One of my favourite pop facts is that the oboe on Tanita's stupendous Twist in My Sobriety was played by Malcolm Messiter, whose dad Ian invented Just a Minute. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One of my favourite pop facts is that the oboe on Tanita's stupendous Twist in My Sobriety was played by Malcolm Messiter, whose dad Ian invented Just a Minute. #totp
When me and Daz Sampson built a studio in the late 00s we bought a load of cheap silver discs off eBay to put on the walls to pretend we'd produced them. The one that people were most impressed by was Crush by Jennifer Paige. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When me and Daz Sampson built a studio in the late 00s we bought a load of cheap silver discs off eBay to put on the walls to pretend we'd produced them. The one that people were most impressed by was Crush by Jennifer Paige. #totp
Sparks on #TOTP tonight, lads
a man stands in front of a painting of a city and mountains
ALT: a man stands in front of a painting of a city and mountains
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Sparks on #TOTP tonight, lads
The studio audience watching BA Robertson performing “Knocked It Off” have never looked so completely disenchanted with popular music #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The studio audience watching BA Robertson performing “Knocked It Off” have never looked so completely disenchanted with popular music #totp
Apparently the song Eton Rifles was originally called "Eton Trifles" & was written following Paul Weller's first introduction to the wonders of Eton Mess.
True story
#totp
True story
#totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Apparently the song Eton Rifles was originally called "Eton Trifles" & was written following Paul Weller's first introduction to the wonders of Eton Mess.
True story
#totp
True story
#totp
Genuinely angry and fantastic single, Generation Sex. They'll probably cut away from this before the instrumental denouement, which is a triumph of arrangement. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Genuinely angry and fantastic single, Generation Sex. They'll probably cut away from this before the instrumental denouement, which is a triumph of arrangement. #totp
Look, I'll do the DG job for half what he was on, but I must warn you that I will :
Cancel Eastenders and divert that budget into the UK Eurovision effort
Set up a channel devoted solely to #TOTP repeats
Reinstate Vinyl Revival to BBC Radio Manchester on a Saturday night.
Cancel Eastenders and divert that budget into the UK Eurovision effort
Set up a channel devoted solely to #TOTP repeats
Reinstate Vinyl Revival to BBC Radio Manchester on a Saturday night.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Look, I'll do the DG job for half what he was on, but I must warn you that I will :
Cancel Eastenders and divert that budget into the UK Eurovision effort
Set up a channel devoted solely to #TOTP repeats
Reinstate Vinyl Revival to BBC Radio Manchester on a Saturday night.
Cancel Eastenders and divert that budget into the UK Eurovision effort
Set up a channel devoted solely to #TOTP repeats
Reinstate Vinyl Revival to BBC Radio Manchester on a Saturday night.
Phil Lynott is a choice example of someone who tried to make a record in practically every style, ever. Had he lived longer, he'd have probably made a techno record. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Phil Lynott is a choice example of someone who tried to make a record in practically every style, ever. Had he lived longer, he'd have probably made a techno record. #totp
I know every syllable of One Day at a Time. Three years of hospital radio request shows in the 80s, and this was asked for EVERY. SINGLE. SHOW. Along with Please Release Me and Green Green Grass of Home, all of which suggested that hospital was basically an ill jail. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I know every syllable of One Day at a Time. Three years of hospital radio request shows in the 80s, and this was asked for EVERY. SINGLE. SHOW. Along with Please Release Me and Green Green Grass of Home, all of which suggested that hospital was basically an ill jail. #totp
I won't have a bad word said about Darts, singer Griff Fender for years was in a special needs theatre company and my son loved their shows and Griff was wonderful! #TOTP
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I won't have a bad word said about Darts, singer Griff Fender for years was in a special needs theatre company and my son loved their shows and Griff was wonderful! #TOTP
Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
YouTube video by BryanFerryVEVO
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Orinoco Flow - the national anthem of that girl in school who always wrote notes to everyone using one of those pens with the five different retractable coloured inks. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Orinoco Flow - the national anthem of that girl in school who always wrote notes to everyone using one of those pens with the five different retractable coloured inks. #totp
