Dead End Kids - have i the right
Its all fuzzy hair, colourful braces and bad teeth... and a sub-glam stomp. Its passable though badly lip synced, as a bonus we get some tubular bells but they are badly synced too.
Kid mentions that there will be two videos from the US show Soul Train this week... well as both have the name Soul Train very prominent in the background he probably didn't have the choice. The first is...
Denise Williams - free
Simple relaxed soul, and couples dancing in the background. At first it seems just random but then you realise thats part of the show. Probably.
Showaddywaddy - when
In the early days of colour TV the testcard and various colour test films were essential for getting the tuning right, by 1977 the different coloured jackets of Showaddywaddy does the trick instead.
Elkie Brooks - Pearl's a singer
Its all a bit 70s nightclub cocktail bar, then we have a bit of a country twang, then back to the nightclub. The song has its own remixes already done and cunningly included in the original song to save time.
Cliff Richard - my kinda life
Cliff jumps around and emotes the hell out of this blusey pop horror.
The Manhattans - its you
Another soul vocal group in matching suits, this one's gimmick (on this song at least) is pointing out to various people in the audience. To make them feel special.
Legs & Co are in a boxing ring and in boxing gear, this is without doubt the most awesome thing that happened in all of 1977. Now that may not be true but it is a FACT. They dance-box their way through Maxine Nightingale's "love hit me" (aha the boxing theme makes sense, cunning) with fake knock outs. Its all rather Benny Hill.
O.C. Smith - together
Back to Soul Train, O.C. has a brilliant afro but his song is as beige as his outfit.
Kid has the lovely Elkie Brooks with him to introduce the number one which is...
ABBA - knowing me knowing you
The video again. AHA!
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