Smash Hits Volume 36
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4pril 17-30 ^ 1980 m 30p 1 4. \ t, i% \ '."^.iiam 1 \ # »^» r ,:?^ ) ^ MARNF B. A. ROBERTSON NONKEES THE originals/ The Atlantic Masters — original soul music from the Atlantic label. Ten seven inch E.P.s, each with four tracks and at least two different artists. Taken direct from the original master tapes. Re-cut, Re-issued, Re-packaged. £1.60^ 11168 2 SMASH HITS April 17-30 1980 Vol 2 No. 8 WILL I HOLD IT right there! Now before WHAT DO WITHOUT YOU? you all write in saying how come Lene Lovich 4 there's only four of Madness on CLEAN CLEAN the cover, we'll tell ya. That heap of metalwork in the background The Buggies 5 IS none other than the Eiffel DAYDREAM BELIEVER Tower and the other trois {that's i'our actual French) scarpered off The Monkees 7 up it instead of having their photo MODERN GIRL taken. Now you know why Sheena Easton 8 they're called Madness! More nuttiness can be found on pages SILVER DREAM RACER 12 and 13, and other goodies in David Essex 14 this issue include another chance to win a mini-TV on the I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE crossword, a binder offer for all Suzi Quatro 15 your back issues of Smash Hits CHECK OUT THE GROOVE (page 36), another token towards Mandging Editor your free set of badges (page 35) Nick Logan Bobby Thurston 19 and our great Joe Jackson SEXY EYES competition featuring a chance to Editor himself! (That's Dr. Hook 22 meet the man on Ian Cranna page 28). Right, that should keep HIM busy for a while — see you in you Features Editor Rupert Holmes 23 two weeks! David Hepworth WHITE PUNKS ON DOPE Design Editor The Tubes 27 Steve Bush HIGH FIDELITY Design Assistai»H/|B Elvis Costello 31 Andy lngamells^« ^ FOOD FOR THOUGHT Editorial Assistant UB40 32 Bev Hillier GENO Dexy's Midnight Runners Contributors 32 Cliff White DON'T PUSH IT, DON'T FORCE IT Robin Katz Leon Haywood 36 Red Starr Fred Dellar LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT Mike Stand Judas Priest 39 Kelly Pike Jill Furmanovsky THE MONKEES: Feature ...6/7 Advertisement Manager MADNESS: Feature 12/13 Rod Sopp Tel; 01-439 8801 THE VAPORS: Colour Centrespread.... 20/21 B. A. ROBERTSON: Feature 24/25 Publisher 31 Peter Strong ELVIS COSTELLO: Colour Picture SIOUXSIE: Colour Poster 40 NEXT ISSUE Editorial and Advertising ON SALE address; Smash Hits, Lisa House, 52-65 Carnaby Street, BITZ 9/10/11 GIGZ 38 London W1V 1PF INDEPENDENT This magazine is published LABELS 16 by EMAP National Publications SIVIASH PRIZE CROSSWORD 18 HITS SUBSCRIPTIONS Ltd, Peterborough, and is Home and Overseas (Surface printed by East Midland Litho DISCO 19 mail); £10 Printers, Peterborough. STAR TEASER 28 (Airmail rates on application). Copyright exists on all songs COMPETITION 28 Europe (airmail); £14.40 appearing in Smash Hits. They REVIEWS 29/30 Write to; Park House, 117 Park must not be reproduced Road, Peterborough PE1 2DS. without the consent of the LETTERS 34/35 copyright holders. J COVffl PIC: ALAIN DE LA MATA \ SMASH Hits 3 I take disasters in my stride, they don't upset me And those that mean me harm are sorry that they met me WhatWill I Do Without Chorus You But what will I do without you? By Lene Lovich on Stiff Rr What will I, what will I do without you? What will I do without you? What will I, what will I do without you? Do without you? If time and tide and life conspire to defeat me I smile and carry on, I never let them beat me Repeat chorus And if my seven senses one by one should leave me In the silent darkness I would be alright believe me Repeat chorus If that dark angel raises bony hands to clutch me I will not fear his sting if he decides to touch me Repeat chorus to fade By The Buggies on Island Records Pogo Johnny kicked me in the head Aiming for the floorboards But they picked me up instead Through the ringing of the night before Said the engine's running Got to pay a call Johnny drove the half truck 'cos we r. , Could not find a jeep Wake me in the morning Gotta get some sleep Drivin' all night out of fear Got it in the ribs Every time you changed gear ," Chorus I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team Gonna go where we've never been A pickin-' up, a pickin' up the team God, you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean Clean clean, clean clean Clean clean, clean clean Pogo