06/10/77 Top of the Pops

This is the show you can have in any colour. If it's black!

# We like the music, we like that disco sound, hey

# Black is black

# Black is black

# Black is black

# Black is black, go

# Black is black, black, ooh

# I want my baby back

# It's grey, it's grey

# Since he went away, oh oh

# What can I do...? #

APPLAUSE

# I saw her today, I saw her face

# It was a face I loved and I knew

# I had to run away

# And get down on my knees and pray

# That they'd go away

# But still they begin

# Needles and pins

# Because of all my pride

# The tears I've got to hide

# I thought I was smart

# I'd won her heart

# I didn't think I'd do

# But now you see

# She's worse to him than me

# Let her go ahead

# And take his love instead

# And one day she will see

# Just how to say please

# And get down on her knees

# That's how they begin

# She'll feel those needles and pins

# Hurtin' her, hurtin' her

# Why can't I stop and tell myself I'm wrong?

# I'm wrong, so wrong

# Why can't I stand up and tell myself I'm strong?

# Because I saw her today

# I saw her face

# It was a face I loved and I knew

# I had to run away

# And get down on my knees and pray

# That they'd go away

# But still they begin

# Needles and pins

# Because of all my pride

# The tears I've got to hide

# Oh, needles and pins

# Needles and pins

# Needles and pins

# Needles and pins. #

APPLAUSE

Needles And Pins, a song you can justifiably call a pop classic.

An oldie brought up to date there by Smokie and here's one

of the best records of 1977, Best Of My Love, the sound of the Emotions.

# Doesn't take much to make me happy

# And make me smile

# Never, never will I feel discouraged

# Cos our love's no mystery

# Demonstrating love and affection

# That you give so openly, yeah

# I like the way you make me about you, baby

# Want the whole wide world to see

# Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love

# Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love

# Whoa whoa, you got the best of my love

# Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love

# Goin' in and out of changes

# The kind that come around each day

# My life has a better meaning

# Love has kissed me in a beautiful way

# And oh, yeah

# My love, my love

# Ohhh! Oh, yeah

# My love, my love

# Oh, you got the best of my love

# Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love

# Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love

# Whoa whoa, you've got the best of my love

# Demonstrating sweet love and affection

# That you give so openly, yeah

# The way I feel about ya, baby, can't explain it

# Want the whole wide world to see

# Ohhh but in my heart

# You're all I need

-# You for me and me for you

-My love, my love

-# Ohhh, it's growin' every day ooooh

-My love, my love

# Ohhh

# Do-do-do-do-do-do-ow!

# Ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh

# You've got the best of my love

# Ohhh, oh oh oh oh oh... #

APPLAUSE

Really great song there, absolutely marvellous.

Emotions and Best Of My Love.

The next song is really quite self-explanatory.

It comes from Danny Mirror.

# I remember Elvis Presley

# Lord, how I love to hear him sing

# So I'll adore him just for ever

# For he's the one and only King

# I remember Elvis Presley

# And he won't ever set me free

# Like he was singing Now Or Never

# He's just a golden memory

# Good luck charm is not for ever

# Good luck songs we need 'em ever

# Again, again I'll play your songs

# Cos in my mind you haven't gone

# Are you lonesome tonight?

# Do you miss him tonight?

# Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?

# I remember Elvis Presley

# Lord, how I love to hear him sing

# So I'll adore him just for ever

# For he's the one and only King

# I remember Elvis Presley

# And he won't ever set me free

# Like he was singing Now Or Never

# He's just a golden memory. #

APPLAUSE

Danny Mirror and I Remember Elvis Presley.

Right, it's now join in with Top Of The Pops and Legs & Company time.

Up to the loft, get your Christmas decorations out

and start hurling yourself around.

-# Baby

-Baby

# Baby gives me loving

# Leaves me meaning nothing

# Nothing left to mean

-# Baby

-Baby

# Baby's got me sighing

# Nearly has me dying

# Dying off to me

# From here to eternity

# That's where she takes me

# From here to eternity

# She does, she does, she does

# From here to eternity

# That's where she leads me

# From here to eternity

# With love, with love, with love

# Ahhhhh

# Ahhh-ahhhh

# Ahhhhh

# Ahhh-ahh-ahh... #

APPLAUSE

I bet those outfits made you concentrate on what was happening.

