14/12/1978 Top of the Pops

Hello, welcome once again to Top Of The Pops

and here's a run down of the brand-new Top 30

MUSIC: "September" by Earth Wind Fire

APPLAUSE

# Rama lam ding ding Rama lam ding ding dong

# Rama lama lama lama ding dong

# Rama rama lama lama lama ding

# Rama lama lama lama ding dong

# # Rama lama lama lama ding dong

# Rama lama lama lama ding dong

# Rama lama lama lama ding dong Rama lama lama lama ding dong

# Oh, I've got a girl named Rama Rama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# She's everything to me Rama Rama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# I'll never set here free cos she's mine all mine

# Oh, oh, oh

# I've got a girl named Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# She's fine to me Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# You won't believe that she's mine all mine

# Bam bam bam bam bam...

# I love her love her, love her so

# And I'll never, never let her go

# One thing is certain She's mine all mine

# She's mine She's mine

# All of the time

# I've got a girl named Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# She's everything to me Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# I'll never set her free cos she's mine all mine

# Bam bam bam

# Ram a lam ding dong

# Ram a lam ding ding dong

# Bam bam bam

# I've got a girl name of Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# I'll never let her go Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong

# I love her, love her so and she's mine all mine

# Bam bam bam

# Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong... #

APPLAUSE

That's Rocky Sharpe And The Replays Rama Lama Ding Dong!

What a wonderful dress sense they have.

I just had to say that. That came out, incidentally,

originally in 1959 by a different artist, of course.

Here's the number 25 sound from Hot Chocolate.

MUSIC: "I'll Put You Together Again" by Hot Chocolate

# When you can't take any more

# When you feel your life is over

# Put down your tablets

# And pick up your pen

# And I'll put you together again

# If your faith withers away

# If God can't bring you your answer

# Write me a letter I'll read it and then

# I'll put you together again

# Put us together

# Together again

# Put us together

# Again

# When things look hopeless

# Just write me and then

# I'll put you together again

HARMONISING

# If there's no light anywhere

# And you've got no-one to turn to

# I'll lead you out of the darkness and then

# I'll put you together again.

APPLAUSE I'll Put You Together Again,

if you're coming apart that is, from Hot Chocolate.

That's the number 25 sound. Right, now let's have a slight

change in style and this is the sound of Buzzcocks and Promises,

number 23 this week in the Top 30.

# Oh, loving you is easy You are on my side

# We play the game strictly to our rules

# We led the field a love affair

# Which made all other lovers fools

# Oh...

# How can you ever let me down? Down! How can you ever let me down? Down!

# How can you ever let me down?

# These promises... Oh-oh!

# Are made for us! Oh-oh! Oh-oh

# We promised that we'd always have time for each other

# Whenever I needed, you'd be there

# We promised to be true There'd be no other

# We promised that forever we would care

# Oh...

# How can you ever let me down? Down! How can you ever let me down? Down!

# How can you ever let me down?

# These promises... Oh-oh!

# Are made for us! Oh-oh! Oh-oh!

# We had to change

# But you stayed the same

# You wouldn't change

# Oh, what a shame!

# Cos loving you's not easy You're not on my side

# We play a game with two sets of rules

# We lead the field in a love affair

# Oh, strictly meant for fools

# Oh...

# Why did you ever let me down? Down! Why did you ever let me down? Down!

# Why did you ever let me down

# Those promises... Oh-oh!

# Were made for us! Oh-oh! Oh-oh!

# You never have any time for me

# Whenever I need you you're not there

# You've never been true and it's plain to see

# The fact is you never really cared

# Oh...

# Why did you ever let me down? # APPLAUSE

CHEERING

The Buzzcocks. Number 12 -

a beautiful record from Elkie Brooks called Don't Cry Out Loud.

# Baby cried the day the circus came to town

# Cos she didn't want parades just passing by her

# So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown

# And danced without a net up on the wire

# I know a lot about her cos you see...

# Baby is an awful lot like me

# We don't cry out loud

# Keep it inside

# Learn how to hide your feelings

# Fly high and proud

# And if you should fall

# Remember you almost had it all

# Baby cried the day they pulled the big top down

# They left behind her dreams among the litter

# And the different kind of love she thought she'd found

# Was nothing more than sawdust and some glitter

# But baby can't be broken cos you see

# She had the finest teacher and that's me

# We don't cry out loud

# Keep it inside

# Learn how to hide your feelings

# Fly high and proud

# And if you should fall

# Remember we almost had it a-a-a-all

HARMONISING

HARMONISING CONTINUES

# We don't cry out loud

# Keep it inside

# Learn how to hide your feelings

# Fly high and proud

# And if you should fall

# Remember you almost had it

# Don't cry out loud

# Keep it inside

# Learn how to hide your feelings

# Fly high and proud

# And if you should fall

# Remember you almost had it all

# Don't cry out loud... #

APPLAUSE

Beautiful, isn't it? Elkie Brooks, Don't Cry Out Loud, number 12.

