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Words and music by D. Ball/ M. Almond. Reproduced by permission Metropolis/Warner Bros. Music Ltd. On Some Bizzare Records.
2 Volume 4 Number 2
SONGS i SAY HELLO, WAVE GOODBYESOFTCELL ! MAID OF ORLEANS ORCHESTRAL 11ANOEUVRES £ s LOVE PLUS ONE HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED 0 i WE GOT THE BEAT THE GO-GO'S 3 JULIE SHAKIN' STEVENS } SENSES WORKING OVERTIME XTC Ji DROWNING lN BERLIN THE MOBILES 15 g i THE MODEL KRAFTWERK 19 e COMPUTER LOVE KRAFTWERK 19 f.; YELLOW PEARL PHILIP LYNOTT 22 "'g LANO SLIDE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 24 ! BEST THAT YOU CAN DO CHRISTOPHER CROSS 25 0 .i SHE LOVED LIKE DIAMOND SPANDAU BALLET 27 .c= EASIER SAID THAN DONE SHAIATAK 27 ·2' ! F[ATUPES .c f DEPECHE MODE : BASILDON'S PREMIER BEAT ENSEMBLE ~ ARE DOWN TO A THREE PIECE FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN .F RESIGNATION Of VINCE CLARKE. WILL THEY LOSE THEIR ti MAGIC TOUCH? THEY RECKON NOT. 415 • ! THE GO-Go·s: RYE GIRLS WITH A MISSION - TO REPEAT o THEIR AMERICAN SUCCESS IN THE BRmSH ISLES. PRIMER 5.., PLUS PIN-UP. 8/9 li THE FUN BOY THREE AND BANANARAMA: BOYS AND ~ GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY (TOGETHER) ON A NEW SINGLE. : THE FULL STOIIY IN QUOTES AND COLOUR. am "' ~ VIDEO : YA GOTTA GIVE THE PEOPLE. THE RECORD BUYING } PEOPLE. YA GOTTA GIVE THE PEOPU A SH0-0-0WI ASMASH ·: HITS BEHIND-THE-SCENES SPECTACULAR. 29/30/31/32 .., ..C .c FLus· g I THE PICTURES: BUSTER AND BLACK 6 : BITZ: CENTRAL LINE, STATUS QUO, KIM'S DAD, ~. ALTON EDWARDS & MORE 10111 .§ PIECES: 1AN MARSH PERSONAL RLE. THEREZE BAZAAR I TOP TEN. cHAm a MORE 12 ToHaveAndHaveNot ~ REVIEWS : JAM, SPAN DAU BALLET, DEPECHE MODE. blue cabaret j JAPAN I MORE 17 • and free track i RSVP: MAKING CONTACT Z3 i CROSSWORD Z3 if you want me to stay j GET SMART!: WHERE IGNORANCE EVAPORATES 11 .!? Available as 7"and 12 Single :g STAR TEASER: WELL-TUFF PRODUCTIONS 34 0. ! COMPETITION: CAMERAS & ALBUMS TO IE WON 35 limited edition ·1 LITTERS: THE INK TANK 37 -~ NIGHTSOUT: ELVIS COSTELLO, HAIRCUT 100 PLUS DATES 39 1poa o,I ~ COVER DEPECHE MOOE BY EIIIC WATSON 3 ACLEAN BREAK
"It's a Him And Us situation," according to Depeche Mode. The Him (songwriter Vince Clarke) has gone off on his own. The Us (Messrs Gahan, Gore and Fletcher) fearlessly lace the future. Mark Ellen buys omelettes and alcohol. Eric Watson provides the longer-lasting snap.
Id 't think anyone knows him" - Viace Clarke - ·h·~ lon~~-to s::e up for something" - Andy "rnes Martin Gore - "nice han. funny beard. you could never hold Dave: ··he·d starve imsde th ng he does it" - Martin anything against him" - Dave, "very quiet, inlroverl, reliable" hard. ii he sets out to o some I Andy; "he's a genius but he doesn't know 11" V111ce
"I never expected the band to be The reason's obvious. When charted there before even Even that was after a European this successful. I didn't feel the time came to cross that being officially released, they've tour on which he'd tended to "sit happy. Or contented. Or crucial bridge between Basildon signed distribution deals just up the front of the van, saying fulfilled. And that's why I left." cult heroes and British public about everywhere bar Japan, nothing". Noting these early Vince Clarke prods at an property, Vince simply decided they've a new UK single out - warning signs, Martin began to almost forgotten chicken he wasn't the man for the job "the band's best ever", Vince take on the lion's share of the omelette and then resumes bis after all. And left. Contrary to the modestly claims - they've song-writing which, Andy tale of woe. statement by Mute Records, he secured his replacement, Alan claims, "has brought us together "All the things that come with won't even contribute songs Wilde, for stage work, they much more as a band. Before we success had suddenly become anymore. haven't got a single day's used to rely on Vince; now we've more important than the music. He's now devoting his time to holiday in the next live months got to try a lot harder. And it'll be We used to get letters from fans recording with a 20-year-old and-frankly - they're loving different," he adds. "Martin saying: 'I really like your songs'; blues singer called Genevieve it. Who's complaining? writes music around his words, then we got letters saying: Alison Moyet in their new Over a couple of glasses of whereas Vince used lo write the 'Where do you buy your trousers electronic duo named Yazoo. lager in a pub in South London, tunes first and then fit the lyrics from?' Where do you go from "I met her," he recalls. they don't appear to regard those to them." there? There was never enough wistfully. "as she floated ashore early amateurish days in the No bad thing, I suggest. After time to do anything," he adds, on a boat from Afghanistan, band's career with quite the all. the words to "New Life" we1e mournfully. "Not with all the heard her singing and formed the same nostalgia as Vince: a little on the 'twee' side. interviews and photo sessions." band .. ." "Remember when the 'light show' Andy can't suppress a smile. The obvious reaction to all this I'm not so sure about this. was one neon bulb in a wooden "Words," he declares, "were would seem to be: what did he "Oh, alright then - she comes box?" Peals of laughter rise above never Vince's strong point. As a expect? By way of reply, Vince from Basildon," he grins. the blaring juke-box. matter of fact. we were embarks on a succession of old If it's any help, the rest of the A mention of