Christmas 1973 Top of the Pops

CHEERING

Hello, and welcome to a special Christmas edition

of Top Of The Pops, woo!

What are you doing? You want to watch where you put that.

I'm sorry about my holly.

It's BBC holly, full thorns on it and everything.

How do you like this?

-I got this off your dressing room door.

-Star, Star.

-Boy, do we have some good things for you today.

-We certainly do.

We're going to go back in time and see some of the hits of this year.

We'll be looking back over 1973 at some of the greatest sounds around.

Do you like my little decoration here? I've gone completely mad.

-Let's start off with this one, shall we?

-Slade?

-Slade, Feel The Noize.

All right, Feel The Noize. Here they are.

# Baby, baby, baby

# Yeah!

# So you think I got an evil mind Well, I'll tell you honey

# And I don't know why And I don't know why

# So you think my singing's out of time, well, it makes me money

# And I don't know why

# And I don't know why any more

# Oh, no

# So come on, feel the noise

# Girls, grab the boys

# We get wild, wild, wild

# We get wild, wild, wild

# So come on feel the noise

# Girls grab the boys

# We get wild, wild, wild

# At your door

# So you say I got a funny face I ain't got no worries

# And I don't know why

# And I don't know why

# Say I'm a scruff bag Well, it's no disgrace

# I ain't in no hurry

# And I don't know why

# I just don't know why any more

# Oh, no

# So come on feel the noise

# Girls grab the boys

# We get wild, wild, wild

# We get wild, wild, wild

# So come on, feel the noise

# Girls grab the boys

# We get wild, wild, wild At your door

# Yeah

# So you think we have a lazy time

# Well, you should know better

# And I don't know why

# I just don't know why

# And you say I've got a dirty mind

# Well, I'm a mean go-getter

# And I don't know why

# And I don't know why any more

# Oh, no

# So come on, feel the noise

# Girls grab the boys

# We get wild, wild, wild

# We get wild, wild, wild

# So come on, feel the noise

# Girls grab the boys

# We get wild, wild, wild... # CHEERING

Fantastic. That's Slade there.

Just branching out here, just branching out.

That was a good one, wasn't it? Branching out. You've gone mad, haven't you?

I tell you what we're going to have now, somebody who did so well

this year, Donny Osmond singing a number called Young love.

APPLAUSE

# They say for every boy and girl

# There's just one love in this whole world

# And I know I've found mine

# The heavenly touch of your embrace

# Tells me no-one could take your place

# Ever in my heart

# Young love

# First love

# Filled with deep devotion

# Young love

# Our love

# We share with deep emotion

# Just one kiss from your sweet lips

# Will tell me that our love is real

# And I, I can feel that it's true

# For we will vow to one another

# There will never be another

# Love for you or for me

# Young love

# First love

# Filled with deep devotion

# Young love

# Our love

# We share with deep emotion. #

-APPLAUSE

-That's Donny Osmond there,

and the number that was heard in China as Egg Fu Yung.

Now, this next young lady showed us her 48 Crash.

-She got...

-HE PANTS

..in her Daytona Demon. She's going to Can The Can?

CHEERING

# Well, you call your mama tiger

# And we all know you ain't lying

# And your boyfriend's name is eagle

# And he lives up in the sky High, high

# Watch out the tiger don't go claw the eagle's eye

# But let the eagle take the tiger by surprise

# Scratch out her eyes

# So make a stand for your man, honey

# Try to can the can

# Put your man in the can, honey

# Get him while you can

# Can the can

# Can the can

# If you can

# Well, can the can

# Well, your sister's got the feline touch

# She touches up your mind

# And your eagle lover

# Likes his little bit of evil loving all the time

# Don't let the cat get into the eagle's nest at night

# Because the eagle could say yes without a fight

# Scratch out her eyes

# So make a stand for your man, honey

# Try to can the can

# Put your man in the can, honey

# Get him while you can

# Can the can

# Can the can

# If you can

# Well, can the can

-# Oh, can the can

-Can the can, honey

-# Ooh, can the can

-Can the can, honey

-# Ah, can the can

-Can the can, honey

-# Ooh, can the can

-Can the can, honey

-# Ooh, can the can

-Can the can, honey

-# Oh, can the can

-Can the can, honey

# Ah, honey, honey, honey, honey

# Make a stand for your man, honey

# Try to can the can

# Put your man in the can, honey

# Get him while you can

# Can the can

# Can the can

# If you can

# Make a stand for your man, honey

# Try to can the can

# Put your man in the can, honey

# Get him while you can... # APPLAUSE

Great, Suzi Quatro. That's called Can The Can.