One of the most successful BBC Television shows

has got to be Doctor Who and the theme music

has gone straight in this week at number 27. It comes from Mankind.

# The Time Lord

# Guardian of the universe

# He travels through time and space

# He is the Doctor

# Doctor Who. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's the sound of Mankind and the Doctor Who theme.

I think we've got a heavy smoker amongst us somewhere, or they're on fire,

Right now, at number 18, here are Darts.

# I see your eyes shine each time

# I'm gonna 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 smiles

# Are coming my way

# Don't let it fade Don't let it fade way

# Don't see no sorrow, feel no pain

# Just wanna hear you say again

# I see your eyes shine each time

# I'm gonna say

# Don't let it fade away

# 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... Don't let it...

# Don't let it fade

# Don't let it fade away! #

APPLAUSE

The number 18 sound there, that comes from Darts, Don't Let It Fade Away.

On Radio 1, I have a national pop panel and this one in actual fact won

And you weren't wrong. It's at number four this week -

Barron Knights with A Taste of Aggro.

# When you're working and boredom's lurking

# There must be something new to do

# The dentist's kengo and have a little aggro

# Cos he can take it out on you

PARODYING THE RIVERS OF BABYLON: # Aah, aah, aah, aah...

Wider please # Aah, aah, aah, aah...

A little wider, will you? # Aah, aah, aah, aah...

I'm not going to hurt you. # Aah, aah, aah, aah, aah...

Not much anyway. # There's a dentist in Birmingham

# He fixed my crown

# And as I slept

# He filled my mouth with iron

# He said, "Rinse out your mouth

# "With the medication spit it out

# "In the receptacle by your side on the right..." #

ALL GURGLE AND SPIT

# "No, the right!" #

ALL GURGLE AND SPIT

APPLAUSE

# No-one would listen to the Smurfs in prison

# So they jumped over the wall

# A policemen saw them He chased and caught them

# And this is what he asked them all... #

Good morning, Smurfs. How are you?

Very well, thank you. Good.

# Where are you all coming from

# We're from Dartmoor on the run

Very good, yeah.

# How did you work out your route?

# We followed the arrows on our suits

# What were you in Dartmoor for

# We borrowed a safe from the bank next door

# Why do you all talk this way

# We're from Catford, in't we, eh?

HARMONISING TO THE TUNE OF "The Smurf Song"

APPLAUSE

This is all about a Spurs supporter.

# With big rosettes and coloured scarves

# They go to cheer their favourite stars

# They all look forward to their Saturdays... #

HE LAUGHS

# There's one young lad walks down our street

# With bovver boots upon his feet

# And an aerosol can of paint he freely sprays

George Formby!

ALL: # And he painted grandad's bike and next door's cats and dogs

# He sprayed a couple on the corner of the street that were having a snog

# He fell down on his can and his aerosol went bang!

# And all they found was a flat cap and his clogs

Yeah! Yeah!

APPLAUSE

A load of nutters. That's the sound of the Barron Knights.

If you ever get a chance to see them live, see them live, they are tremendous.

That's A Taste of Aggro. We have a taste now of Ian Dury

and a number called Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.

# In the deserts of Sudan

# And the gardens of Japan

# From Milan to Yucatan

# Every woman's, every man

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me

#Je t'adore, ich liebe dich Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me slowly, hit me quick

# Hit me, hit me, hit me!

# In the wilds of Borneo

# And the vineyards of Bordeaux

# Eskimo, Arapaho

# Move their body to and for

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me

# Das ist gut! C'est fantastique! Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick It's nice to be a lunatic

# Hit me, hit me, hit me!

# Hit me, hit me, hit...!

# In the dock of Tiger Bay

# On the road to Mandalay

# From Bombay to Santa Fe

# Over hills and far away

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me

# C'est si bon, hm? Ist es nicht?

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# Two fat persons Click, click, click

# Hit me, hit me, hit me! # APPLAUSE

That's a great number there from Ian Dury.

I'm an absolute sucker for really romantic numbers.

Barbara and Neil have a really great number out at the moment.

It's at number eight, it's called You Don't Bring Me Flowers Any More.

