Chords for Johnny Marr, Nile Rodgers, Palma Violets Pick Greatest Songwriter At Ivor Novellos 2014
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Start Jamming...
No, I can't do that.
I honestly can't do that.
I [G] mean advice.
You know, I like Bob Marley, I like Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan.
[Db] Oh man, the list just goes on and on.
Lennon's up there, [C] Prince is up [E] there.
I can't do that.
I can't do the greatest writer of all time.
Nick Cave.
Yeah, he's here tonight.
Up [Dm] for the Best [E] Album award, which he thoroughly deserves to win.
It would probably [Gb] be Ray Davis, I think.
I know a lot of people give you the same answer.
Well, because, [A] well for a start his songs still sound good 30, 40 years later.
There's a certain kind of [E] resonance if you come from the UK.
You know, it feels like [Fm] this country we live in.
He's singing songs from this quirky little island that we live in, which takes some doing.
[C] And they're so well sung.
[Ab] I think [A] he's taken on that mantle really for songwriters as how to carry yourself and how to be very good at your art, I guess.
Oh, please, [Fm] come on.
[Am] In my opinion, [Eb] [Db]
[N] it's a cross between Prokofiev, John Coltrane.
Do you mean lyricists or do you mean just songs in general?
Music in general.
Oh, right.
Some people call songs only songs that have lyrics.
I call all music songs that have discernible melodies.
So my personal favorites are classical and jazz composers.
But I also like James Brown.
I mean, I think he's like the most prolific lyricist.
Paul Simon's a great friend of mine and an amazing lyricist.
[C] And I don't stink.
I mean, I'm okay.
I [B] always really wish I'd written [Em] Secret Smile by [Am] Semisonic.
I don't know why I [B] say that.
I think if you could [E] play that to your girlfriend, I think they'd be very [A] happy about that.
I wish I'd written [N] Love Me Again by John Newman.
That is so pretty.
I wish I'd written Human Nature by Michael Jackson.
Why?
I don't know.
It's a song that I don't seem to get bored of.
Well, there's plenty, but I'd say Gimme Danger by Iggy and the Stooges off the Raw Power album was always a favorite of mine.
That was a song that got me into them in the first place.
And, you know, it's not a million miles away from the way I play guitar anyway.
So it was sort of musically, anyway, it's kind of within my grasp, but it still has [Abm] some real magic in it.
It's [Dm] the Friday, Friday night at [Db] Reading and Leeds.
[Eb] It's the [Gb] unveiling of the new [F] side of our band.
[E] You have to wait and [F] see.
Just think Hollywood.
[E]
Hollywood, [Abm] that's what I'm going to say.
[Eb] We're not
[A] doing any festivals this summer, so we haven't really known [G] what's going on.
[Db] We could go [E] to Glastonbury and see Metallica.
I mean, that would be an event of sorts.
It's going to be Metallica at Glastonbury.
Everybody knows that.
Why so?
[Db] Because it's going to be funny.
Why now?
That's all I'm saying.
[Ab] Are you a Metallica fan?
Yeah.
[N] Do you think they deserve to be on the Glastonbury bill?
[E] Why not?
Yeah, why not?
I mean, they're not necessarily [Ab] a Glastonbury, obvious Glastonbury act, but then [Dbm] neither was Jay-Z.
I think [Eb] it's good that there's diversity and that it causes these [B] discussions.
[N] I think for that reason it's pretty good to have them.
When it comes to my songwriting, I am the worst songwriter in the world.
However, I'm a pretty damn good song re-writer.
My first ideas are always absurd.
So if I tried to tell somebody a songwriting trick, probably the most beneficial one would be,
the first thing you wrote stank.
Now, I might be wrong.
Maybe other people are brilliant the first time around.
But every time I write something, well, my songs are all non-fiction, believe it or not.
Non-fiction with fictional elements.
So I write something and I think it's amazing.
And I go back the next day and I look at it and I go, I really thought this was good.
So I'm a terrible writer, but I'm a pretty good re-writer.
A songwriting trick?
Yeah, just get in a room and turn up very loud and make sure the drummers not have too much to drink.
Talent borrows, genius steals.
[Eb] [E] Steal, steal, steal.
I honestly can't do that.
I [G] mean advice.
You know, I like Bob Marley, I like Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan.
[Db] Oh man, the list just goes on and on.
Lennon's up there, [C] Prince is up [E] there.
I can't do that.
I can't do the greatest writer of all time.
Nick Cave.
Yeah, he's here tonight.
Up [Dm] for the Best [E] Album award, which he thoroughly deserves to win.
It would probably [Gb] be Ray Davis, I think.
I know a lot of people give you the same answer.
Well, because, [A] well for a start his songs still sound good 30, 40 years later.
There's a certain kind of [E] resonance if you come from the UK.
You know, it feels like [Fm] this country we live in.
He's singing songs from this quirky little island that we live in, which takes some doing.
[C] And they're so well sung.
[Ab] I think [A] he's taken on that mantle really for songwriters as how to carry yourself and how to be very good at your art, I guess.
Oh, please, [Fm] come on.
[Am] In my opinion, [Eb] [Db]
[N] it's a cross between Prokofiev, John Coltrane.
Do you mean lyricists or do you mean just songs in general?
Music in general.
Oh, right.
Some people call songs only songs that have lyrics.
I call all music songs that have discernible melodies.
So my personal favorites are classical and jazz composers.
But I also like James Brown.
I mean, I think he's like the most prolific lyricist.
Paul Simon's a great friend of mine and an amazing lyricist.
[C] And I don't stink.
I mean, I'm okay.
