12/07/1979 Top of the Pops

If you've been following this serial for the last 15 years,

you'll be keen to know what happens in the next episode

of Top Of The Pops.

MUSIC PLAYS: "Space Bass" by Slick

# Time

# Keeps on moving as the earth turns around

# Faster than the speed of light

# Time

# Moving faster than the speed of funky sound

# People dancing round and round

# And they always will

# Even in the year 3000

# Everybody goes to the space bass

# Dancing bodies float at the space bass

# Freaking upside down at the space bass... #

APPLAUSE

That's Slick and the Space Bass, 31 up to 16,

and this is in at 33 for Siouxsie and the Banshees.

# Hanging, hanging, hanging

# Hanging from a daisy chain

# Swinging in the trees

# Running from your enemies and falling on your knees

# And falling on your knees

# On your knees, on your knees Get down on your knees

# Roll the dice

# You three blind mice

# Did you ever see such a thing in your life?

# You swallow the trail

# But still arrive inside your entrails

# Hanging, hanging, hanging

# Hanging out at party games Dancing in the shadows

# Up and down on the see-saw Balancing the scales

# Balancing the scales

# You're drunk, you're drunk and you're balancing the scales

# Someone to blame

# Someone to shame

# Someone that you can claim

# Go back to pass the parcel

# And follow the leader

# Hanging, hanging, hanging

# Hanging from your climbing frames

# Swinging in the gallows

# Laughing with your buddies but you can drown when you're shallow

# You can drown, when you're shallow

# You can drown, drown, drown

# Drown, drown, drown, drown. #

APPLAUSE

Siouxsie and the Banshees and their third hit, Playground Twist.

Change of pace with Thom Pace and the theme from

The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams. This is Maybe.

# Deep inside the forest is a door into another land

# Here is our life and home

# We are staying

# Here forever in the beauty of this place all alone

# We keep on hoping

# Maybe

# There's a world where we don't have to run and

# Maybe

# There's a time we'll call our own

# Living free in harmony and majesty

# Take me home, take me home

# Walking through a land where every living thing is beautiful

# Why does it have to end?

# We are calling

# Oh, so sadly on the whispers of the wind

# As we send a dying message

# Maybe

# There's a world where we don't have to run and

# Maybe

# There's a time we'll call our own living free in harmony and majesty

# Take me home, take me home

# Maybe

# There's a world where we don't have to run and

-# Maybe

-Maybe

# There's a time we'll call our own living free in harmony and majesty

# Take me home, take me home

# Maybe

# Maybe there's a world where we don't have to run

-# Maybe

-Maybe

# There's a time we'll call our own

# Living free in harmony and majesty. #

Thom Pace and Maybe. In the past,

the Beach Boys have helped lots of ladies into the charts

like Rhonda and Barbara Ann,

and now they've done it with a new lady, it's Lady Lynda.

# Lady, lady

# Lady, lady

# Won't you come here and lie

# Lady Lynda

# With me?

# We can lie on the blue canyon meadows

# And we'll hear the birds sing in the spring

-# Don't you know if you'll stay

-Ooh, lady

-# Lady Lynda

-Won't you lie, lady?

-# With me?

-Ooh, lady

-# We can talk about love ever after

-Won't you stay, lady, with me?

# When you're lying, Lady Lynda, with me

# Lynda, won't you say that we can be near?

# Cannot deny

# There've been

# Hard times

# Oooh-ooh

# Darling, evolution is drawing us near

# Look in my eyes

# Whoa

# Lynda

# Won't you say that I am your man?

# Don't look surprised

# It's all in his plan

# Oooh-oh

# But darling, evolution is drawing us near

# Lie, lady, lie

# Ooh, lady, won't you lie? #

The lovely Legs, back from holiday, dancing to the Beach Boys'

12th top-tenner and their first time in the top ten for nine years.

Right. It's time for Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

It's The Police!

# I called you so many times today

# And I guess it's all true What your girlfriends say

# You don't ever want to see me again

# And your brother's going to kill me and he's 6" 10

# I guess you'd call it cowardice

# But I'm not prepared to go on like this

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

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

# I can't stand losing you

# I can't stand losing you

# I can't stand losing you

# I can't stand losing you

# I see you sent my letters back

# And my LP records and they're all scratched

# I can't see the point in another day

# When nobody listens to a word I say

# You can call it lack of confidence

# But to carry on livin' doesn't make no sense

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# Ow!

# I guess this is our last goodbye

# And you don't care, so I won't cry

# You'll be sorry when I'm dead

# And all this guilt will be on your head

# I guess you'd call it suicide

# But I'm too full to swallow my pride

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing

# I can't, I can't I can't stand losing... #

APPLAUSE

The Police, I Can't Stand Losing You, at number 38.

At number 30, Chuck E's In Love by Rickie Lee Jones.

