Chords for Del Amitri Interview - Timeline BBC2 Scotland 30th November 2017
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Now, they've had five top ten albums and a string of hits on both sides of the Atlantic,
making them one of Scotland's biggest musical exports.
Now, Della Metri are back with a new tour lined [D] up next year.
Are you a fan?
Yeah, I'm a big fan.
You've got to say that, they're sitting right there.
[Ab] They might bash us otherwise.
We've been singing their songs all day, I can tell you.
We have, yeah.
And we're going to speak to them in just a moment,
after a reminder of some of their biggest hits.
The wrong guy, [B] wrong situation, [Gb] the right [B] time to [Gb] roll with me, [B]
roll with me.
[Ab] [A] The last to [Gbm] know how you're feeling, the last [A] to know where [Gbm] you are, the last [B] to know
if you're happy now or [Dbm] if he's treating you like I treated you, if [D] he's cruel.
[E] I'll be the [A] last to know [F] that nothing [Bb] ever happens, [F] nothing happens [Bb] at all.
[Dm] The needle returns to [Bb] the start of the sun [C] and we all sing along like [Bb] before
and [F] we'll all be lonely [Bb] tonight and lonely [F]
tomorrow.
[Eb] And Justin Curry and Ian Harvey from the band are with us live.
You were giving a running commentary through all of those clips.
What was it like looking back at that old video?
Oh, it's nice to see me thin again.
The odd thing watching the Roll To Me clip was that we were sort of between lineups.
Our guitar player, David Cummings, who's been with us for years,
left to have kids and be a responsible adult.
But at the time Roll To Me was becoming quite a big hit in America and the UK,
so every time we were asked to do a performance of Roll To Me,
we had to hire a few extra friends to play with us.
I don't know who was in that particular lineup.
I was playing the bass, which is not really my forte.
I've got to ask you about that sheepskin coat on top of the pops.
Why?
Because I had the flu.
I got a horrible virus two days before Top Of The Pops.
In fact, I remember somebody sent a nurse round to the tour bus
Oh, I remember that, yes.
to
inject me in the arse with some kind of jam.
Vitamin B12, I believe it was.
Which didn't work.
Yeah, I was sweating buckets and [G]
the only thing I could do
And here was [Gb] me thinking it was some fashion statement.
No, [N] that's not fashion.
Have you still got it?
No.
Ian, for those who haven't been following closely,
what have you been up to in recent years?
I, as a band, well, Justin's done
How many solo records have you done, Justin?
I've done four.
Four solo records.
I don't think any of them made the top five.
No, they didn't.
That's true, they didn't.
It's nice of you to point that out.
I did bits and pieces of work as a record producer
and Justin and I wrote some material that's still languishing in the vault somewhere.
But you went back on the road in 2014 for the first time in a long time.
What was that like?
It was great fun.
It was brilliant fun.
It was totally fantastic.
And we thought, oh, how we've missed this.
Really?
Yeah.
Did you miss it?
Well, we didn't find that out until we actually did the tour,
but it was all very emotional.
I was saying this recently that before the first show,
I was away doing some vocal warm-ups in the kitchen of this little pub in Cork
and I just burst out crying.
And I went into the dressing room and said,
guys, I've just burst out crying.
And Chris, the guitar player, said, well, this has been the biggest part of your life.
No wonder.
But we loved it.
It was great.
And the audience seemed to enjoy it as well.
That seems to be part of the plan.
I find myself with tears streaming down my face at Hammersmith Apollo
when we were playing here and now.
For no real reason.
I mean, it wasn't any
I just had this sudden wave of emotion.
It was great fun.
I thought it was because I was singing.
And of course, back on the road next year,
only one Scottish gig at the moment?
At the moment, there aren't
Yeah, at the moment, we've got Edinburgh Castle booked.
We might do something else.
We're not sure.
Tell us about the last time you played Edinburgh Castle.
Ooh.
Do you know what year that was, Ian?
1990
I think it was 95.
It was 95.
That's right.
I was going to say 1990.
It was 1995.
That was the biggest headline show we'd ever played.
We'd played to bigger crowds,
but we'd been going on at 11 in the morning, you know?
So we were extremely nervous.
Our crew was extremely nervous.
And it was a [Bm] complete disaster.
