Next Saturday night's late-night movie on ABC television is the wartime drama
Best of Enemies. Set in the Abyssinian campaign of 1941, Best of Enemies stars David Niven,
Michael Wilding and Alberto Sordi. Next Saturday in late-night movies.
Wednesday continuing the acclaimed BBC production The Monocled Mutineer. The story of the military
camp at a top where cruelty and humiliation pass for training. I train men to go into battle.
You serve tea at midday on the training ground. A top where every person is put in his place,
except Private Percy Topless, the masquerader. The accent, the size. A top, the breeding ground
for mutiny. Good evening gentlemen and welcome to the party. The Monocled Mutineer. Events the
British Army kept the lid on for 50 years. 830 Wednesday here on ABC.
All the boys in nasty schools. Headmasters breaking all the rules. Having fun and playing
pool. Smashing up the woodwork tool. All the teachers in the pub. Passing man a ready rub.
Trying not to think of when the lunchtime bell will ring again. Oh what fun we had. But did it
really turn out bad? All I loved at school was how to bet not break the rule. Oh what fun we had. But at the time it seemed so bad. Trying different ways to make a difference.
The Headmasters adding up today. All the kids have gone away. Gone to fighting next to school. Every time that is the rule.
Six alone and Vences claim. Same old back sides again. All the small ones tell to town. Walking home and squashing now.
Oh what fun we had. But did it really turn out bad? All I loved at school was how to bet not break the rule. Oh what fun we had. But at the time it seemed so bad. Trying different ways to make a difference.
Music
Lots of girls and lots of boys. Lots of smells and lots of noise. Playing football in the park. Kicking push bikes after dark. Baggy trousers, dirty shirt. Pulling hair and eating dirt. Teacher comes to breaking up.
Oh what fun we had. But did it really turn out bad? All I loved at school was how to bet not break the rule. Oh what fun we had. But at the time it seemed so bad. Trying different ways to make a difference.
Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers.
Baggy trousers from madness. We'll have more from them later on in the program. In this the last Saturday night edition of Rock Arena for some time at least. Instead we'll pop up at around Saturday lunchtime. You tell me what time you'd like to eat and I'll try to accommodate.
Welcome to the show. Tonight you'll see New Device, The Ones, Gene Loves Jezebel and Milson. But first up three oldies by Kid Creole and The Coconuts. Who formed in the late 70s by August Arnell who then started calling himself Kid Creole and he put together The Coconuts.
They released their first album Off the Coast of Me in 1980 but it was the follow up Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places that made this New York act particularly popular in Britain.
Welcome to the live for a party child. Invitation only for the rank and file. Glad that you wore your gabardine and pink scars. Ain't no kind of genies allowed. Glad you bought the bottle and knocked your wile. And the rules are dangers and frowns.
Welcome to the live for a party child. Invitation only for the rank and file. Go on in and say hello to Charlie. He'll let you roll his saxophone. Don't linger in the door without Veronica Lake. You should have left the wigging on.
Welcome to the live for a party child. Invitation only for the rank and file. You got to know us in my day. Welcome to the live for a party child. Celebrations just for the rank and file. Jump in and jump.
Welcome to the live for a party child. Invitation only for the rank and file.
Welcome to the live for a party child.
This party is in honor of the Wilfus's house. So Monica you mustn't give up. Welcome to the live for a party child.
Invitation only for the rank and file.
Welcome to the live for a party child.
Never give it up. No way no how. You got to know us in my day. Welcome to the live for a party child.
Hello. Open the door. Guess who's gonna ring the child. That's right. Give me a big hug. You know I'll teach you right.
Make it a quick one. I'm only here tonight. I'm no sadder but wiser. I'm still the same old guy.
Take a look at me. See I couldn't look no better. Girl I'm at my peak. And that's the fact. That's the fact.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better. Take it all with me. Before you break your back or get a heart attack.
I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a, such a wonderful. I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a.
Goodbye. Sorry I can't stay. But I don't have the time. I've got a dozen more days to see before I fly.
Hot stuff. Begging to see me. Why should they be deprived? Come on. Give me your blessing. You're still the first in line.
Take a look at me. See I couldn't look no better. Girl I'm at my peak. And that's the fact. That's the fact.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better. Make sure that you breathe. Before you break your back or get a heart attack.
