Smash Hits Volume 37
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m «^sa»>«f *« ,*. s'e^^^a^sfts^tps m May 1-14 1980 THE SPECIALS THE CHORDS in colour Genesis LPs to be won Words to the TOP SINGLES including Coming Up Love And Lonel Mirror In The B --T| TOWNSteii SIOUXSIE &THE BANSHEE Wheels Of Steel ByS.xo„onCarr.r.R«„rt, my motor ^«^ trcklng over Withpi^^ VOU know .„o s1WMM«a^ u And that's what Id^^^!"^ you SM » me comma" Get out of my way AndteUry""'«««".'t Talking bout my wheel, of ttee, She 8 got wheels, wheels of steel M/nJy^^^-rX'ir'r?"''"--' Yeah, I'm sick of driving^round in this car I've been three thousand miles or more and I still ain't got too far And the radio's always on by my side ' can't get enough to turn it off Not even if I try For some strange reason I pulled over to the side tlaying up In this bed Started thinking atiout you I laid rkno^ been up three days or more to i » my head Looked in my mirror, what did I see? id the TV's always on by my side I saw the devil creeping up on me I can't get enough to turn it off if I Not even tried, not even if I tried My oh my, boy am I wasted, yeh but she tasted good For some strange reason i got out of my bed. Don't criticise, I know you can take it, I always knew that you would Walked across the room My oh my, boy am I wasted, she so tasted fine Looked in my mirror, what did I see? Don't criticise, I know you can take It, it's just a question of time 1 saw the devil, he was looking at me My oh my, boy am I wasted, yeh but she tasted yummy yummy so good My oh my, boy am I wasted, yeh but she tasted good Cry and cry. tears can't erase it Don't criticise, I know you can take it I always knew that you would My oh my, boy am I wasted, but she tasted fine Words and music by Young/Emerson Cry and cry, tears can't erase it, ifs fust a question of time Reproduced by permission St. Annes Music Ltd. 2 SMASH HITS . .^^ I I I I May 1-14 1980 Vol 2 No. 9 RIGHT then, it's singalong time. MY OH MY To the tune of the Topic advert, Sad Cafe 2 everybody . (clears throat): WHEELS OF STEEL "Oh, what has the songwords in every issue? Smash Hits!" "Oh, Saxon 2 who makes a cock-up in every STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS issue? Smash Hits!" Er, yes, well The Ruts . Apologies to everybody who 4 searched page 36 of the last issue SOMETHING'S MISSING in vain for the promised binder offer. Due to a last minute The Chords 4 reshuffle at the printers, we had MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM to shelve it for an issue but you The Beat 5 did get an extra song out of it so you didn't do too badly, did you? COMING UP Anyway, the binder offer is Paul McCartney 8 definitely in this issue (we hope) and you'll find it lurking on page DEAR MISS LONELY HEARTS Managing Editor 33. Other noteworthy items in Phil Lynott Nick Logan 14 this issue are another chance to DONT MAKE WAVES win a mini-TV on page 17 and a Editor very enticing Beat competition The Nolans 16 Ian Cranna on page 26. We may be a little I SHOULDA LOVED YA crazy but we do our best . Features Editor Narada Michael Walden 19 David Hepworth I'M THE FACE Design Editor The High Numbers 23 Steve Bush ALL FOR LEYNA Design Assistant Billy Joel 24 Andy Ingamells LIFE ON MARS Editorial Assistant David Bowie 27 Bev Hillier ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO The Ramones Contributors 30 Cliff White LOVE AND LONELINESS Robin Katz The Motors 30 Red Starr Fred Dellar A FOREST Mike Stand The Cure 35 Kelly Pike Jill Furmanovsky Advertisement Manager SIOUXSIE&THE BANSHEES: Feature ...6/7 Rod Sopp THE BODYSNATCHERS: 01-439 Tel: 8801 Feature and Colour Photo 12/13 Publisher THE SPECIALS: Colour Centrespread .20/21 Peter Strong PETE TOWNSHEND: Feature 22/23 NEXT ISSUE THE CHORDS: Colour Poster 36 Editorial and Advertising ON SALE address: Smash Hits, Lisa House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, BITZ 9/10/11 GIGZ 34 London W1V 1PF. INDEPENDENT This magazine is published LABELS 15 by EMAP National Publications SMASH HITS SUBSCRtlnriONS PRIZE 17 Ltd, Peterborough, and is CROSSWORD Home and Overseas (Surface printed by East Midland Litho DISCO 19 mail): £10 Printers, Peterborough. STAR TEASER 26 (Airmail rates on application). Copyright