Episode 3 Sounds of the Eighties

Tonight: Kool and the Gang, the Pointer Sisters, Grace Jones, Cameo,

Bobby Womack, Sade, Alexander O'Neal and Whitney Houston.

This is BBC One.

Put your hands together. We gonna celebrate! >

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-Ya-hoo!

# It's a celebration

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-Ya-hoo!

# It's a celebration

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-Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate...come on now

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-Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate

# Cos there's a party goin' on right here

# A celebration to last throughout the years

# So bring your good times and your laughter too

# We gonna celebrate your party with you, come on now

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-Ce-le-bra-tion

# Let's all celebrate and have a good time

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-Ce-le-bra-tion

# We gonna celebrate and have a good time

# It's time to come together

# It's up to you What's your pleasure?

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-Everyone around the world

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-Come on!

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-Ya-hoo!

# It's a celebration

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-Ya-hoo!

# It's a celebration

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-Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate

-# Come on, girl

-Celebrate good times, come on!

# Let's celebrate Come on and celebrate!

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-Celebrate good times, come on!

# Every day's gonna be all right Whoo! #

Now then, to bring a touch of class to the start of tonight's programme,

let's have a warm, slow hand for some live music from

The Pointer Sisters.

# As the midnight moon was driftin' through

# The lazy sway of the trees

# I saw the look in your eyes Lookin' into mine

# Seein' what you wanted to see

# Darlin', don't say a word Cos I already heard

# What your body's sayin' to mine

# I'm tired of fast moves I've got a slow groove

# On my mind

# I want a man with a slow hand

# I want a lover with an easy touch

# I want somebody who will spend some time

# Not come and go in a heated rush

# I want somebody who will understand

# When it comes to love I want a slow hand

# Ooo-oo-ooo

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-Ooo-oo-oo-ooo

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-Oo-oo-ooo

# On shadowed ground With no-one around

# And a blanket of stars in our eyes

# We are driftin' free Like two lost leaves

# On the crazy wind of the night

# Darlin', don't say a word

# Cos I already heard

# What your body's sayin' to mine

# If I want it all night Please say it's all right

# Ooh, we've got the ti-i-ime

# Cos I got a man with a slow hand

# I've got a lover with an easy touch

# I've got somebody who will spend some time

# Not come and go in a heated rush

# Ooh, lover with a slow hand

# Ooh, lover with a slow hand

# Ooh, lover with a slow hand

# Oo-ooh, lover with a slow hand

# Ooo-oooh ooooooh... #

And now, friends. Who is this mystery woman,

who is too shy, too modest to appear before you?

Well, perhaps,

because it's her first live television performance in four years.

I'll give you a hint.

The song's in the charts and it's called Slave To The Rhythm.

Wait until you see this.

# Slave to the rhythm

# Oh, baby #

I'm just playin' around, baby.

# Work all day as men who know

# Wheels must turn

# To keep the flow

# Build on up

# Don't break the chain

# Sparks will fly

# When the whistle blows

# Never stop the action

# Keep it up, keep it up

# I said

# Never stop the action

# Keep it up!

# Work

# To the rhythm

# Live

# To the rhythm

# Love

# To the rhythm

# Slave

# To the rhythm

# Axe to wood

# In ancient times

# Man machine

# Power lines

# Fires burn

# Hearts beat strong

# Sing out loud

# The chain gang song

# Never stop the action

# Oh, keep it up, keep it up

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-Keep it up, it up...

# Never stop the action

# Come on, keep it up

# Breathe to the rhythm

# Dance

# To the rhythm

# Work

# To the rhythm

# Live

# To the rhythm

# We live

# To the rhythm

# And we work

# To the rhythm

# Love!

# To the rhythm

# Slave

# To the rhythm! #

And now, ladies and gentlemen!

Heeeeeeere's Grace!

