26/03/1981 Top of the Pops

It's an action-packed TOTP tonight, with 12 fantastic acts.

We start off with a hit from the Polecats.

# Well, Annie's pretty neat She always eats her meat

# Joe is awful strong Bet your life he's putting us on

# Oh Lordy, oh Lordy

# You know I need some loving

# I'm moving, touch me

# John, I'm only dancing

# She turns me on

# But I'm only dancing

# She turns me on

# Don't get me wrong

# But I'm only dancing

# Oh, shadow, love was quick and clean, life's a well-thumbed machine

# I saw you watching from the stairs

# You're everyone that ever cared

# Oh Lordy, oh Lordy

# You know I need some loving

# I'm moving, touch me

# John, I'm only dancing

# She turns me on

# But I'm only dancing

# She turns me on

# Don't get me wrong

# But I'm only dancing

# John, I'm only dancing

# She turns me on

# But I'm only dancing

# She turns me on

# Don't get me wrong

# But I'm only dancing

# Aaaargh! Ha-ha! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The Polecats and John, I'm Only Dancing,

a song written by David Bowie

and performed with them and Legs & Co together.

Let's go to the number 2 slot now and Kim Wilde.

# Looking out a dirty old window

# Down below the cars in the city go rushing by

# I sit here alone and I wonder why

# Friday night and everyone's moving

# I can feel the heat but it's soothing, heading down

# I search for the beat in this dirty town

# Downtown the young ones are going

# Downtown the young ones are growing

-# We're the kids in America

-Whoa

-# We're the kids in America

-Whoa

# Everybody live for the music-go-round

# Bright lights The music gets faster

# Look, boy, don't check on your watch, not another glance

# I'm not leaving now, honey Not a chance

# Hotshot, give me no problems

# Much later, baby, you'll be saying never mind

# You know life is cruel Life is never kind

# Kind hearts don't make a new story

# Kind hearts don't grab any glory

-# We're the kids in America

-Whoa

-# We're the kids in America

-Whoa

# Everybody live for the music-go-round

# La la la la-la la-la

# La la la la-la la, sing

# La la la la-la la-la

# La la la la-la la

# Come closer, honey, that's better

# Got to get a brand-new experience Feeling right

# Oh, don't try to stop, baby Hold me tight

# Outside a new day is dawning

# Outside suburbia's sprawling everywhere

# I don't want to go, baby

# New York to East California

# There's a new wave coming I warn you

-# We're the kids in America

-Whoa

-# We're the kids in America

-Whoa

# Everybody live for the music-go-round

# La la la la-la la-la

# La la la la-la la, sing

# La la la la-la la-la

# La la la la-la la

# We're the kids, we're the kids

# We're the kids in America

# We're the kids, we're the kids

# We're the kids in America

# We're the kids We're the kids... #

APPLAUSE

Woo, Kids In America. That's Kim Wilde at number 2.

Now, it's a guy who used to sing with Rainbow.

He's out on his own with a hit single.

It's called Night Games and this is Graham Bonnet.

# See the man in the busy street

# He's almost incomplete

# He takes his pleasure in strange ways

# And the lady in the library

# She's just like you and me

# You wouldn't know her at all

# She takes a train up to the great big city

# She knocks a door and steps right in

# He's just a fool that some would like to pity

# They work it out in the house of sin

# Night games

# They pay for their night games

# They were two lovers They don't use names

# It says in the rules

# It's strictly for the cools to play their night games

# They pay for their night games

# Always play one last frame

# Games of the night

# Every room is a different scene

# Every one has a different dream

# They make it anyway they choose

# You can get anything you need

# Anyone if the price's agreed

# And nothing left for you to lose

# It's entertainment for the lost and lonely

# And cabaret for those who dare

# The last attainment of the one and only

# It's got to be to get you there

# Night games

# They pay for their night games

# They were two lovers They don't use names

# It says in the rules

# It's strictly for the cools to play their night games

# They pay for their night games

# Always play one last frame

# It says in the rules

# Oh, oh

# Night games

# They pay for their night games

# They were two lovers They don't use names

# It says in the rules... # APPLAUSE

That's Night Games from Graham Bonnet.

Now then, we have a real interesting record for you next.

It's from Hazel O'Connor and it's called D Days.

Hazel O'Connor? Really?

