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Legs & Co. dancing to Searching by Change on Top of The Pops, Thursday 2nd October 1980.

I think I can follow the costume designer’s reasoning here.

1. The song is called “Searching”
2. There was a film called “The Searchers” in 1956 (starring John Wayne)
3. “The Searchers” was a western
4. So costumes should be western style shirts and cowboy boots. QED!

“The Searchers” as a western movie looms surprisingly large in the history of pop: giving a name to the sixties beat group of course, and John Wayne’s sardonic catch phrase in the film, “That’ll be the day!” inspired Buddy Holly’s song of the same name.

Top of the Pops, 29 September 1977:
Legs & Co. dance to Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post.

Some comments from the old blog:

74benja81 said:

Love this song from Bob back in 1978. Love the Legs and Co dance routine. The only suggestion I would make about this clip, is they would have looked better dancing to this song in Grass skirts, rather than these long summer dresses. It would have looked cracking, and been in theme with a Caribbean feel to it. Love the clip though. Benja 🙂
20 December 2011 11:59

PattiforPM said:

… I love the close ups at the end finishing with the lovely Rosie.
22 October 2011 19:29

Suefan said:

Yes indeed. A splendidly appropriate routine for the moment and skirt swishing to boot!! Great stuff. And I see Flick finally managed to find a use for all those yards of net curtain material she had left over.
21 October 2011 08:22

Top of the Pops 25 September 1980 Legs & Co. dance to Another One Bites the Dust by Queen.

Legs & Co. in lacey black jumpsuits, dancing to a funky Queen number. An unusual routine hampered by the BBC technicians’ enthusiasm for then-cool video effects.

From the old blog, Tuesday, 1 March 2011:

Here’s a clip featuring Legs & Co. in lacey outfits, dancing to Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust on Top of the Pops.

Thanks again to the mysterious Bonanza for sending me this clip.

comments:

Some Guy said…

Yes thanks to Bonanza, keep em coming. A bit weird this one, nice work from Pauline, love the glove action, and a few nice shots of the goddess.

1 March 2011 21:16

PattiforPM said…

This is another creative one and I’m not sure I fully understand but I love the quick-fire filming and the outfits are admirable. Makes me think of undercover agents but I’m probably way off base (and fantasizing yet again)

2 March 2011 01:06

Suefan said…

Certainly another interesting routine and those outfits are certainly different but for some unfathomable reason it never fully works for me.

2 March 2011 13:50

jez said…

ive got to admit i really cant remember them doing this routine fist time round pheraps it was one of the rare occasions when i missed watching totp for the night, and i still can’t watch it now coz my computer won’t play the clip.

5 March 2011 13:08

TOTP, 22 September 1977: Legs & Co. dance to Best of My Love by The Emotions.

From the old blog, Saturday, 5 February 2011:

Another gem from PattiforPM: many thanks. Legs & Co. dance to the Emotions’ Best of My Love.

It doesn’t take much to make me happy. ⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠

comments:

Some Guy said…

Well done princess Lulu. 200 up on this blog. Thank you.

6 February 2011 00:55

Top of the Pops 20 September 1979
Legs & Co. dance to Don’t Bring Me Down by ELO.

Update 23 August 2018: upgraded video.

Like the Fantasy routine eighteen month previously, this performance is part of the Great British Tradition of Scaffolding in TV Pop. But unfortunately, these performances are obscured by wide horizontal metal strips in front of the dancers, framing perspex sheets. Why? Was somebody tightening up on Health & Safety at the BBC? Shame.

Top of the Pops, 13 September 1979:
Legs & Co. dance to Frantique’s Strut Your Funky Stuff.

From the old blog, Wednesday, 16 February 2011

DLT introduces Legs & Co. dancing to Frantique’s Strut Your Funky Stuff.

Thanks to PattiforPM, who sent in this clip.

comments:

PattiforPM said…

I really love Lulu in this routine. She is so obviously enjoying herself and the song suits the Troupe to a tee

18 February 2011 02:50

Suefan said…

Love Lulu’s big hair.

18 February 2011 12:26

jez said…

i love lulu in all the routines thanks for the posting of this routine

18 February 2011 13:14

I went a bit over the top in the second posting. From the old blog, Tuesday, 30 September 2014:

Some of the more outré interpretations of quantum mechanics posit the existence of countless universes parallel to our own, each spawned whenever any decision forces the uncertainness of a quantum system to collapse into mundane reality. Let’s imagine one of those worlds: a yewtree-less world, where deejays are all pillars of society. Look, I can open a portal to that other world, on one Thursday night around now, around 7.45 pm. What’s on BBC4?

It’s Legs & Co., dancing to Frantique’s “Strut Your Funky Stuff” on Top of the Pops. From 13 September 1979.

There’s nothing earth-shaking here: just a lot of fine dancing to a great example of a disco record from the period. Such a shame we must be denied it in our wretched universe.

comment:

Some Guy said…

In fact YMG, id say your previous posting from 16th Feb 2011 is by far the best visual clip of this on the net.

2 October 2014 20:35