05/03/1981 Top of the Pops

Good evening. Welcome to Top Of The Pops.

On the programme tonight, Phil Collins, The Who, Motorhead

and Adam And The Ants.

And spinning like an apple just outside the Top 40, Duran Duran.

# Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain

# I heard you making patterns rhyme

# Like some new romantic looking for a TV sound

# You'll see I'm right some other time

-# Look, look now, look all around

-All around

# There's no sign of life

-# Voices, another sound

-Another sound

# Can you hear me now?

# Oh, this is planet earth

# You're looking at planet earth

# Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah, bah-bah

# This is planet earth

# My head is stuck on something precious

# Let me know

# If you're coming down to land

# Is there anybody out there

# Trying to get through?

# My eyes so cloudy, I can't see you

-# Look now, look all around

-All around

# There's no sign of life

-# Voices, another sound

-Another sound

# Can you hear me now?

# Oh, this is planet earth

# You're looking at planet earth

# Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah, bah-bah

# This is planet earth Planet earth...

-# Look now, look all around

-All around

# There's no sign of life

-# Voices, another sound

-Another sound

# Can you hear me now?

# Oh, this is planet earth

# You're looking at planet earth

# Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah, bah-bah

# This is planet earth

# Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah, bah-bah

# Calling planet earth

# Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah bah-bah. #

And right they are, this is planet earth.

Duran Duran, who took their name from the professor

in the film, Barbarella.

And right now, Talking Heads. Their new single, Once In A Lifetime.

# And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

# And you may find yourself in another part of the world

# And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

# And you may find yourself in a beautiful house

# With a beautiful wife

# And you may ask yourself

# "Well, how did I get here?"

# Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down

# Letting the days go by Water flowing underground

# Into the blue again After the money's gone

# Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground

# And you may ask yourself

# "How do I work this?"

# And you may ask yourself

# "Where is that large automobile?"

# And you may tell yourself

# "This is not my beautiful house"

# And you may tell yourself

# "This is not my beautiful wife"

# Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down

# Letting the days go by Water flowing underground

# Into the blue again After the money's gone

# Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Same as it ever was

# Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down

# Letting the days go by Water flowing underground

# Into the blue again After the money's gone

# Once in a lifetime Water flowing underground

# You may ask yourself

# "What is that beautiful house?"

# You may ask yourself

# "Where does that highway go to?"

# And you may ask yourself

# "Am I right? Am I wrong?"

# And you may say to yourself

# "My God. What have I done?"

# Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down

# Letting the days go by Water flowing underground

# Into the blue again Into the silent water

# Under the rocks and stones There is water underground

# Letting the days go by Let the water hold me down

# Letting the days go by Water flowing underground

# Into the blue again After the money's gone... #

APPLAUSE

Talking Heads, who've been releasing singles since 1977,

and Love Goes To Building On Fire.

And that's their biggest so far, Once In A Lifetime.

Adam And The Ants for the last three weeks have had

four records on the chart every week.

This is their highest this week. Kings Of The Wild Frontier.

-# A new royal family, wild nobility

-We are the family

-# A new royal family, wild nobility

-We are the family

-# A new royal family, wild nobility

-We are the family

# I feel beneath the white

# There is a redskin suffering

# From centuries of taming

# I feel beneath the white

# There is a redskin suffering

# From centuries of taming

# No method in our madness

# Yeah!

# Just pride about our manner

# Yeah!

# Ant people are the warriors

# Yeah!

# Ant music is the banner

# Yeah!

THEY CHANT

# Yeah!

-# A new royal family, wild nobility

-We are the family, yeah

-# A new royal family, wild nobility

-We are the family

# No method in our madness

# Yeah!

# Just pride about our manner

# Yeah!

# Ant people are the warriors

# Yeah!

# Ant music is the banner

# Yeah!

# And even when you're healthy

# And your colour schemes delight

# Down below those dandy clothes

# You're just a shade too white

# Shade too white

# Shade too white

# Shade too white

# I feel beneath the white

# There is a redskin suffering... #

Kings Of The Wild Frontier,

originally released last summer, now number 6.

At 16, Toyah's EP, and from it, It's A Mystery.

# Somewhere, in the distance

# Hidden from my view

# Suspended in the atmosphere

# Waiting to come true

# Sometimes it's so far away

# Sometimes it's very near

# Something carried by the wind

# Just loud enough to hear

# I feel its power within me

# Bells ringing in my head

# So often I have heard its cry

# But forgotten what it said

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery

# I'm still searching for a clue

# It's a mystery to me

# A shot in the dark

# The big question mark

# In history

# Is it a mystery to you?

# It can treat you with a vengeance

# Trip you in the dark

# Sirens in the distance

# Can steer you from your path

# It can lift you to the heavens

# Put your troubles in the past

# Whisper the elixir

# Then vanish in a blast

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery

# I'm still searching for a clue

# It's a mystery to me

# A shot in the dark

# The big question mark

# In history

# Is it a mystery to you?

# It's a mystery to me

# A mystery to me

# It's a mystery to me

# A mystery to me

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery

# I'm still searching for a clue

# It's a mystery to me

# A shot in the dark

# The big question mark

# In history

# Is it a mystery to you?

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's mystery... #

APPLAUSE

27 years ago, people all over Great Britain

were going around buying a record

by Rosemary Clooney called This Ole House.