# Put on your face Put on your clothes

# Going out dancing, pose, pose

# Wind our bodies round and round

# Move to the rhythm of the favourite sounds

-# These are

-The decadent days

-# These are

-The decadent ways

# These are the de, de, de, decadent days, yes!

# De, de, de, decadent days

# Swing to the left Swing to the right

# Thrust your hips to the flashing light

# Whirling dervish, here's the rules

# Sweating hot but you stay cool

-# These are

-The decadent days

-# These are

-The decadent ways

# These are the de, de, de, decadent days, ya!

# De, de, de decadent days

# The whole room is vibrating

# With all our bodies shaking

# But still they're hesitating

# From really taking it

# From really taking it

# Making it

# Taking it

# Yeah

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

# La-da-da-da-da-da-da

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

# La-da-da-da-da-da-da

-# These are

-The decadent days

-# These are

-The decadent ways

# These are the de, de, de, decadent days, ya!

# De, de, de, decadent days

# The whole room is vibrating

# With all our bodies shaking

# But still they're hesitating

# From really taking it

# From really taking it

# Making it

# Taking it

# Yeah

# One, two, three, four

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

# La-da-da-da-da-da-da

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

# La-da-da-da-da-da-da

-# These are

-The decadent days

-# These are

-The decadent ways

# These are the de, de, de, decadent days, ya!

# De, de, de, decadent days, ya! #

APPLAUSE

It's number 23 in the charts for Hazel O'Connor

and that one's called D days.

They say the British charts are always known for their diversity

and this week is no exception.

There's a remarkable new entry at number 10 this week

from Tony Capstick. Yes, it's that one all about the bread and butter

called Capstick Comes Home.

MUSIC: Symphony No 9 by Dvorak

Ey, I'll never forget that first day at t' pit.

Me and me father worked a 72-hour shift

and then we walked home 43 miles through t' snow in us bare feet,

huddled inside us clothes made out o' old sacks.

Eventually, we trudged over t' hill

and we could see t' streetlight twinkling in our village.

Me father smiled down at me through icicles hanging off his nose.

"Nearly 'ome now, lad," he said.

We stumbled into t' 'ouse and stood there freezing cold and tired out,

shivering and miserable in front o' t' meagre fire.

"Any road," me mam says. "Cheer up, lads

"I've got you some nice brown bread and butter for your tea."

Ey, me father went crackers.

He reached out and gently pulled me mam towards him by t' throat.

"You big, idle, useless, ugly wart," he said.

"You great, spawny-eyed, parrot-faced wazzock."

He had a way with words, me father.

He'd been to college, you know.

"Any road," he says. "You've been out playing bingo all afternoon,

"instead of getting some proper snap ready for me 'n' this lad,"

he explained to me poor, little purple-faced mam.

And turning to me, he said, "Arthur" -

he could never remember me name -

"Here's half a crown. Nip down to t' chip 'ole

"and get us a nice piece o' haddock for us tea.

"Man cannot live by bread alone."

He wa' a right tater, me father.

He said as 'ow working folk ought to have

some pride and dignity and self-respect,

and as 'ow they should come home to summat warm and cheerful.

And then he threw me mam on t' fire.

We din't have no clothes or shoes or tellies.

We made us own fun in them days.

Do you know, when I were a lad, you could get a tram down into t' town,

buy three new suits, an overcoat, four good pair of boots,

go and see George Formby at t' Palace Theatre,

get blind drunk, have some steak 'n' chips,

buy a bunch o' bananas, three stone o' monkey nuts

and still have change out o' a farthing.

We 'ad lots of things in them days they ain't got today -

rickets, diphtheria, Hitler.

And, by, we did look well going to school

with no backsides in us trousers

and all us little 'eads painted purple cos we 'ad ringworm.

They don't know they're born today.

APPLAUSE

I really do like that.

Tony Capstick at number 10 with Capstick Comes Home.

It's hard to follow that,

but we'll take a trip to New Orleans with Gillan.

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, a-hey, hey, yeah

# Well, come on, everybody Take a trip with me

# Way down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans

# Where the honeysuckle's bloomin' on the honeysuckle vine

# And love is a-blooming there all the time

# You know that every Southern belle is a Mississippi queen

# Down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# Well, come on, everybody Take a trip with me

# Way down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans

# Where the magnolia blossoms fill the air

# Oh, if you ain't been to heaven then you ain't been there

# You got French moss hanging from a big oak tree

# Down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said look out, child Yeah, yeah, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said h-e-e-e-e-ey

# Aaaaaaaaah

# Come on, everybody Take a trip with me

# Way down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans

# Oh, the honeysuckle's bloomin' on the honeysuckle vine

# And love is a-blooming there all the time

# You know that every Southern belle is a Mississippi queen

# Down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah... #

APPLAUSE

That's Mr Gillan and his band and New Orleans.

