11/08/77 Top of the Pops

Time for our hit sound countdown to the music of Jonathan Richman.

One, two, three, four, five, six!

# Roadrunner, roadrunner

# Going faster, miles an hour

# Going to drive past the Stop 'N' Shop

# With the radio on

# I'm in love with the modern world

# Massachusetts when it's late at night

# And the neon when it's cold outside

# I got the radio on

# It's like the roadrunner going around the highway

# I walked by the Stop 'N' Shop

# Then I drove by the Stop 'N' Shop

# I liked that much better than walking by the Stop 'N' Shop

# Cos I had the radio on... #

APPLAUSE

From the week's highest climber, Roadrunner,

to chart sound number three,

unmistakeably Showaddywaddy and You've Got What It Takes.

# You don't drive a big fast car

# And you don't look like a movie star

# And on your money we won't get far

# But baby, yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# And oh-oh-oh, whoa, yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Now you don't live in a beautiful place

# Now you don't dress with the best of taste

# And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face

# But baby, yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# And oh-oh-oh, whoa, yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Now when you're near me, ooh-wee

# My head goes around and around

# Now when you kiss me, ooh-wee

# My love comes tumbling down

# When you send me

# Now you don't drive a big fast car

# You don't look like a movie star

# And on your money we won't get far

# But baby, yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# And oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Now when you're near me, ooh-wee

# My head goes around and around

# Now when you kiss me, ooh-wee

# My love comes tumbling down

# When you send me

# Now you don't live in a beautiful place

# You don't dress with the best of taste

# And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face

# But baby, yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# And oh-oh-oh, whoa-whoa, yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Oh, yeah

# You got what it takes for me That's right

# You got what it takes for me. #

APPLAUSE

Here comes one of this week's three new chart entries at number 28.

A great Chuck Berry rock 'n' roller from the Steve Gibbons Band.

This is Tulane!

# Tulane and Johnny opened a novelty shop

# Back under the counter was the cream of the crop

# Everything was clickin' and the business was good

# Till one day, lo and behold an officer stood

# Johnny jumped the counter but he stumbled and fell

# Tulane made it over Johnny fell and he yelled

# Go head home, Tulane He can't catch up with you

# Go, Tulane He ain't man enough for you

# Go, Tulane Use all the speed you got

# Go Tulane, you know you need a lot

# Go, Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head home, Tulane Go head home

# Go by your father's house and tell him business is slow

# See if he will loan you something Soon you'll get the dough

# Put the cat out in the hall and rumple up the room

# Go by Doctor Keller Tell him you swallowed some perfume

# Tell him you need him quick so he may have to testify

# That you been sick all day and that's a perfect alibi

# Go head home, Tulane He can't catch up with you

# Go, Tulane He ain't man enough for you

# Go, Tulane Use all the speed you got

# Go, Tulane, you know you need a lot

# Go, Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head home, Tulane Go head home

# Go, let Daddy drive in case you run into the Man

# Back by the shop and get the stuff and hide it in the van

# Go back to your father's Get the money for the bail

# Bring it down and bail me out this rotten, funky jail

# We gotta get a lawyer in the clique of politics

# Somebody who can win this thing or get this thing fixed

# Go head home, Tulane He can't catch up with you

# Go, Tulane He ain't man enough for you

# Go, Tulane Use all the speed you got

# Go Tulane, you know you need a lot

# Go Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head home, Tulane Go head home

-# Go head home, Tulane

-Ooh

-# Go, Tulane

-He ain't man enough for you

-# Go, Tulane

-Ooh

-# Go, Tulane

-Ooh

# Go, Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head home, Tulane Go head home

# Woo, Tulane!

# Yeah, Tulane!

# You're a cutie, a beauty... #

APPLAUSE

Rock fans, you'll be glad we've got more music like that coming up.

But right now, Barry Biggs. Still in the charts with a Blue Magic number.

The second Blue Magic number that's been in the charts for him.

The first was Sideshow last year.

This, of course, is Three Ring Circus.