It got to number 1 in 1954,

and there's a great new version by Shakin' Stevens.

# This ole house once knew children

# This ole house once knew a wife

# This ole house was home and comfort

# As we fought the storms of life

# This ole house once rang with laughter

# This ole house heard many shouts

# Now she trembles in the darkness

# When the lightening walks about

# Ain't gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't going to need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't going to need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# This ole house is gettin' shaky

# This ole house is gettin' old

# This ole house lets in the rain

# This ole house lets in the cold

# On my knees I'm gettin' chilly

# But I feel no fear nor pain

# Cos I see an angel peekin'

# Through the broken windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't a-got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Ooh!

# This ole house is afraid of thunder

# This ole house is afraid of storms

# This ole house just groans and trembles

# When the night flings out its arms

# This ole house is gettin' feeble

# This ole house is needin' paint

# Just like me it's tuckered out

# But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# No, nor mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane... #

Whoo! Shakin' Stevens and This Ole House,

which was originally a hit back in 1954,

and this next one was originally a hit in 1959 for

Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, as done by Motorhead and Girlschool.

# You know there ain't no other woman

# That could make me feel this way

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# She gets up close, you know

# I just ain't got a word to say

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Please don't touch I shake so much

# Please don't touch I shake so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# You know, I get so nervous when I see his eyes that shine

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# He gets too close and the chill runs down my spine

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Please don't touch I shake so much

# Please don't touch I shake so much

# Well, I don't know why she's got her claws in me

# Cos I ain't fighting, baby can't you see?

# Sneaking down the stairway running like a thief

# Spend the night just shaking like a leaf

# I remember the first time

# I took you to a cheap motel

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# I woke up drunk, you know

# I felt like Eskimo Nell

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Please don't touch I shake so much

# Please don't touch I shake so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much

# Don't you touch me, baby cos I'm shaking so much. #

What a great track, this, from Motorhead and Girlschool.

Phil Collins already has one single,

In The Air Tonight, in the charts, and he's just about

to have another one - I Missed Again.

# So you finally came right out and said it, girl

# What took you so long?

# It was in your eyes

# That look's been there for far too long

# I'm waiting in line

# Would you say if I was wasting my time?

# Did I miss again?

# I think I missed again, oh-ho

# I think about it from time to time

# When I'm lonely and on my own

# I try to forget and yet

# Still rush to the telephone

# And I'm waiting in line

# Girl, would you say if I was wasting my time?

# Or did I miss again?

# I think I missed again, oh-ho

# Oh, I missed again, oh

# I think I missed again, oh-ho

# Well, it feels like something you want so bad

# And then you think you've got it

# But it's something you already had

# And you can feel it all around you

# But it's something you just can't touch, oh-ho-ho

# And I can feel it coming at me

# Yes, I can feel it coming at me

# Oh, did I miss again?

# I think I missed again, oh-ho

# Oh, I missed again, oh-ho-ho

# I think I missed again, oh-ho

# Seems I'm waiting in line

# But would you say if I was wasting my time?

# Did I miss again?

# I think I missed again, oh-ho

# Oh, I missed again, oh-ho

# I think I missed again, oh-ho. #

That's not going to be a prophetic title,

I Missed Again for Phil Collins.

And now Legs & Co, dancing to

Kool And The Gang, and Jones Vs Jones.

# We don't feel like talking

# There's nothing to be said

# I guess it's just confusion

# Rolling round our heads

# Still we know there's love here

# We just can't work it out

# The hardest part of all, babe

# Is breaking up and out

# So here is where we let go

# So here is where we step out

# The hardest part of all, babe

# Is breaking up and out

# We had a love so strong

# Tell me, where did we go wrong?

# Cos I received a notice

# They called me on the phone

# To come and sign the papers

# Of Jones vs Jones

# Gone are the days of me and you

# Always did believe in, baby

# All this love is now so crazy

# Jones vs Jones

# It's me and...

# You believed in me once

# Girl, I believed in you

# Man and woman

# Love's so beautiful

# Still we know there's loving

# We just can't work it out

# When the hardest part of all, babe

# Is breaking up and out

# So here is where we let go

# So here is where we step out

# September never seemed so cold

# Where in the world did love go?

# Always did believe in, baby

# All this love is now so crazy

# Jones vs Jones

# I received a notice

# They called me on the phone... #

Legs & Co. dancing to Jones Vs Jones.

