08/02/1979 Top of the Pops

If you have ever wondered if what goes up must necessarily come down,

stay with us for this week's edition of Top Of The Pops, cos this is it.

MUSIC: "Countdown (This Is It) by Dan Hartman

# This is it

# This is the moment I've been waiting for

# Hold me even tighter

# I need your loving more

# You're the one I adore

# You more than satisfy, oh-oh-oh

# This is it This is it

# This is the time and the place for love

# Ooh we got this fast to a heaven above

# Ooh leave your troubles behind... #

APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Weekend" by Mick Jackson

# Friday evening, what a feeling

# Feel like singing

# Tired of working

# Mind is buzzing

# Feel like dancing

# Yes, I do

# Because you've got to make the best of life

# While you're young

# Hey, people

# Weekend

# Just jump into my Chevrolet

# Weekend

# An exciting nights and lazy days

# Weekend Weekend, weekend, weekend

# Weekend

# Just get down to the discotheque

# Weekend

# It's party-party time again

# Weekend

# Weekend, weekend, weekend Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Oh!

# Ah-ah

# Saturday night

# Feeling just right

# Making new friends

# Lazy Sunday

# Dreading Monday

# End of weekend

# What a drag

# Cos you've got to make the best of life

# While you're young

# Good people

# Weekend

# Just jump into my Chevrolet

# Weekend

# Exciting nights and lazy days

# Weekend

# Weekend, weekend, weekend

# Weekend

# Let's get down to the discotheque

# Weekend

# It's party-party time again

# Weekend

# Weekend, weekend, weekend Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Ow!

# Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday night

# I said, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday night

# What d'you say?

# I said, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday

# You've got to make the best of life

# While you're young

# Hey, hey, people!

# Weekend

# Just jump into my Chevrolet

# Weekend

# Exciting nights and lazy days

# Weekend

# Weekend, weekend, weekend

# Weekend

# Let's get down to the discotheque

# Weekend

# It's party-party time again

# Weekend Weekend, weekend, weekend

# Come on, people, sing it now

# Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday night

# I said, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday night

# I say!

# Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday

# Ooh, weekend

# Just jump into my Chevrolet

# Weekend

# Exciting nights and lazy days

# Weekend

# Weekend... #

APPLAUSE

Mick Jackson getting the show off to a good start tonight

with Weekend. We have a family of unrelated Jacksons coming

up on the programme a little later on.

At 29, a new entry in the chart this week from Rod,

and Ain't Love A Bitch.

MUSIC: "Ain't Love A Bitch" by Rod Stewart

# Been in pain and I've been in shame

# But ain't love a bitch

# I been in fights, locked away for nights

# But ain't love a bitch

# I been tailed, impaled, strung up and nailed and left without a stitch

# I been scratched 'n' taxed 'n' finally axed

# But ain't love a bitch

# Oh, I didn't understand till I was 17

# She took me way upstairs and she wiped me clean

# Oh, I didn't realise she made a first class fool out of me

# Oh, Maggie, if you're still out there

# The rest is history

# You're all alone in the freezing cold by the underground

# Doo-doo-doo-doo

# Your hands are numb and you're feeling dumb

# Cos you've been let down

# Doo-doo-doo-doo

# You thought you were rough and kinda tough

# And maybe out of reach

# Doo-doo-doo-doo

# You're acting chic, playing hide 'n' seek

# But ain't love a bitch

# Oh, I must state right here I've been there before

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

# My eyes were closed and so, my friends, I still don't know the score

# Oh, don't underestimate the strength of it

# It may be unwise to analyse even the cause of it

# You're driving home late one night and on the radio

# Doo-doo-doo-doo

# Comes an old familiar song you used to know so well

# You know a lot about that # Doo-doo-doo-doo

# Oh, I can't comprehend this thing called love

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Maybe it's a matter of fact I just can't grow up

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Deep down ain't we all a little juvenile

# All I really want to know is there one sweet angel

# That can make me smile... #

APPLAUSE

Ain't Love A Bitch. Rod Stewart!

There's a blonde having more fun. Aren't you?

There's a blonde having more fun. Aren't you?

Yes. Having a bit more fun.

A lot of people have Spain on their minds these days,

because of holidays and things like that.

Legs Co are going to have a go to a Spanish tune called Chiquitita.

MUSIC: "Chiquitita" by ABBA

# Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong

# You're enchained by your own sorrow

# In your eyes

# There is no hope for tomorrow

# How I hate to see you like this

# There is no way you can deny it

# I can see

# That you're oh, so sad, so quiet

# Chiquitita, tell me the truth

# I'm a shoulder you can cry on

# Your best friend

# I'm the one you must rely on

# You were always sure of yourself

# Now I see you've broken a feather

# I hope

# We can patch it up together

# Chiquitita, you and I know

# How the heartaches come and they go

# And the scars they're leaving

# You'll be dancing once again

# And the pain will end

# You will have no time for grieving

# Chiquitita, you and I cry

# But the sun is still in the sky

# And shining above you

# Let me hear you sing once more

# Like you did before... #

APPLAUSE

ABBA, and Legs Co, with Chiquitita.

