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(TELEPHONE RINGS)

MAN: Hello.

This is Daryl Braithwaite from
Sherbet.

Listen, I just want to remind you
that next Sunday, the 7th of March,

is the start of a
brand-new Countdown series.

Oh, terrific!

And there'll be such people as
John Paul Young, Ted Mulry,

AC/DC, and
a lot of other good people.

And it's a show
that you won't want to miss

'cause it's a
start of a brand-new year.

It's gonna be fantastic.

Next Sunday, 7th of March, Countdown.

I'll be watching.

Yeah, OK. Bye.

# Do the hustle! #

# Countdown, Countdown

# Countdown #

NARRATOR: Welcome
to Classic Countdown, 1976.

# Countdown! #
NARRATOR: Welcome
to Classic Countdown, 1976.

# Countdown! #

# Countdown! #
(CHEERING)

(CHEERING)

# There's times when I'm out,
and times when I'm down

# Times when I'm loose
and times when I'm down

# Times when I'm loose

# And times when I'm bound

# It don't bother me
'cause I let it be

# It don't bother me
# And just keep on smiling

# And just keep on smiling

# Keep on smiling

# There's times when I will

# And times when I won't. #

WILBUR: After the upheavals of 1975,

the new year seemed to usher in a
period of stability in Australia.

We knew who and what we liked, and we
would now stick with them,

thank you very much.

ALL: We want ABBA!

We want ABBA!

MOLLY: So, you're a little bit older
than some of the other people

in the queue here.

Yes, I'm a grandmother.
That's quite right.

Yes, I'm a grandmother.
I'm waiting for my granddaughters.

I'm waiting for my granddaughters.

(CHEERING, YELLING)

BOY: Hey, ABBA, you beauty!

MOLLY: Well, what happens once
BOY: Hey, ABBA, you beauty!

MOLLY: Well, what happens once
your granddaughters arrive?

Are you going to see them to the
gate and then go home?

Certainly not.
I'm going to see ABBA.

(CHEERING)

WILBUR: ABBA
notched up five top-20 hits.

The local charts were still
home to trusty favourites,

Sherbet, Skyhooks,
JPY and Marcia Hines.

Here is a platinum record as well.

So, you'll be able to
wear them as earrings, Marcia.

(APPLAUSE)

In politics, after the challenging
Whitlam years,
(APPLAUSE)

In politics, after the challenging
Whitlam years,

the electorate returned
a coalition government.

The US elected an avuncular
Southerner as president,

The US elected an avuncular
Southerner as president,
and the Olympic Games in Montreal

and the Olympic Games in Montreal

predicted a convincing
and the Olympic Games in Montreal

predicted a convincing
picture of world unity.

On the small screen, the public was
glued to comfortable soaps

like The Sullivans
and The Young Doctors.

If you switched on the TV, everything
seemed light and breezy.

# You have the tango
If you switched on the TV, everything
seemed light and breezy.

# You have the tango

# Skip the fandango

# Waltz 'round the floor

# They get the folita

# The Spanish monita

# In old Mexico

# They let themselves go

# The continental

# Was ever so gentle

# The rumba was cool

# When you kept to the rule

# In came the conga

# The line just got longer

# Hiya, conga

# Hiya,
conga

# Do the ooh ja ja ja
# Hiya,
conga

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Ah

# Ooh ja ja ja

# I want the boogie

# The shadow shoo-doogie

# The shadow shoo-doogie
# Rock and roll jive

# Rock and roll jive

# Kept us alive

# Rock it

# You taught me how to

# Ooh, ya, ya

# Then you told me how

# With your ooh ja ja

# Ooh ja ja ja ja

# Ooh ja ja
ja ja

# Ooh ja ja ja ja

# Ooh ja ja
ja ja

# Ooh ja ja
# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja

# Do the ooh
ja ja ja

# Do the ooh ja ja ja. #

(CHEERING)

# Countdown! #

Hi, this is Angus from AC/DC,
# Countdown! #

Hi, this is Angus from AC/DC,

reminding you that you're on the top
rock show in Australia,

reminding you that you're on the top
rock show in Australia,
Countdown.

Countdown.

# Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Countdown.

# Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap

# Dirty deeds,
done dirt cheap

# Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap

# Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
# Dirty deeds
and they're done dirt cheap

# Dirty deeds
and they're done dirt cheap

# Dirty deeds and they're done
dirt cheap. #

WILBUR: Australia developed its own
unique style of hard rock,

WILBUR: Australia developed its own
best expressed by one band, AC/DC.

best expressed by one band, AC/DC.

# Alright

# TNT

# Oi, oi, oi

# TNT, oi! #

The ABC championed
AC/DC from the beginning.

With each performance on Countdown,

the band fuelled the
fire of its growing reputation.

Oh, hello.
the band fuelled the
fire of its growing reputation.

Oh, hello.

This is Bon from AC/DC,

and although we're
over the seas at the moment

and dining with
the queen, of course, you know,

we haven't forgotten
about you, our Countdown fans.

And here to prove it is our
brand-new single, "Jailbreak."

And don't forget, you
see it first on Countdown.

And don't forget, you
In '76 for AC/DC,

In '76 for AC/DC,

Countdown produced one
of its most famous film clips.
In '76 for AC/DC,

Countdown produced one
of its most famous film clips.

