The Buggles - Clean, Clean
The Buggles - Clean, Clean
"Clean, Clean"
Pogo Johnny kicked me in the head,
Aimin' for the floorboards but they picked me up instead
Through the ringing of the night before
Said the engine's running, gotta pay a call
Johnny drove the halftrack 'cause we could not find the jeep
Wake me in the morning, gotta get some sleep
Driving all night out of fear
Got it in the ribs every time I changed gear
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Gonna go where we've never been
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
(pickin' up, pickin' up the team)
God you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Pogo Johnny gonna fight the war
Chaplain in the morning at the local liquor store
Pogo coughin' bad from diesel fumes
Johnny tell the chaplain go and polish his tombs
Lying on the wasteground with a blanket on his face
Indicating that he's left the human race
Helmet open where the world came in
Gotta keep your head if you wanna win
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Gonna go where we've never been
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
(pickin' up, pickin' up the team)
God you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Clean, clean
Lost a million in the very first attack
Don't you worry cause we know we'll get them back
Lost a million in the very first attack
Don't you worry cause we know we'll get them back
The Buggles were an English new wave band formed in London in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries. The duo released their first album, The Age of Plastic, in January 1980 with "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its lead single. Soon after the album's release, Horn and Downes joined the progressive rock band Yes, recording and releasing Drama in the process. Following a tour to promote the album, Yes disbanded in 1981. That same year, on 1 August, the music video for "Video Killed the Radio Star" became the first ever shown on MTV in the US. The following year, the Buggles released a second album, Adventures in Modern Recording. Its lack of commercial success led to the breakup of the group. Since 1998, Horn and Downes have occasionally performed the Buggles' songs. In October 2011, the Buggles reunited to play at the British Music Experience at the O2 Arena in London. At the 2016 Progressive Music Awards, the Buggles won an "Outer Limit Award".
Downes claimed the group's name derived as a pun on the rock band the Beatles, saying: "It was originally called the Bugs ... studio insects—imaginary creatures who lived in recording studios creating havoc. Then somebody said as a joke that the Bugs would never be as big as the Beatles. So we changed it to the Buggles." Horn later spoke of its name: "I know the name's awful, but at the time it was the era of the great punk thing. I'd got fed up of producing people who were generally idiots but called themselves all sorts of clever names like the Unwanted, the Unwashed, the Unheard ... when it came to choosing our name I thought I'd pick the most disgusting name possible. In retrospect I have frequently regretted calling myself Buggles, but in those days I never really thought much about packaging or selling myself, all that really concerned me was the record."
The Buggles - Elstree
The Buggles - Elstree.
"Elstree"
Action!
I had a dream on a back lot
And saw my life like a long shot
Of smiling faces in a picture parade
Of all the stills from the films that you made
That we would see in the Essoldo
After drinking coffee at the (G.O. condo? Giocondo?)
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
Now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be
I took no dives in the fight scene
I had a stuntman keep my suit clean
There's no technology to fake up a song
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree, I look at me
Now I work for the BBC
Life is not what it used to be
Elstree
They made a field into a war zone
I beat the enemy on my own
All the bullets just went over my head
There's no reality and no one dead in
Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B movie
I played a man from history
Elstree
Elstree
Elstree
Elstree
Elstree
Cut!
In 1977, Horn, Downes and Woolley got together and began recording a selection of demos in a small room above a stonemason shop in Wimbledon, southwest London, including "Video Killed the Radio Star", "Clean, Clean" and "On TV". Though unsure about what they wished to do with the demos, Downes remembered that "we knew even then ... there was some distant goal that had to be reached", and proceeded to re-record the songs at a 16-track recording studio in north London. Initial searches for the right record label to record and release an album failed, but Horn, having begun a relationship with Jill Sinclair, a co-founder of Sam Earl Studios, managed to secure plans for a potential deal. However, the demo version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" caught the attention of producer Chris Blackwell of Island Records and, on the day on which Horn and Downes were due to sign with Sarm East, Blackwell offered them a more lucrative deal, which they accepted. Downes claimed Island rejected them three times before a final deal was agreed upon.
Fern Kinney - Together we are beautiful HQ Sound.mp4
Fern Kinney - Together we are beautiful HQ Sound.mp4
He walked into my life
And now he's taking over
And it's beautiful
Yes it's beautiful
I've gone with better looking guys
He's gone with prettier looking girls
But now we're beautiful
I think we're beautiful
I don't need love affairs anymore
I don't need love affairs anymore
Can't you see, it's the chemistry
You really must agree together we are beautiful
We are so beautiful
I am the rain, he is the sun
And now we've made a rainbow
I think it's beautiful
It's really beautiful
I don't need love affairs anymore
I don't need love affairs anymore
Can't you see, it's the chemistry
You really must agree together we are beautiful
We are beautiful
And if the whole world fell in love
Just like me and my man
This would be beautiful
This would be so beautiful
I don't need love affairs anymore
No I don't need love affairs anymore
Can't you see, oh it's the chemistry
And together we are beautiful
We are beautiful
Can't you see, it's the chemistry
You really must agree together we are beautiful
We are beautiful
Beautiful
We are beautiful
Fern Kinney (born Fern Kinney-Lewis, July 11, 1949), is an American R&B and disco singer, who is best remembered for her releases, "Groove Me" and "Together We Are Beautiful". Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Kinney originally sang in The Poppies with Dorothy Moore. In the early 1970s, she began working as a session musician and backing vocalist. Among the songs she sang on were King Floyd's "Groove Me", and her former "Poppie" bandmate Dorothy Moore's 1976 Top 10 single,"Misty Blue". By 1979, then having settled as a housewife, Kinney decided to attempt a comeback, and she recorded her own version of "Groove Me", but changed the rhythm on the song to turn it into a disco dance track. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard dance chart. Her next single "Together We Are Beautiful", released in 1980 was another disco song, but with a slower and more sultry beat. It had been recorded by the British vocalist, Steve Allan, eighteen months earlier. Kinney's effort failed to chart in the United States, but reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Kinney's subsequent releases attempted to continue in the disco style, however by this time the disco fad had reached its peak and Kinney was unable to repeat her success. By 1983, she had returned to her earlier career as a backing vocalist. In 1994, Music Club released an album (MCCD 167) of Kinney's records called Chemistry The Best Of under the licence from Malaco Records, which contained 17 tracks.
