Glam Rock at the BBC

# But there's something in the air

# Of which we all will be aware

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# So come join the revolution

# Get yourself a constitution

# Come join the revolution now

# And recognise your age

# It's a teenage rampage now

# Now! Now! Now! #

Yes!

# Well, you're dirty and sweet

# Clad in black, don't look back

# And I love you

# You're dirty and sweet, oh, yeah

# Well, you're slim and you're weak

# You got the teeth of the Hydra upon you

# You're dirty sweet and you're my girl

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Well you're built like a car

# You got a hubcap diamond star halo

# You're built like a car, oh, yeah

# You're an untamed youth That's the truth

# With your cloak full of eagles

# You're dirty sweet and you're my girl

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Well, you're windy and wild

# You got the blues I'm your shoes and your stockings

# You're windy and wild, oh, yeah

# You're built like a car

# You got a hubcap diamond star halo

# You're dirty sweet and you're my girl

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on, aw!

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Oh, yeah

# Oh!

# Well, you're dirty and sweet

# Clad in black, don't look back

# And I love you

# You're dirty and sweet, oh, yeah

# Well, you dance when you walk

# So let's dance, take a chance, understand me

# You're dirty sweet and you're my girl

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Ow!

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

# Get it on

# Bang a gong

# Get it on

Take me!

# Meanwhile, I'm still thinking. #

APPLAUSE

# Well, we got no choice

# All the girls and boys

# Making all that noise

# Cos they found new toys

# Well, we can't salute ya, can't find a flag

# If that don't suit ya that's a drag

# School's out for summer

# School's out forever

# School's been blown to pieces

# No more pencils

# No more books

# No more teacher's dirty looks, yeah

# Well, we got no class

# And we got no principals

# And we got no innocence

# We can't even think of a word that rhymes

# School's out for summer

# School's out forever

# My school's been blown to pieces

# No more pencils

# No more books

# No more teacher's dirty looks

# Out for summer

# Out till fall

# We might not come back at all

# School's out forever

# School's out for summer

# School's out with fever

# My school's been blown to pieces. #

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

CHILDREN CHEER

APPLAUSE

# Hey, no, no

# Goodbye, love

# Didn't know what time it was The lights were low-ho-ho

# I leaned back on my radio-ho-ho

# Some cat was laying down some get it on rock 'n' roll, he said

# Then the loud sound It seemed to fa-a-ade

# Came back like a slow voice on a wave of pha-a-ase

# That weren't no DJ That was hazy cosmic jive

# There's a starman waiting in the sky

# He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds

# There's a starman waiting in the sky

# He told us not to blow it cos he knows it's all worthwhile

# He told me

# Let the children lose it Let the children use it

# Let all the children boogie

# I had to phone someone so I picked on you-hoo-hoo

# "Hey, that's far out," so you heard him too-hoo-hoo?

# Switch on the TV we may pick him on channel two

# Look out your window I can see his li-i-ight

# If we can sparkle he may land toni-i-ight

# Don't tell your papa He'll get us locked up in fright

# There's a starman waiting in the sky

# He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds

# There's a starman waiting in the sky

# He told us not to blow it cos he knows it's all worthwhile

# He told me

# Let the children use it Let the children use it

# Let all the children boogie

# Starman, waiting in the sky

# He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds

# There's a starman waiting in the sky

# He told us not to blow it cos he knows it's all worthwhile

# He told me

# Let the children use it Let the children lose it

# Let all the children boogie

# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

-# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la... #

-APPLAUSE

# Make me a deal

# And make it straight

# All signed and sealed

# I'll take it

# To Robert E Lee I'll show it

# I hope and pray he don't blow it cos

# We've been around a long time

# Just try t-try t-tryin' to make the big time

# Take me on a roller-coaster

# Take me for an airplane ride

# Take me for a six-day wonder but don't you

# Don't you throw my pride aside besides

# What's real and make believe

# Baby Jane's in Acapulco

# We are flyin' down to Rio

# Throw me a line, I'm sinking fast

# Clutching at straws, can't make it

# Havana sound, we're trying

# Hard edge, the hipster jiving

# Last picture shows down the drive-in

# You're so sheer You're so chic

# Teenage rebel of the week

# Flavours of the mountain streamline

# Midnight blue casino floors

# Dance the cha-cha through till sunrise

# Opens up exclusive doors, oh, wow!

# Just like flamingos look the same

# So me and you, just we two Got to search for something new... #

APPLAUSE

# Mama said to me we gotta have your life run right

# Off you go to school where you can learn the rules they write

# Be just like your dad Follow in the same tradition

# Never go astray and stay an honest lovin' son

# Son of my father

# Moulded, I was folded I was preform-packed

# Son of my father

# Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac'

# Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts

# Tried to let me in but I jumped out of my skin in time

# I saw through the lies and read the alibi signs

# So I left my home I'm really on my own at last

# Left the trodden path and separated from the past

# Son of my father

# Changing, rearranging into someone new

# Son of my father

# Collecting and selecting independent views

# Knowing and I'm showing that a change is due... #

APPLAUSE

A-oooo!

# I don't want to

# Drink my whisky like you do

# I don't need to

# Spend my money, but still do

# Don't stop now! Come on!

# Another drop now! Come on!

# I wanna lot now! So, come on!

# That's right

# That's right

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# And you told me

# A fool, fire water won't hurt me

# And you tease me

# And all my ladies desert me

# Don't stop now! Come on!

# Another drop now! Come on!

# I wanna lot now! So, come on!

# That's right!

# That's right!

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I don't want to

# Drink my whisky, but still do

# I've had enough to

# Fill up "H" Hill's left shoe

# Don't stop now! Come on!

# Another drop now! Come on!

# I wanna lot now! So, come on!

# That's right

# That's right

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

Wo!

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, but we're all crazy now

# I said, Mama, Mama Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, yeah!

# I said, Mama, Mama Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, yeah!

# I said, Mama, Mama Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, yeah!

# I said, Mama, Mama Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, yeah!

Come on! Come on!

# I said, Mama, Mama Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, yeah!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

# Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama Mama, Mama, Mama, yeah! #

APPLAUSE

SIREN

# A-aah!

# A-aaaaah!

# You'd better beware

# You'd better take care

# You'd better watch out if you've got long black hair

# He'll come from behind

# You'll go out of your mind

# You'd better not go You never know what you'll find

# A-aaah!

# A-aaaaah!

# You look in his eyes

# Don't be surprised

# If you don't know what's going on behind his disguise

# Nobody knows

# Where Buster goes

# He'll steal your woman out from under your nose

# Does anyone know the way? Did we hear someone say?

# We just haven't got a clue what to do

# Does anyone know the way? There's got to be a way

# To block Buster!

# The cops are out

# They're running about

# Don't know if they'll ever be able to block Buster out

# He's gotta be caught

# He's gotta be taught

# Cos he is more evil than anyone here ever thought

# Does anyone know the way? Did we hear someone say?

# W... W-We just haven't got a... Awful!

# Does anyone know the way? There's got to be a way

# To block Buster

# Does anyone know the way? Did we hear someone say?

# We just haven't got a clue what to do

# Does anyone know the way? There's got to be a way

# To block Buster

# A-aah!

# A-aaaaah!

# A-aaaaaaaaaaah!

-# Buster! Buster! Block Buster!

-A-aaaaaaaah!

-# Buster! Buster! Block Buster

-A-aaaaaaaaah!

# Buster! Buster! Block Buster... # APPLAUSE

Welcome to the Dive.

A-one! A-two!

A-one, two, three!

Yeah!

Yeah!

# Well, at the age of five they can do that jive

# Down on Devil Gate Drive

# And at the age of six they're gonna get their kicks

# Down at Devil Gate Drive

# A-oooh!

# Well, your mama don't know where your sister done go

# She's gone down to the Drive She's the star of the show

# Let her move on up Let her come, let her go

# She can jive

# Down at Devil Gate Drive

-# So, come alive

-Yeah!

-# Come alive

-Yeah!

# Down in Devil Gate Drive

-# So, come alive!

-Yeah!

-# Come alive!

-Yeah!

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate Drive!

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate Drive

# When they reach their teens That's when they all get mean

# Down in Devil Gate Drive

# Well, I was sweet sixteen I was a jukebox queen

# Down on Devil Gate Drive WOLF WHISTLE

# I led the angel pack on the road to sin

# Knock down the gates! Let me in, let me in

# Don't mess me around cos you know where I've been

# To the dive

-# Down on Devil Gate Drive

-Ba-ba

-# So come alive!

-Yeah!

-# Come alive!

