24/02/77 Top of the Pops

You know it's Top of the Pops, so let's get on with it.

APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave

# Boogie nights, whoa-oh-oh

# Boogie nights, whoa-oh-oh

# Boogie nights

# Boogie nights

# Boogie nights

# Ain't no doubt, we are here to party

# Boogie nights

# Come on out, got to get it started

# Dance with boogie, get down

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Cos boogie nights are always the best in town

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Boogie nights

# Get that groove, let it take you higher

# Boogie nights # Make it move

# Set this place on fire

-# Dance with the boogie, get down

-Dance with the boogie, get down

# Cos boogie nights are always the best in town

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Party night

# Can you show that you know how to do it?

# Do it, do it

# Party night

# Get on down with the sounds of the music

# Use it, use it

# Boogie nights

# It's all right, when you got the feeling

# Boogie nights

# Hold it tight, got to keep on dealin'

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Cos boogie nights are always the best in town

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Aah, aah

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Boogie nights

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Cos boogie nights are always the best in town

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Got to keep on dancin', keep on dancin'

# Everyone boogie

# It's a boogie, boogie, boogie night

# Everybody boogie, everybody boogie

# It's a boogie, boogie, boogie night. #

APPLAUSE

I think you'll agree, a somewhat melodic way to get

the proceedings underway this week on Top Of The Pops.

That's Boogie Nights from Heatwave.

There are five new entries, and we've got four of them

on this edition of the programme, so stay tuned.

Here's one that is particularly beautiful at the moment.

I love this one. The blacksmith's song from Racing Cars.

Well, They Shoot Horses Don't They?

# Here we go

# Round and round the floor

# Together

# In time

# Here we sit

# It looks like this is it

# Whatever

# This time

# It's making no sense

# But we'll stay here till the end

# Whatever

# This time

# They shoot horses, don't they?

# They shoot horses, don't they?

# They shoot horses, don't they?

# Carousel

# A crazy wishing well

# Whenever you fall

# It seems so long

# Just like a marathon

# The belle of the ball

# It's making no sense

# But we'll stay here till the end

# Whatever

# This time

# They shoot horses, don't they?

# They shoot horses, don't they?

# They shoot horses, don't they? #

APPLAUSE

# Here in the hush of evening

# On a night in June

# Overhearing conversations

# Baying at the moon

# Suddenly, a voice I'm hearing

# Sweet to my ears

# This is tomorrow calling

# Wishing you were here

# Laying in my motel bedroom

# Feeling ceiling blues

# Wall-to-wall TVs twitching

# Clearly not amused

# Then flashing through the interference

# Beams a thousand tunes

# This is tomorrow calling

# What have I to lose?

# Trucking by the railway station

# I'm on the road again

# Steering clear of all temptation

# Until the point of pain

# When steamin' through on cue

# I hear that whistle blow

This is tomorrow calling

# Oh, what a way to go

# Aa-aa-aah

# Oo-ooh

# Oo-ooh, ooh

# Day-to-day you live old-fashioned

# Hi-toned, fancy-free

# A double take, an image spitting

# Tailored to a T

# While history is telling you

# The same old thing

# This is tomorrow calling

# Let's stick a new oar in

# This is tomorrow calling

# Y'all now, come on in

# Ooh. #

APPLAUSE

Bryan Ferry and This Is Tomorrow. Got a new LP out, which is very good.

Watch out for that. Now, three new entries in a row for you.

Here's The Real Thing, comes in at 29, You'll Never Know What You're Missing.

# I remember when we met

# And you begged me not to get

# Close to you

# And you begged me not to get

# Too involved with you, and yet

# I couldn't help myself

# Cos you had yourself a bad affair

# With a boy who didn't care

# And he hurt your love

# Now you're afraid of love

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

# And I find myself just wishing

# That you only could

# So I try constantly

# To bring you close to me

# How I try

# Ooh-oooh-ooh

# But the more I got involved

# I just had to become resolved

# To living without you, girl

# And though you really tried for me

# It really wasn't hard to see

# Somewhere deep within

# That you belong to him

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

# And I find myself just wishing

# That you'd let me win

# Tried and tried my hardest

# To get close to you

# How I tried

# To satisfy

# But now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Hey, now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Oh, now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Now you're gone

-# Now you'll never, never find out

-And I find myself just wishing

-# That you only could

-What you're missing

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

-# Baby, baby, baby, baby

-And I find myself just wishing

# That you only could

# You'll never, never, never

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

-# Never, never, never, no

-And I find myself just wishing

# What you're missing

# That you only could... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The Real Thing and You'll Never Know What You're Missing.

