Sounds of the Seventies
22.00, BBC2
“We went to a few dis-cos to ask some young people what they thought!” That was brilliant, as was the bizarre opening titles to the Nationwide Pigeonhole item which involved a pigeon being glassed, and we’ve always loved that clip of McFadden and Whitehead performing Ain’t No Stopping Us Now, what with the Pops Orchestra in vision, The Ladybirds, the bloke who strides into shot then immediately realises he’s on camera, McFadden/Whitehead’s pirouettes and Whitehead/McFadden looking as if he’s about to have a heart attack, especially when he hollers “Movin’, groovin’, movin’, groovin’!” We wouldn’t mind seeing the whole of that Jacksons show either, it looks ace. A great choice of topic tonight – the fifties! By which of course it means those bands like ELO and 10cc that were inspired by the rock’n'roll and doo-wop of their youth.
I love the Ladybirds – they were real talent, and sung uncredited on loads of songs and theme tunes!
I remember seeing the Ain’t No Stopping Us Now performance on TOTP2 many years ago & wondered who they were.