Smash Hits Volume 21
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September 2P-October 3 1979 25p SECRET AFFAIR Cruel To Be Kind Police On A&M Love's Gotta Hold On Me Mil the words inside) CRUELTOBEKIND NICK LOWE ON RADAR RECORDS Oh I can't take another heartache Well I do my best to understand dear Though you say you're my friend But you still mystify I'm at my wits' end And I wanna know why You say your love is bona fide I pick myself up off the ground But that don't coincide And have you knock me back down With the things that you do Again and again And when I asic you to be nice And when I ask you to explain You say you gotta be You say you gotta be Repeat chorus Chorus Cruet to be kind Repeat verse 2 In the right measure Cruel to be kind Repeat chorus to fade It's a very good sign Cruel to be kind Words and music by Nick Lowe/Ian Means that I love you, baby Gomm. You gotta be cruel Reproduced by permissior) Rock You gotta be cruel to be kind Music/Albion Music. '^iAMmf/^'i^ ^'~ #^ *W% <W| BACK OF MY HAND THE JAGS ON ISLAND RECORDS You only call me if you're feeling blue I got your number written on the You tell me I don't pay attention to you back of my hand But if you only knew I got your number written on the Just what I'm going through back of my hand You wouldn't phone those guys I got your number g . Who mess around with you, girl I had a dream I met another girl But in the morning she was just a kick Words And when I call you I get stock replies and music inside by Nick You work them out before you dry Watkmson/John Alder. I hope I'm getting through your eyes The Interference too I'm not a fruit machine A1960'sdream My money's running out I don't know what to say now I dreamed about you last night But you didn't see, girl The operator's saying cut the line You wanna cut it for the very last time Chorus You're only young at heart You're not unreadable But now's the time to start You're not unbeatable Just realising what I've got down I know just what you are here, girl Don't push your love too far You're not untouchable Repeat chorus Not just another girl Say don't you realise I'll get in touch with you Is there nothing left inside? I only wish you knew that Hey, did I get you wrong? Only wish you knew that Say, Where's your number gone? 1 got your number written on the back of my hand Repeat 1st verse, then chorus to fade 2 SMASH HITS vjibimjced bypermfs-MyM Ppob//sh/ng/V^^CerosMi^^ 1 Hello in here to you out there from the Home Of The Hits. Hope you like our Sept20 — Oct31979 new-look contents page, and the snazzy new title-pieces sprinkled liberally Vol 1 No 21 throughout this issue. Another great batch of songwords, pics and features lurks within. But if you think this issue is great (you do don't you? — a man with a mallet will be round to hit you on the head if the answer's no) then wait until you Editorial address: Smasln Hits, Cogent clap eyes on the next one. It's sensational, unbelievable, fab, far out and Elliott House, 14 Great Pulteney Street, London W.I. This magazine is amaz- . tell you what, why don't you turn immediately to page 31 where ALL IS published by EIVIAP National REVEALED. We'll see you there . Publications Ltd, Peterborough, and is printed by East Midland Litho Printers, Peterborough. Copyright exists on all songs appearing in Smash Hits. They must not be reproduced without the CRUEL TO BE KIND Nick Lowe 2 consent of the copyright holders. BACK OF MY HAND The Jags 2 THE PRINCE Madness 4 Editor LINES Planets 4 Nick Logan Assistant Editor MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE The Police 5 Ian Cranna Features Editor David Hepworth TIME FOR ACTION Secret Affair 1 Design Steve Bush SOMETHING THAT I SAID The Ruts 12 Editorial Assistants Bev Hillier, Diane Church WAR STORIES Starjets 12 Contributors Chris Hall FEEL THE REAL David Bendeth 18 Cliff White Angle Errigo AMERICAN HEARTS Billy Ocean 19 Robin Katz Conny Jude WHEN YOU'RE NUMBER ONE Gene Chandler 19 Red Starr BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR The Jam 23 Advertisement Executive DON'T BRING ME DOWN Electric Light Orchestra 26 Rod Sopp Tel: 01-837 3699 THE LONELIEST MAN IN THE WORLD The Tourists 26 LOVE'S GOTTA HOLD ON ME Dollar 27 Editorial Manager Paul Flint THE WHO: Feature SECRET AFFAIR: Feature COMMODORES: Feature THE JAM: In Colour BITZ 7-9 ALBUMS DISCO 18-19 STARS PUZZLES 20 LETTERS CROSSWORD 21 GIGZ SINGLES 24 SMASH HITS 3 *'" the wiashinO --''•"" l;l':tt Please teWm* &"^l':nS-areVO« Vs/Wchs.de°'W Whose"';«»;,tJ^epte««^ Vy,hichs.deo1tn V«hoses.deareY _^^ Vou9oto-orKr,;reen t^^^^^^^^ Une Please te«m« chorus Repeat dfw« And » "^Vhat vou flo ^^^ nVm "aStW^n the road you P"'; Then me ^« Please ten |fp chorus Repeat Bros Music. ^ The Prince \ > By Madness on 2 Tone f^i •%!