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http://www.rtl.de/musik/musik_804442.php

The German TV Station RTL will broadcast a new Chartshow, about the greatest hits of the 80ies.

So tomorrow I´ll see it... Germany bears PSB in mind.

Musical guests in the studio are Nena, OMD, Spliff, Münchner Freiheit, Hubert Kah, Paul Young, Sandra and Maggie Reilly. I'm really looking forward to OMD!

So Pet Shop Boys were the Number 1! Well deserved.

PS sorry, forgot to write the number.

Betty wrote:So Pet Shop Boys were the Number! Well deserved.

Number???? I didn´t see this programme till the end!!! just reached to number 15.

Number 1 ! No Joke !

http://www.rtl.de/musik/musik_903566.php

Btw the show is on right now again...

tenlow wrote:Number 1 ! No Joke !

http://www.rtl.de/musik/musik_903566.php

Btw the show is on right now again...

What video was shown????? Oh my God I didn´t expect that!!! Watching the programme now, thank you for telling me tenlow!!
And how couldn´t they perform for such special moment???!!!
WOW so Sandra and PSB again for me!!

There are several shows of this kind on
the telly these days and nobody knows
how they come to their rankings which
seem different every time ... you could
'vote' the acts or bands via internet as
far as I know so honestly, I don't take
it toooo serious. What I liked was OMD
in person in this show (Andy McCluskey
and Paul Humphreys).

Hehe, Modern Talking more successful
than Depeche ... ridiculous.

Anyway, PSB being N° 1 looks good ...

Hehe, Modern Talking more successful
than Depeche ... ridiculous. Laughing

PSB #1 and that MTalking thing makes this list suspicious!

Yeah, an 80s show every several weeks
with no proof or explanation of the 'ran-
kings' being different each time.
There are only 80s acts in that show not
being successfull these days and since
then. And they don't even perform live I
suppose. An opportunity for non success-
ful 80s relicts for being 'present' in public
and earn a few cents ...
That says a lot about these kind of shows
and their reliability. Seems they want to
make their money with remembering the
people of the 80s by telling about 'olde'
ex-stars and how they live today. Bands
who are still successfull get some ranking
(unexplained how it came to it) but don't
appear in that show. Why would they ... ?

Ehm, the ranking system was explained as far as I know.

OK, if so I am really looking forward to
it again now, then. Nothing's been ex-
plained so far ...
I don't know how Sandra's come to be
on rank 15.

Hehe, Kim Wilde's written a book called
'Gardening with children' ... interesting!

'Depeche Mode are Dave Gahan, Vince
Clarke and Martin Gore ...'
Funny, Fletch being a member from the
beginning (unlike Dave Gahan) was not
even mentioned. They showed a few vi-
deo snippets where you could see Alan
Wilder ...
Shall anybody take this show really se-
rious ... ?

Explanation to the PSB: '10 N° 1 hits du-
ring the 80s' plus a few video clip snip-
pets and that's it. None of their hits na-
med or 'listed' really. Most vid snippets
taken from West End girls.
The 'ranking system' must've been 'ex-
plained' in the beginning then. Pity, I've
missed it ...
I thought it was a show about 'the most
successful' stars in the 80s (so why not
prove it by naming the ranking of certain
hits?) and not who some internet voters
like the best or whatever ...
And if you click on PSB in that list you're
getting on some page where you can or-
der some of their stuff. Brilliant. I would
have expected some explanation behind
the link ... silly me.

Anyway, 'darling, you were wonderful, you
really were quite good ...'

I thought they count how many Top 10 Hits you have and for how long they stayed in the Top 10. That's all. Or isn't it?

Chrispsb wrote:I thought they count how many Top 10 Hits you have and for how long they stayed in the Top 10.

Really? Interesting! Have they said so
in the beginning of the show ?
Yes yes, I remember them mentioning
PSB having had 10 Nr. 1 hits which are
'top 10', aren't they? Whatever reason
for voting, then ...
Pity, they've not mentioned all their #1
hits. Or were they 'only' top 10 hits?
I'd really like to see a list of all the hits
and their rankings (in case they've not
been #1s) and for how long ...

See, you seem to take it serious and I
don't.

Chrispsb wrote:That's all. Or isn't it?

I have no clue, really ...

Yep that's it. It's about how many Top 10 hits each act had in Germany in the 80s and of course how long they stayed there. One week at number one are 10 points,number two 9 points etc...