# There was a friend of mine on
murder

# And the judge's gavel fell

# And the judge's gavel fell
# Jury found him guilty

# Jury found him guilty

# Gave him sixteen years in hell

# He said, I ain't
spending my life here

# I ain't living alone

# Ain't breaking
no rocks on the chain gang

# I'm breakin'
out and headin' home

# I'm breakin'
# I'm gonna make a jailbreak

# I'm gonna make a jailbreak

# And I'm lookin' towards the sky

# I'm gonna make a jailbreak

# Oh, how I wish that I could fly

(EXPLOSION)

# All in the name of liberty

# All in the name of liberty

# Got to be free

# Jailbreak

# Let me out of here

# Jailbreak

# Sixteen years

# Jailbreak

# Had more than I can take

# Jailbreak

# Yeah

# He said he'd
seen his lady being fooled with
# Yeah

# He said he'd
seen his lady being fooled with

# By another man

# She was down and he was up

# He had a gun in his hand

# He had a gun in his hand
# Bullets started flying everywhere

# Bullets started flying everywhere

# And people started to scream

# Big man lying on the ground

# With a hole in his body

# Where his life had been

# But it was all
in the name of liberty

# All in the name of liberty

# Oh, I got to be free

# Jailbreak
(EXPLOSION)

# Jailbreak

# I got to break out

# Out of here

(GUITAR SOLO)

(GUITAR SOLO CONTINUES)

(EXPLOSION)

# Heartbeats
(EXPLOSION)

# Heartbeats

# They were racin'

# Freedom

# He was chasin'

# Spotlights

# Sirens

# Rifles firing

# But he made it out

(GUNSHOTS)

# With a bullet in his back

(GUNSHOTS)
# Jailbreak

# Jailbreak

# Jailbreak

# Jailbreak

# Jailbreak

# Jailbreak. #

Hi, this is Leo Sayer.

I'm (SPEAKS GIBBERISH).

We won't use that.
I'm (SPEAKS GIBBERISH).

We won't use that.
Edit, edit, edit.

We won't use that.
(SPEAKS GIBBERISH)

(SPEAKS GIBBERISH)

Hello, this is Leo Sayer.

Pleased to meet you all again.

I'm on Countdown this week on ABC.

Make sure you watch it.

I'll be there.

See you then.

(CHEERING)

# Countdown! #

# You go to the fields on
week days... #

WILBUR: In '76, the Australian charts
rewarded traditional rock and pop,

WILBUR: In '76, the Australian charts
but there was no denying

but there was no denying

that dance music was enjoying a
huge surge in popularity in the US,

with disco about to explode.

# Whoa, Nutbush

# They call it Nutbush
city limits. #

It's a clue to the future, really,

It's a clue to the future, really,
this new album

because I've just started working on
this new album

and the first
things that we've done

is we've cut a
couple of old Motown songs,

would you believe it?

"Reflections"
and the "Tears of a Clown."

You know, I mean,
we're kind of moving away.

I've been working with a
lot of the black musicians.

Ray Parker, he used to play with
Stevie Wonder,

Willie Weeks, a black bass player.

And we've been putting down things
that sound so black.

I mean, they could've
been put down by, I don't know,

I mean, they could've
Tom Dowd or somebody.

Tom Dowd or somebody.

# You've got a cute way of talking
Tom Dowd or somebody.

# You've got a cute way of talking

# You got the better of me

# Just snap your
fingers and I'm walking

# Just snap your
# Like a dog hanging on your lead

# Like a dog hanging on your lead

# I'm in a spin, you know

# Shaking on a string, you know

# You make me feel like dancing

# I'm gonna dance the night away

# You make me feel like dancing

# I'm gonna dance the night away
# You make me feel like dancing

# I'm gonna dance the night away

# You make feel like dancing

# I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Whoo

# Dance the night away
# Whoo

# Dance the night away

# Dance the night away
# Yeah, I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Yeah, I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing, ah

# Quarter to four in the morning

# I ain't feeling tired,
no, no, no, no, no

# Just hold me tight
and leave on the light

# 'Cause I don't want to go home

# You put a spell on me

# I'm right where you want me to be

# You make me feel like dancing

# I'm gonna dance the night away

# You make me feel like dancing,
# I'm gonna dance the night away

# You make me feel like dancing,

# I'm gonna dance the night away

# You make feel like dancing

# You make feel like dancing
# I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Dance the night away

# Dance the night away

# Yeah, I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Whoo

# Dance the night away

# I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Dance the night away

# Dance the night away

# Yeah, I feel like dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Whoo

# Dancing
# Oh

# Oh

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo,
doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo,
# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo,
doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo,
# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo,
doo-doo
# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo,
doo-doo

# And if you'll let me stay

# We'll dance our lives away

# You make me feel like dancing

# You make me feel like dancing
# I want to dance my life away

# I want to dance my life away

# You make me feel like dancing

# I want to dance my life away. #

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

Hello.

MAN: Hello, it's me again,
John Paul Young.

I just thought I'd ring you and
remind you just one more time

that we'll be
on Countdown tomorrow night.

We meaning me, John Paul Young,
Sherbet, AC/DC,

We meaning me, John Paul Young,
Ted Mulry, Hush,

Ted Mulry, Hush,

and they all say,

"Look, Small, is she going
to be watching tomorrow night?"

Yeah, for sure. Unreal.

OK, bye.

WILBUR: Molly was settling into
his job as a roving reporter.

Well, here we are.

Welcome to Countdown in London.

Sent around the world
to get the big interviews.