We've got some lovely, beautiful girls to dance to it.

They're called Legs Co.

# You don't bring me flowers

# You don't sing me love songs

# You hardly talk to me any more

# When I come through the door at the end of the day

# I remember when...

# You couldn't wait to love me

# Used to hate to leave me

# Now after loving me late at night

# When it's good for you, babe

# And you're feeling all right

# When you just roll over

# And turn out the light

# And you don't bring me flowers any more

# It used to be so natural

# It used to be To talk about for ever

# But used-to-bes don't count any more

# They just lay on the floor till we sweep them away

# Baby, I remember all the things you taught me

# I learned how to laugh and I learned how to cry

# Well, I learned how to love and I learned how to lie

# So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye

# So you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye

# You don't bring me flowers any more

# Well, you think I could learn how to tell you goodbye

# But you don't say you need me

# And you don't sing me love songs

# You don't bring me flowers any more. #

APPLAUSE

Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers Any More.

And, at number seven, here comes Chic and Le Freak.

# Ah, freak out! Le freak, c'est chic

# Freak out!

# Ah, freak out!

# Le freak, c'est chic

# Freak out!

# Have you heard about the new dance craze?

# Listen to us I'm sure you'll be amazed

# Big fun to be had by everyone

# It's up to you It surely can be done

# Young and old are doing it, I'm told

# Just one try and you too will be sold

# It's called Le Freak They're doing it night and day

# Allow us, we'll show you the way

# Ah, freak out!

# Le freak, c'est chic

# Freak out!

# Ah, freak out!

# Le freak, c'est chic

# Freak out!

# All that pressure got you down

# Has your head been spinning all around?

# Feel the rhythm, check the rhyme

# Come on along and have a real good time

# Like the days of stomping at the Savoy

# Now we freak, oh, what a joy

# Just come on down to 54

# Find your spot out on the floor

# Ah, freak out!

# Le freak, c'est chic

# Freak out!

# Ah, freak out!

# Le freak, c'est chic

# Freak out. # APPLAUSE

That's Chic there and a number called Le Freak.

And that's a dance craze that's really caught on in the States,

but so far as yet it doesn't seem to have caught on over here

for some unexplainable reason.

Here is a song that on Radio One is my record of the week.

It's number 22. This particular week from Elton John - Song For Guy

# Life

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Life

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Life

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life. #

That's a really haunting and magnificent song, isn't it?

Elton John there

and Song For Guy that goes straight in at number 22.

And what do you know, it's still there,

Top Of The Pops number one - Boney M.

# Mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day

# And man will live for ever-more because of Christmas Day

# Long time ago in Bethlehem so the Holy Bible said

# Mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day

# Hark, now hear the angels sing A king was born today

# And man will live for ever-more because of Christmas Day

# Mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day

# While shepherds watch their flocks by night

# They see a bright new shining star

# They hear a choir sing a song The music seemed to come from afar

# Hark, now hear the angels sing A king was born today

# And man will live for ever-more because of Christmas Day

HARMONISING

# For a moment, the world was aglow

# All the bells rang out There were tears of joy and laughter

# People shouted, "Let everyone know! There is hope for all to find peace"

# Oh, my Lord You sent your son to save us

# Oh, my Lord Your very self you gave us

# Oh, my Lord That sin may not enslave us

# And love may reign once more

# Oh, my Lord When in the crib they found him

# Oh, my Lord A golden halo crowned him

# Oh, my Lord

# They gathered all around him to see him and adore

# Oh, my Lord They had begun to doubt you

# Oh, my Lord What did they know about you?

# Oh, my Lord But they were lost without you

# They needed you so bad This day will live for ever

# Oh, my Lord So praise the Lord

# And full of admiration Oh, my Lord. #

APPLAUSE

That's the number one song from Boney M.

Michael, thank you very much for bringing me this from HMS London.

I gather a lot of you guys are with us. Six of us, yeah.

Marvellous. Thank you very much for watching Top Of The Pops.

And I'll see you on Radio One tomorrow at two o'clock.

Thanks for watching. Bye-bye.

# Always and for ever

# Each moment with you is just like a dream to me

# That somehow came true

# And I know tomorrow will still be the same

# Cos we've got a life of love that won't ever change

# And every day love me your own special way

# Melt all my heart away with a smile

# Take time to tell me you really care

# And we'll share tomorrow, together

# I'll always love you for ever

# For ever

# There'll always be sunshine when I look at you

# It's something I can't explain just the things that you do

# And if you get lonely, phone me

# And take a second to give to me that magic you make

# And every day love me your own special way. #