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June 26-July 9 1980 Vol 2 No 13 WHO WANTS THE WORLD? The Stranglers ...... 4 Hey, are we on the news stands? WEDNESDAY WEEK We are7 Oh good. What with half The Undertones ...... 4 the ~ away or on holiday and THE BED'S TOO BIG the rest ol us dashing around trying to be sh< people at once, it The Police...... 5 was a close thing for a minute ! SUBSTITUTE there. Still her• we are, all br'9ht i;; tailed and bushy eyed and ready ~ Liquid Gold ...... 8 to go. In addition to all your usual i: MY WAY OF THINKING features, news and songwords. l we've got a couple of spacial i3 UB40 ...... 13 Items lined up. There's our ~ IN THE NIGHT fantastic: riew video crossword Barbara Dickson ...... 15 prize of course, but also a couple of wacky competitions - The ME MYSELF I Barracudas' Surfboard Special on Editor Joan Armatrading ...... 15 page 24 and a chance to visit a lanCranna recording studio with The Slits! BEHIND THE GROOVE (That's on page 28.) So it's Features Editor Teena Marie ...... 19 welcome to a slightly crazier David Hepworth BREAKING THE LAW than usual issue- you have beenwamedl Design Editor Judas Priest ...... 22 Steve Bush ELECTRICITY
Editorial Assistants Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ...... 23 Bev Hillier HOT LOVE Linda Duff David Essex ...... 26 Contributors WATERFALLS Robin Katz Paul McCartney ...... 27 Red Starr Fred Dellar SANCTUARY Mike Stand Iron Maiden ...... 29 Kelly Pike Jill Furmanovsky SIMON TEMPLER Mark Casto Splodgenessabounds ...... 39 Steve Taylor TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF Advertisement Manager CRISPS PLEASE Rod Sopp Slodgenessabounds ...... 39 (Tel: 01-4398801)
Assistant Adie Harper THE UNDERTONES: Feature ...... 6/7 UB40: Feature/Colour Photo ...... 12/13/14 Managing Editor Nick Logan THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE: Colour Centrespread ...... 20/21 Publisher PETER GABRIEL: Feature ...... 32/33 Peter Strong JONA LEWIE: Colour Poster...... 40 NEXT ISSUE Editorial and Advertising address: Smash Hits, Lisa ON SALE House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, BITZ 9/10/11 LETTERS 36/37 London W1V 1PF. INDEPENDENT GIGZ 38 This magazine is published LABELS 16 by EMAP National Publications PRIZE CROSSWORD 17 Lid, Peterborough, and is SMASH HITS SUBSCRIPTIONS printed by East Midland Litho DISCO 19 Home and Overseas (Surface Printers, Peterborough. STAR TEASER 28 maill: £10 Copyright exists on all songs COMPETITION 28 (Airmail rates on application). appearing in Smash Hits. They REVIEWS 30/31 Euro~ (airmail): £14.40 must not be reproduced Write to: Park House, 117 Park without the cor,sent of the COMIC STRIP 34 Road. Peterborough PE 1 2DS. copyright holders. fflONTCOVERPfC, LAURIE EVANS SMASH HITS 3 Wednesday Week on Sire Records
Here she comes to say goodnight I'll get no sleep tonight With a classroom vision she still can't see She was the girt for me Wednesday week she loved me Wednesday week never happened at all
There she goes, I won't see her again She's gone to school with her best friend She only does the things she likes to do Now she wants something new
Wednesday week she loved me Wednesday week never happened at all
Wednesdey week she loved me Wednesdey week never happened at all
Here ehe comes to say goodnight I'll get no sleep tonight
Who Wants The Wednesday week she loved me Wednesdey week she loved me World? Wednesday week never happened at all on United Artists Records Words and music b y J O'Neill Reproduced by permission Warner Bros Music Came down on a Monday Somewhere In the Midlands Tasted man, tasted flea Couldn't tell the difference Asked around on Tuesday Got nothing from a tree The guide had said what talks Is red That's all there Is to see
Chorus Who wants the worfd7 Who wants the worfd7 Who wants the world? Not me, not me, not me, not me
looked around on Wednesday Took in all the sights The promised land they'd left to man Been ruined over night
Peering through the port holes Tear drops in their eyes The ship they took For one last took At Thursday's setting sunrise
Repeat chorus
Who wants R the World? epear to fade THE POLICE
The Bed's Too Big Without You
on A&M Records
The bed'• too big without you The cold wind blowa right through that open door I un't al"P with your memory Dreaming dream• ofwhat uHd to be When ahe left I was cold lnalde That look on my face WH just pride, yHh No regrets, no love, no tears Llvln9 on my own wH The leHt of my fHrs
Chorus The bed'• too bl9 without you Th• bed'• too big whhout you The bed's too bi9 Without you Without you Without you Wlthoutyou
Repeat chorus Since that clay when you've gone I just hed to cerry on, yHh I get through the day But late at night Made love to my pillow but didn't -m right Everyday juat th• Mme old rule• For the um• old game All I 9aln waa heartech• All I mede was one mistake OhyHh
Repeat chorus
Words and music by Sting Reproduced by permission Virgin Music Publishing Ltd. A CONTRADICTION IN 'TONES OR, WHY THE DERRY LADS AREN'T KIDS ANY MORE WORDS BY IAN CRANNA. PICTURES BY LAURIE EVANS
IT'S THE kind of gig that nothing else to present short of ··we picked him because we addressed from the upstairs gladdens the heart really. actually having to think, and it's thought it would be interesting window of a house by the then Outside the "Sold Out" notices one they've consistently refused to see what he said," Damian Home Secretary, Jim C.llaghan. are up, while inside the support to let go of despite such evidence explains, adding with heavy "I was about there," he says group, The Moondogs (also from as Feargal's and John O'Neill's irony, "And of course the cover casually, pointing just off picture. Derry) have the audience up and engagements. was Feargal in the house with his In fact it's the quality of their bopping to their tight, tuneful "At the time when we first Ma.'1 songwriting that concerns The and energy-packed set. The came over to England it was " 'Undertones Of Innocence' - Undertones most in not singing Moondogs certainly are gifted quite true," Feargal admits with ach, it's so corny,"heshakes his about the troubles. They feel enough to be big and judging by that frank openness that makes head. " It really is, It's not really they couldn't do it well. the response they get (two The Undertones so disarming. true." "If we get up and sing about encores for the support band?) 'That's the way we were. We Another part of this false politics," Fearg&I offers, "And they're off to a flying start. were naive and everything else, impression created by the media there's a number of people who The Undertones, however, but that was a year and a half is that The Undertones are buy our records and listen to it, only have to set foot on stage ago and a lot of water has gone home-loving boys who don't like then maybe we have a chance of and there's a huge cheer and a under the proverbial bridge since to be away from their native getting a message across to mad rush to the front. Within then. Derry to tour. In considerably them full stop. seconds the whole place is alive "I think it's blatantly obvious aggrieved fashion, Damian "But millions of people live in with dancing bodies of all ages to anyone that wants to look complains that he and Feargal England - it'd have to be done and sizes. Even the bouncers are nowadays that we're not like have always enjoyed touring. really subtly and really well to smiling. that anymore." Now that the band are clear of have any real effect. It's The Undertones themselves Feargal's frustration at the the travails of being a support something that's very hard to do. are little short of magic. With the London Press's inability to deal band, Feargal says there's no one John has tried but it was always introduction of their newer, more with the way the rest of the that doesn't enjoy the touring. a bit too contrived and naive." satisfying songs from country lives and thinks without Mickey even compares it to The others agree, though "Hypnotised" the set is stronger patronising "country cousins" being on holiday. Damian adds that he'd love to throughout but just as much fun, remarks about clothes or accents "It's the part that you're most have written a song like Elvis while their increasing mastery of is echoed by the rest of the band. in a group for," Damian insists, Costello's "Oliver's Army". The ther instruments and more 'That's 'cause half of them "Playing live. I really hate it subject matter has already been professional presentation makes have got nothing to write when I read that the group don't dealt with by Stiff Little Fingers, for a consistently better show. In about," offers bassist Mickey like touring. It's so stupid.'' they add, so why write songs like short, The Undertones are Bradley. other songs7 growing up. "When they do an