Fern Kinney - Angel On The Ground (Spread My Wings Re Edit)
Fern Kinney - Angel On The Ground (Spread My Wings Re Edit)
I can look around tonight
And see the lights of the city
Up here on a cloud
Everything looks so pretty
I know that love
Has given me wings to fly
But tomorrow I may be just another
(Oh, an) Angel on the ground
With the heaven she's found
Just a memory away
(Oh, an) Angel on the ground
With the heaven she's found
Just a memory away
Tonight I'll spread my wings
And fly with you
Take a spin around the world
Propelled by the things you do
I know that love is never guaranteed
And tomorrow I may be just another
(Oh, an) Angel on the ground
With the heaven she's found
Just a memory away
(Oh, an) Angel on the ground
With the heaven she's found
Just a memory away
(Oh, an) Angel on the ground
With the heaven she's found
Just a memory away
(Oh, an) Angel on the ground
With the heaven she's found
Just a memory away
Words you whisper
Put me in a spell
But the heavenly flame can burn
To the fires of hell
If it's for real
Then heaven's here to stay
I'd just sit so proud as my cloud
And look down at the
Angels on the ground
With heaven they found
Just a memory away
Repeat the last verse and fade..
Modern Girl - Sheena Easton - HQ/HD
Modern Girl - Sheena Easton - HQ/HD
"Modern Girl"
He wakes and says hello, turns on the breakfast show
She fixes coffee while he takes a shower
Hey that was great, he said, I wish we could stay in bed
But I got to be at work in less than an hour
She manages a smile as he walks out the door
She's a modern girl who's been though this movie before
[Chorus:]
She don't build her world 'round no single man
But she's gettin' by, doin' what she can
She is free to be, what she wants to be
'N all what she wants to be, is a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
It looks like rain again, she takes a train again
She's on her way again through London town
Where she keeps a tangerine, flicks through a magazine
Until it's time to leave her dreams on the underground
She walks to the office like everyone else
An independent lady, takin' care of herself
[Chorus]
She's been dreaming 'bout it all day long
As soon as she gets home, it's him on the telephone
He asks her to dinner, she says I'm not free
Tonight I'm going to stay at home and watch my TV
I don't build my world 'round no single man
But I'm gettin' by, doin' what I can
I am free to be, what I want to be
'N all what I want to be, is a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
[repeats out]
Sheena Shirley Easton born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish actress, singer and songwriter. She is a dual British-American citizen. Easton came into the public eye in an episode of the first British musical reality television programme The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records. Easton's first two singles, "Modern Girl" and "9 to 5", both entered the UK Top Ten, and she was the first UK female artist to appear twice in the same Top Ten since Ruby Murray. In 1981, "9 to 5" (retitled "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" for the US market) topped the US Hot 100, making her the third UK female solo artist to achieve this, following Petula Clark and Lulu, and she became one of the most successful British female performers of the 1980s.
Easton has been married four times and has two adopted children. Her first marriage was in Scotland to Sandi Easton at the age of 19. The marriage lasted eight months. Sandi Easton died in 1998, aged 48.
Right Or Wrong
Sheena Easton - Right Or Wrong
People like you live from day to day
Why can't I be the same
You say we are different in so many ways
And you tell me I have to change
Oh how can you be so vain?
The question is who is to blame
Right or wrong
I'll play along
But if the chance comes I'll be gone
Right or wrong
I'll play along
But if the chance comes I'll be gone
Right or wrong
People like you think you've got a right to be free
Why can't you understand
There's more to living than your liberty
And there's more than a golden band
Oh time is just grains of sand
Slipping right through our hands
Right or wrong
I'll play along
But if the chance comes I'll be gone
Right or wrong
I'll play along
But if the chance comes I'll be gone
Right or wrong
Oh time is just grains of sand
Slipping right through our hands
Right or wrong
I'll play along
But if the chance comes I'll be gone
Right or wrong
I'll play along
But if the chance comes I'll be gone
Right or wrong
A six-time Grammy nominee in the US, Easton is a two-time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1982 and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres". She has received five US Gold albums and one US Platinum album. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 45 singles total worldwide, and had 20 consecutive US singles, including 15 US Top 40 singles, seven US top tens and one US No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She also had 25 top 40 hits in international territories around the world. In Canada, Easton scored three gold and two platinum albums. She has sold over 20 million records and albums worldwide.
Easton became the first recording artist in history to have a top 5 hit on each of Billboard's primary singles charts, with "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (both pop and adult contemporary), "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers (country) and "Sugar Walls" (both R&B and dance). Easton's other hits include the James Bond theme "For Your Eyes Only", "Strut", "U Got the Look", and "The Arms of Orion" with Prince, "The Lover in Me" and "What Comes Naturally". She has worked with prominent vocalists and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Luis Miguel, L.A. Reid & Babyface, Patrice Rushen and Nile Rogers.