Soul music, I guess that kind of
associates me with soul music.
Sent around the world
to get the big interviews.

Soul music, I guess that kind of
associates me with soul music.

And soul music is
a natural type feeling.

And soul music is
a natural type feeling.
It's something that's not taught.

It's something that's not taught.

So anyone, any person in the world

that sits down to a musical
instrument, to a canvas,

to a letter, whatever they're
doing and whatever their thing is,

and they create it naturally
without have been taught

by books and
other things, that's soul.

by books and
And I think that's what I am.

And I think that's what I am.

I'm just a...

I'm a natural.

"Piano Man," I think,
I'm a natural.

"Piano Man," I think,

"Piano Man," I think,
some people were concerned.

might have typecast me as some as
some people were concerned.

"Oh, 'Piano Man'".
some people were concerned.

"Oh, 'Piano Man'".

"Well, it's a story song,

and so that's the kind of songs
the guy does".

and so that's the kind of songs
the guy does".
When, in fact,
the rest of the album,

When, in fact,
the rest of the album,

When, in fact,
there isn't another song like that.

there isn't another song like that.

They're all different.

And "Street Life,"
which came after "Piano Man,"

was kind of a rebellion
against being typecast.

It was a whole change up in form.

And likewise, Turnstiles,
is like the title of the album,

Turnstiles.
I mean, there's...

..eight different tracks and
eight different styles of music

'cause we all like to
play different kinds of music.

Some people in the music business
might have wanted me

to do is like, "Why don't
you put out 'Piano Man Two'"?

to do is like, "Why don't
You know?

You know?

And then "Piano Man Three,"
and so forth and so on,

And then "Piano Man Three,"
and I don't want to do that

and I don't want to do that

'cause once you start imitating
and I don't want to do that

'cause once you start imitating
yourself, you're dead.

Hey, what are you
lot doing in the pool room

at six o'clock on a Sunday?
lot doing in the pool room

at six o'clock on a Sunday?

You should be home watching
Countdown.

You should be home watching
Countdown.
# Ooh, baby, stop me

# Ooh, baby, stop me

# You say that you love me. #

Put me up.

(CHEERING)

WILBUR: In '75, the Bay City Rollers

had dropped in
WILBUR: In '75, the Bay City Rollers

had dropped in
for a promotional appearance.

had dropped in
(FANS CHEERING)

(FANS CHEERING)

In 1976, the Tartan
Terrors were one of the first

In 1976, the Tartan
in a long line of international acts

in a long line of international acts

to realise the value
of performing live in Studio 31.

# I don't know what it
is that makes me love you so

# I only know
I never want to let you go

# I only know
I never want to let you go
# 'Cause you started something

# 'Cause you started something

# Can't you see?

# And ever since we met,
# Can't you see?

# And ever since we met,
you've had a hold on me

# And ever since we met,
# It happens to be true

# It happens to be true

# I only want to be with you

# It doesn't matter
where you go or what you do

# I want to spend each
moment of the day with you

# I want to spend each
moment of the day with you
# Look what has
happened with just one kiss

# Look what has
happened with just one kiss

# I never knew that I
could be in love like this

# I never knew that I
# It's crazy, but it's true

# It's crazy, but it's true

# I only want to be with you

# You stopped and smiled at me

# And asked me if I cared to dance

# I fell into your open arms

# I didn't stand a chance

# Now, listen, honey

# I just want to be
beside you everywhere
# Now, listen, honey

# I just want to be
beside you everywhere

# As long as we're together, honey,
I don't care

# 'Cause you started something
I don't care

# 'Cause you started something

# Can't you see?

# Can't you see?
# And ever since we met,
you've had a hold on me

# And ever since we met,
you've had a hold on me

# And ever since we met,
# No matter what you do

# No matter what you do

# I only want to be with you

# You stopped and smiled at me

# And asked me if I cared to dance

# I fell into your open arms

# I didn't stand a chance

# Now, listen, honey

# I just want to be
# Now, listen, honey

# I just want to be
beside you everywhere

# And as long as we're together,
honey, I don't care

# And as long as we're together,
# 'Cause I started something

# 'Cause I started something

# Can't you see?

# And ever since we met,
you've had a hold on me

# No matter what you do

# I only want to be with you

# No matter,
no matter what you do

# I only want to be with you
no matter what you do

# I only want to be with you

# I only want to be with you
# Whoo

# Whoo

# No matter, no matter what you do

# I only want to be with you

# Oh, oh, oh

# Oh, oh

# Oh, oh, oh. #

(CROWD CHEERS)

ANNOUNCER: Throughout the network of
ABC Television

on 146 stations
across Australia, this is...

CROWD: Countdown!

WILBUR: The successful Rollers tour

ensured that
glam rock remained strong here.

Its stomping beats
appearing in local hits, too.

Its stomping beats
appearing in local hits, too.
# I hate the music

# I hate the music

# 'Cause every
# I hate the music

# 'Cause every
time I hear that melody

# It just reminds me of

# The things we did together

# The way we used to be

# The way that life was better. #

There's no doubt that glam
did take some unexpected twists

and turns, raising
more than a few eyebrows.