interview ONE WAY of course to get away "Just because we're from they expect something good and from all this schoolboy innocents Northern Ireland," Damian says, ACTUALLY, THAT'S a sore point we're all a bit ..." Damian nonsense would be to write "Why should we write songs with The Undertones right now. O'Neill pauses, trying to find a about their troubled about the troubles?" While it's not difficult to see how way round the word 'sensible.' surroundings in Northern "People don't get on to groups their "schoolboy" image has 'They get bored with you so they Ireland. The Undertones, that live in England about not come about, what with their wind up with an however, politely decline to do writing about the National passion for sweets, clothes all-they-want-is-to-get-home so. Front," Mickey points out in courtesy of Marks and Spencer bit." Notthatthat's from lack of support. and their good natured complete In an effort to combat this coy, interest, though. Among "See?" Damian asks, "It's just lack of pretension, The loveable tag they've been Mickey's reading material for the as easy to write songs about Undertones are getting more saddled with, The Undertones road are a couple of paperbacks chocolate and girls really." than a little pissed off with it. even asked one unimpressed about the current crop of Ulster It's an image foisted on them music weekly scribe over to disturbances. Damian reaches for ANOTHER REASON that the by the press who could find write about them, rather than one of them and turns to a photo group chose to avoid the subject choosing one of their admirers. of a Free Derry march being was that The Undertones were r------started, as Feargal puts it, "as a bit of a giggle to ourselves" because there was nothing else to do. If The Undertones were started as a bit of a laugh, how do they view the matter now? "Well, we do take it seriously to a certain extent," Feargal considers. "We've gone past the stage where you can treat it 100% as a joke. We've got to draw the line somewhere and say all right, there's 3,000 people turning up to watch you, and you just can't go up and enjoy yourself and forget they're there. So you have to go a certain way, but we're trying to find the dividing tine between sheer enjoyment and professionalism. "like some people come to see the band because they know what the band is all about," he continues, "And they go out and have a good time, a good night out, but there are other people who go and watch bands regularly and have no real interest in The Undertones. Damian and John O'Nelll after a six week . 'They come because we've 6 SMASH HITS course ,n looking mean. been on the front page of a paper and we've had a record and this, that and the other, right? And they come with a more cynic.I view of the whole thing and you've still got to impress them. It's finding a balance between the two that's the crucial point." An adult, aware summing up of their situation, right? But it seems to be part of this popular misconception about The Undertones that in their little boy innocence, simple songs come naturally to them and the group coast by on a wave of some sort of natural charm and that's all there Is to it. Not so. The Undertones worlt hard at their craft-because a craft is what it is. "We really envy people like Elvis Costello and Paul Weller and all who say they panic if they don't write a song In two days or whatever," Feargal says. "We go in spells-like for the last LP In one week we wrote seven songs, Mlclc,y Bradt but for the past two months us~ ano ey and BIiiy Oohe • we've written maybe two songs ralc from these menl rty practice henglng •bout on and we've dumped the both of them." st,..., corners. Would you bu The band, however, do good the strong, well presented song Y • naturedly admit that laziness with honest, well written lyric - might have something to do with the kind of song that's the this, but it's also quite clear from hardest to write, after all. their discussions and arguments "They keep on saying that it's that they take their music very pure and simple," complains seriously. Great care is taken that Mickey. their songs don't sound alike and "Pure pop," adds drummer the band Insist they can still do Billy Docherty. better than "Hypnotised". "That's like saying it's good for Mickey even voices the fear that pop but It's not really good," - the success and comforts of this Mickey continues. headlining tour might make "Abba are pop and The them "soft", though this point is Dooleys are pop - we're not like immediately challenged by an that there," Billy puts his finger Indignant Damian. on the crucial difference. "I still Neither are the band under any don't know why they call us pop. Illusions about the great What do they c.11 The Skids? reception at their gig tonight, They don't call The Skids pop, do putting it down to the success of they? It's a sixties term, about "My Perfect Cousin" and saying sixties groups." the crowd would still have "I don't mind being compared cheered even if they'd played to a sixties group," Mickey badly. Damian even goes so far offers, "As long as we're not as to suggest that The revivalists." Undertones' success ls not so " 'Hypnotised' reminds me of mui:h due to their being anything 'The Who Sell Out' LP-there's special but because there's not stories in it and all," says much around. Talk about picky! Damian. "Brilliant-I don't mind But In typically level headed being compared to that at all. fashion, The Undertones are also That's a great compliment. aware of their own strengths and " You know 'Beggars Banquet', are not afraid to state them. the Rolling Stones LP?" he asks. Damian, who's obviously In the "I think that's the best LP they've mood for shattering false done- most of it's acoustics Illusions, says he hates the and slide guitars. That's the way I "modest little boys putting want our next album to be, like themselves down" bit as well that." and ventures the suggestion that "You can do something different," Billy offers, "But you "Hypnotised" ls a brilliant LP (a . d r of the Derry City Maulers. fair point, I think). make it simple so that if anybody Fearga/ Sharkey, notorious nng/ea e He also reckons the group are wants to cover the record, they good at arranging their songs wouldn't find it hard to do. They behaved like- just what was on because they know what they would have said, I could have Undertones' schoolboys image. the original piece of plastic. want. thought of that there, and done It But if they lose that one, what " At the end of the day it bolls "That's the best bit about it, I instead. That's the way I'd like to are they going to put in its place? down to that -that ls the basis think," Mickey chips in, go." "God knows!" Feargal of everything else: how good "Arranging the songs - cut that, "It's not that we deliberately answers cheerfully. "The whole your song is and how good your cut that, cut that!" keep things simple," Mickey thing, the original idea of having record ls." concludes. "It's just whatever w@ no Image was so that people And that. in a nutshell, is why THE BAND are, however, think is good." would accept us for the standard The Undertones are going to be somewhat peeved at the or non-standard of our music. with us for a very long time. That condescending, simplistic view That's what we wanted to stand they happen to be such nice that the music press (them SO LET'S hope that from here on up on - not what we looked like people as well is simply an again) have taken of their work: in. it's goodbye to The or what we did or what we unlooked for bonus. SMASH HITS 7 15ubstitute By Liquid Gold on Polo Records ·
