09/11/1978 Top of the Pops

I'm going to introduce another edition of Top Of The Pops.

# I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall

# If you don't answer, I'll just ring it off the wall

# I know he's there, but I just had to call

# Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

# Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

# I heard your mother now she's going out the door

# Did she go to work or just go to the store

# All those things she said, I told you to ignore

# Oh, why can't we talk again?

# Oh, why can't we talk again

# Oh, why can't we talk again?

# Don't leave me hanging on the telephone... #

APPLAUSE

# Friday night is all my baby lives for

# She can't wait # No, she can't wait, no, no

# Friday night is all my baby lives for

# No, she can't wait # You want to see her go

# She gets her kicks from dancing through to midnight

# Boogie nights will keep her satisfied

# Gets so hot, she sets the place alight

# Play that funky music till she dies

# She's a disco dancer, oh, yeah

# She's a disco dancer, and she's hot-hot-hot

# She don't stop

# All night long, the music keeps on playing

# It don't stop # It just don't stop, no, no

# All around her, everyone is saying

# No, she won't stop # No, she won't stop, no, no

# She's a disco dancer, oh, yeah

# She's a disco dancer, oh, yeah

# She's a disco dancer, and she's hot-hot-hot

# She don't stop

# Friday night...

# Friday night...

# Going, going...

# Oh, she's going to the disco

# Going, going...

# Now!

# Disco dancer

# Disco dancer

# Disco dancer

# Disco, yeah

# Friday night is all my baby lives for

# She don't stop # She don't stop, no, no

# Friday night is all my baby lives for

# She don't stop # You've got to see her go

# She's a disco dancer, oh, yeah

# She's a disco dancer, oh, yeah

# She's a disco dancer and she's hot-hot-hot

# She's disco dancer, oh, yeah

# She's disco dancer, oh, yeah.. #

APPLAUSE

First on Top Of The Pops tonight, that's Dandy and Disco Dancer.

And if the wobbling legs and wobbling botties

are anything to go by, that's going to be a biggie.

The new one from Mr Patrick Juvet

is currently standing at number 28 - I Love America.

# When I first came to Manhattan

# I was not surprised

# The stories people had told me

# Turned out to be no lies

# All the different people

# From all over the world, they're living

# And magic fills the air

# There's music everywhere

# I love America

# I love America

# I love America

# America

# When I first heard funky music

# It just blew my mind

# The funky music was so good

# I play it all the time

# All the funky rhythms

# Going all through my mind and body

# They make me have to move

# You can't escape the groove

# I love America

# I love America

# I love America

# America

# Everywhere funky music fills the air

# You can go to the disco

# And you'll find it there

# Funky music is music

# With so much to share

# I love America

# I love America

# I love America

# I love, I love

# I love America

# I love America

# I love, I love

# I love America... # APPLAUSE

That's Patrick Juvet, number 2 this week, and I Love America.

As a special treat for my very first programme,

they let me share a dressing room with Legs Co,

so I've watched them doing this all afternoon.

It's great.

MUSIC: "Hopelessly Devoted To You" by Olivia Newton-John

# Guess mine is not the first heart broken

# My eyes are not the first to cry

# I'm not the first to know

# There's just no getting over you

# You know I'm just a fool who's willing

# To sit around and wait for you

# But, baby, can't you see

# There's nothing else for me to do?

# I'm hopelessly devoted to you

# But now there's nowhere to hide

# Since you pushed my love aside

# I'm out of my head

# Hopelessly devoted to you

# My head is saying, "Fool, forget him"

# My heart is saying, "Don't let go

# "Hold on to the end"

# And that's what I intend to do

# I'm hopelessly devoted to you

# But now there's nowhere to hide

# Since you pushed my love aside

# I'm out of my head

# Hopelessly devoted to you

# Hopelessly devoted to you #

APPLAUSE

It's all right for you lot.

I've got to vacuum those carpets afterwards.

Olivia Newton-John, danced to very beautifully by Legs Co.

