Chords for del shannon & rob grill on goodmorning america

[C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ Just as long [G] as we're dead
_ _ _ [E] _
That's _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] the great time of our lives
Oh, they say, where do you get this film of us?
Remember that Sandell Shannon
had one [F#] hit song after another in the early 1960s.
His very first record, Runaway, made it to the top of the charts in 1961.
And then a few years after that, a group of musicians got together in Los Angeles
and called themselves The Grassroots.
Remember this?
In my little [C#] knapsack I've got [G#m] a _ little
[C#] 12 and a half _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [C#] and six-pound rock _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] record
They had 13 gold singles, [E] 2 gold albums, and a [B] platinum.
Their lead singer, Rob Grill, is with us this morning, and so is Bill Shannon.
And good morning to both of you.
Good morning, Joan.
How are you?
I'm fine.
You know, [C#] thinking back, success came really, really quickly, I think, for both of you.
Bill, I know that it did for you.
What was that like at the time?
Were you surprised?
Yeah, I was going to_
They told me to go, you know, write some songs.
They had recorded me [N] once in New York
and sent me back to the club in Battle Creek, Michigan
and said, you know, you've got to write an up-tempo song.
And I said, if this song that I'm writing, Runaway, isn't a hit,
I'm going to go sell carpets, because that's what I was doing.
You're in Battle Creek, Michigan, right?
You're about 21 years old?
Yeah.
And just playing in the club?
Just playing in this club, you know, the same club.
It was an awful place.
_ Selling bottles.
And then all of a sudden, they called and said it's selling about 80,000 records a day.
And I said, does that mean I can quit this club?
And they said, yeah.
And so then I opened at Broadway at the Brooklyn Paramount.
And it was very scary.
And very different, huh?
Yeah, screaming instead of selling bottles, you know.
A big turn.
Well, pretty much the same, too, for the grassroots.
You found success really suddenly.
Do you think a group could get noticed that fast today?
I think probably today it's a little more difficult.
You know, the economy being a little tougher, the record companies don't have quite as much money to put into it.
And the playlists on the radios are really cut down.
And there's a lot of acts out there, but there's still always the dream.
And everybody will keep buying the guitars and trying, for sure.
But it's a little bit less, to take a chance these days, it's a little less likely?
Well, a chance is always, you know, worthwhile to take.
But I think it would be a little riskier today.
Of course, you've put together a new grassroots.
A new grassroots, yeah.
Instead of just [G] disbanding and going on and finding another band, [Bm] what kind of magic is needed to keep a group together?
Well, I had the group together for like 14 years.
And I tried to put it back together like a year and a half ago with some of the original guys.
But they didn't share my enthusiasm for being on the road.
This is called Drop Down and Get Me.
It's produced by Tom Petty.
And back to the top of the chart.
Yeah, top 30 in February.
Is rock and roll, do you find that the rock and roll music is different today than it was?
Oh yeah, I think it's different.
A lot of the lyrics are different, especially in the punk rock.
How so different?
Oh, it's, I don't know, it's more violent maybe.
[G#] Ours was more romantic.
It was like teenage and really, which still sells today.
Teenage still, I think, will always sell.
Well, how do you like that change?
_ I don't care what they do, you know, it's okay with me.
As long as they buy my records.
_ I think different periods write about different times, what's happening then.
You know, like when you had Grace Licker in an earlier This Week in Juvenile,
[C#] talking about, you know, a good drug use or whatever at that time.
And then now that's become passe.
And they're writing about new things.
And there's like maybe a little more of an angry attitude, you know,
as far as the kids looking at politics and stuff today.
So they reflect that in the song.
But there's still always room for, you know, love and having a good time at the beach,
which we do out in California.
So all [G] facets of it are, you know, really legitimate, I think.
Well, the whole image of musicians changed in the 60s.
Yes.
I mean, from the sling cut, we drink milk, all of a sudden it became a whole new image.
I was supposed to, my manager, my old manager used to get me these fat big cufflinks and necktie.
And I hated neckties and I hated dressing up and I hated, you know, you had to stand up.
You couldn't sit down before you went on because you'd wrinkle your pants.
That's how really slick they try to get you.
And I hated that, you know, and all of a sudden the stones came along and I said, wow, great.
That's what I always wanted to be like is the stones.
So Jackie, you're free to go.
So I kind of just freak out, you know.
Look how great Mick Jagger dresses today, though.
He's wearing the great suits and all that.
Well, now, who influenced you the most, Robbie?
I'm sure the Beatles.
You know, when they came over the big invasion, I was going to be an attorney.
I was a pre-law student, so that's what my [G#m] dream was.
And all of a sudden here come these guys and I went out and bought my guitar and like everybody else
and started rehearsing in the garage with the next guys next door.
And the dream came true for me.
[G] You guys were on television a lot.
How many times were you on American Bandstand?
23.
23 times.
It's the record for a group.
Really?
Freddy Cannon holds the record for any one act, you know.
Who was with us earlier this week, too.
You took your son on, too, right? Three times.
Three times?
Well, you know, when you go on the show, Dick always comes back before the show and says,
well, what are we going to talk about today, guys?
And we kept having so many hits that, you know, we run out of things to talk about.
So he said, well, look, we had your kid on six months ago.
Look, he's grown.
Let's bring him back out.
And she said, hey, let's do it.
How old is he now?
12.
What kind of music does he like?
Rock and roll.
Does he want to be a rock and roll star like Dad?
Yeah.
Much to Mother's chagrin, but he's really into it.
You guys are back out performing now.
Who's in the audience?
Who's your big audience?
I get a mixture from 18 all the way up to 45.
New kids discovering you, plus it's the 40 and up also, saying, hey, I remember and I love that song.
It's a 13-year-old.
I look out in the audience and I see 12 and 13-year-old girls singing Live, Flip for Today, which was out 15 years ago.
And I go, wait a minute.
How did they [C] do that?
How did they know?
I guess their [G] older sisters are better than playing [A#] it.
[C] Thank