Concert tours and Las Vegas residencies
Sheena Easton "World Tour" 1982
A Private Heaven Tour 1984
No Sound But a Heart Tour 1987 – Cancelled in US
Sheena Easton "World Tour" 1989
Japan "Greatest Hits" Tour 1995
The Colors of Christmas Tour 1997–1998 – 2001 & 2003
"At The Copa" with David Cassidy, Rio Hotel – 2000–2001
Sheena Easton "For Your Ears Only" Las Vegas Hilton – 2002–2003
Sheena Easton "Greatest Hits" Australian Tour 2015
Filmography:
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Herself in opening credit sequence
ALF (1986–1990) – Cameo as Herself
Sign o' the Times (1987) – Dream sequence cameo
Miami Vice (1987) – Caitlin Davies (five episodes)
Just Say Julie (1989) – Cameo as Herself
Indecent Proposal (1993) – Cameo as Herself
Jack's Place (1993) – As Gwen
Body Bags (1993) – Megan (in segment titled "Hair")
Highlander: The Series (1993) – Annie Devlin (in episode titled "An Eye for an Eye" S02E05)
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) – Crystal Hawks (one episode)
Charles Dickens' David Copperfield (1993) – voice of Agnes
TekWar (TV series) (1994) – War Bride
Real Ghosts a.k.a. Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (1995) – Janet (nightclub owner)
Gargoyles (1994–1997) voice - Robyn Canmore, Banshee, Molly, Finella
The Outer Limits (1996) – Melissa McCammon in episode titled "Falling Star"
Road Rovers (1996) voice – Groomer, Persia, Mrs. British Prime Minister
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996-TV Series), An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998) - voice of Sasha La Fleur
Duckman (1997) – Betty (one episode)
Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999) – Vicky in episode titled "Sand Castles"
Disney's The Legend of Tarzan (2001) – voice of Dr. Robin Doyle (two episodes)
Vegas Live! With Clint Holmes and Sheena Easton – Host (2003)
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) – voice of Professor Fiona Pembrooke
Young Blades (2005) - Queen Anne
Phineas and Ferb (2009) – Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (1 episode)
Broadway/London's West End
Man of La Mancha – Aldonza (1991–1992—reprise role in 1998) (Broadway show)
Grease (1996) – Betty Rizzo (Broadway show)
42nd Street (2017–2018) – Dorothy Brock in London's (West End's Revival Production)
Awards
Best British Female Singer – 1980 Daily Mirror Pop & Rock Awards
Best Newcomer – 1980 Capital Radio
Best Female Singer – 1980 The TV Times Readers Awards
Sheena Easton Casino Legends Hall of Fame – 2004
1985 - Me Gustas Tal Como Eres (with Luis Miguel) Best Mexican-American Performance -
1982 Sheena Easton - Best New Artist
1981 Sheena Easton Top Pop New Artist
Thin Lizzy - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts (Official Music Video)
Thin Lizzy - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
I had to write this letter
To tell you how I came to meet her
She was sweet but I dated her sister
That's how I made my mistake
And I can't forget her
I felt depressed
Till a friend of mine suggested
That I write to this address
So unless you can find a cure
For my loneliness
It will persist, it will persist
Lonely boy
Looking for another
Lonely girl
To love one another
Lonely hearts
Turn to each other
Lonely souls
Lonely souls
Dear Lonely Boy
I doubt if my reply
Will bring much joy
It seems from your letter that you lied
Or strongly implied
That you were satisfied
To take her sister by your side
I became distressed
At your total lack of tactfulness
So at best
All I can suggest
Is that you resist
And you put an end
To such thoughts of silliness
Lonely boy
Looking for another
Lonely girl
To love one another
Lonely hearts
Turn to each other
Lonely souls
Lonely souls
Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
I've got problems
You're the only one I know that can solve them
I love a girl but I'm dating her sister
And if I persist in my pursuit I will kiss her
Dear Lonely Girl
I doubt if this reply will bring much joy
But you must not trust this boy
You must not lust this boy
Resist
And do not kiss this boy
Lonely boy
Looking for another
Lonely girl
To love one another
Lonely hearts
Turn to each other
Lonely souls
Lonely souls
Lonely boy
I'm writing
Lonely girl
Looking for a lonely girl
Lonely hearts
I'm lonely
Lonely souls
I've got problems you can solve them
Lonely girl
I'm writing to Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
For I'm a lonely soul
Yours sincerely
Lonely boy
Lonely girl
Must be attractive
Lonely hearts
Please send a photo
Lonely souls
One lonely boy
Is looking for another
Lonely girl
To love one another
Lonely hearts
Answer me
Answer my plea
Answer me
Lonely boy
Looking for a female
Lonely girl
Please send details
Ireland’s number one rock music export, THIN LIZZY were the bees knees in the live arena of the mid-to-late 70s, spurred on as they were by their stylish singer/bassist PHIL LYNOTT, a ferocious showman and a working-class poet of the people – despite coming from the hardship of being of Afro-Guyanese-black on his father’s side and Irish-white stock on his mother’s. THIN LIZZY progressed from a romanticised, Celtic-infused trio to a twin-axed heavy-rock quartet in the space of a few years; Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson fighting over lead guitar licks from 1974, while future solo star GARY MOORE (and several others) lay in wait for the odd personnel mishap.
Formulating in Dublin at the turn of the 70s by former Belfast musicians, Eric Wrixon and Eric Bell (both of whom established themselves – though not together – with Van Morrison’s THEM), THIN LIZZY were completed with the arrival of the youthful Phil Lynott and drummer, Brian Downey; both performing at the time under the name of Orphanage. Parlophone Records in Ireland launched the quartet (then known as Thin Lizzie) via a single, `The Farmer’, although poor sales led to Wrixon bailing out; in 1979, he would again be part of THEM.
At the suggestion of managers, Ted Carroll and Brian Tuite, having already signed to Decca Records, the remaining trio relocated to London in early ‘71. The eponymous THIN LIZZY (1971) {*5} didn’t quite hit the mark, but the LP had its patrons and backers via Radio One DJ, John Peel, and Radio Luxembourg’s Kid Jensen.