Vince's departure sometimes quite, er, music biz chestnuts about band call her "Alf". and silence is swiftly restored. embarrassed by hi11tu!fl We "wanting more control" and "There's a bit of a block between didn't understand a lot of blt wanting to "keep playing small Success, on the other band, us ... It's a Him and Us songs. He'd never tell us what venues", the kind of things The seems to settle on the three situation". they were about!" Police were always rabbiting on remaining sets of shoulders with It soon transpires that they've "I remember," says Dave, with about 'til they found they could all the ease of a tailor-made suit. seen or heard little of the errant a distinctly pained expression. fill Wembley Arena three nights They're just oU for a brief club Vince since he opted to leave at "walking through town In running. tour of the States, their LP's just the close of the last British tour. Basildon one night and I saw 4 these two girls following along to three fair-sized hit singles in a someone up top operating these then they go and print this right behind me. I knew they'd matter of months, they readily life-sized puppets. The thing is," next to these awful photos of us recognised me. And they start admit they hadn't had the time to he paints out, faced with the in frilly shirts! That was from the singing, y'know, (high-pitched adjust the live act accordingly. eternal problem that tend to first photo session we ever had squeak) 'I stand still stepping on One minute, Croc's in Basildon; afflict motionless synthesiser done and they were so bad/They a shady street'. And I start the next, the Lyceum Ballroom in bands, "you can't have films and keep turning up all over the walking a bit faster," he laughs, London. Six times as big and no slides and things like that place." "turns me collar up like this! And way to fill up the vast empty because it's all been done before "That," asserts Martin, "is why then ... (wails) 'And I watch that space behind them. No film, no and people'll say: 'oh it's not as we'll never be like Du.ran Duran. man to a stranger.' And I'm slides, no backdrops. A couple of good as The Human League' or 'Cos our photos are so awfull" thinking: 'oh no, this is straw hats, a few suits and that whoever!" embarrassing! Do they was your lot. It speaks reams for Still, nothing's proved quite as These minor hurdles aside, understand these lyrics?! the quality of their music that strenuous as the shaking oil the they're doing alright for a band Perhaps they do and we don't/" they still set the whole place on dreaded "New Romantic" tag. who agree they were "in the right "After'New Life'," Andy takes its feet. Dave puts it this way: "Obviously place at the right time," though over, "a lot of people thought "Better than fifteen months the sort of people who buy Duran Andy's approaching the new Depeche Mode were 'sweet' and ago," says Dave defiantly. "You Duran or Spandau Ballet records year with caution. 'cute' and everything, and we should have seen us then! Andy might buy ours as well, but I "We realise 1982's the most wanted to show them we could used to wear these plus-fours, think we're in a slightly different important year for us. We either be a lot of other things as well. football socks and slippers. It market. A slightly older market. establish ourselves or go to pot. On the new B-side, 'Reason To was so funny!" He waves an arm There's not so many New What do I hope to achieve?" be Be', we tried to ..."pause while to silence the protesting Andy. Romantics in our audience as ponders. "A couple more hit they all burst out laughing "And Martin had half his face there used to be. Not so many singles In the bag and a copy of again ... "we tried to sound ... painted white. And Vince looked frilly shirts. I mean we've done the album that doesn't jump." really ... mean/Didn't work like this Vietnam refugee - he'd about thirty interviews - mostly "We just want our fans to stay though," he admits. tanned his face, had black hair in Europe - where they say with us," Dave decides. "Because and a headband! (hack German accent): 'are you we'll deliver the goods, don't you Perhaps part of the blame for the "We've bad loads of ideas zese Bleetz Keedz please?' Or worry. Here ... that might get band's slightly self-conscious since then, but ended up using 'Are you zis Futurist scene?' and into 'Quotes Of The Year' next image could be placed on their none of them. One idea was to getting the cameras to focus on Christmas I" lack of on-stage visuals. have these drum majorettes on my 'nose earring' as they call it. Well, 'Quotes Of January' at Rocketed from virtual obscurity stage. Another was to have And all we can do is deny it and very least. 5 It's funny the difference a hat can make. Back In '79 Pauln• llllctl (above), WH one of the lads in s.tactar with her tltfer and tonik top. Come '82 and the band's demite, ahe's all soft focus and soft curia (right). ~ well as writing and rehearsint new material, she's appearing In a play called "Trojans" at London's Riverside Studio from January 27 to February 21. Written by one Farrukh Ohondy, it's an ultra 'modern' update of the Gr.. k myth about the Trojan women. Pauline sings and acts th rough the romp
Is the back of your head a thing of beauty? Doug Trettdle reckon• hts la. From the rear - as this snap makes uncomfonably clear - our Doug resembles a very large toe with a couple of ears either side. (For those
6 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES inthedark Maid Of Orleans If Joan of Arc Had a heart Would she give it as a gift
