01/04/1982 Top of the Pops

Hello, and welcome to the scout hut.

A little later on, Mrs Thompson will be telling us

about her holiday in Sardinia, but first some music...

Nothing too loud - Motorhead.

# Dark night nothing to see

# Invisible hand in front of me

# Scared to death there's someone near

# Scared to move but you can't stay here

# You know me, evil eye

# You know me, prepare to die

# You know me, the snakebite kiss

# Devil's grip, the iron fist

# Flying horse don't make a sound

# Flying hooves don't touch the ground

# Walk in circle lose your track

# Can't go on but you can't go back

# You know me, evil eye

# You know me, prepare to die

# You know me, you can't resist

# Devil's grip, the iron fist

# Moon eclipse and you know why

# Ghost rider in the sky

# Beast of evil devil's hound

# Tooth and claw they pull you down

# You know me, evil eye

# You know me, prepare to die

# You know me, the great white kiss

# Devil's grip, the iron fist. #

That's Motorhead.

Mighty glad they don't rehearse next to you - nice bunch of boys, though.

Now we move up to the number two record in the charts, Imagination.

# Illusion

# Searching for a destiny that's mine

# There's another place, another time

# Touching many hearts along the way, yeah

# Hoping that I'll never have to say

# It's just an illusion

# Boo, boo, boo, boo, a-ah

# Illusion

# Boo, boo, boo, boo, a-ah

# Illusion

# Follow your emotions anywhere

# Is it really magic in the air?

# Never let your feelings get you down

# Open up your eyes and look around

# It's just an illusion

# Boo, boo, boo, boo, a-ah

# Illusion

# Boo, boo, boo, boo, a-ah

# Illusion

# Could it be that

# It's just an illusion?

# Could it be that

# In all this confusion?

# Could it be that

# It's just an illusion?

# Aaaaaah

# Could it be that

# It's just an illusion?

# Could it be that

# In all this confusion?

# Could it be that

# It's just an illusion?

# Aaaaaah

# Could it be a picture in my mind?

# Never sure exactly what I'll find

# Only in my dreams I turn you on

# Here for just a moment, then you're gone

# It's just an illusion

# Boo, boo, boo, boo, a-ah

# Illusion

# Boo, boo, boo, boo, a-ah

# Illusion

# Could it be that

# It's just an illusion?

# Could it be that

# In all this confusion?

# Could it be that

# It's just an illusion?

# Aaaaaah... #

Just An Illusion, that's Imagination at number two.

The first time I saw Roxy Music, they were, oh, that big...

This is their first live Top Of The Pops

in over a year - Roxy Music.

# I could feel at the time

# There was no way of knowing

# Fallen leaves in the night

# Who can say where they're blowing

# As free as the wind

# And hopefully learning

# Why the sea on the tide

# Has no way of turning

# More than this - there is nothing

# More than this - tell me one thing

# More than this - there is nothing

# It was fun for a while

# There was no way of knowing

# Like a dream in the night

# Who can say where we're going

# No care in the world

# Maybe I'm learning

# Why the sea on the tide

# Has no way of turning

# More than this - there is nothing

# More than this - tell me one thing

# More than this - there is nothing

# More than this, nothing

# More than this

# More than this, nothing. #

That's new in at number 18, Roxy Music.

I've been thinking about getting my hair done like Bryan's -

you think it'll suit me?

Next, Classix Nouveaux.

# Another broken dream, they say all the time

# Sorry if I can't be as you'd like to find

# If we could only see

# Things as they're meant to be

# But we believe in dreams

# Satisfaction - is it a dream

# No distraction - is it a dream

# No more fighting - is it a dream

# No backbiting - is it a dream

# Promises broken, it's an imperfect world

# Harsh words are spoken though they weren't meant to hurt

# If we could only see

# Things as they're meant to be

# But no, it's just a dream

# Satisfaction - is it a dream

# No distraction - is it a dream

# No more fighting - is it a dream

# No backbiting - is it a dream

# Satisfaction - is it a dream

# No distraction - is it a dream

# No more fighting - is it a dream... #

Is It A Dream - that's Classix Nouveaux at number 16,

a band who've been trying for a hit for a very long time indeed.

Next up on the race card, it's Dollar.