Possibly a tad enamoured by the untimely passing of his hero JIMI HENDRIX (and his “Experience”), main songwriter Lynott and his team sounded unpolished and rough around the edges; but there were emotive lyrical fare by way of `Look What The Wind Blew In’, `Saga Of The Ageing Orphan’ and the Mellotron-friendly `Honesty Is No Excuse’. Although only four tracks (highlights, `Remembering Part 2’ and `Things Ain’t Working Out Down On The Farm’), the exclusive “New Day” EP, showed enough promise to keep the ball rolling.
Lizzy’s sophomore set, SHADES OF A BLUE ORPHANAGE (1972) {*4}, was another to pass without garnering much attention. Bookended by a couple of null-in-void numbers to fill in 14 minutes, the record’s only saviours came through `Baby Face’, `Buffalo Gal’ and a paean to Phil’s guardian/granny, `Sarah’.
Thin Lizzy - Sarah (Official Music Video)
Thin Lizzy - Sarah
"Sarah"
One, two
One, two, three, four
When you came in my life you changed my world
My Sarah
Everything seemed so right my baby girl
My Sarah
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live
My love to you I'll give
My Sarah
When you begin to smile you change my style
My Sarah
When I look in your eyes I see my prize
My Sarah
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live
My love to you I'll give
You are all I want to know
Oh my Sarah
Don't let go oh no
My Sarah
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live
My love to you I'll always give
You are all I want to know
You hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I want to know
Oh my Sarah
Yes you changed my style with your baby smile
Sarah
Childlike charms keep me warm hold you in my arms
Sarah
Change my world my baby girl
Sarah
All I want to know don't let go
No, no, no, no, no, no
Sarah
Sarah
Be mine
With folk-rock the focus of many a hard-edged band (Celtic, or otherwise!), THIN LIZZY shot out of the blue and into the UK Top 10, with their raw, highly original adaptation of Irish pub ballad, `Whisky In The Jar’ – spelt mysteriously from the Scots verbatim – marrying plangent lead guitar and folk-music to memorable effect. The not-so-popular flop, `Randolph’s Tango’, put paid to any solidifying chart presence, resulting in low sales for the band’s third set,
VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD (1973) {*6}. Containing none of the aforementioned 45s (or their B-sides), it a least drew in several favourable reviews, while accompanying gem-of-a-single, `The Rocker’ – surely was one that got away. There were signs that Lizzy were finding their feet, other tracks such as `Mama Nature Said’, `Little Girl In Bloom’ and the (“Vagabond”) title track, were effective without raising the bar too high.
Bell departed later that year, his replacement being ex-SKID ROW axeman, Gary Moore, the first of many sojourns the guitarist would enjoy with the band over the course of his turbulent career. He was gone by the spring tour of the following year (subsequently joining jazz-rockers, COLOSSEUM II), the trademark twin-guitar attack introduced on these gigs courtesy of John Cann and Andy Gee. They were duly replaced more permanently by Scott Gorham and teenage Scotsman Brian Robertson, while THIN LIZZY signed a new deal with Vertigo Records, who released the NIGHTLIFE {*6} set late in ‘74. Showcasing the talent of another Scotsman, FRANKIE MILLER, Lynott’s most romantic ballad to date, `Still In Love With You’ (allegedly authored/co-authored by the vacating MOORE), seduced his expansive female following, but it was the kicking `Sha-La-La’, `She Knows’ and the funk-driven `It’s Only Money’, that won over future record buyers.
Thin Lizzy - The Sun Goes Down
Thin Lizzy - The Sun Goes Down
"The Sun Goes Down"
There is a demon among us whose soul belongs in hell
Sent here to redeem us, she knows it all to well
He comes and goes, he comes and goes, she knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down
She tries her best to leave him, but she is still captured by his spell
She knows now she must deceive him, he knows it all to well
She comes and goes, she comes and goes, he knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down
She comes and goes, she comes and goes, he knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down
There is a demon within us
The sun goes down
She tries her best to deceive him
The sun goes down
Neither this album nor 1975’s FIGHTING {*7} succeeded in realising the group’s potential, although the latter gave them their first Top 60 entry in the album chart. Gorham and Robertson’s interplay seemed to gel on this set, a set that opened with a glorious rendition of BOB SEGER’s `Rosalie’. Inspired by the latter act and the likes of SPRINGSTEEN, THIN LIZZY came of age here as they rattled off mini-jewels such as `Suicide’, `Ballad Of A Hard Man’ and Robertson’s sole contribution, `Silver Dollar’.
Partly due to the group’s blistering live shows and partly down to the massive Top 10 chart success of `The Boys Are Back In Town’, parent set JAILBREAK (1976) {*9} became a cross-atlantic Top 20 breakthrough. One of Lizzy’s most consistent sets of their career, it veered from the power-chord rumble and triumphant male bonding of “Boys…” to the epic Celtic clarion call of group composition, `Emerald’. The brooding, thuggish rifferama of the title track was another highlight, Lynott’s rich, liquor-throated drawl sounding by turns threatening and conspiratorial.
JOHNNY THE FOX (1976) {*7} nearly followed it into the UK Top 10 later in the year, a record which lacked the continuity of its predecessor, but nevertheless spawned another emotive, visceral hard rock hit single in `Don’t Believe A Word’; `Borderline’, `Massacre’ and the story-centric `Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed’, pushed their boundaries at a time when punk-rock was just around the bend.
Phil’s dramatic and theatrical character-driven lyrics were what marked THIN LIZZY out from the heavy-rock pack; his outlaw-with-a-broken-heart voice and the propulsive economy of the arrangements were light-years away from the warbling and posturing of 70s proto-metal. Accordingly, Lizzy were one of the few rock bands who gained any respect from punks and indeed, Lynott, subsequently formed an extracurricular project with The DAMNED’s Rat Scabies, as well as working with some of the band and ex-SEX PISTOLS, Paul Cook and Steve Jones (as The Greedies on the Xmas 1980 single, `A Merry Jingle’).