# The whistle blows as he makes his rounds

# He's seen every town west of Mississippi

# He's just a face painted all in smiles

# Jumpin' up and down and makin' people happy

# Though deep inside a shadow grows

# He could laugh and no-one knows

# There's a lonely man inside

# Life is a three ring circus

# All of the ups and downs of a carousel

# That I know so well

# Life is a three ring circus

# Just one little ride on a merry-go-round

# Going round and round and round and round and round

# He did the dance like the minstrels did

# Just to please the kids and keep the people laughing

# But no-one knows that beneath the clothes

# And his turned up nose there lives a lonely beggar

# He needs a love that can't be found

# But in life he's just a clown

# Till they bring the curtain down

# Life is a three ring circus

# All of the ups and downs of a carousel

# That I know so well

# Life is a three ring circus

# Just one little ride on a merry-go-round

# Going round and round and round and round and round

# Going round and round... #

This has got to be one of the best rhythm & rock records this year.

It's just hovering outside the charts.

The Rods and Do Anything You Wanna Do.

# I'm going to break out of the city

# Leave the people here behind

# Searching for adventure

# Is the type of life to find

# Tired of doing day jobs With no thanks for what I do

# I'm sure I must be someone

# Now I'm going to find out who

# Why don't you ask them what they expect from you?

# Why don't you tell them what you are going to do?

# You'll get so lonely

# Maybe it's better that way

# It ain't you only

# You've got something to say

# Do anything you wanna do

# Do anything you want to do

# Don't need no politicians

# Tell me things I shouldn't be

# Neither no opticians

# Tell me what I oughta see

# No-one tells you nothing

# Even when you know they know

# But they tell you what you should do

# They don't like to see you grow

# Why don't you ask them what they expect from you?

# Why don't you tell them what you are going to do?

# You'll get so lonely

# Maybe it's better that way

# It ain't you only

# You got something to say

# Do anything you wanna do

# Do anything you wanna do

# I'm going to break out of the city

# Leave the people here behind

# Searching for adventure

# Is the type of life to find

# Tired of doing day jobs With no thanks for what I do

# I'm sure I must be someone

# Now I'm going to find out who

# Why don't you ask them what they expect from you?

# Why don't you tell them what you're going to do?

# You'll get so lonely... # APPLAUSE

Great sound from the Rods. Right now, the mood is mellow.

It's the ever-colourful Legs and Co,

performing to the number six sound from Rita Coolidge, We're All Alone.

# Outside the rain begins

# And it may never end

# So cry no more

# On the shore, a dream

# Will take us out to sea

# For ever more

# For ever more

# Close your eyes and dream

# And you can be with me

# Neath the waves

# Through the caves of hours

# Long forgotten now

# We're all alone

# We're all alone

# Close the window, calm the light

# And it will be all right

# No need to bother now

# Let it out, let it all begin

# Learn how to pretend

# Once a story's told

# It can't help but grow old

# Roses do, lovers too

# So cast your seasons to the wind

# And hold me, dear

# Oh, hold me, dear

# Close the window, calm the light

# And it will be all right

# No need to bother now

# Let it out, let it all begin

# All's forgotten now

# We're all alone

# Oh, we're all alone

# Close the window, calm the light

# And it will be all right

# No need to bother now

# Let it out... #

APPLAUSE

From some delightful Lizzies to a Thin Lizzy,

the second of our three new entries this week. At 30, here's the band

with Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In The Spotlight).

# When you passed me in the doorway

# Well, you took me with a glance

# I should have took that last bus home

# But I asked you for a dance

# Now we go steady to the pictures

# I always get chocolate stains on my pants

# And my father, he's going crazy

# He says I'm living in a trance

# But I'm dancing in the moonlight

# It's caught me in its spotlight

-# It's all right, all right

-Dancing in the moonlight

# On this long hot summer night

# It's three o'clock in the morning

# And I'm on the streets again

# I disobeyed another warning

# I should have been in by ten

# Now I won't get out until Sunday

# I'll have to say I stayed with friends

# Oh, but it's a habit worth forming

# If it means to justify the ends

# Dancing in the moonlight

# It's caught me in its spotlight

-# It's all right, all right

-Dancing in the moonlight

# On this long hot summer night

# And I'm walking home

# My last bus has gone

# But I'm dancing in the moonlight. #

APPLAUSE

Lizzy, dancing in the Top 30 again.

