Top of the Pops 6th September 1991

Words: Chris ArnsbyJakki Brambles: “Hello, good evening, and welcome along to Top of the Pops. The nation’s finest music show. Tonight we’re checking out the Top Forty Breakers looking at what’s heading up the charts. Also, we have five acts in the studio. The first of which are at number eight. They’re from Liverpool, will you please welcome in the studio Oceanic.” [8] OCEANIC: INSANITY. Barely two weeks ago I suggested that Oceanic would have made a better opening act than Midge Ure. Nice of Stanley Appel to take my advice. Let’s see what he does with them. Hmm. This doesn’t feel as punchy as the last performance. There’s more of a reliance on sweeping pans from the camera cranes which always seem to lack the immediacy of handheld camera shots. Possibly because the cranes have to be set back behind the crowd round the stage. This is good but the performance on the 22/08/1991 show was great. Also, what happens on the opening pan as the camera moves out from under the studio bridge? A…