Thin Lizzy - Spirit Slips Away (Extended Version)
Thin Lizzy - Spirit Slips Away (Extended Version)
"Spirit Slips Away"
When the spirit slips away
There's nothing you can do, there's nothing you can say
May the angels be watching over you
When your spirit slips away
When the darkness starts to fall
You're on your own and your back's against the wall
May the angels bring their flame to you
When your spirit slips away
And when the music that makes you blue
Unfolds its secrets, the mysteries are told to you
May the angels sing rejoice to you
That fateful day when your spirit slips away
A 1977 American tour saw a returning Moore fill in for Robertson, who’d severed tendons in his hand in a fight, although the guitarist was back in place for a headlining spot at Reading Festival later that year. Drug dependency and a bout of hepatitis also dogged progress for Lynott.
The Tony Visconti-produced BAD REPUTATION (1977) {*7} graced the Top 5 (and US Top 40), its strength lying between the swinging/swaggering of `Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In Its Spotlight)’ smash hit – very much in the vein of Celtic compatriot, VAN MORRISON – and the rambunctious title track.
But it was through blistering live work that THIN LIZZY had made their name, and they finally got around to releasing a concert double-set in 1978. LIVE AND DANGEROUS (1978) {*9} remains deservedly revered as a career landmark, as vital, razor-sharp and unrestrained as any of its kind in the history of rock. Premiered by a Top 20 bravado collision medley of `Rosalie’ and `Cowgirls’ Song’, it highlighted near-forgotten re-vamps of the early songs alongside classic-rock repertoire.
Later that summer, THIN LIZZY again took to the road with Moore (Robertson departed to form WILD HORSES) undertaking his third stint in the band alongside Mark Nauseef, who was deputising for an absent Downey. Previewed by the keening exhilaration of third Top 10 hit, `Waiting For An Alibi’, BLACK ROSE: A ROCK LEGEND (1979) {*7} was the last great Lizzy album. Placing all-out rockers alongside more traditionally influenced material, the set produced another two major UK hits in the defiant `Do Anything You Want To’ and the poignant `Sarah’, the latter a new and beautifully realised tribute to Phil’s baby daughter.
GARY MOORE, meanwhile, had been enjoying solo chart success with `Parisienne Walkways’, the Lizzy frontman guesting/credited on vocals. By late ‘79, MOORE was out, however, and Lynott secured the unlikely services of another Scot, MIDGE URE, to fulfil touring commitments. When the latter subsequently departed to front ULTRAVOX, the frontman replaced him with ex-PINK FLOYD man, Snowy White.
Early 1980 saw Lynott marrying Caroline Crowther (daughter of TV celeb, Leslie), and it seemed the man had finally settled down to domesticity; the unadventurous “Solo In Soho” caught fans off-guard as LYNOTT showed another side to his versatility.
Thin Lizzy - Killer On The Loose (Official Music Video)
Thin Lizzy - Killer On The Loose
"Killer On The Loose"
Some people they call me jack
Some people they call me insane
I'm looking for somebody
And I don't even know her name
I might be looking for you
Wherever you may be
For there is something I've got to do to you honey
And it's between you and me
Now you might think it's fun
Or maybe it's a joke
But you've got plenty of reason to worry honey
'Cause you wouldn't stand a hope
There's a killer on the loose again
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
A ladykiller on the loose
Now I'm not trying to be nasty
Or I'm not trying to make you scared
But there's a killer on the loose
Or haven't you heard
He'll be walking around this town
Just about midnight
Yes, that's chinatown
That's right
That's right
Now you might think I'm messing
Or he don't exist
But honey I'm confessing
I'm a mad sexual rapist
There's a killer on the loose again
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
A ladykiller on the loose
"I'll be standing in the shadows of love
Waiting for you
Don't unzip your zipper
'Cause you know I'm jack the ripper
Now don't wail, don't..."
There's a killer on the loose again
Standing in the shadows
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
Coming to get you
A ladykiller on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
Standing in the shadows of love
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
A ladykiller on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
Standing in the shadow
A killer on the loose, of love
There's a killer on the loose again
Oooh
A lady killer on the loose
You better watch out
There's a killer on the loose again
A killer on the loose
Play that back
Check it back
There's a killer on the loose
Later that year saw the release of CHINATOWN {*5}, although the Midas touch was lost when Top 10 breaker `Killer On The Loose’ received restricted airplay in the event of the serial killer “Yorkshire Ripper” spate of murders; `We Will Be Strong’, `Sweetheart’ and the hit title track were above the pop-rock crimes on board here.
When `Trouble Boys’ failed to register a Top 50 placing and its overblown parent set, RENEGADE (1981) {*4} followed it to bargain-bin status, THIN LIZZY’s popularity or “bad reputation” was clearly on the wane as they struggled to maintain any momentum; `Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)’ also stalled at No.53. Meanwhile, the singer received short-shrift for his hook-line sophomore solo set, “The Philip Lynott Album”, in 1982.
With the addition of ex-TYGERS OF PAN TANG guitarist John Sykes and keyboardist Darren Wharton, THIN LIZZY released something of a belated comeback album in the Top 5, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (1983) {*6}. `Cold Sweat’, the head-banging title track and `The Sun Goes Down’, sold with decreasing sales figures and it was to be the group’s studio swansong. By the release of concert set, LIFE – LIVE (1983) {*5}, the group had already split; Lynott, and initially Downey, formed the short-lived GRAND SLAM.
Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight
Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight
"Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)"
When I passed you in the doorway
Well you took me with a glance
I should have took that last bus home
But I asked you for a dance
Now we go steady to the pictures
I always get chocolate stains on my pants
And my father he's going crazy
He says I'm living in a trance
But I'm dancing in the moonlight
It's caught me in its spotlight
It's alright, alright
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night
It's three o'clock in the morning
And I'm on the streets again
I disobeyed another warning
I should have been in by ten
Now I won't get out until Sunday
I'll have to say I stayed with friends
But it's a habit worth forming
If it means to justify the end
Dancing in the moonlight
It's caught me in its spotlight
It's alright, alright
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night
And I'm walking home
The last bus has long gone
But I'm dancing in the moonlight
[Instrumental]
Dancing in the moonlight
It's caught me in its spotlight
It's alright, alright
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night
Dancing in the moonlight (I'm dancing in the moonlight)
It's caught me in its spotlight (It's caught me in in it's spotlight)
Dancing in the moonlight (dancing in the moonlight)
On this long hot summer night (It's got me hot)
Dancing in the moonlight (I'm dancing in the moonlight)
It's caught me in its spotlight (It's caught me alright alright alright)
Dancing in the moonlight
On this long hot summer night (It's so got them hot)
Dancing in the moonlight (I'm dancing)
It's caught me in its spotlight (I'm still dancing)
Dancing in the moonlight (I'm dancing in the moonlight)
On this long hot summer night...
PHIL LYNOTT eventually carried on with his solo career in ‘85, after settling his differences with MOORE. The pair recorded the driving `Out In The Fields’, a resounding Top 5 hit and a lesson in consummate heavy-rock for the hundreds of dismal mid-80s bands wielding a guitar and a poodle haircut. A follow-up single, `Nineteen’, proved to be LYNOTT’s parting shot, his life curtailed after dying from a drugs overdose on the 4th of January 1986 – he was only 35. As family, rock stars and well-wishers crowded into a small chapel in Southern Ireland for LYNOTT’s low-key funeral, the rock world mourned the loss of one of its most talented, charismatic and much-loved figureheads. Towards the end of the millennium, THIN LIZZY (Gorham, Sykes, Wharton, plus journeymen rhythm team, Marco Mendoza and Tommy Aldridge) played several LYNOTT-tribute shows; concert set ONE NIGHT ONLY (2000) {*4} evidence that their late great frontman was sadly missed. Ditto LIVE IN LONDON 2011 {*5} recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, with The ALMIGHTY’s Ricky Warwick (vocals/guitar) filling the boots of Phil; guitarist Vivian Campbell playing a role before swanning off to join the ranks of DEF LEPPARD; HIGH VOLTAGE: RECORDED LIVE (2011) {*4} was an unnecessary addition to any collection.
Thankfully, out of respect to the great LYNOTT, Gorham, Downey and Co decided on a change of moniker, taking the name BLACK STAR RIDERS, from the outlaws in the movie, Tombstone; Downey found it tough going and duly departed (as did Wharton; replaced by veteran Jimmy DeGrasso) before the recording of the Top 30-selling, “All Hell Breaks Loose” (2013).
© MC Strong 1994-2006/GRD / rev-up MCS Nov2012-May2013
Fight Or Fall
Thin Lizzy - Fight or Fall
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown (Official Music Video)
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown..
KENNY EVERETT - 'Snot Rap' (12" Version)
KENNY EVERETT - 'Snot Rap' (12" Version)
Maurice James Christopher Cole (25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995), better known as Kenny Everett, was a British comedian, radio disc jockey and television presenter. After spells on pirate radio and Radio Luxembourg in the mid-1960s, he was one of the first DJs to join BBC radio's newly-created BBC Radio 1 in 1967. It was here he developed his trademark voices and surreal characters which he later adapted for television. Everett was dismissed from the BBC in 1970 after making remarks about a government minister's wife. He joined commercial radio when it became licensed in the UK, and joined Capital London. Starting in the late 1970s, he transitioned to television where he made numerous comedy series on ITV and BBC, often appearing with Cleo Rocos, whose glamorous and curvaceous figure was often used to comic effect. Rocos would be his assistant in the 1987 BBC gameshow Brainstorm, often demonstrating electronic gadgets with the contestants then having to guess what each is used for.
All in the best possible taste: Cleo Rocos.. for personal appearances with Kenny Everett in the 1980s. We'd get paid £10,000 each to turn up and say a few words. That was a lot of money back then and it would only take about half an hour. The 1980s was the best decade of my life, financially, and it was the most enjoyable.
What is the most expensive thing you have ever bought for fun?
The freedom of some wild birds that were being sold in a market in Bali.
I was filming there in 2003 and spent £2,000 buying all the tiny little birds that had been taken from the wild and trapped in cages. There were literally hundreds of them. I hired several cars to take them as far away from the market as possible and then I set them free. Watching all these little birds fly out and sing as they took off was just fantastic. It gave me huge joy.
Cleo Rocos with late TV star Kenny Everett in 1988
Everett was a politically right-of-centre media star who openly supported the British Conservative Party and made publicity appearances at conferences and rallies. However, as a closeted gay man, he later faced criticism for supporting the UK Conservative government after it had enacted Section 28, a clause of the Local Government Act which made it illegal for councils to 'promote' gay rights and issues. Everett was a highly versatile performer, able to write his own scripts, compose jingles and operate advanced recording and mixing equipment. His personality also made him a regular guest on chat shows and panel programmes like Blankety Blank. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1989 and died in 1995.
Maurice James Christopher Cole was born in Seaforth, Lancashire on Christmas Day 1944. From a Catholic family, he attended St Bede's, the local secondary modern school, in Crosby (now part of Sacred Heart Catholic College). Cole later attended a junior seminary at Stillington, North Yorkshire near York with an Italian missionary order, the Verona Fathers, where he was a choirboy. After he left school, he worked in a bakery and in the Advertising Department of The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph.
Everett made one foray into film with 1984's Bloodbath at the House of Death, a spoof of Hammer horror films, which was penned by Everett's usual writing partners Barry Cryer and Ray Cameron (who also directed the film). Vincent Price was featured as the villain, credited only as the "Sinister Man", and a number of other popular comedians and actors also appeared, including Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt and Don Warrington. Several regulars from Everett's television series also appeared.