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DONOT 2-TONE ADJUST REUNION YOUR SET PLANS JOHN FOXX releases his'new THE SPECIALS, who were hoping single called "Burning Car" on to celebrate a year of 2-Tone July 11th. The flip side, "Twentieth Century", is the suc~ss by putting on a free show at London's Clapham Common theme tune from a new London Weekend Television series called on July 13th, have been forced to cancel their plans. "Twentieth Century Box", This is The show, which was to have being developed as a successor featured The Beat, The to Janet Street-Porter's "London Bodysnatchers and possibly Weekend Programme", a show Madness as well as The Specials which gave telly exposure to themselves, was given the numerous London bands during go-ahead by the local council and its last run. the police. However, a handful of The new show, which will go local shopkeepers and a vicar, out in the London area at 2.00 on scared of the possibility of Sunday afternoons, ls to be damage to their property, transmitted in a revolutionary managed to block the plans new colour scheme (ie black and l'MSOBOARD The Specials are currenlly white) and will be presented by MEET THE Barracudas, setf appointed 5pearheads of the imminent looking at alternative sites and NME journalist and debonair surf music revival, Reading from the far end of the surfboard, these hope to be able to find a suitable man about town, Danny Baker. four purveyors of summer fun (at their best, they come on like The venue in the Midlands. Because Ramones meeting The Beach Boys) are Dave Buckley, Jeremy of Japanese commitments the STIFF Gluck, Robin Willis and Nick Turner. band have been forced to shelve If you flip to Page 24 you'll find an ultra neat competition which their plans for an extensive LITTLE could entitle you to a similar surf board for your very own, Beat the British tour in July and will CONCERTS trafficI Catch a w ave on the local canal! Be the first one on your instead finish their second album block! Amaze your neighbours I Impress your friends I in time for a late August release and organise a tour to coincide with its appearance. The project, which dispenses with the idea of a presenter, will FORMER PENETRATION people, BYE BYE go out on Sunday evenings at Pauline Murray and Robert seven until the end of the year. Blamire, have established their EMI Also on the broadcasting front, own record label, Illusive Southern Television's Friday Records, and the first release is THE FIRST album from Sector 27, the new band featuring Tom afternoon quiz show, expected to be a single from "Runaround", is planning to Pauline herself in July. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS will be Robinson, will not be released on touring in July to support the EMI as was previously planned. feature numerous bands in its release of a newly recorded After the break up of TRB, EMI new thirteen week series. As well THE FIRST Pink Military album, as The Undertones and Madness, " Do Animals Believe In God?", double 'A' side single which retained Tom's contract, but they features "Back To Front" and "Mr have since decided against The Jags, Jona Lewie, Judy on the Eries label (reviewed last Tzuke, The Records and Holly issue), is being given a wider Fire Coal-Man". releasing Sector 27's Steve The string of gigs begins at Lillywhite produced debut and so And The Italians have all been release through a distribution booked for future programmes. deal with Virgin Records. Malvern Winter Gardens on July the band are looking around for 18th and continues as follows: alternative distribution. In the Cromer West Runton Pavilion meantime their first single, "Not FURTHER TO our short item the (19), London Rainbow (20), Ready", will appear on their own THE ATTRACTIONS (without other week about the death of Llanelli Glen Ballroom (21 ), Panic Records label on July 4th, Elvis Costello) release a single Ian Curtis, the lead singer with Torquay Town Hall (22), called " Single Girl" on the F-Beat Joy Division. it has now emerged Plymouth Top Rank (23), THIS MONTH sees the launch of label on July 4th amidst rumours that Ian. who was experiencing Portsmouth Locarno (24), Radio One's most ambitious t hat their working relationship personal problems, committed Aylesbury Friars (25), Bath attempt so far to document the w ith M r Costello Is ~ing suicide by hanging himself at his Pavilion (26), Poole Wessex history of rock. A series of twenty rethought, The t hree tracks that Manchester home. The Concert Hall (27), Ipswich five hour long programmes. each accompany " New Amsterdam" remainder of the band are Gaumont (28) and Coventry one of them devot~d to a specific on Elvis's current EP were meanwhile considering their T1ffanys (29), year, will set the most influential produced b y the artist himself future; a name change is being Tickets for this last show will be pop of the day against a rather th an Nick Lowe and are discussed. "Closer", the album pegged at a special low price of background of political and social credited purely to Elvis Costello. that Joy Division recorded just a £2.00 to compensate fans who landmarks as represented by The Attractions meanwhile are month before the death of Curtis, attended SLF's last Coventry gig sound archive materials from said to have enough material In will be released on Factory when Jake Bums lost his voice. both sides of the Atlantic. the can to put out an album of during June their own. , __ ., I I --- I I I'" ---- II I \ I \ I \ I ' \ I \ I \ I \ I \ I \ I \ I .,,..,,. I ...... ,,. J ~.,,.' .,,..,,. L,,...... COOL BANGING FOR CATS THE SWINGING CATS, Coventry's latest musical export, AROUND have their first single, THE STRANGLERS set out on a "Mantovani", released by 2-Tone short tour of Britain during July. during July. Oates are: London, Rainbow (July 8), Crawley Leisure Centre SHEENA EASTON is the subject (10), Bristol Colston Hall (111, St of a programme in BBC Austell New Cornish Riviera (12), Television's "The Big Time" Southampton Gaumont (13), series on July 2nd which traces Ipswich Gaumont (14), her progress from singing es an Birmingham Odeon (161, amateur to a major recording Sunderland Locarno (17), contract with EMI Glasgow Apollo (18), Aberdeen Capitol (19) and Edinburgh PYE RECORDS are re-releasing some of their more distinguished Playhouse (20). Tickets are £3.50 except at certain venues where sixties material on a series of E.P.s during July. Hoping to cash (3 00 seats will also be on sale. in on the Geno Washington legend, they've put together four of his tracks from 1966; they've also noted the re-emergence of such Kinks numbers as "David Watts" and " Stop Your Sobbing" and, with the addition of 'Well Respected Man" and 'Waterloo Sunset", a very fine Kinks 45 has been compiled The series of four is completed with a strong Searchers set and what seems like the hundredth reissue of Lovin' Spoonful tunes like " Summer In The City" and "Daydream". THE RELEASE of "Killer Watts", a double album compilation of CBS/Epic heavy metal offerings, marks yet another company's entry into the lucrative marlcet for hard rock sampler albums. "Killer Watts", which retails at (4 99 and ONE OF Ille_,,.. you WON'T be seeing In "T1N Swindle~. Now cut from features contributions from such Ille /In/sited venion of the film, ourpktu,. sllows Sting (IIH IIH ,,.., ettttmptln(I to, er, oet friandly w/111 Paul Coale. Not surpffslng'T. SIi':, wou~eys. refined artistes as Ted Nugent, ,etller ror,,et tlll• IJ/t pert wt,lcll delfl from .,.,,. Polke • P,.. m• n(l,Y Judas Priest, Molly Hatchet and Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, follows hard on the heels "THE GREAT Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" begins its national release at of the success of EMl's two the end of this month, opening in cinemas in Greet Yarmouth, "Metal For Muthas" collections Cardiff, Ipswich, Loughborough, Manchester, Leicester and Hanley and MCA's "Precious Metal". this week. On June 29th, it begins a run in Cheltenham, Nottingham, Reading and Yeovil; it also opens in Liverpool on July 6th and Brighton on July 10th. In this issue's centrespread you'll find a preview of some of the scenes from the "Swindle". Starting from top left and working clockwise, they are: Malcolm Maclaren at home; Sid Vicious and motorbike from the "C'mon Everybody" sequence; Steve Jones breaking into the Glitterbest offices In search of the money; Ten Pole Tudor singing(?) 'Who Killed Bambi?" watched by Steve Jones; Sue Catwoman on a car roof, watching Maclaren leave by plane; The Pistols singing " God Save The Queen"; Helen the midget spelling out "The Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"; and an aggrieved local councillor on TV. In the centre is Sid ending his "My Way" by shooting the audience, end on either side are snips from the cartoon sequences -Johnny Rotten and Sid. No throwing popcorn over the balcony please. ASONG FORYOU IF YOU bend a close ear to 1he intro of "Told You So", the 'B' side of The Undertones ultra-fab new single, 'Wednesday Week", you'll catch Feargal Sharkey's spoken dedication of the song to all you "Smash Hitters". There's a rcanon. A few months back we asked the boys to do a song for our last flexi-disc. This they very kindly did but as organisational difficulties forced us to shelve the idea, they decided to use the spare track as a flip side. And there it is.
ON AUGUST 16th, the third anniversary of 1he death of Elvis Presley, RCA are planning to release an eight record set containing much p•eviously unreleased Presley material. The package, which wifl retail at £35.00. is mainly made up of performances recorded in concert early on in his career, tapes of various lV shows and alternate takes of songs from the soundtracks of his many movies. Whether any of this llldlt1ri11I will turn out to be of any major artistic merit remains to be seen. The record company, in announcing this release, describe it as "RCA's gift to the millions of Elvis fans" Some gift!