To such as me Who longs to see How an angel ought to be
Her dream's to give Her heart away Like an orphan on a wave
She cared so much She offered up Her body to the grave
Words and music by McCluskey Reproduced by permission Dindisc/Dinsong Ltd. Pn Dindisc Records
7 "'l'he weird thing is we've sold Belinda niuaed. nearly a million albums back That Madness tow whichled to home and about 20 in the UK," the one-oft Stiff lingle'We Got S(ly The Go-Go's, .ounding a The Beat" h«d been excltlng, but lime benuaed that anyone not easy. Go,Go's music is light anywhere could resist their and, in thoee days, !he girls were charm.ii. But they meanto change heavy - as in puppy fat. "Often all that. Tbey'1e a Hollywood we were playing tor skinheads band. They play to win. who only wanted aka," ~c;zlled a Belinda Carlisle, round and slimmer Belinda. "Madness rosey-<;heeked &inger, went there encouraged us a lot though. They when she quit het Califotnia helped us to learn that we home and high school one hot couldn't rely on an audience summer. "It's a place for always liking ua, we had to W dreamer,," she said, then ourselves regardle111." promptly translated the myth In lhe Statea It worked. Police into a less dewey-eyed reality. manager Miles Copeland spotted "ft's for people who want to ma/ce them when they were filming it!" their slot for the .. Urghf" movie. Sh!t met guitarist Jane Wiedlin For about six months he early In '78, just as British punk harassed them until1hey signed ),;>ands like the Buzzc:ocks, Pistols to his IRS label (an 'independent' and Ckrsh were penetrating the licenced to A&M) in April last laiy West Coast consciousness. year. Naturally. they couldn't really He oUered them fotmer Blondie understand the raging producer ttichard Gottehrer to :rebelliousness thoae bands handle their LP debut and expresnd but they did, erm, warned them he was going to 'relate to' the do-it-yourself spirit. tour their tails off. The Go-Go's It suddenly struck Belinda, a ran:over-tlme c:mdover-l>udget in member of the Beatles Fan Club the studio, butdelivered iRS's at aeven, that she needn't be an fits'! hits: Top Twlinty album with admiring listener all her Ufe. "Beauty And The Beast" and U The Go-Go's started out as a single with "Our Lips Are 'punk' band it was only because, Setiled". in America, It wc;is another word Over there the girls ate up for for 'awful'. When they'd learnt so many of the musfo industry's how to tune a guitar and play annua,l Gtammy award, that real joined-up cho~da it emerged Belinda couldn't remember them that they were actually a PoP all. though they included Best group. New Group and Best Album The present line-up gathered Cover for a sleeve which neatly gradually as Charlotte Caffey $1.llt)S up their appeal. On the (lead guitar/vocals) and the front they're unrecognisal'>le, th\mderous Gina Schock (drums) 1,wathed in towels and faces joined up, followed finally by daubed with cosmelic Kathy Valentine, a mud-packs. Glamour d'en,i~ On much-travelled Texan, once a the ~k individual shots'i::atch member df our very own them iJi variations on the Glrlschool, w'ho replaced bassist lradltlonal starlet-in-bubblebath Margot Olavero on New Year's routine. Rampant titillation, Eve, 1980. Margot wa!J see11 on tvidenUy for America their their fuat British tour supporting tmage)l(:ts it both ways. Spunlr.y Madness and her fate illustrates and cute, Whelher a British another qspect of what it takes to audience will bite the bait or be a cuddly Go-Go in your eqrly t11lr.e to their currently 1ather 20s and survive theffollywood empty sound and songs rfimains assault course. to be seen. She was laid low by hepatitis Their next chance to persuade whim the band Were boo)iedfora r,ou is a single called \htee,nighter at the prestigious 'Autornauc~. oufin February. Whiskey A Go Go in Los Ang&les. Ar).wyay The Go-Go's insiat they Kathy. «guitarist, leanitbass like us,in an upside-down sort of and the set inside five days apd way.,"We get on cloud nine Margot was out onherear. "You sometimes and working here couldn't deny the 1ttct we were a deflates our egos," said Belinda, betterband with Kathy-so 9eilming grateful for our lack of what rue you going to do?" interest. Mike ltcuul
8 Colour picture (left to right): Gina Schock (drums), Jane Wiedlin (guitar), Charlotte Caffey (guitar), Belinda Carlisle (vocals), Kathy Valentine (bass).
FATHERS NO DAY FUN Surfing on the success of his Fun Boy Lya••I Golclba9 has recent Variety Show performance been badly hurt in an attack in - and that of daughter, Kim - his home town of Coventry. He Ntll'ly Wilde has his first single and Neville Staples were in a out for God knows how long on local nightclub, presenting a January 29. That's Mart down copy of their new single "It Ain't below, back in the 'SOs when he What You Do, It's The Way That was packing 'em in with loons You Do It," and became caught like "Teenager-In-Love". The up in a fight between two rival new one's called "In Dreama", gangs. written by another ·sos pop idol As if this wasn't bad enough, Roy Orbison, and produced by some idiot printed his home Pete Bellotte who's been at the address in a Coventry controls for Donna Summer newspaper and his flat was then lately. Synths are expected. promptly burgled. Lynval was in intensive care after receiving a total of thirty-two stitches in his throat and beneath one eye. The rest of the group, not surprisingly, are "extremely shocked and upset". All this happened after we talked to Terry Hall (see pages 20/21).