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor best known for his performances in horror films, although his career spanned other genres. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television.
In 1978, London's Thames Television offered him a new venture, which became the Kenny Everett Video Show. This was a vehicle for Everett's characters and sketches (his fellow writers were Ray Cameron, Barry Cryer and Dick Vosburgh), interspersed with the latest pop hits, either performed by the artists themselves, or as backing tracks to dance routines by Arlene Phillips' risqué dance troupe Hot Gossip (which featured Sarah Brightman). Various pop and TV stars made cameo appearances on the show, including Rod Stewart, Elkie Brooks, Billy Connolly, Kate Bush, Cliff Richard, Freddie Mercury, Terry Wogan and Suzi Quatro. Classical musicians, such as Julian Lloyd Webber, appeared also.
Cliff Richard..
Billy Connolly..
Freddie Mercury..
Terry Wogan..
Suzie Quatro..
Sarah Brightman..
There were also the stories of Captain Kremmen, a science fiction hero voiced by Everett and originally developed for his Capital Radio shows, who travelled the galaxy battling fictional alien menaces, along with his assistant Dr Gitfinger and his voluptuous sidekick Carla. In the first three series these segments were animations created by the Cosgrove-Hall partnership (responsible for the successful children's cartoon series Danger Mouse, among many others). In the fourth series (Video Cassette) Kremmen was featured as live action, with Anna Dawson playing Carla; the segments were comedy shorts, rather than the earlier stories. Other characters included: ageing rock-and-roller Sid Snot, unsuccessfully flipping cigarettes into his mouth – at one point Everett managed to catch one in his mouth, to the amusement of the studio crew; Marcel Wave, a lecherous Frenchman played by Everett wearing an absurdly false latex chin; and "Angry of Mayfair", a right-wing, upper middle class City gent complaining of the permissive, risqué content of the show, banging the camera's lens hood with his umbrella before storming off, turning his back to the camera to reveal him wearing women's lingerie in lieu of the entire back half of his suit. He also created the never-seen character of 'Lord Thames', supposedly the owner of Thames Television (the company was actually owned by two conglomerates). The character was often the butt of Everett's rants and was said to symbolise his contempt for senior management at the company, claiming they lived behind an ancient, cobweb-covered door marked as the "Office of Saying 'No'". Thames never disciplined him for these comments, unlike prior employers such as the BBC. The series ran for four seasons on ITV. The last episode of Series 3 ended with Everett giving a farewell speech as the set and scenery was being stripped down by the crew. The final shot before the closing credits was Everett himself being picked up and placed inside an oversized dustbin. The fourth series was retitled The Kenny Everett Video Cassette and was more of a comedy programme than the previous three series, which relied more on music acts.
Sid Snot..
Julian Lloyd Webber
Marcel Wave//
Angry of Mayfair...
In 1970, Everett again found himself dismissed, this time after suggesting on air that Mary Peyton, the British Transport Minister's wife had bribed her driving test examiner. The remark was a spontaneous quip, following a news item describing how Peyton had finally passed after many attempts. The BBC thought the comment "indefensible", although shortly before the incident Everett had given a controversial interview with Melody Maker contrary to a BBC embargo preventing him from giving interviews. In an interview on Ireland's The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne and Sinéad O'Connor n February 1989, Everett was challenged by O'Connor about his support for the Tory Party in the light of his homosexuality and the Conservative's Section 28 addition to the Local Government Act. Everett clarified that he was not a "full Tory", but that he had been appalled by the actions of Arthur Scargill, whom he saw as "inciting violence" and "rabble rousing" and who he thought looked like "Hitler" reborn". He had consequently supported the actions of Margaret Thatcher in opposing Scargill. He said he would stand up for gay rights if he were asked providing "it was a jolly occasion", but he also felt that being in a minority and in the public eye, he could do more for gay rights by showing that he was funny and human rather than by marching in the streets.
British Leyland Chairman Lord Donald Stokes and Minister of Transport John Peyton at the International Motor Show at Earl’s Court, London, 25th October 1972. Photo- George W. Hales
Gay Byrne with Basil Brush..
Sinéad O'Connor
Arthur Scargill – arrested for defending his members.
Margaret Thatcher..
British political history is littered with celebrity endorsements that have backfired. It is not hard to imagine the delight of Young Conservatives in 1983, on booking Kenny Everett - then one of the biggest names on British TV - to appear at a youth rally. The idea, presumably, was to add a bit of youthful sparkle, anarchy even, to an event whose other principal draws were old stagers Bob Monkhouse and Jimmy Tarbuck. What they got, for their efforts, was endlessly replayed TV footage of a man with giant foam hands yelling "let's bomb Russia!," to loud Tory cheers, as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher looked on. Everett later said said he regretted the incident and that he had taken the foam hands to the rally because the Tories "asked me first". But, for the party, the damage had been done.
Show business Legend Jimmy Tarbuck...
Everett married the singer and psychic Audrey "Lady Lee" Middleton at Kensington Register Office on 2 June 1966. By September 1979, they had separated, and he stopped publicly denying his homosexuality in the late-1980s. His co-host David Cash, in the documentary Unforgettable Kenny Everett, states that "Once I got to know him socially off the ship, it was very obvious that his sexual tendencies were homosexual and he looked at it as bad and so he fought it all the way." One of his first boyfriends, a waiter called Jay Pitt, was a match found for Everett by his former wife.
Audrey "Lady Lee" Middleton
Lee was Kenny's first and only female lover. He proposed to her under a pink magnolia tree in Fulham
Everett became close friends with Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, after they met on Everett's breakfast radio show on Capital Radio in 1974. In 1988 his former wife, who had subsequently remarried to actor John Alkin, published an autobiography with a foreword from Everett. But after its publication and newspaper serialisation, Everett denounced the book for outing him. Mercury reportedly sided with Middleton. The fallout resulted in Middleton and Everett communicating only via their lawyers. A year later, Everett and Mercury had reconciled when both were suffering with health issues due to complications with HIV. Mercury died in November 1991. Everett died from an AIDS-related illness on 4th April 1995, aged 50. A Catholic requiem mass was held at Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair, London. His body was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium..
