Deliberate joke.

Agreed. Tonight as a whole was not great, Blue Jean was OK, Loving the Alien was genuinely brilliant.

Oh yeah, I’m far more of a Bunnymen fan than a Frankie fan, but those three singles in 1984 were just fantastic, and better than at least two-thirds of this list.

Coming from a country where Frankie Goes to Hollywood absolutely dominated the 1984 charts in a way no new band had done since another popular beat combo from Liverpool 20ish years earlier, it’s very jarring to see Echo & the Bunnymen as the city’s only representatives in this list.

I knew that! “Where is the light that I thought to see in your eye?”

He appears in the Muppets scene where Swedish Chef does Rappers Delight at karaoke.  Nothing outranks that.

I think that the best these shows can do is delay early on-set republicanism.

Where are all the avatars?

Has he had a sex scene with Cate Blanchett?

Also, The Downeaster Alexa.

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant for me.  My daughter’s is Vienna ever since hearing it in 13 Going on 30/Suddenly 30.  She saw the film at the age of about 6, and I vividly remember looking down at her during that scene and she was in floods of tears.

I wouldn’t say it’s surprising.  He does have a bit of a reputation for outspokenness.

She would seem an obvious candidate. Which Eccleston must know.

“everyone’s flabbergasted that J.Lo’s character is married to Mikey Day’s character”

Outlander has a lot to answer for.

Not Oxford Blues?

I’d also think of Young Guns as a Brat Pack film.

It was more unbelievably cruel than saying she wasn’t pretty enough for TV. She said she’d never work on screen because one side of her face looked like she’s had a stroke.

Or in 2024.

I’ll take your word for it, Big Star don’t have a huge following here in the UK, and there were certainly no Big Star albums in my older brother’s record collection (my main source of 70s albums).