vie Wonder The new Ste Git\' • iJI taken_hotn aiD9\e. 1'hcd a'bum 'S\ev,e bUI up<:otnin~ ,~a\ Wonder's~~. A\\bough rnost ol. M.11a1quanu • de up a! \he album \s ~~o.ed rncrterial • alyte•- " pte'fiou.,. "Supers\\tion , , ...~ lsongs u.. e d "S\r pu... e •"Master B\as\Ot anf. a handl11\ ot '"thcrt Girl, is one od 1'l w song11 lea\Uf8 It's the return of "Fascinating Facts"! Did you know . . . that the VB4D's old label, Graduate. line "/don 't need no suitcases have just been presented with because the truth loves to go the world's first ever half gold nalcedl"in BewWewWew•s disc. CBS in Australia new single "Wild In The apparently told them that if the Country" refers to one of the band loured there, they'd be sure original names for Malcolm of selling a quarter million McLaren's "Sex" Shop - "Craft records and thus secure a gold Must Wear Clothes But The Truth disc. Loves To Go Naked"? They didn't, but still chaliced Now you can't get much more up 125,000 copies of "Food For fascinating than that! Thought". Hence the half disc. Sales being still on the increase, the other half can't be far behind. Rumours abound that Japan ore lhinking of splitting up. Not so, ABC's new single should be out according to their record in the shops on January 29. It's company. Virgin claim lhe band "Poison Arrows" backed by "Man have been on the verge ol Trap" and produced by Trevor packing ii in or least three limes Hom of Buggies. already in their career and insist they're just intending "lo take JITC release their fifth LP on lime oil away from each other". February 12. A double set, it's entitled "English Settlement". EXIT STATUS CYMBALS
The result of sa.ying "bye bye" to the barber's: (left) Coghlan in '65 and (right) the late '70s.
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In and out my mind goea In and out It goea to show me it'1 crue, My truat In you 8ertin i1 drowning me In and out my mind voe, In lftd out ft goes to show me it's cruel My trU9t in vou Drowning in Bertin Words and music by Madge/Blundell/Downton Reproduced by permission Servecity ltd. On Rialto Records 15 ' I) ' . t--:-~-- . ' . ..\ .,c!-~ ". ~ LVJS ·e ESLE\1 Foryour-eyes. · ·Aridyptlrears. When Bill Haley hit Number 1in the charts with Rock · Because the m4.sic is an essential parfot the tJistoi:y Around the Clock, he started a· musical explosiori that a quarter of Rock,'!Je're making you an amazing offer. of a century on is stronger than ever. ln lssueOne we're offering, absolutely free, auniq ue ' Now there is an exciting new magazine that explores Elvis album with 14; origfnat and unforgettable tracks (such as rock music's dynamic past, and brings it rigbt up to the present. Houn 18 risky release, this. Miles apart exotic liquid feel of their African from the LP version but still pop sound, despite a Joe Jackson sorely lacks the briskness and production. Wait for the rtext one. balance of the last two singles and thus leaves their weaker points wide open for inspection. DEFVN'KT: The Razor's Notably Marc Almond's Edge (Hannibal) Sidewinding wafer-thin lyrics. Wants to find its way between 'rap' and 'funk'. "a nice little housewife" he says. In other words, nothing locking Worrying. ' in the hipness department. Good, actually. MODERN ROMAKCE: Queen 01 The Rapping Scene (Kothing Ever Goes Th• Way HAZEL O'COll'ROR: Calls You Plaa) (WEA). Ancient The Tune (A&M) Not really a music biz proverb: being corny "new" single, just a track from earns you big bucks. And you the "Breaking Glass" soundtrack can't get much cornier than LP which pales by comparison to this. They've licked all the salsa the recent and rousing "Will bands with the right credentials You". As do all her others. and now look all set to pip the hip rapping outfits like Funkapolitan to the post with this one, their best yet. A Reviewed by thrilling saga about Geoff Deane trying to pick up "the mistress of Mark Ellen the microphone", strewn with hysterical Pink Panther-type furaynshe accents. Notty but ~ nice. BOWWOWWOW: Go Wild In The Country (RCA) The theme tune for the band's latest "leisure concept". No more skates and technology: it's all romping in pastures, hunting, fishing and generally making A Very Loud SHAKIII'' STEVEKS: Oh Noise. Not wearing a lot of Jalie (Epic). And when it comes DEPECHE MODE: See You clothes, either. This won't sell as to com, this man's virtually a (Mute). Light years ahead of the it's just too cluttered to sound combine-harvester. Moving rest. Listening to this you can convincing on the radio. Shame. away from straight rockabilly hardly believe that - even a into a "cajun" squeezebox sound, year back - the mention of it's fairly mobile but wears a bit thin on repeat. Wrote it himself, "synthesised pop" conjured up =SJ}\Nr,.. , images of doomy '...,,._, B.'