-Yeah!

# Down in Devil Gate Drive

-# So come alive!

-Yeah!

-# Come alive!

-Yeah!

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate Drive

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate

# Down in Devil Gate Drive

# Ooh! Come alive!

# Come alive! Come alive!

# Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma

# Ooh!

# Well...

# Your mama don't know where your sister done go

# She's gone down to the Drive She's the star of the show

# Let her move on up Let her come, let her go

# She can jive

# Down at Devil Gate Drive... #

APPLAUSE

# Oh-oh-oh

# Look out! Look out!

# Your mama will shout

# You might as well go home

# She said my bed gets into your hair

# So give me back my comb

# But you

# You make things that get along

# Turn out so wrong

# Doo-don, doo-don

# You'd better rock on

# The band might play our song

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

# She hangs on to me and she really goes

-# Whoa!

-Whoa!

# Whoa!

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

-# Such a lazy jive

-# Hold on to my baby

# Well, everyone you meet coming down the street

# Just to see my baby jive

# Too bad your mouth is driving me mad

# The top down on my car

# Well, I don't suppose that everyone knows

# Exactly who you are

# But you

# You make things that get along

# Turn out so wrong

# Doo-don, doo-don

# You'd better rock on

# The band might play our song

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

# She hangs on to me and she really goes

-# Whoa!

-Whoa!

# Whoa!

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

-# Such a lazy jive

-# Hold on to my baby

# Everyone you meet coming down the street

# Just to see my baby jive

# Hold on to my baby

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

# She hangs on to me and she really goes

-# Whoa!

-Whoa!

# Whoa!

-# See my baby jive

-# Hold on to my baby

-# Such a lazy jive

-# Hold on to my baby

# Everyone you meet coming down the street

# Just to see my baby jive

# See my baby jive

# Ohhh... #

APPLAUSE

# Ooh

# Hey, did ya rock 'n' roll?

# Rock on, ooh, my soul

# Hey, did ya boogie too? Did ya?

# Hey, shout, summertime blues

# Jump up and down in your blue suede shoes

# Hey, did ya rock 'n' roll? Rock on

# And where do we go from here?

# Which is the way that's clear?

# Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen

# Prettiest girl I ever seen

# See her shake on the movie screen

-# Jimmy Dean

-James Dean!

# Rock on

# Hey, rock on

# Hey, rock on

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Hey, rock on

# Na, na, na, na Save my soul

# Hey, rock on

# Whoa

# Hey, rock on

# Hey, rock on

# Hey, rock on

# Hey, rock on

# Hey... #

APPLAUSE

# Why is it I must know

# The things you're doing?

# Ah, ah, oh-oh

# It's just my jealous mind

# And when you're not at home

# I just can't take it

# Ah, ah, oh-oh

# It's just my jealous mind

# I dread the time when you might leave me

# Deep in my heart

# I know you'll never go

# Say you won't leave me

# Stay with me all the time

# Say there's no other guy

# Ah, ah, oh-oh

# It's just my jealous mind

# I dread the time when you might leave me

# Deep in my heart

# I know you'll never go

# Say you won't leave me

# You could be out with him

# And I would never know

# Ah, ah, oh-oh

# It's just my jealous mind

# I love you so-oh

# It's just my jealous mind

# Forgive my jealous mind

# Oh, it's just my jealous mind

# Blame it on my jealous mind

# Oh, it's just my jealous mind... #

APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen, the golden age of rock and roll.

# Everybody hazy Shellshocked and crazy

# Screaming for the face at the window

# Jeans for the genies Dresses for the dreamies

# Fighting for a place in the front row

# Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh!

# It's good for your body It's good for your soul

# Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Let's go!

# It's the golden age of rock and roll

# Well, you get a little buzz Send for the fuzz

# Guitars getting higher and higher

# The dude in the paint thinks he's gonna faint

# Stoke more coke on the fire

# Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh!

# You gotta stay young You can never grow old

# Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh!

# It's the golden age of rock and roll

# The golden age of rock and roll will never die

# As long as children feel the need to laugh and cry

# Don't wanna smash Want a smash sensation

# Don't wanna wreck, just recreation

# Don't wanna fight but if you turn us down

# We're gonna turn you around Gonna mess with the sound

# The show's gotta move Everybody groove

-# Ain't no trouble on the streets now -

-Whoo!