•* Records Buster he sold the heat, with a rock steady beat kV,. An earthquake is erupting but not in Orange Street A ghost dance is preparing, you gotta help us with your feet If you're not in the mood to dance, step back grab yourself a seat This may not be uptown Jamaica but we promise you a treat Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance shuffle me off my feet Even though I'll keep on running I'll never get to Orange Street So I'll say there's not much left to say, for the man who set the beat So I'll leave it up to you out there, to get him back on his feet Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance shuffle me off my feet Even though 'II keep on running I'll never get to Orange Street Bring back the, who is the, we want the, bring back the Prince fords and music bv Lee Thompson. Reproduced by permission Warner Bros Music. S M^J=ir\i^w^ "^^^ "o-one ^^P^^t me-o "^ here but chorus More lonehness than any „,an couW '^^"j^'' out th.s 7"^^^^^'— „,, '•-.espa.r.o ^^^^^l Chorus ;re----ashe.„p.„_ *"e shore ^^Peat chorus '^«-»ei„;,7;;L%^:at Mffsage/nabottl- S6..a,ng Ayearhaspassed out ai Since, wroteo,, 'ade.) 'tTSa^rt^-"—h.sri,htfro. /'"^MLFURMAWVSKY I] £!**i*i/ TALKING GENERATION ^^m^ JOHN ENTWISTLE tells Tim Lott that he loves "Quadrophenia' Pictures ofEntwistle — The Who's workaholic bass player (1979 version) surveys his celluloid past, including but hates "The Kids one John Entwistle 1965 style (inset). pic paul cox/tf i. Are Alright" F MIDDLE AGE is approaching "I had to. I am a workaholic. At band get more frightened of me Entwistle believes that he's control, "the world's greatest rock 'n' least I was working, and creating than anyone. I go out of happier than he's ever been, roll band" then John Entwistle sbmething. I always need berserk. I've been known to be though he's quick to qualify that will probably be the last of the something to channel my dragged away from people with statement. in hand" I ' "I still get angry — more often supertaxed supergroup to crawl energies into. I couldn't ever a broken bottle my ^ into bedroom slippers and swop retire. I've had three weeks off suppose that side of me isn't well even than I did then. Usually ° his Musicians Union membership from working in the last three known because I've always tried about little things, small as a frustrations. for the Darby And Joan circuit. years. And usually when I get to build my reputation more musician thah as a character." "For I hate having to Despite his reserved home I just slump in front of the Instance, appearance, more like a refugee television and turn off my brain." be a businessman. I've never from a post office counter than a Despite Entwistle having ENTWISTLE finds considerably wanted to be like that. It means member of one of the most roughly equivalent roles in both less to get upset about in I've got less freedom than I've riotous bands in history, movies, his views on them vary "Quadrophenia ", however, ever had. The bigger you get, the Entwistle is in many ways the enormously. For which he thinks is "a great film" more companies you form, the most musically dedicated "Quadrophenia" he can find no and "very funny". more accounting and In-between member of The Who. scrap of criticism. But the "It was a bit of a weird things you have to put up with. With Roger's hands documentary "The Kids Are experience, seeing the mdd And if you don't pay attention to increasingly tied by films, Pete's Alright" he describes as "a movement recreated. But then I them you get ripped off left, right " dread of playing to teenagers nightmare". never felt part of the mod thing and centre with grey hair and Keith's sad "We financed 'The Kids Are anyway.