exists on all songs COMPETITION 26 Europe (airmail): £14.40 appearing in Smash Hits. They REVIEWS Write to: Park House, 117 Park must not be reproduced 28/29 Road, Peterborough PE1 20S. without the consent of the LETTERS 32/33 copyright holders. COVER PIC: FIN COSTELLO SMASH HITS 3 Something's iViissing ^A\WOR W \»^^nROOM Beat o By The Chords on Polydor Records By The There's a million kids out waiting for you They're standing round with nothing else to do Been waiting for so long it ain't true Got little to fight for, nothing to lose Chorus Always staring, waiting and listening Got a feeling something is missing Something's missing (and it's true) Something's missing (you got little to lose) "V*^ Something's missing (so you're gonna find) Something's missing for you Too much confusion, nothing Is right t can't tell what will and might what Mirror in the bathroom, please talk free I've been laughing and crying about today, The door is locked, just you and me it's you Can I take you to a restaurant that's got Can't tell the difference between a promise glass tables the truth and You can watch yourself while you are eating Repeat chorus Mirror in the bathroom, I just can't stop it Every Saturday you see me window Not a word that I can't say shopping is today About what happening Find no interest in the racks and shelve! left inside head a Not a word my Just a thousand reflections of my own hell, it's already been said But what the sweet self, self, self, self, self *9S** "^ Repeat chorus Mirror in the bathroom You're my mirror in the bathroom Words and music by Chris Pope You're my mirror in the bathroom Music Reproduced by permission And Son You're my mirror in the bathroom Ltd. Mirror in the bathroom, recompense For all my crimes of self defence The cures you whisper make no sense Staring At Drift gently into mental illness Mirror in the bathroom, please talk free The door is locked, just you and me Can I take you to a restaurant that's got The Rude Boys 0^ glass tables You can watch yourself while you ate eating By The Ruts on Virgin Records Mirror in the bathroom It's a very small world in the middle of a crowd Repeat to fade The room gets daric when the music gets loud The treble cuts through when the rhythm takes a bite Words and H/lusic by The Beat But there's no room to move cause the floor's Reproduced by permission of packed tight The Beat A voice shouts loud, "We'll never surrender" A voice in the crowd, "Never surrender" A head in the clouds, "Blind propaganda" Never surrender, we'll never surrender The skins in the corner are standing at the bar The rude boys are dancing to some heavy, heavy ska And it's getting so hot, people dripping with sweat The punks in the corner are speeding like a jet Chorus Staring at the rude boys, staring at the rude boys Dancing with the rude boys, dancing with the rude boys Staring at the rude boys, staring at the rude boys A bunch of B.M.'s march in on D.M.'s And some stand there saluting the air They wanna be pirates but the sea's not calm Tattooed crossbones on their arms A voice shouts loud, "We'll never surrender" A voice in the crowd, "Never surrender" Another head bowed, blind propaganda, "Propaganda, propaganda" The lights come alive in a blinding flash The dance floor clears as the victims clash Everyone leaves when the heavies arrive Someone hits the floor someone takes a dive Repeat chorus twice We'll never surrender Repeat to fade PICS: PAUL SLATTERY Words and music by Owen/Jennings/Fox/Ruffy 4 SMASH HITS Reproduced by permission Virgin Music Ltd. "No, we haven't always been "We have changed. I don't fashionable. Okay, Steve and I really know how. When you get used to be part of the Bromley into a situation where you're Contingent, but that was only making records things change. because we lived round there. You have to be more organised "When we went on stage that and when more people want to first night at the Punk Festival we hear you, you've got to tour. weren't trying to join any "Soundwise, I think our songs movement. Originally we did it now have more depth, but because it was fun. It still is fun. they're still as much Banshees' "The press have always songs as 'Hong Kong Garden' enjoyed labelling us as posers.