Hardy Amies tells me everyone's going to be wearing those.

What Wonderous Stories. Yes.

# I awoke this morning

# Love laid me down by the river

# Drifting, I turned on up stream

# Bound for my forgiver

# In the giving of my eyes to see your face

# Sound did silence me

# Leaving no trace

# I beg to leave, to hear your wonderous stories

# Beg to hear your wonderous stories

# La la la

# He spoke of lands not far

# Nor lands they were in his mind

# Of fusion captured high

# Where reason captured his time

# In no time at all he took me to the gate

# In haste I quickly checked the time

# If I was late I had to leave, to hear your wonderous stories

# I had to hear your wonderous stories

# La la la

# La la la la

# Hearing

# Hearing, hearing your wonderous stories

# Hearing your wonderous stories...#

APPLAUSE

Yes and some of those Wonderous Stories.

Here's a lovely lady. She's got a brand new single.

Deniece Williams and Baby, Baby, My Love's All For You.

So she says.

# Ooooh

# Baby, baby, baby, my love's all for you

# Baby, baby, baby, my love's all for you

# When you give love, you will be loved

# By the one you say you want

# I knew at first I fell in love

# When I saw you

# I need you

# So I can feel you

# Cos you're the one I'm thinking of

# You're a different kind of love

# My dream come true

# I'm altogether lovely

# Being loved by you

# And altogether lovely

# Is my love for you

# I'm altogether lovely

# Being loved by you

# And altogether lovely is my love

# Baby, baby, baby, my love's all for you

# Baby, baby, baby, my love's all for you

# This is the first time

# That a love's all mine

# To cherish and to hold

# The greatest story ever told

# Is how I found you

# I thank the day you came my way

# Only death will make us part

# You will always have my heart

# Now I'm brand new

# I'm altogether lovely

# Being loved by you

# And altogether lovely is my love

# Baby, baby, baby, my love's all for you

# Baby, baby, baby, my love's all for you

# Oh oh oh

# Baby

# Baby

# Ba-a-a-a-aby!

# All my lovin'

# All my lovin's for you

# Yeah, yeah... #

APPLAUSE

Mwah! Gorgeous lady with a beautiful voice. And a very beautiful song.

That's Deniece Williams. Here are The Stranglers and No More Heroes.

# Whatever happened to

# All of the heroes?

# All the Shakespearoes?

# They watched their Rome burn

# Whatever happened to

# Leon Trotsky?

# He got an ice pick

# That made his ears burn

# Whatever happened to the heroes?

# Whatever happened to the heroes?

# Whatever happened to

# Dear old Lenny?

# The great Elmyra?

# And Sancho Panza?

# Whatever happened to the heroes?

# Whatever happened to the heroes?

# No more heroes any more

# No more heroes any more

# Whatever happened to

# All of the heroes? #

APPLAUSE

The Stranglers. And now we move on to the hard part of the programme.

-How do you pronounce the next name band?

-Baccara.

-You reckon Baccara?

-What do you reckon?

-Bacc-A-ra.

-Bacc-A-ra.

I thought it was The Osmonds, myself.

# La la la

# Ah ah

# Ahh ah-ah-ah

# Ah ah ah ah ah ah

# Mister

# Your eyes are full of hesitation

# Sure makes me wonder

# If you know what you're looking for

# Baby

# I wanna keep my reputation

# I'm a sensation

# You try me once, you'll beg for more

# Oh, yes, sir

# I can boogie

# But I need a certain song

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie

# All night long

# And, yes, sir

# I can boogie

# If you stay, you can't go wrong

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie

# All night long

# No, sir

# I don't feel very much like talking

# No, neither walking

# You wanna know if I can dance

# Ooh

# Yes, sir

# Already told you in the first verse

# And in the chorus

# But I will give you one more chance

# Oh, yes, sir

# I can boogie

# But I need a certain song

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie

# All night long... #

APPLAUSE

Be quiet a minute, we're trying to sort out the next one,

which is called?

