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Hello. We're the Police.
And you're watching...
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Oh, Countdown '81.
(LAUGHTER)
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♪ Countdown, Countdown
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♪ Countdown, Countdown
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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to
Classic Countdown, 1981.
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♪ Countdown! ♪
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NARRATOR: By 1981,
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the end-of-the-decade angst
had dissolved.
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It seemed it would be
all downhill skiing from here.
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Movie star Ronald Reagan
was sworn in as US President.
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Charles and Di got married.
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The flags were waved,
the bouquets were presented,
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and the glasses were raised.
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We had some very good
Hunter Valley wines
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last night for dinner
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in New South... in Sydney.
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And you can see
the results of that now.
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(LAUGHTER)
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New technologies had us all excited.
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In 1981, Donkey Kong
threw his first barrels at Mario,
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the first space shuttle
was launched,
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and the first DeLorean
rolled off the production line.
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In other breakthroughs,
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the first underarm ball
was delivered.
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MAN: I said it was
the most disgusting episode
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that I could recall
in the history of cricket,
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a game which used to be
played by gentlemen.
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(SINGS INDISTINCTLY)
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In music, disco had faltered,
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and it looked like rock music
was making a comeback,
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although the boundaries
were certainly being pushed.
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♪ Up for grabs, up for grabs
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♪ Lady Di is here
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♪ Up for grabs, up for grabs
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♪ I heard it on the air... ♪
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For more adventurous types,
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it was time to crank up
the computer
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and time to don
the old flowerpot hat.
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Hello. We. Are. Devo.
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And you are watching Countdown
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on ABC Television.
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Young folk were ready
to strut their stuff,
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and the best place to turn it
loose was on Countdown.
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And it seemed
everyone wanted a gig...
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♪ My baby
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♪ Takes the morning train
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♪ He works from nine till five
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♪ And then
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♪ He takes another home again... ♪
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From the big international
acts...
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♪ Waiting for him... ♪
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Change key.
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The big local acts...
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♪ I love to have a beer with
Molly
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♪ I love to have a beer with Mel
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♪ We drink in moderation
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♪ And scotch on the rocks
and beer go well
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♪ We drink at the
Town and Country
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♪ Where the atmosphere is great
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♪ I love to have a beer with Molly
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♪ Because Meldrum's me mate. ♪
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Hey!
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Even the winners of Eurovision
made an appearance.
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♪ And then you got to slow it down
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♪ Slow it down
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♪ 'Cause if you believe
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♪ That our love can hit the top
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♪ You got to play around
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♪ But soon you will find
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♪ That there comes a time
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♪ For making your mind up... ♪
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MTV was still years away,
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and the internet
was the stuff of science fiction.
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In 1981,
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Countdown was entering
its golden years.
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♪ In coats of many colour
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♪ Reptile man drop
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♪ Stay below it, stay below it
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♪ Stay below it, stay below it
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♪ Temperature drop
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♪ America's a boyfriend
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♪ Untouched by flesh of hand
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♪ Heartbeat under, heartbeat under
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♪ Heartbeat under,
heartbeat under
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♪ Some promised land
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song
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♪ On and on and
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♪ On and on and
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♪ Flesh of heart
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♪ Heart of steel
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♪ So well, so well
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♪ I cut my hair
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♪ Paint my face
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♪ Break a finger
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♪ Tell a lie
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♪ So well, so well
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♪ America's a boyfriend
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♪ Untouched by flesh of hand
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♪ Stay below it, stay below
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♪ In glory days that come and go
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♪ Some promised land
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song
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♪ And on and on and
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♪ On and on and
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♪ On and on and
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♪ Stay below
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♪ Shout below
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♪ Flesh of heart
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♪ Heart of steel
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♪ Flesh of heart
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♪ Heart of steel
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♪ Flesh of heart
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♪ Heart of steel
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♪ Flesh of heart
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♪ Heart of steel
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♪ Love song
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♪ Love song... ♪
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I don't think
I've ever seen a rock show
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that has more music
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jammed into the period of time,
you know.
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And also the interview aspect,
the co-host thing, that's nice.
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♪ Honey, I'm breakin' up
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♪ Now that we ain't makin' up
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♪ Just got to pull myself
together. ♪
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For overseas acts,
a Countdown performance
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was the quickest way
to the hearts of Australia.
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Oh, got to pull myself together.
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1981 found room
for some of the biggest names.
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♪ Little girl, don't you worry
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♪ Every day,
I see we're gonna make it
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♪ There is no need to hurry
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♪ We're in love
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♪ That's why
we're gonna make it... ♪
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Some unexpected success stories.
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♪ I am a one in 10
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♪ A number on a list
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♪ I am a one in 10
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♪ Even though I don't exist... ♪
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A one-hit wonder or two.
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♪ Bay-ay-ay-by
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♪ Just call me
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♪ Angel of the morning
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♪ Angel
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♪ Just touch my cheek
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♪ Before you leave me
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♪ Baby... ♪
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And the occasional
perfect collision
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of photogenic star
and unforgettable song.
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♪ Looking out a dirty old window
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♪ Down below, the cars in the city
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♪ Go rushing by
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♪ I sit here alone
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♪ And I wonder why
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♪ Friday night
and everyone's moving
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♪ I can feel the heat,
but it's soothing
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♪ Heading down
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♪ I search for the beat
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♪ In this dirty town
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♪ Downtown the young ones
are going
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♪ Downtown
the young ones are growing
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♪ We're the kids in America
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♪ Whoa
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♪ We're the kids in America
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♪ Whoa
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♪ Everybody live
for the music-go-round
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♪ Bright lights
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♪ The music gets faster
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♪ Look, boy,
don't check on your watch
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♪ Not another glance
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♪ I'm not leaving now, honey
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♪ Not a chance
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♪ Hotshot, give me no problems
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♪ Much later, baby
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♪ You'll be saying never mind
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♪ You know life is cruel
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♪ Life is never kind
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♪ Kind hearts
don't make a new story
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♪ Kind hearts
don't grab any glory
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♪ We're the kids in America
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♪ Whoa
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♪ We're the kids in America
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♪ Whoa
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♪ Everybody live
for the music-go-round
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♪ La, la, la, la-la, la-la
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♪ La, la, la, la, la, la
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♪ La, la, la, la-la, la-la
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♪ La, la, la, la, la, la
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♪ Come closer, honey, that's better
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♪ Got to get
a brand-new experience
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♪ Feeling right
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♪ Oh, don't try to stop
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♪ Baby, hold me tight
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♪ Outside a new day is dawning
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♪ Outside suburbia's
sprawling everywhere
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♪ I don't want to go, baby
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♪ New York to east California
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♪ There's a new wave coming
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♪ I warn ya
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♪ We're the kids in America
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♪ Whoa
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♪ We're the kids in America
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♪ Whoa
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♪ Everybody lives
for the music-go-round
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♪ La, la, la, la-la, la-la
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♪ La, la, la, la, la, la
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♪ La, la, la, la-la, la-la
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♪ La, la, la, la, la, la... ♪
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(ALL WHISTLE)
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ALL: Hi. We're four-sevenths of
Madness in London.