# How come he don't come and PLP with me

# Down at the meter no more

# And how come he turn off the TV

# And hang that sign on the door?

# Well, we call and we call

# How come, we say

# Hey, what could make a boy behave this way?

# Well, he learned all of the lines now

# And every time

# He don't stutter when he talks

# And it's true, it's true

# He sure has acquired

# This kind of cool and inspired sorta jazz when he walks

# Wears his jacket and his old blue jeans

# Hey, if this ain't healthy it is some kind of dream

# I think that

# Chuck E's in love

# Chuck E's in love

# Chuck E's in love

# Chuck E's in love

# I don't believe what you're saying to me

# This is something that I've got to see

# Yeah, I look in the pool hall

# Well, is he here?

# I look in the drugstore

# Is he here?

# No, he don't come here no more

# I tell you what

# I saw him

# He was sitting behind us down at the Pantages

# And whatever it is

# That he's got up his sleeve

# I hope it isn't contagious

# What's her name?

# Is that her there?

# Oh, Christ, I think he's even combed his hair

# And is that her?

# Well, then, what's her name?

# Oh, it's never going to be the same

# That's not her

# I know what's wrong

# Cos Chuck E's in love with the little girl singing this song and

# Don't you know?

# Chuck E's in love

# Yeah. #

APPLAUSE

Right, occasionally I bash a bit of bad guitar,

so it's only fair that Tom McGuinness says a few words on the mic.

Here's a song for Anna's birthday.

# Ooh-ee, baby, I love you

# And I'll love you till my dying day

# And you're the only one

# Who can make me feel this way

# Oh, baby, how I want you

# Won't you tell me that you feel it too?

# And if you say the word There ain't a thing I wouldn't do

# Ooh-ee

# It's such a lovely feeling inside

# Oh, baby, that I just can't hide

# Ooh-ee, I never felt like this before

# Oh, babe, I couldn't love you more

# Ooh-ee, baby, I need you

# Wouldn't have it any other way

# And if I believed I'd fall down on my knees and pray

# Oh, baby, never leave me

# That would surely break my heart in two

# There ain't nobody who can do the little things you do

# Ooh-ee

# It's such a lovely feeling inside

# Oh, baby, that I just can't hide

# Ooh-ee

# I never felt like this before

# Oh, babe, I couldn't love you more

# Ooh-ee

# It's such a lovely feeling inside

# Oh, baby, that I just can't hide

# Ooh-ee

# I never felt like this before

# Oh, babe, I couldn't love you more. #

APPLAUSE

Stonebridge McGuiness - Ooh Ee Baby on the way up

and on the way up the first time she did Top Of The Pops, which was

the last time I did it was Janet Kay and now she's up there

at number 2 knocking on the door of number 1 with Silly Games.

# I've been wanting you

# For so long it's a shame

# Oh, baby

# Every time I hear your name

# Oh, the pain

# Boy, how it hurts me inside

# Cos every time we meet

# We play hide and seek

# I'm wondering what I should do

# Should I dare come up to you

# And say, how do you do?

# Would you turn me away?

# You're as much to blame

# Cos I know you feel the same

# I can see it in your eyes

# But I've got no time to live this lie

# No, I've got no time to play your silly game

# Silly game

# Yet in my mind I say

# If he makes his move today

# I'll just pretend to be shy

# Oh, baby, it's a tragedy

# That you and me

# We don't even try

# You're as much to blame

# Cos I know you feel the same

# I can see it in your eyes

# But I've got no time to live this lie

# No, I've got no time

# To play your silly game. #

APPLAUSE

That was Janet Kay and Silly Game.

One of the worst things about this job is having to stand up here

with all these devastatingly attractive ladies, but I can stand it for just a bit longer.

This is Public Image Ltd and Death Disco.

# See it in your eyes

# Words can never say the way you told me in your eyes

# Never no more hope away Final in a fade

# See it in your eyes

# Never really know

# Till it's gone away

# See it in your eyes

# Watch that slowly die

# I see it in your eye

# Choking on a bed

# Flowers rotting

# I see it in your eye

# See it in your eye

# See it in your eye

# Never realise. #

APPLAUSE

That was Johnny and the boys, Public Image and Death Disco.

The logical follow-up for Supertramp

is the title track from their album, Breakfast In America.

# Take a look at my girlfriend

# She's the only one I got

# Not much of a girlfriend

# I never seem to get a lot

# Take a jumbo across the water

# I can see America

# See the girls in California

# I'm hoping it's going to come true

# But there's not a lot I can do

# Could we have kippers for breakfast, Mummy dear, Mummy dear?

# They've got to have them in Texas

# Cos everyone's a millionaire

# I'm a winner, I'm a sinner

# Do you want my autograph?

# I'm a loser, what a joker

# I'm playing my jokes upon you

# While there's nothing better to do

# Hey Ba-de-ba-dow, ba-ba-ba-dow-da-dow

# Da-dow-de-dow-de

# Ba-de-ba-dow, ba-ba-ba-dow-da-dow

# Da-dow-de-dow-de

# La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Don't you look at my girlfriend

-Girlfriend

# She's the only one I got

-# Not much of a girlfriend

-Girlfriend

-# I never seem to get a lot

-What's he got, not a lot

# Take a jumbo across the water

# I can see America

# See the girls in California

# I'm hoping it's going to come true

# But there's not a lot I can do

# Hey!

# Ba-de-ba-dow, ba-ba-ba-dow-da-dow

# Da-dow-de-dow-de

# Ba-de-ba-dow, ba-ba-ba-dow-da-dow

# Da-dow-de-dow-de

# Hey, uh-huh, hey, uh-huh, hey, uh-huh... #

APPLAUSE

That's Supertramp and Breakfast In America.

