05/01/78 Top of the Pops

It's the first of the year, it's '78 and Top Of The Pops.

# Runnin' pretty, New York City girl

# 25, 35, hello, baby New York City girl

# You grew up riding the subways

# Running with people

# Up in Harlem Down on Broadway

# You're no tramp but you're no lady

# Talkin' that street talk

# You're the heart and soul of New York City

# And love Love is just a passing word

# It's the thought you had in a taxi cab

# That got left on the kerb

# When he dropped you off at East 83rd, oh-oh-oh

# You're a native New Yorker

# You should know the score by now... #

APPLAUSE

That's the chart countdown with Odyssey at 22.

Eddie And The Hot Rods. Quit This Town.

# There ain't no place for me today

# Sure ain't no reason for me to stay

# I'm tired of wasting precious time

# I'm waking up to leave this town

-# I'm going to quit this town

-Stop hanging around

-# I'm going to quit this town

-Got my feet on the ground

# I'm tired of being put down

# I'm going to quit this town today

# I ain't no fool and I ain't proud

# And I'm going where the music's loud

# I'm tired of waiting, keeping in

# And going home at half past ten

-# I'm going to quit this town

-Stop hanging around

-# I'm going to quit this town

-Got my feet on the ground

# I'm tired of being put down

# I'm going to quit this town today

# The work I do just bores me sick

# And how I live I just can't pick

# The place I live sure seems like jail

# I got no-one to post my bail

-# I'm going to quit this town

-Stop hanging around

-# I'm going to quit this town

-Got my feet on the ground

# I'm tired of being put down

# I'm going to quit this town today. #

APPLAUSE

Wild and hairy, that's Eddie And The Hot Rods with Quit This Town.

At 19, a change of pace. Julie Covington and Only Women Bleed.

# Man's got his woman

# To take his seed

# He's got the power

# Oh, she's got the need

# She spends her life

# Through pleasing up her man

# She feeds him dinner or anything she can

# She cries alone at night too often

# He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all

# Only women bleed

# Only women bleed

# Only women bleed

# Man makes your hair grey

# He's your life's mistake

# All you're really lookin' for

# Is an even break

# He lies right at you

# You know you hate this game

# He slaps you once in a while

# You live and love in pain

# She cries alone at night too often

# He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all

# Only women bleed

# Only women bleed

# Only women bleed

# Black eyes all of the time

# Don't spend a dime Ain't it a crime?

# And you there down on your knees

# Begging me please

# Come watch me bleed. #

APPLAUSE

Julie Covington and Only Women Bleed. They liked it too.

I hope you do it at home.

Do you remember all those big hits together?

Well, here's Long Tall Ernie And The Shakers.

# Think of all the stars from the '50s scene

# Jukebox heroes and all the screams

# Buddy Holly and Peggy Sue

# Ricky Nelson got his Mary Lou

# Do you remember?

# Do you remember?

# Do you remember?

# Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will

# Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will

# There ain't nothing to you but I love you still

-# Johnny is a joker

-He's a bird

-# A very funny joker

-He's a bird

-# But when he jokes my honey

-He's a dog

-# His joking ain't so funny

-What a dog

# Johnny is a joker as he tries to steal my baby

# He's a bird dog

# I'm like a rubber ball sang Bobby Vee

# Whole lotta shakin' played Jerry Lee

# I'm so young and you're so old

# Another record that went gold

# Do you remember?

# Do you remember?

# Do you remember?

# He likes bread and butter

# He likes toast and jam

# That's what his baby feeds him

# He's her lovin' man

# Well, I like bread and butter

# I like toast and jam

# That's what my baby feeds me

# And I'm her lovin' man

# Well, that's all right, Momma

# That's all right by you

# That's all right, Momma

# Not instead of what you do That's all right

# That's all right

# That's all right, Momma

# Anyway you do

# Saturday night and I just got paid

# Fool about my money Don't try to save

# My heart says go, go Have a time

# Saturday night, baby, I feel fine

# I'm going to rock it up

# I'm going to rip it up

# I'm going to shake it up

I'm going to ball it up

I'm going to rock it up

# Have a ball tonight

# Jenny, Jenny, Jenny won't you come along with me?

# Jenny, Jenny, Jenny won't you come along with me?

# You know that I love you We could live so happily. #

APPLAUSE

After all the festivities in the New Year,

Let's Have A Quiet Night In with David Soul at number 13.

And, dancing to that, Legs & Co, as beautiful as ever.

# Tonight tonight Let's not go anywhere

# Let's turn the latch on the door

# And if the phone should ring Then let's just let it

# The way we have before

# And let's have a quiet night in

# Together by the fireside

# We can talk without anyone else around to hear

# Let's have quiet night home

# The way we sometimes used to

# Don't they say every night at a party soon wears thin?

# Let's have a quiet night in

# Every night it seems the music plays

# Voices talk too loud

# I seem to lose you in the crowd

# Till it's time to go

# So tonight, tonight let's not see anyone

# If the party's on, we're not free

# I hardly see you now

# More than a minute

# So just this once for me

# Let's have a quiet night in

# Together by the fireside. # APPLAUSE

Oh, fantastic, Legs & Co

and Let's Have A Quiet Night In with David Soul. Good idea, eh?