# Johnny is a guy
who can't make up his mind
and turns, raising
more than a few eyebrows.

# Johnny is a guy
who can't make up his mind

# He says "I like it both ways"

# Johnny's world is inside out

# Johnny's world is inside out
# His daddy thinks he's insane

# His daddy thinks he's insane

# He goes out on the town

# Flashes around

# Is his mind deranged?

# Couples walk by

# He watches them all

# To him, they're all the same

# I like it both ways

# I like it
both ways

# I like it both ways
both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways
# I like it
both ways

# I like it
both ways

# When Johnny's with Julie

# He tells her she's his girl

# Says "I'll love you always"

# She got to love to find

# Within his schizophrenic mind

# Because he likes it both ways

# One day, it's a rose

# Another day, a thorn

# He just can't make the choice

# Like when he seems so hard to find

# He can't make up his mind

# Between a
high or low-pitched voice

# I like it both ways

# I like it
both ways

# I like it
both ways
# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it
# I like it both ways

# I like it
both ways

# I like it
(TELEPHONE RINGS)

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

# I like it both ways

# I like it
# I like it both ways

# I like it
both ways

(TELEPHONE RINGS)
# I like it both ways

# Johnny is a guy

# Who can't make up his mind

# Who can't make up his mind
# He says, "I like it both ways"

# He says, "I like it both ways"

# Johnny's world is inside out

# His daddy thinks he's insane

# Insane
# Insane

# Insane
# Oh, insane

# Oh, insane

(GUITAR SOLO)

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways

# I like it both ways. #

Hey, this is Phil Lynott
from Thin Lizzy,

and you're looking at Countdown
right across Australia.

WILBUR: Musical nostalgia
proved a force in 1976.

# Has anybody seen Old Sid around?

# Maybe he's
curled up on the ground

# In a park or by the sea

# Has anybody seen Old Sid?

# Has anybody seen Old Sid around? #

# Tomorrow night #

# At the Darktown Strutter's Ball. #

# At the Darktown Strutter's Ball. #
Even old dance hall tunes
were successfully repackaged

Even old dance hall tunes
were successfully repackaged

Even old dance hall tunes
and sold as pop.

and sold as pop.

(SCREAMING)

With TV show
Happy Days a global phenomenon,

audiences looked back with fondness
to the music of the '50s.

# At daydream junior high school
to the music of the '50s.

# At daydream junior high school

# We used to harmonise

# Me and Frankie and Jimmy

# Me and Frankie and Jimmy
# And some Italian guy

# And some Italian guy

# We were singing oldies

# But they were newies then

# And today when I play my old 45's

# I remember when

# We practised in a subway

# In a lobby or a hall

# Crowded in a doorway

# Singing doo-wops to the wall

# And if we went to a party

# And they wouldn't let us sing

# We'd lock ourselves in the
bathroom

# We'd lock ourselves in the
# And nobody could get in

# And nobody could get in

# 'Cause we were
# And nobody could get in

# 'Cause we were
looking for an echo

# 'Cause we were
# An answer to our sound

# An answer to our sound

# A place to be in harmony

# A place we almost found

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# And the girls
would gather 'round us

# And our heads would really swell

# We'd sing songs by The Moonglows

# We'd sing songs by The Moonglows
# The Harptones and The Dells

# The Harptones and The Dells

# And when we sang sincerely

# We really sang it high

# Even though it was falsetto

# We almost reached the sky

# We've sung a
lot of changes since 1955

# Had a lot of bad arrangements

# We've tried to harmonise

# Now we've turned into oldies

# But they were newies then

# And today when I play my old 45's

# I remember when

# We were looking for an echo
# I remember when

# We were looking for an echo

# An answer to our sound

# A place to be in harmony

# A place we almost found

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# We were looking for an echo

# An answer to our sound

# A place to be in harmony

# A place we almost found

# Ooh, ooh

# Found. #

WILBUR: Nice jacket
on the saxophone player.

(CROWD CHEERS)

Even the youngest stars of the day
seemed content to continue

the bloodline of
old time rock and roll.

I was very, very influenced
by the music of the early '60s.

I like Phil Spector and The Beatles
and The Beach Boys,

and I think that
shows in my writing.

And I, by rights, probably should've
been influenced

by Elton John and David Bowie and
the artists of the '70s,

which I was, but the '60s
and the early, real pop records

were the biggest
influence on me of all.

were the biggest
ANNOUNCER: Shaun Cassidy!

ANNOUNCER: Shaun Cassidy!

# Everybody
ANNOUNCER: Shaun Cassidy!

# Everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody, get down

# That's rock n' roll

# It's when smokin' and the heat

# Have got your heart
pounding right with the beat

# Don't try to fight it,
just get excited

# That's rock 'n' roll
# Don't try to fight it,
just get excited

# That's rock 'n' roll

# Now don't you
worry 'bout being a star

# It doesn't
matter who or what you are

# Just get the
rhythm and let it fill you

# Just get the
rhythm and let it fill you
# That's rock 'n' roll

# That's rock 'n' roll

# Well, come on, everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down

# That's rock 'n' roll

(FANS SCREAM, CHEER)

# Well, come on, everybody

# Well, come on, everybody
# Get down and get with it

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down

# That's rock 'n' roll

# And if you feel it,
clap your hands

# Let's see some
sweat for the boys in the band

# Let's see some
# Now lemme hear ya

# Now lemme hear ya

# Lemme hear ya

# That's rock 'n' roll

# Everybody get
down and get with it
# That's rock 'n' roll

# Everybody get
down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down

# Get down
# That's rock 'n' roll

# That's rock 'n' roll

You, all of you!