And this one is rising fast, it's Chantal Curtis and Get Another Love.

# Baby, sweet baby

# Every night when I'm in bed

# I reach out for you

# But you're not there

# So I think of you with her

# Laughing and making love

# And I tell myself

# I, too, have got to get another love

# My baby said to me

# It's time to break free

# Goin' on this way

# Hurts more and more each day

# When I look you in the eyes

# They don't shine, I wonder why

# Get another love, get another love

# That's what I've got to do

# Get another love, get another love

# That's what I've got to do

# I gave myself inside

# Places I tried to hide

# And put them in your hands

# I thought you'd understand

# That I needed you

# Uh-uh, to be my man

# Get another love, get another love

# That's what I've got to do

# Get another love, get another love

# That's what I've got to do

# You let me see

# Oh, what my love can bring

# Oh, the many little things

# Together we could sing

# And now you want to leave

# After all these years

# Get another love, get another love

# That's what I've got to do. #

APPLAUSE

Chantal Curtis and Get Another Love. It's six years since they first

entered the chart and they go from strength to strength, it's Thin Lizzy.

# There are people that will investigate you

# They'll insinuate, intimidate and complicate you

# Don't ever wait or hesitate to

# State the fate that awaits those who

# Try to shake or take you

# Don't let them break you

# You can do anything you want to do

# It's not wrong what I sing It's true

# You can do anything you want to do

# Do what you want to

# People that despise you will analyse then criticise you

# They'll scandalise and tell lies until they realise

# You are somebody they should have apologised to

# Don't let these people compromise you

# Be wise too

# You can do anything you want to do

# It's not wrong what I sing It's true

# You can do anything you want to do

# Do what you want to

# Hey, you, you're not their puppet on a string

# You can do everything

# It's true if you really want to

# You can do anything you want

# Mmm

# Hey, you!

# No can do. #

APPLAUSE

Up 12 places to number 14 go Thin Lizzy and Do Anything You Want To.

Her first time on Top Of The Pops, it's Judy Tzuke.

It's not going to be her last. Stay With Me Till Dawn.

# Is this a game you're playing?

# I don't understand what's going on

# I can't see through your frown

# First you're up then you're down

# You're keeping me from someone I want to know

-# But I need you tonight

-Need you tonight

-# Yes, I need you tonight

-Need you tonight

# And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn

# It's the same old situations

# Every word so finely placed

# Running around my concentration

# It's the feeling that I've just got to break out and say

-# Oh, I need you tonight

-Need you tonight

-# Yes, I need you tonight

-Need you tonight

# And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn

# Is this a game you're playing?

-# Playing with my heart

-Need you tonight

-# Oooh, stop playing with my heart

-Need you tonight

# And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn

# Yes, I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn. #

APPLAUSE

Great stuff, that's Judy Tzuke and Stay With Me Till Dawn.

It's still there at number 1 after three weeks,

Gary Numan, Tubeway Army and Are "Friends" Electric?

# It's cold outside

# And the paint's peeling off of my walls

# There's a man outside

# In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette

# Now the light fades out

# And I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this

# There's a knock on the door

# And just for a second I thought I remembered you

# So now I'm alone

# Now I can think for myself

# About little deals

# And issues

# And things that I just don't understand

# Like a white lie that night

# Or a slight touch at times

# I don't think it meant anything to you

# So I open the door

# It's the "friend" that I left in the hallway

# Please sit down

# A candlelit shadow on a wall near the bed

# You know I hate to ask

# But are "friends" electric?

# Mine's broken down

# And now I've no-one to love. #

APPLAUSE

Tubeway Army, three weeks at the top. I thought when they erected

these steps and this wonderful podium I was in for an award

but no such luck. They put it here so I could stand up here and say goodbye. We'll see you next week

for another edition of Top Of The Pops. Bye-bye.

MUSIC - "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer

# Toot-toot Beep-beep

# Toot-toot Beep-beep

# Bad girls

# Talking about the sad girls

# Sad girls

# Talking about bad girls, yeah

# See them out on the street at night, walkin'

# Picking up all kinds of strangers

# If the price is right

# You can't score if your pocket's tight

# But you want a good time

# You ask yourself

# Who they are

# Like everybody else

# They come from near and far

# Oh, oh-oh

# Bad girls, bad

-# Bad girls

-Bad girls

# Talking about the sad girls

-# Sad girls

-Sad girls

# Talking about bad girls, yeah

# Friday night and the strip is hot

# Sun's gone down and they're out to trot

# Spirit's high and legs look hot

# Do you wanna get down?

# Now don't you ask yourself

# Who they are

# Like everybody else... #