CAN YOU imagine what a Rasta version of Public Image would sound like?Well, if you give The Basement Five a listen, you might find out. Signed to Island, the record company where lead singer Dennis Morris w orks as head of design (he was responsible for the artwork on recent albums by Marianne Faithful!, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Pil themselves), their first single "Silicon Chip" Is already picking up praise and interest. The line-up is completed by drummer 'T', bassman Leo and guitarist J.R., and collectively they do as much to push forward musical frontiers as John and his pals - and maybe more. An album can't be far away. Steve Taylor SMASH HITS 11
"I didn't let it happen though," came round in a state. muttering Robin chuckles wryly about how he could lose his job And praise be for that. The My Way Of for this and telling them their song was inspired by the phone was being tapped. Kampuchean holocaust of "What they say in the movies massacre and starvation. but it is true," says Robin. "The could apply to any poor country Thinking moment aher you pick up the ravaged of its raw materials by By UB 40 on Graduate Records receiver you hear this little click the wealthy West and then used on the line.'' as a battleground for a practice Their teens taught them other run for the Third World War. Give me all you have (come over) lessons. Earl had a very pleasant Robin's feat was in expressing All you got to give (come over) childhood in a multi-racial area. the heavy politics in S.va your guilt till tomo"ow (coma over) "no sweat, no hassles about heart-wrenching personal terms Won't be that hard to live with being black", until his very last You can see the pot-bellied. day at school. He spent it in pop-eyed kids. You can see the Satisfy my need (come over) Steel house lane police station sleek-suited arms salesmen Won't be that easy (come over) " It changed my life." he says (including our own) queueing up You gonna have to try a little harder, baby (come over) ''I'd been to this dance where to persuade the local president A little harder to please me there was a fight and a copper to spend his skin-and-bones was killed. They went around budget on weapons rather than Why tell me no (come over) Birmingham picking up every agricultural equipment When what you mean is yeh yeh (come over) black guy they saw Well. maybe, you can. I You'll have to tell me what you want me to do 'Clluse (coma "I was interrogated for hours shouldn't presume that you'll over) and it totally altered my view of agree with UB40. But in my You can't expect me to guess the police. It was horrific. The opinion the song is 11 only good thing in a way was I masterpiece. so pardon me if I Why tell me no (come over) found out how much I could take. get steamed up. Especially when When what you mean is yeh yeh (come over) It was like a game. a survival I also feel that their follow-up. You'll have to tell mewhat you want me to do 'Clluse (come game. I pretended to cry, • " My Way Of Thinking", is a over) pretended to faint ... " disappointment. You can't expect me to guess This rang bells with Robin. 0 The weakness. I feel. comes When he was 17 he'd been from a lack of emotion in the Come over, come over. come over arrested with some mates for f words. It's very ordinary boy ·n· To my way of thinking standing at a bus stop (possibly a girl stuff - nothing wrong with bit noisily. that's all) and suffered that. but it's just not their style. Words and music by U840 the same third degree. and by Robin gets a little bashful on that Reproduced by permission Graduate/New Claims/A TV Music Conr,nun ovrr
UB40: /left to righr/ Mickey Virtue, Earl Falconer, Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell. Astro, Brian Travers, Norman Hassan and Jim Brown. SMASH HITS 13 14 SMASH HITS Me Myself I By Joan Armatrading on A&M Record•
In The Night By Barbara Dlckaon on Epic Record•
In the night I ,each out my hind But you're not here In the night 1 feel n pHin insida But you're not here Oh baby. if I had you here f d never let you go But an the night there·s no hght to shine on me
In th11 night it fe11l1 like the durk Will never end In the night just being alone W,thout a friend It· s quiet now and yet I know That you will be home soon But in the night thtro's no light to shine on me
Black. black as coal Dark so you can't 11e (so you can't se·e) Blind without your love No light (no hghll to shine on me (to shine o n me) To 1hine on me
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In the night the thtnking aloud Bungs me down In tha night the clear loght of dawn Cunnot be f ound One more day until I see Your loving smile again But in the night there' s no light to shine on me To shine on me To 1,hine on mo Words and m us,c b y Bilrbara Dirkson R,produced t,y p11rm1ss,on 8 A T M us 1c L rd
SMASH HITS 115 Records (Box R12, 30 Baker everyone else. The Dead Beats Street, London WI). are on Red Rhino Records /9 Public also have M15's 'Alrlght Gil/ygate, York). On The Night' which made me Yorkshire, however, gets let realise I'd never heard anyone down somewhat by the Vandells' copying the Police before. Ah, the "Ruby Toot", on Loose End from eternal quest for identity ... Leeds. They are very proficient, Threatening noise of the but take their approach to pop collection is on "Girts Don't over the top into tweetie-pie Count" (Relevant Music) by wetness. Section 25 who grind out a Judging by the singer's accent ..·• relentless riff on what sounds like no Yorkshireman was a row of cellos (all from one responsible for the crude and ...... · micro-chip I bet). Over this, some rotten exploitation of "The percussion, and prejudiced against songs called Northern Ripper" by The Blanks synthi-howlaround, their singer "Radio". Come on, it's a little box (Void). No info on where it comes ....- singles shouts that "Money don't count". with a couple of transistors and a from. Smell it out if you're into I would! add that men don't bite three-parts daft DJ inside. End of exploring sewers. •♦•• Harry Houdini used to escape dogs and I wouldn't buy this subject. Please! The State, meanwhile, are from yards of chains, handcuffs record unless I wanted to be in a Their stablemates Richard And distinctive in having a singer who and a mail sack or two while bad mood (you know the feeling, The Taxmen are coarser and less doesn't croak or moan or snarl or suspended over Niagara Falls. everything's hunky-dory and you catchy with "Now We're squeak. On " I Only Wish" (Zima) Well, he should have tried getting wish you had something to suffer Through" and "Honey Please he's unembarrassed to open his into an envelope containing an about). Don't Go". throat and lungs and let fly. This independent single. Those guys And next we have a ska version The Dead Beats' "Choose You" hefty number gets an emotional may be poor but they certainly of the Shadows' old hit, has some of those wild, new treatment from said Anon and a know how to throw the sellotape "Apache" (Cheapskate). Not guitar sounds you get on fair old trouncing from the rest of around. So with sweat on my quite what you were looking for? independent records. They the band, especially the string brow and chest much expanded I Sorry, Ska-Dows, it's nice but, restore your faith after all the machine minder. It doesn't report to you that . .. really, not this month. You could albums where tens of thousands exactly work, but I expect it will in A lot happens in "Swans On try November, '79, though. have been spent to achieve an the future. They aren't afraid to Glass" by Modern English (4ADJ On the sleeve of their "£100 In 'acceptable' sound i.e. like be BIG. and most of it sounds good to me 15 Minutes" Puritan Guitars Mike Stand although it's so active it takes describe themselves: "Riddled some grasping. The appealing with contradictions, we agree effect is that the bleakness of perhaps on a basic framework for independent singles top 30 their theme is overwhelmed in a our actions, within which there nus wmsTWO tumble of heavy rhythm, fancy are considerable disagreements MEK AGO TITWARTIST guitar bits, synthesisers agogo and tensions, sometimes and multiple voice overdubs. A 1 ILIJOOY IIEYOUITlONS/PDISONS UNIHOWN Crass/Poison G,,11 Cta-.ss productive sometimes not". II Ml'WAYOfTHINKINGUB40 splendid time is had by all in the Gradt11te If you favour that kind of 3 industrial wasteland. verbiage you'll probably think the 9 NO 1110011 Athlttioo Sp,u 'IO 4 30 IFIAToy1h The B-side, "Incident", is a record's great too and you can bold piece of imagination taking get it from Riverside Records, 68 DO YOU DIIEAM IN COUllHI Bil NtllO~ the point of view of an old man Neville Street, Cardiff. 1find it NOUDAY IN CAMBODIA Dwad Ktnntdy assaulted by a young one and sanctimonious and a drag. I do 2 ftEAUTY ASYlUM Cr.as thereby challenging rock's usual enjoy that "perhaps" though. A LOVE WU lEAII US AIAlff Joy DMSlon presumption of the divine few more where that came from 9 THE IWI NEXT DOOR The Sl
