Here’s a shamelessly predictable thing – but then, when has this blog been anything else?
A tupperware sandwich box of leftover Simon Mayo Golden Year Points to whoever can identify the songs (and the artist/s) which namecheck the following programme titles:
1) Blue Peter
2) Dallas
3) Man About The House
4) The Generation Game
5) Jeux Sans Frontiers
6) The Archers
7) Top Of The Pops
8) The Seven O’clock News
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David Pascoe
July 14, 2008 at 11:14 pm
“Get your kicks watching Bruce on the old Generation Game” – Saint Etienne, You’re in a Bad Way.
Matthew Rudd
July 15, 2008 at 12:45 am
1 – Flag Day by the Housemartins
2 – The Day Before You Came by Abba/Blancmange
3 – nope
4 – You’re In A Bad Way by Saint Etienne
5 – Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel (sung by Kate Bush)
6 – nope
7 – Well, you can have the Rezillos of course, or Rat Trap by Boomtown Rats
8 – erm…
John Rivers
July 15, 2008 at 9:21 am
1. 99{30e2395aaf6397fd02d2c79d91a1fe7cbb73158454674890018aee9c53a0cb96} of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd – by Half Man Half Biscuit
2.Erm…
3… That’s it.
Actually knowing Half Man, those shows probably appear in a fair number.
Pretty sure Top of the Pops gets mentioned in ‘Bug Powder Dust’ by Bomb the Bass.
Brian Donor
July 15, 2008 at 9:46 am
7 – TOTP is Rat Trap – Boomtown Rats
Andy R
July 15, 2008 at 10:01 am
2. Abba – The Day Before You Came
7. The Rezillos – Everybody’s on Top of the Pops
Five-Centres
July 15, 2008 at 10:45 am
1. Brown Sauce/I Wanna Be A Winner
2. Blancmange/The Day Before You Came
3.
4. St Etienne/You’re In A Bad Way
5. Peter Gabriel/Games Without Frontiers
6.
7. BA Robertson/Knocked If Off
Ricky Y
July 15, 2008 at 10:51 am
3 is ‘Photo Jenny’ by top Caledonian drabsters and twee-merchants Belle & Sebastian, of course.
Ian Jones
July 16, 2008 at 9:57 am
Any suggestions for 6) and 8) then? I’ll concede 8) is a bit of a cheat – it’s from an American song.
Five-Centres
July 16, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Is it Dirty Laundry by Don Henley?
Wilko
July 17, 2008 at 6:10 am
8. Simon & Garfunkel – Silent Night/7 o'Clock News
Ian Jones
July 17, 2008 at 5:44 pm
OK, these were the ones I was thinking of:
1) Blue Peter: Flag Day by The Housemartins
2) Dallas: The Day Before You Came by Abba
3) Man About The House: Photo Jenny by Belle And Sebastian
4) The Generation Game: You’re In A Bad Way by St Etienne
5) Jeux Sans Frontiers: Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel
6) The Archers: Life On A Top People’s Health Farm by The Style Council
7) Top Of The Pops: Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards by Billy Bragg
8) The Seven O’Clock News: Black Diamond Bay by Bob Dylan
Cheers to everyone who took part.