# Well, come on, everybody

# Get down and get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down

# Get with it

# Come on, everybody

# Get down

# That's rock 'n' roll. #

# Countdown! #

You must be sort of
the most wanted artist
# Countdown! #

You must be sort of
the most wanted artist

we've had for a long, long time,
the most wanted artist

we've had for a long, long time,

and we've finally
got you in Australia.

What's it feel like,
not to be in Australia,

What's it feel like,
not to be in Australia,
but to come such a long way with so
many hit records behind you

but to come such a long way with so
many hit records behind you

and have to
perform to such a reputation?

Well, I'd rather
talk about what it's like

being here in Australia,
and it's been fantastic.

We came into Brisbane
and did three shows.

Beautiful, beautiful,
beautiful people.

Beautiful, beautiful,
And the last three shows in Sydney.

And the last three shows in Sydney.

And now, to open
up the Moomba Festival

is a whole other tremendous
excitement for all of us

and it's part of an adventure,
you know, for all of us.

So, I'm pleased to be here
and we want to do the best show

that we can, and that's basically
why we're here.

We're here for music.
Do you enjoy still...

We're here for music.
Despite what you gentlemen think.

Despite what you gentlemen think.

But do you enjoy
Despite what you gentlemen think.

But do you enjoy
still performing live on stage?

I love it.
It's my favourite thing.

I love it.
It's fantastic.

It's fantastic.

There is nothing more to say

because Neil Diamond's
music speaks for Australia.

Thank you.
Thank you very much.

Thank you.
I'll see you again.

I'll see you again.

OK, gang.

Yes? OK.

Yes, yeah.

(SCREAMING)

WILBUR: The public found solace in
safe, traditional entertainers,

but pop music would also rely
on old-fashioned teenage lust.

# Gonna sit down and talk to myself
but pop music would also rely
on old-fashioned teenage lust.

# Gonna sit down and talk to myself

# I won't let
nobody get me off my shelf

# This time I understand

# Gonna make it
to the promised land and

# Gonna make it
# This time

# This time

# This time, gonna
head in the right direction

# This time, gonna
# In the right direction. #

# In the right direction. #

Marc Hunter got pulses racing,
# In the right direction. #

Marc Hunter got pulses racing,

Marc Hunter got pulses racing,
enjoyed plenty of success

but Countdown also
enjoyed plenty of success

with Shirl 'The Curl.'
enjoyed plenty of success

with Shirl 'The Curl.'

# Hey

# Hey
# Come back to me

# Come back to me

# Darling, you see

# I can give you all the things

# That you've wanted before

# If you will stay with me

# Yeah. #

# Baby, if your

And, of course, Marcia.
# Baby, if your

And, of course, Marcia.

# New love ever turns you down

# New love ever turns you down
# Come back

# Come back

# I will be around

# Just waiting for you

# I don't know what else to do. #

And speaking of
old fashioned teenage lust...

(CHEERING, SCREAMING)
And speaking of
old fashioned teenage lust...

(CHEERING, SCREAMING)

# If you've ever been lonely

# Then you'll understand

# Why I treasure
every smile you show me

# Why I treasure
# And every touch of your ha-and

# And every touch of your ha-and

# Well, I've
# And every touch of your ha-and

# Well, I've
been waiting a long time

# Well, I've
# For a girl like you

# For a girl like you

# Oh, and maybe
this will be the right time

# Oh, and maybe
# For all my dreams to come true

# For all my dreams to come true

# I wanna make you my lady

# Make you my lady

# Love is so hard to find, girl

# I wanna make you my lady

# I wanna make you my lady
# Take you, my lady

# Take you, my lady

# Then you'll be forever mine, girl

# Do you think I'm pretending?

# Do you think I'd lie, lady?

# Oh, it could be never-ending

# If you'll give it a try

# I wanna make you my lady

# Make you my lady

# Love is so hard to find, girl

# I wanna make you my lady

# Take you, my lady

# Then you'll be forever mine, girl

# Gonna fly over a rainbow

# Gonna find a
heaven on earth we can share

# Gonna find a
# Paradise is not far away, so

# Paradise is not far away, so

# Just show me you care

# And I'll take you there

# I wanna make you my lady

# Take you my lady

# Love is so hard to find, girl

# I wanna make you my lady

# Take you my lady

# I'm gonna make you my lady

# Take you my lady

# Love is so hard to find, girl

# Love is so hard to find, girl
# I wanna make you my lady

# I wanna make you my lady

# Take you my lady

# Then you'll be forever mine. #

(SCREAMING, CHEERING)

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

Hello?

MAN: Hello.
(BEEPS)

MAN: Hello.
Oh, sorry, I'm...

Oh, sorry, I'm...

Daryl Braithwaite
from Sherbet?

Now coming to you live from Perth.

Listen, tonight is the night

'cause Countdown starts back on the
airwaves again, television waves.

'cause Countdown starts back on the
Yeah, I watched it all last year.

Yeah, I watched it all last year.

It's a great show with ourselves,
Yeah, I watched it all last year.

It's a great show with ourselves,
because we're on it.

We've got John Paul Young,
Ted Mulry, AC/DC,

and a host of other good people who
worked with me last year.

About a year it was, and you're
gonna help make this year great.

What are you doing after tonight?

Switch the old channels
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)...

Switch the old channels
Unreal. Yeah, I will.

Unreal. Yeah, I will.

OK, bye.

WILBUR: In the US, West Coast
rock was reaching its zenith.