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SMASH HITS 29 ---r , .. ... r------I' ,, I ii ,, I I II "' ,,,,,' ,,, I ,, I , I l I I I I I I I I ,, I I ... I ,. I ◄ Ia.----- .,., JUDYTZUKE: The Choices THE HUMAN LEAGUE , Empire BILLY PRESTON AND SYREETA: AKRYLYX: J. 0. (Polydor). As SINGLES You've Made (Rocket). There's State Human {Virgin). After One Mor. Tl-Few love we're currently finding out, no sound quite so sad as a notching up their nearest miss so (Motown). ~ust like the last one modern ska needs assembling By David Hepworth machine-like rhythm that seems far with "Rock 'N' Roll", The which was pretty similar to the with care if it isn't to degenerate in dire need of rewinding. Ms Human league continue their one before which for all I know into untidy and flabby riffing Tzuke's voice also finds itself exercises Like this for example. GIORGIO MORODER: Night Drive unconventional pursuit of a hit by may have been a dead ringer for pushed to get near the notes that re-releasing last year's single the release before that. (Polydor). Plucked from the WILD HORSES. Flyaway (EMI) "American Gigolo" soundtrack make up this rather puny slice of from their "Reproduction" debut Somewhat similar to wading drip dry funk. album and accompanying early through quick setting treacle In The title gives the game away; album, "Night Drive" doesn't add any flimsy ballad will do as a peg up to a lot more than an copies with a free copy of "Only snowshoes. After Dark" from the new to hang all those pretty guitar instrumental version of Blondie's MARI WILSON: love Man (GTO). duets on. The idea itself is so "Call Me", performed and "Travelogue" LP Got all that? CLIVE LANGER AND THE Disastrously forced attempt to The important thing is that BOXES: h'1AIIOY9rNow tired that even a genius would be arranged by its author. summon up the exuberance of "Empire State Human" is (F-lleat), Originally done by pushed to breath some passion Altogether it drags its heels when mid-Sixties Motown which into it sprinting is called for and would probably the catchiest item in Bobby Womaclc's Valentinos, comes to grief for want of soul, their rich repertoire, tailored not seem altogether out of place swing and sexiness. I understand made into a huge hit by The almost along the lines of a cr&Jed ~olllng Stones and revived THE BLUES BAND: E.P. (Blues on one of those "Guiseppe David Bowie bought this while Band). Fine four track Lasagne Plays Pop Favourites" rugby song. Highlight is an periodically ever since, this out shopping in London the other insanely jolly chorus all about remains a great song even if introduction to the delights of albums that they use to day; no doubt he can afford to wanting to be tall tall tall as big as Langer doesn't have a lot to add this mature but energetic combo, demonstrate music centres in shell out for a camp sleeve. most notably on a new version of Boots a wall wall wall and, if you apart from a little Cockney haven"t got this already, then you deadpan and a coat of Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" should remedy this state of contemporary gloss. which is dedicated to the current PAUL McCARTNEY: Waterfalls tenant of 10, Downing Street. (Parlophone). The fact that The affairs with all speed PINK MILITARY: Did You See Her Great British Consumer can't THE HIT MEN: O.K, (Urgent). resist a pedestrian love ballad LEO SAYER: Mont Than I Can (ErlclNlrgln). I did in fact. I saw Say (Chrysalis). For those like me, Jayne when she was fronting Big Quite a few people seem to fancy obviously isn't lost on Paul this snappy, skilled and McCartney. Th,s pale and wan who thought the diminutive one In Japan and used to do a lovely was unlikely to make a nurn,ber called "I'm Sticlcln9. To danceworthy new band and this confection trudges up the path second single outlines their already beaten by his other half-listenable record ever again, You, Cos I'm Made Of Glue'. If this comes as a pleasant surprise. this release is anything to go by, strengths quite successfully; hugely overrated composition lightweight but highly mobile "Yesterday" and employs Written by two of 8Jddy Holly's such wackinen Is • thing of the Crickets and produced by Cliff past and pale bedsitter music is sound, a good hook line backed images and ideas so old they up by some memorably tidy show signs of lumbago. But then Richard's recent mainman , Alan on the menu. It might work better Tarney, this finds Sayer putting in the context of an album; on 1 keyboard work. Although the again, some of the lines are singer tends to make a bit of a sidesplitting. "Don't go chasing his mannerisms on hold for 1 single it seems awful lonesome. while and constructing the model meal of his job, they sound like a polar bears," he trills. Useful band with plenty more ideas advice without a doubt DIRTY LOOKS: Let Go (Stiff). of a plaintive pop record. Uke Energising release from a new most good songs, it sounds as If )( where this one came from. three piece from New York which ULTRAVOX: Sleepwalk it's singing itself. LJLTRAVO THE UNDERTONES: Wednesday (Chrysalis). Ultravox return to coasts along on Who-style chords, ozone vocals and Week (Sire). Not so much a vinyl after a long vacation, poppy change of tack as an example of side up, punching along an generally muscular but loose attack. Play regularly, the advantages of growing attractive mekkanik dance tune in confidence. The song is actually infectious fashion, relying on the taken at a fair pace but the guitars force of a whispered one word SHEENA EASTON: 9 To 5 (EMI). are so light fingered and the mix chorus to distract the attention Now here's how you make an so spacious that you'd swear you from some rather flakey lyrics. It utterly calculated record. You were listening to an actual ballad. seems that when John Foxx take one voice without noticeable Anyway, the important thing departed he took the majority of character but bursting with about this supple and deceptively the melodrama with him and left irrepressible perkiness and well-structured masterpiece is behind a leaner machine airwave appeal, point it in the that it represents the finest streamlined enough to get on the direction of a song whic covers Undertones record so far and you radio. all its bases and sprinkle the should make every effort to get a finished article with the aural copy, BOB SEGER: Against The Wind equivalent of icing sugar. (Capitol). Drifing with the tide Two-three-kick music. more like. The edge of gruff regret which previously animated Seger's laments to the passing of SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS : One love the years grows ever more faint {Chlswick). British band perform as he tailors his material more their own streamlined variation closely to the requirements of of the dominant sound of America radio. "Against The America's West Coast - all Wind" lacks the friction and understated funk and magic of "Night Moves" and instrumental polish swimming sounds like nothing so muc;h as beneath an oddly toneless voice his poorer imitators. crooning in sinister fashion. 30 SMASH HITS ------___ ., .--~ ,,1 ... ------' ,, I I" I ,, I \ I ,, I \ I ,, I \ I ,, I \ I I \ I I \ I I \ I I \ I I \ I I \ I II __ J\ I a-I --- --