-Yes, please.

-I hope you're having a good night in too.

For '78, they're going to be so big. The Babys and Isn't It Time?

# Falling in love was the last thing I had on my mind

# Holding you is a warmth that I thought I could never find

-# Sitting here all alone

-Just tryin' to decide

-# Whether to go on alone

-Or stay by your side

-# Then I stop myself because

-I know I could cry

# I just can't find the answers

# To the questions that keep going through my mind

# Hey, babe, isn't it time?

# Isn't it time you took time to wait?

# Falling in love could be your mistake

-# Isn't it time?

-Isn't it time you took time to wait?

# Falling in love could be your mistake

# I've seen visions of someone like you in my life

# A love that's strong reaching out Holding me through the darkest night

-# Sitting here all alone

-Just tryin' to decide

-# Whether to go on alone

-Or stay by your side

-# Then I stop myself because

-I know I could cry

# I just can't find the answers

# To the questions that keep going through my mind

# Hey, babe, isn't it time?

# Isn't it time you took time to wait?

# Falling in love could be your mistake

-# Isn't it time?

-Isn't it time you took time to wait?

# Falling in love could be your mistake

# I feel a warmth in my heart and my soul that I never knew

# This love affair gives me strength that I need just to get me through

-# Sitting here all alone

-Just trying to decide

-# Then I stop myself because

-I'll stay by your side

-# Then I think of you

-And everything seems all right

# I've finally found the answers

# To the questions that keep going through my mind

# Hey, babe, isn't it time?

# Isn't it time you don't have to wait?

-# I know it's time

-Losing this love could be your mistake

-# Ooh yeah, I know it's time

-Isn't it time you don't have to wait?

-# It must be time

-Losing this love could be your mistake

-# Be on my mind

-Isn't it time you don't have to wait? #

APPLAUSE

The Babys and Isn't It Time.

Isn't it time we had the Floral Dance? Yes, but with a difference

because this time, currently on a world tour -

if you believe that, you'll belive anything - here's Terry Wogan.

# I thought I could hear the curious tone

# Of the cornet, clarinet and big trombone

# Fiddle, cello, big bass drum

# Bassoon, flute and euphonium

# Each one making the most of his chance

# All together in the Floral Dance

# As I walked home on a summer night

# When stars in heaven were shining bright

# Far away from the footlight's glare

# Into the sweet and scented air

# Of a quaint old Cornish town

# Borne from afar on the gentle breeze

# Joining the murmur of the summer seas

# Distant tones of an old world dance

# Played by the village band perchance

# On the calm air came floating down

# And there was the band with the curious tone

# Of the cornet, clarinet and big trombone

# Fiddle, cello, big bass drum

# Bassoon, flute and euphonium

# Each one making the most of his chance

# All together in the Floral Dance

# All together in the Floral Dance

# And suddenly I saw such a bustling and prancing

# Then I saw the whole village was dancing

# In and out of the houses they came

# Young folk, old folk all the same

# In that quaint old Cornish town

# Every boy took a girl round the waist

# And carried him off with tremendous haste

# Whether they knew one another I care not

# Whether they cared at all I know not

# But they kissed as they danced along

# And there was the band with that curious tone

# Of the cornet, clarinet and big trombone

# Fiddle, cello, big bass drum

# Bassoon, flute and euphonium

# Each one making the most of his chance

# All together in the Floral Dance

# All together in the Floral Dance

# Dancing here, prancing there

# Jigging, jogging everywhere

# Up and down and round the town

# Hurrah for the Cornish Floral Dance. #

APPLAUSE

Love it! TW - Terry Wogan and his version of the Floral Dance.

Tonight's the night for Tonight and a brand new single -

they come from Southend - called the Drummer Man.

# The drummer man, the drummer man told me he was so in love

# He was so in love with the majorette

# Who used to lead the band

# The drummer man, the drummer man told me he was so in love

# He was so in love, he'd do anything

# Just to hold her hand

# He hit the drum, he hit the drum

# And he knew she was a Portobello bum

# He hit the drum, he hit the drum

# Have you ever seen a drummer quite so dumb? Duh!

# The drummer man, the drummer man told me he was so in love

# He was so in love with the majorette

# Who used to lead the band

# The drummer man, the drummer man told me he was so in love

# He was so in love, he'd do anything

# Just to hold her hand

# The majorette, the majorette

# She was up for everything that she could get

# The majorette, the majorette

# And she made the boys excited till they sweat

# The majorette, the majorette

# She was up for everything that she could get

# The majorette, the majorette

# And she made the boys excited till they sweat

# The drummer man, the drummer man told me he was so in love

# He was so in love with the majorette

# Who used to lead the band

# The drummer man, the drummer man told me he was so in love

# He was so in love, he'd do anything

# Just to hold her hand. # APPLAUSE

I don't know. Shall we? I think so.

