Smash Hits Volume 33
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Talk about moving ANIMATION mountains — we must have The Skids 4 shifted about six Everests' worth of paper this fortnight, what with ALABAMA SONG your voting forms and Walt David Bowie 4 Jabsco entries. With a bit of luck we'll have the poll results ready SPACE ODDITY forthe next issue but you'll find David Bowie 5 our Jabsco winners on page 26 of this issue. There's also an CUBA incredibly generous Ska Gibson Brothers 8 competition on page 24, not to mention our BIG NEWS! Turn to ALL NIGHT LONG the inside back page and find out Rainbow 14 what we mean . I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU Sammy Hagar 14 Managing Editor HOT DOG Nick Logan Shakin' Stevens 17 Editor HOLDIN' ON Ian Cranna Tony Ratio 18 Features Editor DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME David Hepworth Captain and Tennille 19 Design Editor TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL Steve Bush Fern Kinney 22 Design Assistant ON THE RADIO Andy Ingamells Donna Summer 23 Editorial Assistants AT THE EDGE Bev HiHier Stiff Little Fingers 25 Diane Church Contributors WHERE'S CAPTAIN KIRK? Cliff White Spizz Energi 29 Robin Katz Red Starr RUNNING FREE Fred Dellar Iron Maiden 36 Mike Stand HELLO AMERICA Kelly Pike Def Jill Furmanovsky Leppard 36 Advertisement Manager THE JAM: Feature 6/7 Rod Sopp BLONDIE: Feature Tel: 01-439 8801 12/13 TOURISTS: Colour Centrespread 20/21 Editorial Manager FLYING LIZARDS: Feature and Paul Flint NEXT ISSUE Colour Photo 32/33 Editorial and Advertising DAVE EDMUNDS: Colour Poster 40 ON SALE address: Smash Hits, Lisa House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, ./• London WIV 1PF. BITZ 9/10/11 This magazine is published CROSSWORD 16 by EMAP National Publications DISCO 18/19 Ltd, Peterborough, and is printed by East Midland Litho STAR TEASER 24 Printers, Peterborough. COMPETITION 24 Copyright exists on all songs REVIEWS 30/31 appearing in Smash Hits. They LETTERS 34/35 must not be reproduced without the consent of the GIGZ 38 copyright holders. 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"If anyone the complex structure of "Little men already, like Toby jugs. But years. groaned, "Don't talk to me about that! I now there's less opportunities It's picture of extraordinary need my pills. We were a us we'd tell him to stick his head with the stunning imagery and than there was for us. A kid stability in the light of the Jam's near to committing suicide up his bum. I think we've got our form of "Burning Sky" and the leaving school he's then." now knows often black and violent music. I own really good refining system, movingly precise descriptions of Even now they find it straight down the dole office so asked Paul whether the harsh hard to we always know when put a person under stress in "Private his ambition drive is probably material all came from his past, their finger on exactly what something's not up to standard." Hell": "Alone at 6 o'clock— you zero. whether he had now found true went wrong. Rick described it as drop a cup —/You see it smash — "What outlets are there for happiness? "collecting our thoughts. We'd WITH THAT behind them, The inside you crack —/You can 't go being different, apart from music Paul: "I'm never really happy been in the business a year and Jam set off on the streak of hot on — but you sweep it up. and sport? What a choice! Every we needed to suss out where we wherever I am." form which has sustained them avenue should be open to you." Rick: "Miserable sod, isn't stood." up to the present. With "All Mod PAUL WELLER cares about his Also in "The Modern World", he?" Paul thinks it might simply Cons" suddenly the playing of all lyrics far more than most Paul wrote: "Even in school I felt Bruce (falling off his chair have been exhaustion from three was matching up to the songwriters, as you might guess " recording quite sure/That one day I would sobbing): "O God, I'm so sad two albums, touring impact of Weller's lyrics. from his recent launching of a be on top. "I believe it from the Paul seemed neither disturbed America, Europe, and Britain They opened by getting things small publishing company with a gimlet eyes and small, intense by this mockery of his artist's twice all in less than a year. off their chests with the title book of poems by his long-time frown of Weller, a man who tragic soul nor inclined to take Whatever the reasons, it's track and "To Be Someone", friend Dave Waller. But Paul's by could drop into the conversation himself too seriously: "I never clear The Jam were within reflecting on failure after fame.