Jimmy summervillle had a head like a light bulb

Steve who

Quite possibly Freddie’s worst performance ever. Here’s a scary fact though, we’re as far away from the 80s as the 80s was from the 40s.

Dead or no dead

The Freddie video was hilarious, talk about a false front bless him.

Paul...you are talking about the crappy commercial dance music which gets into the mainstream charts, no problemo. but there is a lot of great innovative DM using different beats, etc. that doesn't get much exposure. hardly any in fact. And ironically you have shown THE HARD WAY, of making DM. Most "producers" use samples nowadays. :-0

so many people in this edition that are no longer around; Peel & Long / Mercury / Hairston /Burns /Divine / Nelson /etc.

I was living in London and bought Steve Arringtons record. Absolutely loved it. I still have it!

Hey! It's Mr.T

Steve Arrington is singing live here!

Oh take me back to the 80s ❤

John Peel must have despised a lot of those songs. Such crap!

I remember this episode and your song at No. 1. It still sounds fresh. Little did we know much more war was coming for the Americans. Greetings from Prague, CZ

Kinda worrying seeing John Peel having to ham it up - bet he hated doing it! Janice Long, trailblazer. Both sadly missed, for different reasons. Many musicians owe them a great deal. "Oooh ya beast!" Great to see them having fun. Yeah... "remedial surgery" for today's over-processed soulless muzak indeed...

"19" is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.

Artists had charisma, songs were different.

Rare TV appearance by the late, great Curtis Hairston, gone too soon RIP

Divine, hah what a song, if it came out now the gammons would go mad

You can tell the difference in the UK and the US stuff. In the 80s all UK music was basically trying to intellectual and US stuff couldn't do that at all, they just sounded like idiots 95% of them. This program probes that even more. 1979 to 1989 was the best time in music, everything was basically high end pop and new wave. So much good stuff. Unfortunately that was over by the time we got the 90s with all this britpop wank. But at least we got 10 years of brilliant stuff from England. Today's it's all douchebags that havent made 3 seconds of music worth listening to. UK have Mesh and the US have Light Asylum, and thats it.. the rest worth listening to is from the early 80s.

Opens with Weller and a black girl from england thats good-looking.... that's a first. Wow 😎

Jimmy Nail. 😂😅😂

Curtis Hairston just brilliant 😎😎

Crispy as hell as always sir

Was 17 when these jams were in the chart 🤗🇮🇪

Dee C Lee!

I agree with you, Mr. Hardcastle...one of my classmates introduced me to your music a while back and I've been hooked ever since...when I hear Helen Rogers, Maxine Hardcastle, and Becki Biggins...I go crazy(not literally)...they just get me hyped, thanks to my classmates Anthony Cogman and Yossarian Jackson🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

just when music turnd shite !

He's always been one of my favorites. He creates hits without even trying. What a genius

Take me back.....😢🙄🎉....

Awesome episode. Loving the witty banter inbetween the tunes with one of my all-time favorites of John Peel.

EURYTHMICS<3

lots now dead in video

19 just takes me back to better times.

I left my teenage years behind me in 1986 and count myself blessed to have been the age I was during the '80s; being able to appreciate the music

I remember 19. Went to HMV and bought the single

So glad I was 15 in 1990, I got the rave scene. ❤

Wow, 1985 had such a diverse rangle of musical styles in the charts ❤

It was a pretty poor year for mainstream music. The Godley & Creme video of quite clever though.

Loved Janice long…sad she’s no longer with us.

R.I,P To The Poor Lads in Vietnam...

what an awful collection of dross. this was probably the worst the 80s had to offer. edit with the exception of simple minds that oozes 80s and n n nn n n nn 19!

Mac is with you in spirit when making this video as evidenced with the chimes blowing at his mention of Mac name behind you Paul,Blessings be with you.

I forgot how embarrassingly bad music was in the eighties.

Jimmy Nail with Roger Taylor on Drums and Rick Parfitt on Guitar. So Queen, Status Quo backing an actor singing a cover, but hey it made the charts.

Amazing to think that all that stage gear , clothes mics helicopter lights etc are now buried in the ground never to be seen again .

What's with the Bass with Weller?

The Godley and Cream video is still mesmerizing 👍

Between Freddie Mercury, Divine, Jimmy Somerville and Marc Almond (and all singing hideously shite songs) I'm amazed that any of us escaped that wretched decade without being bummed.

It aint easy....he just makes it look easy....

I'm not a music maker, conductor, or composer, but that doesn't seem or sound boring or dull AT ALL!! You don't appear bored either. It sounds really good to ME.