And now, at special expense, all the way from the Emerald Isle,

knocking on the door of number , The Boomtown Rats.

MUSIC: "Rat Trap" by The Boomtown Rats

# There was a... lot of rocking going on that night

# Cruising time for the young bright lights

# Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door

# The five lamp boys were coming on strong

# The Saturday night city beat had already started

# And the pulse of the corner boys just sprang into action

# And young Billy watched it under the yellow street light

# And said, "Tonight of all nights

# "There's gonna be a fight"

# Billy don't like it living here in this town

# He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born

# He says, "Hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors

# "And blood and tears pour down the drains and the sewers"

# There's screaming and crying in the high-rise block

# It's a rat trap, Billy, but you're already caught

# But you can make it if you want to or you need it bad enough

# You're young and good-looking and you're acting kind of tough anyway

# It's Saturday night, time to see what's going down

# Put on the bright suit, Billy head for the right side of town

# It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored

# You don't know what it is but there's got to be more

# You'd better find a way out, hey, kick down that door

# It's a rat trap

# And you've been caught

# In this town Billy says,

"Everybody's trying to tell you what to do"

# In this town Billy says, "Everybody says you've gotta follow rules

# You walk up to the traffic lights

# You switch from your left to your right

# You push in that button and that button comes alight

# It tells you, "Walk, don't walk

# "Walk, don't walk

# "Talk, don't talk

# "Walk, don't walk

# "Talk, don't talk

# "Talk, don't talk"

# Hey, Billy, take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

# Billy, take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

# Hey, Billy!

# Take a walk with me

# Do you want that misery?

# Sweet high school queen

# Little Judy's trying to watch Top Of The Pops

# But Mum and Dad are fighting don't they ever stop?

# She takes off her coat and walks down to the street

# It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat

# Deep down in her pocket she finds 50p

# Is that any way for a young girl to be?

# "I'm gonna get out of school work in some factory

# "Work all the hours God gave me, get myself a little easy money

# Her mind's made up, she walks down the road

# Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold

# She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe

# When he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says

# But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars

# "It's a rat trap, Judy!

# "And we've been caught!"

# Rat trap

# You've been caught in a rat trap... #

APPLAUSE

Well, it's the first show and already I'm getting lazy.

Who was that? Boomtown Rats. And it was..?

And it was? Come on, you've got to do it quicker than that!

It was Rat Trap. Nearly good, nearly good.

And the handsome bunch we've got over there coming on next are.. ?

Darts.

And it's Don't Let It Fade Away is that right?

Yes.

Very good.

MUSIC: "Don't Let It Fade Away" by Darts

# I see your eyes shine

# Each time I'm going to say

# Don't let it fade away

# And it gets warmer, stronger

# With each passing day

# Don't let it fade away

# And it seems I got good luck and smile

# Are coming my way

# Don't let it fade

# Don't let it fade away

# Don't see no sorrow, feel no pain

# Just want to hear you say, "Again"

# I see your eyes shine Do-do

# Each time Do-do

# I'm gonna say

# Don't let it fade away

# Do-do

# Oo-oo-oo

# Do-do

# Oo-oo-oo

# Don't see no sorrow, feel no pain

# Just wanna hear you say, "Again"

# I wanna hear you say

# I see your eyes shine

# Each time

# I'm gonna say

# Don't let it fade away

# Don't let

# Don't let it fade

# Don't let it fade away

# Don't

# Don't let

# Don't let it fade... #

APPLAUSE

Oh, I love them desperately. That's Darts and Don't Let It Fade Away.

For months, Darts have been scouring the world trying to find themselves

a new singer and at last they've found one in the States

His name's Kenny Andrews. Hi, Kenny. How are you doing?

You're a big chap, aren't you? I'm kind of tall.

Where did they find you? They found me in New York.

I was looking in the newspaper

there was an audition for a bass player...

Bass singer, I'm sorry. ..and they hired me.

