30p August 21-September 3 1980 i**i^ / ^ * ™ :'/ :'! WCA A. cm rpp» #J|™ Wordstothe R0XY MUSIC ^ WOW WW- in colour H' PIRANHAS THE 2 SMASH HITS — X » ^^= N-5» l_ START! August 21-September 3 1980 Vol. 2 No. 17 The Jam 4 BEST FRIEND Right then — it's extra rations this issue, as we're carrying both The Beat 5 sides of The Beat's new single STAND DOWN MARGARET without anything else dropping out. As well as getting an extra The Beat 5 song for your money, there's all TOM HARK your usual news, reviews and features plus the usual sprinkling The Piranhas 12 of extra goodies — the video FUNKIN' FOR JAMAICA game prize on the crossword and the Breaking Glass competition Tom Browne 14 (that's on page 28). Now if you'll A WALK IN THE PARK kindly excuse us, we've got Nick Straker Band another issue to prepare while 14 you're enjoying this one (mutter THE WHISPER Editor mutter, grumble grumble, not fair The Selecter 17 etc.) See y'all in two weeksiimej, Ian Cranna Features Editor AWAY David Hepwo rah The Swinging Cats 17 |gn Editdr FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE Ve Bush Kelly Marie 19 Production Editor KasperdeGraaf YOU'VE GOT TO BE A HUSTLER Editorial Assistants Sue Wilkinson 24 Bev Hillier GIVE Linda fluff ME BACK MY MAN Contributors The B52's 24 Robitmatz SISTER EUROPE Redjftarr Fredplellar Psychedelic Furs 31 Mik/St ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER GIRL KeTly Iprtsr— , The Lambrettas 32 I Pfirmanovsky MarkCasto FREE ME Steve Taylor Roger Daltrey 32 Advertisement Manager Rod Sopp* KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER (Tel: 01-439 8801) Adam & The Ants 39 Assistant I DIE, YOU DIE Adie Harperi Gary Numan 39 lsull ^an THE BEAT: Feature 6/7 Sher THE PIRANHAS: Feature 12/13 r Strong,^ ROXY MUSIC: Colour Centrespread 20/21 JOAN ARMATRADING: Feature 22/23 PSYCHEDELIC FURS: Colour Photo 31 NEXT ISSUI Editorial and Advertising BOW WOW WOW: Colour Poster 40 address: Smash Hits, Lisa ON SALE BITZ 9/10/11 House, 52-55 Carnaby Street, London W1V 1PF: PRIZE CROSSWORD 16 This magazine is published DISCO 19 by EMAP National Publications INDEPENDENT LABELS 26 SMASH HITS SUBSCRIPTIONS Ltd, Peterborough, and is STAR TEASER 28 Home and Overseas (Surface printed by East Midland Litho mail): £10 Printers, Peterborough. COMPETITION 28 (Airmail rates on application). Copyright exists on all songs REVIEWS 29/30 Europe (airmail): £14.40 appearing in Smash Hits. They COMIC STRIP 34 Write to: Park House, 1 1 7 Park must not be reproduced LETTERS 36/37 Road, Peterborough PE1 2DS. without the consent of the GIGZ copyright holders. 38 J FRONT COVER PIC: LFI SMASH HITS 3 Stand Down Margaret By The Beat on Go Feet Records I said I see no joy, I see only sorrow I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow So stand down Margaret Stand down please Stand down By The Beat on Go Feet Records please Stand down Margaret, stand down I've just found out the name of your best friend Stand down You've been talking 'bout yourself again And no-one seems to share your views please Stand down Margaret, stand down Why doesn't anybody listen to you, kid? Stand down Margaret How come you never really seem to get through? ts it you? Stand down Margaret, stand down please Talk about yourself again, you Stand down Talk about yourself, always you, you, you Talk about yourself again I sometimes wonder if I'll ever get the chance Just to sit with my children She's on a holiday, she's got a It's not important for you to know my name summer frock on In a holiday jam Sucks on an ice cream, it's melting in the hot sun Nor I to know yours Our lives sit pretty in your cold grey hands First taste makes you crave for If communicate for two minutes only more we Would you give a second thought? I want it, you want it It will be enough Would you ever give a damn? Everybody knows the score I doubt it I want it, you want it STaRt! For knowing that someone in this world What are Feels as desperate as me we pretending for? Stand down Margaret, everybody shout it, stand down Margaret Let's talk about ourselves And what you give is what you get on the floor THE JAM Let's talk about ourselves Work, Whitelaw, short sharp, world war Nothing more I promise It doesn't matter if we never meet again on Polydor Records Talk about will always remain ourselves again What we have said Stand down please If we get through for two minutes only Stand down Margaret I've just found out the name of your It