# So if the going gets rough don't you blame us

# You 96-decibel freaks

# Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh!

# It's good for your body It's good for your soul

# Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Yeah!

# It's the golden age of rock and roll

# That's all! #

APPLAUSE

# Woo!

# Woo!

# Woo!

# All night long, you've been looking at me

# Well, you know you're the dance hall cutie that you love to be

# Oh, well, now You've been layin' it down

# You got your hips swingin' out of bounds

# And I like the way you're doing what you're doing to me

# All right!

# That's right, that's right That's right, that's right

# I really love your tiger light

# That's neat, that's neat That's neat, that's neat

# I really love your tiger feet

# I really love your tiger feet

# Your tiger feet!

# Your tiger feet

# Your tiger feet

# All right!

# Well, flash your warning lights just as long as you like

# I know you're aching to be making me tonight

# I got a feeling in my knees

# A feeling only you can please

# There ain't no way I'm gonna let you outta my sight - all right!

# That's right, that's right That's right, that's right

# I really love your tiger light

# That's neat, that's neat That's neat, that's neat

# I really love your tiger feet

# I really love your tiger feet

# Your tiger feet

# Your tiger feet

# Your tiger feet!

# All right!

-# That's right

-That's right!

-That's right

-That's right

# I really love your tiger light

-# That's neat!

-That's neat!

-That's neat!

-That's neat!

# I really love your tiger feet

# I really love your tiger feet

# All right, now! You've been laying it down

# You got your hips swingin' out of bounds

# And I like the way you do what you're doin' to me - all right!

# That's right, that's right That's right, that's right

# I really love your tiger light

# That's neat, that's neat That's neat, that's neat

# I really love your tiger feet

# I really love your tiger feet

# That's right, that's right

# That's right, that's right Tiger feet

# That's neat, that's neat Tiger feet

# I really love, I really love Tiger feet

# I really love your tiger feet... #

APPLAUSE

# I was justified when I was five

# Raisin' Cain, I spit in your eye

# Times are changin' Now the poor get fat

# But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back

# Eat meat on a Friday That's all right

# Even like steak on a Saturday night

# I can bitch the best At your social do

# I get high in the evening Sniffing pots of glue

# I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch Oh, the bitch is back

# Stone-cold sober as a matter of fact

# I can bitch, I can bitch Cos I'm better than you

# It's the way that I move The things that I do

# I entertain by picking brains

# Sell my soul when dropping names

# I don't like those! My God, what's that?!

# Oh, it's full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back

# Oh, I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch You know the bitch is back

# Stone-cold sober as a matter of fact

# I can bitch, I can bitch Cos I'm better than you

# It's the way that I move The things that I do

# Oh-oh-oh

Oh, yeah!

# Oh, I'm a bitch I'm a bitch

# You know the bitch is back

# Stone-cold sober as a matter of fact

# I can bitch, I can bitch Cos I'm better than you

# It's the way that I move The things that I do

# Oh-oh-oh

# Bitch, bitch The bitch is back

# Bitch, bitch Oh, the bitch is back

# Bitch, bitch The bitch is back

# Bitch, bitch Oh, the bitch is back

Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah, yeah!

All right!

# Oh, now I'm back!

# Do you know I'm back?

# Do you know I'm back?

# Oh, the bitch is back, yeah. #

APPLAUSE

It's Friday, it's five o'clock, it's Crackerjack.