ADYlYX: J . D.(ll'otydor) As sort we've come to expect from -•re currently finding out, ALBUMS Marley; militant anthems a modern au needs asaembhng plenty and the Odd love song with care If it isn't to degenerate DIANA ROSS : Diana (Motown). Problem II there's barely a into untidy and flabby riffing musical or lyrical move in the exerci- Like this tor example The Chic Organisation, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, give whole album that Marley hasn·t Diana more than• helprng hand made before, and 10 more telling WILD HORSU: Fty■way (EMIi. effect The over all lack of surprise on this album. They've written, outweighed by long periods of The trtle gives the game away. suggests that he may have erranged and produced the sheer dullness P,ty. (5 out of 10). any flimsy ballad will do as a peg become the prisoner of the style to hang all those l)fetty gu tar whole set. leaving her to the RltdStarr vocals The result, desp,te her he once pioneered so brilliantly, duets on The idea itseH is 10 (6 OUI of 10). greet voice, simply does not rise TOYAH: The Blue Meaning tired 1h11 even a genius would be O.,;id H.t,worth pu~ to brulh some pass,on above the by now easily (Safari) For all Toya h's •·punk" rnto ,1. recognisable Chic stereotype credentials, this album is simply sound Nevertheless, this is a gutless exhibitionism set to WIWE NILE: Wi111e Nile (Arista). THE BLUES BAND : E P. (Blws musically e>:cellent and highly unmemorable rock music w,th polished album, the best tracks Willie didn't hang up his acoustic Band). Fine lour track technoftash leanings and some of guitar until a year ago Ind there's bein!! "Upside Down" and ''Have the worst lyria. EVER : a mess of introduction to the delight& of the odd trace of folksrness Fun. '15 out of 10). meaningless garbled imagery, all this mature but energehc combo, beneath the hard New York BevH,ll,er mysticism and supernatural most not.bly on a new verI1on of sheen of his electrified debut. Bob Dylan's HMagg e's Farm" hallucinations. (What's a "blue However, the spare punchlness which is dedicated to the current THE REAL TitlNG: Saints Or meaning", for God's sake?) Sinners? ICallbre). As a of his small band suits his tough tenant of 10, Downing StrNC Toyah·• real talent for showrng but romantic stance and he can confirmed fan of The Real Thing off to attract attention lie in acting write• good simple song or sh<. If THE HfT MEN; OJ(, (U'llftl) hve on stage, I always fond myself and thars where she ,hould stay, they few more in the • httle disappointed when ,t At least Nina Hagen's take• risks Quite a few people seem 10 fancy production department next lime comes to their records Oesp,te exhibitionism raises a smile. (3 this snappy, skilled and we could be onto a rod THE FIRST thing that strikes you let free. The son gs are written in rent• couple of miles up the bandwagon. about Peter Gabriel is his a broad spread of styles, from road. It was precisely in order to overwhelming ordln.,iness. barbershop vocal harmony Here he has an office and a avoid this sort of blinkered Propped against the boot of a ("Excuse Me"I through classic simple 8-track studio and enough rHction that he didn't publicise nondescript saloon car as I step hard-rock ("Modern Love" I to room to keep his piano, rhythm the fact that it was Kate Bush out of Bath station Into the the gentler acoustic basis of the machines, synthesiser and all the who sang the high-pitched bright sunlight, he's reading the hit single "Solsbury Hill". other electronic hardware he backing vocals on "Games weekly music press. His hair is The record was criticised, now needs. This la also now Without Frontiers" untll the short and his clothes give the though, for being too much the where he goes to work on his single was a success on Its own impression that he's just bttn work of Ezrln - a producer's initial ideas for 1on111 end where merits. Interrupted doing the gardening. album. Peter himself defends he rehHrsed the basic band It was, in fact, sheer musical A friendly greeting and we're some of the arrangements which before going into the studio to practicality which led Peter to driving through the outskirts of are usually blamed on Ezrln, like record album number 3. make those choices. the town and into the narrow the use of a full orchestra. But there's no question of "There was a particular rhythm winding lanes which criss-cross "As • songwriter I viewed it as Peter Gabriel spending every day guitar pattern on a track called the surrounding deep green exploring; It's good to try things tucked away sitting at the piano 'And Through The Wire' and countryside. Nestling halfway out." - unlike American songwriter neither of the two main down one of the rolling vales and He's also sure th1t "alongside Randy Newman who rents an guitarists I was using- ll>avid hemmed In by thick vegetation is Kiss or Alice Cooper, there's office and goes there every Rhodes from Random Hold and the Gabriel family home, an enough of ma in ltfor me to have morning, just like goi ng to work. Robert Fripp - could get it to extended cottage where the been happy with it then." "My initial Ideas come at any sound right. singer lives with his wife and two Peter's next album, titled - as time," explains PetH, " and I "In my opinion," Peter small children. is his ltated policy-simply with write them down in a diary or a continues, "THE two English There is nothing grandiose his name, WH designed to be notebook, or on a cassette if it's a rhythm guitarists are Pete about any of this, either, as we " more of• band album" . The musical Idea. The hard part is Townshend and Paul Weller. sit down to talk 1mong the core of his band - drummer working through all those Ideas, When we were working at the remains of bre1kfast, the Jerry Marotti, bass player Tony sifting out the good stuff from Town House studios in London, children playing on the sunlit Levin Ind synthesiser ice Larry the rubbish and turning it Into we were In studio number one lawn outside. It's all very relaxed FHt-had toured with Peter and songs,., and The Jam were in number 1ndHsy. ha found himself enjoying his The title for his oddly catchy two finishing off their neJCt There's only one restriction - new role on ttage. and deservedly successful single album." thet I don't ask Gabriel why he "Oh yes, I really wanted to earlier this year, " Games As Peter had got to know Paul left Genesis 'late in 1975 when avoid the costumes and stuff and Without Frontiers", came from a bit, he asked him to come over the group Wef'e one of the leave it very bare, so I'd try to seeing the phrase in the TV and do "And Through The Wire" . biggest live acts in the world ind build up something on the basis guide. " He was great, very riding on a peak of massive of the music, not on the "I liked it. That's a device I use self-effacing. I Just love watching international album sales. paraphernalia." quite often, taking titles or him play, he's like liquid energy." This second album also phrases from ordinary situations With a collection of his featured a distinct hardening of and trying to put them up strongest songs yet, a PETER GABRIEL'S distinctive sound and approach. Peter against a slightly different fascinating new method of voice, his epic songwriting and agrees, though, that it was too background that'll give them a structuring them around - most memorably- the "dry" as• whole, something new slant. rhythms plus a collection of bizarre parade of c haracter■ and which he puts down partly to the "It's an area I'm much more brilliant players to realise them in costumes which he brought on compromise he had to make interested in than a totally the studio, all Peter needed now to the concert stage made him with its produce~, former King fabricated artificial world. For was a producer who would let one of the best known rock Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp. 'Games' I was thinking about the ingredients interact on each performers of the Hrfy '70t . Although they only had a adults behaving Ilka kids, other. When Gabriel left Genesis, couple of serious arguments countries behaving like kids in "Because I was rethinking the ltatlng at the time his desire t o over • track called "D.I.Y.", which the way that modes of behaviour way I was writing the stuff," spend more time with his family, bombed as a single- Peter feels that were unacceptable in Peter explains, " I knew I should it seemed like a disattrous move that "Fripp got what he wanted normal society were perfectly get someone with no fixed ideas both for him and the band. Yet as• producer, but I didn't get acceptable on an International about how to record things. both have recovered what I wanted as an artist. scale." "I needed someone-a young spectacularly. Genesis went on "Fripp, for lnttence, doesn't person, or someone with a to have even greater commercial really underttand synthesisers. young mind -who was still new success, partlcula,ly In the You have to work on them extra NOW JUST in CHI you're to production and would be singles charts. hard to make them sound beginning to get an Idea that willing to explore a lot. It seemed Gabriel, m eanwhlle, set about human, but 'On The Air' and Peter Gabriel Is • wealthy obvious from the Banshees and recording his own tongs In a very 'White Shadow' were the only reclusive rock ltar holed up In XTC that Steve LIiiywhite was different way, using• nucleus of tracks we had enough time to the country and out of touch doing Just that." American session players and a work on properly. We spent too with the kind of bands the rest of With the clarity and immediacy producer, Bob Ezrfn, who had much time on theoretical us would go and see, then hold It of the songs on " Pater Gabriel formerly worked with such arguments." right there! (31", It's certainly obvious that purveyor■ of glam-rock as Kiss It's obvious from ta Iking to him