Ever been sighted on Top Of The Pops? Now it's time for the charts.

30 to 21.

German Film Star, from The Passions.

Shakin' Stevens, a new entry at 29,

with This Ole House.

Ant Music, from Adam And The Ants.

Kiki Dee with Star.

Visage, Fade To Grey.

Reward, from Teardrop Explodes.

Hot Love, from Kelly Marie.

Sergeant Rock, from XTC.

The Jam, That's Entertainment.

And In the Air Tonight, from Phil Collins.

And we go back to number 25, from Liverpool,

Teardrop Explodes with Reward.

# Bless my cotton socks

# I'm in the news

# The king sits on his face but it's all assumed

# All wrapped up the same

# All wrapped up the same

# They can't have it

# You can't have it

# I can't have it too

# Until I learn to accept my reward

# Princes stand in queues they stand accused

# Death in solitude like Howard Hughes

# All wrapped up the same

# All wrapped up the same

# Silence has it

# Arrogance has it

# I can't have it, ooh

# Until I learn to accept my reward

# Suddenly it struck me very clear

# Oh, suddenly it struck me very clean

-# All wrapped up the same

-The same

-# All wrapped up the same

-The same

# They can't have it

# You can't have it

# I can't have it too

# Until I learn to accept my reward

# Until I learn to accept my reward

# Until I learn to accept my reward

# Until I learn to accept my

# I learn to expect my

# I learn to accept my reward. #

APPLAUSE

The Teardrop Explodes, getting their Reward this week at number 25.

More action, in the chart, from number 20 to number 11.

Slade and We'll Bring The House Down.

Message Of Love, The Pretenders.

New entry at 18, Kids In America,

from Kim Wilde.

Dire Straits, Romeo And Juliet.

An EP Toyah - Four, from Toyah.

Somebody Help Me Out, from Beggar & Co.

Once In A Lifetime, from Talking Heads.

Fred Wedlock, The Oldest Swinger In Town.

Rock This Town, from Stray Cats.

And Woman, John Lennon.

For the first time in eight years, The Who on Top Of The Pops

with their new single, You Better, You Bet.

# You better, you better, you bet

# Ooh

# You better, you better, you bet

# Ooh

# I call you on the telephone

# My voice too rough from cigarettes

# I sometimes feel I should just go home

# But I'm leavin' with a memory that never forgets

# I love to hear you say my name especially when you say yes

# I got your body right now on my mind

# But I jump myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

# Oh-oh

# To the sound of old T-Rex

# Oooh, and who's next?

# When I say, "I love you"

# You say, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say, "I love you"

# You say, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

-# You better

-You better bet your life

# Or it will cut you

# Cut you like a knife

# I lay on the bed with you

# We could make some book of records

# Your dog keeps licking my nose

# And chewing up all those letters

# Saying you better

# You better bet your life

# You better love me

# All the time now

# You better shove me

# Back into line now

# You better love me

# All the time now

# You better shove me

# Back into line now

# I showed up late one night

# With a neon light for a visa

# But knowing I'm so eager to fight

# Can't make letting me in any easier

# I know I've been wearing crazy clothes

# And I look pretty crappy sometime

# But my body feels so good

# And I still sing a razor line every time

# And when it comes to all night living

# I know what I'm giving

# I've got it all down to a T

# And it's free

# When I say, "I love you"

# You say, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say, "I need you"

# You say, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say, "I love you"

# You say, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say, "I need you"

# You scream, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say, "I love you"

# You say, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say, "I need you"

# You scream, "You better"

# You better, you better, you bet

# You better bet your life

# Or it will cut you

# Just like a knife. #

APPLAUSE

Great to see The Who back on Top Of The Pops. You Better, You Bet.

Now, it's time for the Top Ten.

Madness, the chart champions of 1980

at number 10,

with The Return Of The Los Palmas 7.

At number 9, Status Quo with

Something 'Bout You, Baby, I Like,

a hit for Tom Jones back in 1974.

# There's something 'bout you baby, I like. #

-# When I saw you... #

-A group from North London at

number 8, Freeez and the Southern Freeez.

# ..doing The Southern Freeez... #

At number 7,

a track done by dozens of artists,

this time by Coast To Coast,

a hit with Do The Hucklebuck.

# Twist her right around

# Then you start a-twisting

# And a-moving it around... #

At number 6, a track

originally released last summer,

they spring up 11 places this week.

Adam And The Ants, and Kings Of The Wild Frontier.

-# Wild nobility

-We are the family... #

# Please don't touch... #

And a big hit for coalition group

Motorhead and Girlschool,

number 5 last week,

number 5 this week,

with the old Johnny Kidd number, Please Don't Touch.

