"End of the Line" is the closing track on the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988), the side project that brought together George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
Although it was not a very successful hit on the American charts, the track gained enormous popularity thanks to the video filmed inside a train car, where an empty chair appears in honor of Roy Orbison, who had died during the mixing sessions.
Traveling Wilburys was created when George Harrison needed a band to record the B-side of a single. Jeff Lynne, who was producing George's solo album at the time, suggested calling Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison for a jam session. What was supposed to be something fast became one of the most beloved albums of the 80s. "End of the Line" perfectly sums up the spirit of the group: friendship and the certainty that even when the line comes to an end, the music (and the connection between them) continues.
Dan Aykroyd's dancing is epic, insane and beyond amazing. 45+ years later it is still over the top enjoyable. And the sheer amount of talent on that small stage is staggering.
The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) perform “Soul Man.” [Season 4, 1978]
Released ahead of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, "Vindaloo" became one of the defining football anthems of its era. Performing the song on Top of the Pops on 19 June 1998, Fat Les brought their tongue in cheek celebration of football culture to a national television audience during a summer when England fans were dreaming of glory.
In 1997, Brazilian soccer player Roberto Carlos took a free kick from 35 meters against France that seemed to defy the laws of physics as it curved around a wall of defenders at an angle that seemed impossible.
This “miracle goal” led a team of French physicists to publish a study in the journal New Journal of Physics, in which they explained that the extreme spin and speed created a “spinning spiral of the ball” that overcame gravity and air resistance.
Bringing one of their early hits back to the Top Of The Pops stage, The Beautiful South delivered “You Keep It All In” with its understated, bittersweet tone, a track from Welcome to the Beautiful South from 1989 that marked their first UK Top 10 success.