clearly numbered... Story on the radio last night said that Jeremy Clarkson presented one edition of TOTP, reacting to one US rap act by saying “wasn’t that awful” or something like that. Its days then already clearly numbered…

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160173 Daniel Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:38:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160173 Sorry; the above post was talking about the TOTP format, not Jimmy Savile. Sorry; the above post was talking about the TOTP format, not Jimmy Savile.

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160172 Daniel Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:37:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160172 to be honest it has been dead for years and the BBC has finally realised. to be honest it has been dead for years and the BBC has finally realised.

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-160166 Kieran Healy Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:16:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/20/totp-is-dead/#comment-160166 But Jimmy Saville is still alive. But Jimmy Saville is still alive.

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