Ah, summer. Long days full of blazing sunshine, a gentle breeze wafting across the sandy beach, perhaps a stroll along the promenade for an ice cream. *checks notes* Ah. That’s except for viewers in Scotland, who will have to put up with the usual torrential rain, gale force winds blowing wet sand into their face,…
Well now. From the 27 July 1984 show, the video for the Thompson Twins’ Sister of Mercy (not the Sisters of Mercy’s Thompson Twin) which, according to the splendid Colm O’Rourke, stars solid, dependable Simon Bates as a solid, dependable corspe. He’s in there around the 1:52 mark, but with no glasses on so you…
Come back with us to this day in 1984 on this week’s Off The Chart! We’ll tell you all about what was going on, except for the Olympics, because that’s classified. But we will look at the UK singles chart and play you a shedload of obscure and forgotten hits, as well as tracks from…
We’re going back a relatively short time on this week’s Off The Chart as we revisit this week in 1989. Along the way we’ll be picking up loads of obscure and forgotten hits, as well as three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s events, a hit from the Austrian chart, a…
Come join us for another trip back in time as we revisit today in 1983 on this week’s Off The Chart! We’ll have the usual bucketload of obscure and forgotten hits, three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s events, a track from one of today’s Peel Sessions, a look at the…