\I..U:J·= though. one-dimensional treks to the ----= space-lab in even the most light-hearted of listener. "See ZEITGEIST: Ball 01 You" sounds warm, colourful and Coalasioa (JC1111111ingl) A surprisingly durable and even spirited rant about the has a few Beach Boys harmo.nies precarious nature of this planet thrown in. li it doesn't make of ours that's either a joke or very Number One, I'll write and naive. "The only safe place to complain. live is on an Indian Reservation" indeed! What's wrong wfth Shepherd's Bush? THE JAN; Town Called SPAKDAV BALLET: She Malice (Polydor). In which Loved Like Dlamoad Weller lashes his obsessive (Refonaatioa). Some quaintly 'suburban' images- about old-fashioned lyrics that seem to housewives clutching sit comfortably on the shoulders milkbottles and the like - to a of the current Romantic vision. fairly belting backbeat lifted This solt-shoed lilting shuffle is from the early '60s soul style of somewhat marred by an The Supremes. Pity he didn't nick embarrassing operatic warble a tune while he was about it. from the man they're all calling "Foghorn" Hadley. The B-side's JAPAK: European Son the same song without him. An (Hansa). A remixed version improvement. from the "Assemblage" LP with all the usual Japan hallmarks in THE FRESHIES: Dancin' tow -jazz bass and tons of arty Docton (Pinnacle) Sarcasm, OLIVIA ll'EWTOll'•JOHK: sound textures that fail to daft lyrics and the kind of song Landslide (ENI) "Physical" combine into an overall sound. that used to be called being one of the most successful Just what is attractive about that "underground" when it was career-revivers in Jiving memory, fearful bloodless drone David invented in New York in the early the follow-up's bound to sound Sylvian prefers to 'vocals'? Will '70s, and now sounds quite pretty thin. Earth-shattering it is somebody tell me?I commercial. Troopers, this lot. not. The back of the sleeve features a colour snap of Liv SOFT CELL: Say Hello•-• OK JIVE: On Roate (Freazy) wrestling with a dolphin and I'm Goodbye (Som• Blssare). A Fails dismally to convey the damned if I know why. 17 MAID OF ORLEANS · OMD · 1981 NEW SINGLE B/W NAVIGATION 1'· DIN 40 · DINDISC LIMITED EDITION 12" AVAILABLE IN 2 SPECIAL SILVER FOIL SLEEVES INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL TRACK TAKEN FROM THE ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK ALBUM 'ARCHITECTURE & MORALITY: DID 12. • PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK. 18 .,., __ I IOY.'l1Hl{EEN : I I I I ANARAMA! tenons I don·1 u1iflk you cen t11l1 •n inatn,,men1 Mtlov-sty, lr'1 only 1bi.afwoodattlll'all~ lri••lngle'• e.s;d• MN enolher matln9 I nd i1 ethffkll'I' ~ lied "Funnm.1" Afl+r lM 91111 edded tl'lelr voc.11 lhe., hed to bell off to B,1,toJ 1o,Ch1ltti'f'l ■s l11vin11 tl'I• boy1 to fill in round tl\e 1d9n- Which they did w[Ch In uso11m1nt ol noi1,u c ret11d bydrol)Ptng •v•r'(ll'ling from alh ll1y110 a,um CIUS- " It •~nd& QuiI• funky lH tauvhltd Tai Fun 8oy Tt'lte. ha.,. al•o been 1ecord"'9 their debut L.P. whit:h WWI.,_ HNlin1°p1cted with 0(1\et wch oddblll ~rcuHlve6ff1Kt1 All well N r1te,uiting a bundl• of ethnic African fn1tr-um■nt1, th,ey bou9ftt I ,cylaphon•II H1bl111 to, b.,thl 1mu..i..-et2. yOIJver O..-etcoT«ry Hlt50Und1Ju.i hHII~ IS~d.H e>nelhltC0:11 (1,0001 •t• niljltiC AnythlnliJ - NI, ...... tryout. l•~•our That's what ma.k•• ,.co,dlng to ,n1ere-11inv The album 11111"1, s.ay, itdln0t•""" Ilk.!• cotJt.ctlonof l2111:1 aono• .. ara·1 A 101 °' lhl bilnM 11 n,. .... moment 1r1 crots,ng 1h• v•ndl, llnll 1nd, HI IHull, lnpoyin9 O•Ofslx g,eatef 1u«ieu than...,.,. Jua:t Pffl(hr I f!ffy on Iha Human L.. gu e, TMryagr... abou1 the h ..tt.nin•u of 1h.i1 situerlon "'Gltla ,,e v•,y v~rlttodl 8CMti 1ne t..ncb ■ r• lnlerHUtd in thil ume kind fJI look wltkti rs ra,i1., Just being .,ourae1r . 1Mhfl9 "•tur•I "In Iha Special, WI .Ill drnnd up,n 11u1ll" bul I ooni lnowH h'l,YOOl!I fHlly wanted to. k'I th.e Sl)Klal< WU OtN' big inffuence wher1111 now eY■ry1m• does whatbelik.eL ''Wl\al'lyourloo'-l•r,y1 " On. I' m jusl en o ld pv,,11," 0Ge1 1t1e1 rnN.n tha1 ltM.'I ~ !11.ey l)tne1pp" cut of UJe m ld•'70. hn 1u1n.d inlo 1'1.al llutfy mu.1hroom1 • • YlllOW P Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack. attack That's what we lack We will arise, we will control, we will command, we will patrol It is foolish under the guise of love and liberty That we should capitalise and rob and fell The poor for the socialistic tree We will arise, we will control Attack, attack. attack, attack, attack, attack, attack That's what we lack We will arise, they will arise, we will control, they will control We will command, they will command, we will patrol, they will patrol We must fight back We will anse, they will arise, we will control We are now living in a situation Where that self same situation depends on the yellow pearl We will arise, they will arise, we will control Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack That's what we lack Control, we will control It is genocide Beware of the yellow pearl We will control, control Beware of the yellow pearl We will control, control Words and music by Ure/Lynott Reproduced by permission Chappell/PUK On Phonogram Records NEW __ Longest lasting one night stand SOUNDS .Flans