Top of the Pops (31st May 1979). Sparks have The Number One Song In Heaven (although it's currently at number 14 in the hit parade).

And, oh my God, look you have just discovered the way that one thing can lead to another And, oh my God, look you have just discovered the way that one thing can lead to another

40 YEARS AGO - On this day in 1986, a new entry at No.29 was... Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) by Pet Shop Boys: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0mF... #OTD #Music #Eighties

Imagine Marty McFly arriving in the future to find this

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Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

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He oído como insulto “eres más tonto que el dueño de un Tesla” and I think is beautiful

The other day, a friend of mine said to me “it used to be that people that watched telly and listened to music were allowed to make telly and make music, but now art is just a leisure job of the idiot offspring of the middle classes”, and he’s never been so right.

One last tune before bed, and one with an accompanying video that is brilliantly bonkers. I smell youth. Vintage youth. #TOTP #NotTOTP

Any excuse to trot out this brilliant (and 100% real) #totp chart countdown slide from the original run.

"So tell me what you want, what you really, really want" Nightmares

What I think of 15 years of experience: ooooh, they must have been around since 1990-something 😎. Real life: oh wait, have they been around since 2011? That was yesterday!

Yeeeeeeeeeah, I'm a part of a compilation post! 😎😂 #TOTP

NEW EXAMPLE FOR FONT LESSON JUST DROPPED

That's it. Some great tunes for a birthday playlist and good company as usual. Thank you very much for the posts and your birthday wishes! Take care and see you next Friday 😎. #TOTP

One of the co-creators of Spitting Image was Martin Lambie-Nairn, who designed the original Channel 4 logo as well as the 1990s BBC idents that I was banging on about a few days ago #totp

If my voices is ever used against my consent to use for AI-generated extorsion, this banger will be my password to verify that I'm real. #TOTP

PLAY SIMPLY RED AND LEVEL 42, YOU BASTARDS!!! #TOTP

Sinful? Yeah, you should have thought about that before marrying Mandy Smith. (Ah no, wrong guy. That was Bill Wyman 😅.) #TOTP

Sorry not sorry, but Everybody Wants To Rule The World is better. #TOTP

Awful synths in this version #TOTP

🎶 Welcome to your life 🎶 Yeah, you’re welcome to it, and all. #TOTP

This is the same rhythm from I Found Loving by Fatback Band, but hey, whatever works for them. (I'm not talking about the Tears For Fears song, btw.) #TOTP

PLAY MADONNA AND THE PET SHOP BOYS, YOU BASTARDS!!! TEARS FOR FEARS TOO!!! #TOTP

Play Pet Shop Boys you cowards #totp

Janice's dress is 🔥 😎 #TOTP

Robert Palmer has come as your waiter tonight #TOTP

Starting off with a great cover #TOTP

Batesy, we know you're a movie buff but we'd like a better introduction next time 😅. #TOTP

Bates is right, it's pretty bad #totp

Bit of sociology from Simon Bates there

Batesy might not be the most handsome man in the world, but he has the peak stereotypical dad vibes and his voice...oof, his voice! #TOTP

Keep On Loving You might be super soppy, but I love it and I'm glad it reached number 8 in the charts 😎. #TOTP

JUST TELL US THE FUCKING SONG TITLES, SIMON! #totp

I don’t think I’ve ever grown tired of “Bette Davis Eyes”. It’s a pop masterpiece. #TOTP

Cryptic Top 40 there from Simon Bates. “Madness up to number 9, but don’t think for one second that I am going to tell you what song they are promoting at the moment. You’ll just have to guess.” #totp

Betty Davies Eyes: great choice for tonight. The British record-buying public did it right. #TOTP

*insert video of robotic Gary saying CHARTS! here* #TOTP

When you’ve got to be on #TOTP at 8, but oven ready by 8:30.

Bates: “…but tragically, he did politely said goodbye. Vanessa doesn’t forget that summer with Brian in Butland. And this… is their tune…” #totp

Andrew Tate and the manosphere guys: don't wear pink; it's not masculine and suitable for a proper man. Simon Bates: #TOTP

Some people on my timeline: Legs and Co 🥵🥵🥵 Me: something's wrong with the tape. There some artifacts on the video. #TOTP

This scene is very cliché, but the music is 100% iconic. Anyone with a minimum of cultural knowledge has heard about it at some point. #TOTP