And do you like them?

Oh, they're a good group and they have a lot, a lot, a lot of promise.

A lot of promise, and they are fantastic.

So you think you and them are going to go places.

Do you enjoy the same type of music, do you?

Yes, I do, because, you know, doo-wop started in America

and it started, basically,

in the black groups being on the street corner singing.

That's doo-wop.

How do you like England?

I'm enjoying it so far.

I don't get a chance to see much from going here and going there

but I enjoy what I see.

It reminds me a lot of the Midwest.

Well, Kenny, we wish you the best of luck with Darts.

And here are Cars.

MUSIC: "My Best Friend's Girl" by Cars

# You're always dancing down the street

# With your suede blue eyes

# Every new boy that you meet

# Doesn't know the real surprise

# Here she comes again

# When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky

# Yeah, I think you'll flip Here she comes again

# When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky

# I kinda like the way

# Like the way she dips

# She's my best friend's girl

# She's my best friend's girl

# But she used to be mine

# You've got your nuclear boots

# And your drip dry glove

# When you bite your lip

# It's some reaction to love

# Here she comes again

# When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky

# Yeah, I think you'll flip Here she comes again

# When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky

# Here she comes again

# I kinda like the way

# Like the way she dips

# She's my best friend's girl

# She's my best friend's girl

# But she used to be mine... #

All right.

# You're always dancing down the street

# With your suede blue eyes

# And every new boy that you meet

# He doesn't know the real surprise

# Here she comes again

# She's dancing with the stars

# Here she comes again

# She'll make you flip

# Here she comes again

# When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky.

# Here she comes again

# I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips

# She's my best friend's girl

# She's my best friend's girl

# She used to be mine

# So fine... #

All right now.

# My best friend's girlfriend.. #

Oh, yeah.

# My best friend's girlfriend

# She used to be mine. #

That's Cars, number 10, My Best Friend's Girl.

I'm going to do this job again because they keep surrounding me

with lots of lovely ladies, it's fantastic.

And no expense spared on this programme,

we're going to provide you with a bit of Liquid Gold.

# Oh, yeah, yeah

# My old daddy told me

# 'Bout the groovy things in life

# He said "Don't ever worry

# "Take it easy, make it nice"

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# Cos my daddy told me so

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# Cos my daddy told me so

# He said "Anyway you do it

# "There is nothing to it

# "Anyway you do it makes you feel all right"

# Anyway you do it

# There is nothing to it

# Anyway you do it makes you feel all right

# Makes you feel all right

# He said "Find yourself a honey

# "Treat him bad and take it slow

# "Show him when you're ready, ooo-hoo-hoo

# "Lettin' your emotions flow"

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# Cos my daddy told me so

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# Cos my daddy told me so

# He said "Anyway you do it

# "There is nothing to it

# "Anyway you do it makes you feel all right"

# Anyway you do it

# There is nothing to it

# Anyway you do it makes you feel all right

# Makes you feel all right

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# My daddy told me so

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# Yeah, my daddy told me

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# Yeah, he told me so

# Oh, I know, yes, I know

# That's why I know

# He said "Anyway you do it

# "There is nothing to it

# "Anyway you do it makes you feel all right"

# Anyway you do it

# There is nothing to it

# Anyway you do it makes you feel all right. #

Anyway You Do It, that's Liquid Gold.

That lady with a microphone stand...

Think I'll apply for a job as a microphone stand.

Here's Chas and Dave and Strummin'.

