18/06/1981 Top of the Pops

MUSIC: Throw Away The Key by Linx

Hi, folks. Welcome to Top Of The Pops once again,

and on the show tonight, amongst others, you've got Odyssey,

you've got Phil Collins and the Specials.

But for openers, Linx!

# Heard that you care

# But I don't know

# So I don't even allow myself to think so

# Cos maybe I been

# Let down one too many times before

# And things you're saying I don't believe

# If I pretend that things aren't real

# That doesn't touch me

# Cos everything I don't want to see

# Does not exist

# I'm closing my mind

# Closing my mind

# Believing half of what you see

# And none of what you hear is easy

# Closing my mind

# Closing it, throwing away the key

# Now, as I lie awake in my bed

# I can feel the silence taking shape in my head

# And it's too late for anyone to communicate

# I had some good friends

# Lost on the way

# Who would listen but not hear the things that I said

# So now I go on living as if

# The world was dead

# I'm closing my mind

# Closing my mind

# Believing half of what you see

# And none of what you hear is easy

# Closing my mind

# Closing it up, throwing away the key

# I'm closing my mind

# Closing my mind

# Believing half of what you see

# And none of what you hear is easy

# Closing my mind

# Closing it up, throwing away the key

# As I lie awake in my bed

# I can feel the silence taking shape in my head

# Now I go on living as if the whole world was dead

# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

# Closing my mind

# Closing my mind

# Believing half of what you see

# And none of what you hear is easy

# Closing my mind

# Closing it up, throwing away the key

# I'm closing my mind

# Closing my mind

# Believing half of what you see

# And none of what you hear is easy

# Closing my mind

# Closing it up, throwing away the key. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It's Linx and Throw Away The Key.

They left the recording studio to come to the show tonight,

so the new album coming our pretty soon.

Also got a silver disc with Intuition. Here's Phil Collins.

# I read all the letters

# I read each word

# That you've sent to me

# And though it's past now

# And your words

# Start to fade

# All the memories I have

# Still remain

# I've kept all the pictures

# But I hide my feelings

# So no-one knows

# Oh, sure, my friends all come round

# But I'm in a crowd on my own

# It's cos you're gone now

# But your heart

# Heart still remains

# And it'll be here if you come again

# You see, I'd heard the rumours

# I knew before

# You let me know

# But I didn't believe it

# Not you

# No, you would not let me go

# Seems I was wrong

# But I love

# I love you the same

# That's the one thing

# That you can't take away

# But just remember

# Oh

# If leaving me

# Is easy

# And you know

# Coming back

# Is harder

# Oh

# If leaving me

# Is easy

# And you know

# Coming back

# Is harder

# Oh

# If leaving me

# Is easy

# And you know

# Coming back

# Is harder

# If leaving me is easy

# And you know

# Coming back

# Is harder

# Oh

# If leaving me

# Is easy

# And you know

# Coming back

# Is harder

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, ah-ah

# If leaving me

# Is easy

# And you know... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Mm, that's a beautiful track. Phil Collins, If Leaving Me Is Easy.

You know sometimes you hear a record and it's love at first listen?

It happened to me with this one.

From Odyssey, it's hit six, and Going Back To My Roots.

# Ashe mo re, ashe mo re

# Ashe mo re, ashe mo re... #

CHEERING

# ..Zipping up my boots

# Going back to my roots

# Yeah

# To the place of my birth

# Back down to Earth

# I've been standing in the rain

# Drenched and soaked with pain

# Tired of short-time benefits

# And being exposed to the elements

# I'm homeward bound

# Got my head turned around

# Ooooooooh, ah!

# Zipping up my boots

# Going back to my roots

# Yeah

# To the place of my birth

# Right down to Earth

# Ain't talking 'bout no roots in the land

# Talking 'bout the roots in the man

# I feel my spirit's getting old

# It's time to recharge my soul

# I'm zipping up my boots

# Going back to my roots, yeah

# To the place of my birth

# Back down to Earth

# Paua oouaaranci

# Ira chiyeah

# Ishe gale ma ba oo ah

# Paua oouaaranci

# Ira chiyeah

# Ishe gale ma ba oo ah

# Paua oouaaranci

# Ira chiyeah

# Ishe gale ma ba oo ah

# Paua oouaaranci

# Ira chiyeah

# Ishe gale ma ba oo ah... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's good. That's good.

That's Odyssey, hit six, and Going Back To My Roots.

I remember their Native New Yorker, which I enjoyed an awful lot.

All right, Legs & Co are still with us. You bet they are!

