tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post2339530620130820269..comments2023-10-21T05:34:10.060-07:00Comments on Peake Of The Pops!: 1971: We'll make you happyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post-6536549858362355062011-10-17T08:51:29.503-07:002011-10-17T08:51:29.503-07:00Our first colour was a rented not bought affair. A...Our first colour was a rented not bought affair. After almost exploding with excitement during the installation, the first thing on screen was televised water skiiing. Ho hum, that threw cold water over things, literally!<br /><br />Everyone I knew seemed to pump the colours up to maximum strength - just because they could. I'll never forget the opening of Scooby Doo at a neighbours house it was a migraine of reds and oranges bleeding together in a fuzzy over-saturated muddle.<br /><br />I'm convinced colour TVs were the trigger for the seventies interiors of jumbled colours and of heavily patterned wallpapers, carpets etc.. from this point onwards..<br /><br />Having a colourful box of new technology in the corner lighting up the room, made traditional chintz and reproduction touches seem fuddy and outdatedMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.com