# Well, when I was just a nipper, about the age of seven

# My old father, he brings me home a present

# He gets it out the box and he says to me, "Here you are"

# Mother said, "What's that, a banjo?"

# He said, "No, it's a guitar"

# Just how you held it

# I wasn't sure

# I'd only ever seen one

# On the telly once before

# This great big skinny handle

# With a lump stuck on the bottom

# First I didn't like it

# I thought it was rotten

# But I didn't want the old man to think

# He'd gone and bought one for nothing

# So I taught myself to tune it up

# And I just carried on strummin'

# Well, for two or three weeks

# I sort of sat around and thumped it

# Me family never liked it

# But I said, "You like or lump it"

# I used to spend all night long, I did

# Banging out some tune

# Till one 'em would say to me "Take it in the other room"

# Then my old brother would say "I wish you'd shut your noise"

# But then again see, he never was one of the boys

# Cos all he liked was jazz

# Bach, Liszt and Handel

# He said, "What you're playing there, mate, ain't worth a candle"

# I said, "If you think I'm stopping there, mate,

# "You got another thing coming

# I just cocked a deaf 'un and carried on strummin'

# I don't care what other people say

# I'll just carry on strummin'

# Well, all the kids at school you know, they tried to gee me up

# They shout out, "Oi, Elvis, give us All Shook Up"

# But I didn't take no notice of 'em

# I said, "You can take the mick " cos I was music barmy

# And me skin was thick

# I think they were jealous

# Just between me and you

# Cos I had this little band, see

# Used to earn myself a bob or two

# But all them lot thought about

# Was different kinds of sports

# But me, I weren't athletic, I never was that sort

# I said, "You can keep your football

# "And your cricket and your running

# "Pffft" to you lot

# And I carried on strummin'

# I don't care what other people say

# I'll just carry on strummin'

# Well, in the end I took my songs up to this big recording boss

# He said, "Let's record that strummin' song

# "Don't matter what it costs"

# He said, "I'll get this drummer down

# "He's not a rocker"

# He said, "He comes from Brixton"

I said, "I don't care if he's sky blue, pink, went bankrupt or barmy

# "If he can play them drums, he can only help me, can't he?

# Well, we finally released it

# Do you know that record was a hit?

# And I was so happy, I nearly had a fit

# But everyone said what sold that record was the drummin'

# But I ain't so sure, you know

# I think what sold that record was my old strummin'

# I don't care what other people say

# I know I got some good times coming

# Let 'em keep nagging away

# But I'll just carry on strummin'

# Trouble with this music game is you know

# Gets you down if you let it

# We're playing all the good bits and that drummer's getting all the credit

# All that bang, bang, bang. #

APPLAUSE

Dragged out of the public bar especially for the occasion.

That's Chas and Dave and Strummin'.

And now Dan Hartman is just about to countdown

the number of legs that there are in Legs Co..

# Ten, nine, eight,

# Seven, six, five,

# Four, three, two, one

# You set my lips on fire

# You won the key to my heart

# You've got a special way to move me

# Don't stop now, let's do it again

# You keep me dancin' through the moonlight

# I feel the pleasure in your touch

# And everything you are is heaven

# Oh, I can't get enough, no, I can't get enough

# Instant replay

# I've got to have it

# Instant replay

# Ooh, who, ooh-ooh

# Instant replay

# Got to have your love again

# I feel so good about us

# I found a shining star

# And when I look into your eyes, it's magic

# I just know this can't be a dream

# I'm so happy, must be real

# In every way it's getting stronger

# Now you know it, let me show it

# Instant replay

# Oh, got to have it now

# Instant replay

# Woo-woo-woo-ooh

# Instant replay

# Got me floating on a cloud

# Got me dancing all around, all around, all around

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh... #

Ah, yeah

That's right.

# Ahhh... # Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Whoa!

# Instant replay

# Instant replay, yeah

# Instant replay

# Instant replay, yeah

# Instant replay Ooh! #

That's Dan Hartman counting down Legs Co and Instant Replay.

Over on my left we have the great X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene

and Germ Free Adolescence.