-Tupelo.

-Mississippi.

-Flash. It's the tale told by Steve Gibbons.

I wanna tell you the story that's all about

A job I had one time as a talent scout

I'd had a hard day in the office

The boss wasn't in town

And as I did, this hard-looking guitar-picker happens to come around

Yeah, he walks in the office, got a great big grin

And, folks, that's where this story really begins

# He said

# "My name is Beauregard Ripley

# "I come to you from Tupelo, Mississippi

# "I write songs that sing just like a bird

# "And make sounds on my guitar like you never ever heard

# "But I'm down on my luck, things are getting slack

# "I got this quarter in my pocket, this shirt on my back

# "But buy me some supper, get me a place I can sleep

# "I'll sing you a song that knocks you half right up the creek

# "I got talent, boy

# "Back home they call me the Tupelo Mississippi Flash"

# Well, I just knew I was in a room with some kinda nut

# Cos he pulled out a pack of used cigarette butts

# That's when I told him, "We can't use you today"

# And I hand the boy a dollar and sent him on his way

# The boss came back, we both had a laugh

# I told him 'bout the Tupelo Mississippi Flash

# Pretty soon I heard the story circling around

# About a Mississippi nut here in our town

# Watch that Tupelo boy

# He's squirrelly

# Walks round callin' himself the Tupelo Mississippi Flash

# You know it happened one day, I was driving to my home

# I happened to have my car radio on

# I heard the jock raving about some brand new smash

# By a kid called the Tupelo Mississippi Flash

# I almost wrecked my automobile

# Went plain through the red light

# I hit a traffic cop, it was so absurd

# It blew my mind, this is what I heard

# You know this story's got an ending and it's short and sweet

# Boss man fired me, left me out in the street

# I got a new job now, I'm learning fast

# Driving that bus for the Tupelo Mississippi Flash

# And his Cadillac, I'm riding that one too

# Thank God he's got it

# Yeah, I have zero money

# Chaufeur shogun, I always say

# Tupelo Mississippi, you ever heard of him?

# Oh yes, and I can get behind a wheel and drive right by

# You know, it does a man good to swallow his pride... #

APPLAUSE

The Steve Gibbons Band. It's more like an identity parade here.

Cheer up! Smile! Smile.

All right, don't overdo it. Here's number one, and it's David Soul.

# Tired of drifting, searching, shifting

# From town to town

# Every time I slip and slide a little further down

# I can't blame you if you won't take me back

# After everything I put you through

# But, honey, you're my last hope

# And who else can I turn to?

# Come on, Silver Lady, take my word

# I won't run out on you again Believe me

# Oh, I've seen the light

# It's just one more fight

# Without you

# Here I am a million miles from home

# The Indiana wind and rain cut through me

# I'm lost and alone, chilled to the bone

# Silver Lady

# Double talkers, backstreet walkers at every turn

# Seedy motels and no-star hotels, still I had to learn

# That the one shining thing in my mind

# Was the sweet love I had with you

# And, honey, you're my last hope

# And who else can I turn to?

# Come on, Silver Lady, take my word

# I won't run out on you again, believe me

# Oh, I've seen the light

# It's just one more fight

# Without you

# Here I am a million miles from home

# The Indiana wind and rain cut through me

# I'm lost and alone, chilled to the bone

# Silver Lady. #

APPLAUSE

That's number one. David Soul and Silver Lady.

Now, Kim, tell me about the brand new single...

Oh, sorry, we don't have time.

We'll find out about that later. Swap Shop returns on Saturday.

I'm on the Breakfast Show tomorrow.

She's livid. It was only a joke. Bye-bye.

# Standing here alone with you

# Wondering what it is that I'm supposed to do

# And there you are with the lovelight in your eyes

# Your bridges are burnt down

# Your arms are open wide

# Am I in too deep or should I swim to the shore?

# Is this the real thing I don't know

# But I've never been here before

# And I feel a thunder in my heart

# That I just can't control

# I feel a thunder in my heart

# Should I walk away or follow my soul?

# I feel a thunder in my heart

# Where it comes from I just don't know

# Oh, no

# Oh, no... #

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