and platform shoes? Can It be true? __NEW I ' Get up, Git on up ,Liverpool's leading (tlectric) lights Underwear in the Art Gallery ES TV21, Blue Nile, White Brothers, Wide boys awake Tainted Style: the designers behind Christiane F, Duggie Fields, Gil Scott-Heron Panny Charrlngton is photography in motion Sending out for cookies Halreut/Dexys 1 >STER, Harry < OOL, 1 nnK February FFCI IT and much more. AT YOUR NEWSAGENT NOW, 6Sp. OR SEND BSp (INC P&P) TO NSNS FEBRUARY, EMAP, BRETTON COURT, PETERBOROUGH PE38DZ. / 22 Two 9cirl11~Jc {b,,tter kno'fn as LuSSie}'< 20 year old mate wants to write t6. and Tina \vetttlf known aif'lulf~ • females aged 11 .P; Llike mo•.t.spptts B"'nny1 ACROSS DOWN !Jfe0 Wl'9ht and ha,d f'nt original 1 Human League•riuuh u-o~ '81 hitwflh.,.ItM"iiatiBe tove" (U) (•• 6) " 7 :$ea.sonar i:lia<:o stat "~ Rod'ux y , , E.irtt lam hlt (U,"l .3°1Jdtan instrumentra kind of 10,8cJ7 Mi@sole'rate{anag. of · eaatem guitar roui'.J'7,6) 4 ~nil QuNJll ·ctUTe-shy anatch:ist punks S "- The Dragon" sumam~ of H~aband and 6 Who's Pete? wife detectives Wagner 8 See 18 ®d Powers ,, J l · 'ijiey ,ou.nd like the ideal 1 ~ London rockq.biUy ijand (3,$) .. cqff• bar ~QUJ)I 17 :PersonaUi\le? .·· , . l 2 Cul tilh Am•riecm group- tAho 19 8c q,1 "l'~ing Heads hit ttiut rockabilw with Homiget (4,2,1,8) honor iaxta!lery ~O .--Man''' waj'~tten and 15 Kinn oldle/F'emale name 01iginttlly neorded by ' · ' 16.fi.~ rea\nciJiieJs Susan ,Cr~ence qeazy,qter f!,eyivai Ballion . 21 ''No I Song In H'Cta'ven" 00ys la &; 8' Police smash C1, 2.,U) 23 'Bob Marley L.PA:mdepie 22 T,atum'a,dad (4,5} '11l0¥ie· · 2.5'f$teveHarley'a rebel was <1 r. 24.A h1t f6t Mart'ha it Tffe Muffins Umd'onM by birth! *~4.S) " .·?,'6 There were two of \he~ in,,.an 26 Rock'ti'roll dancing UJ1.derton.., hit! '. . · 8,,Th.-ir big hl:t was "Holl' l.pn,g" ivs..10 . i~Bone Itel hkuian~ed 2a "I' Knew The...._ V/htn She 30 Sybi.1's TV spo.iae U.fe(iTo RCFk And Roll" 31 ~ 19.,t, ~J)avldol '.taiki11g Heqda: PAGI: J7 ~A atreet m\\8ician ••~ 01! 23 ----T H E --- P ASS IONS NEW SINGLE AFRICA MINE LIMITED EDITION INCLUDES FREE LIVE E.P. THE SQUARE • WHY ME • SNOW (I'M IN LOVE WITH A) GERMAN FILM STAR TONI BASIL WORD OF · MOUTH. THE ALBUM AND VIDEO THAT INSPIRED THE BBC TV SHOW FEATURING THE NEW SINGLE 'MICKEY¥k (TIC 4) ~ o-v~ ~o lli DISTRIBUTED BY VIRGIN THROUGH CBS RADIAL CHOICE 24 CHRI51DPHBR CROSS Arthur's Theme (Best That Vou Can Do) Qnce frl your fife you'll fitid her Someone·wl\o turns your heart around s And.next thing you know youire cfosing down tbe town Wtke up and $he's still With you Evsn thou'ghyou left heffway acron town Won1erlng to yourself, hey,' what have I foun(I SA.Y HELLO · ' hotlJS @ Wften you get caught between the moon and New York city I know it's crazy buf it's true If you get faught betweep the meoo and New Yorkcity Beat ttta1 yoo can do {be$t that you can do) WAVE Bestthat you <:an do is fall in love Artnur he «foes as be pleases All of his life hisma~er's toys D'eep ~ h1$' head he's just GOODBYE ~e's just a boy living his lile one~ay at a time He~ showing himself what a ritally good timt is ~aughing abo~tthe 'flay they want him to be R,.,._. chem•• to fade Words and music by fl. Allen/I. Bacbaram/C. ero.lC. Bayer Sager Reprc>duced by pem,J11lon Wimer Bros. Music Ltd. On Wapner Bros. Records NEW SINGLE NOW AVAILABLE IN BOTH 7" BZS 7· & 12" BZS 712 25 issued wlth the release ottheir A recent signing to E~I. the band debt.ft alfrum in early March: have J>eel') together abouta year" and all hajl from Essein,r East Please tell me the l\!lffle of Chris London. Average age being 19, Foreman's tof Madness) baby! they are: Mark Hollis (vocals); :,eawn, Norwich« ' Simon Bremner (i(eyboards); Lee Chris and l)is wife Sue hava a Harris ldrum,.)t P:aul Webb littlp bqy, ~atthew,119,ttd four, (bHs}. The-debut single ''Mirror Man" ls released on.Fe:b Stfj/ · ·Where 411( Andy Fletcb8'1 (DeP.«:he 'Mdde) buy h1s tee shirt, In Kim Wllcle's band there'f i · the one eJnbtfoned wltftdrt,tms s,uharftt v.lfth blackspjky ha(r. Is and c;ymbals •• modelled. in the he'her btott.e,: Ricky? . 1.. t Sepfit~r t.sue. Also, wUL k~en w,,gg. he marry me7 · 'Fraid not. Helen. The person in Me, Es§f1X. question is dames Stephenspn, a Andy made his ~IJ~hase in· · ·sessionm.usician who has Joht'ISQPS of Kensington Market. ·appeared to Kim's videgs. London. Yes, he~II marry you. H6wever,,,a Pttrmanenfband'wilill be formed when ~s. Wilde starts • Any ln1o on Talk t~lk, recem touring. support to Duran Duran on their tqur7 , UI D Fan, Manf,h Ster. Which membltrs, If 1tn¥, of Duran T~sin9le is avallabteby writini Dur.all:atnoke? to: lvo, c/o 4AO Records, 8 Lovfse f,/lilner. Hogarth !load, London,,SW5. TJ:iey alfdoi but to varying , f'rice (inc'.1>&P} is £1.2-0•. degre,e11. Sim on L'f bon will smoke "anything really, but lithe Special• fail ch.lb stlU in mostly .otlier i:ieople'sl", Niclc , o,peratlon7 • Rhodes will VY ''St. Morltr, AvdeBoy. · thougl\only sometimes4'. Jot;in Out1 to tile Specials split Jast year, :raylor and A\i'dy Taylor always Cl'""'t"t ,~~,,V'~ ~~)· from the album SEE JUNGLE! SEE JUNGLE! 26 also available as special Cassette Pack SHA KA TAK 'EASIER SAID THAN D.ONE. 27 The rise and rise of the pop video has brought mini-movies into every living room; Adam in panto, The Human League in detective thrillers, Barry Manilow in triplicate, Ultravox mooching around Vienna (Covent Garden actually), Toyah charging around in a chariot. These days the visuals are as important as the music. We sent Johnny Black out to talk to the people behind the video cameras, the.folks who put the fun on film. THE PRODUCERS IIIKSIUUISl'ISLD,prohably thebest known and longnt-tablished video-maker, atartedoff directing "The Epilogue" for Southern TV and moved into pop in the early 70'a when he made abort Wms with group■ like The Bay City Rollers. He then directed pop ■bow "Superaonic" but la cwrently beat known for his work with Adam on video■ for "Stand And Deliver", "Prince Charming" and "Ant Rap". Here's how he - his trade: TIISO■Yz "We have to provide differing lmagea to keep the kid■ entertained week after week. We try to encap■ulate a fragment of Hollywood, a fragment of NCapiam. Glamour, Mike Mcmstield directa Adam during the making of"Ant Rap". eztravagama. excitement ..• all the things we need in th "During 'Prince Charming'. it actor. but be'• willing to try We try to have a ■urpriae guest in depreaing timea. It'■ a blend of took Adam four hours to do his art and busineu. .. anything. When he craahed all the Adam videos. We've had make-up. Haft fOU any idea through that window in 'Stand Diana Dora, Lulu and we'vegot a · PIUICTICl:1 "You can make what it c:oeta to hep a twenty And Deliver' be ■lalhed his wrist sensational 1tage ■tar for the excellent videos really cheap. live man Cl9W waiting for four and forearm. Then we had to au next one ..." One I did for The Dickiea coat houn? A good lighting duwc:tor him to do it again." £2000 and I can watch lt again alone c:oata £250 a day.• "lkzaically,bedeviaeathe and again." ADAll1 "He isn't an uperienced ac:ripta and I orchNtrate them. ,...... ~------~~ - - idea 30 Spandau Ballet never tour and therefore video is of paramount importance to them. In order to get that wide-screen spectacular look for " Musclebound" they travelled to the Lake District with director Russell Mulcahy and crew. Madness videos are renowned for what they manage to achieve on a low budget. Here Lee Thompson plays the sax solo from "Baggy Trousers" while dangling from a crane above a Camden Town playin~ield. I The Specials filming "Ghost Town", a song about Coventry, in a tunnel under Attention to detail is all important for Mike Mansfielrl (.:entre). Here he makes the Thames. sure Boney M have got clean hands before filrr.:; 1g " We Kill The World". 31 1deo THE PRODUCERS Dt:lllm ■VIIIIIIIIMII:. the man rupoulble for tboae super-cool Police Yideoa, ■tarted off maklng commercial■. Nowadaya he worb In the USA for a lot of the year (with his wife Gary Numan and Gary Numan in "We Are Glau". late operating the camera) and ■teer■ clear of the big budget J approach. i TIIEOBYs "You can cover the world market by doing a package of four live number■ and a promo. The promo i• for the lint ■Ingle off an album, live number■ ere good for American ahoW11 and one of them i1I usually tbe NCODd aingle. That'• how I like to work." PIIACTIClb '1 tailor my videos to the arti.at, ao you feel you are watching a Police Yideo or a Numan video and DOt a Derek Burbridge Yideo. My generation la now the eatabli.ahment, the old boy network. 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I'l never album "Magic, Murder And The forget the good times we've had Weather" by Magazine. It was and all the laughs. It's been reviewed by Geoffrey Deane. great, but ..." my voice trailed Was it Geoffrey Deane, the off into a whisper. He looked gorgeous lead singer of Modem straight into my eyes and said Romance? quite calmly, "Is there someone Midge Ure Fan. else then?" "No, no there isn't, but I just Tho very•-•· want to be free for a while, not Smash Hits Letters tied down or anything and it was 52-55 Carnaby Street EVERY WEEK, come rain, come getting boring. wasn't it?" London WlV lPF snow, come sun, I trudge down to He nodded then smi,led £5 record token for the most my local newsagent just to buy slightly. '1 understand," was all wonderful letter. my favourite mag (creep creep). he said. But I'm not sure how long this I kissed him gently on the WITH BOOK token held tight. will go on for. Every other week I cheek. In Smith's I searched with all my wallc into the shop and go "Goodbye," I breathed. I might straight to the mag rack and walked away, slowly and sexily, For books of every kind they've there standing in front of me is knowing he was watching. "I've got Smash Hits. got to look back once," I thought. Except the blessed one I want Great, you may say, but I am I turned my bead to give him a A "Topper". a "Beano" and a getting really fed Up of seeing last longing glance - and "Swap Shop" tool The Human League plastered walked straight into a lamp post! But not so much a.s a word hom across the front. I know there are Human League Fan, Hastings. the "Smash Hits" crew. some idiots that like them but I don't ask for much for my cousin Is dais a music paper or pl8GBe would it be possible to what? Daniel publish a Smash Hits that didn't All I want is a "Smash Hibl" contain anything at all about The is anyone in the whole annual I I I Human League? Thanks. IF THERE Ashley F., Portsmoulb. Lim, Beading. world who understood anything about "Artemis '81" with Sting in Pl•n• are alre■dy la baad Tho only Wag about Tho it. I would like to meet them. for jut sacb a b■-per laffk Kiss Fan. so you'd beHer start ..