In '76, Hotel California won the
Grammy for album of the year.

Back home, Jon English had a big hit
with a very different song

Back home, Jon English had a big hit
about a hotel in California.

about a hotel in California.

# She came in one night from Omaha
about a hotel in California.

# She came in one night from Omaha

# Worn out

# Worn out
# 'Cause she never
could sleep on trains

# 'Cause she never
could sleep on trains

# She took the bus to Hollywood

# Lookin' for a
room in the pouring rain

# With her hair so
blonde and her eyes so brown

# With her hair so
# She thought she'd take this town

# She thought she'd take this town

# And turn it upside down

# But I was living
in a hotel just off Sunset

# She moved in across the hall

# And she said
she'd be a movie star

# And waited
every morning for a call

# So I asked her
in to share a drink

# So I asked her
in to share a drink
# But she hardly had the time

# But she hardly had the time

# A call might come tomorrow

# She had to learn her lines

# On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent

# 'Til your name goes up in
lights

# Whoa, Hollywood Seven

# You can dream your dream

# For seven bucks a night

# Well, the
months went by without a job

# The money that
she saved was nearly spent

# So she started
bringing strangers home

# Trying to find
a way to pay the rent
# So she started
bringing strangers home

# Trying to find
a way to pay the rent

# Well, she'd sit
down and drink my coffee

# With nothin' much to say
down and drink my coffee

# With nothin' much to say

# With nothin' much to say
# Just busy
rehearsing in her mind

# Just busy
rehearsing in her mind

# Just busy
# The scene she'd never play

# The scene she'd never play

# On Hollywood Seven, rooms to rent

# 'Til your name goes up in lights

# Oh, Hollywood Seven

# You can dream your dreams

# For seven bucks a night

# Well, I found
her there one morning

# When she didn't come
for coffee when I called

# She'd gone and brought
the wrong one home this time

# There were crazy lipstick
marks all over the wall

# Now she's goin' back to Omaha

# But not the way she'd planned

# There'll be no
# But not the way she'd planned

# There'll be no
crowd to cheer her on

# There'll be no
# No welcome home, no band

# No welcome home, no band

# On Hollywood Seven

# Rooms to rent

# 'Til your name goes up in lights

# Oh, Hollywood Seven

# You can dream your dreams

# For seven bucks a night

# On Hollywood Seven

# Dreams to rent

# 'Til your name goes up in lights

# Oh, Hollywood Seven

# You can pay your dues

# For seven bucks a night. #

(CHEERING)

Of course, some narrative
songs have pathos and tragedy.

Others are just
songs about cars and girls.

# Jump in my car

# I want to take you home

# Mm, jump in my car

# It's too far to walk on your own

# No, thank you, sir

# Ah, come on,
I'm a trustworthy guy

# Ah, come on,
# No, thank you, sir

# No, thank you, sir

# Oh, little girl,
I wouldn't tell you no lie

# Oh, little girl,
# I know your game

# I know your game

# How can you say that?
# I know your game

# How can you say that?
We only just met

# How can you say that?
# You're all the same

# You're all the same

# Ooh, she's got me there,
but I'll get her yet

# Ooh, she's got me there,
# I got you there

# I got you there

# No, you didn't,
I was catching my breath

# And look, it's starting to rain

# And baby, you'll catch your death

# Well, I don't know

# Ah, come on,
it costs nothing to try

# And you'll
arrive home nice and dry

# Mm-mm

# Jump in my car

# I want to take you home

# Come on, jump in my car

# It's too far to walk on your own

(GUITAR SOLO)

# Mm-mm, jump in my car

# I want to take you home

# Come on, jump in my car

# It's too far
to walk on your ow-own

# Well, maybe I will

# Ah, that's better
Now you're talking sense

# Jeepers, keep still
# Ah, that's better
Now you're talking sense

# Jeepers, keep still

# Well, if you like,
I'll just put up a fence

# No need to get smart
I'll just put up a fence

# No need to get smart

# No need to get smart
we'll soon be on our way

# Well, alright,
we'll soon be on our way

# We better start
we'll soon be on our way

# We better start

# We better start
# What for?

# What for?

# Because it's such a long way
# What for?

# Because it's such a long way

# Because it's such a long way
# Well, why, where do you live?

# Well, why, where do you live?

# I live down south

# It's roughly 84 miles

# Hey, slow down

# You must be joking
there behind that cute smile

# Oh, no, I'm not

# Well, if you're not,
# Oh, no, I'm not

# Well, if you're not,
there's only one thing to say

# Well, if you're not,
# And what's that?

# And what's that?

# Get out the car

# Get on your way
# Get out the car

# Get on your way

# Get on your way
# Get out of my car

# Get out of my car

# But you just
said that you'd take me home
# Get out of my car

# But you just
said that you'd take me home

# Well, if it's not too far
said that you'd take me home

# Well, if it's not too far

# But there's no way
that I can get there alone

# I couldn't care less
that I can get there alone

# I couldn't care less

# I couldn't care less
could see you next week

# Well, maybe I
could see you next week

# But you look a mess

# Well, look who's talking
You got no right to speak

# Well, look who's talking
You got no right to speak
# Get out of my car

# Get out of my car

# You told me that
you were a really nice guy

# Well, I ain't

# Well, yeah,
get out of my car, yeah

# Well, yeah,
# Get out, get out of my car. #

# Get out, get out of my car. #

(CHEERING)

# Countdown! #

# Countdown! #
Uh, the Bay City Rollers
have had a lot of caning

Uh, the Bay City Rollers
have had a lot of caning

Uh, the Bay City Rollers
over the last two years,

over the last two years,

and a lot of people
are spreading it around

that they don't play
their own instruments.