[N] It was cold and there were technical difficulties at the start of the set.
We went on stage and Yes.
..my
bass didn't work for the first three minutes,
so we just played the opening guitar riff over and over again for three minutes.
We should have just left and gone back on.
We didn't have that experience at that time.
And you had problems with the police as well.
They didn't want the crowd to stand up.
There was a policeman with a braiding red at the peak of his cap,
which I presume means some sort of seniority.
And he took us up during the day onto quite high up and said,
you see these esplanade
These, sorry, bleachers, whatever you call them. Yeah.
If people stand up, that's a safety issue
and there could be a terrible accident.
We were OK.
But then two minutes before we went on stage,
our tour manager was somewhere else
and the same policeman walked into the dressing room,
big tall guy in this tiny little dressing room,
and just pointed at me and said,
if you don't tell the audience to sit down when they stand up,
I will hold you personally responsible.
Well, nobody died, thankfully.
No.
And we look forward to seeing you next year at Edinburgh Castle.
Thank you so much.
Cheers.
And the tour is next year at Edinburgh Castle, 21st of
making them one of Scotland's biggest musical exports.
Now, Della Metri are back with a new tour lined [D] up next year.
Are you a fan?
Yeah, I'm a big fan.
You've got to say that, they're sitting right there.
[Ab] They might bash us otherwise.
We've been singing their songs all day, I can tell you.
We have, yeah.
And we're going to speak to them in just a moment,
after a reminder of some of their biggest hits.
The wrong guy, [B] wrong situation, [Gb] the right [B] time to [Gb] roll with me, [B]
roll with me.
[Ab] [A] The last to [Gbm] know how you're feeling, the last [A] to know where [Gbm] you are, the last [B] to know
if you're happy now or [Dbm] if he's treating you like I treated you, if [D] he's cruel.
[E] I'll be the [A] last to know [F] that nothing [Bb] ever happens, [F] nothing happens [Bb] at all.
[Dm] The needle returns to [Bb] the start of the sun [C] and we all sing along like [Bb] before
and [F] we'll all be lonely [Bb] tonight and lonely [F]
tomorrow.
[Eb] And Justin Curry and Ian Harvey from the band are with us live.
You were giving a running commentary through all of those clips.
What was it like looking back at that old video?
Oh, it's nice to see me thin again.
The odd thing watching the Roll To Me clip was that we were sort of between lineups.
Our guitar player, David Cummings, who's been with us for years,
left to have kids and be a responsible adult.
But at the time Roll To Me was becoming quite a big hit in America and the UK,
so every time we were asked to do a performance of Roll To Me,
we had to hire a few extra friends to play with us.
I don't know who was in that particular lineup.
I was playing the bass, which is not really my forte.
I've got to ask you about that sheepskin coat on top of the pops.
Why?
Because I had the flu.
I got a horrible virus two days before Top Of The Pops.
In fact, I remember somebody sent a nurse round to the tour bus
Oh, I remember that, yes.
to
inject me in the arse with some kind of jam.
Vitamin B12, I believe it was.
Which didn't work.
Yeah, I was sweating buckets and [G]
the only thing I could do
And here was [Gb] me thinking it was some fashion statement.
No, [N] that's not fashion.
Have you still got it?
No.
Ian, for those who haven't been following closely,
what have you been up to in recent years?
I, as a band, well, Justin's done
How many solo records have you done, Justin?
I've done four.
Four solo records.
I don't think any of them made the top five.
No, they didn't.
That's true, they didn't.
It's nice of you to point that out.
I did bits and pieces of work as a record producer
and Justin and I wrote some material that's still languishing in the vault somewhere.
But you went back on the road in 2014 for the first time in a long time.
What was that like?
It was great fun.
It was brilliant fun.
It was totally fantastic.
And we thought, oh, how we've missed this.
Really?
Yeah.
Did you miss it?
Well, we didn't find that out until we actually did the tour,
but it was all very emotional.
I was saying this recently that before the first show,
I was away doing some vocal warm-ups in the kitchen of this little pub in Cork
and I just burst out crying.
And I went into the dressing room and said,
guys, I've just burst out crying.
And Chris, the guitar player, said, well, this has been the biggest part of your life.
No wonder.
But we loved it.
It was great.
And the audience seemed to enjoy it as well.
That seems to be part of the plan.
I find myself with tears streaming down my face at Hammersmith Apollo
when we were playing here and now.
For no real reason.
I mean, it wasn't any
I just had this sudden wave of emotion.
It was great fun.
I thought it was because I was singing.
And of course, back on the road next year,
only one Scottish gig at the moment?
At the moment, there aren't
Yeah, at the moment, we've got Edinburgh Castle booked.
We might do something else.
We're not sure.
Tell us about the last time you played Edinburgh Castle.
Ooh.
Do you know what year that was, Ian?
1990
I think it was 95.
It was 95.
That's right.
I was going to say 1990.
It was 1995.
That was the biggest headline show we'd ever played.
We'd played to bigger crowds,
but we'd been going on at 11 in the morning, you know?
So we were extremely nervous.
Our crew was extremely nervous.
And it was a [Bm] complete disaster.
[N] It was cold and there were technical difficulties at the start of the set.
We went on stage and Yes.
..my
bass didn't work for the first three minutes,
so we just played the opening guitar riff over and over again for three minutes.
We should have just left and gone back on.
We didn't have that experience at that time.
And you had problems with the police as well.
They didn't want the crowd to stand up.
There was a policeman with a braiding red at the peak of his cap,
which I presume means some sort of seniority.
And he took us up during the day onto quite high up and said,
you see these esplanade
These, sorry, bleachers, whatever you call them. Yeah.
If people stand up, that's a safety issue
and there could be a terrible accident.
We were OK.
But then two minutes before we went on stage,
our tour manager was somewhere else
and the same policeman walked into the dressing room,
big tall guy in this tiny little dressing room,
and just pointed at me and said,
if you don't tell the audience to sit down when they stand up,
I will hold you personally responsible.
Well, nobody died, thankfully.
No.
And we look forward to seeing you next year at Edinburgh Castle.
Thank you so much.
Cheers.
And the tour is next year at Edinburgh Castle, 21st of
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Now, they've had five top ten albums and a string of hits on both sides of the Atlantic,
making them one of Scotland's biggest musical exports.
Now, Della Metri are back with a new tour lined [D] up next year.
Are you a fan?
Yeah, I'm a big fan.
You've got to say that, they're sitting right there.
_ _ [Ab] They might bash us otherwise.
We've been singing their songs all day, I can tell you.
We have, yeah.
And we're going to speak to them in just a moment,
after a reminder of some of their biggest hits. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The wrong guy, [B] wrong situation, [Gb] the right [B] time to [Gb] roll with me, _ _ [B] _
roll with me.
_ [Ab] _ [A] The last to [Gbm] know how you're feeling, the last [A] to know where [Gbm] you are, the last [B] to know
if you're happy now or [Dbm] if he's treating you like I treated you, if [D] he's cruel.
_ _ [E] I'll be the [A] last to know _ [F] that nothing _ [Bb] ever happens, [F] _ nothing happens [Bb] at all.
[Dm] The needle returns to [Bb] the start of the sun [C] and we all sing along like [Bb] before
and [F] we'll all be lonely [Bb] tonight and lonely [F]
tomorrow.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] And Justin Curry and Ian Harvey from the band are with us live.
You were giving a running commentary through all of those clips.
What was it like looking back at that old video?
Oh, it's nice to see _ me thin again.
_ _ _ _ _ The odd thing watching the Roll To Me clip was that we were sort of between lineups.
_ Our guitar player, David Cummings, who's been with us for years,
left to have kids and be a responsible adult.
_ _ But at the time Roll To Me was becoming quite a big hit in America and the UK,
so every time we were asked to do a performance of Roll To Me,
we had to hire a few extra friends to play with us.
I don't know who was in that particular lineup.
I was playing the bass, which is not really my forte.
I've got to ask you about that sheepskin coat on top of the pops.
Why?
_ _ Because I had the flu.
I got a horrible virus two days before Top Of The Pops.
In _ fact, I remember somebody sent a nurse round to the tour bus_
Oh, I remember that, yes.
_to
inject me in the arse with some kind of jam.
Vitamin B12, I believe it was.
Which didn't work.
_ _ Yeah, I was sweating buckets and [G]
the only thing I could do_
And here was [Gb] me thinking it was some fashion statement.
