23/09/76 Top of the Pops

Good evening and welcome to, um... Oh, what was it?

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APPLAUSE

# Summer evening on the Champs Elysees

# A secret rendezvous they planned for days

# A sea of faces in a crowded cafe

# The sound of laughter as the music plays

# Jean-Claude was a student at the Universite

# Louise-Marie was just a world away

# He recalled the night they met was warm with laughter

# The words were music as she turned away

# I'll meet you at midnight

# Under the moonlight

# I'll meet you at midnight

# But Jean-Claude, Louise-Marie will never be

# Each cigarette will light 1,000 faces

# Each hour that passed seemed like 1,000 years

# Midnight was turning into empty spaces

# The sound of laughter disappeared

# I'll meet you at midnight

# Another moonlight!

# I'll meet you at midnight

# But Jean-Claude, Louise-Marie will never be

# A summer morning on the Champs Elysees

# The empty tables of the street cafes

# Sunlight melting through an open doorway

# Jean-Claude is left to face another day

# I'll meet you at midnight

# Another moonlight

# I'll meet you at midnight

# I'll meet you at midnight

# Another moonlight

# I'll meet you at midnight

# But Jean-Claude, Louise-Marie will never be. #

APPLAUSE

There we are, Smokie. One of my favourites at the moment, called I'll Meet You At Midnight.

If we go right up in the charts, in fact to three, why don't we have a drink with The Wurzels?

Because they are going to give us a nice half pint of that lovely scrumpy they call cider.

# When the moon shines on the cow shed

# And we're rolling in the hay

# All the cows are up there grazing

# And the milk is on its way... #

IMITATES A MACHINE

# ..I am a cider drinker

# I drinks it all of the day

# I am a cider drinker

# It soothes all my troubles away

# Ooh arr, ooh arr, aay Ooh arr, ooh arr aay... #

Rub 'em down, young 'un!

# ..It's so cosy in the kitchen

# With the smell of rabbit stew

# When the breeze blows 'cross the farmyard

# You can smell the cowshed too... #

I've never smelled nothing like it in all my life!

# ..When those combine wheels stops turning

# And the hard day's work is done

# There's a pub around the corner

# It's the place we'll have our fun... #

You bet we'll have some fun!

# ..I am a cider drinker

# I drinks it all of the day

# I am a cider drinker

# It soothes all my troubles away

# Oooh aar, ooh aar, aay Ooh, aar, ooh aar, aay... #

Proper job, young 'un! Come and try some!

# ..Now dear old Mable When she's able

# We takes a stroll down Lover's Lane

# And we'll sink a pint of scrumpy

# And we'll play old nature's game... #

HE LAUGHS

Oooh aar! Oooh aar!

# ..But we ends up in the duck pond.. #

HE QUACKS

# ..When the pub decides to close

# With my breeches full o' tadpoles

# And the newts between my toes... #

Come on, my beauties!

# ..I am a cider drinker

# I drinks it all of the day

# I am a cider drinker

# It soothes all my troubles away

# Ooh aar, ooh aar aay Ooh aar, ooh aar aay... #

Come on, young 'uns! Get up for it now!

# ..I am a cider drinker

# I drinks it all of the day... #

APPLAUSE

That's the sound of The Wurzels there.

They're at number three with I Am A Cider Drinker.

We're going to change the mood somewhat, dramatically in fact,

and a lovely song called Loving And Free from the very lovely Kiki Dee.

# Bound I am bound

# Like the knots in a string

# Eager to be where my life can begin

# Out of the shadow

# And in to the sun

# So many things that I should have done

# I will untangle myself

# So that I can see

# I will untangle myself

# Everything will be

# Loving and free

# Bound I am bound

# Like the rope on a swing

# Up in the air and then down again

# Sure for the first time

# So clear in my mind

# Wise to the feeling I gently unwind

# I will untangle myself

# So that I can see

# I will untangle myself

# Everything will be

# Loving and free

# Bound I am bound

# To remember your smile

# Something so special doesn't fade away

# Sadness is sweet when you're gone for a while

# When I see you there'll be a lot to say

# And I will

# I will untangle myself

# So that I can see

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# I will untangle myself

# Everything will be

# Loving and free

# Loving and free. #

APPLAUSE

That's lovely, isn't it? Loving And Free there, from Kiki Dee.

-Here are the two best hats at the moment. They're sensational. Did you make them yourself?

-Yeah.

-Do you like The Bay City Rollers?

-Yeah.

-Well, here they are,

their one that's doing very well, I Only Want To Be, of course, With You. The Bay City Rollers.

APPLAUSE

# I don't know what it is that makes me love you so

# I only know I never wanna let you go

# Cos you've started something Can't you see

# That ever since we met You've got a hold on me?

# It happens to be true

# I only want to be with you

# It doesn't matter where you go or what you do

# I wanna spend each moment of the day with you

# Look what has happened with just one kiss

# I never knew that I could be in love like this

# It's crazy but it's true

# I only want to be with you

# You stopped and smiled at me

# Asked me if I cared to dance

# I fell into your open arms

# I didn't stand a chance

# Now listen, honey

# I just wanna be beside you everywhere

# As long as we're together, honey I don't care

# Cos you've started something Oh, can't you see

# That ever since we met You've got a hold on me?

# No matter what you do

# I only want to be with you... #

# ..You stopped and smiled at me

# Asked me if I cared to dance

# I fell into your open arms

# I didn't stand a chance

# Now listen, honey

# I just wanna be beside you everywhere

# As long as we're together, honey I don't care

# Cos you've started something Oh, can't you see

# That ever since we met You've got a hold on me?

# No matter what you do

# I only want to be with you. #

APPLAUSE

Number four this week, I Only Want To Be With You,

originally done many years back, by Dusty Springfield,

but that was The Bay City Rollers. Let's go to the number 11 sound right now,

and a little bit of Sailing with Rod Stewart.

