- Best Videos Ever #3: Adam Ant - Prince Charming

There was a time when a band or an artist would do a Peel session or two and then within a couple of years become the biggest band in the World. This was the case for one Stuart Leslie Goddard and his gang and the status they had achieved by the time they released this masterpiece. Growing up as a nipper named Adam in the late 70s and early 80s, there was really never going to be any escaping the nickname Adam Ant, although given the Godlike genius of music like this, it was something I could live with, even at the age of 8. I've just listened to this seven times in a row while writing this post and the hairs are tingling on the back of my neck still. The late great Diana Dors looks about as magnificent as it's possible for a fifty-year-old woman to look. I expect arms-crossed prancing galore while you're watching this! And people tell you the eighties were crap, honestly...

- Unsatisfactory Euro Result: 8th April, 1981

I’m continuing my slow and unsteady slowing down of that fabulous batch of early 80s shows that surfaced over on JP Everyday a while back. This time it’s the 8th April, 1981 show. The name of the file had thus far led me to believe that this might have been from May, but a bit of checking based on results for the 1981 European Cup semi final show that this is definitely from April. Peel bemoans the poor Euro result near the start of the program, referring to the 0-0 home draw with Bayern in the first leg of the semi final. The reds did go on, however, to draw 1-1 in the away leg and then trounce Real Madrid 1-0 in the final. I feel a youtube moment coming on…


Men with perms and moustaches play football in the early 80s

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