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It may not sound much but it could turn out to be a sleeper hit

Morrisons have gone one better

Oh god. Thoughts & prayers. If it's any consolation, it can't be any worse than the one I once tried - Our pitch was opposite a huge butcher's stand. And the butcher had a microphone. And exactly FOUR catchphrases.
"Seen the price of steak these days? Yer talkin' telephone numbers!"
FOR EIGHT HOURS.

I always thought that what Noises Off was missing was a character played by Quentin Tarantino who comes on and uses the N word for no apparent reason.

Ah! Yes, that does ring a bell - Radio 1 on Sundays in the 90s was quite odd. And then of course because they promised you'd hear the new number 1 "first" (i.e "Before Dr Fox"), they'd race through the top 40 and play it at about 6.45, then have to find something else to fill the time until 7pm!

That was a really weird slot on Radio 1 cos they did their airplay chart at 2pm, then Jayne's Pops show that played all the same songs, then the Top 40 started with the previous week's top ten so you heard all the same songs for the third time in just over an hour

Be nice, it took half an hour to unstick her from that window

Wonder if it was connected to him being 'Westlife's manager' at this point?

If you listen closely to a Ronan song, you can just about hear the session musicians mouthing "Wanker"

Just a minor thing, but...
1) I'd forgotten Jayne Middlemiss had a show on Radio 1
2) It started at 3pm on Sunday? Then the Top 40 was at 4pm? She had to schlep into the studio for ONE HOUR on a Sunday? WTF? #totp

What a tune to open a debut album too! And just constantly fascinating in everything they do.

I want this man dead #totp

The good thing about 1000 Clowns is that when they went on tour, they only needed three cars #totp

Scott Mills again with the curse of #totp

Ooh, I don't remember that one, which probs isn't a good sign. I just looked it up - Doesn't ring a bell. The Boy Does Nothing is a banger though

Debut single Hometown Unicorn is 30 years old this week, you know. I still remember the first time I heard it on Mark Radcliffe's Graveyard Shift, sounding like nothing else in the world #totp

Super Furries! Here we go! #totp

It reminds me of Gary Barlow and Martine McCuctcheon's debut solo singles - It sounds less like a song you'd want to listen to, more a showcase of "Look at all the styles can do!"

Also Have A Nice Day.

When acts start writing songs about being on tour, it's over.

No, I'm just adjusting my trousers #totp

Oh god, yes. Like comedians who do whole arena tours about the things they notice in hotel rooms

"We'll show those music journalists who say we're crap!"
Yes. Yes you will.

Along with guy who felt it obligatory to pick a guitar up and start playing wonderwall 🫣

There's this weird thing where, the slower the Stereophonics song, the worse it is. Like, this one's not bad. Dakota's OK. But Mr Writer is bloody awful. It's a bit like sausages being made. If you pay too much attention, it's horrible #totp

It's not helping that every so often it cuts to a shot of this, like we're flicking between #totp and a Salvation Army band

I'm now picturing scenes of Kula Shaker singing this at festivals in 1999 whilst ironically being pelted with pint-pots full of urine #totp

If you were a student in the late 90s, you'll remember this bloke turning up at EVERY party #totp

Those trousers would be an absolute nightmare in the rain #totp

Now on Top of the Pops, due to popular demand, here's Bryan Adams mid-nuclear blast #totp

"How can we liven up this 911 performance?"
"Let's show them on the big screen doing something interesting"
"Like what?"
"..........." #totp