No, _ [N] that's not fashion.
Have you still got it?
No. _ _
Ian, for those who haven't been following closely,
what have you been up to in recent years?
I, as a band, well, Justin's done_
How many solo records have you done, Justin?
I've done four.
Four solo records.
I don't think any of them made the top five.
No, they didn't.
That's true, they didn't.
It's nice of you to point that out.
I did bits and pieces of work as a record producer
and Justin and I wrote some material that's still languishing in the vault somewhere.
But you went back on the road in 2014 for the first time in a long time.
What was that like?
It was great fun.
It was brilliant fun.
It was totally fantastic.
And we thought, oh, how we've missed this.
_ Really?
Yeah.
Did you miss it?
Well, we didn't find that out until we actually did the tour,
but _ it was all very emotional.
_ _ I was saying this recently that before the first show,
I was away doing some vocal warm-ups in the kitchen of this little pub in Cork
and I just burst out crying.
And I went into the dressing room and said,
guys, I've just burst out crying.
And Chris, the guitar player, said, well, this has been the biggest part of your life.
No wonder.
But we loved it.
It was great.
And the audience seemed to enjoy it as well.
That seems to be part of the plan.
I find myself with tears streaming down my face at Hammersmith Apollo
when we were playing here and now.
For no real reason.
I mean, it wasn't any_
I just had this sudden wave of emotion.
It was great fun.
I thought it was because I was singing.
_ And of course, back on the road next year,
only one Scottish gig at the moment?
At the moment, there aren't_
Yeah, at the moment, we've got Edinburgh Castle booked.
We might do something else.
We're not sure.
Tell us about the last time you played Edinburgh Castle.
Ooh.
Do you know what year that was, Ian?
_ _ _ _ 1990_
I think it was 95.
It was 95.
That's right.
I was going to say 1990.
It was 1995.
That was the biggest headline show we'd ever played.
We'd played to bigger crowds,
but we'd been going on at 11 in the morning, you know? _ _
So we were extremely nervous.
Our crew was extremely nervous.
And it was a [Bm] complete disaster.
[N] It was cold and there were technical difficulties at the start of the set.
We went on stage _ and_ Yes.
_ ..my
bass didn't work for the first three minutes,
so we just played the opening guitar riff over and over again for three minutes.
We should have just left and gone back on.
We didn't have that experience at that time.
And you had problems with the police as well.
They didn't want the crowd to stand up.
There was a policeman with a braiding red at the peak of his cap,
which I presume means some sort of seniority.
And he took us up during the day onto quite high up and said,
you see these esplanade_
These, sorry, bleachers, whatever you call them. Yeah.
If people stand up, that's a safety issue
and there could be a terrible accident.
We were OK.
But then two minutes before we went on stage,
our tour manager was somewhere else
and the same policeman walked into the dressing room,
big tall guy in this tiny little dressing room,
and just pointed at me and said,
if you don't tell the audience to sit down when they stand up,
I will hold you personally responsible.
Well, nobody died, thankfully.
No.
And we look forward to seeing you next year at Edinburgh Castle.
Thank you so much.
Cheers.
And the tour is next year at Edinburgh Castle, 21st of
making them one of Scotland's biggest musical exports.
Now, Della Metri are back with a new tour lined [D] up next year.
Are you a fan?
Yeah, I'm a big fan.
You've got to say that, they're sitting right there.
_ _ [Ab] They might bash us otherwise.
We've been singing their songs all day, I can tell you.
We have, yeah.
And we're going to speak to them in just a moment,
after a reminder of some of their biggest hits. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The wrong guy, [B] wrong situation, [Gb] the right [B] time to [Gb] roll with me, _ _ [B] _
roll with me.
_ [Ab] _ [A] The last to [Gbm] know how you're feeling, the last [A] to know where [Gbm] you are, the last [B] to know
if you're happy now or [Dbm] if he's treating you like I treated you, if [D] he's cruel.
_ _ [E] I'll be the [A] last to know _ [F] that nothing _ [Bb] ever happens, [F] _ nothing happens [Bb] at all.
[Dm] The needle returns to [Bb] the start of the sun [C] and we all sing along like [Bb] before
and [F] we'll all be lonely [Bb] tonight and lonely [F]
tomorrow.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] And Justin Curry and Ian Harvey from the band are with us live.