Kool and the Gang, Take It To The Top.

MUSIC STARTS

# Climbing, climbing

# Climbing

# Keep moving up

# Don't you ever stop

# Whatever it is

# Take it to the top

# Keep moving up

# Don't you ever stop

# Whatever it is

# Take you to the top

# The world's out there waiting

# And it's yours for the taking

# So, come on, get up!

# It's time to go

# Stop hesitating and anticipating to the top

# That's your mark Get ready, set, go

# So, let's go take it to the top

# Don't stop, cos we'll be moving, yeah

# You can make it to the top

# Don't stop

# We'll be grooving

# We're gonna reach that higher ground, yeah

# Take it on up, take it on up

# A little higher

# Take it on up, take it on up

# We will climb together

# Take it on up, take it on up

# To your highest dreams Higher

# Take it on up, take it on up

# So let's go to the top

# Climbing, climbing

# Climbing

# Keep moving up Don't you ever stop

# What ever it is Take it to the top

# Keep moving up Don't you ever stop

# Whatever it is Take it to the top

# You can do what you want to

# In your heart it will come through

# If you reached for the stars you can go that far

# Stop hesitating and anticipating to the top

# That's your mark Get ready, set, go

# So let's go take it to the top

# Don't stop

# Cos we'll be moving, yeah

# You can make it to the top

# Don't stop, and we'll be grooving

# We will reach that higher ground, baby

# I can feel it in my bones... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's Legs & Co, Kool and the Gang, Take It To The Top.

We're moving at quite a pace tonight.

I hope you're enjoying the show.

Stacks more for you to enjoy, like this one from Champaign,

How 'bout Us.

# Oo-ooh, short and sweet

# No sense in draggin' on past our needs

# Let's don't keep it hangin' on

# If the fire's out We should both be gone

# Some people are made for each other

# Some people can love one another for life

# How 'bout us?

# Some people can hold it together

-# Last through all kinds of weather

-Oh-oh-oooh

# Can we?

# Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

-# Ooh, ooh-ooh-hoo

-Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

# Now, don't you get me wrong

# What you sayin' to me, baby?

# Cos I'm not trying now to end it all

# Let's start something new

# It's just that I have seen

# What have you seen?

# Too many lovers' hearts lose their dream

# We won't lose it

# Some people are made for each other

# Some people can love one another for life

# How 'bout us?

# Some people can hold it together

# Last through all kinds of weather

# Can we?

# How 'bout us?

# How 'bout us, baby?

# How 'bout us? How 'bout us, baby?

# Can we?

# How 'bout us?

# How 'bout us, baby?

# Ooh

# Are we gonna make it, girl?

# Or are we gonna drift and drift and drift?

# Ooh

# Some people are made for each other

# Some people can love one another for life

# How 'bout us?

# How 'bout us, baby

# Some people can hold it... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Champaign and How 'Bout Us.

There's a new album out at the moment, by the way,

from Siouxsie and the Banshees.

There's a single on it called Spellbound.

# From the cradle bars comes a beckoning voice

# It sends you spinning

# You have no choice

# You hear laughter cracking through the walls

# It sends you spinning

# You have no choice

# You hear laughter

# Cracking through the walls

# You're sent spinning

# You have no choice

# Following the footsteps of a ragdoll dance

# We are entranced

# Spellbound

# Following the footsteps of a ragdoll dance

# We are entranced

# Spellbound

# Spellbound, spellbound

# Oh-oh-oh

# Spellbound, spellbound

# Spellbound, spellbound

# And don't forget

# When your elders forget

# To say their prayers

# Take them by the legs

# And throw them down the stairs

# When you think your toys have gone berserk

# It's an illusion

# You cannot shirk

# You hear laughter

# Cracking through the walls

# It sends you spinning

# You have no choice

# Following the footsteps of a ragdoll dance

# We are entranced

# Spellbound

# Following the footsteps of a ragdoll dance

# We are entranced

# Spellbound

# Spellbound, spellbound

# Oh-oh oh

# Spellbound

# Spellbound, spellbound

# Spellbound, spellbound

# Woah, woah, woah

# Woah, woah, woah

# Wuh-ho

# Woah, woah, woah

# Woah, woah, woah

# Wuh-ho, wuh-ho

# Following the footsteps of a ragdoll dance

# We are entranced

# Following the footsteps of a ragdoll dance

# We are entranced

# Dance, dance, dance... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's good. That's Spellbound from Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Look out for her new album.

OK, Top Of The Pops is about charts, as you know.

Let's take a look at this week's top 30.