# I am sailing I am sailing

# Home again across the sea

# I am sailing

# Stormy waters

# To be near you

# To be free

# I am flying I am flying

# Home again 'cross the sky

# I am flying

# Passing high clouds

# To be near you To be free

# Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

# Through the dark night

# Far away

# I am crying

# For ever crying

# To be near you To be free

# Yeah

# Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

# Through the dark night far away

# I am dying

# For ever crying

# To be near you

# To be free

# Oh, yeah. #

APPLAUSE

That's lovely. Rod Stewart, number 11 and Sailing,

which is the theme music to Sailor, which is another BBC Programme

which you can see at 9.25 tonight on this channel.

Now we have Ruby Flipper, dancing to this week's number 19,

a fabulous American DJ, Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots, and The Disco Duck!

# Went to a party the other night

# All the ladies were treating me right

# Moving my feet to the disco beat

# How in the world could I keep my seat?

# All of a sudden I began to change

# I was on the dance floor acting strange

# Flapping my arms I began to cluck

# Look at me

# I'm the disco duck... #

Ah, get down, Mama!

I've got to have me a woman. Ha, ha, ha, ha!

# Disco, disco duck

# Got to have me a woman!

# Disco, disco duck

# Oh, get down, Mama!

# Try your luck Don't be a cluck

-# Disco

-Disco

# Disco

-# Disco

-# Disco

-# Disco

-Disco, disco duck

# All right!

# Disco, disco duck

# Ah, get down, Mama! #

Oh, Mama, shake your tail feather! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

# ..When the music stopped I returned to my seat

# But there's no stoppin' a duck and his beat

# So I got back up to try my luck

# Why look!

# Everybody's doin' the disco disco duck

# Disco, disco duck

# Try your luck Don't be a cluck

# Disco

# Thank you duck for gettin' down

# Disco, disco, disco

# Thank you so very much

# You're welcome

# Disco, disco duck

# Try your luck Don't be a cluck. #

APPLAUSE

You're probably wondering what's happening, and so am I!

But somebody said I should go to work on an egg!

Now, you can tell the pantomime season is approaching.

This is one of the heaviest eggs I've ever seen.

Doing very well in the top 30, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded By The Light.

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Madman drummers, bummers

# Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat

# In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent

# Pumps his way into his hat

# With a boulder on my shoulder Feelin' kinda older

# I tripped the merry-go-round

# With this very unpleasin' Sneezin' and wheezin

# The calliope crashed to the ground

# The calliope crashed to the ground

# But she was blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Runner in the night

# Some silicone sister with a manager mister

# Told me I got what it takes

# She said I'll turn you on son into something strong

# Play the song with the funky break

# And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart

# To see if it was safe outside

# And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly

# And asked me if I needed a ride

# The calliope crashed to the ground

# But she was blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# Revved up like a deuce

# Another runner in the night

# Blinded by the light

# She got down But she never got tight

# She's gonna make it through the night. #

APPLAUSE

Sensational. Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded By The Light.

I have an ambition to turn back into a duck, but unfortunately, no time, because we move on.

A fabulous group from the States, Every Night's A Saturday Night With You, it's The Drifters.

APPLAUSE

# Every night's a Saturday night with you

# Even on a Monday night

# Ahh, we can have a party for two

# Me and you

# Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday 'n' Friday too

# Oh, I want to tell you every night's

# Like a Saturday night with you

# Remember how we used to meet the gang?

# How we always danced the same

# Those week ends too

# Remember? Sure you do

# It's funny

# But I don't miss them any more

# Though they were good times babe For sure

# I wouldn't change the way things are right now

# Every night's a Saturday night with you

# Even on a Monday night

# Ahh, we can have a party for two

# Me and you

# Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday 'n' Friday too

# Oh, I want to tell you every night's

# Like a Saturday night with you

# Remember how we met for our first date?

# I was nearly one hour late

# Looked so fine too

# Remember? Sure you do

# You waited

# You didn't ask me to explain

# We walked together through the rain

# And all that night

# I made sure you were mine

# Every night's a Saturday night with you

# Even on a Monday night... #

Fabulous. The Drifters, Every Night's A Saturday Night With You.

Sadly, the show tonight is rather like David Hamilton - a little shorter than usual.

So we'll say goodbye, but not before the wonderful number one sound from Abba and Dancing Queen.

See you next week on Top Of The Pops. Bye-bye.

# You can dance You can jive

# Having the time of your life

# Ooh-ooh See that girl

# Watch that scene

# Digging the dancing queen

# Friday night and the lights are low

# Looking out for a place to go

# Where they play the right music

# Getting in the swing

# You come to look for a king

# Anybody could be that guy

# Night is young and the music's high

# With a bit of rock music

# Everything is fine

# You're in the mood for a dance

# And when you get the chance

# You are the dancing queen

# Young and sweet Only 17

# Dancing queen

# Feel the beat from the tambourine Oh yeah

# You can dance You can jive

# Having the time of your life

# See that girl Watch that scene

# Digging the dancing queen

# You're a teaser You turn 'em on

# Leave them burning and then you're gone

# Looking out for another anyone will do

# You're in the mood for a dance

# And when you get the chance

# You are the dancing queen

# Young and sweet Only 17

# Dancing queen

# Feel the beat from the tambourine Oh, yeah!

# You can dance You can jive

# Having the time of your life

# See that girl Watch that scene

# Digging the dancing queen

# Digging the dancing queen. #

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