That's the Drummer Man, the band's called Tonight.

Well, a bit of Jammin' for you at home.

Bob Marley And The Wailers, their super-hit, 23.

# Ooh, yeah!

# All right!

# We're jammin'

# I want to jam it with you

# We're jammin', jammin'

# And I hope you like jammin' too.

# Ain't no rules, ain't no vow we can do it anyhow

# I'n'I will see you through

# Cos everyday we pay the price with a little sacrifice

# Jammin' till the jam is through

# We're jammin'

# To think that jammin' was a thing of the past

# We're jammin', jammin'

# And I hope this jam is going to last

# No bullet can stop us now we neither beg nor we won't bow

# Neither can be bought nor sold

# We all defend the right Jah Jah children must unite

# Your life is worth much more than gold

# We're jammin'

# We're jammin' in the name of the Lord

# We're jammin', jammin'

# And we're jammin' right straight from yard, sing it

# Holy Mount Zion, Holy Mount Zion

# Jah siteth in Mount Zion

# And rules all creation

# Yeah, we're jammin'

# I wonder lately if we're jammin'

# See, I want to jam it with you

# We're jammin', jammin'

# I'm jammed I hope you're jammin' too

# Jam's about my pride and truth I cannot hide

# To keep you satisfied

# True love that now exist is the love I can't resist

# So jam by my side

# We're jammin', yeah-eah-eah!

# I want to jam it with you

# We're jammin', we're jammin'

# And I hope you like jammin' too

# We're jammin', we're jammin' We're jammin', we're jammin'

# We're jammin', we're jammin' We're jammin', we're jammin'

# I want to jam it I want to jam with you now. #

APPLAUSE

Bob Marley And The Wailers and Jammin' at 23.

Hit after hit after hit for this band.

1976 was the big one but right now they've got a new single out.

And it's Brotherhood Of Man and Figaro.

# Every morning when sun is dawning

# You'll see him down on the beach

# Look out, girls, beware Better take good care

# Keep yourself out of reach

# He's out to make a killing, girl

# He's out to make a score

# And maybe if you're willing, girl

# He's going to ask for more

# Oh, oh Figaro, he's got magico, oh

# Oh, oh Figaro, he's a Romeo, oh

# See him down on the beach

# He'll be looking for someone new

# Searching down on the beach

# Figaro, Figaro

# When he plays guitar at the disco-bar

# He's the star of the show

# As the girls go by he just winks an eye

# See the pretty girls glow

# He's out to make a killing, girl

# When dancing on the floor

# And maybe if you're willing, girl

# He's going to ask for more

# Oh, oh Figaro, he's got magico, oh

# Oh, oh Figaro, he's a Romeo, oh

# See him down on the beach

# He'll be looking for someone new

# Searching down on the beach

# Figaro, Figaro

# Oh, oh Figaro he's got magico, oh. #

APPLAUSE

I wish I could do that, I really do.

That's Brotherhood Of Man and Figaro and a big hit for them.

And so, it's number one time. They've done it. At Christmas,

Paul McCartney and Wings and the Mull Of Kintyre.

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea

# My desire

# Is always to be here

# Oh, Mull of Kintyre

# Far have I travelled

# And much have I seen

# Dark distant mountains

# With valleys of green

# Past painted deserts

# The sunset's on fire

# As he carries me home

# To the Mull of Kintyre

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea

# My desire

# Is always to be here

# Oh, Mull of Kintyre

# Sweep through the heather

# Like deer in the glen

# Carry me back

# To the days I knew then

# Nights when we sang

# Like a heavenly choir

# Of the life and the times of

# The Mull of Kintyre

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea. #

APPLAUSE

Paul McCartney and Wings, it's number one, it's the Mull Of Kintyre.

That's just about it. Have you enjoyed the show? Yeah?

You bet we have. We'll see you again on Top Of The Pops.

Until then, here's Althea & Donna and Uptown Top Ranking.

Till next week, be good, bye-bye. I'm coming down now. Hang around.

# See me in me heels and ting

# Dem check say we hip and ting

# True them no know and ting

# We have them going and ting

# Nah pop, no style

# All strictly roots

# Nah pop, no style

# All strictly roots

# See me pon the road I hear you call out to me

# True you see mi inna pants and ting

# See mi in a 'alter back

# See mi gi' you heart attack

# Gimme likkle bass Make me wine up me waist

# Uptown Top Ranking

# See mi in mi Benz and ting

# Drivin' through Constant Spring

# Them check say me come from cosmo spring

# But a true dem no know and ting

# Dem no know say we top ranking

# Uptown Top Ranking

# Shoulda see me and the ranking dread

# Check how we jamming and ting

# Love is all I bring

# Inna me khaki suit and ting

# Nah pop, no style

# All strictly roots

# Nah pop, no style

# All strictly roots. #

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