Now then, number 13 is a number that is often unlucky,

but for Linx, it's proved very fortuitous,

thanks to their song called Intuition, and here it is.

# As a boy my family thought that I'd be their ruin

# But when I was back my mum knew what I was doing

# While I try my best not to leave any clues

# She'd always find out and she'd say that she used

# Intuition

# Intuition

# I'd play out after dark and they would come get me

# I'd try to get the babies here and they would not let me

# When I stole all the apples that our neighbour grew

# Someone must have told cos she knew

# Intuition

# Blame it all on intuition

# So many things I miss

# The situations you just not admit

# I don't mean to her sit

# But I know what must be All the play for this

# Intuition

# Intuition

# Though I always try hard not to leave any clues

# I am always found out Wish I knew how to use

# Intuition

# Intuition

# Intuition

# Intuition. #

APPLAUSE

That's Linx and Intuition. Number 13 this week.

On Monday, Lene Lovich celebrates her birthday.

Today, she's celebrating a little early

with her hit record called New Toy.

Did I ask you for your love?

Did I ask you for your dedication?

I don't want, I don't want your love

I don't want, I don't want your affection.

-# But I've got to have the car

-I need it for the weekend

-# I've got to have the stereo

-And a couple of deletions

-# I've got to have the freezer

-Put some fun back in my eating

# I've got to have it all until I'm complete

-# I want a new toy

-Oh, ay, oh

-# To keep my head expanding

-Ta

-# I want a new toy

-Oh, ay, oh

-# Nothing too demanding

-Ta

# Then when everything is in roses

-# Everything is static

-Ta

-# Yeah, my new toy

-Oh, ay, oh

# You'll find us in the attic. #

You, sometimes you make me feel

I feel so insecure

Sometimes you make me feel

Nothing at all.

-# I'm sick of the TV

-Well, look at the news

-# I'm sick of the radio

-But what can you do?

-# I'm sick of the Hoover

-But what is the cure?

# I'm sick of it all So what can I do?

-# I get a new toy

-Oh, ay, oh

-# To keep my head expanding

-Ta

-# I get a new toy

-Oh, ay, oh

-# Nothing too demanding

-Ta

# Then when everything is in roses

-# You don't get any headroom

-Ta

-# Yeah, my new toy

-Oh, ay, oh

# You'll find us in the bedroom, yeah. #

You

You must, must

You must want

Oh

What do you want?

You, you must

You must want

What do you want?

You must, you must want

What do you want, you want, you want?

-# New toy

-New toy

# New toy, oh, ay, oh

-# New toy

-Ooh, new toy

-# New toy

-Oh, ay, oh

-Oh, ay, oh

-# New toy

-New toy

# New toy, oh, ay, oh

-# New toy

-New toy

-New toy... #

APPLAUSE

Good to know that grass skirts are coming back again.

Here's a man with a wonderful suntan.

It's Buster Bloodvessel, Bad Manners and Just A Feeling.

# It's been a week now since you

# Went away

# I hope that you have gone to stay

# It's not that I don't like you

# You're all right

# I just like to run my life

# It's just a feeling

# My flat was nice and tidy

# Now it's not

# I just don't seem to care a lot

# I feel so good I really

# Feel at home

# To sit and whistle on my own

# It's just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

# It's always a problem when I

# Talk to you

# You make it so hard to get through

# You thought that I should get a

# Steady job

# You couldn't see I'm just a yob

# I'm just a skinhead

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

# Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling

-# Just a feeling

-Just a feeling... #

APPLAUSE

Lovely. He looked pretty hot from there.

That's Bad Manners and they're going to be in the charts very soon.

Talking of which, we're going to look now at numbers 30 to 20.

(Somebody) Help Me Out.

Attention To Me.

Hot Love.

Once In A Lifetime.

Can You Feel It.

Shaddap You Face.

Making Your Mind Up.

D Day.

Something 'Bout You Baby I Like.

Southern Freeez.

It's A Love Thing.

Here to dance to it, Legs & Co.

# It's a love thing

# It's a love thing

# It's a love thing

# Thing

# The look in your eyes

# Is more than enough

# To make my poor heart burst into flames

# Knew from the moment we met

# That there was no doubt

# That my life would never be the same

# And I could never hide this feeling that comes over me

# When you're near me I know that's how it's supposed to be

# My heart is telling me

# It's a love thing, yeah

# Got me talking in my sleep about the love we made

# It's a love thing

# It's a love thing

# Love thing, thing

# Such a feeling I get

# Whenever we touch

# Girl, like no other I felt before

# It's still so new and yet

# I need you so much

# Got to make you mine forever more

# You're the kind of woman that can turn my world around

# Cos you show me what a selfish love is all about

# Without a doubt

# It's a love thing, yeah

# I feel that pounding in my heart when you call my name

# It's a love thing

# It's a love thing

# Love thing, thing

# It's a love thing

# Every time that you're near

# It becomes so clear

# It's a love thing

# It's a love thing

# Love thing, thing, yeah

# It's a love thing... #

APPLAUSE

Legs & Co, dancing to the music of The Whispers.

Let's have a look at the next set of chart placings.

The Whispers are number 20, so it's 19 right the way up to 11.

Jones Vs Jones.

I Missed Again.

Vienna.

Star.

Mind Of A Toy.

Intuition.

Planet Earth.

At 11, it's Landscape with...

# Einstein a go-go

# Einstein a go-go

# Einstein a go-go

# Bible says we must pay

# I am the judge for the Judgement Day

# There'll be no warning, no alarm

# I'll be the one who's saved

# Einstein a go-go

# Einstein a go-go

# Einstein a go-go

# I've got facts, I know the truth

# You're all corrupt You're all depraved

# A few devices around the place

# I'll blow you all away

# God does not play dice with the world

# But things aren't right in the outside world

# But still there's vice in the world

# I'll put things right

# Einstein a go-go

# Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

-# Albert said that E equals MC squared

-Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

-# Albert said that E equals MC squared

-Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

-# Albert said that E equals MC squared

-Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

-# Albert said that E equals MC squared

-Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

-# Albert said that E equals MC squared

-Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

-# Albert said that E equals MC squared

-Einstein a go-go

-# You better watch out You better beware

-Einstein a go-go

# Albert said that E equals MC squared... #

APPLAUSE

Einstein said E equals MC squared

and Einstein A Go-Go is number 11 in the charts this week.

It's time to look at the all-important spaces now

in the charts, from 10 right the way through to number 1.

Mr Tony Capstick is still coming home for his bread and butter.

At number 9, You Better You Bet.

It's rather different sounds from The Who.

# ..The sound of old T-Rex... #

# Bless my cotton socks... #

Reward, The Teardrop Explodes.

# The king sits on his face but it's all assumed... #

The Hucklebuck from Coast To Coast.

# If you don't know how to do it then you're out of luck... #

A really beautiful song at number 6 from Stevie Wonder and Lately.

# Very slowly picking me apart... #

The Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam And The Ants.

Toyah and Four From Toyah, the EP at number 4 this week.

# I'm still searching for a clue... #

Down from number 1 to number 3, Roxy Music singing Jealous Guy.

# I'm just a jealous guy... #

# We're the kids in America... #

That's the title from Kim Wilde at number 2.

# Everybody live for the music-go-round

# La-la-la-la-la-la... #

And it's brand-new at number 1. Shakin' Stevens and This Ole House.

# This ole house once knew children

# This ole house once knew a wife

# This ole house was home and comfort

# As we fought the storms of life

# This ole house once rang with laughter

# This ole house heard many shouts

# Now she trembles in the darkness

# When the lightnin' walks about

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-getting ready to meet the saints

# This ole house is gettin' shaky

# This ole house is gettin' old

# This ole house lets in the rain

# This ole house lets in the cold

# On my knees, I'm gettin' chilly

# But I feel no fear nor pain

# Cos I see an angel peekin'

# Through the broken windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints. #

Whoa!

Woo!

# This ole house is afraid of thunder

# This ole house is afraid of storms

# This ole house just groans and trembles

# When the night flings out its arms

# This ole house is gettin' feeble

# This ole house is in need of paint

# Just like me, it's tuckered out

# But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane... #

APPLAUSE

There's Shaky at number 1 with This Ole House

and that's about it for this week's TOTP.

We're going to leave you with our Eurovision entry from...

-Bucks Fizz!

-Good night. See you soon.

# You gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# You gotta turn it off

# And then you gotta pull it out

# You gotta be sure that it's something

# Everybody's gonna talk about

# Before you decide that the time's all right

# For making your mind up

# Don't let your indecision

# Take you from behind

# Trust your inner vision

# Don't let others change your mind

# And now you really gotta burn it up

# And make another flight by night

# Gotta run for your money and take a chance

# That it'll turn out right

# And when you see how it's gotta be

# You're making your mind up

# And try to look as if you don't care less

# But if you wanna see some more

# Bending the rules of the game will let you find

# The one you're looking for

# And then you can show that you think you know

# You're making your mind up

# Don't let your indecision

# Take you from behind

# Trust your inner vision

# Don't let others change your mind

# And now you really gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# And now you really gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up. #