You were giving a running commentary through all of those clips.
What was it like looking back at that old video?
Oh, it's nice to see _ me thin again.
_ _ _ _ _ The odd thing watching the Roll To Me clip was that we were sort of between lineups.
_ Our guitar player, David Cummings, who's been with us for years,
left to have kids and be a responsible adult.
_ _ But at the time Roll To Me was becoming quite a big hit in America and the UK,
so every time we were asked to do a performance of Roll To Me,
we had to hire a few extra friends to play with us.
I don't know who was in that particular lineup.
I was playing the bass, which is not really my forte.
I've got to ask you about that sheepskin coat on top of the pops.
Why?
_ _ Because I had the flu.
I got a horrible virus two days before Top Of The Pops.
In _ fact, I remember somebody sent a nurse round to the tour bus_
Oh, I remember that, yes.
_to
inject me in the arse with some kind of jam.
Vitamin B12, I believe it was.
Which didn't work.
_ _ Yeah, I was sweating buckets and [G]
the only thing I could do_
And here was [Gb] me thinking it was some fashion statement.
No, _ [N] that's not fashion.
Have you still got it?
No. _ _
Ian, for those who haven't been following closely,
what have you been up to in recent years?
I, as a band, well, Justin's done_
How many solo records have you done, Justin?
I've done four.
Four solo records.
I don't think any of them made the top five.
No, they didn't.
That's true, they didn't.
It's nice of you to point that out.
I did bits and pieces of work as a record producer
and Justin and I wrote some material that's still languishing in the vault somewhere.
But you went back on the road in 2014 for the first time in a long time.
What was that like?
It was great fun.
It was brilliant fun.
It was totally fantastic.
And we thought, oh, how we've missed this.
_ Really?
Yeah.
Did you miss it?
Well, we didn't find that out until we actually did the tour,
but _ it was all very emotional.
_ _ I was saying this recently that before the first show,
I was away doing some vocal warm-ups in the kitchen of this little pub in Cork
and I just burst out crying.
And I went into the dressing room and said,
guys, I've just burst out crying.
And Chris, the guitar player, said, well, this has been the biggest part of your life.
No wonder.
But we loved it.
It was great.
And the audience seemed to enjoy it as well.
That seems to be part of the plan.
I find myself with tears streaming down my face at Hammersmith Apollo
when we were playing here and now.
For no real reason.
I mean, it wasn't any_
I just had this sudden wave of emotion.
It was great fun.
I thought it was because I was singing.
_ And of course, back on the road next year,
only one Scottish gig at the moment?
At the moment, there aren't_
Yeah, at the moment, we've got Edinburgh Castle booked.
We might do something else.
We're not sure.
Tell us about the last time you played Edinburgh Castle.
Ooh.
Do you know what year that was, Ian?
_ _ _ _ 1990_
I think it was 95.
It was 95.
That's right.
I was going to say 1990.
It was 1995.
That was the biggest headline show we'd ever played.
We'd played to bigger crowds,
but we'd been going on at 11 in the morning, you know? _ _
So we were extremely nervous.
Our crew was extremely nervous.
And it was a [Bm] complete disaster.
[N] It was cold and there were technical difficulties at the start of the set.
We went on stage _ and_ Yes.
_ ..my
bass didn't work for the first three minutes,
so we just played the opening guitar riff over and over again for three minutes.
We should have just left and gone back on.
We didn't have that experience at that time.
And you had problems with the police as well.
They didn't want the crowd to stand up.
There was a policeman with a braiding red at the peak of his cap,
which I presume means some sort of seniority.
And he took us up during the day onto quite high up and said,
you see these esplanade_
These, sorry, bleachers, whatever you call them. Yeah.
If people stand up, that's a safety issue
and there could be a terrible accident.
We were OK.
But then two minutes before we went on stage,
our tour manager was somewhere else
and the same policeman walked into the dressing room,
big tall guy in this tiny little dressing room,
and just pointed at me and said,
if you don't tell the audience to sit down when they stand up,
I will hold you personally responsible.
Well, nobody died, thankfully.
No.
And we look forward to seeing you next year at Edinburgh Castle.
Thank you so much.
Cheers.
And the tour is next year at Edinburgh Castle, 21st of