Back at the start of the century one of the best things about having Foxtel on the television was getting to see Top of The Pops one week after it had been on UK television. Of course like any pop chart show there was often a load of rubbish with a few good ones every now and again. But the good ones made the show well worth it. Every time I went back to the Uk which was quite a bit I would spend every Thursday night watching TOTP. Just like I watched Countdown in Australia. Unfortunately that kind of show seems to have gone now and nothing has replaced it. Now we get video shows but even those have gone because you've got whole channels devoted to videos. Of course we can watch Later with Jools or Abbey Road but I do miss the pop shows where the weird wild and wonderful mixed together.
Mr. Brightside stands out because at first I thought they were ripping off Placebo but still found the song entrancing. A band like the Killers were made for TOTP. They came across great. There were all these other great guitar pop bands on too. (not that the Killers were a guitar band were they were a rock band) England was having a bit of a guitar explosion in the wake of The Libertines success. A mini Brit pop revival. Which made the charts interesting. A quick look at the English charts now and there's not a whiff of guitar in the top 20. You have to scroll down to number 39 and Arctic Monkeys new single.
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