will be a start best friend Stand down please Talk, talk, talk about yourself again Stand down Margaret Yes, I've just found out the But knowing that someone in this life name of your best friend Repeat to fade Loves with a passion called hate I've just found out the name of your best friend And what you give is what you get music The Beat Words and by You've been talking 'bout yourself again Reproduced by permission The Beat/Zomba Management & And no-one seems to share your views If I never ever see you (If I never ever see you) Publishers Ltd. Why doesn't anybody listen to you, kid? If I never ever see you (If I never ever see you) How come you never really seem to get through? If I never ever see you (If I never ever see you) Is it you? Talk about yourself again, you If I never ever see you (see you, see you) Talk about yourself, always you, you, you If I never ever see you (see you, see you) Talk about yourself again If I never ever see you (see you, see you) Again, again, again, again And what you give is what you get I've just found out the name of best And what you give is what you get your friend Repeat last line to fade And what you give is what you get And what you give is what you get Words and music by The Beat Reproduced by permission Words and music by Paul Weller The Beat/Zomba Management & Publishers Ltd. Reproduced by permission And Son Music Ltd. „ ANC 29 4K2AT JAMS* 1>T. 27£L=JIK=HWBU CLoSi. 4 SMASH HITS LOfJPOfJ WChlSY Lf>Ht>ON =C1R . t>AT I'LL COME clean — out of all the that what was would probably was why I wanted to work with term which properly applies only Tone/ska "All the it Two bands. The Beat be all right." them, because it was so to one particular kind of beat. ones we were at, impression of Prince Buster." are far and away my favourite. Only one person replied and different." Lots of similar sounding rhythms was basically a white audience, Wakeling adds that he and Compared to the that was David Steele, a local The four-piece Beat made their get chucked into the bag, but which struck me as odd. I Ranking Roger are writing much boys-together yobbery of a who lived on the island. Dave live debut supporting an inaccurately. thought it was just young more of the new Beat material Specials bash, a Beat gig seems and Andy then decided to move unfortunately named local punk "Outside of Two-Tone", he educated liberal whites with together, anyway, and their attractively broader some high flown based, back to Birmingham around this band, the Dum Dum Boys, whose says, "there are a lot of bands philosophy vocal styles are rubbing off on involving a much wider spectrum time. Fortunately, there was no black drummer was leading a who maybe haven't done very about racial harmony. Then more one another as a result. of punters. Neither are The Beat need to persuade David to come double life: well in the past couple of years and more black kids started Having made such dazzling inappropriately named; for with them, as he'd been given "They didn't practice very coming to our concerts. progress in just over a year, anyone who likes their dancing the choice of beginning his often," recalls Andy, "so Roger, "The great thing about rude they're all in agreement that to proceed at a decent pace, their chosen career as a mental nurse their drummer, was often down boy fashion is that it doesn't suit developments like this need time breathless romps are a genuine any one racial group like in either Southampton or . Barbarellas and different pubs most to work themselves out, away tonic. you guessed it: Birmingham. around town toasting over fashions do. Roger stood out as a from the pressures of touring. Most of all, they're the one Back in Brum they began records or jumping up and down kind of example of that; how Hence they've just had a month band from that stable who sound practising, but at what? toasting whatever group was many black punks had you off in their home town, properly orientated towards the "We had an idea of what we seen?" Birmingham, to rest and write. future, both in the broadness of wanted to play," says Andy, "But better if the guy was dancing Talking of white liberals and Dave calls this their "time to be their taste in cover versions and with a girl, he'd be more like a racial matters, how did Dave take normal again": in the fascinating way their real person than like some super the critisism of his "I suddenly thought yesterday, original songs are shaping up.