I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a, such a wonderful. I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better. Take a look at me. See I couldn't look no better.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better. Take a part of me.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better. Take a part of me.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better.
Take a part of me. You know you couldn't feel no better.
Somewhere I've got me. A stranger by the shore. I know I'm going crazy cause I want more and more.
Sometimes I don't remember just who I'm looking for.
I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a, such a wonderful.
I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a, such a wonderful.
I'm a wonderful thing baby. Such a wonderful thing.
Wonderful. I mean not just okay, all right, but wonderful.
What you gotta be wonderful about bro?
Moonday they say I'm so wonderful I gotta be in two places simultaneously.
I want to take out five minutes to go through my little black book for you Moonday.
You got a black book. I got the book right here you see.
I want to show you something. No I want to show you something Moonday.
No brag, just facts. I want to go through the A's all right.
I got Anna. I got Amy. I got Andrea. I got Addie.
Dear, dear Addie. You remember Addie up on Southern Boulevard don't you?
Not that ugly, scanky old thing from the Bronx. No.
Ugly. You wanted some last year right?
No, what I wanted was her mama. That's what I wanted and she was good believe me.
I have some. I'm not through brother.
You're not through. I got Amanda Blue. 6-5-5-3-4-4-1.
I got Sophie. Sophie! I thought you were talking about the A's.
I thought you were talking about Sophie. That's what I said. I said I got a Sophie.
Oh man, you're a wild guy. Hey man, don't be shaking his ass bro.
I'm reaching your head man. I'm not through brother.
I'm going to move on to my B's. My B's are better than my A's.
I got Bonnie. I got Brenda. I got Belinda. I got Perfecta.
I got the B's. You got the B's.
I got a book too people. I got killer B's.
Check this out. Now I got Bobby.
I got Billy.
And best of all, I got my man Bernard. My man Bernard. He's just being good.
You mean to tell me you're one of those? I said you there kid. Come on.
I'm going to have to talk to you. No I'm going to have to talk to you.
In fact I'm going to talk to you. I'm going to kiss my
ass.
After all the talks and they wired him and he took a walk with his crooked friends and they joked
about the good old days and he recorded it on a reel of tape. He caught the mug who did the forgery
and the babe in charge of larceny. So the FBI they rewarded him because they like the guy who will stab a friend.
There's a different man that's going round turning the joint upside down.
There's a gentleman that's going round turning the joint upside down.
If you want to squeal to the FBI we can make a deal make it worth your while. So he told it all and in
return he got a credit card and a thunderbird. He got his bank and identity and a condo down in
Miami. He bought a plane a boat and two o' rings but he couldn't buy any company.
There's a gentleman that's going round turning the joint upside down.
There's a gentleman that's going round turning the joint upside down.
That band really knew the meaning of style. That's Still Pigeon from Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Actually I think my very favorite release from that band came out in 78 or 79. It's a rare
single which was called There But For the Grace of God Go I and I'd really love to get a copy of it.
Two current Australian releases now. The first recordings by each of these bands.
The ones are a three-piece Melbourne band Brian Baker, Alan Fowler and Brian Robinson. They
began recording songs in 1982 and sent their tapes to as many record companies as possible.
The ones only worked live intermittently for their first couple of years together but more
recently they've become a regular act working in the Melbourne and now the national pub circuit.
Now a new device formed in January last year is the vehicle for songwriter Ashley Manning to
enter the Perth battle of the bands. They came second, became frustrated with the Perth cover
band scene and then they moved to Sydney three months ago. Their first single was produced by
Eddie Rayner as Split Ends. It's called Good Times and this is what it sounds like.
Oh
Sometimes I feel down so I remember back to the times that I remember best
They're here, they got hot, sometimes they go on for a while
But they leave you out in the cold by yourself on your own
Don't think about it, you say it's hard You can make a start again
And then party on again with all of your friends And just remember that good times don't last forever
Good times don't last, good times don't last, good times don't last forever
Don't last forever
Love's here, love's got hot, it's tough but life goes on again
And you make it up again, and you're finding a friend
So think about it, good times don't last forever
Good times don't last, good times don't last, good times don't last forever
Don't last forever
Don't last forever
Don't last forever
Don't last forever
Don't
Don't
Don't
Every day when they say
Every day when they say
They go away
They go away
Don't believe
It's time
It's time
You knew
What time has gone
Do you hear what you say
That it's better done that way
Than on any other day
So say
Good times don't last forever
Good times don't last
Good times don't last
Good times don't last
Good times don't last
Forever
Heart
Keeps on beating
Heart doesn't know
Heart doesn't know
Rain
I see rain
I know fear
I know pain
Rain
I see rain
All over the land
And in the bay
Heart
Keeps on beating
Heart doesn't know
Heart doesn't know
Heart
Keeps on beating
Heart doesn't know
Heart doesn't know
Heart doesn't know
Eyes
I see your eyes
Everyone's a gem
Behind their eyes
Heart
Keeps on beating
Heart doesn't know
Heart doesn't know
Heart
Keeps on beating
Heart doesn't know
Heart doesn't know
Heart
Yeah
Heart
Yeah
Don't tell your mom
Don't tell your dad
Don't tell your mom
Don't tell your dad
Don't tell your dad
Don't tell your dad
Don't tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Don't tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
Dont tell your dad
The ones with their first single, Heart, which writer Brian Baker describes as an optimistic song about having the guts to keep on going despite overwhelming opposition.
Gene Love's Jezebel features the voices of twins from Wales, Michael and Jay Ashton.
They're a five-piece band whose line-up includes former Chelsea and Generation X guitarist James Stevenson.
Gene Love's Jezebel formed in 1983 and quickly established themselves as a popular touring band.
Their early singles, plus the two albums Promise and Immigrant, fared very well on the English independent charts.
Their third album, Discover, came out in Britain in late 1985, however it's only just been released here and these two singles come from it.
You're my guilty secret, not just a memory You're all I ever wanted, and you belong to me
Listen now, my angel, my love for you can't stop Though we've come to distances, love must surely spark
Maybe she just cannot see Maybe she just cannot feel
They say I'm lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
If I'm lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Your beauty has spoken with eyes that shine My resistance crumbles, I stumble, I fall
Did I ever fail you? Did I lose your confidence? For me you are remarkable, what more can I say?
Maybe she just cannot see Maybe she just cannot feel
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
If I'm lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone
Sugar, I've been missing you And I've been wondering, where is your hiding?
I've been a ball of fire In your own desire And I've been wondering, where is your hiding?
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Sugar, I've been missing you And I've been wondering, where is your hiding?
I've been a ball of fire In your own desire And I've been wondering, where is your hiding?
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Sugar, you know where it is Why don't you go and get it?
Sugar, I've been missing you And I've been wondering, where is your hiding?
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Lyrical, lyrical, never hurt anyone How come I'm dying over you?
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
Sugar, what you do is what you see Sugar, desire
That's Desire, the new single from the third Gene Loves Jezebel album, Discover.
Some vintage Harry Nilsson now from the television special Just Called Nilsson.
In the mid to late 60s, the emerging Harry Nilsson was dubbed one of the three Ns,
along with Laura Niro and Randy Newman.
He represented part of a trilogy of American singer-songwriters.
His fourth album, Nilsson Sings Newman, paired two of these talents to the nth degree.
Through his latter work with John Lennon and Ringo Starr,
Nilsson came to be regarded as the Phantom 5th American Beatle.
His first commercial success was a version of Everybody's Talkin',
the theme song from Midnight Cowboy.
Through the 70s, Nilsson's status as a recording artist was overshadowed
by his reputation as John Lennon's drinking partner.
Let's go back to the Nilsson of old for some classic live footage recorded in 1971.
I spend the night in a chair thinking she'll be there but she never comes
And then I wake up and wipe the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do do
It's just no good anymore when you walk through the door of an empty room
And then you go inside and set a table for one
It's no fun when you spend a day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do do
We burst a pretty balloon and took us to the moon
It's such a beautiful thing but it's ended now
And it sounds like a lie if I say I'd rather die
Than live without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do do
Love is a beautiful thing when it knows how to swing
And it grooves like a clock but the hands on the clock
Tell the lovers to part and it's breaking my heart
To have to spend another day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do do
I spend the night in a chair thinking she'll be there
But she never comes
And then I wake up and wipe the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do do
Can't go on without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do do
There's no song without her
Do do do
Got to get up, got to get out
Got to get home before the morning comes
What if I'm late?
