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My Friend Stan 11 October 1973 - TOTPs

4/10/2012

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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:-
  • 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...
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