Back on the disco scene, here come Delegation

and their follow-up to Where Is The Love?

This is called You've Been Doing Me Wrong.

# I remember when

# The love we had was beautiful and new

# We were so happy then

# Whatever stood before us we'd get through

# Changing my life with your saving grace

# Making me strong day by day

# Now all of that's a memory I can't replace

# I know your love has gone, girl

# I watched it slip away

# You've been doing me wrong for so long now

# I have to set my sights on someone new

# I try to break away but I don't know how

# I'll make it better, baby

# No matter what I do

# I'll make it better, baby

# No matter what I do, yeah

# Why do you never call?

# Tell me, girl

# I know you've got my number by your phone

# I never complain at all

# And then I work my fingers to the bone

# Running to you when you gave the word

# Just like a queen on the throne

# Then you turned your back like you never heard

# My prayers all went unanswered

# Your heart had turned to stone

# You've been doing me wrong for so long now

# I'll have to set my sights on someone new

# Been trying to break away, but I don't know how

# I may get better, baby

# No matter what I do

# I may get better, baby

# No matter what I do... #

APPLAUSE

For the next few moments,

Fleetwood Mac are going to weave their spell on you.

This comes from their fabulous Rumours LP.

In the charts at number 24, it's Dreams.

# Mmm-hmm-hmm

# Now there you go again

# You say you want your freedom

# Well, who am I to keep you down?

# It's only right that you should play the way you feel it

# But listen carefully to the sound

# Of your loneliness

# Like a heartbeat, drives you mad

# In the stillness of remembering

# What you had

# And what you lost

# And what you had

# Ooh, what you lost

# Thunder only happens when it's raining

# Players only love you when they're playing

# Said, women, they will come and they will go

# When the rain washes you clean you'll know

# Now here I go again, I see the crystal vision

# I keep my visions to myself

# It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams and

# Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

# Dreams of loneliness, like a heartbeat drives you mad

# In the stillness of remembering

# What you had

# And what you lost

# And what you had

# Ooh, what you lost

# Thunder only happens when it's raining... #

Isn't that fabulous? Fleetwood Mac.

Back to the disco scene, with a new one from The JALM Band.

And this is called I Got To Sing.

# I've got a song

# It's with me every day

# I sing along

# It keeps my cares away

# Can't do no wrong

# Just buzz the whole day through

# I got a song

# And this is what I do

# I got to sing every day

# I love to sing all the way

# I need to sing, so I say

# Sing, sing, sing

# Oh, yeah

# I'm just a guy

# Don't have a lot to say

# Don't ask me why

# Just do my best each day

# My life's a song

# It goes the way I feel

# The rhythm's strong

# Keeps rolling like a wheel

# I got to sing every day

# I love to sing all the way

# I need to sing, so I say

# Sing, sing, sing, sing

# Oh, baby

# I feel the music powers

# Holding back the hours

# They feel so good

# Just like you knew it should

# I stay on my feet

# I give in to the beat

# Ah-ah-ah-ah, sing

# I got to sing every day

# I got to sing all the way

# Sing, so I say

# Got to move so good like rhythm should

# Can your feet resist the beat?

# Let's go along, spirits strong

# It can't go wrong, no

# Hey, hey

# Got to move so good... #

APPLAUSE

It's number one time again,

and no prizes for guessing what's number one.

For a month now, Donna Summer, and I Feel Love.

# Ooh, it's so good, it's so good

# It's so good, it's so good

# It's so good

# Ooh, I'm in love, I'm in love

# I'm in love, I'm in love

# I'm in love

# Ooh, I feel love, I feel love

# I feel love, I feel love

# I feel love

# I feel love

# I feel love

# Ooh, fallin' free, fallin' free... #

I hope you've enjoyed this week's top sounds and vision

and that you'll join us next week

for more of the same on Top of the Pops.

From me, Kid Jensen, it's goodbye and good love.

# ..Ooh, you and me, you and me

# You and me, you and me

# You and me

# Ooh, I feel love, I feel love

# I feel love, I feel love

# I feel love

# I feel love

# I feel love

# I feel love

# I feel love. #