Are you having a good time? I've always wanted to go up to somebody.

It's good fun to have a good time at Christmas, isn't it?

I've always wanted to go up to somebody and...

-You didn't mind, did you?

-I didn't mind.

-Didn't give you a shock?

-No.

-That's all right.

Here's a record now that got to number one,

I'd say the first week, and call it the surprise hit, of 1973.

It's called the Eye Level and here comes the Simon Park Orchestra.

APPLAUSE

Oh, yes, the former number one sound of Eye Level,

as presented by Simon Park. What about all that hair on his chin?

More like a safari park, really, wasn't it?

As Tony said at the beginning of the programme,

'73 was a very good year for the Osmonds.

And we go right down to the junior end of the family, and Jimmy.

# I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool

# And I'll do anything you say

# I'll be your clown or your puppet or your April fool

# If you'll be my sunshine daisy from LA

# I'll be your leprechaun and sit upon an old toad stool

# I'll serenade you till I'm old and grey

# I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool

# You'll be my sunshine daisy from LA

# You'll be my lovely daisy on a mountainside

# There are lots of other flowers too

# But all the other flowers hung their heads and cried

# Because the loveliest of all of them was you

# But you were evidently the exception to the rule

# I picked you quickly then I ran away

# Cos I was your long-haired lover from Liverpool

# You were my sunshine daisy from LA

# I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool

# And I'll do anything you ask

# I'll be your clown or your puppet or your April fool

# Cut my hair or even wear a mask

# I'll be your Valentine, and you'll be mine, and things'll be cool

# We'll move along together every day

# I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool

# You'll be my sunshine daisy from LA

# You'll be my sunshine daisy from LA

# I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool

# And I'll do anything you ask

# I'll be your clown or your puppet or your April fool

# Cut my hair or even wear a mask

# I'll be your Valentine... # CHEERING

Now, just a few months ago,

it was the 500th anniversary programme for Top Of The Pops.

We had a lot of international stars

jetting in from all over the world, and Dawn came.

A very special presentation of Tie A Yellow Ribbon from the 500th.

APPLAUSE

# I'm comin' home I've done my time

# Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine

# If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free

# Then you'll know just what to do if you still want me

# If you still want me

# Say, tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree

# It's been three long years Do you still want me?

# If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree

# I'm gonna stay on the bus Forget about us

# Put the blame on me

# If I don't see that yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree

# Bus driver, please look for me

# Cos I couldn't bear to see what I might see

# I'm really still in prison And my love, she holds the key

# A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free

# And I wrote and told her, please

# I said, tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree

# It's been three long years Do you still want me?

# If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree

# I'm gonna stay on the bus Forget about us

# Put the blame on me

# If I don't see that yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree

# Now the whole 500th anniversaries are cheerin'

# Let me hear you cheer... #

CHEERING

# Cos they can't believe what they see, yeah

# A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree

# I'm comin' home

-# Tie a ribbon round the ole oak tree... #

-CHEERING

Isn't that lovely? That was Tony Orlando

and Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around The Ole Oak Tree

I open up in pantomime at East Ham tomorrow

and that's a song I shall be ruining twice daily.

I hope you'll come along and see me.

Right now though... We're going to out-glitter them, I tell you that.

Gilbert O'Sullivan's had a fantastic year.

This is a lovely one called Get Down And Dance To It, the very lovely pans people.

