Smash Hits vol 1 no 26, 29 November 1979

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Back to top	Front Cover   Features a colour picture of Madness.   Features - Words to the TOP SINGLES including Last Train to London, Walking On The Moon, Let Your Heart Dance, Monkey Chop.   MARIANNE FAITHFULL, SUZI QUATRRO Features   ELVIS COSTELLO, LENE LOVICH In colour   SKIDS LPs TO BE WON
Back to top	Contents page   WORKING FOR THE YANKEE DOLLAR The Skids 29 DAVID WATTS The Jam 32 BRASS IN POCKET Pretenders 39 THE SKIDS: Colour Photo 29 BITZ 9/10/11 CROSSWORD 15 PUZZLES 24 GIGZ 38
Back to top	Page 11   BITZ MORE ON The Four Be Two's ongoing charity football situation. Again organised by their guitarist Jock McDonald, they recently took on a team fielded by Shoot! magazine in London and proceeded to beat them at their own game, 6-5. Pictured above are (back row, left to right) Bill Stewart (Island Records' talent spotter), Billy Idol, Robert (4x2's roadie), Pistol Paul Cook and Tony James of Gen X. The front row consists of Mike James (Tony's brother), 4x2 Jimmy Lydon, Pistol Steve Jones, 4x2 Paul Young, Gerry O'Donnell (on loan from Celtic! l) and The Skids' Ricky Jobson. On the far right Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott plays spot the ball. Scorers for the 4x2's were Steve Jones and Paul Cook (1 each), Gerry O'Donnell (2) and Modest Jock himself (2). The next game is pencilled in for Richard Jobson's home ground, East End Park, Dunfermline (in Fife), some time over the Christmas/New Year period.   Photo by Bob Legon
Back to top	Page 15   INTO THE VALLEY... of The Crossword rode the six hundred, clues to left of them, clues to the right of them ... Epic stuff, eh gang? Talking of epic stuff, we've got 25 copies of The Skids' magnifico new album "Days In Europa" here, plus a Sanyo radio cassette recorder, waiting for the lucky winners of our crossword competition. You know how it goes: first correct entry opened after the closing date (December 12) gets the radio cassette recorder, plus a cassette of The Skids' album. The next 25 correct entries opened each get a copy of "Days In Europa". Ready then? Crossword Brigade chaaaaaaarge.   ACROSS 30 ------ Minds are a Scottish new wave band   DOWN 4 The Pretenders have it in pocket
Back to top	Page 16   Full page advert for THE JAM, SETTING SONS   NEW ALBUM INCLUDES THE HIT SINGLE THE ETON RIFLES
Back to top	Page 24   STAR TEASERS   A PETE TOWNSHEND SKIDS
Back to top	Page 29   WORKING FOR THE YANKEE DOLLAR   By Ian Cranna   Photo of the Skids in 'War' pose, with words to "Working For The Yankee Dollar".   Saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been As I held the rope on through the scope I wish I'd never seen Where the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy's dream But who were there could only stare into this wonderous scene Chorus Yankee, to war Yankee, head high Yankee, in call Yankee, we cry In Germany in the '45, my mind was on the altar thought of God the Iron Rod and thoughts that needed shelter From 'Tragen' pain and men insane and eyes that got much colder Saw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much Older   Repeat chorus Working for the Yankee Dollar Working for the Yankee Dollar Working for the Yankee Dollar Working for the Yankee Dollar   Processions bear thet human flare which mark a hero's welcome For those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion All the flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning In an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation   Repeat chorus   Working for the Yankee Dollar (Repeat six times) Repeat chorus to fade   Words & Music by R. Jobson/S.Adamson Reproduced by permission, Virgin Music.
Back to top	Page 32   Request Spot   Artist THE JAM Song David Watts Label Polydor Year 1978 Requested by David Peasnell, Totteridge, London Lyrics to "David Watts".
Back to top	Page 38   Gigz   Friday (November 30) Jam Lancaster University Simple Minds Liverpool Eric's   Saturday (December 1) Simple Minds Manchester Polytechnic   Sunday (December 2) Simple Minds Leeds Fforde Green Hotel   Monday (December 3) Jam London Rainbow   Tuesday (December 4) Jam London Rainbow   Thursday (December 6) Jam Newcastle City Hall   Friday (December 7) London Rainbow Jam Newcastle City Hall Simple Minds Stafford North Staffs Polytechnic   Saturday (December 8) Jam Newcastle City Hall Simple Minds Nottingham Sandpiper   Sunday (December 9) Jam Dundee Caird Hall   Monday (December 10) Jam Edingburgh Odeon Simple Minds Exeter University   Tuesday (December 11) Jam Leeds Queens Exhibition Hall Simple Minds Exeter University   Wednesday (December 12) Jam Blackburn King Georges Hall   Thursday (December 13) Jam Cardiff Sophia Gardens Simple Minds London Marquee
Back to top	Page 39   Brass In Pocket   By The Pretenderson on Real Records

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