# La la la la

# I feel so silly when I tell you

# I gave you all I had

# La la la

# Seems so empty when I say that I love you

# But now I can see you were not for me

# So give me back my heart

# That's all I have to live for

# Give me back my heart

# That's all I had to give you

# I know I'll never be in love

# No I'll never be in love again

# There were so many times you whispered

# (I miss you so I miss you so)

# You always said you cared

# La la la

# I never knew that you could be so far away

# But now I can see you were not for me

# So give me back my heart

# That's all I have to live for

# Give me back my heart

# That's all I had to give you

# I know I'll never be in love

# No I'll never be in love again

# I love you

# Give me back my heart

# That's all I have to live for

# Give me back my heart

# That's all I had to give you

# Give me back my heart

# That's all I have to live for

# Give me back my heart

# That's all I had to give you. #

In case you're a latecomer and you were thinking that was Motorhead,

you're wrong, it was Dollar, Give Me Back My Heart -

a rather surgical title for a family programme in my view.

This is Leo Sayer.

# In the morning light

# Half awake and half asleep

# Have you ever lay there thinking

# Was it all in a dream

# But you reach out and she's there

# Every moment everywhere

# Have you ever been in love

# Have you ever felt how far a heart can fall

# Have you ever stayed up waiting for a telephone call

# Just to hear her say hello

# Cos you miss each other so

# Have you ever been in love

# Have there been times to laugh

# And times you really wanna cry

# Finding reasons to believe her

# Cos you'd die a little if she lied

# And when in times of doubt

# Have you ever tried to work it out

# But still she leaves you wondering what it's all about

# When she's far away, have you ever felt the need to stray

# And tried and then discovered it just doesn't pay

# And with her you can be true

# For with her you can be you

# Have you ever been in love... #

That's the perfectly-formed Leo Sayer,

the only video in this week's Top Of The Pops.

Next, this next piece is not in the charts,

but it's our Song For Europe, your song and my song - Bardo.

# One step further and I would have been there

# Can't seem to get your attention no matter how I try

# I just want you to prefer me to the other guys

# So when you looked at me, you only turned away

# So I walked up beside you

# But I forgot all the things that I planned to say

# I don't know if I tried to

# I could have taken one step further

# And I would have been there

# You could have turned around

# And hit me and I wouldn't have cared

# All this time I didn't get anywhere

# I could have taken one step further

# And I would have been there

# Ain't got the courage to speak when you're sometimes near

# Well I can't seem to think of the things that a girl likes to hear

# But when I saw you again, you were all alone

# So I walked up beside you

# But I was too shy to even ask you home

# I don't know if I tried to

# I could have taken one step further

# And I would have been there

# You could have turned around and hit me and I wouldn't have cared

# All this time I didn't get anywhere

# I could have taken one step further

# And I would have been there

# If you read my letters or my telegrams

# You'd have got around to asking me just who I am

# Cos you know I'm gonna get ya

# I'm gonna get ya, I'm gonna get ya

# One step further and I would have been there

# You could have turned around

# And hit me and I wouldn't have cared

# All this time I didn't get anywhere

# I could have taken one step further

# And I would have been

# One step further and I would have been there

# You could have turned around

# And hit me and I wouldn't have cared

# All this time I didn't get anywhere

# One step further and I would have been there

# You could have turned around

# And hit me and I wouldn't have cared

# All this time I didn't get anywhere

# I could have taken one step further

# And I would have been

# One step further and I would have been there

# I could have tooken one step further

# One step further and I would've been there

# One step, one step. #

It makes you feel kind of humble, doesn't it?

That's Bardo with the British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest,

which takes place in Harrogate on April 24th -

Shakespeare's birthday, incidentally, a little cultural note for you there.

And now we've got a special treat for you on Top Of The Pops,

an exclusive preview - a film just flown in from Paris,

the French entry for the self-same Eurovision Song Contest.

"MAKING YOUR MIND UP" IN FRENCH

Well, there you have it, an exclusive Top Of The Pops

preview of the French entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

I fancy them for the World Cup myself.

Now, over to the charts...

House On Fire.

Cardiac Arrest.

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

See You.

Music For Chameleons.

Dear John.

A Bunch Of Thyme.

Love Plus One.

It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It.

Don't Love Me Too Hard.

Now we go back to number 25 in the charts.

Nice to see a band on the programme that are as old as I am -

Status Quo.