Mortlake Crematorium - The Rose Garden...
Arlene Phillips Hot Gossip - Supernature [Version 2] - The Kenny Everett Video Show TX: 14/08/1978
Arlene Phillips Hot Gossip - Supernature [Version 2] - The Kenny Everett Video Show TX: 14/08/1978
Amazulu - Cairo - Bananas 1983
Amazulu - Cairo 1080p (Remastered in HD by Veso™)
Calls me honey baby when he wants it
Calls me Annie baby when he cries
Oh, with me big fat Annie humbug
You give me little honey when me hungry
You give me cola, cola when me dry
Oh, with me good time and me bad times
That's right
Can't get no gyro
Smoking in a bar in Cairo
So I'm doing all I can
For the big man in Cairo
I'm on the heavy manners in the daytime
But on the hula, hula in the night
With no milkshake and no handshake
Sleeping in the morning like a tourist
Working for the dummy all the time
With me big wheel and me high heel
That's right
Can't get no gyro
Smoking in a bar in Cairo
So I'm doing all I can
For the big man in Cairo
Can't get no gyro
Smoking in a bar in Cairo
So I'm doing all I can
For the big man in Cairo
I'm on the heavy manners in the daytime
But on the hula, hula in the night
With no milkshake and no handshake
Sleeping in the morning like a tourist
Working for the dummy all the time
With me big wheel and me high heel
That's right
Can't get no gyro
Smoking in a bar in Cairo
So I'm doing all I can
For the big man in Cairo
Can't get no gyro
In a bar in Cairo
So I'm doing all I can
For the big man in Cairo
In Cairo
In Cairo
In Cairo
(In Cairo)
Can't no gyro
Smoking in a bar in Cairo
(In Cairo)
(In Cairo)
(In Cairo)
Can't get no gyro
Smoking in a bar in Cairo
(In Cairo)
(In Cairo)
Amazulu were a British reggae /pop band from the 1980s made up of five women and one man. They achieved success in the UK charts with four top-20 hits, the biggest being "Too Good to Be Forgotten" in 1986. The name Amazulu is taken from the Zulu language word for the Zulu people, also meaning Mother of the Zulus. They originally wanted to be named Amazon but an American rock band already had the name. The name Amazulu came about when Sharon and Lesley went to see a South African play by the same name and met with the playwright who gave his permission to use the name. The band was started by Sharon Bailey, the band's original manager, Rose Miner, the original lead singer, and Lesley Beach, the saxophone player. All members were female, at first with Debbie Dread on drums. Later Rose was replaced by Anne Marie Ruddock and Debbie was replaced by John "Nardo" Bailey, who they called their token male. Rose went on to become a dancer, dance teacher and percussionist. She performed with Quilombo do Samba in the UK and Brazil. Falcon Stuart, the former manager of X-Ray Spex and Adam and the Ants, was one of their early managers and helped promote their first single, "Cairo", to modest success in the UK, which included airplay from BBC Radio 1's John Peel.
Queen Nandi – Mother of Shaka Zulu...
X-Ray Spex
John Peel..
The band started gaining appearances on television, including on The Young Ones (1984) and Top of the Pops several times, which helped to widen their fame. They achieved hits that included "Excitable" and "Too Good to Be Forgotten", the latter of which was originally recorded by The Chi-Lites. The band achieved a minor success in the United States with "Montego Bay" (a cover of the 1970 song by Bobby Bloom) in 1986; early the next year, it became a surprise hit in Canada, climbing to No. 6 on their singles chart. That year their eponymous full-length album was released on Island Records, although it failed to chart highly.
The Chi-Lites
Bobby Bloom
Amazulu began as a six-piece band, with Another woman temporarily joining the band on keyboards for three songs: "Excitable", "The Things The Lonely Do" and "Don't You Just Know It". They were joined by Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton on trumpet. The group trimmed down to a trio of Anne-Marie Ruddock, Sharon Bailey and Lesley Beach during 1986 as they were enjoying their greatest success. In 1987, Beach left the band and Ruddock and Bailey continued as a duo for another year, scoring the minor hit "Mony Mony". Afterwards, Amazulu recorded their second album Spellbound which was released in designated Asian countries including Hong Kong in audio cassette format under EMI Records. The album contained the singles "Mony Mony", "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" and "My Heart Belongs to You" (which was released under Ruddock's name only in 1988). In early 1988 they split.
Amazulu..
Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton
Sharon, Anne Marie and Lesley Ruddock appeared in the 1987 Alex Cox film Straight to Hell. After travelling the world and living in Brazil and Rome, Sharon Bailey now lives in Buckinghamshire. She drums from time to time and is still involved in the music industry. Lesley Beach moved to Tucson, Arizona, after taking a break in the hills of Ibiza with José Padilla. She went on to achieve a Bachelor of Arts degree from Prescott College for the Liberal Arts, the Environment and Social Justice and worked as a social worker in Tucson. Rose and Lesley reunited and played drums and percussion in the Samba band Quilombo do Samba, who won the Best Band in the 2002 Notting Hill Carnival. The band member who achieved the greatest commercial success in music was Clare Kenny, who joined Coming Up Roses and became a session player with Sinéad O'Connor, Shakespears Sister and Damien Dempsey. Margo Sagov went on to graduate as an architect, played guitar with several bands and is currently playing with Rock Candy. The band are mentioned in the song "Asbestos" by Suede, on their album Head Music.
Notting Hill Carnival
Coming Up Roses
Damien Dempsey
Shakespears Sister
Suede..
Amazulu - All Over The World (Official Music Video)
Amazulu - All Over The World (Official Music Video)