And this week, a new entry at 21.

It's the Specials and, on Top Of The Pops, Ghost Town.

-# This town

-Town

# Is coming like a ghost town

# All the clubs have been closed down

-# This place

-Town

# Is coming like a ghost town

# Bands won't play no more

# Too much fighting on the dance floor

# Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?

# We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown

-# This town

-Town

# Is coming like a ghost town

# Why must the youth fight against themselves?

# Government leaving the youth on the shelf

-# This place

-Town

# Is coming like a ghost town

# No job to be found in this country

# Can't go on no more

# The people getting angry... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The Specials are back with a vengeance.

That's the highest new entry at 21 and a song called Ghost Town.

All right. Let's take a look at this week's top 20.

And now we go back to this week's number 19.

Their second appearance on Top Of The Pops.

This is Imagination and Body Talk.

# Morning, afternoon and night

# We lay together side by side

# Searchin' for lust Searchin' for breath

# Searchin' for the touch of life

# No words are spoken

# The only sound we hear is...

# Body talk

# Body talk

# The heat of passion is such a beautiful thing

# As it overflows, pleasure grows

# All the dreams it can bring

# Your lips in my eyes and gentle sighs

# Body talk

# Body talk

# Cool and kind, so soft and pure

# A touching moment

# Heated feelings once exploded but have melted

# We were two souls torn apart with bitter ages

# Through expression, not aggression

# We have become...one

# Body talk

# Body talk

# Cool and kind, so soft and pure A touching moment

# Heated feelings once exploded but have melted

# We were two souls torn apart with bitter ages

# Through expression, not aggression

# We have become...one

# Searchin' for lust Searchin' for breath

# Searchin' for the touch of life

# No words are spoken, the only sound we hear is...

# Body talk

# Body talk

# Body talk

# Body talk

# Body talk, body talk...

# Body talk, ah-ha, ha... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's Body Talk from Imagination.

I hope you've enjoyed the show so far.

Still the best to come with this week's number one.

But from us here it's good night and we leave you with the top ten.

Down three at this week's 10 is Shakin' Stevens

and You Drive Me Crazy.

# ..You drive me crazy... #

# ..We stood still... #

Up eight at this week's 9 goes Ultravox and All Stood Still.

# ..Still stood still

# We're standing still... #

# Would you just politely... #

Up one at 8, Hazel O'Connor and Will You?

# Stand and deliver... #

Down two at 7, Adam and the Ants, Stand And Deliver.

# Try and use a mirror

# Not a bullet or a knife... #

# ..My roots... #

Up two and this week's 6, Odyssey and Going Back to My Roots.

# ..Yeah... #

# Some people are made for each other... #

Up one at 5, Champaign and How 'Bout Us.

# ..For life

# How 'bout us?

One of the biggest climbers up 18 at this week's 4 for Red Sovine

and Teddy Bear.

# ..Before the sun went down... #

# ..More than you... #

Down one at 3, Kate Robbins and the group Beyond,

More Than In Love.

# ..More than I can show... #

# Once in your life... #

Up one at 2, it's Michael Jackson and One Day In Your Life.

# ..Always waiting... #

# Ooh-ooh-ooh... #

And no change at this week's number 1 for Smokey Robinson

and Being With You.

# I don't care what they think about me

# And I don't care what they say

# I don't care what they think if you're leaving

# I'm gonna beg you to stay

# I don't care if they start to avoid me

# I don't care what they do

# I don't care about anything else

# But being with you, being with you

# Honey, don't go, don't leave this scene

# Be out of the picture and off of the screen

# Don't let them say, we told you so

# They told me you love me and then let me go

# I've heard the warning voice

# From friends and my relations

# They tell me all about your heart-break reputation

# But I don't care what they think about me

# And I don't care what they say, no

# I don't care what they think If you're leaving

# I'm gonna beg you to stay

# I don't care if they start to avoid me

# I don't care what they do

# I don't care about anything else

# But being with you, being with you

# Ooh-ooh

# People can change

# They always do

# Haven't they noticed the changes in you?

# Or can it be that, like love, I am blind?

# Do I want it so much till it's all in my mind?

# One thing I know for sure

# Is really, really real

# I never felt before

# The way you make me feel

# I don't care what they think about me

# And I don't care what they say

# I don't care what they think if you're leaving

# I'm gonna beg you to stay

# I don't care if they start to avoid me

# I don't care what they do

# I don't care about anything else

# But being with you, being with you

# Being with you

# Being with you

# I don't care about anything else

# But being with you Being with you... #