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And we're premiering on, uh...
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Countdown.
Countdown. That's the one.
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That was an ID.
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♪ Countdown! ♪
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The early '80s brought us
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a renaissance in local music.
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♪ That's the lowdown
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♪ Yeah
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♪ That's the showdown
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♪ Yeah
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♪ That's the breakdown
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♪ Yeah
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♪ That's a run, run, run,
run-around
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♪ Yeah
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♪ That's a lowdown
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♪ Shakedown, calm down
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♪ Fall down, shakedown
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♪ Lowdown... ♪
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The pubs were bursting with talent,
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and a new army of local bands
queued up to get on the show.
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♪ Sweat upon the brow
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ Stay young
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♪ Just this once
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♪ I want
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♪ To be good value
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♪ I want
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♪ To see in the dark
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♪ I want to win
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♪ With you... ♪
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With the help of Countdown,
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many of those hardworking acts
would make the big leap.
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♪ Travelling in a fried-out
Kombi
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♪ On a hippie trail
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♪ Head full of zombie
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♪ I met a strange lady
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♪ She made me nervous
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♪ She took me in
and gave me breakfast
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♪ And she said
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♪ Do you come
from a land down under
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♪ Where women glow and men plunder?
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♪ Can't you hear,
can't you hear the thunder?
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♪ You better run
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♪ You better take cover
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♪ Buying bread
from a man in Brussels
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♪ He was six foot four
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♪ And full of muscle
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♪ I said, do you speak my
language?
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♪ He just smiled
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♪ And gave me a Vegemite
sandwich
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♪ And he said
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♪ I come from a land down under
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♪ Where beer does flow
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♪ And men chunder
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♪ Can't you hear
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♪ Can't you hear the thunder?
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♪ You better run
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♪ You better take cover
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♪ Yeah
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♪ Lying in a den in Bombay
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♪ With a slack jaw
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♪ And not much to say
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♪ I said to the man
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♪ Are you trying to tempt me?
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♪ Because I come
from the land of plenty
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♪ And he said
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♪ Do you come
from a land down under?
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♪ Oh, yeah, yeah
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♪ Where women glow and men plunder
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♪ Can't you hear
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♪ Can't you hear the thunder?
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♪ Ah
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♪ You better run
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♪ You better take cover
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♪ 'Cause we are livin' in a land
down under
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♪ Where women glow and men plunder
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♪ Yeah... ♪
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Countdown continued to revel
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in the stories of
Australian music.
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As soon as we had
the title "Hells Bells,"
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Malcolm said...
'cause Malcolm's one for realism.
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He said, "We want a bell."
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(LAUGHS)
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So we sent our road crew out,
300
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and our road crew
are notorious thieves.
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So, they tried to thieve...
(BOTH LAUGH)
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There was a rumour
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that there was about 36 bells
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in one church.
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(LAUGHS) In Loughborough.
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So, they got up there,
and they tried,
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but, you know, the attempt failed.
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So, they eventually
came across one.
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And I still don't know
if they bought it or stole it.
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MAN: It's rolling.
Great.
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Hello.
This is Brian Johnson from AC/DC.
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And you're watching Countdown '81
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right across Australia.
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See you... (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
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(LAUGHS)
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Fuck. I couldn't... (LAUGHS)
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(BOTH LAUGH)
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♪ If the chemistry is right
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♪ If the chemistry
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♪ Is there... ♪
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If you had a great song,
you could get the gig.
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♪ If the chemistry
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♪ Is there... ♪
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It didn't matter
if you were a Daddy Cool singer
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having a comeback...
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or a raw and innovative new band.
327
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♪ Who put the writing
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♪ On the walls?
329
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♪ Who fights and runs away?
330
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♪ The minutes and the hours
331
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♪ Pass in tracing out the days
332
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♪ The days and nights
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♪ Drag into years
334
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♪ And no-one ever knows
335
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♪ Oh, and I don't mind the walls
336
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♪ Oh, and I don't mind the walls
337
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♪ I don't mind the walls... ♪
338
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Countdown was a place
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you could show the whole country
how good you really were.
340
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♪ I am through with hanging 'round
341
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♪ All the boys in town
342
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♪ Now I want a man around
343
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♪ Get me out of here
344
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♪ I am just a red brassiere
345
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♪ To all the boys in town
346
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♪ Put this bus in top gear
347
00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,880
♪ Get me out of here
348
00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,920
♪ I must have been desperate
349
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♪ I must have been pretty low
350
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♪ I must have been desperate
351
00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,320
♪ I must have been pretty low
352
00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,320
♪ I was always driving home
353
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♪ All the boys in town
354
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♪ But they never telephoned
355
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♪ Get me out of here
356
00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,360
♪ I think they're pretty phony
357
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:07,239
♪ You're not like the rest
358
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♪ You've heard of matrimony
359
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♪ They've all flunked the test
360
00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,360
♪ I must have been desperate
361
00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:18,480
♪ I must have been pretty low
362
00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,360
♪ I must have been desperate
363
00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,240
♪ I must have been pretty slow
364
00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,959
♪ Ooh, I'm tired
365
00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,999
♪ Ooh, I'm wired
366
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,999
♪ Ooh, I'm tired
367
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,999
♪ Ooh, I'm wired
368
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000
♪ Ah
369
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♪ Too much too young
370
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,120
♪ Too much too young
371
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♪ Too much too young
372
00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,399
♪ Too much too young
373
00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,239
♪ Get me out of here
374
00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,439
♪ Too much too young
375
00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,119
♪ Get me out of here
376
00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:32,319
♪ Too much too young
377
00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,159
♪ Get me out of here
378
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,359
♪ Too much too young
379
00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,159
♪ Get me out of here
380
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,319
♪ Too much too young
381
00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,159
♪ Get me out of here
382
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,439
♪ Too much too young
383
00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,199
♪ Get me out of here
384
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,359
♪ Too much too young
385
00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,239
♪ Get me out of here
386
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,439
♪ Too much too young
387
00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,000
♪ Get me out of here. ♪
388
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(ITALIAN MUSIC PLAYS)
(HUMS)
389
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♪ What's a-matter you... ♪
390
00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:05,799
Hey, everybody.
391
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,839
If you just tuned in, I'm Giuseppe.
392
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,519
You missed my song
and all a-bunch of good stuff.
393
00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,879
But we got more to come.
394
00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,959
Upstart locals
395
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,559
continued to wedge themselves
into the host seat.
396
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,079
Hi. Welcome to Countdown.
397
00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,080
Think of this.
What?
398
00:20:19,081 --> 00:20:20,239
Australian.
Yeah.
399
00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:21,399
Blonde.
Uh-huh.
400
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,679
Beautiful.
Yes.
401
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,959
36-24-36,
402
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,639
with a voice to match.
That's a lumpy voice.
403
00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,559
That, with the exception
404
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,079
of Rose Tattoo and AC/DC,
405
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,639
both fine Australian bands,
406
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,159
is documented evidence
407
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,719
that there are dinosaurs
alive and living.
408
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,119
We got a band from Sydney
409
00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,879
called the Church.
410
00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,599
Here they are
with their new single,
411
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,279
"The Unguarded Moment."
412
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,280
(APPLAUSE)
413
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,760
♪ So hard
414
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,080
♪ Finding inspiration
415
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,680
♪ I knew you'd find me crying
416
00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,239
♪ Tell those girls
417
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,519
♪ With rifles for minds
418
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,760
♪ That their jokes
419
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,240
♪ Don't make me laugh
420
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,759
♪ They only make me feel like dying
421
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,600
♪ In an unguarded moment
422
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,240
♪ So long
423
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,640
♪ Long between mirages
424
00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,200
♪ I knew you'd find me drinking
425
00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:03,239
♪ Tell those men
with horses for hearts
426
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,319
♪ That their jibes
427
00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:06,760
♪ Don't make me bleed
428
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,399
♪ They only make me feel
429
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,199
♪ Like shrinking
430
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,080
♪ In an unguarded moment
431
00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:53,520
♪ So deep
432
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,920
♪ Deep without a meaning
433
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,680
♪ I knew you'd find me leaving
434
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,119
♪ Tell those friends
435
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,359
♪ With cameras for eyes
436
00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,559
♪ That their hands
437
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,240
♪ Don't make me hang
438
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,479
♪ They only make me feel
like breathing
439
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,919
♪ In an unguarded moment
440
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,399
♪ In an unguarded moment
441
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,400
♪ In an unguarded moment
442
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,840
♪ In an unguarded moment
443
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,840
♪ In an unguarded moment
444
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,880
♪ In an unguarded moment
445
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,279
♪ In an unguarded moment
446
00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,599
♪ In an unguarded moment
447
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,039
♪ In an unguarded moment
448
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,479
♪ In an unguarded moment
449
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,480
♪ In an unguarded moment. ♪
450
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,560
(CHEERING)
451
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,959
That was The Church
452
00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,639
with a song called
"The Unguarded Moment."
453
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,199
I'd like to thank everyone
that's bought a copy of that,
454
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,039
all two of you.
455
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,079
Next up, we've got...
456
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,359
No, not next up. Next up...
457
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:10,999
Still to come,
we've got the Ultravox feature,
458
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,719
the interview in London.
459
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,839
No, the kid's right.
Ultravox is definitely next.
460
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,959
The first thing that happened
461
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,279
in '77 when the punk thing emerged
462
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,119
was there was meant to be no rules,
463
00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,559
and you do exactly you want.
464
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,039
But that was rubbish, because,
you know, the first rule was,
465
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,519
you had to be stereotyped,
you had to look like a punk,
466
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,519
you had to sound like a punk,
so that was really limited.
467
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,919
Now all that's dead and gone,
468
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,599
all these bands,
all these musicians
469
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,559
who were holding themselves back
to be part of a fashion
470
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,399
have now emerged.
471
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,399
They're writing really good music.
472
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:42,999
There's a lot of really good
new bands about.
473
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,479
♪ I tried to contact you
474
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,960
♪ In my designing
475
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,399
♪ No word from China
476
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,000
♪ She had to go
477
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,719
♪ No word from China
478
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,159
♪ No sign from the keeper
479
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,599
♪ I tried to sleep
480
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,240
♪ Excuses of mine... ♪
481
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,479
With punk and disco
belonging to the '70s,
482
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,239
young bands
were finding the confidence
483
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,719
to take popular music
in completely new directions.
484
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:15,720
MOLLY: It's amazing.
485
00:26:15,721 --> 00:26:17,599
Every year, it seems to change
now, you know?
486
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,759
I mean, it's sort of like
last year's model's out of date.
487
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,519
It's always moving about,
all the time.
488
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,839
It's a good point
that you talk about there,
489
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,999
because there are a lot of
things that come about.
490
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,239
Like, suddenly, there was punk.
Suddenly, there was 2 Tone.
491
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,519
Suddenly, there was this and that.
492
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,599
And they're like set fashions
that are finished in a few...
493
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,599
let's say a year at the most.
494
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,600
There's a big difference
495
00:26:36,601 --> 00:26:38,039
to the kind of scene
that we're involved in
496
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,399
in that it's always been there.
497
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,959
The attitude that people have
498
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:42,559
who buy our records
and enjoy our kind of music,
499
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,679
it's always been there.
500
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,079
There's always been
kids going to clubs
501
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,080
and kids who want to look good.
502
00:26:46,081 --> 00:26:47,759
The only thing is,
it's just... it's never
503
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,359
come to the surface in rock music,
504
00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:51,279
'cause there's never been
a group in England
505
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,559
who's related to those people.
506
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,799
But now, suddenly, there is.
507
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,519
Alright, now, how hard is it
for a young group
508
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,919
to sort of get a record contract
in England?
509
00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,799
We were lucky
in that we were seen to be
510
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,439
hopping on a bandwagon, seemingly,
511
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,079
that everybody was after.
512
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:06,159
And that same thing happened
513
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,439
with the punk movement in '77, '78.
514
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,520
I think the record companies
will clutch at anything.
515
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,879
With no disrespect to EMI,
'cause we're one of the best.
516
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,999
But I think they will.
517
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,199
If you're in the right place,
518
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,479
in the right place
at the right time,
519
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,719
I think it can be very easy,
actually.
520
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,959
The way you write songs...
I mean, your lyrics...
521
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,399
Well, I mean, they're very different
522
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,199
from a lot of other songs around,
you know?
523
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,399
I mean, where do
you and how do you
524
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,719
sort of get the concept
of your songs?
525
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,240
Oh, all different places.
Right.
526
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:39,759
Movies.
527
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,359
For this last record,
I got a lot of ideas
528
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,439
from listening to evangelists
on the radio here.
529
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,159
There's an awful lot
of religious stations
530
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,159
in the States at the moment.
Right, especially on Sundays.
531
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,960
(LAUGHING) Yeah. And it...
532
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,919
They really use language
in a very different way
533
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,079
than the way that I was
brought up to use it.
534
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,080
Right.
535
00:27:58,081 --> 00:28:01,159
It's, like, the same as the
Top of the Pops in England, say.
536
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,159
I mean, it generally is
a distasteful show.
537
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,319
I mean, it is generally
extremely tedious.
538
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,759
It's really, really boring.
It's full of dross.
539
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,879
If you get a band on there
that's quite good,
540
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,999
it's a real highlight,
I mean, everybody watches it.
541
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,759
And when they come on,
you think, "Ah, great."
542
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:14,760
You know, Public Image are on,
543
00:28:14,761 --> 00:28:16,759
or Siouxsie and the Banshees
are on,
544
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,479
or if Echo and the Bunnymen
were to go on,
545
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,639
or when, like, the Human League
go to number one,
546
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,079
and they're on,
and it's really good.
547
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:23,599
I mean, it's really entertaining.
548
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,639
But most of the time, it's rubbish.
549
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,679
But I mean,
groups went through a phase.
550
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,279
There was a phase of saying,
551
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,879
"No, we're not going to do
Top of the Pops,"
552
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,239
in the same ways that,
like, say, you would think
553
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:34,439
that we would be accused of saying,
554
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,279
"No, we're not going
to do Countdown."
555
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,999
But there's very little point
in that.
556
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,599
There's no point in consciously
alienating the audience.
557
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,719
I mean, we would approach
as many people as possible
558
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:43,879
with what we do.
559
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,640
But it's only that we don't expect
that many people to like it.
560
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,599
♪ The innocence
of sleeping children
561
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,239
♪ Dressed in white
and slowly dreaming
562
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,520
♪ Stops all time
563
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,359
♪ Slow my steps and start to blur
564
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,319
♪ So many years
have filled my heart
565
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,679
♪ I never thought
566
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,560
♪ I'd say those words
567
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:32,439
♪ The further we go
568
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:33,879
♪ And older we grow
569
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,279
♪ The more we know
570
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:36,919
♪ The less we show
571
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,159
♪ The further we go
572
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,519
♪ And older we grow
573
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:40,799
♪ The more we know
574
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:42,920
♪ The less we show
575
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,119
♪ The very first time
I saw your face
576
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,719
♪ I thought of a song
577
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,080
♪ And quickly changed the tune
578
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,319
♪ The very first time
I touched your skin
579
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,039
♪ I thought of a story
580
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,240
♪ And rushed
to reach the end too soon
581
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,719
♪ Oh, remember
582
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,720
♪ Oh, please don't change
583
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:45,399
♪ So the fall came
584
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,999
♪ Thirteen years, a shiny ring
585
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,279
♪ And how I could
586
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,920
♪ Forget your name
587
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,799
♪ The air no longer in my throat
588
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,760
♪ Another perfect lie is choked
589
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,080
♪ But it always feels the same
590
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,039
♪ So they close together
591
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,799
♪ Dressed in red and yellow
592
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,839
♪ Innocent forever
593
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,239
♪ Sleeping children
594
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,319
♪ In their blue soft rooms
595
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,320
♪ Still dream
596
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,519
♪ The further we go
597
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:33,759
♪ And older we grow
598
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,199
♪ The more we know
599
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,759
♪ The less we show
600
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:37,959
♪ The further we go
601
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,279
♪ And older we grow
602
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,679
♪ The more we know
603
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,680
♪ The less we show. ♪
604
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,239
Hi. This is Rick.
605
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,679
Uh, I'm not Bruce, but my single is.
606
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,439
It's about Bruce Springsteen,
only I'm Springfield.
607
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,919
And that's Molly.
608
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,239
And if this sounds confusing to you,
609
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,400
then you must be watching
Countdown '81.
610
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,440
♪ Street lights are hot
611
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:23,999
♪ Street life is cool
612
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,039
♪ Deal with it, Jack
613
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,999
♪ Or it'll treat you cruel... ♪
614
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,039
Plenty of steady campaigners
powered along in '81.
615
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,159
♪ Call it what you want to
616
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,439
♪ But it's mine, mine, mine,
mine, mine... ♪
617
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,199
'60s legend Billy Thorpe
was back on Countdown.
618
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,680
♪ Just the way I like it
619
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,600
♪ That's the way I like it... ♪
620
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,680
So was Daryl. No, the other Daryl.
621
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:55,760
♪ I've been
622
00:32:55,761 --> 00:32:58,240
♪ Looking at people
623
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,239
♪ And how they've changed
624
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,640
♪ With the times
625
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:09,360
♪ But lately
626
00:33:09,361 --> 00:33:11,959
♪ All I've been seeing
627
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,079
♪ Are people
628
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,199
♪ Throwing love away
629
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,520
♪ Losing their minds... ♪
630
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:23,080
Just playing.
631
00:33:23,081 --> 00:33:25,439
Molly was always there
to get the story.
632
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,039
But two years ago now,
I got divorced.
633
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,119
So I actually was
on my own at home...
634
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,120
MOLLY: Right.
635
00:33:30,121 --> 00:33:31,999
As opposed
to having the kids about.
636
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,079
And so therefore,
637
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,359
I had an awful lot
of time on my hands.
638
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,039
So I bought an eight-track studio
639
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,039
and went upstairs
and put it in one of the bedrooms
640
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,919
and started work, you know.
641
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,119
And I've always played keyboards,
642
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,279
but I got better and better
at it, to the point
643
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,159
where I was writing more
and playing drums less at home.
644
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,319
Your affair with Mick Jagger...
645
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,279
I mean, how much did that
really influence your life?
646
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:53,319
Well... (LAUGHS)
647
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,719
Quite a... quite a bit, I should say.
(LAUGHS)
648
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,439
Quite a bit.
649
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,799
Obviously, you know, affairs...
650
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,559
Friends... everything that happens to
everybody influences their life.
651
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,839
Right.
652
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,999
And contact with somebody like that
653
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,999
is obviously going to
influence you a lot.
654
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,799
It influenced my singing,
I think, too...
655
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:14,959
Right.
656
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,160
And my phrasing
and my style, generally.
657
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,519
After their second album stalled,
658
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,239
one of the big stories of the year
659
00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:25,559
was the resurgence
of Dire Straits.
660
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,480
Molly recorded them
exclusively for Countdown.
661
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,880
♪ I've seen a girl
on a one-way corridor
662
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,880
♪ Stealing down a wrong way street
663
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,280
♪ For all the world
like an urban toreador
664
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,639
♪ She had wheels on
665
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:52,640
♪ On her feet
666
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:56,480
♪ The cars do the usual dances
667
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,640
♪ Same old cruise
and the kerbside crawl
668
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,359
♪ But the roller girl
669
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,680
♪ She's taking chances
670
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,719
♪ They just love to see her
671
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:10,439
♪ Take them all
672
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,039
♪ No fear alone at night
673
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,639
♪ She's sailing through the crowd
674
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,359
♪ In her ears those phones are tight
675
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,360
♪ And the music's playing loud
676
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,159
♪ Hallelujah
677
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,279
♪ Here she comes
678
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:27,840
♪ Queen rollerball
679
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,279
♪ And enchante
680
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,319
♪ What can I say
681
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:36,560
♪ Don't care at all
682
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,639
♪ You know
she used to have to wait around
683
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,640
♪ She used to be the lonely one
684
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,599
♪ But now that she can
685
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,039
♪ Skate around town
686
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,959
♪ She's the only
687
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,879
♪ Only one
688
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:56,479
♪ No fear alone at night
689
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,079
♪ She's sailing through the crowd
690
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,559
♪ In her ears the phones are tight
691
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,560
♪ And the music's playing loud
692
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,639
♪ She gets rock'n'roll
693
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,600
♪ And a rock'n'roll station
694
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,600
♪ And a rock'n'roll dream
695
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,399
♪ She's making movies
696
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,119
♪ On location
697
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,439
♪ She don't know what it means
698
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,320
♪ And the music
make her wanna be the story
699
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,319
♪ And the story
was whatever was the song
700
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,319
♪ What it was
701
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,239
♪ Roller girl
702
00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:34,359
♪ Don't worry
703
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,640
♪ DJ play the movies
704
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,159
♪ All night long...
705
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,160
♪ All night long
706
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,279
♪ She tortures taxi drivers
707
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:52,719
♪ Just for fun
708
00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,720
♪ She like to read their lips
709
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,959
♪ Says toro toro taxi
710
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,199
♪ See you tomorrow, my son
711
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:02,639
♪ She just let a big truck
712
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,560
♪ Graze her hip
713
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,360
♪ She got her own world
in the city, yeah
714
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:10,879
♪ You can't intrude on her
715
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,280
♪ No, no, no
716
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,280
♪ She got her own world
in the city
717
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,200
♪ The city's been so rude to her
718
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,199
♪ No fears alone at night
719
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,559
♪ She's sailing through the crowd
720
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,079
♪ In her ears the phones are tight
721
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,080
♪ And the music's playing loud
722
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,039
♪ She gets rock'n'roll
723
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,040
♪ And a rock'n'roll station
724
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,040
♪ And a rock'n'roll dream
725
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,759
♪ She's making movies
726
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,439
♪ On location
727
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,759
♪ She don't know what it means
728
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,720
♪ But the music
make her wanna be the story
729
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:54,719
♪ And the story
was whatever was the song
730
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:56,679
♪ What it was
731
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,719
♪ Roller girl
732
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:00,799
♪ Don't worry
733
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,200
♪ DJ play the movies
734
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,479
♪ All night long...
735
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,480
♪ All night long
736
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,960
♪ Slippin' and a-slidin'
737
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,960
♪ Yeah, life's a rollerball
738
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,240
♪ Slippin' and a-slidin'
739
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,479
♪ Skate away
740
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,480
♪ That's all... ♪
741
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,439
Hi. Sammy Snake says,
"You're watching Countdown '81."
742
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,199
This is Bob Geldof
of the Boomtown Rats.
743
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,959
♪ Oh, I
744
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,119
♪ Never wanted to be
745
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,039
♪ In Quasimodo's dream... ♪
746
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,839
Despite resistance from rock fans,
747
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,599
in 1981, bands with synthesisers
748
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,879
were on their way
to becoming the norm.
749
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,999
♪ Beg the ringmaster please
750
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,279
♪ Find another me... ♪
751
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,159
And Countdown audiences
got to see them first.
752
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,679
MOLLY: Do you worry
about the Bowie thing?
753
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,239
I mean, where people...'cause
the critics started saying,
754
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:17,519
"Oh, Gary's like a David Bowie,"
you know?
755
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:18,839
Yeah.
Does that worry you?
756
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:19,840
No, not really,
757
00:39:19,841 --> 00:39:21,199
'cause it was just a matter of time,
758
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,679
'cause now we go that way
and he goes that way.
759
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,999
And it's just a matter of time
before it was obvious.
760
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,159
I suppose, initially,
you have to expect that,
761
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,879
because people see make-up
and they think,
762
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,839
"Oh, make-up. He's David Bowie."
Right.
763
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,279
And they can see no more.
764
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,919
And as soon as you've
been around for a while
765
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,239
and you're accepted
in your own right,
766
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,639
then they see the differences.
767
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:38,719
I feel somehow
768
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,479
that if we stuck to a formula,
769
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,359
we would be
770
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,199
condemned as much, you know.
771
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,999
MOLLY: Right.
772
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,079
And it's sort of
more interesting for us,
773
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,639
especially since we do have,
you know,
774
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,759
this kind of varied input.
775
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,679
And we've always...
776
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,039
Really, right through
from the very beginning,
777
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,119
we've always called ourselves
a pop group.
778
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:05,759
And we've always drawn from a lot of
different types of music.
779
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,679
You know,
it wasn't a popular position
780
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,279
that we had in Akron, Ohio,
to say the least.
781
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,439
We were anywhere from hated
to made fun of.
782
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,639
It's hard to explain to people
who don't live in America,
783
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,719
but America is, like,
the pinnacle of Western culture.
784
00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:24,159
And we were surrounded by fat women
in curlers and hippies on Quaaludes
785
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,999
and a lot of just decay
and indulgence
786
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,319
and ridiculous beliefs and values
787
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:30,759
and systems of behaviour
788
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,959
that we didn't feel part of
or didn't agree with.
789
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,519
And we set about using music
790
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:37,919
to restructure things
791
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,599
and report on
what we were looking at,
792
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,879
which we called de-evolution,
793
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,239
and then derived the name
of the group from that fact,
794
00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:45,479
calling it Devo.
795
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,599
We represent
the way a lot of kids feel,
796
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,199
and we represent,
like, the next force, I feel.
797
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,359
And it's our duty
798
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,959
to be as big as we can be
and still be viable.
799
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,039
It's the challenge, you know.
800
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,199
How soon will you become ridiculous?
801
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,360
How soon will you become
the people that you hated?
802
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:05,999
In his own way, Molly was subversive.
803
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,559
His taste became our taste.
804
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,759
If an odd-sounding band
from the other side of the world
805
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,679
was OK with Molly, it was OK with us.
806
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,959
♪ In the deserts
807
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,159
♪ Of Sudan
808
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,519
♪ And the gardens
809
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,799
♪ Of Japan
810
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,799
♪ From Milan
811
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,359
♪ To Yucatan
812
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,639
♪ Every woman
813
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,439
♪ Every man
814
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,799
♪ Hit me with your rhythm stick
815
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,039
♪ Hit me, hit me
816
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,040
♪ Je t'adore
817
00:41:38,041 --> 00:41:39,319
♪ Ich liebe dich
818
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,599
♪ Hit me, hit me, hit me
819
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,959
♪ Hit me with your rhythm stick
820
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,239
♪ Hit me slowly, hit me quick
821
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,199
♪ Hit me, hit me
822
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,200
♪ Hit me
823
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,359
♪ In the wilds
824
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,919
♪ Of Borneo
825
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,159
♪ And the vineyards
826
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,519
♪ Of Bordeaux
827
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,599
♪ Eskimo
828
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,999
♪ Arapaho
829
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,319
♪ Move their body
830
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,119
♪ To and fro
831
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,479
♪ Hit me with your rhythm stick
832
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,719
♪ Hit me, hit me
833
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:23,720
♪ Das ist gut
834
00:42:23,721 --> 00:42:25,039
♪ C'est fantastique
835
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,319
♪ Hit me, hit me, hit me
836
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,399
♪ Hit me with your rhythm stick
837
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,879
♪ It's nice to be a lunatic
838
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,999
♪ Hit me, hit me
839
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
♪ Hit me
840
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,079
♪ Hit me, hit me
841
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,080
♪ Hit me
842
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,279
♪ In the dock
843
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,879
♪ Of Tiger Bay
844
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,959
♪ On the road
845
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,319
♪ To Mandalay
846
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,599
♪ From Bombay
847
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,119
♪ To Santa Fe
848
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,039
♪ Over hills
849
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,040
♪ And far away
850
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,479
♪ Hit me with your rhythm stick
851
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,719
♪ Hit me, hit me
852
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:43,919
♪ C'est si bon, mm?
853
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,079
♪ Ist es nicht?
854
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,319
♪ Hit me, hit me, hit me
855
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,679
♪ Hit me with your rhythm stick
856
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:50,879
♪ Two fat persons
857
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:51,999
♪ Click, click, click
858
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,199
♪ Hit me, hit me
859
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,200
♪ Hit me
860
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,039
♪ Hit me, hit me
861
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:02,280
♪ Hit me
862
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:04,600
♪ Hit me
863
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:06,840
♪ Hit me
864
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:09,160
♪ Hit me, ow!
865
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,360
♪ Hit me
866
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,799
♪ Hit me
867
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,999
♪ Hit me, hit me
868
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,320
♪ Hit me
869
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:20,600
♪ Hit me
870
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:22,920
♪ Hit me
871
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,160
♪ Hit me
872
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:27,440
♪ Hit me
873
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:29,800
♪ Hit me
874
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,079
♪ Hit me, hit me
875
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,080
♪ Hit me... ♪
876
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:41,919
♪ Humdrum! ♪
877
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,039
Listen, getting back
to the group itself,
878
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:45,759
and laying this one on you,
Sting,
879
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,079
in the interview
that you did in New York
880
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,759
the day after the Madison Square
Garden concert,
881
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:51,879
they more or less said
882
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,159
that you were going
to sort of not quit the group
883
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,199
but spend a fair amount of time
away from the group.
884
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,039
Who said that?
Well, this article said this.
885
00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:00,159
Whoa, whoa. Sting is quitting?
I'm quitting the group.
886
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:01,999
Oh, right. And you were going
to go into a film career.
887
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,679
Actually, all three of us
are quitting the group.
888
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,479
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
One of us... I'm quitting first.
889
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,399
I'm quitting first! In fact,
I'm going to quit right now.
890
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,119
Alright, well, the little tramp
in that film clip
891
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:12,919
is sitting right next to me.
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
892
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:14,879
And her name is Cher.
Hi. How are you?
893
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,039
Welcome to Countdown.
894
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,639
Sorry for referring...
Oh, I love it. I love it.
895
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,719
A sad thing in the rock world
was the fact that we lost Bob Marley
896
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,719
because of his illness
due to cancer.
897
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:28,759
And that is, indeed,
also a great loss,
898
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,199
because, again, this man
also spread love and peace.
899
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:35,599
And as I say... or really,
quote John Lennon,
900
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,039
who was also shot and assassinated,
901
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,079
"Remember that you have love inside."
902
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:41,479
"So do give peace a chance."
903
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,999
And I think that all of us
must really sit back now
904
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,999
and work out what we're doing
905
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,839
and think of everyone
906
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,079
and just, you know, smile
and do give peace a chance.
907
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:55,239
I tell you what,
with 3RRR and the two Triple Js
908
00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:57,599
and all those stations
that are funded like that
909
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,239
and ABC stations,
I tell you what, without you,
910
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:02,759
I don't know where the rock industry
actually would be in this country.
911
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,119
So, keep it up,
because it's really good work.
912
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:07,039
Now, tell us about...
You're off to Japan.
913
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,399
Yes.
914
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:09,999
Yes. What do you want?
915
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,759
Obviously, this girl
wants to be seen on camera.
916
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,559
(LAUGHTER)
917
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:14,999
(SCREAMING) Molly! Molly!
918
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:16,359
You all want to be seen on camera?
919
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:17,719
Swing the cameras around.
920
00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:19,799
Sorry, Sharon. Sharon.
That's quite alright.
921
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,639
Listen, first of all,
I've got to ask,
922
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,239
does your boyfriend
really work from nine to five?
923
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:25,559
And have you got a boyfriend?
924
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:27,399
Everyone's asked me to ask you that.
925
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,519
Well, I can't... I can't say.
926
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,719
You can't say?
I can't say.
927
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:33,959
Well, me not being a gossip...
928
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:34,999
(COUGHS)
(LAUGHS)
929
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,519
I certainly won't delve into that.
930
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,559
Ignatius, where are...
931
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,839
Oh! Leave him alone.
932
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,639
What are you doing to that man?
933
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,759
I think I've performed a great
service to Australian music here.
934
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:48,760
Oh, I do, too.
935
00:46:48,761 --> 00:46:50,560
Oh, now,
don't be so nasty, Joylene.
936
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:54,799
♪ Countdown! ♪
937
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,559
Hello, everybody
in Countdown land,
938
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,599
Australia and places like that
939
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,679
and Perth and Melbourne
940
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,679
and "Bris-bop"
and all those kind of places,
941
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,799
and not to forget Syd.
942
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,479
How are you?
And it's good to see you.
943
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:08,480
We're here in London,
944
00:47:08,481 --> 00:47:10,479
having a little quick chat
for Countdown.
945
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,040
So, keep rocking, everybody.
946
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,319
The shipments of new electronic drums
and synthesisers
947
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,079
were only months away.
948
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:19,080
In the meantime,
949
00:47:19,081 --> 00:47:21,999
guitar-based rock'n'roll
made a slight return.
950
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,000
He said in the beginning,
951
00:47:23,001 --> 00:47:25,439
everybody compared Bob Dylan
to Woody Guthrie, right?
952
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:27,199
"Bob Dylan's
just a copy of Woody Guthrie.
953
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,159
"We've heard it all before."
That's what they told Dylan.
954
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:30,599
Woody Guthrie's
been in a few years.
955
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:31,919
Springsteen came out.
956
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,239
"Springsteen
is just a copy of Bob Dylan."
957
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:35,240
And now it's like,
958
00:47:35,241 --> 00:47:37,839
"John Cougar is just a copy
of Bruce Springsteen."
959
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,399
So in reality, Molly,
960
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,119
we're all Woody Guthrie, if you
take it back to its origin.
961
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,159
I don't. I don't like
publicity much, myself.
962
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,399
I think the others probably do,
but I...
963
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:47,999
MAN: Chrissie's the shy,
retiring type.
964
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:49,000
Aren't you, Chris?
965
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,999
Yes. And I don't particularly...
966
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,479
I find it a little bit embarrassing
all that stuff.
967
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:01,479
I think it's better, really, for me
if I don't read the press
968
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,719
or pay much attention to that.
MOLLY: Right.
969
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:05,359
Do you think that music was
a little bit stifled,
970
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,560
coming sort of into the '80s,
especially from England...
971
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:09,360
until last year?
972
00:48:09,361 --> 00:48:10,599
Yeah, I suppose
it was a little bit,
973
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,039
but there's
some good things going on now,
974
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,079
such as Split Enz.
Right.
975
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:16,159
Without trying to sound
976
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:17,959
like I'm getting
an invitation to Australia,
977
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:19,599
they released one of the best
singles last year.
978
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,759
It sounds like you're trying to get
an invitation to Australia.
979
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:22,760
It does, really, doesn't it?
980
00:48:22,761 --> 00:48:25,800
Well, I just need
to top up my suntan a bit.
981
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:31,799
♪ We can lock away
982
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,800
♪ The bad memories together
983
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,959
♪ Close the doors to the past
984
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:39,960
♪ Forever
985
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,440
♪ Watching you touch
986
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,839
♪ We're past this much
987
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:50,359
♪ I'm alone with you
988
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,159
♪ Tonight
989
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:53,599
♪ I'm alone with you
990
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:55,279
♪ Tonight
991
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:56,879
♪ I'm alone with you
992
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,880
♪ Tonight
993
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,159
♪ I can't always remember
994
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,160
♪ What I say
995
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,679
♪ I can't always take it
996
00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:14,680
♪ Having to pay
997
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,439
♪ Watching you walk
998
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,959
♪ You know, you're really attractive
999
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:24,439
♪ I'm alone with you
1000
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,199
♪ Tonight
1001
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:27,799
♪ I'm alone with you
1002
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,399
♪ Tonight
1003
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:30,959
♪ I'm alone with you
1004
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,960
♪ Tonight
1005
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,399
♪ I know it's hard
1006
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,400
♪ When you've tried
1007
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,959
♪ When the conversation's terror
1008
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,960
♪ You have tied
1009
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,399
♪ Making out you still don't know
1010
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,159
♪ All I have is alcohol,
so let me go
1011
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:22,759
♪ I'm alone with you
1012
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,479
♪ Tonight
1013
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,039
♪ I'm alone with you
1014
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:27,799
♪ Tonight
1015
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:29,439
♪ I'm alone with you
1016
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:32,440
♪ Tonight
1017
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,080
♪ I'm alone with you
1018
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:54,360
♪ I'm alone with you
1019
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:57,640
♪ I'm alone with you
1020
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:00,880
♪ I'm alone with you
1021
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:03,839
♪ I'm alone with you
1022
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,399
♪ Tonight
1023
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,159
♪ I'm alone with you
1024
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:08,799
♪ Tonight
1025
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:10,439
♪ I'm alone with you
1026
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,039
♪ Tonight
1027
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:13,759
♪ I'm alone with you
1028
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,760
♪ Tonight. ♪
1029
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:42,999
♪ Countdown! ♪
1030
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,999
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
1031
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,919
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... ♪
1032
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,559
Few would have predicted it,
but 1981's "Stars on 45,"
1033
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:57,879
a disco song incorporating
a medley of rock'n'roll hits,
1034
00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:00,320
was number one
for four weeks running.
1035
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:04,879
♪ I'm sorry that
1036
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:06,880
♪ I made you cry... ♪
1037
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:11,359
Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry
1038
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:15,439
watched his John Lennon cover
hit the top for a month, too.
1039
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,560
♪ I'm just a jealous guy... ♪
1040
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:21,160
♪ Blind Freddy knew that
1041
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,159
♪ A blind man could see... ♪
1042
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:27,599
Locally, a gravelly-voiced piano man
1043
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:30,359
would climb all the way
up the chart.
1044
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,319
♪ But you weren't
in love with me... ♪
1045
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:34,320
♪ I'm counting the beat
1046
00:52:34,321 --> 00:52:35,399
♪ Two, three, four, five
1047
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:36,639
♪ I'm feeling the heat
1048
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:37,799
♪ Glad to be alive... ♪
1049
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,359
The Swingers' rock'n'roll hit
was almost a novelty...
1050
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,159
♪ I'm wishing that you
1051
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,160
♪ That you were mine... ♪
1052
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,799
Until music
with another flavour altogether
1053
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,760
had all the dandy highwaymen
carousing in the streets.
1054
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:01,119
♪ Well, I'm standing here,
looking at you
1055
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:03,239
♪ What do I see?
1056
00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:04,479
♪ I'm looking straight through
1057
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,319
♪ It's so sad when you're young
1058
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,279
♪ To be told you're having fun
1059
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,279
♪ So unplug the jukebox
1060
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,559
♪ And do us all a favour
1061
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:16,719
♪ Yeah, yeah
1062
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:19,359
♪ That music's lost its taste
1063
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:21,559
♪ So try another flavour
1064
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,480
♪ Ant music
1065
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,400
♪ Ant music
1066
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:29,400
♪ Ant music
1067
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,400
♪ Ant music
1068
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:35,119
♪ Well, I'm standing here
1069
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:36,799
♪ What do I see?
1070
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,719
♪ A big nothing
1071
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:39,999
♪ Threatening me
1072
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,799
♪ It's so sad when you're young
1073
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,759
♪ To be told you're having fun
1074
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,919
♪ So unplug the jukebox
1075
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:50,839
♪ And do us all a favour
1076
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:52,239
♪ Yeah, yeah
1077
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:54,879
♪ That music's lost its taste
1078
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:57,039
♪ So try another flavour
1079
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,000
♪ Ant music
1080
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:01,920
♪ Ant music
1081
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:04,920
♪ Ant music
1082
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:07,920
♪ Ant music
1083
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,479
♪ So unplug the jukebox
1084
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:26,639
♪ And do us all a favour
1085
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:27,759
♪ Yeah, yeah
1086
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:30,399
♪ That music's lost its taste
1087
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,599
♪ So try another flavour
1088
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:34,560
♪ Ant music
1089
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,480
♪ Ant music
1090
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,520
♪ Ant music
1091
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,520
♪ Ant music
1092
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:45,799
♪ Don't tread on an ant
1093
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,679
♪ He's done nothing to you
1094
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:48,919
♪ There might come a day
1095
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:50,399
♪ When he's treading on you
1096
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:51,799
♪ Don't tread on an ant
1097
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:53,599
♪ You'll end up black and blue
1098
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:54,679
♪ You cut off his head
1099
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:56,919
♪ Legs come looking for you
1100
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,999
♪ So unplug the jukebox
1101
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,159
♪ And do us all a favour
1102
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:03,319
♪ Yeah, yeah
1103
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,919
♪ That music's lost its taste
1104
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,159
♪ So try another flavour
1105
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,120
♪ Ant music
1106
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:13,000
♪ Ant music
1107
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,000
♪ Ant music
1108
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,000
♪ Ant music
1109
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:23,639
♪ So unplug the jukebox
1110
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:25,959
♪ And do us all a favour
1111
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:27,079
♪ Yeah, yeah
1112
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,599
♪ That music's lost its taste
1113
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:31,879
♪ So try another flavour
1114
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:33,800
♪ Ant music
1115
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:36,760
♪ Ant music
1116
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,680
♪ Ant music
1117
00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:42,600
♪ Ant music
1118
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,600
♪ Ant music. ♪
1119
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,279
Jerry, welcome to Australia,
and welcome to Countdown.
1120
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:51,679
I'm in Australia now?
1121
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:52,799
You are indeed in Australia.
Oh.
1122
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:53,959
Do you want to wave to Australia?
1123
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,479
It's wonderful.
I've never been here before.
1124
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:56,799
(LAUGHS)
1125
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,719
On that subject, why haven't you
come down to Australia?
1126
00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:00,119
I mean, like,
the record's been selling.
1127
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,399
You're very popular down there.
We didn't think anybody wanted us.
1128
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,319
We heard that the women were all
over six feet, and we were afraid.
1129
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:07,839
You're joking.
Yeah, I am.
1130
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:09,599
Visit the Classic Countdown website
1131
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,039
for more pictures, interviews,
and behind-the-scenes information.
1132
00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:13,839
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