Chords for Debbi Peterson: Bum drumming (The Bangles meet Mel & Sue,1)

_ [N] Just pointed out to me that I have half of my mouth on my teeth.
Are you alright?
Lipstick, lipstick.
It's Hammer House of Horror, isn't it?
It's basically, what happens in Hammer House of Horror,
lezzing it up, fangs, dripping, blooded mouth.
Absolutely.
That's what I've got.
Now can I just say, ladies, ladies, girls, gang, guys,
you look absolutely fantastic and it's so good to see you here.
Thank you very much for coming.
Thank you.
Now how has the UK been treating you first up?
_ Been very nice to us, actually.
Really? Yeah.
Have you found that traffic is free-flowing throughout our capital?
No.
_ _ No, no, [B] Michael's not laughing at that at all.
How do you get comfy in these chairs, mate?
I [D] don't know.
What I love about that is you can just, if you don't like it,
you can just turn us around.
That's the beauty of that.
Now we must welcome you properly.
We have Vicky, lead guitarist, _ Debbie, drums, _ Susanna and Michael.
There you go.
So [C] you know who to address your questions to.
Now first up, how did you arrive at the name The Bangles?
I believe in a sort of spinal tap way you went through a few [Eb] incarnations of names.
Yes, yes we did.
First we were the supersonic bangs, right?
Right, for about 20 minutes.
Then we got rid of the supersonic part, it was too long.
And just the bangs.
Debbie thought it sounded too much like the teardrop explodes.
The [N] bangs, that's what happened after the teardrop explodes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then the bangs became The Bangles.
The Bangles.
Was that because there was another bang, a group called The Bangs?
Yes, yes there was.
You should have taken them out.
Some bar band in New Jersey.
Now there's another band called The Bangs I think.
There actually is, yeah.
Who is that?
Just protest me, there's no new name in music.
I know.
I didn't have to ask.
Why _ _ [Eb] do you change your name to Michael?
[Db] It's a _ boy's name though, [Eb] isn't it?
It's a boy's name, she didn't know that.
That's great, but why a boy's name? You're kidding.
_ _ I think it's cool.
Is it because you wanted that rock coolness?
_ _ [B] You guys got me on the spot.
I'm a little slow on the uptake this morning, we were out partying a little bit last night.
Where were you?
[Dm] Where did you go?
[N] What was it called?
We had a fabulous restaurant and stayed a little too late, drank a little too much wine.
The wine was flowing.
The wine was flowing.
I'm glad to see the rock and roll, the throwing televisions out windows, the alcohol intake,
it's still there, nothing changes.
Just throwing utensils across the room, it really [G] didn't get worse than that.
How did the actual band [B] start then?
Who was the kind of, the founder member?
The force.
_ The three of us [Abm] actually [Gb] congealed in a garage.
We met [B] through _ _ an ad in [G] the paper actually.
We were looking for another guitar player and [Eb] Susanna was looking for people to make noise with.
And we_
We did.
It's perfect.
Now who bought who?
Debbie, you got bought a drum kit.
Yes, she bought me a drum kit.
Her first one.
Because I had no money.
You were 15?
I was 15.
But then, it's a lovely gesture, but then you had to work in [Abm] McDonald's. Yes.
[Eb] To pay it off.
My boyfriend said, [N] you know, she's never going to pay you back for that, you know.
And he did.
Did he say that?
It was his fault.
How dare he.
And got me all riled up and I said, yeah, you know Debbie, you should get a job or something, you know, pay me back.
I wanted to pay you back.
Did you?
Yes.
I need to immediately go to this.
Now Debbie, you warm up for a gig by bum drumming.
What is bum drumming?
I don't know what that is.
That really is bum drumming.
It is what it is.
So it's basically cuffs on_
Drumming on your bum.
No, no, no, it's just practicing on someone's rear end.
Oh, I see.
Who's rear end is it?
John Polaci.
Really?
Yeah, this was years ago.
You mean he would lie down?
No, no, no, this was before we went on stage.
He would just sort of bend over and it was like, who's this?
Who did that?
Polaci.
John Polaci.
I've never seen this.
This was years ago.
This was back in the 80s.
Debbie, Debbie, hang on a sec.
Whenever I drum, I do get this kind of weird claw thing.
What do you mean?
Well, it goes all tight.
It goes all tight and I can't hold the drumstick.
How do you stop getting the drum claw?
Drudge room.
You need to relax.
She's been on the inhaler this morning.
The claw, you relax.
See, that's the issue.
Inhaling, you inhale it.
Now, what do I [Eb] do about my guitar claw?
_ Same thing. _
You really, you cramp up, you're tensing up.
You've got to relax into [B] it.
You need to relax.
Relax into it, feel the groove.
Okay, because I don't know why I'm tense, because I know A now.
I know where the A chord is.
Are you doing barre chords?
Yeah, I can do a barre chord.
You [N] can get the claw.
I can get the claw from barre chords.
You, after all this time, with all this percussion.
Yeah, I can get a little bit from too many barre chords.
That's a hard position.
You've got a new single [Db] out, which is very, very exciting.
Can we see a little clip of it?
Sure.
Let's have a look.
This is the Bangles' new single.
[Abm] Ever [B] so far, you get [Gb]
caught, maybe.
[Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ Then a [Ab] _
_ [Ab] single kiss to [Gb] wake.
Yes.
[N] That was a cracker.
That was something you said.
Something you said.
Something you said, rocking up the charts.
And number one is the position that it thoroughly deserves to be.
Is it exciting?
[E] Are you kind of excited about this?
[Ab] Yeah.
Totally excited.
We're so happy with the album.
Shocked and stunned.
Shocked and stunned.
Did you think that you'd keep going?
Did you think that you'd just keep on rocking?
Yeah.
[E] We didn't really [Gb] have expectations beyond just making an album that we all felt really strong about.
[Ab] So _ [B] it's very exciting that anything [N] is happening.
We're very happy.
Happy that we're alive.
Yeah.
Do the kids get embarrassed about the whole rock angle, or are they just really, really proud?
Our kids?
Yeah.
The little ones?
The little ones are very proud.
They don't quite figure it out yet.
They're still learning about it.
I think that's brilliant, though, that your mum is like a rocker.
So cool.
It's way cool.
It's beautiful.
I'd like to see your mum rocking.
Absolutely.
Rocking it up.
Come on, Rosemary, rock it up.
_ There'll be more of the Bangles after the break, and of course, lovely Ainsley.
Lovely Ainsley.
Ainsley's going to be joining us.
If you'd like to ask Ainsley something, for instance, or if you'd like to ask the Bangles,
if you walk like an Egyptian and talk like an Egyptian, can you then apply to be a naturalised citizen of Egypt?
You can call us on 0207 221 444.
Or perhaps you might want to ask the Bangles, if you were to set fire to 40,000 litres of lighter fuel,
would that be burning an eternal flame?
I believe so.
But please do [G] text us on 831888 and remember to start the message with the word MELSU,
[Gb] or email us at melansu at risetv.co.uk.
See you in a bit.
Bye.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _