John Peel's TV Hell: Rock Bottom

[@nicjones2985]

Is it me, or are the great Peel's closing comments eerily prophetic?

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Richard Weir: Phillip and Vanessa weren't the only ones to use 'frigidaire' in their lyrics. Dana sang the line 'freezing in your frigidaire' in her 1979 hit 'Something's Cooking In The Kitchen'.

[@eyevocal]

Dean and the Weenies had the line "You'd look cooler if you wore a Frigidaire" in their song "F*** You."

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@eyevocal Thank you for that, my friend.

[@mejsmith1]

A nice reminder that crappy music exists in every decade.

[@styxcreek]

this has helped me get over any 70s nostalgia i might've had. thanks.

[@jambutty2218]

Only John Peel could encourage me to watch , what I originally avoided like the plague.

[@bobacrey1068]

Why did you have to leave us Mr Peel. We seriously need your genius RIP

[@SuperDraax]

oh i remember this! I loved the day we could recieve TV Hell in the Netehrlands

[@anonUK]

The Orville song, the Smurfs effort and There's No-one Quite like Grandma were musically the worst- although at least they were all made for kids. However, for Jonathan King's musical output and the various Spurs football songs in particular there is no conceivable excuse. The Two Sleepy People was the gloopiest love song I've ever endured- I never knew Chris Langham ever sang in drag. And who told Roussos to sing that song in that key?

[@pigknickers2975]

Almost died laughing when Peel did the bit about wigs and then Wogan appeared! BRILLIANT! Just miss Peel loads still though ;(

[@raylooney1788]

WHAT!!!!Wogan had a convincing and healthy full head o hair!how dare you!!!!

[@pigknickers2975]

Not only that but two other full sets for spare xD

[@raylooney1788]

I reckon they could be used for herding up sheep!! that hair has not changed in 30 years,maybe time for an elton john!!

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

Wogan did the floral dance because charity shops need some worthless vinyl to hold on to, and that ones sure to never ever shift! Although it would be nice if another square character like alan partridge did a version of it! I'd buy it!!!!

[@alcockell]

We've just suffered through a few of these in the TOTP197x run on BBC4...

[@sharona1981]

Jonathan King should have been burned at the stake for things a lot worse than his music. I do miss John Peel; loved his deadpan humour.

[@vymmas]

i'd take all those songs over the crap in the charts right now.

[@michaelmarron8441]

Don't be ridiculous

[@michaelturner4457]

Well some of those songs. I draw the lines at Orville, Jimmy Osmond, and St Winnifred School Choir.

[@andywatts8654]

Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep?!

[@jeremypreece870]

They say that there is a rational explanation for everything. Watching some of these clips, I now doubt that!

[@KaydeyRai]

Worst was Simon May’s horrifically tuneless performance of We’ll gather lilacs and the Orville song imo

[@vanillaorchid]

Why did Toto Cuelo wear bin bags? Because they were rubbish. Best Smash Hits joke ever.

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

'Grandma' by St Winifred's School Choir is what sent Dr Harold Shipman over the edge

[@stephenchappell7512]

The present government is Harold Shipman on steroids

[@anonUK]

Not anymore, there isn't.

[@victorray2011]

Did/Does DLT have any discernable talent?

[@JFBridge]

Love that final comment : "You'll have to pay me more...."

[@stephencampbell2115]

They played 2 sleepy people on Boom radio and yes i can confirm its still bloody awful

[@ZXwarp]

One or two cheesy bombshells that had totally slipped my mind in there.

[@zetetick395]

Fuck me dead some of this is truly excruciating! :S

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

Unfortunately these songs weren't the worst things Jonathan King did.

[@blakes8126]

Danny Mirror?!... On reflection...

[@meahoola]

I always thought German television was uniquely embarrassing. Good to know this isn't so.

[@jameschavez6400]

If the man in the rocking chair is bell chain me to the wall,no rather chain me to his rocking hair for I’d❤️🥰

[@MrDannyDetail]

I defintitely must have watched this at the time. I knew I remembered Man from Nazareth, I Remember Elvis Presley and the Johnathan King stuff from some show or other when I was a kid. This show must've had a big impact on 8 or 9 year old me at the time as I have had a fondness for the cheesy hits ever since and many of the featured tracks are on my iPod and regularly played (did I just admit to that in public :-o ?).

[@barbarakirk1451]

There was the routine for Status Quo's Living On An Island during the Pan's People/Legs & Co bit! The one where Queen Elizabeth 1 and other historical characters are dancing on a map of the UK.

[@michaelturner4457]

I always liked Pan's People

[@Ndlanding]

I've only got to "Grandma" and I'm spewing. It comes flooding back, and up, and flying out my geggie! Can I carry on through Terry W? Yes, and it only got worser! Some true classic shite here, although there are plenty of songs that just didn't make it. Maybe we could revive John Peel and have the Top 10 of Pathos ("Honey" has to be Nº 1) and the Top 10 of Crashes (e.g. Leader of the Pack, Dead Man's Curve, Terry). Anyway, many thanks for ruining my week! :)

[@stephensaunderson237]

Top of the pops was always much better with the BBC'S favourite Jimmy Saville. They never really recovered from his death and finding replacements for him wasn't easy although the BBC managed it admirably.

[@garycoombs6523]

I can’t unsee this shit

[@Algahiem]

Well, they don't make 'em like that anymore...thank God.

[@Tautolonaut]

ah, Paul and Angus in happier times...

[@personmcpersonface8894]

Top of the Plops?

[@j0hnf_uk]

To be fair, some where better than others, with the others being even worse.

[@vymmas]

What the hell is 'Seven Tears's doing in the top 10 worst songs? It's a classic.

[@MilesBellas]

Clive Dunn : Grandad = classic song

[@gallafey]

The Saint Winifreds School beat John Lennon to the Christmas Top spot in 1980 dam!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

gallafey sacrilege

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Like that fake Italian cunt beating ultravox with shut up ya face

[@YAHUAHsgotmysix]

@@Eleventhearlofmars Midge Ure actually decked him in a BBC stairwell on hearing it kept Ultravox off top spot.

[@BillyBlagg]

..and let's not even start with Jonathan King who out-saviled Jim by almost a decade.

[@sonnyday6210]

how did even get famous when he did a spoof thinking Pet Shop Boys Its a Sin sounded like Baby its a wild world, needed locking up for that

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

He wants killing just for ripping 10cc off alone! And naming them after a level of ejaculate dirty bastard!!!!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Ndlanding admiration of paedos ain’t the way to go fella.🤣

[@Ndlanding]

@@Eleventhearlofmars Admiration of individual skills is fine, I reckon. Plenty of people are black & white. I carefully mentioned "choirboys" in order to point this out.

[@vymmas]

actually maybe not all of them

[@knshinn2]

"I Eat Cannibals"? Great song and a great group! What is it doing in this list of crud? Put any Spice Girls number in in its place,

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Because it is crud! But to like it is your right and I respect that.

[@Ndlanding]

@@Agnethatheredhairkid And I respect his right to add the Spice Girls!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Lyrically appealing

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@Ndlanding Your point being???

[@lewisner]

Peel would have been OK with Jemima Osmond.

[@petergoode4737]

jimmy Osmond worst annoying song ever!!!

[@robertperry9576]

I liked a few of these. Not many...

[@johntitor.]

Even as a child I wanted to throttle jimmy osmand

[@vanillaorchid]

He had the most slappable face.

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

Yeah! He looked like a twat who was bound to have a successful business when he got older and never get his comeuppance for this shit! Honestly he REALLY deserved to suffer for this little shit!!!!

[@paulmanly3694]

I still do.

[@eyebrowman1]

Orville's Song. Jeesus. That's gotta be the most kitsch and dreadful of all umho.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

'The Birdie Song' should have been #1 in that list of the crap de la crap. Awful tune.

[@warren218]

Of all the girls in that Grandma choir they picked that one??

[@thewholetwelveinches2509]

Apparently she'd recently lost some front teeth so it messed her singing up!

[@paulmanly3694]

I thought it was Hilda Baker.

[@eyebrowman1]

Yeah you'd think there'd have been a better soloist than that. She's got a lisp.

[@libman2006]

Oh thank god it's only 25 minutes, any longer and I might of had to kill myself. :p But seriously he really does know how to pick the bad and should of known what I was getting into before I started watching.

[@chrisvalkyrie]

Black LACE AWESOME...

[@zetametallic]

I was happy with all of it except for Black Lace- Agadoo. Learnt the moves off the Wide Awake Club and still remember them😆

[@Ndlanding]

Black LACE AWE NO!

[@eyebrowman1]

​@@NdlandingAgadoo earned a gold disc (half a million copies plus) in the UK.

[@simonmoore2380]

There was 2 lads in the St.Winifreds School Choir singing the grandma song among the dozens of girls. I wonder how many times they got beaten up over that LOL

[@conscienceaginBlackadder]

You posting on a TOTP video in post-paedo time + openly telllng us that irrational unjust malreatment of kids is lol and funny, are you?

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

4:11 is what sent Dr Harold Shipman over the edge

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

TomthatiscalledTom 😂

[@user-vg5rv5xf4u]

Windfuck is not a fair comment

[@JasmineSurrealVideos]

I think it's what you are universally meant to find excruciating, I don't personally like any of these songs except Toto Coelo I Eat Cannibal which was er incredible lol! There's some bands and singers around that I personally find unlistenable and cringe that lots of people think are brilliant, as well.

[@NeilThompson30]

John Peel's TV hell?! - doesn't really make sense does it - none of this has anything to do with Peely - it's common knowledge (to me) that Peely hated certain bands and the three that come straight to mind are (cue fanfare) - The Police, Dire Straits and U2 - and I hate them too - why aren't these on here?

[@sonnyday6210]

uhh poor you

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Why do you hate those 3 bands you mentioned? Is it because they started off as underground bands and ended up becoming mainstream? The same boring old story that I see many early Genesis fans think as well, all I can say is it’s much better to open your mind to everything, that way you’ll get to enjoy much more.

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

Madrigalman22 the police are creamed shit, i think we can all agree. U2 had some ok songs but it is far from their punk roots they strayed, often into bland garbage, and Dire Straits were just kinda meh. Yes people mindlessly despise them for being avidly commercial but disliking music that's been thrown in your face is pretty reasonable. more reasonable than liking the police

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Arianrhod Hyde I don’t think we can all agree mate. The police aren’t shit ffs, I don’t want to argue the toss if your not willing to substantiate on why your calling a band like the police shit? For what reason are they shit? They were all talented musicians who sold stadiums out in the 80s and again more recently when they reformed for a series of shows.

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

all their songs sound the exact same, and what they sound like is bland cod reggae. in fairness that's Just My Opinion and you're entitled to yours, but i'll also point out that popularity isn't an indication of quality, especially during the age of heavy promotion/payola in the UK

[@gallafey]

I disagree with no 6 record Seven Tear is rather good song, better than anything boyand 2000 as for Renie & Ranarto & Black Lace well there a gulty pleasure really arn't they but Keith Harris Orvil & The Smerfs, SOMEBODY GET THE GRANADE LAUNCHER

[@Cribblet]

I will hear NO bad talk of 'CIDER DRINKER!' It mades me wot oi am tdayeeee

[@anonUK]

Arrr!!! And it's a parody of Jonathan King.

[@jreefers1]

....omfg.....The HUMANITY!

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

I was born in the week "forever and ever" by demis roussos got to number 1 in mid july 1976! Thanks demis couldn't I have arrived a week earlier and then it would've been "you to me are everything" by the real thing, which I know isn't much better but it would've been easier to admit to than that drossy crooner crap!! Still could've been worse! I REALLY feel for anyone born in the week renee and renalto got to the top! Poor bastards!!!! And it was a christmas number 1!!!!

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Twitchygiraffe: My nephew was born in the first week of January 1983 when that abomination was #1!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Demis Roussos was great man , don’t knock Demis, basil brushes best friend, king of the kimono, won hairiest man alive award three years running, and was an impressionists wet dream, god rest his soul.🤣

[@Neptuneman07]

Yeah that's a load of crap but still like 3 cornball novelty tunes in it.

[@johnking5174]

As Jimmy Carr called the programme "Tops Off For Pops"

[@styxcreek]

i quite like the jonathon king song.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Nathan Parsons nooooooooooooo blaspheme

[@andrewmatthews6861]

john r I p 🕶️

[@steveat22]

saville introduces king - 2 pedos !

[@revalesq]

Winner winner tofu dinner. WOW such garbage!!!!

[@ronnieparkerscott6223]

Yep! Music was shit on TOTP... Good riddance!

[@michaelleacy]

LOng haired Lover from liverpool - who actually bought that? It's so awful I couldn't sit through 20 seconds of it. Had to turn it off. Imagine deciding to buy it and then listen to it on repeat

[@Ndlanding]

I had a giant LJO poster on my wall, next to Donny and a couple of other turds. Flatmates hated it, but it sure made the girlies love me. :)

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

michaelleacy people with long hair from Liverpool could be a possibility?🤣

[@StanPomeray]

There's no-one "quite like" Grandma? Of course there is....there's probably millions of people who are "quite like" your grandma. There may not be that many who are exactly like her of course........

[@Ndlanding]

i DON'T AGREE.

[@lotterytipster538]

Rock bottom, I would go further and say Rubbish

[@Rich27014]

possibly the only use of 'frigidaire' in song lyrics...? Dear God.....

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Richard Weir I’m sure a Dana song also featured that word? Somethings cooking in the kitchen

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Neil Stevens: I told you that 3 years ago!

[@Ndlanding]

@@Agnethatheredhairkid 3 years and 3 months ago

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@Ndlanding Bloody well right, darlin'!

[@Cribblet]

Yeah at least they are taking the mick outta themselves:)

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Now I have Aural Rot.

[@martinfarnworth6659]

you're not going to hear that DLT song on the radio anymore

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

The thing is, all these songs are better than 99% of the songs John played in the last 20 years of his radio show!

[@sonnyday6210]

You have to take into account that when yo u get to a certain age you stop liking the modern music, I like mostly the older heavy rock songs but like new stuff asswell

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Very true, Sonny.

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

"You have to take into account that when yo u get to a certain age you stop liking the modern music" I agree. I'm 34 and I personally don't think there's been more than 10 good songs recorded in the last 10 years! The songs here came out when John was in his 20s, 30s and 40s. Nobody in radio played as many modern, new songs as John did. My original point was that John liked, or at least played modern, new unlistenable rubbish which was worse than the so-called rubbish listed here.

[@Nautilus1972]

Balls. Peely was the first to put bands like Public Enemy on the airwaves. Didn't he put Tubular Bells on repeat once?

[@concatinate]

@@Nautilus1972 wrote: Peely was the first to put bands like Public Enemy on the airwaves Mr P. may have exposed plenty of fine bands, but putting moronic bilge like that on the airwaves is an aural and cultural sin up there with the Osmonds, thanks.

[@mAiSiEbOOOO]

Instead of Black Lace, Russ Abbot's Atmosphere should represent the worst of 1980s trash pop.

[@lfc290]

Spot the weirdos

[@pandham958]

@h.tilet