Wrong, they do.

They write a lot
of their own songs.

They write a lot
Now, they're very young musicians.

Now, they're very young musicians.

They aren't in the class, of course,
like Supertramp or ELO

or Led Zeppelin or any
of the groups like that,

but they are very young and
they've got a long way to go.

but they are very young and
But I tell you what,

But I tell you what,

with the song writing
ability of both Woody and Eric,

I think they're going
to prove a lot of people wrong

over the next
couple of years, alright?

over the next
OK, now, just tell us again

OK, now, just tell us again

what you think of "Yesterday's
Hero" by the Bay City Rollers.

I think it's quite...
what you think of "Yesterday's
Hero" by the Bay City Rollers.

I think it's quite...

it's quite good,
but it could've been better.

OK.

'Cause they've done better things.

'Cause they've done better things.
Well, this is a prediction
for us, at the moment.

Well, this is a prediction
for us, at the moment.

Alright.
Alright.

We all know what your taste is.
(CHUCKLES)

When can we expect...

I know with this album selling and
selling and selling,

I know with this album selling and
why bother writing music?

why bother writing music?

When are you going to do a new one?

We're doing a new one in January and
February, Molly.
When are you going to do a new one?

We're doing a new one in January and
February, Molly.

It'll be out
about the 1st of April.

It'll be called
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'.

It'll be called
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'.
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'?
Yeah,

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'?
Yeah,

and that's what you'll
be, too, if you don't play it.

Oh, yes, OK.

I'll hit you so hard in the head,

you'll have to open your
fly to see where you're going.

Now, Squeak.
Yes.

Are you gonna
behave yourself today?

No way.

I see, alright.
We'll just look forward to that.

No way.
Now, number 15 of the...the...

No way.
Oh!

Oh!

See how they can do that?

That's ridiculous, isn't it?

I mean, look,

I live in terror what they're liable
to do to me next week.

I live in terror what they're liable
(EXPLOSION)

(EXPLOSION)

(GASPS)

Heavens forbid!

And the number one...

What's...what's that?

Well, this is a present for
you from the staff at the ABC.

Thanks.
They're getting desperate.

There's a very nice
note on there for you.

I bet, yes.
It's a nice note.

I bet, yes.
These were used before.

These were used before.

They weren't.

They were.

Look, some poor
They were.

Look, some poor
nun has gone blind making them.

I can see Mark
Holden's sweat on there!

(CHUCKLES)
Good heavens.

Have you...read the note, mate.
Come on.

Have you...read the note, mate.
I'm gonna read the note.

I'm gonna read the note.

"Return to props after use".
I'm gonna read the note.

"Return to props after use".
(CHUCKLES)

A little bit of Hush, please,
sweetheart.

Nice one, huh? Great.

I know!

# What's your dilemma?
I know!

# What's your dilemma?

# Won't you please tell me, Emma?

# I don't wanna lay you down

# Sometimes it's hard to bend

# Turn around,
you better start all over again

# Please tell me, Emma

# Don't get excited

# You'll be invited. #

WILBUR: As Aussie bands became
regular fixtures in the charts,

we cheered for
their overseas success as well.

You arrive in London,

and in America, the album
sold number 73 on the chart.

Well, America's
where we're confident.
and in America, the album
sold number 73 on the chart.

Well, America's
where we're confident.

I don't know about here because you
know what England's like.

They either like you
or they don't like you.

When are you back in Australia?
December?

DEREK: Christmas.
Early December.

DEREK: Christmas.
Early December.
Yeah.
Christmas time.

Yeah.
Christmas time.

I found some diamonds, dear.
They're beautiful.

See you soon.
Say goodbye.

Bye-bye, Cathy.
Bye-bye.

Bye-bye, Cathy.
I'm gonna go now.

I'm gonna go now.

Sweet little girl...
I'm gonna go now.

Sweet little girl...

And when a local act did succeed

in breaking
the tyranny of distance...

Yes.

Yes.
..we felt like we'd all succeeded.

..we felt like we'd all succeeded.

Yeah.

This is Air Supply with a song

that's taken a
long time to get up there,

but it's "Love And Other Bruises."

Fantastic.
(CHEERING)

# As the time
slips through your fingers

# 'Til it's almost time to go

# And the morning breaks between us

# And the ice melts into snow

# I'm alright loving you

# I'm alright loving you

# Love and other bruises

# Didn't have to choose us

# But it did and I'm alive

# And I'm trying to survive

# Love and other bruises

# Makes us all good losers

# I can't help it, talking loud

# It's because I'm on a cloud

# Won't you please take me home?

# Won't you please,
please take me home?

# I'm so mixed up over you

# I don't want to be alone

# I'm alright loving you

# I'm alright loving you...

# Love and other bruises

# Didn't have to choose us

# But it did and I'm alive

# And I'm trying to survive

# Love and other bruises

# Makes us all good losers

# I can't help it, talking loud

# It's because I'm on a cloud

# Love and other bruises
# It's because I'm on a cloud

# Love and other bruises

# Makes us all good losers

# I can't help it, talking loud

# I can't help it, talking loud
# It's because I'm on a cloud

# It's because I'm on a cloud

# Love and other bruises

# Makes us all good losers

# I can't help it, talking loud

# It's because... #

# I want to end it

# Mama

# Open up

# I'm coming back in

# I don't like
it out here no more
# I'm coming back in

# I don't like
it out here no more

# Mama, open up
it out here no more

# Mama, open up

# Mama, open up
# I'm coming back in

# I'm coming back in

# I don't like
it out here no more. #

By the end of '76, there were more
rumblings in the music industry.