# I know you're antiseptic

# Your deodorant smells nice

# I'd like to get to know you

# But you're deep frozen like the ice

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# Cleans her teeth ten times a day

# Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the SR way

# You may get to touch her

# If your gloves are sterilised

# Rinse your mouth with glycerine

# Blow disinfectant in her eyes

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# Cleans her teeth ten times a day

# Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the SR way

Her phobia is infection

# She needs one to survive

# It's her built-in protection

# Without fear she'd give up and die

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# Cleans her teeth ten times a day

# Scrub away, scrub away scrub away, the SR way

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# He's a germ free adolescent

# Cleanliness is her obsession

# Cleans her teeth ten times a day

# Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the SR way. #

APPLAUSE

They're singing my song, Germ Free Adolescence, that's X-Ray Spex

And now this week's number 1. As we expected,

it's up there again, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, and oh,

those Summer Nights!

# Summer lovin' had me a blast

# Summer lovin', happened so fast

# I met a girl, crazy for me

# I met a boy, cute as can be

# Summer days driftin' away,

# To uh-oh, those summer nights

Well-ah, well-ah, well-ah... Uh

# Tell me more, tell me more,

# Did you get very far?

# Tell me more, tell me more,

Like, does he have a car?

# Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, Do-doo, Do-doo, Do-doo

# She swam by me, she got a cramp

# He went by me, got my suit damp

# I saved her life, she nearly drowned

# He showed off, splashing around

# Summer sun, something's begun

# But uh-oh, those summer nights

Well-ah, well-ah, well-ah... Uh

# Tell me more, tell me more,

# Was it love at first sight?

# Tell me more, tell me more,

# Did she put up a fight?

# Doo-be-doo, Do-be-doo, Do-be-doo Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh,

# Doo-be-doo, Do-be-doo, Do-be doo Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh,

# Took her bowlin' in the arcade

# We went strollin', drank lemonade

# We made out, under the dock

# We stayed up, until ten o'clock

# Summer fling, don't mean a thing

# But uh-oh, those summer nights

# Tell me more, tell me more

# But you don't gotta brag

# Tell me more, tell me more

# Cos he sounds like a drag

# Shudda bop-bop, shudda bop-bop, shudda bop-bop, shudda bop-bop

# Shudda bop-bop, shudda bop-bop, shudda bop-bop, yeah!

# He got friendly, holdin' my hand

# Well, she got friendly, down in the sand

# He was sweet, just turned 18

# Well, she was good, you know what I mean

# Summer heat, boy and girl meet

# But uh-oh, those summer nights

# Tell me more, tell me more

# How much dough did he spend?

# Tell me more, tell me more

# Could she get me a friend? #

Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta -

he only got the part because the leather jacket wouldn't fit me.

That's it for this edition of Top Of The Pops, we'll see you next week.

We're going to leave you with The Jacksons

and their version of Blame It On The Boogie.

# Yee-hee-hee-eh

# My baby's always dancin' and it wouldn't be a bad thing

# But I don't get no lovin' and that's no lie

# We spent the night in Frisco at every kinda disco

# From that night I kissed our love goodbye

# Don't blame it on the sunshine

# Don't blame it on the moonlight

# Don't blame it on the good times

# Blame it on the boogie

# Don't blame it on the sunshine

# Don't blame it on the moonlight

# Don't blame it on the good times

# Blame it on the boogie

# That nasty boogie bugs me, but somehow how it has drugged me

# Spellbound rhythm gets me on my feet

# I've changed my life completely, I've seen the lightning leave me

# And my baby just can't take her eyes off me

# Don't blame it on the sunshine

# Don't blame it on the moonlight

# Don't blame it on the good times

# Blame it on the boogie

# Don't you blame it on the sunshine

# Don't blame it on the moonlight

# Don't blame it on the good times

# Blame it on the boogie, woo

# I just can't, I just can't

# I just can't control my feet

# I just can't, I just can't

# I just can't control my feet

# I just can't, I just can't

# I just can't control my feet

# I just can't, I just can't

# I just can't control my feet

# Sunshine

# Don't blame it on the moonlight

# Don't blame it on the good times

# Blame it on the boogie

# Don't blame it on the sunshine

# Don't blame it on the moonlight

# Don't on the good times

# Blame it on the boogie... #

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd