Heatwave - boogie nights
Everything is all frenetic funk-psychedelia with matching outfits that look like they come from Flash Gordon and some of the latest late 70s BBC SFX and silhouettes. The dancing is quite odd, seeming like a duck impression sped up. Its fast, its crazy, its fun, and a bit meaningless.
The Racing Cars - they shoot horses don't they
Everything slows down (dramatically) for this track and becomes rather more organic. Relaxed AOR i think you'd call it nowadays, its a slow pop-rock ballad that isn't too offensive on the ears but doesn't exactly set the world alight. Placing right after the mentalist Heatwave performance probably didn't do them any favours.
Noel has three new entries in a row for us, ooh saucy.
The Real Thing - you'll never know what you're missing
Singer has a natty beige top hat. A nice enough song but sounds a bit too much like album filler.
Oh hello young lady. Mary sings in a studio somewhere. Its a simple country-ish song with some sweet vocals and i love it. I also love all the close-ups on her face natch.
ELO - rockaria
I used to live in the same road as someone from ELO, and Duran Duran and Wizzard for that matter. Amazing road indeed. Anyway this is a crazy pop video with split screens, opera singers, an orchestra and a castle set. Its like watching 24 with longer hair and cellos.
Barbara Dickson - another suitcase in another hall
A young Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber are here to speak to Noel in an incredibly short interview then straight into one of their songs, performed by Barbara who wears a flower in her hair which looks a bit odd as she emotes the song with a look of disgust on her face. We have a harp to demonstrate that this is, like, serious music not like the earlier nonsense.
Legs & Co perform Earth, Wind & Fire's "Saturday night". They perform a simple disco routine in incredible short tunic dresses. One definitely for the Dads. We see a guy in the audience appreciate them for sure, you can almost hear him going "COR!"
Leo Sayer - when i need you
Second week at number 1, Leo gets rewarded with some SFX from the Bohemian Rhapsody shelf.