# Everybody was talking to me

# Like I was a child

# In their words I could hear them saying

# It's just a matter of time

# Anyway it's a long long race been run

# Anyway it's a sad sad song been sung

# Dear John goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said

# Dear John I've broken away

# Vanity is a hard old lady

# You can't read her mind

# I'm a fool but I don't fool easy

# While you're foolin' around

# Anyway I can hold my own tonight

# I admit I was wrong and you were right

# Dear John Goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said

# Dear John I've broken away

# Dear John goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said

# Dear John I've broken away

# Dear John goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said

# Dear John I've broken away

# Everybody was talking to me

# Like I was a child

# In their words I could hear them saying

# It's just a matter of time

# Anyway it's a long long race been run

# Anyway it's a sad sad song been sung

# Dear John goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said

# Dear John I've broken away

# Dear John goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said

# Dear John I've broken away

# Dear John goodbye she said

# Sometimes it's hard she said. #

That's awfully sweet, Dear John. Do you think they mean me?

Could they possibly mean me?

Status Quo - they played at my wedding.

And now, we go back to the charts.

Go Wild In The Country.

Your Honour.

More Than This.

See Those Eyes.

Is It A Dream.

Give Me Back My Heart.

Have You Ever Been In Love.

Mickey.

Classic.

The Damned Don't Cry.

Party Fears Two.

Ghosts.

# When the room is quiet, the daylight almost gone

# It seems there's something I should know

# Well, I ought to leave but the rain, it never stops

# And I've no particular place to go

# Just when I think I'm winning

# When I've broken every door

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than before

# Just when I thought I could not be stopped

# When my chance came to be king

# The ghosts of my life

# Blew wilder than the wind

# Well, I'm feeling nervous, now I find myself alone

# The simple life's no longer there

# Once I was so sure, now the doubt inside my mind

# Comes and goes but leads nowhere

# Just when I think I'm winning

# When I've broken every door

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than before

# Just when I thought I could not be stopped

# When my chance came to be king

# The ghosts of my life

# Blew wilder than the wind

# Just when I think I'm winning

# When I've broken every door

# The ghosts of my life

# Blow wilder than before

# Just when I thought I could not be stopped

# When my chance came to be king

# The ghosts of my life

# Blew wilder than the wind. #

That's Ghosts by Japan,

a big favourite of my Radio 1 colleague, Kid Jensen.

Now we return to the charts, moving inexorably up to number one

just as Liverpool are doing in the First Division.

Poison Arrow.

Ain't No Pleasing You.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

My Camera Never Lies.

Layla.

Yours.

Just An Illusion.

For the third week running, Seven Tears.

# Seven tears have flown into the river

# Seven tears are runnin' to the sea.

# If one day they reach some distant waters

# Then you'll know it's sent with love from me

# Here I stand

# Head in hand

# Lonely like a stranger on the shore

# I can't stand this feeling anymore

# Day by day

# This world's all grey

# And if dreams were eagles I would fly

# But they ain't

# And that's the reason why

# Seven tears have flown into the river

# Seven tears are runnin' to the sea

# If one day they reach some distant waters

# Then you'll know

# It's sent with love from me

# Oh my darling

# Oh my pretty lady

# Golden star that leads to paradise

# Like a river's running to the ocean

# I'll come back to you four thousand miles

# Seven tears have flown into the river

# Seven tears are runnin' to the sea

# If one day they reach some distant waters

# Then you'll know

# It's sent with love from me

# Oh my darling

# Oh my pretty lady

# Golden star that leads to paradise

# Like a river's running to the ocean

# I'll come back to you four thousand miles

# Seven tears have flown into the river

# Seven tears are runnin' to the sea

# If one day they reach some distant waters

# Then you'll know it's sent with love from me

# Oh my darling

# Oh my pretty lady

# Golden star that leads to paradise... #

Still at number one, that's the Goombay Dance Band.

Next week's Top Of The Pops will be introduced by Simon Bates.

We're going to play you out tonight with Shakatak.

The fellow in the dreadful shirt is my mate, Bill Sharpe. Goodnight.

# Flyin through the night

# Floating on a wind

# To the city lights

# Night birds

# With the love they bring

# Flyin' through the night

# Floating on a wind

# To the city lights

# Night birds

# With the love they bring

# Slowing they descend

# Through the darkened sky

# To the night again

# Night birds

# Kiss the day goodbye

# Flyin' through the night

# Floating on a wind

# To the city lights

# Night birds

# With the love they bring

# Slowing they descend

# Through the darkened sky

# To the night again

# Night birds

# Kiss the day goodbye. #