Got a big day
Got to get home before the sun comes up
Up and away
Got a big day
Sorry, can't stay
I got to run, run, yeah
Got to get home
Pick up the phone
Got to let the people know I'm gonna be late
There was a time when we could dance until a quarter to ten
We never thought it would end then
We never thought it would end
We used to carry on and drink and do the rock and roll
We never thought we'd get older
We never thought we'd grow cold
But now
Got to get up, got to get out
Got to get home before the morning comes
What if I'm late?
Got a big day
Got to get home before the sun comes up
Up and away
Got a big day
Sorry, can't stay
I got to run, run, yeah
Got to get home
Pick up the phone
Got to let the people know I'm gonna be late
Down by the sea
She knew a sailor who had been to war
She never even knew a sailor before
She never even knew his name
He'd come to town and he would pound it for a couple of days
And then he'd sail across the bubbling waves
Those were happier days
But now
Got to get up, got to get out
Got to get home before the morning comes
What if I'm late?
Got a big day
Got to get home before the sun comes up
Up and away
Got a big day
Sorry, can't stay
I got to run, run, yeah
Got to get home
Pick up the phone
Got to let the people know I'm gonna be late
Applause
I want you to know that since you walked out on me
I'm so lonesome every day
I want you to know that since you walked out on me
Nothing seems to fit the same old way
Think about the love that burns within my heart for you
The good times we had before you went away
Walk back, back to me this minute to bring your love to me
Don't send me lines so lonesome every day
I want you to know that since you walked out on me
I'm so lonesome every day
I want you to know that since you walked out on me
Nothing seems to fit the same old way
Think about the love that burns within my heart for you
The good times we had before you went away
Walk back, back to me this minute to bring your love to me
Don't send me lines so lonesome every day
Music
Come on baby let the good times roll
Come on baby let it fill your soul yeah
Come on baby let the good times roll
Roll all night long
Come on baby yes this is real
Come on baby show me how you feel yeah
Come on baby let the good times roll
Roll all night long
Feels so good now let you on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Baby rock me all night
Come on baby let the good times roll
Come on baby let it fill your soul
Come on baby let the good times roll
Roll all night long
Roll on, roll on
Well it's a pretty wild concept for 1971
That's Nilsson letting the good times roll live
Wrapping up tonight are a few songs from Madness
In the late 70s they did more than any other band to popularise ska music in Australia
Ska or Blue Beat which along with Rock Steady started in the West Indies in the early 60s
It's almost a cross between that other form of Jamaican music reggae and American rhythm and blues
The main audience for the British Ska revival 10 years ago was Mods or Rude Boys
Dressed in baggy trousers with braces
It was centred in the industrial midlands of England with the exception of Madness who came out of North London in 1978
The Ska Beat formed the basis for the lively dance music
But Madness were not a pure Ska band
Their forte was zaniness, catchy lyrics and a fun approach to what they called the nutty sound
Madness have now ended but they left a mighty good selection of videos to remember them by
I'll leave you with those and say good night
It's just gone through now, past monsoon
On the banks of the River Nile
Here comes the boat, only half afloat
Husband wins a toothless smile
Only just one more to this desolate shore
Last boat along the River Nile
Doesn't seem to care, no more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The horse leaps in his hair before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't dampen his smile
Just floats away sand with an oar in his hand
Flows soft down the River Nile
Flows soft down the River Nile
Never, never, never
Never, never
Never, never
Never, never, never
Never, never, never
Never, never, never
Never, never, never
Never, never, never
Good morning, this
Can I help you, son?
