Good to see BBC4 showed the whole of the 11 October 1973 edition of Top Of The Pops last night as a tribute to Kenny Everett - who compered the show.
Slade were featured with a strong performance of My Friend Stan...
The things I thought of as I watched:-
Slade were featured with a strong performance of My Friend Stan...
The things I thought of as I watched:-
- Still being gobsmacked that Eye Level stopped it getting to No.1 - and the upset I felt at the time.
- Nod wearing the tinted John Lennon specs that re-emerged 18 years later on a tv performance for Universe. How had he kept them so long?
- The band missing the first notes of the song when their clip started.
- The girl with the 10 "My Friend Stan" stickers down each leg - she must've been first in the queue when Swinn handed them out at TOTPs.
- Don's hair growing back - from his accident.
- Jim wearing the green amethyst ring and bracelet he bought back from Australia in early 1973.
- Jim making a quick getaway from the fans as the song finished...