Smash Hits Volume 42
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^K^fee ^^'' '-%* # WiTHTl ^•b.„ ULTR Words tert TOPSINGL including ^ Xanadu Whole Lotta Rosle British Way Of Life BOB MARLEY& THE WAIL DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS VAPORS in colour :% LPs to be won -x"! I X I j:*^ i_ I--' KING'S CALL July 10-23 1980 Vol 2 No. 14 PhilLynott 4 Avast, hearties — me welcome BRITISH WAY OF LIFE aboard the new Issue of Smash Hits I Pull up a bollard and malce yourself The Chords 4 comfortable. Now then, before certain of you landlubbers start demanding XANADU your rations of Queen, let me tell 'ee, Olivia Jim lad/lass, that certain blackbeards Newton John 5 at ElMi iMusic are witholding stores. JUST ANOTHER DREAM They won't let us use the songs they own (as opposed to the bands that The Professionals 8 EMI Records put out) straight away EMPIRE STATE HUMAN because they thinic it stops you from buying their sheet music. This The Human League 14 accounts for the late appearances here of Darts and The Sex Pistols and CUPID the absence of Queen till, EMI say, around the end of July. That's EMI for The Detroit Spinners 16 you. Never mind — on a brighter note, USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT you will find in this issue plenty of other good song words and features Editor Odyssey 16 plus of course our fab video game Ian prize with our crossword competition Cranna JUMP TO THE BEAT and the Jayne County competition on Stacey Lattisaw 19 page 28, with much other goodness Features Editor spread liberally throughout the mag. David Hepworth 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT) So, parrots on shoulders and Long Saxon John impersonations at the ready — Design Editor 22 it's God bless the new issue of Smash Steve Bush WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE Hits and all who read her! ' AC/DC 23 Editorial Assistants Z BevHillier STEPPING STONE Linda Duff The Sex Pistols 26 Contributors DON T CARE Robin Katz KlarkKent 29 Red Starr Fred Dellar BURNING CAR Mike Stand John Foxx 34 Kelly Pike Jill Furmanovsky LET'S HANG ON Mark Casto Darts 35 Steve Taylor COULD YOU BE LOVED? Advertisement Manager Bob Marley & The Wallers 39 Rod Sopp (Tel: 01-439 8801) COOK 'N' JONES: Feature 6/7 Assistant Adie Harper THE HUMAN LEAGUE: Colour Photo/Feature 12/13/14 Managing Editor Nick Logan BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: Colour Centrespread 20/21 Publisher ULTRAVOX: Feature Peter Strong 32/33 NEXT ISSUE DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: Editorial and Advertising Colour Poster 40 ON SALE address: Smash Hits, Lisa House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, London W1V 1PF. BITZ 9/10/11 LETTERS 36/37 This nnagazine is published PRIZE CROSSWORD 18 GIGZ 38 by EMAP National Publications DISCO 19 Ltd, Peterborough, and is INDEPENDENT SMASH HITS SUBSCRIPTIONS printed by East Midland Litho Homo and Overseas (Surface Printers, Peterborough. LABELS 24/25 mail): £10 Copyright exists on all songs COMIC STRIP 26 (Airmail rates on application). appearing in Smash Hits. They STAR TEASER 28 Europe (airmail): £14.40 must not be reproduced COMPETITION 28 Write to: Park House, 117 Park without the consent of the Road, Peterborough PE1 2DS. copyright holders. REVIEWS 30/31 FROM T CO VER PIC: LA URIE EVA NS SMASH HITS 3 KING'S CALL By Philip Lynott on Vertigo Records It was a rainy night, the night The King went down Everybody was crying, it seemed like sadness had surrounded the town Me, I went to the liquor store And I bought a bottle of wine and bottle of gin t played his records all night Drinking with a close, close friend Chorus Now some people say that that ain't right (that ain't right) And some people say nothing at all (I say nothing) But even in the darkest of night You could always hear The King call You could always hear The King call Well, they put him away in Memphis Six feet beneath the clay '' • » ; Everybody was crying ' ', Everybody said it was a plain grey day I « '-,*.'" ' Me, I went to the liquor store And I bought another bottle of wine and another bottle of gin I played his records all night And I got drunk all over again Repeat chorus I wonder if you're lonesome tonight And I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than to go on living without you Repeat chorus You could always hear The King call But now the stage is bare and I'm standing here You could always hear The King call M You could always hear The King call They might as well bring the curtain