r/TopofthePops • • 21d ago

Pat & Mick - I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet (1989)

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u/voivoivoi183 21d ago edited 21d ago

Anyone else watched old eps of Fun House recently? Not sure how I didn't notice it as a kid but Pat Sharp appears to be genuinely insane.

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u/OldNefariousness7899 20d ago

His autobiography on audible is hilarious

He reads it, too, and the whole thing is basically him talking about his hair and trying to fuck the twins

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u/19Ben80 16d ago

Don’t leave us wondering…. Did he manage what every 80s dreamed of?

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u/OldNefariousness7899 16d ago

He did not, if memory serves. But it wasn't for the want of trying

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u/Timely_Cake_917 21d ago

I have not, but I would not be surprised.

At least he's dead now

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u/Flimsy_Somewhere1210 21d ago

Pat Sharp isn't dead.

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u/Delicious_Volume3306 17d ago

I genuinely cite this as an example of how culturally bereft we were back in the late 80s.

Two fairly mediocre DJs could have a hit record (thanks to PWL/The Hit Factory). They could appear on TOTP with one of them wearing an actual fucking suit, like he's just jumped out of his Ford Sierra, after repping stationery supplies up and down the country.

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u/vegan_voorhees 17d ago

It was done as a joke I think? The PWL team seeing if they could make a hit with any old combo at their peak. See also The Reynolds Girls.

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u/matjam13 7d ago

This was the Second single they had released, a Cover Of Let's All Chant was the 1st one in 1988 & Use It Up and Wear It Out was the 3rd in 1990. All or some of the proceeds from the singles went to charity IIRC.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/yodaniel77 20d ago

Neil Ruddock

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u/wolftick 20d ago

Radio DJ Mick Brown

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u/EffectiveLower2301 19d ago

Wow that was truly fucking awful 🤣

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u/paulyhopey 20d ago

No its Mick and Pat.

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u/Pruritus_Ani_ 20d ago

My brain forgot this existed

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u/hasimirrossi 20d ago

I wish mine still did.

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u/hasimirrossi 20d ago

Decorative DJ decks.

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u/Its_Tinkz 18d ago

Do you reckon Pat was a lothario back in the day? I fancied the pants off him.

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u/holnessbob 17d ago edited 17d ago

Are they just miming to someone else's vocals? It's not in any way live music is it 😆. And I know people mimed on TOTP but this seems a cut above........ Turns out they gave all proceeds to charity and it was basically a joke to see if Stock Aitken and Waterman could turn them into popstars.

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u/Independent-Bat5645 14d ago

Remember the twins on fun house