-.la9 Baa- Loapo contained In now for Cbristma '82, tlab hsao i• your leHor, Lisa. TV critic of tJae month. (ltlr, stir). OH WOE am I and such a tale of MY SISTER has cbanged the sorrow I have to tell you aa you l'M REALLY pleased Red Starr chorus of "Ant Rap". She sings have never heard before. The "Marco, Merrick. Dairy Lea . . . " story of two love-torn beans had the bottle to shout down the Independent records scene like In case you don't know, Dairy dashed on the rocks of the sea of Lee is a brand of cheese spread, desire, be a handsome young he did in the Dec 24 issue. For a start I agreed with his and so now as far as she is prince (well, almost) and she the co,nce'med it goes: most attractive piece of vinyl this theory that once an idie single makes the Top 75 surely it cannot - "Marco, Merrick, Dairy Lea side of the cosmos. be c1aAOd in the same bracket We'll have this on bread for Twas in the local record shop I as 8CI)'. a Postcard, Jamming or tea!" saw her; peeping shyly out at me Think she'll make it into the top from the LP rack. She was small Waap record which must hove far interior distribution to the ten? and cute with curves in all the Mad Ant Person, Hayling Island. right places. The man behind the likes of Safari. Albion or Mute. Toyah, and counter made her sing for me and Why am UB40 0.pocbe Mode make the top ten WHY HAVE none of the vast her voice was sweet music to my numbers of David Bowie fans not ears. This was the real thing - and equally (7) big sellers like Clin1 F.astwood and General writien in yet, or been published this was love. yet, in the Letters pages, to say a But alas, the romance was not Saint, Cran and Fad Gadget can't? word or two about the History Of to be. Even as we touched I knew Looking back through my Bowie. Just writing to say it was that an awesome power greater absolutely "fah". than both of us had already collectioo I bave only bought thr- so-called indie singles in Congratulations to David decreed that we should never 1981. Hepworth for a fantastic sbal'8 the joy of our mutual bliss write-up. together. She asked too much of Is your Independent page worth ba-.inq anymore if the Dave Evans, Luton. me (£4.99 to be exact) and I. but a chart carries the same records as poor peasant boy, had no way in ON LEAVING the Duran Duran which to raise such a sum. And "Top Of Tbe Pops?'' Shankiag Lung. St Austell. concert (December 19) I came to so it was decided that elope we the conclusion that Andy Taylor must and run away together. And WHICH BRIGHT spark thought "iJ can change chords faster than we would have done so had a me. bandy store detective not pointed he parb his bum on the iloor and we drop the poll forms on him Thank you and goodnight. out the terrible wrong we were Jacqui Nisbet, Edinburgh. doing (and the fact that there (Issue December 24,) it will look were two policemen waiting like he's standing up and has to The LeHon Editor would outsideI) wade through the office because appreciate tho holp of any And so we must part and she we got so many replies. Those reader who knows what this can never more serenade me dopey readers won't be able to yoang lady ls 9olng on with her sweet, seductive tones. I tell." about, Solution• on a know I should try to forget her but I've caught you out - you don't postcard please. I simply cannot rid my mind of have electric sockets halfway up the terrible thought of her alone the wall. DON'T MIND me. I'm just trying in that shop, so near and yet so Eileen, Leech. out the new pen I got for far away. They say the course of You'• • oltYloasly ao,ror met Christmas. true Joye never did run smooth. oar ...u ltat porfoctly Simon Griffin, Stocldield. Ah well, that's life. forme d dni9aor, St••• P.S. Don't bother with the £5 Damon Purthy, Tilbury. Bash. Kot only wen ho record token. I got plenty of those Hero's a £5 record token, st•ndin9 11p, h e was drawn for Christmas. Pat it towards tho lino, up to bis fall bei9ht. Good Job too. 37 IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF SMASH BITS :,~ Will they stick together? David Sylvian sets the record straight 5PJlll01lU UllLLET ~ The working day in words i and pictures. XTC 50 autographed copies of their new album, "English Settlement", to be won. 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