down You could always hear The King call ^ You could always hear The King call I cried the night The King died You could always hear The King call Repeat to fade Words and music by Philip Lynott Reproduced by permission Chappell/PUK SMASH HITS -S8fl«S3SasKto. By Olivia Newton-John/ Electric Light Orchestra on Jet Records i ' A place where nobody dares to go The love that we came to know They called it Xanadu And now open your eyes and see What we have made Is real We are in Xanadu Chorus The neon lights are dancing And there you are, a shooting star „ An everlasting love And you're here with me eternally Xanadu, Xanadu, now we are here In Xanadu (Xanadu) Xanadu, Xanadu, now we are here In Xanadu Xanadu, your neon lights will shine For you, Xanadu The love, the echoes of long ago You needed the world to know They are in Xanadu The dream that came through a million years That lived on through all the tears It came to Xanadu Repeat chorus Xanadu, Xanadu, now we are here In Xanadu (Xanadu) Xanadu, Xanadu now we are here In Xanadu (Xanadu, Xanadu) Now that I'm here Now that you're near in Xanadu Now that I'm here Now that you're near in Xanadu, Xanadu Words and music by Jeff Lynns. Reproduced by permission Jet Music Ltd. /April lyiusic Ltd. SMASH HITS 5 liking are The in Vancouver "because it rains a Basement 5 and Killing Joke. CONDUCT UNPROFESSIONAL lot there," the film follows the "That's the sort of fortunes of three rival groups. gear we The Professionals, alias Cook & Jones, make life awkward for Steve Taylor play," says Steve of the The Looters, an all-girl outfit and second of those a hippie group The Metal bands, "but better." Beatles are going to get back Corpses (which includes two of What do they think of Public Image Jett, The Wall, The Physicals, and together." The Tubes). Limited? Paul thinks of it's Meyer was to make never got Andy's band. The Lightning Paul suddenly turns round, The Looters consists of Steve "some good" while Steve respects Lydon's beyond week one of shooting — Raiders. laying it on the line: and Paul in their usual roles. stance: literally. "The thing is, we've got a new Clash person Paul Simonon on BY Fachtna has returned "At least he's doing what he INTERVIEWING ROCK stars, dear Meyer's fee swallowed up NOW band and a bloody new single bass, and "Scum" star Ray from a quick shopping coming wants to do, he ain't bothered reader, isn't always a matter of a much of the original budget for out." Winstone as the lead singer. expedition clutching a carrier bag Steve returns in the of a about what the audience thinks." cosy, relaxed chat in some top the movie, with only one scene middle Steve and Paul, who were asked full of cans of lager. Whatever fit belching: Had they always wanted to be flight record company office or to show for rt: the killing of a of to appear in it by director Lou magical ingredients these front more part of the rock 'n' roll luxury hotel. There are times deer which was filmed and acted "Are we on the cover?" Adier's assistant, Caroline Coon, containers possess, they Paul begins to get angry: mainstream than that? when matters can be a little, ah, out in cold-blooded reality have also written four songs for "Yeah," says Steve, definitely loosen up the of I don't "you get difficult Take, for instance, that somewhere in Wales. "Just the two us? the soundtrack album. atmosphere somewhat. Why, to be the front cover if more enjoyment out of playing muggy Tuesday afternoon in "Meyer only lasted a week," want on After last year's half-cocked Steve is even saying that he it's going to a headline like hard tunes than just messing London Town after I've made my recalls Steve. "Then he'd had be schemes, Jones admits it was "a "likes" producing. about like John does." way through the intermittent enough 'cos there was no way he 'Pistols Talk About The great change" for them. He even "It ain't hard. I'd rather do it Just before we wind up, it's a drizzle to the offices of the would have got it finished. Sid Swindle'." likes the film itself: than all these other types, 'cos quick descent to an office below Boomtown Rats' manager, the and John wouldn't have done "It's a good comedy, it'll do to cop an earful of some unmixed unpronouncably-christened what he wanted them to do." they don't do nuffin' different THE SUGGESTION that we really well." tapes of Professionals than what I do. discuss their more recent The Fachtna O'Kelly. (Meyer apparently wanted "Most producers are con-men, musical history, like the AND SO to the Professionals.