59 episodes
Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? Mike Atkinson
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Each episode, we look at six hit singles that were in the same position in the UK Top 10 exactly ten years apart, from the 1960s through to the 2010s. We talk about them, you vote for them, and points are awarded to the decades which they represent. As the episodes roll on, the votes roll in, and the points stack up, which decade will ultimately emerge as Tops For Pops?
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Season Three: The Grand Finale
In 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 order
We'll be back with Season Four at the end of June.
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Express Results Bulletin: S3 E10
With no guest and no Master Scoreboard, we thought this would be a quick one. But then we got talking about periods when pop treads water, and the democratisation of its means of production, and the She Drives Me Crazy thwock, and the baffling 2006 disdain for Bridge Over Troubled Water, and communal/collective pop vs introspective headphone music, and cats in panto, and pretending to be gay in strip clubs... and, well, let's just say that things escalated.
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Elvis Presley vs Simon & Garfunkel vs Detroit Spinners vs Paula Abdul vs Sisqo vs Professor Green
A demobbed King reclaims his crown, the Wichita Lineman crew triumph again, the sound of 1976 reappears in 1980, a choreographer jives with a cat, the Cosmo Smallpiece of millennial R&B plays fast and loose with co-writing credits, and a player gets played right back.
YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bits
To 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.com
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Monday 13th May 2024.
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Express Results Bulletin: S3 E9
It's raining meh, hallelujah! Patreon subscriber (and actual real-life musician) Jeff draws the short straw and joins us to pick over the results of Episode 9: a selection of tunes so forgettable that we end up discussing carp. Yes, carp.
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The Who vs Duane Eddy vs David Grant/Jaki Graham vs Bucketheads vs Melanie C vs Sia
DJ Trev says:
Do you love the Meh Zone? Are you all about those tunes that are "OK, I guess"? Then you need to listen to the next episode of Which Decade Is Tops For Pops - because it's A-Meeeeeh-Zing!
Nick Parkhouse says:
This is not an episode where everything's a 5-star a la carte entree, or everything's absolutely terrible and I've vomited into the sink - this is an episode where a waiter serves you a plate full of cream crackers.
If that's whetted your appetite, then you're in for tastebud-bursting treat!
YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks & bonus bits
To 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.com
The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Tuesday 23rd April 2024.
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Express Results Bulletin: S3 E8
With the help of Patreon subscriber Mark, we unveil the latest set of results, with digressions that include a statistical history of fadeouts in chart pop, alarming encounters with dancehall MCs, a big-up for The Heritage Chart Show podcast, and a mouth-watering soundbite to get your juices flowing for Episode 9.
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Customer Reviews
Fascinating fun and frivolous
Mike, Nick and Trev are wonderful guides through 6 decades of pop from the good to the bad to the downright ugly. Full of fun facts, trivia, analysis and fun from start to finish! Bit which decade will come out on top?!