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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?
Express Results Bulletin: S4 E1
Season 4, Ep. 1
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Sian Pearce becomes our first ever female guest on the podcast, joining Mike, Nick and Trev for a thorough dissection of the latest set of voting. Did Dizzy beat Dizzee? Did anyone like Cliff? Did anyone have anything to say about Shanks & Bigfoot? How did ska-punk lead to the Muppet Show? And should we be filling our bladders with lean? Only one way to find out...
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4. Express Results Bulletin: S4 E4
17:35||Season 4, Ep. 4The 1980s have been in big trouble this season, so will Eurythmics save them? And would a Robbie Williams CD REALLY have been a stoner's go-to record store choice in the late 1990s? Also contains a salute to the majesty of "It's Quiet Uptown".4. Shadows, Limmie & Family Cookin, Eurythmics, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Robbie Williams, Jay-Z/Justin Timberlake
01:31:55||Season 4, Ep. 4An evocative soundscape of a lost continent (or not), the theme tune from a lost 1970s sitcom (or not), a splurge of 1980s celebrity cameos, a which-one-is-which conundrum, a doomed attempt to crack the US market, and two very rich people having a good old moan about it.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Bluesky: whichdecadetops // Facebook // whichdecadeistops@gmail.comThe voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Monday 2nd September 2024.3. Express Results Bulletin: S4 E3
32:00||Season 4, Ep. 3In which our very special guest - Mike's partner Kevin - is obliged to talk about music he loathes without swearing, so it's a good job we've given him our "substitute" words. Elsewhere, we discover Nick's hitherto undisclosed teatime TV fame, and the younger members of our team ponder how to crack the Gen Z demographic.3. Lulu, Pete Wingfield, Denise LaSalle, Corona, Charlotte Church, Walk The Moon
01:30:29||Season 4, Ep. 3Lulu sidesteps the Dumper in the nick of time, a pop hit that rock critics can "dig", synthed-up Zydeco, a miming model, When Profanity Filters Go Wrong, and our most polarising track EVER: just watch the fur fly.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Facebook // whichdecadeistops@gmail.comThe voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Monday 12th August 2024.2. Express Results Bulletin: S4 E2
23:34||Season 4, Ep. 2Simpsons fans beware: there are some factual inaccuracies ahead, as our extra tracks playlist will confirm - also featuring DJ Trev's Platonic ideal of a kids song, the first single Mike ever bought, and B.Bumble's woeful Radio One afterlife.2. B. Bumble & The Stingers, Wings, Bow Wow Wow, Kris Kross, Eminem, Usher
01:31:09||Season 4, Ep. 2Ballet class nostalgia, pop merchandising's 19th century roots, problematic cover art, a songwriting team of 26, techno as a pejorative term, and a questionable quest for self-discovery.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsBonus playlists: Kim Fowley tracks // Kris Kross samplesTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Facebook // whichdecadeistops@gmail.comThe voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Tuesday 23rd July 2024.1. Tommy Roe, Blondie, Cliff Richard, Shanks & Bigfoot, Dizzee Rascal/Armand Van Helden, Lil Nas X
01:30:37||Season 4, Ep. 1If it hadn't been for that pesky Jason Donovan, all these Number Two hits would also have been chart-toppers. Dizzy meets Dizzee, Angela Trimble has lost her cat, Sir Cliff scores a century, UKG struggles to travel north, and country's new Golden Age starts right here.YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Facebook // whichdecadeistops@gmail.comThe voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Tuesday 25th June 2024.11. Season Three: The Grand Finale
59:48||Season 3, Ep. 11In which we look back at the 60 tunes that featured in Season Three, counting down the final totals on the Master Scoreboard, and seeing where this leaves our cumulative Mother Board.Playlst for Season Three, in chronological orderWe'll be back with Season Four at the end of June.