Here's a young lady

who doesn't know whether to marry McTavish or MacGregor.

She's torn between two lovers and it's rather strange

cos her name is Mary MacGregor.

# There are times when a woman

# Has to say what's on her mind

# Even though she knows

# How much it's gonna hurt

# Before I say another word

# Let me tell you

# I love you

# Let me hold you close

# And say these words as gently as I can

# There's been another man

# That I've needed and I've loved

# But that doesn't mean I love you less

# And he knows he can't possess me

# And he knows he never will

# There's just this empty place inside of me

# That only he can fill

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool

# Loving both of you is breaking all the rules

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool

# Loving you both is breaking all the rules

# You mustn't think you failed me

# Just because there's someone else

# You were the first real love

# I ever had

# And all the things I ever said

# I swear they still are true

# For no-one else can have the part of me

# I gave to you

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool

# Loving both of you is breaking all the rules

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool

# Loving you both is breaking all the rules

# Couldn't really blame you if you turned and walked away

# But with everything I feel inside

# I'm asking you to stay

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool

# Loving both of you is breaking all the rules

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool

# Loving you both is breaking all the rules

# Torn between two lovers

# Feeling like a fool... #

APPLAUSE

Oh, wasn't that sad?

That's Mary MacGregor, and she's torn between two lovers.

New entry this week at number 18.

Here's another new entry - Rockaria! ELO.

SHE SINGS AN ARIA

# Just got back from the downtown palais

# Where the music was so sweet

# Knocked me right back in the alley I'm ready

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready

# Whoa-oh-oh, I'm ready

# And I'm really gonna rock tonight

# Sweet little lady Sings like a songbird

# And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard

# But she ain't ready

# No, no, no, she ain't ready

# No, no, no She ain't ready

# And she ain't gonna rock and roll

# She's sweet on Wagner

# I think she'd die for Beethoven

# She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune

# And Verdi's always creeping from her room... #

SHE SINGS AN ARIA

# Come on, I'll show you how to sing the blues

# Now baby, come on over

# You got nothin' to lose Are you ready?

# Hey, hey, hey, are you ready?

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?

# I wanna show you how to rock and roll

# Now listen here, baby She said to me

# Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three

# Cos I'm ready

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready

# Whoo-hoo-hoo, I'm ready

# I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues

# She's sweet on Wagner

# I think she'd die for Beethoven

# She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune

# And Verdi's always creeping from her room... #

OPERATIC SINGING

# Oh, far, far away

# The music is playin'

# Well, yeah

# We were reelin' and rockin' all through the night

# Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light

# And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes

# And the singers in the chorus all got off on singin' blues

# And as the night grew older Everybody was as one

# The people on the streets came runnin' in to enjoy themselves

# Just hearing the opera singer singing rock and roll so pure

# I thought I saw the mayor there But I wasn't really sure

# But it's all right. #

APPLAUSE

Another new entry, at number 30 - ELO and Rockaria!

We welcome to Top Of The Pops Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber,

the men behind Evita.

Everyone says to me you've got so many hits on that particular LP,

you've got so many hits behind Evita. Is that true?

We've had a number one with Julie Covington's marvellous performance

of Don't Cry For Me Argentina,

but I think this is the second record out, by Barbara Dickson.

Do you have a favourite?

Well, I think we like this one at the moment best.

I've got to agree with you.

This was my record of the week on the Breakfast Show.

Thank you for coming along.

Let's now hear Barbara Dickson, and from that Evita -

I think this is going to be number one -

Another Suitcase In Another Hall.

# I don't expect my love affairs

# To last for long

# Never fool myself

# That my dreams will come true

# Being used to travel

# I anticipate it

# But all the same, I hate it

# Wouldn't you?

-# So what happens now?

-Another suitcase in another hall

-# So what happens now?

-Take your picture off another wall

# Where am I going to?

# You'll get by You always have before

# Where am I going to?

# Time and time again

# I've said that I don't care

# That I'm immune to gloom

# That I'm hard through and through

# I don't recall the names and places

# Of the sad occasion

# But all the same, I hate it

# Wouldn't you?

-# So what happens now?

-Another suitcase in another hall

-# So what happens now?

-Take your picture off another wall

# Where am I going to?

# You'll get by You always have before

# Where am I going to?

# Call in three months' time

# And I'll be fine, I know

# Well, maybe not that fine

# But I'll survive anyhow

# I won't recall the names and places

# Of this sad occasion

# But that's no consolation

# Here and now

-# So what happens now?

