Words:
Chris Arnsby
Andy Crane: “And good evening and welcome to a truly international edition of Top
of the Pops. Lot's of pretty ladies on the show tonight and making her debut is
one of them.”
Jenny
Powell: “And I'm very happy to be here. But I'm not the only girl on the show,
there also Debbie Gibson, Kylie Minogue, and there's someone down there with my
hair on their chin. It's Edelweiss”.
How
can I not remember this song? It's quite distinctive. There's a lot of stuff
going on, maybe too much and the camera operators seem to have trouble working
out what to focus on (although the dirty mind behind one of the hand held
cameras doesn't have any trouble focusing on the moment when the pigtailed
woman flicks her skirt a little too enthusiastically and gives the
pre-watershed audience a glimpse of her knickers -a term known within the BBC
as the Jo Grant, I believe).
But
enough of such smut. Here's Jenny Powell. I loved No Limits. Cancelled
by Janet Street-Porter immediately on her arrival at the BBC, in 1987. Which is
a good a reason to scorn her for all eternity as far as I'm concerned. The
quote I've seen attributed to Janet Street-Porter which I can't source or
accurately recall but I'm going to use anyway, is that she disliked it because
it was a “happy pop-py little programme.”
Since
No Limits was unkindly axed, Jenny Powell has eked out a living in
children's television; mainly Going Live and it's summer replacement UP2U,
which was also responsible for Anthea Turner.
[9]
MIDNIGHT OIL: beds are burning. Promo VT (although judging by the scratches and spots of dirt,
it's actually on film).
CHARTS
FROM 40 TO 31.
[21]
DEBBIE GIBSON: electric youth. The first of two pre-recorded (probably) performances in tonight's
show. One, or both of them, was directed by Babara Jones who shares the
Director's credit with Paul Ciani. Here, her first name is spelt Babara and not
Barbara as it was at the end of the 13/04/1989 edition. Which is correct? I'm
guessing it is Babara, as that's also how it was typed on the camera script for
the 06/04/1989 programme.
[18]
BON JOVI: i'll be there for you. Promo VT.
CHARTS
FROM 30 TO 11.
[26]
ROXETTE: the look. Check out the swivelling floor lights behind Roxette. They're new.
Mike Manning, Lighting, has found a new toy.
[2]
KYLIE MINOGUE: hand on your heart. The second pre-recorded (probably) performance. Andy Crane is a
filthy lair when he points and says Kylie is “over there.” Come at me Crane. If
it isn't true.
Kylie
and her dancers consistently put their hands on the wrong place when trying to
locate their hearts. Good job I'm not relying on them for cardiac advice.
[16]
POISON: your mama don't dance. Promo VT.
UK
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST ENTRY: LIVE REPORT: why do i always get it wrong. Actually, this is probably a
pre-record as well. By the time this episode was in the studio, Live Report
would be in Lausanne, Switzerland preparing for Eurovision. And, you'd want to
get the band in early before Why Do I Always Get It Wrong hits the charts next
week, at 76, skyrockets up to 73 the following week, dips slightly to 79, and
then vanishes forever.
The
Eurovision winner, was a song called Rock Me by a band called Riva. They
represented Yogoslavia and within a year the collective shame would cause the
country to abandon Communism and break up. Live Report meanwhile scored... no
way! 130 points and came second. It's terrible. The song, I mean.
TOP 10.
[1] BANGLES:
eternal flame. Promo
VT.
[23] CHAKA
KHAN: i'm every woman. Promo
VT. Bruno Brookes next week.
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