APPLAUSE

# Told you once before And I won't tell you no more

# Get down, get down, get down

# You're a bad dog, baby But I still want you around

# You give me the creeps When you jump on your feet

# So get down, get down, get down

# Keep your hands to yourself I'm strictly out of bounds

# Once upon a time I drank a little wine

# Was as happy as could be Happy as could be

# Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof

# Baby, what do you think you're doin' to me?

# Told you once before And I won't tell you no more

# So get down, get down, get down

# You're a bad dog, baby

# But I still want you around, around

# I still want you around

# Hey

# I don't give a damn

# And I'd like you if you can

# To get down, get down, get down

# You're a bad dog, baby

# But I still want you around

# Once upon a time I drank a little wine

# Was as happy as could be happy as could be

# Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof

# Baby what do you think you're doin' to me?

# Told you once before And I won't tell you no more

# So get down, get down, get down

# You're a bad dog, baby

# But I still want you around, around

# I still want you around

# Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm

# Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm

# Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm

# Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm

# Bad baby Bad dog, baby

# Bad baby Bad dog, baby

# Bad baby Bad dog, baby... #

CHEERING

Do you know, earlier on... Ooh!

Top Of The Pops scooped everybody,

because we flew David Cassidy over from America to sing this.

APPLAUSE

# I remember April when the sun was in the sky

# And love was burning in your eyes

# Nothing in the world could bother me

# Cos I was living in a world of ecstasy

# But now you're gone I'm just a daydreamer

# I'm walking in the rain

# Chasing after rainbows I may never find again

# Life is much too beautiful to live it all alone

# Oh, how much I need someone to call my very own

# Now the summer's over

# And I find myself alone with only memories of you

# I was so in love I couldn't see

# Cos I was living in a world of make believe

# But now you're gone I'm just a daydreamer

# I'm walking in the rain

# Chasing after rainbows I may never find again

# Life is much too beautiful to live it all alone

# Oh, how much I need someone to call my very own

# I'm just a daydreamer

# I'm walking in the rain

# Chasing after rainbows I may never find again

# Life is much too beautiful to live it all alone

# Oh, how much I need someone to call my very own

# I'm just a daydreamer I'm walking in the rain

# Chasing after rainbows... # APPLAUSE

There we go, on the Christmas Day it is from Top Of The Pops,

David Cassidy and of course his Daydreamer.

Now, 1973 was a great year for 10cc. A bit of home-bred talent indeed.

Some fine singles out, a highly meritorious LP,

and of course a load of Rubber Bullets.

APPLAUSE

# I went to a party at the local county jail

# All the cons were dancing and the band began to wail

# But the guys were indiscreet

# They were brawling in the street

# At the local dance at the local county jail

# Well, the band were playing And the booze began to flow

# But the sound came over on the police car radio

# Down at Precinct 49

# Having a tear-gas of a time

# Sergeant Baker got a call from the governor of the county jail

# Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets

# Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets

# I love to hear those convicts squeal

# It's a shame these slugs ain't real

# But we can't have dancin' at the local county jail

# Sergeant Baker and his men made a beeline for the jail

# And for miles around you could hear the sirens wail... #

SIREN

# There's a rumour goin' round death row

# That a fuse is gonna blow

# At the local hop at the local county jail

# Whatcha gonna do about it Whatcha gonna do?

# Whatcha gonna do about it Whatcha gonna do?

# Sergeant Baker started talkin' With a bullhorn in his hand

# He was cool, he was clear He was always in command

# He said, "Blood will flow here, Padre

# "Padre, you talk to your boys

# "Trust in me

# "God will come to set you free"

# Well we don't understand why you called in the National Guard

# National Guard, the National Guard

# When Uncle Sam is the one who belongs in the exercise yard

# Exercise yard, the exercise yard

# Is it really such a crime

# For a guy to spend his time

# At the local dance at the local county jail?

# Whatcha gonna do about it Whatcha gonna do?

# Whatcha gonna do about it Whatcha gonna do? #

APPLAUSE

Aren't they great?

That's the group without the glitter, if you see what I mean.

10cc, but what a fantastic sound they make. Have you had a nice

-Christmas?

-Fantastic, thank you.

-What present have you had?

-A big, cuddly elephant.

-What, a real-life-size one?

-Oh, yeah, massive.

-You'll be able to make trunk calls, if anything else.

Boom boom. That was a good one, wasn't it? Here's a group...

Or not a group, but two singers now who have had a fantastic year.

Peters and Lee not only their first big hit record,

but at the same time they had a fantastic Royal Command Performance.