-Another suitcase in another hall

# So what happens now?

Take your picture off another wall

# Where am I going to?

# You'll get by You always have before

# Where am I going to?

# Don't ask any more. #

APPLAUSE

# I looked out this morning and the sun was gone

# Turned on some music to start my day

# Lost myself in a familiar song

# I closed my eyes and I slipped away

# It's more than a feeling

# More than a feeling

-# When I hear that old song they used to play

-More than a feeling

# I begin dreaming

# More than a feeling

# Till I see Marianne walk away

# I see my Marianne walking awa-a-y

# When I'm tired and thinking cold

# I hide in my music, forget the day

# And dream of a girl I used to know

# I closed my eyes and she slipped awa-a-ay

# She slipped away... #

APPLAUSE

That's Boston, and the dentist song More Than A Filling.

The next introduction sounds a bit like

the sort of insurance company you'd need cover from

if you were going walking round a volcano,

cos it's Earth, Wind, Fire and Legs & Company.

Work it out and watch it.

One, two.

One, two, three, four.

MUSIC: "Saturday Nite" by Earth, Wind & Fire

# It was Saturday nite The moon was bright, shining down

# Saturday nite

# Shining down

# It was Saturday nite The moon was bright

# Shining down its harvest light

# Music all around to hear

# Set the stage and atmosphere

# Many dress to suit their taste

# Participate in the ego race

# Tonight's the night for you to be

# Biggest man in history

# Saturday nite's your curtain call

# You found your place after all

# I saw a face out in the crowd

# Sayin' nothin', talkin' loud

# Life is just a day

# Living games we play

# London Bridge is fallin' down

# Do what Simon says

# Doing what you feel

# Games can be unreal

# Humpty Dumpty, when you fall

# There'll be no-one here to call

# Life is still your mystery

# You see, you see, you see

# Many friends who gather round

# In hope, to feel safe and sound

# We emphasise, to make it clear

# Our stumbling nation's atmosphere

# While looking through the looking glass

# Our vision show a stormy past

# When you gonna wake and see the sun?

# Stop wasting time and having fun, yeah, oh... #

Ha-ha-ha-haa-haa!

# Life is just a day

# Daily games you play

# London Bridge has fallen down

# You did what Simon said

# Doing what you feel

# Games are so unreal

# Humpty Dumpty, why'd you fall

# You see there's no-one here to call

# Now we've solved this mystery

# You see, you see, you see

# Doin' what you feel, be unreal

# Life is just a game

# Life is still a mystery... #

APPLAUSE

Legs & Company there - Saturday Nite.

I don't see there's any reason to be falsely modest about this -

I never doubted it was the best track on Endless Flight,

or it would get to number one.

Two weeks at number one, it's got to stay there even longer.

It's fabulous. Leo Sayer and When I Need You.

# When I need you

# I just close my eyes

# And I'm with you

# And all that I so wanna give you

# It's only a heartbeat away

# When I need love

# I hold out my hands

# And I touch love

# I never knew there was so much love

# Keeping me warm night and day

# Miles and miles of empty space in-between us

# A telephone can't take the place of your smile

# But you know I won't be travellin' for ever

# It's cold out

# But hold out

# And do like I do

# When I need you

# I just close my eyes

# And I'm with you

# And all that I so wanna give you, babe

# It's only a heartbeat away

# It's not easy when the road is your driver

# Honey, that's a heavy load that we bear

# Yet you know I won't be travellin' a lifetime

# It's cold out

# But hold out

# And do like I do

# Oh, I need you

# When I need love

# I hold out my hands

# And I touch love

# I never knew there was so much love

# Keeping me warm night and day

# When I need you

# I just close my eyes

# And you're right here by my side

# Keeping me warm night and day

# I just hold out my hands

# I just hold out my hands

# And I'm with you, darlin'

# Yes, I'm with you, darlin'

# And all I wanna give you

# It's only a heartbeat away

# Oh, I want you... #

APPLAUSE

Beautiful! A real touch of magic from Leo Sayer at number one.

You can see more from Leo Sayer with the Swap Shop supergroup

that's coming Saturday on BBC One.

I'll be around on Radio 1's Breakfast Show tomorrow morning.

Top Of The Pops will be back next week.

We leave you with another new entry.

This is David Bowie and some Sound And Vision. Bye-bye.

APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Sound And Vision" by David Bowie

# Ah-ahh

# Doo doo doo, doo-doo-doo

# Doo doo doo, doo-doo doo-ooh

# Don't you wonder sometimes

# 'Bout sound & vision? #

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