Micky Dolenz, welcome! Hi, Kid, how are you?

Hi, everybody. Micky is now resident in the UK

and he's just monkeying around in our studios tonight.

Monkeying around! Do you like that? Here's Elvis Costello.

MUSIC: "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello

# Don't start me talking

# I could talk all night

# My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world to right

# Called careers information

# Have you got yourself an occupation?

# Oliver's army is here to stay

# Oliver's army are on their way

# And I would rather be anywhere else but here today

# There was a checkpoint Charlie

# He didn't crack a smile

# But it's no laughing party when you've been on the murder mile

# Only takes one itchy trigger one more widow

# One less white nigger

# Oliver's army is here to stay

# Oliver's army are on their way

# And I would rather be anywhere else but here today

# Hong Kong is up for grabs

# London is full of Arabs

# We could be in Palestine

# Overrun by a Chinese line

# With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne

# But there's no danger

# It's a professional career

# Though it could be arranged

# With just a word in Mr Churchill's ear

# If you're out of luck or out of work

# We could send you to Johannesburg

# Oliver's army is here to stay

# Oliver's army are on their way

# And I would rather be anywhere else but here today

# And I would rather be anywhere else but here today. #

APPLAUSE

The man of the moment, Elvis Costello.

From his superb album Armed Forces, that was Oliver's Army.

The only shadows you're likely to see cast across your TV screens

tonight from this brightly lit studio are these guys,

at number 5 in this week's chart.

MUSIC: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" by The Shadows

APPLAUSE

Next up, it's a former radio Record Of The Week of mine.

It's now number 13 in the chart.

It's Dr Feelgood prescribing Milk And Alcohol.

MUSIC: "Milk And Alcohol" by Dr Feelgood

# White boy in town

# Big black, blue sound

# Night club, I paid in

# I got a stamp on my skin

# Main attraction dead on his feet

# Black man rhythm with a white boy beat

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# Stay put

# I wanna go

# Hard work, bad show

# More liquor, it don't help

# He's gonna die, it breaks my heart

# I decided eventually

# This ain't doing a thing for me

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# They got him on milk and alcohol

# Got up, I walked out

# To the car, start it up

# Feel bad, sad night

# I never saw a red light

# Sirens were a screamin' all around

# I pulled on over and I shut her down

# A black cop gave me a shove with his gun

# Said, "Up against the wall and don't make a run"

# They got me on milk and alcohol

# They got me on milk and alcohol

# They got me on milk and alcohol

# They got me on milk and... #

APPLAUSE

I'm glad to see I have a couple of fellow colonials with me tonight.

Where are you from? Toronto, of course.

I might have known. Yes, indeed.

Just for you, here's Leif Garrett. He's finally made the charts

with I Was Made For Dancin'.

MUSIC: "I Was Made For Dancin'" by Leif Garrett

# You've got me rollin' like a wheel on the road

# Turnin' round and round, nowhere to go

# I've got to find out if you're feeling it too

# It's hard to tell

# So here's what I do

# And every time I want more

# I'll take you out on the floor

# I was made for dancin'

# All-all-all-all night long

# I was made for dancin'

# All-all-all-all night long

# The days and nights are moving by me and you

# You're such a crazy love, you tear me in two

# I spend my time moving to dreams and a phase

# It's a crazy love, you can see it in my face

# And every time I want more

# I take you out on the floor

# I was made for dancin'

# All-all-all-all night long

# I was made for dancin'

# All-all-all-all night long

# I was made for dancin'

# All-all-all-all night long

# I was made for dancin'

# All-all-all-all night long... #

APPLAUSE

As you would have seen at the beginning of the programme,

The Darts have found their mark once again.

Back in the charts with a song that's just a little bit

different from their past hits. It's called Get It.

MUSIC: "Get It" by The Darts

# He says he loves you

# And he knows it

# But you've heard it all before

# He says he wants you

# Forever

# That he ain't foolin' no more

# But your heart keeps tellin' ya Your heart keeps tellin' you

# You've gotta get it while you can

# You know it won't last forever

# You've got to make the most of your man

# Each time he'd hold you

# You would tremble

# And each time you kissed you'd sigh

# Each time he leaves you he tells you

# That he'll never make you cry

# But your heart keeps tellin' ya Your heart keeps tellin' you

# But your heart keeps tellin' you Your heart keeps tellin' you

# You've gotta get it while you can Get it while you can

# You've gotta get it Get it while you can

# You know it won't last forever

# You know it won't last forever

# You've gotta make the most of your man

# But your heart keeps tellin' you Your heart keeps tellin' you

# I said your heart keeps tellin' you

# You've gotta get it Get it while you can

# You've gotta get it Get it while you can

# You've gotta get it while you can

# You've gotta get it while you can

# You've gotta get it... #

APPLAUSE

We really have something for everyone

in this week's Top Of The Pops.

