Top of the Pops 2nd May 1991

Words: Chris ArnsbySimon Mayo: “Hello. Good evening. Tonight is club night. Welcome to the nicest nightclub in the nation with no dress sense required [glances at the woman to his right]… as you can probably tell. We’re going to start with the most incredible opening to Top of the Pops ever, ever seen. I mean it. Try this at number three. This is KLF. Take it lads.” [3] THE KLF: LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL. The Main Stage is full. I count 11 people, 10 of them dressed in white, diaphanous, robes and Ricardo da Force wearing black. Oh and Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty (or should that be King Boy D and Rockman Rock?) both have a single enormous tusk strapped to their head. I’m full of admiration to The KLF for entering into the spirit of Top of the Pops and managing to turn each performance into a spectacle without sending up the programme. Michael Hurll also deserves a lot of praise as well. He treats this performance as an exercise in directorial precision. He’s designated the guitarist…