# Slave

# To the rhythm

# To the rhythm

# Ooo! #

APPLAUSE

The next band start a tour on Sunday and, boy, are they worth seeing.

They are Cameo and this is Word Up.

# Dah pretty ladies around the world

# Got a weird thing to show you So tell all the boys and girls

# Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too

# Cos they're about to go down And you know just what to do

# Wave your hands in the air Like you don't care

# Glide by the people As they start to look and stare

# Do your dance, do your dance

# Do your dance quick, mama

# Come on, baby, tell me what's the word, ah word up

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-Up!

-Everybody say

# When you hear the call you've got to get it underway

-# Word up

-Up!

# It's the code word

# No matter where you say it

# You know that you'll be heard

# Now all you sucker DJs Who think you're fly

# There's got to be a reason And we know the reason why

# You try to put on those airs And act real cool

# But you got to realise That you're acting like fools

# If there's music, we can use it We need to dance

# We don't have the time For psychological romance

# No romance, no romance No romance for me

# Mama, come on baby tell me what's the word, oh word up

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-Up!

-Everybody say

# When you hear the call You've got to get it underway, ow!

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-W-O

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-R-D...up!

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-W-O

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-R-D...up!

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APPLAUSE

We'd like to do the new single

from the new album Womagic...two - the one that I just redone.

Check it out.

If y'all get the feel of it, clap your hands.

If it feels good, clap your hands.

# I get up six o'clock each mornin' put on some coffee

# Splash some water on my face

# Fight the traffic Punch the time-clock

# Put my body work into the day

# I don't mind workin' from nine to five

# Cos I got to keep my family fed

# I'll even work way past midnight

# Tryin' to get ahead

# Whoa, whoa, I

# I can hardly wait till the weekend comes

# Hold on for it

# Gonna get down

# Can't you see me struttin' my stuff all over town

# Over town

# When the weekend comes

# Oh-oh oh-oh

# When the weekend comes

# That's when I-I

# Have my fun

# I party down!

# I drag my body up on Monday It's still hurting from the partying

# That I've done

# But I could never face that work week

# Without some time to have my fun

# See I got such strain

# Lord knows I got some bills I got to pay

# That's why I keep my nose to the grindstone

# My mind on Friday, whoo!

# Whoa-oh, I

# I can hardly wait till the weekend comes

# Hold on for it Gonna get down

# Can't you see me struttin' my stuff all over town

# When the weekend comes

# Oh-oh oh-oh

# When the weekend comes

# That's when I

# Have my fun

# I turn up the music

# I turn off my mind

# I kick off my shoes

# Ohhh, it's party time! #

How do y'all feel out there?

If you feel all right,

say, "Oh, yeah!"

# Whoooo!

# Shabba dooba shabba dooba

# Shabba dooba, shabba dooba When the weekend comes

# I'm livin' in it, livin' in it

# Comes

# When the weekend comes

# When the weekend comes

# When the weekend...comes. #

Since her debut album hit the charts,

record buyers have had trouble pronouncing her name.

S-A-D-E does not it seems spell "sard",

but rather a smooth operator known as "shah-day".

APPLAUSE

# Diamond life

# Lover boy

# He move in space with minimum waste

# And maximum joy

# City lights

# And business nights

# When you require street car desire

# For higher heights

# No place for beginners or sensitive hearts

# When sentiment is left to chance

# No place to be ending but somewhere to...start

# No need to ask, he's a

# Smooth operator

# Smooth

# Operator

# Smooth operator

# Smooth

# Operator

# Coast to coast, LA to Chicago

# Western male

# Across the north and south to Key Largo

# Love for sale

# Face to face

# Each classic case

# We shadow box and double cross

# Yet need the chase

# A licence to love Insurance to hold

# Melt all your memories And change into gold

# His eyes are like angels' But his heart is...cold

# No need to ask, he's a

# Smooth operator

# Smooth

# Operator

# Smooth operator

# Smooth

# Operator

# Smooth operator

# Smooth

# Operator

# Smooth operator

# Smooth

# Operator. #

-Pasta.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

A bit fattening, eh? Something to grab hold of.

