Episode 1 Stiff at the BBC

# Oh, yes! I love my label

# And my label loves me

# Was she so good and kind?

# Together we will pave our destiny... #

# Woke up this morning in a state of shock

# I heard a mumble rumble and a cocktail rock

# I felt my face like a slide trombone

# Goddess Diana blinkin' all alone

# Mumble rumble

# And the cocktail rock

# You did the mumble rumble

# And the cocktail rock

# You did the mumble rumble

# Ooh! And the cocktail rock

# Weave around a weary dream

# The mumble rumble got me up again

# I climbed out of bed and I called a doc

# Don't need you, oh cocktail rock!

# Mumble rumble

# And the cocktail rock

# I've got the mumble rumble

# And the cocktail rock

# I got the mumble rumble, whoo!

# And the cocktail rock... #

All right, Keith, on the guitar, if you wanna play a little...

# ..Now that I'm fit, I'm ready to go

# My mumble fast, my cocktail slow

# I keep on going all around the clock

# Mumble rumbling

# Cocktail rock

# Mumble rumble

# And the cocktail rock

# I got the mumble rumble

# And the cocktail rock

# I got the m-m-mumble rumble... Oh!

# Cocktail rock. #

Stray Dog. And that was Chevrolet.

The pub rock circuit's getting a good deal of exposure of various kinds these days.

It makes for an enjoyable evening, to wander round to your locals, order a pure orange juice, on the rocks,

and listen to one of the very fine bands on the circuits.

Of those bands, Ducks Deluxe and Bees Make Honey both had first records released last Friday.

Kilburn and The High Roads are well on the way to completing their first album,

and Brinsley Schwarz have long been the major champions.

Here's one of the songs from the last LP - Nervous On The Road -

and this is Surrender To The Rhythm.

# Well, they danced to every tune

# The band could play

# And just about midnight

# They decided to call it a day

# Now there's one thing

# That's left here on their minds

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# To get a little slice

# I got a price, yeah

# Just order shoes and rice

# And surrender to the rhythm And it's calling them home

# She was gone, she was dirty

# Yeah, but she was a princess Ow!

# Custom-made to fit right into his arms

# She could thrill him

# She could chill him, brrrr-rrrr!

# Down to the bone, bone child

# But he was in his teens now

# He had not spilled the beans

# Oh, still looking for ways and means

# Surrender to the rhythm and it's calling him home

# Who's to say if it's right or wrong?

# Another singer in another song

-# I say, we're doing all right

-Doing all right

# We're doing OK

# We're doing OK

# Hey now, guess what

# Guess what happened

# Guess what happened

# Woo!

# She had to go

# She said she was meeting up with one of her friends

# Oh yeah

# But it was nothing

# More or less

# Than another mess

# Of the blues, oh, blue child

# But he had more to lose than I had

# He got it, put it in blue

# Oh yeah

# Paying his dues

# Surrender to the rhythm and it's calling him home

# Surrender!

# To the rhythm

# Surrender!

# To the rhythm

# Surrender!

# To the rhythm

# Surrender, yeah, to the rhythm

# Yeah now, baby

# Might as well. #

Are you all ready for some more rock'n'roll? For those of you watching and listening at home,

you are in tune to Sight And Sound In Concert,

and if you're ready for some more rock'n'roll, here it is, in the shape of Dr Feelgood!

Dr Feelgood!

# I saw you out the other night

# I saw somebody hold you tight

# Roxette

# I wondered who it could be

# It was so dark I couldn't see

# But I know it wasn't me

# When I tell you it ain't right

# I know you've got to agree

# Yeah

# Huh

# I followed you into a show

# The band was playing rock'n'roll

# Roxette

# I didn't need to seek you out

# The music played so loud I could hear you through the crowd

# You was telling everyone about a new guy you'd found

# You know what you said there, baby? You shouldn't have done it

# We're gonna get a little mad with you, yeah! #

HE PLAYS MOUTH ORGAN

Good!

Yeah. Yeah!