LIiiywhite has been able to get and Alice Cooper. that Peter has a wide and the contents of Gabriel's muslcal How much had this sharp shift THESE PARTLY successful first-hand knowledg• of the most Imagination down on to vinyl of direction been • rHctlon to attempts to find a way of lnterettlng contemporary bands. more effectively than ever the sameness of Genesis' music? recording Peter's often He lists Manchester's Manicured before. "We used to see it aa being complicated songs were by no Noise among his favourites, can Were there no problems with quite varied," replies Peter, means wasted, though. After raull an early encounter with the two people from such dlft.rent echoing what Genesis stl//s1y of that album, he "rethought" the Pistols in an almost deserted musical backgrounds working themselves. "But It's a bit way he wrote somgs and began London club, and lets slip that together? self-deceptln. It is limited, partly ltartlng from bits of rhythm he'd seen The Undertones in "No; only that when I first rang through the players and the way rather than melody. Bath the previous week. Steve up and asked him if he they approach their inltruments. Larry Fast provided a clever He's been keen, too, to try to would do it, he thought it was a "I tried to come up with an little American rhythm machine help open• new rock venue in friend of his pulling his leg." album that was very clHrly thet could be programmed with hi• local town, to the extent of different from what Genesis more unusual tempos and the finding an old bingo hall that were doing. Trying difftrent singer set to worl/i, 1daptlng would be suitable. approaches within the band rhythms which he'd heard end Consequently, it's no great hadn't been easy, because other using them as the basis for surprise to find names like The people's musical taltes and songs. Jam's Paul Weller or XTC's Dave llvelihoods wera at ttake; it was Peter used to write his songs Gregory cropping up on Peter's a democratic band." mainly at• piano squashed Into latest 1lbum, although it hasn't Certainly "Peter Gabriel (11" the beck room of his cottage. ltopped one weekly rock paper sounds Ilka a n album on which a Now he's been lucky enough to rather feebly accusing Gabriel of pent-up flood of idHs have been find a large crumbling house to Jumping on the polt-punk SMASH HITS 33 Next, The B.. t competition from i11ueM1yt. ANSWERS: A= Smokey Robinson; B = Two Tone and Go·F8"t; C • Elvis Costello; 0 = Birmlngh8m; E = UB40; f • Dl'ums. ARST AVE WINNERS (Complete Beat set); Andrea Booih, Hartshorne, Staffs; Jackie Young, Dunfermline, Fife: Julian Richards. Lewes, Susse>c:; Mark Knight. Ipswich, Suffolk; Andrew Mills. Tupsley, Hereford. 25 RUNNERS UP (Posters, badges}: Roben Jordan, Warley, West Midlands; Alison Veazey, Luton, Beds; Karen Summers, Bromley, Kent; Gill Ward, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands; Paul Sargent, Byfleet, Surrey; Harold Senior. Hyde Partt, Sheffield; Sandra Scott, Brentwood. Middlesex; Nigel R8yner, Silsden, W. Yorks; Christine Marks, Riclcmansworth, Herts; Julian Troubridge, Ivy Hatch. Kent; H.P. Tuttle, Hungerford, Berks; 0. J. Grant. Woodford Green, E&Sex; J. Sharkey, Leeds; Anna Troughton. Christ's Hospital. Hertford; E S. Loos-Bennett, Dagenham, Essex; Deborah Burns, BEHOLD CATHERINE Sumner (no Despite persistent harassment average exercise book. Mickleover, Derby; 8. Westwood1 relation!, lucky winner of our from British Rail employees who Watch this space for further Halesowen; Paul Clancy, Acton. amazing Joe Jactson London; Alex Pillai. Barham. Kent; took some convincing that they details of yet more fabulous Sandra Palmer, Poplar, London: competition. There she is on the were entitled to first class travel, meet-the-stars-ln-strange,.and· Simon Thomas. Walton. Liverpool; right, casually leaning on Mr. not to mention the efforts of exotic-places competitions. Have Helene Gifford, Sandwich, Kent; Paul Jackson's shoulder (he is In fact Smash Hits Tour Guide David tea with Val OO>onican at The Cowling. Hereford; Cariline Wadley, kneeling.) Thet's her pal Colette Hepworth (second from the left Copper Kettle in Stoke Poges, Caterham, Surr,ey; Jeanette Wiltshire, Elson on the left, and together with embarrassed grin) to lose chew the fat with The Ramblers Leicester. they came all the way from the entire party in the depths of half way up Ben Nevis. join Liverpool to enjo,y their Dream the University, the ladies had a Johnny Logan for a $8&nce at Holidey For Two In Leech and see fine time, kipping at the best Dublin Bus Station, tour the Your p,izn should already be on their J.J. and band whip up a bit of a hotel In the city and collecting sewers with Red Starr ... way to you if you haven't received storm at the University. enough autographs to fill the them by now. 34 SMASH HITS •POSTERS• P TERS • PO • POSTERS • POSTERS • POSTERS • T R A D E E N Q u I R I E s w E L C 502 A COPPER 0 504 BEATLES 507 LEO ZEPP M 518 KISS II E 520 TED NUGENT 523 BOSTON D 524 KISS II 525 YES 521 BLUE 0 .CULT Q' J .. 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I shop for Caesar", Act II Scene II, lines Bridge Of Don, Aberdeen. till the mods came on the scene. most of my clothes at charity 44-45: Al I you mods and rockers - shops and jumble sales. Great "Danger knows full well that DEAR LESLEY LEVENSON (issue have a good time by all means. bargains can be found there - Caesar is more dangerous than May29), Come to Scarborough if you sometimes original mod stuffI - HE. "Sex discrimination I The Bodysnatchers are a great want, but give a thought to the at much better prices, and you'll I just thought the general bunch who have a lot going for locals and don't expect the police be helping people by buying public ought to be informed. them. Two mates of mine and to let you get away with anything. from charity-run shops. It's great Sarah, Heading(on, Oxford. myself saw them supporting The Student Scarborlan. fun aswelll Selecter and also on their own at Poor But Proud Modette, DEAR POLICE FAN (issue May Leeds. It was on their own when I WAS always under the Bournemouth. 29), \ we had a great talk backstage and impression that these 17-20 year I entirely agree wi h you that they invited us to their next gig. old "adults" were supposed to READING YOUR magazine today The Police's lyrics to "Roxanne" We caught up with them at set examples for us 14-16 year I saw that what I thought was and "Sally" are not full of sexism Barnstaple in Devon and again old "little posers". Yet, although humorous is actually true - the as the Madness fan said. I looked we had a great time. After the gig four to five years older than us, only brilliant group in the world, up the word "sexist" and it we were invited to Nicky's 21st. they insist on beating each other The Buggies, are joining another means that the male thinks of the (Give her our best wishes.) up on holiday beaches whenever group. This move can only mean woman as Just a sex object. I So, Miss Levenson, look and they get the chance. their downfall. Perhaps if we all don't know how the Madness fan listen, before you leap. You've Meantime, I go to school, write, maybe they'll change their thought their lyrics referred to probably never met or even seen discos and youth clubs with minds before it really is too late. this. the group, so don't criticise. mods, rockers and punks, some Totally Disillusioned Buggies Anne, Gurnard, Isle Of Wight. Paul G, Dave Mand Paul H, The of whom are my best mates, and Fanatic On The Verge Of Suicide, Rude Boys From Leeds. rivalry (or any of that rubbish) Co. Laoire, Eire. AS IT appears to be the only way doesn't even enter our minds. So we can get a letter printed in your WAS TRINA the proud modette what's so bloody "posey" about And now over to our new magazine, we will point out that of Sunderland (issue May 291 us? feature, the "Who The Hell Does Stew-er-Klark Kent's latest really in Scarborough over Jirl, Most Frustrated Rude Girl, Deanne Pearson Think She Is?" single is anti-women. In the last Easter? As a resident of Ho/bury, Southampton. spot ... ad lib (listen carefully), we quote: Scarborough, it didn't take long "I'll go and get a girl and take to see the troublemakers (mods DEAR ANDREW PINDER (issue I AM disgruntled, cross, angry, her back to my pad." and rockers) all over town - May29), furious (where's my Thesaurus?), Now is that sexist or sexist, we being a general nuisance and I sympath isel No one believes piqued, stung, indignant, ask ourselves? Sexist, you don't "really enjoying themselves" as that the letter about Top Pop reproachful, bitter, not amused, say. proud Trina did I (also May 29) was by ME, displeased, wrathful, irate, wild, Two Pissed-Off