# I shake so much... #

And Rainbow surrender their number 3 place,

they move down to number 4, with I Surrender.

# The role of pretender... #

# I didn't want to hurt you... #

Well, Roxy Music's Jealous Guy could become the fourth

number 1 in three months from the pen of John Lennon.

But this week it's at number 3.

# The feeling is gone only you and I... #

Ultravox, Vienna, four weeks for them at number 2.

# Nothing to me

# This means nothing to me

# Oh, Vienna. #

My Mama remember a big accordion solo... Three weeks for number 1.

Joe Dolce. Shaddap You Face.

Uno, due, tre, quattro!

# When I was a boy

# Just about-a eighth-a grade

# Mama used to say Don't-a stay out late

# With the bad-a boys always shoot-a pool

# Giuseppe, going to flunk-a school... #

That's-a my mama, all-a the time.

# Boy, it make-a me sick all the things I gotta do

# Can't-a getta no kicks

# Gotta follow stupid rules

# Boy, it make-a me sick

# Just-a make a lousy bucks... #

I gotta feel like a fool.

And the mama used to say all-a the time.

# What's-a matta you? Hey!

# Gotta no respect

# What do you think you do?

# Why you look-a so sad?

# It's-a not so bad

# It's-a nice-a place

# Ah, shaddap you face... #

That's-a my mama. Big accordion solo with a little dance.

Just a minute. I'll be right back.

# But soon-a come-a day

# Gonna be a big-a star... #

Then-a make-a Top Of The Pops,

get a new car.

# But still-a be myself... #

I never-a change a thing,

always I love-a the dance and a sing.

I remember mama and she used to say to me...

# What's-a matta you? Hey!

# Gotta no respect

# What do you think you do?

# Why you look-a so sad?

# It's-a not so bad

# It's a nice-a place

# Shaddap you face... #

That's-a my mama, getting on my back, she says...

# What's-a matta you? Hey!

# Gotta no respect

# What do you think you do?

# Why you look-a so sad?

# It's-a not so bad

# It's a nice-a place

# Ah, shaddap you face... #

That's-a my mama, brings back memories.

Hello, out there in television land.

Here we are doing a big hit song, Shaddap You Face.

Note this was a big hit in Italy.

It's-a singing the song and all my fans are clapping their hands.

RECORDING OF CHEERING PLAYS

Grazie, make me feel so good.

But we can all learn the song, right? Nobody knows it.

See the blackboard? You gotta the words. I sing...

-# What's-a matta you? # AUDIENCE MEMBER:

-Hey...

And everybody, right, stupid,

sing, "Hey!" like that. Then, at the end

we all sing, "Shaddap you face." Ready?

Uno, due, tre, quattro...

-# What's-a matta you?

-Hey!

-# Gotta no respect

-Hey!

-# What do you think you do?

-Hey!

-# Why you look-a so sad?

-Hey!

-# It's-a not so bad

-Hey!

# It's a nice-a place

-# Ah, shaddap you face... #

-Mwah!

Great, everybody gets A plus. OK.

-# What's-a matta you?

-Hey!

-# Gotta no respect

-Hey!

-# What do you think you do?

-Hey!

-# Why you look-a so sad?

-Hey!

-# It's-a not so bad

-Hey!

# It's a nice-a place

# Ah, shaddap you face... #

OK, one more time for mama. Everybody.

-# What's-a matta you?

-Hey!

-# Gotta no respect

-Hey!

-# What do you think you do?

-Hey!

-# Why you look-a so sad?

-Hey!

-# It's-a not so bad

-Hey!

# It's a nice-a place

# Ah, shaddap you face! #

RECORDING OF CHEERING PLAYS

It's a nice-a place but that's all.

See you tomorrow morning on the Breakfast Show on Radio 1

at seven o'clock. That's it from us. Here's Coast To Coast. Goodnight.

# Now, here's a dance you should

# Know, hey!

# Baby, when the lights are down

# Low! Hey!

# Grab your baby then

# Go! Hey!

# You do the Hucklebuck Do the Hucklebuck

# If you don't know how to do it Then you're out of luck!

# Shove your baby in

# Twist her all around

# Then you start a-twisting in

# And moving all around

# Wriggle like a snake

# Waddle like a duck

# That's what you do

# When you do the Hucklebuck

# Now, here's a dance you should

# Know, hey!

# Baby, when the lights are down

# Low! Hey!

# Grab your baby, then

# Go! Hey!

# A little bit of that

# A little bit of this

# If you don't know how to do it ask my little sis'

# Shove your baby in

# Twist her round and round

# Then you start a-twisting and a-moving her around

# Wriggle like a snake

# Waddle like a duck

# That's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck, yeah!

# Now here's a dance you should

# Know! Hey... #