# Roxette, I gotta go away

# And leave you for a couple of days

# Roxette

# I don't want no more of your tricks

# I'm gonna get some concrete mix Fill your back door up with bricks

# And you better be there waiting when I get my business fixed

# You better be there waiting, baby when I get back... #

Give it!

INDISTINCT

Tonight, I'm here to introduce a band that I've enjoyed since their inception 18 months ago.

They've had two fantastic album releases, including a new hit EP.

They're in the midst of a very successful nationwide tour, and they are Graham Parker & The Rumour!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# White honey

# I get it from a candy man

# White honey, yeah

# Any time I think I can

# You wake up early in the morning

# A-playing on the clarinet

# Whole town down when the man comes running

# Nobody pays their rent

# It's all spent on white honey

# I get it from a candy man

# White honey, yeah

# Any time I think I can

# She come and laid out a sample

# A little sweet white honey bee

# Taste so good that the whole town stood

# And stared and looked at me

# They all see the white honey

# I get if from a candy man

# Whoa-oa-oa

# White honey

# Any time I think I can

# Yeah

# Do-do-do-do-do do-do

# Do-do do-do do-do do-do

# Yeah yeah

# Well, I ain't one to criticise

# But let me tell you what I found

# I sent her to the record machine

# White honey don't come around Get down! White honey

# Yeah

# I get if from a candy man

# Oh-oh-oh-oh, white honey

# Any time I think I can... #

All right. Take it on down.

# ..I said, honey what you doing? What you doing downtown?

# What you doing downtown? Tell me baby

# I said, honey what are you doing? What are you doing downtown?

# Yeah yeah, baby, ain't no clown

# Hit white honey when the chips are down

# We're gonna taste white honey when there's no-one around

# Honey, honey, honey, honey Honey, honey, honey, yeah

# Wah wah wah

# I said bop, do-do-do

# Bop! Do-do-do

# Bop! Do-do-do

# Bop! Do-do-do

# Bop! Do-do-do

# Bop! Do-do-do

# Bop! Do-do-do

# Bop! Hey hey!

# Yeah, white honey White white honey honey, white now

# Ah... Do-do-do-do! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Here's a brand-new sound from Elvis Costello.

# Oh, I used to be disgusted

# Now I try to be amused

# But since their wings have gotten rusted

# You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes

# But when they told me about their side of the bargain

# That's when I knew that I could not refuse

# I won't get any older

# Now the angels wanna wear my red shoes

# I was watching while you're dancing away

# Our love got fractured in the echo and sway

# How come everybody wants to be your friend?

# You know that it still hurts me just to say it

-# Oh, I know that she's disgusted

-Oh, why's that?

-# Cos she's feeling so abused

-Oh, that's too bad

-# She gets tired of the lust

-Oh, I'm so sad

# But it's so hard to refuse

# How can you say that I'm too old

# When the angels have stolen my red shoes?

# Oh, I said I'm so happy I could die

# She said, drop dead Then left with another guy

# That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance

# Ever since she got me punctured this has been my sentence

# Oh, I used to be disgusted

# Now I try to be amused

# But since their wings have gotten rusted

# You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes

# But when they told me about their side of the bargain

# That's when I knew that I could not refuse

# I won't get any older

# Now the angels wanna wear my red shoes

# Oh, I won't get any older

# Now the angels wanna wear my red shoes

# Red shoes The angels wanna wear my red shoes

-# Red shoes

-The angels wanna wear my red shoes

-# Red shoes

-The angels wanna wear my red shoes

# Red shoes... #

That's The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes from Elvis Costello!

And why not? You can't get done for it.

At 35, one of the most exciting newcomers, as far as I'm concerned, a lot of other people, too.

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste!