With This Does she really expect the fabulous MEI It was, honest! I hot under the collar etc. - i .e. I Argument People. police to sit back and watch think we've learned our lesson. AM NOT HAPPYII I running battles between rival Danielle Nay, Waterloo, What was that singles reviewer HOW CAN people write in calling gangs on the beaches, Liverpool. going on about in Issue May 291 themselves "original mods"? The vandalising the town, bringing Stiff Little Fingers haven't got a original mods are now in their traffic to a standstill, bringing fear DEAR ATTILA, fellow Mod of fighting chance with "Nobody's late 20's or 30's, so who are these into the lives of local residents Dumbarton (issue May 29), Heroes"? It was a double 'A' side PUZZLE SPECIAL PRICES ANSWER QUALITY GEAR Bondage uous.e,, wi1h bum-ttaps•s1r1ps drill/1art.an £16.99 (cheaper C13.75 - PVC £11 25}. Cta.sh trousers (S.z·ipped poc:lle1t) drill £12.99. Bondage T-shln.s 0 50 (Cheaper £6.50). J ean drill 1,ousers with piping £9 50 Cpl-&in £8.75), Oenim £10.50 (plain (9,75}. Slack•whrte mini• skirts drill £3.99. PVC straights (2,zipped back pockets) £lDS. Leopar(t--1Jdn p,31- ltm fur trousers £17 .99. Oouble,.peg•I0P c,ouaers £:9.75. Cols: white. bfsck, green, red, yeflow, kl'!altl, blue, brown etc Sta·te wti.st-hip site. LCD S•funttion wale.hes:, gents CS.50, ladles (6.50, P&P C1.20 per parcel. UNIGEAR (Dept. SH) 74 BEDMINSTER PARADE 8RIST0l 8S3 4Hl Also wh0l&s81e/export. Open 10-5 36 SMASH HITS Ain, Sn, You, . .., •sh H1t1JJ1ss11 ... .., s Li 9 s •t· ..,.._ .._...,, ••HOIJ .S ...... _...,•, 52.55 C -.....,..., -.....,•r"•b I' S t l...... • Ol)d ...... , ...... o11 W1 -~ too - no mention of "Tin --·-~ Soldiers." But worse of all, insulting Jake Burns!! Everyone may be entitled to was also sent without the their opinion, fair enough, but permission of the Queen and that opinion is undeserved of the many other people. superb "Nobody's Heroes" (and Rock'n'Ro/1 Fanatic, Scotland. "Tin Soldiers" is even better.) Jake Burns and SLF Defender, DEAR ELISE McCORMACK (issue ISSUE No 3 OUT NOW Manchester. May29), Were you wearing a pair of red I WAS quietly reading your mag synthetic see-through boxing shorts, green Doc Martens, an BRYAN FERRY when I came to the singles review. Aaaghl I was shocked etc. anti-Police T-shirt and luminous How could Deanne Pearson call yellow socks-not to mention The Lookalikes the the glitter contact lenses-when "soundslikeamillionotherbands" you went on your death defying THE BEAT band? adventure? Because if you were, I The Lookalikes have to saw you -I think I "soundlikeamillionotherbands" Anita The Numanette, Rugby, to get a bit of airplay in Britain. Warks. DAVID BOWIE Has Deanne Pearson gone to any PS. What chocolates were they? I of their concerts? Heard any of couldn't quite see. the singles recorded in Ireland during 1978-79? How many times l'M FED up with Bo Peep - retire PHOTOSPREAD did she listen to that record - her with a pension and an old once, half? folks bungalow. But she has a Riva gave them an £800,000 successor ... record contract. No company Helen George wrote a letter STRANGLERS gives a bad band such e deal. containing bad language, Liny would not have had them defended the Bee Gee sisters, on tour with them unless they had to apologise for her Plus: /AN OURY TOYAH TERRY HALL COLOUR were good and not language, wrote a letter attacking JOHN COOPER CLARKE LINTON KWESI JOHNSON " likeamillionotherbands." the Bee Gee sisters, gained Red Shane Winters, Enniscorthy, Starr for a friend, lost an arm Ireland. wrestling match with a school radiator and has my sympathies I HOPE that by calling ELO's "I'm for a Christian name like that. Alive" a blatant lie, Deanne Helen, Chaddesden, Derby. Pearson doesn't mean that ELO are in any way "dead" (like disco DEAR V. ANGRY H.M. Freak FOR deserves to be.) If she does, then called Jock (Issue May 29), she might like to think why all I can believe it's no fun banging their singles from "Discovery" your head on the table when went Top 10? Motorhead are on Top Of The EXCLUSIVE If by dead she means dreary or Pops. Is ANYTHING fun when uninteresting, she might like to Motorhead are on Top Of The know that "I'm Alive" bounces Pops? (Except perhaps reaching FASHION along at about 130 BPM which is for the "off" button?) The Empire Stores book 1s (dare I say it) normal disco speed. From An "/ Hate HM" Ska Freak And I find the keyboard effects called Judif, Batley, W. Yorks. really different. quite interesting. Exclusive fashions. Ten words isn't enough for a I WOULD like to remind you that * review, so don't let Pearson do in the Bible there was a guy who * Helpful, efficient another ever again and bring Cliff built a house on sand and it got White out of mothballs. blown down. However, another Gary Numan, Human League and guy was more sensible and built ELOFan. his house on rock, and it survived. This proves that God * Easy credit 1WOULD like to know if Stiff Little prefers rock to any other type of Fingers have a fan club and If music. * Be the first to send for they have, what is it? The One Who Thinks Rick a copy of our new Dedicated S.L.F. Fan, Iver. Derringer Is Fit. autumn catalogue. The band don't have a fan club as PLEASE publish this plea to those Send Free Post to Emprre Stores Ltd F,eeposl Bradford 8099 4X8 such, but they do have an members of gig audiences who I'd love 10 shop at Emp,re SI ores Please send me your FREE information service, run by the still think it's clever to spit at the catak>gue Imover t 8 faithful Sarah and Jane at 45 Park groups on stage. I was at The N..,. Road, Dldcot, Oxfordshire. Don't Undertones' gig at Sheffield Top forget to include a SAE and tell Rank and the behaviour of some Dial a them Smash Hits sent you, OK? yobbos at the front spoiled the Catalogue evening not just for the rest of us THIS LETTER is purely biased but put the groups off too. Will ~ againsl many things such as someone tell these thick yobs Wokollold Captain Beaky, Sid Vicious, Red that spitting is for morons and (0924) Starr, Public Image limited, Gary infants? 70144 Numan's cars, Pink Floyd's brick Quote Ref. An Extremely Annoyed Feargal HT270 and of course PUNK. This letter Sharkey Fan. 1.... ., __ ., I I I I I r------, I I I I I II ,, I ,,, I I I I R•n'Htffibtt' to I ch... locally I --Ing I out In CIN of l■i. I cenceU1tfont. The midsummer gig d h I Deq's ma,.thon man:':~!nttt!"•Y bthe setting in but 'I fortni ht. nues roughout the ~ Friday June 27 u rt Rd. 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Of Crisps Please By SpJodgenessabounds on Deram Records Two pinU of lager and a packet of crisps plHH Two pints of lager and • packet of crl1ps please I'll have two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please I'll have some pickled onions And a little bit of chaaH please, thank y11u I'll have two pints of lager and • packet of crisps please Er, two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please Two pints of lager and• packet of crisp, please And I got ■ II the right money And all that please, thank you 011 Two pints of lager end • packet of crisps please 'Eyl Two p ints of lager and a packet of crisps please Two pints of lager end• packet of crisps please I've been here half an hour And I'm getting very thirsty Two pints of lager end a packet of crisps pie■■• over here Oil Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please Why won't you serve me7 Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps ple■ H Two pints of lager end ■ packet of crisps ple ■ H Two pints of lager-llsten, I'm getting Impatient, John Two pints of lager and • packet of crisps Two pints of lager and • packet of crisps Two pints of lager (Time, gentlemen plHse) and• packet of crisps Aaagh ... Words and m usic by Max/Max Reproduced by permission Tony Roberts Music Simon Templer By Splodgenessabounds on Deram Records Could this be Mr Simon Templer? Simon Templer, he's so hunky All his blrd1 are very funky I , .....ta hairy chest SHe mon goastob s •- ed w lthout his ve1t on Chorus ler Simon Templer, Simon Simon Templer, Simon Tam~,-• Simon Templ■f , Simon Simon Templ■f , Simon Tam,...... Well, I think Simon's ~Hd Is large Always Involved In espionage He can't do any more than me Without his trick photograpl)y Repeal chorus Simon'• got a big white car Aftd his bird never wears• br■ • r H• drink• champagne Jrom hi• ahppe Th.n ha 110.. home with• stripper Well I think Simon's • bit of a bore lain <>91Me or Podgy M~•• ON SALE Simon goes out for• _drink!• Then he dances just hke th1ssle Simon Templer JULY 10 fwt>HI chorus to fade SMASH HITS 39 Wordt and mus,c by '!f berts Music Reproduced by perm,ss,8,:}~:;'1 0 0C/O&m 0000 JONA LEWIE • i .:G ..._____.