Let's hear them sing now, the one that got them to number one,

called Welcome Home. Peters and Lee.

APPLAUSE

# I'm so alone, my love, without you

# You're part of everything I do

# When you come back

# And you're beside me

# These are the words I'll say to you

# Welcome home

# Welcome

# Come on in

# And close the door

# You've been gone

# Too long

# Welcome

# You're home once more

# I thought of all the things I'd say to you

# When you come back to me someday

# When you are here and we're together

# With all my heart you'll hear me say

# Welcome home

# Welcome

# Come on in

# And close the door

# You've been gone too long

# Welcome

# You're home once more

# There are so many lonely people

# Why must they ever be apart?

# I hope someday you'll be together

# Singing these words with all your heart

# Welcome home

# Welcome

# Come on in

# And close the door

# You've been gone

# Too long

# Welcome

# You're home once more. #

APPLAUSE

Very good. Peters and Lee and Welcome Home.

This is a rather opportune moment to say all of you at home

I hope you're having an absolutely fabulous Christmas Day.

Nice and relaxed, and really managing to enjoy yourselves

after working very hard during the year.

A gentleman who's been labouring intensively in 1973 is Roy Wood,

on his own, and with the band Wizzard.

And that is exactly the combination we've got now.

Wizzard, and See My Baby Jive.

APPLAUSE

# Oh

# Look out, look out Your mama will shout

# You might as well go home

# She said my bed gets into your hair

# So give me back my comb

# But you, you make things that get along

# Turn out so wrong

# Doo-ron, doo-ron You'd better rock on

# The band might play our song

# See my baby jive

# See my baby jive

# She hangs onto me and she really goes

# Whoa, whoa

# See my baby jive

# Such a lazy jive

# Well, every one you meet coming down the street

# Just to see my baby jive

# Woo!

# Woo!

# Too bad, it's driving me mad

# The top down on my car

# I don't suppose that everyone knows

# Exactly who you are

# But you, you make things that get along

# Turn out so wrong

# Doo-ron, doo-ron You'd better rock on

# The band might play our song

# See my baby jive

# See my baby jive

# She hangs onto me and she really goes

# Whoa, whoa

# See my baby jive

# Such a lazy jive

# Every one you meet

# Coming down the street

# Just to see my baby jive

# Whoa

# See my baby jive

# She hangs onto me and she really goes

# Whoa, whoa

# See my baby jive

# Such a lazy jive

# Every one you meet coming down the street

# Just to see my baby jive

# See my baby jive. #

APPLAUSE

CHEERING

That's Wizzard, See My Baby Jive.

They're fantastic. Well, we're completely glitterless.

-We are glitterless but tassel-free, or whatever.

-We are.

We certainly are. I hope you're having a lovely Christmas at home.

Let's see if we can hit them at home with a streamers.

-Wait a minute.

-Oh.

-Missed again. Never mind. They're fighting back.

How dare you.

We leave you, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas from

everybody here at Top Of The Pops. We leave you with the sound of...

-The number one sound, Slade.

-How about it, Slade?

-Merry Christmas, everybody!

-Bye-bye.

# Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?

# It's the time that every Santa has a ball

# Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer?

# Does it ton-up on his sleigh?

# Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?

# So here it is, Merry Christmas Everybody's having fun

# Look to the future now

# It's only just begun

# Are you waiting for the family to arrive?

# Are you sure you've got the room to spare inside?

# Does your granny always tell you

# That the old songs are the best?

# Then she's up and rock and rolling with the rest

# So here it is, Merry Christmas

# Everybody's having fun

# Look to the future now

# It's only just begun

# What will your daddy do

# When he sees your mama kissing Santa Claus?

# Ah-ha

# Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?

# Are you hoping that the snow will start to fall?

# Do you ride on down the hillside

# In a buggy you have made?

# When you land upon your head

# Then you've been slayed

# So here it is, Merry Christmas

# Everybody's having fun

# Look to the future now

# It's only just begun

# So here it is, Merry Christmas

# Everybody's having fun

# Look to the future now

# It's only just begun

# So here it is, Merry Christmas

# Everybody's having fun... #

-It's Christmas!

-# Look to the future now

# It's only just begun. #

CHEERING