# I could be the driver an articulated lorry

# I could be a poet I wouldn't need to worry

# I could be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars

# I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band

# First-night nerves every one-night stand

# I should be glad to be so inclined

# What a waste! What a waste! But I don't mind

# I could be a lawyer with stratagems and ruses

# I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises

# I could be a writer with a growing reputation

# I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band

# First-night nerves every one-night stand

# I should be glad to be so inclined

# What a waste! What a waste! But I don't mind

# I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution

# I could be an inmate in a long-term institution

# I could dream to wide extremes I could do or die

# I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band

# First-night nerves every one-night stand

# I should be glad to be so inclined

# What a waste! What a waste! But I don't mind

# Ah...

# I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band

# First-night nerves every one-night stand

# I should be glad to be so inclined

# What a waste! What a waste! But I don't mind

# What a waste! What a waste! But I don't mind! #

APPLAUSE

Come on, you gotta admit it - we have brightened up your Thursday evening already.

That's Ian Dury & The Blockheads, number 35,

and it's gonna go a lot, lot higher, I can promise you.

This is the Red Shoes man, Elvis Costello.

This time, he's Watching The Detectives.

# Nice girls, not one with a defect

# Cellophane shrink-wrapped

# So correct

# Red dogs under illegal legs

# She looks so good that he gets down and begs

# She is watching the detectives

# "Ooh, he's so cute!"

# She is watching the detectives

# Oh, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot!

# They beat him up until the teardrops start

# But he can't be wounded cos he's got no heart

# Long shot of that jumping sign

# Visible shivers running down my spine

# Cut the baby taking off her clothes

# Close-up of the sign that says "We never close"

# You snatch a tune You a match a cigarette

# She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet

# I don't know how much more of this I can take

# She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake

# She is watching the detectives

# "Ooh, he's so cute!"

# She is watching the detectives

# Oh, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot!

# They beat him up until the teardrops start

# But he can't be wounded cos he's got no heart

# Watching the detectives

# Don't get cute

# Watching the detectives

# I get so angry when the teardrops start

# But you can't be wounded when you got no heart

# Watching the detectives... #

APPLAUSE

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Are all my brain and body need

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Are very good indeed

# Keep your silly ways or throw them out the window

# The wisdom of your ways

# I've been there and I know lots of other ways

# What a jolly bad show

# If all you ever do is business you don't like

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Are very good indeed

# Every bit of clothing

# Ought to make you pretty

# You can cut the clothing

# Grey is such a pity

# I should wear the clothing of Mr Walter Mitty

# See my tailor, he's called Simon

# I know it's going to fit

# Here's a little bit of advice

# You're quite welcome, it is free

# Don't do nothing that is cut-price

# You know what that'll make you be

# They will try their tricky device

# Trap you with the ordinary

# Get your teeth into a small slice

# The cake of liberty

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

-# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

-Do-be-do-do Do-be-do-be-do-do

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

-# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

-Do-be-do-do Do-be-do-be-do-do

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Do-be-do-do Do-be-do-be-do-do

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

-# Sex...drugs...rock'n'roll

-Do-be-do-do Do-be-do-be-do-do

# Sex...drugs...rock...roll

# Sex...drugs...rock...roll

# Sex...drugs...rock...roll

# Sex...drugs...rock...roll

# Sex...drugs

AUDIENCE CONTINUE SINGING

HE PANTS

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

# Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll... #

Ooh, ooh, ow!

We're a band, we're a punk band! This is called I Can't Be Happy Today.

# I just can't be happy today...

-# I just can't be happy today...

-Yeah

# A lot of you know there's not a smile

# There's no feeling bad without feeling fine

# There's a price on your head

# There's no fun inside when justice is read

# I just can't be happy today

# Oh yeah, yeah

# I just can't be happy today...

# Illegal to dance, forbidden to cry

# You do what you're told You never ask why

# Let's all go to bed

# There's no fun inside Justice is read

# I just can't be happy today...

# I just can't be happy today...

# They're closing the schools They're burning the books

# The Church is in ruins The priests hang on hooks

# Radio's on ice, TV's been banned The Army's in power

# The devil commands

# Illegal to dance, forbidden to cry

# You do what you're told You never ask why

# There's a price on your head Three times

# No-one is dancing...

# I just can't be happy today...

# I just can't be happy today...

# I just can't be happy I just can't be happy

# I just can't be happy today

# I just can't be happy I just can't be happy... #

Subtitles by Susan Mason Red Bee Media Ltd - 2006

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