Hahaha. I am having a relaxing Friday night, I turned the tv on and one of the channels has a Top of the Pops on from 1988. Top of the Pops was, you got it, the UK’s weekly show of chart music. It gradually lost popularity and finished, I think, in the mid-nineties, but in 1988 was still going strong.
Memories galore. Any of you remember these?
- DJ Gary Davies doing the presenting, for a start! Whatever happened to him?
- Pet Shop Boys – god they were so depressing! Always on my Mind.
- Belinda Carlisle. Remember her? I had that one – on cassette. Heaven is a Place on Earth
- Someone who thinks we’re alone now. Was that Tiffany?
- Ooooooh, Kylie. Kylie is about my age, so that would have made her this raunchy 20-year-old (just as I was 🙂), lying in a bath covered with soap suds. Hadn’t that already been done? I was going to say gorgeous but all I can think of is hair. She should be so Lucky!
- Whitney Houston, of course. Warble, warble, warble. One Moment in Time.
- Enya. Actually she’s a decent Irish artist and I have listened to her since then. Orinoco Flow.
- The mighty Aswad. Yes, this must have been 1988, this is imprinted on my brain.
- A brilliant track that I haven’t heard for years. It had an excellent video, too. I have got to feature this in Song Lyric Sunday one day. Fairground Attraction, Perfect. But what is she wearing????
- Love Changes Everything by Climie Fisher. Passed me by, but #2 so obviously did pretty well.
- Bros. When will I be famous? When will they be quiet?
- Bobby McFerrin must have re-released Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Class!
- Some anonymous boy band, which shall remain anonymous.
- It is the bloody Pet Shop Boys again. It is just called Heart. That guy on the keyboard must be good, he’s playing it with one finger!
- And lastly, Cliff, Miseltoe and Whine.
So that was 1988. Anybody wishing to go back to that time, be careful what you wish for!
Mister Bump 
It was much worse in the days when every act mimed to their record and were not media savvy!
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Seems very sensible to me, I suspect most of them were better miners than singers 🙂
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I knew a few immediately; Whitney, Pet Shop Boys (2 songs?!) and of course Bobby Mc Ferrin. And the I think we’re alone now …. such an earwurm!
No I’ll pass the time machine this time, no 1988 for me. But no George Michael or Wham? Or Bowie? I’m confused I guess in which year was which song.
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George Michael was definitely around then, but if he was on, I missed him. In fact, they had a second episode, also from 1988, back to back. Started off with Loco in Acapulco and Two Hearts, much more to my taste.
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Yeah the Four Tops ❤ they are way more fun! Friday is a good day for some oldies, to begin the weekend on a good note
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We must go christmas food shopping tomorrow – so it is all downhill from here 😄
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You can listen to those lovely Christmas songs 🙂 1988-1989 had good songs too!
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’89 was the year I sat my finals. I have strong memories of some songs around that time, but spent the first half of the year in the library!
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Kissing a Fool is from 1988. I remember because it were the years I heard real music for the first time. O what a wonderful world that is 🙂
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I will look that one up!
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I recognise it now that I hear it. He had a very “blues” voice, once he moved beyond just “pop”, it was lovely. Slaapwel, Kacha.
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