Enjoying the unexpected warm weather?
I found myself going for a walk on the big grassland where I live yesterday, affectionately known as 'The Plot'. It was brilliant, until British summertime kicked in and decided to chuck it down. Bad at the best of times, but not least when you've just decided to walk up the tallest bank you could find...
To be honest it didn't get too bad, until my walk to the cinema involved a full blown storm. It got to the point where I thought: "If lightning hit, would the electricity travel down my umbrella?"
Anyway I survived.
I'm currently chilling and have decided to watch 'Top of the Pops'. I forgot how much I love this show, occasionally still repeated from the 70s/80s/90s on BBC 4. My dad grew up watching "every week" and never fails to tell me how big of an occasion watching it was. We always laugh at the story of how jealous he was when my uncle managed to get tickets to be part of the audience.
Aside from the great music, I love seeing how much style has changed.
To me, most of the style is so mundane (for the period anyway), the singers look like they could easily be your neighbour Kevin. As if they just stumbled into the studio and got a guitar thrust upon them :D. Either that or their style is so wacky it makes Lady GAGA seem boring.
It's great, why can't it still be like that?
So I thought I'd pick a couple of tracks from this particular episode.
Squeeze - 'Up the junction' (1979)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Oliver's Army (1978)
Enjoy!
Molly x
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