Smash Hits Volume 44
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s'M^trsiA 'V,Ia; ^i^*^' fC^ \o "^ I, 3 INDIVIDUAL PICTURE SLEEVES, FIRST 100,000 CONTAIN A SHEET OF 9 STAMPS (THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT SHEETS TO COLLECT) ALL ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY DAVID BOWIE. 2 SMASH HITS August 7-20 1980 Vol. 2 No. 16 OH YEAH Roxy Music Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb talk 4 talktalk mutter an official PRIVATE LIFE spokesman said today rabbit Grace Jones 4 rabbit rabbit the usual superlative video game prize on the ASHES TO ASHES crossword gabble gabble gabble David Bowie 5 official waffle drivel drivel waste of time talktalk talk really good ALL OVER THE WORLD competition this time with 100 Electric Light Orchestra 8 Siouxsle albums (that's on page 26) natter natter natter rabbit BURNIN' HOT rabbit why are you reading all Jermaine Jackson 14 this? rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb mutter mutter mutter takes a lot MY GUY/MY GIRL of talent and training to do this Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol 14 you know rabbit rabbit rabbit talk talktalk see you in two weeks (it Editor C30 C60 C90 GO gets more sensible from here . .) lanCranna Bowwowwow 18 .-'tr Features Editor DOES SHE HAVE A FRIEND FOR ME? David Hepworth /f Gene Chandler 19 Design Editor / Steve Bush SLEEPWALK Production Editor Ultravox 24 KasperdeGraaf SWEETHEART CONTRACT ^^^^^^HL i^/^ -^ Editorial Assistants Magazine BevHillier 24 Linda Duff OH BONDAGE, UP YOURS! Contributors X-RaySpex 29 Robin Katz '^^^^^^^^^^H^^^K^ Red Starr BANKROBBER Fred Dellar The Clash 30 Mike Stand Kelly Pike BACK TO FRONT Jill Furmanovsky Stiff Little Fingers 30 Mark Casto THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL ? Steve Taylor 1^ Advertisement Manager Abba 35 i Rod Sopp NINE TO FIVE (Tel: 01-439 8801) Sheena Easton 35 Assistant Adie Harper B BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: Feature. .6/7 ^ Editorial Consultant R o Nick Logan NEW MUSIK: Feature 12/13 H^HS tt. Publisher BAD MANNERS: Colour Centrespread .20/21 Peter Strong LIVERPOOL: Feature 22/23 X-RAY SPEX: Colour Photo 29 >«*«' t r JOHN FOXX: Colour Poster 36 NEXTISSIJE Editorial and Advertising^ SALI address: Smash Hits, Lisa BITZ 9/10/11 ON u COMIC STRIP 9 London WW IFF. PRIZE CROSSWORD 16 This magazine is published INDEPENDENT LABELS 17 by EMAP National Publications SMASH HITS SUBSCRI^IONS Ltd, Peterborough, and is STAR TEASER 18 Home and Overseas (Surface printed by East Midland Litho DISCO 19 mail): £10 Printers, Peterborough. COMPETITION 26 (Airmail rates on application). Copyright exists on all songs REVIEWS 27/28 Europe (airmail): £14.40 appearing in Smash Hits. They Write to: Parle House, 117 Park must not be reproduced LETTERS 32/33 Road, Peterborough PE1 2DS. without the consent of the GIGZ 34 copyright holders. J FRONT COVER PIC: LYNN GOLDSMITH SMASH HITS 3 'OH YEAH" ROXYMUSIC on Polydor Records Some expression in your eyes Overtook ,„. me by surprise Where was I, how was I to l<now? Ooh How can we drive to a movie show When the music is here in my car? Chorus There's a band playing on the radio With a rhythm of rhyming guitars They re playing "Oh Yeah" on the radio, ooh And so it came to be our song And so on through all summer long Day and night drifting into love, ooh Driving you home from a movie show So in tune to the sounds in my car Repeat chorus It's some time since we said goodbye And now we lead our separate lives But where am I, where can I go? Ooh Driving alone to a movie show So I turn to the sounds in my car 3 band playing on the radio \^r'u^With a rhythm of rhyming guitars There's a band playing on the radio And It s drowning the sound of my tears They re playing "Oh Yeah" on the radio Words by Bryan Ferry; Music by Roxy Music Reproduced by permission EG Music Ltd. Private Life By Grace Jones on Island Records Chorus Your private life drama Baby, leave me out Your private life drama Baby, leave me out Repeat chorus J'en ai marre with your theatrics, your acting's a drag It's OK on TV but you can turn it off Your marriage is a tragedy but it's not my concern I'm very superficial, I hate everything official Repeat chorus Sentimental gestures only bore me to death You've made a desperate appeal, now save your breath Attachment to obligation, that's so wet And your sex life complications are not my fascination