# Darling, please don't leave me now

# I need you more than ever

# Don't be sad

# Don't let me see you cry

# I'll love you

# Love you forever

# Think of me when you are far away

# Think of me at least once every day

# I say goodbye, my love

# Goodbye, my love

# Till we meet once again

# Yes, it's goodbye, my love

# Goodbye, my love

# Say it's not the end

# Standing here in the departure longue

# It's growing deep inside me

# Wonder when I'll see the love I found

# Hoping that we were always meant to be

# A million miles is just a breath away

# A million miles is just some words we say

# And it's goodbye, my love

# Goodbye, my love

# Till we meet once again

# Yes, it's goodbye, my love

# Goodbye, my love

# Say it's not the end

# Now they're calling It's time for you to go

# One more kiss before you're leaving

# Now you're boarding

# As they close the doors

# I hear the engines softly screaming

# They say goodbye, my love

# Goodbye, my love

# Till we meet once again

# Yes, it's goodbye, my love

# Goodbye, my love

# Say it's not the end... #

APPLAUSE

# She keeps Moet et Chandon in her pretty cabinet

# "Let them eat cake," she says Just like Marie Antoinette

# A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy

# At any time an invitation you can't decline

# Caviar and cigarettes Well-versed in etiquette

# Extraordinarily nice

# She's a killer queen Gunpowder, gelatine

# Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind

# Anytime

# Recommended at the price Insatiable, an appetite

# Wanna try?

# To avoid complications she never kept the same address

# In conversation she spoke just like a baroness

# Met a man from China Went down to Asia Minor

# Then again, incidentally If you're that way inclined

# Perfume came, naturally, from Paris

# For cars she couldn't care less

# Fastidious and precise

# She's a killer queen

# Gunpowder, gelatine

# Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind

# Anytime

# Drop of a hat she's as willing as Playful as a pussy cat

# Then momentarily out of action Temporarily out of gas

# To absolutely drive you wild, wild She's out to get you

# She's a killer queen Gunpowder, gelatine

# Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind

-# Anytime

-Oooh

# Recommended at the price Insatiable, an appetite

# Wanna try?

# You wanna try. #

APPLAUSE

# Zoo time is she and you time

# The mammals are your favourite type

# And you want her tonight

# Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

# You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos

# Elephants and tacky tigers

# This town ain't big enough for the both of us

# And it ain't me who's gonna leave

# Flying, domestic flying

# And when the stewardess is near Do not show any fear

# Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

# You are a khaki-coloured bombardier

# It's Hiroshima that you're nearing

# This town ain't big enough for both of us

# And it ain't me who's gonna leave

# Daily, except for Sunday

# You dawdle into the cafe where you meet her each day

# Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

# As 20 cannibals have hold of you

# They need their protein just like you do

# This town ain't big enough for the both of us

# And it ain't me who's gonna leave

WESTERN SHOOTOUT

# Shower, another shower

# You've got to look your best for her

# And be clean everywhere

# Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

# The rain is pouring on the foreign town

# The bullets cannot cut you down

# This town ain't big enough for the both of us

# And it ain't me who's gonna leave... #

APPLAUSE

# You've done it all

# You've broken every code

# And pulled the rebel to the floor

# You spoilt the game

# No matter what you say

# For only metal, what a bore

# Blue eyes, blue eyes

# How can you tell so many lies?

# Who-ah Come up and see me

# Make me smile

# I'll do what you want

# Running wild

# There's nothing left

# All gone and run away

# Maybe you'll tarry for a little while

# There's nothing left

# My faith in everything

# I know what faith is and what it's worth

-# Resist, resist

-Ooh, la, la, la

# It's from yourself you have to hide, who-ah

# Come up and see me

# Make me smile

# I'll do what you want

# Running wild

Guitar!

# There ain't no more

# You've taken everything

# From my belief in Mother Earth

# And spoilt the game

# And my faith in everything

# Now, I know what faith is - again!

# And what it's worth

# Away, away

# And don't say maybe you'll try, who-ah

# To come up and see me

# Make me smile, whoa-oh

# I'll do what you want

# Running wild

# Ooh, la, la, la

# Ooh, la, la, la

# Ooh

# Come up and see me

# Make me smile

# I'll do what you want

# Running wild

# Ooh, la, la, la

# Ooh, la, la, la

# Ooh... # APPLAUSE

-There's one for you, Cilla.

-Is this for me? Aren't you jealous up there!

CHEERING

It's mine! Marc, that was lovely,

and can I sing a duet with you, one of your songs, please?

If you want to. I'm all out of breath.

Are you out of breath? Three breaths... Right.

Can I sing that one of yours, Life's A Gas?

-That would be nice.

-Thank you.

# I could have loved you, girl Like a planet

# Yeah

# I could have chained your heart to a star

# But it really doesn't matter at all

# No, it really doesn't matter at all

# Life's a gas

# Yeah

# I could have built a house in the ocean

# I could have placed our love in the sky

# Oh, yes, you could

# But it really doesn't matter at all

# No, it really doesn't matter at all

# Life's a gas

# I could have turned you into a princess

# I could have burned your fate in the sand

# But it really doesn't matter at all

# No, it really doesn't matter at all

# Life's a gas

# But it really doesn't matter at all

# No, it really doesn't matter at all

# Life's a gas

# And I hope it's gonna last. #

APPLAUSE