Sixteen today, and that for fun
I'm a big boy now, so don't say so
If you'll serve I'll be on my way
Box of balloons, with that that I touch
Echo party poppers, that pop in the night
A tooth brush and hairspray, plastic wings
This clay on the corners has just walked in
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to the lions
There's temptations on his way
Welcome to the house of fun
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
You misunderstood
Sixteen big boy, complain in my manhood
I'm up to date on events today
So if you'll serve I'll be on my way
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the lions
There's temptations on his way
Welcome to the house of fun
I'm sorry, son
But read I'm sorry
Party gimmicks
In this shop
Try the house of fun
It's quicker if you run
This is a chemist, not a junk shop
Party heads, simple in a clear
Come, release and we understand
Do you hear a pack of party heads
With the colour tips
Too late, Gorgons heard gossip
Well, hello, Joe, hello, misclaiming
Head returns from the day
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to the lions
There's temptations on his way
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to the lions
There's temptations on his way
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the house of fun
Look, now we're back again
And God has fixed the end
Followed at nine by those crazies Filthy Rich and Kev Flair from the creators of The Young Ones
Flush the lab Filthy
It'll be worth the ground just to see Eddie go down the toilet
The shower's fixed now
Any more problems just call Transvestite Plumbers and we'll be rounding the floors
Test of elimination
Rich and sexy
Snap away girls
The degeneration followed by Filthy Rich and Kev Flair
Your crazy comedy double 8.30 Thursday
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Sit tight and listen keenly
While I play for you another brand new musical biscuit
I hope you realize you're playing with diamonds
Let's come up at your stand
Hey
How funny
It's me
Hey
I like it
There's been a flame waiting at the radio station
All I did from here was my generation
Calling all the kings from across the nation
And some are prisoners and others are the nation
Worry about the power we've got to generate
A publicity battery's a risk
You can pay us later
Get your digital watches and synchronization
It's just around the short side of selfish motivation
It's a place to be and we've got a location
You know this old business for another compilation
Please, go find money
Everybody's welcome, there'll be no discrimination
Do you want it from me?
In case there's a problem bring identification
Come on everybody, let's party
Come on everybody, we've got talent
Come on everybody, let's party
Come on everybody, let's party right now
I am concerned over the possibility of another gang
Watch this
I got it
Watch this
So the homeless mugs are coming, we've got a compilation
Standing around the city's been a major transformation
Danny got a shock and he took a vacation
Check the wildlife at the radio station
Hope they stay in
Maybe party breaks won't be stilled in to me
Darling, now, now, now
It's all the paper people's turn, I change
Come on everybody, we've got a place to be
Come on everybody, we've got talent
Come on everybody, let's party
Come on everybody, let's party right now
Party right now
The white man ain't left me nothing out here but the underworld
And that's where I stand
Where do you get?
Come on everybody, let's party
Now it's time to go into reservation
Heard about a party and they say they're delegation
Bulldog crew don't need no provocation
God is great, he's got us inside the country simulation
Me, lady, and little simple
I'll keep a feast on me, no, no brazen
No one can stop the show
The promola didn't book no entertainer
Come on everybody, let's party
Come on everybody, we've got talent
You jump in front of my car when you know all the time
90 miles an hour, girl, is the speed I drive
You tell me it's all right, you don't mind a little pain
You say you just want me to take you for a drive
You're just like a monster trying to get through you
I don't need to run over you
I'm not the only soul accused of hit and run
Tire tracks all across your back, I can see you had your fun
But, darling, can't you see my signals turn from green to red
And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead
You're just like a monster trying to get through you
Straight up ahead
You're just like a monster trying to get through you
I don't need to run over you
I'm not the only soul accused of hit and run
Tire tracks all across your back, I can see you had your fun
But, darling, can't you see my signals turn from green to red
Cross time, yeah
Cross time, yeah
Cross time, yeah
Look out, look out
Cross time, yeah
One second straight
Watching the wildlife on my way home
The state I'm from, people gliding on the floor
Pleased with life, not needing more
Sunset on the river, people go home in the rain
Familiar faces on the train
Familiar faces on the train
Running skin and stinted
If you look by the sword
That's your own war
So don't walk with me
Watching the wildlife
Beast within you, eat your heart out
Get free from hate, get in love
I was in the backyard
The girls are hanging off the lines
Washing their wiser troubles away
It's a shame we have to play
Those who're chasing me around
Are things that have fun in the past
Don't make that mistake again
The sun beats down, the streets of passion
If you look by the sword
That's your own war
So don't walk with me
Watching the wildlife
Beast within you, eat your heart out
Get free from hate, get in love