Another explosion was about to
happen, this one in the UK.

Australian musicians would become
trailblazers in new genres,

Australian musicians would become
such as punk and new wave.

such as punk and new wave.

Rather than looking to the past,

it looked like the year ahead would
be one for ringing the changes.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello?

MAN: Oh, hello.

This is John Paul Young.

I just thought I'd
ring you to let you know

that Countdown's gonna be on next
Sunday, the 7th of March,

and it's gonna be compering the show
with Sherbet.

We'll have Sherbet on the
show, AC/DC, Ted Mulry, Hush,

We'll have Sherbet on the
and lots of other people.

and lots of other people.

So, why don't you
watch on the 7th of March?

Countdown on the ABC.

Unreal.
Yeah, I'll be watching.

Unreal.
OK, bye.

OK, bye.

# Countdown! #

# She's too hot
# Countdown! #

# She's too hot

# Too hot to touch

# Ooh

# Too hot to love. #

WILBUR: Although the
singles of local acts got close,

1976 was pretty
much a two horse race.
WILBUR: Although the
singles of local acts got close,

1976 was pretty
much a two horse race.

At the start of the year,
much a two horse race.

At the start of the year,

"Bohemian Rhapsody"
had the public entranced.

"Bohemian Rhapsody"
had the public entranced.
MOLLY: It was "Bohemian Rhapsody,"
and A Night at the Opera.

MOLLY: It was "Bohemian Rhapsody,"
and A Night at the Opera.

I mean, that was
the absolute breaker.

It got us to a very different area.

I mean, the cross section of the
public then were so different.

I mean, the cross section of the
I mean, we were...then suddenly...

I mean, we were...then suddenly...

..we suddenly realised we were
I mean, we were...then suddenly...

..we suddenly realised we were
playing to mums and dads.

..we suddenly realised we were
And then there was that ABBA song.

And then there was that ABBA song.

Oh, it's a new...
And then there was that ABBA song.

Oh, it's a new...

..brand-new song which
is called "Fernando."

And I'm singing the lead
vocals together with Anna,

And I'm singing the lead
and Bjorn and Ben, of course.

and Bjorn and Ben, of course.

Australian expat, Noosha Fox, had
the number one "S-S-S-Single Bed,"
and Bjorn and Ben, of course.

Australian expat, Noosha Fox, had
the number one "S-S-S-Single Bed,"

for three weeks.
the number one "S-S-S-Single Bed,"

for three weeks.

for three weeks.
MOLLY: When did you really
first know about the fact

MOLLY: When did you really
first know about the fact

that "Single Bed" was, in
fact, a giant hit in Australia?

Well, first of all,
someone went to me,

a friend of mine went to me from
Australia and said, you know,

"This record's really
getting airplay there."

"People are
starting to listen to it."

"We saw you on Countdown."

And then the next
thing I knew, you know,

the record company telephoned me and
said, "It's number one."

But the local song
for which we remember 1976

is Sherbet's
cricket catchphrase song,

number one for a month, "Howzat."
cricket catchphrase song,

number one for a month, "Howzat."

# You told me I was the one

# The only one
who got your head undone

# And for a while,
I believed the line that you spun

# But I've been looking at you

# Looking closely
at the things you do

# I didn't see you
the way you wanted me to

# How
# How

# Howzat

# You messed about

# I caught you out

# Howzat
# I caught you out

# Howzat

# Now that I found where you're at

# It's goodbye

# Well, howzat?

# It's goodbye...

# You only came for a smile

# Even though
you're really not my style

# I didn't think
that you'd run me 'round

# I didn't think
# Like you do

# Like you do

# How
# How

# Howzat

# You messed about

# I caught you out

# Howzat
# I caught you out

# Howzat

# Now that I found where you're at

# It's goodbye

# Well, howzat?

# It's goodbye

# It's goodbye
# Oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah
# Oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah

(GUITAR SOLO)

# Well, I've been looking at you

# I'll tell you what I see

# I'll tell you what I see
# Looking closely
at the things you do

# Looking closely
at the things you do

# Looking closely
# No, you can't fool me

# No, you can't fool me

# I didn't see it
the way you wanted me to

# How
# How

# How
# Howzat

# Howzat

# You messed about

# I caught you out

# Howzat

# Now that I
found where you're at

# Now that I
# It's goodbye...

# It's goodbye...

# Howzat

# You messed about

# I caught you out

# Howzat

# Now that I found where you're at

# It's goodbye

# Well, howzat

# Goodbye

# Oh, yeah

# Ooh, yeah

# Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
goodbye, goodbye

# Good...
goodbye, goodbye

# Good...

# Bye. #

(ALL LAUGH)

# It's a long way to the top
if you want to rock and roll! #

MOLLY: This could
only happen on Countdown.

Come home with me!
only happen on Countdown.

Come home with me!

WILBUR: Visit the
Classic Countdown website

for more pictures, interviews, and
behind the scenes information.