How about some hard rock right now from Judas Priest,

celebrating their first British hit. Take On The World!

MUSIC: "Take On The World" by Judas Priest

# You got to leave your seat, you gotta get up upon your feet

# You're gonna move ya to the rhythm till you never can stop

# We got the power, we got the music

# And you betcha that we can use it

# We're gonna take rock-bottom, we're gonna take it to the top

# We're gonna take rock-bottom, we're gonna take it to the top

# Put yourself in our hands so our voices can be heard

# And together we will take on all the world

# Put yourself in our hands so our voices can be heard

# And together we will take on all the world

# Move a little nearer

# You know you got to follow your leaders

# Cos we need you, like you need us for sure

# We're gonna drive you, we're gonna ride you

# We're gonna get right inside you

# And if you wanna keep going, just shout out for more!

# Put yourself in our hands so our voices can be heard

# And together we will take on all the world

# Put yourself in our hands so our voices can be heard

# And together we will take on all the world

# Sing your song

# We'll listen to you

# Sing your song

# The spotlight's on you

# Put yourself in our hands so our voices can be heard

# And together we will take on all the world

# Put yourself in our hands... #

APPLAUSE

The Jacksons are about to start their UK tour this weekend,

so I'm glad they were able to join us here tonight

with their current hit single called Destiny.

MUSIC: "Destiny" by The Jackson 5

# In this world there's much confusion

# And I've tasted the city life and it's not for me

# Now I do dream of distant places

# Where, I don't know now but it's destiny

# If it's the rich life I don't want it

# Happiness ain't always material things

# I want destiny

# Destiny

# It's the place for me

# Yeah, yeah

# Give me the simple life

# I'm getting away from here

# Let me be me

# C'mon, let me feel free

# Now I'm a man that's for all seasons

# And what the city offers me, it ain't naturally

# Naturally

# I look to greet the stars but there's no stars

# I'm gonna search this world until I find my destiny

# If it's the rich life I don't want it

# Happiness ain't always material things

# I want destiny

# Destiny

# It's the place for me

# Yeah, yeah

# Give me the simple life

# I'm getting away from here

# Let me be me

# C'mon, let me feel free

# Let me be me

# I wanna get far from here

# Or should I up and fly away so fancy free, yeah

# Nobody can change my mind

# The words of destiny are calling me

# Wild time, yeah, yeah

# I want destiny

# Destiny

# It's the place for me, yeah

# Ah, destiny

# Destiny

# You and me

# Should we fly away

# So fancy free

# Whoa, destiny

# Destiny

# You and me

# So fancy free

# Whoa!

# Destiny

# Destiny

# Ah, destiny

# Wooo! #

APPLAUSE

A little Thursday night fever in the studio tonight,

with Michael Jackson and his brothers. The Jacksons and Destiny.

When Blondie were over here a few months ago,

they made so many friends that their latest release is up

there in the number one position for the second week.

It is, of course, Heart Of Glass.

MUSIC: "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie

# Once I had a love and it was a gas

# Soon turned out had a heart of glass

# Seemed like the real thing only to find

# Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

# Once I had a love and it was divine

# Soon found out I was losing my mind

# It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind

# Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

# In-between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine

# Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind

# If I fear I'm losing you

# It's just no good

# You teasing like you do

# Once I had a love and it was a gas

# Soon turned out had a heart of glass

# Seemed like the real thing only to find

# Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

# Lost inside

# Adorable illusion and I cannot hide

# I'm the one you're using

# Please don't push me aside

# We coulda made it cruising, yeah

# Yeah, riding high

# On love's true bluish light

# On love's true bluish light

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa... #

APPLAUSE

That, of course, was the number one record.

That sadly marks the end of another Top Of The Pops.

Hope you enjoyed it. We're going to leave you tonight

with the music of Gene Chandler and Get Down.

But I only just got up...

MUSIC: "Get Down" by Gene Chandler

# Fine, fine foxy lady

# Get down

# Get on down

# We are, Mama, gonna shake and boogie

# Baby, get on down

# Get on down

# I know a funky place that we can dance all night

# You can be my lady

# If you play your cards right

# But you gotta get down

# Get on down

# Get down, baby

# Get on down

# Get down, sugar

# Get on down

# You're looking real good in your halter top, yeah

# Baby, get on down

# Get on down

# You sure got style

# Don't you ever stop, no, no

# Baby, get on down

# Get on down

# Girl, you're moving everywhere

# You're sure hooked up, girl

# You make the people stop and stare, ow

# Get down

# Get on down

# Get down, baby

# Get on down

# Get down, sugar

# Get on down

# Get down, baby bubba, get down... #

# Get down, baby bubba, get down... #