Johnny gonna fight the war Chaplain in the morning at the local liquor store Pogo coughin' bad from diesel fumes Johnny tell the chaplain go and polish his tombs Lying on the waste ground with a blanket on his face Indicating that he's left the human race Helmet open where the world came in Gotta keep your head if you wanna win Repeat chorus Clean clean, clean clean Clean clean, clean clean Clean clean Lost a million in our very first attack Clean clean Don't you worry 'cos we know we'll get them back Clean clean Lost a million in our very first attack Clean clean Don't you worry 'cos we know we'll get them back Words and music by Trevor Horn/Geoff Ddwnes/Bruce Woolley Reproduced by permission Island Music/Carlin Music Ltd. SMASH HITS 5 : "IF I hadn't been SOMEBODY," pay the rent, reckons Davy Jones Davy donned his "We did a tour in the (the 'cute' summer don't know. If The Monkees bursts and Dickens togs once more to play of '67," play guitar all day for Monkee), "then David Bowie Davy laughs. "Jimi reformed now it would be like a yourself. You HAVE to wouldn't in "Pickwick" along with Harry Hendrix started out as our get out have had to change his class reunion. I wouldn't rule it and be with people. I Secombe. opening act don't care if name. And if I hadn't made it and ended up out. But then, I'm going Meanwhile, to be 35 it's playing panto to kids or doing with The l\^onkees, a new sound was quitting by throwing his this OLD who knows? guitar at year. I don't always want to a show NONKEES bubbling for a few hundred NEVER DIE underground in people Los the Maybe I would have audience after seven compete been Bowie. against myself when I Angeles, one that the the or twenty thousand. You have to It's all theatre. It's all shows!" was a 20 showbiz." mainstream year old. keep working. r. music biz wasn't Holly The Italians, . They Just Turn Professional Davy Jones, once a & take heart. "In this business you strive for quite ready for. "I have an idea for a play up paperweight (Not unlike Now teen idols. The recognition. my boxing champ, has Monkees And if you get it, like sleeve. London in 1976.) Davy recalls the I've written a song called arrived learned to be discreet I from America for a lunch with their did, I can't see cutting out the 'Rough story like Muhammad Ali To The Touch' which I'm interview in a verbal whirlwind. indulgences. They were given years 1966-70 and pretending building up the blows that hoping Johnny Cash might He's being 'professional' won a uppers and downers as they didn't this happen. Sure, I've record. It's championship title. never a case of what week. Doing interviews and necessary to keep up the done other things since '65, then. But you do but who you "In 1 was staying across know. And repeating the same old stories gruelling pace of the "zany" obviously I'm not from going to get being a Monkee at least gets about the this club on Sunset weekly show. Breaks were taken the my group that will follow exposure I did with The name noticed." Boulevard where Sonny and In "controlled him for the rest of his life. Hey, atmospheres" (like Monkees. You can't be a teen Cher and The Byrds When Davy Jones goes on and hey, he were long weekends in Palm idol was a Monkee. Springs) twice." on about being playing. Ward Sylvester, "professional", I "Monkees, Beatles, and my so the heavily insured TV stars Far from being inactive these wonder if that manager, and I went to see comes from a Stones," he smiles. "Every them could "get crazy" without days, Jones has got together perform. Having been an a showbiz instinct to survive or member of every group actor hurting their filming schedule. group called Toast, a who are whether he's trying to and a singer, I realised that being Plus convince personality. Different appeal for they harboured a few currently gigging around a the himself. But in the end, his group was the next to I different fans — not like way go. lawbreakers as well, like Brian country. The today. I band include former sign-everything-but-don't- told Ward that I wanted like The Specials and The Vapors, a group Jones of The Stones and New Seeker Peter behind Doyle and a B. give-everything-away but you don't me just like The Byrds. members of political rebels The A. Robertson know one group type called Arlen philosophy just "Up till then, I about balances think the only Chicago Seven.