Nice one.

They're all like that in here,

jamming their groins into your tortellini.

# Can't you find something else to talk about?

# Is this song the only one you sing?

# Makes you look better when you put things down

# Who values your opinion?

# Don't criticise my friends

# Don't criticise my ideals

# Don't criticise my lifestyle

# I'm fed up cos all you wanna do is criticise

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-Don't just close your mind

# Don't criticise

# Criticise

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-You don't realise

-All you wanna do is criticise

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-I just want what is right Still you say criticise

# Ah-ah-ah #

Wait a minute!

# Now can't we start this over?

# Cos your conversation ain't right

# We can make our love stronger

# You don't have to think twice

# No-oh!

# Don't criticise my friends, no-oh-oh

# Don't criticise my ideals

# Don't criticise my lifestyle

# I'm fed up cos all you wanna do is criticise!

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-Don't just close your mind

-Oh-oh, don't just criticise

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-Ooh-ohh-ohh ooh-ohh

-Oh, criticise

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-You don't realise

-All you wanna do is criticise

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-I just want what is right Still you say criticise

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-Don't just close your mind

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-Ooh-ooh-ohh ohh-ohh

-Criticise!

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-You don't realise

-All you wanna do is criticise

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-I just want what is right Still you say criticise

# HUH! #

This lady's shot in at number ten.

She's singing, live, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". Whitney Houston!

# Clock strikes upon the hour

# And the sun begins to fade

# Still enough time to figure out

# How to chase my blues away

# I've done all right up till now

# It's the light of day that shows me how

# And when the night falls

# My loneliness calls

# Ohh, I wanna dance with somebody

# I wanna feel the heat with somebody

# Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

# With somebody who loves me

# Ohh, I wanna dance with somebody

# I wanna feel the heat with somebody

# Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

# With somebody who loves me

# And I've been in love and lost my senses

# Spinnin' through the town

# Sooner or later, the fever ends

# And I wind up feelin' down

# I need a man who'll take the chance

# On a love that burns hot enough to last

# So when the night falls

# My loneliness calls

# Ohh, I wanna dance with somebody

# I wanna feel the heat with somebody

# Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

# With somebody who loves me

# Ohh, I wanna dance with somebody

# I wanna feel the he-e-eat

# Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

# With somebody who loves me

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-Somebody who, somebody who

# Somebody who loves me, yeah

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-Somebody who, somebody who-ooh

# To hold me in his arms, oh

# I need a man who'll take a chance

# On a love that burns hot enough to last

# So when the night falls

# My lonely heart calls!

# Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

# I wanna feel the heat with somebody

# Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

# With somebody who loves me

# Oh-oh, I wanna dance with somebody

# I wanna feel the heat with somebody

# Yeah, I'm gonna dance with somebody, with somebody

# With somebody who loves me

# Ho-ooh, ho!

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-Dance!

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-Dance!

# Yeah!

# Now get with this

# Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh Don't you wanna dance

# With me, baby?

-# Don't you wanna dance

-Dance!

# With me, boy?

-# Don't you wanna dance

-Dance!

# With me, baby?

# With somebody who loves me

# Don't you wanna dance, say you wanna dance, don't you wanna dance?

# Don't you wanna dance, say you wanna dance, don't you wanna dance?

# Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance, uh-huh. #

Well, that's the end of the show for this week,

and what a lovely show it was if you like that sort of thing,

and even if you didn't like it.

MUSIC: "Kiss" by Prince

# ..You got to not talk dirty, baby

# If you wanna impress me

# You can't be too flirty, mama... #

Next week: Depeche Mode, The Human League, Yazoo,

Soft Cell, New Order, Bronski Beat,

The Pet Shop Boys and Erasure.