Repeat chorus You ask my advice, I say use the door But you're still clinging to somebody you deplore And now you wanna use me for emotional blackmail I just feel pity when you lie, contempt when you cry Repeat chorus to fade Words and music by Chrissie Hynde Reproduced by permission Hynde House Of Hits/Modern Publishing/ATV Music Ltd. /f^r^ to aif^^S' \an P.C/t ReccrJi ,S- ^> t^ - Do you remember a guy that's been In such an earthly song I've heard a rumour from Ground Control ^ '%,5- Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the Action >^^ Man I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed love > Sordid details following The shrieking of nothing is killing Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis And 1 ain't got no money and 1 ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to kick but the planet is glowing y Ashes to ash and funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heavens high f Hitting an all time low is Time and again 1 tell myself > I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend /4 I'm happy hope you're happy too A One flash of light but no smoking pistol y , I've never done good things I've never done bad things 1 never did anything out of the blue Want an axe to break the ice Want to come down right now Ashes to ashes funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heavens high Hitting an all time low % My mama said to get things done You better not mess with Major Tom Repeat to fade <^->^-. Words and music by David Bowie Reproduced by permission Bewlay Bros Music/Fleur Music Ltd BETTER OFF DREAD MIKE STAND TALKS TO BOB MARLEY IF THE first time you heard Bob Wallers concert which was being four years later with "Stir It Up" through their last great upheaval IVIarley and the Waiters was organised by supporters of Prime which was written by Marley. with the departure of Peter Tosh when "Could You Be Loved" Minister Michael Manley. Marley Marley and Bunny Waller and Bunny Waller, who both came skanking out of the radio was wounded, but he played the touched bottom with jail went solo. Then the key album you probably thought something gig. sentences for possession of "Natty Dread" was released. undramatic like "That's nice". It's no wonder he's become a marijuana, then in '69 emerged Marley, one of those small men And probably quite appropriate hero and an inspiring figurehead. into one of their classic periods. who somehow look huge on too in those relaxed But when I suggested this to Recorded by the most famous stage, followed up with two circumstances. him, he waved the idea aside as if reggae producer of them all, Lee stunning concerts at the Lyceum But when I got the chance to it was far too pompous to have "Scratch" Perry, they came up in London and triumphantly do a short interview with Marley anything to do with him: with two LPs and the singles burst through the supposed recently I tell can you that my "No, music is the one that is "Duppy Conqueror" and "Small barrier between British and West knees were knocking and my one the hero. We help the music. It is Axe". (You can find later versions Indian musical tastes. Pop was prayer to the journalistic gods the univershal language and we on their Island album "Burnin"'). never the same again. was "Please don't let me make a carry a certain message. But It was at this stage that their Marley says quite frankly that fool of myself". Because Bob Jamaican people not look on you rastafarian religion became the he couldn't live in this country Marley means a lot — in fact I'd as 'star'. Them have love an' core of their music. I couldn't because he feels so strongly venture to suggest that respec' an' t'ing. To tell the trut' I pretend to make informed drawn to his African roots and "I worldwide he's the most am not enormous person, me comment on it, but its visible like to be able to just walk upon important artist working in any just a man o' the ghetto." signs are the long, tightly-wound the concrete and be a dread," but aspect of rock. dreadlocks (like Marley's), often he loves the music scene here. I'm sure there are a couple of THE PLAIN man of the ghetto has piled up into a red, green and With a chuckle he acknowledged, dozen groups who've sold more been recording for 19 years now, orange wool tammy. "It rockin' in Englan'. Englan' is records in the last few years, but and it's worth telling his story Their beliefs relate to the place man.