I [B] always really wish I'd written [Em] Secret Smile by [Am] Semisonic.
I don't know why I [B] say that.
I think if you could [E] play that to your girlfriend, I think they'd be very [A] happy about that.
I wish I'd written [N] Love Me Again by John Newman.
That is so pretty.
I wish I'd written Human Nature by Michael Jackson.
Why?
I don't know.
It's a song that I don't seem to get bored of.
Well, there's plenty, but I'd say Gimme Danger by Iggy and the Stooges off the Raw Power album was always a favorite of mine.
That was a song that got me into them in the first place.
And, you know, it's not a million miles away from the way I play guitar anyway.
So it was sort of musically, anyway, it's kind of within my grasp, but it still has [Abm] some real magic in it.
It's [Dm] the Friday, Friday night at [Db] Reading and Leeds.
[Eb] It's the [Gb] unveiling of the new [F] side of our band.
[E] You have to wait and [F] see.
Just think Hollywood.
[E]
Hollywood, [Abm] that's what I'm going to say.
[Eb] We're not
[A] doing any festivals this summer, so we haven't really known [G] what's going on.
[Db] We could go [E] to Glastonbury and see Metallica.
I mean, that would be an event of sorts.
It's going to be Metallica at Glastonbury.
Everybody knows that.
Why so?
[Db] Because it's going to be funny.
Why now?
That's all I'm saying.
[Ab] Are you a Metallica fan?
Yeah.
[N] Do you think they deserve to be on the Glastonbury bill?
[E] Why not?
Yeah, why not?
I mean, they're not necessarily [Ab] a Glastonbury, obvious Glastonbury act, but then [Dbm] neither was Jay-Z.
I think [Eb] it's good that there's diversity and that it causes these [B] discussions.
[N] I think for that reason it's pretty good to have them.
When it comes to my songwriting, I am the worst songwriter in the world.
However, I'm a pretty damn good song re-writer.
My first ideas are always absurd.
So if I tried to tell somebody a songwriting trick, probably the most beneficial one would be,
the first thing you wrote stank.
Now, I might be wrong.
Maybe other people are brilliant the first time around.
But every time I write something, well, my songs are all non-fiction, believe it or not.
Non-fiction with fictional elements.
So I write something and I think it's amazing.
And I go back the next day and I look at it and I go, I really thought this was good.
So I'm a terrible writer, but I'm a pretty good re-writer.
A songwriting trick?
Yeah, just get in a room and turn up very loud and make sure the drummers not have too much to drink.
Talent borrows, genius steals.
[Eb] [E] Steal, steal, steal.
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_ No, I can't do that.
I honestly can't do that.
I [G] mean advice.
You know, I like Bob Marley, I like Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan.
[Db] Oh man, the list just goes on and on.
Lennon's up there, _ _ [C] Prince is up [E] there.
I can't do that.
I can't do the greatest writer of all time.
Nick Cave.
Yeah, he's here tonight.
Up [Dm] for the Best [E] Album award, which he thoroughly deserves to win.
It would probably [Gb] be Ray Davis, I think.
I know a lot of people give you the same answer.
_ Well, because, [A] well for a start his songs still sound good 30, 40 years later.
There's a certain kind of _ [E] resonance if you come from the UK.
You know, it feels like [Fm] this country we live in.
He's singing songs from this quirky little island that we live in, which takes some doing.
_ _ _ _ [C] And they're so well sung.
[Ab] _ _ I think [A] he's taken on that mantle really for songwriters as how to carry yourself and how to be very good at your art, I guess.
Oh, please, [Fm] come on.
_ [Am] In my opinion, [Eb] _ _ [Db] _
[N] it's a cross between Prokofiev, John Coltrane. _
Do you mean lyricists or do you mean just songs in general?
Music in general.
Oh, right.
Some people call songs only songs that have lyrics.
I call all music songs that have discernible melodies.
So my personal favorites are classical and jazz composers.
But I also like James Brown.
I mean, I think he's like the most prolific lyricist.
Paul Simon's a great friend of mine and an amazing lyricist.
[C] And I don't stink.
I mean, I'm okay.
I [B] always really wish I'd written [Em] Secret Smile by [Am] Semisonic.
I don't know why I [B] say that.
I think if you could [E] play that to your girlfriend, I think they'd be very [A] happy about that.
I wish I'd written [N] Love Me Again by John Newman.
That is so pretty.
I wish I'd written Human Nature by Michael Jackson.
_ Why?
I don't know.
It's a song that I don't seem to get bored of.
Well, there's plenty, but I'd say Gimme Danger by Iggy and the Stooges off the Raw Power album was always a favorite of mine.
That was a song that got me into them in the first place.
And, you know, it's not a million miles away from the way I play guitar anyway.
So it was sort of musically, anyway, it's kind of within my grasp, but it still has [Abm] some real magic in it.
It's [Dm] the Friday, Friday night at [Db] Reading and Leeds.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] It's the [Gb] unveiling of the new [F] side of our band.
_ _ [E] You have to wait and [F] see.
Just think Hollywood.
[E] _ _
_ _ Hollywood, [Abm] that's what I'm going to say.
[Eb] We're not _
[A] doing any festivals this summer, so we haven't really known [G] what's going on.
[Db] We could go [E] to Glastonbury and see Metallica.
I mean, that would be an event of sorts.
It's going to be Metallica at Glastonbury.
Everybody knows that.
Why so?
[Db] Because it's going to be funny.
Why now?
That's all I'm saying.
[Ab] Are you a Metallica fan?
Yeah.
[N] Do you think they deserve to be on the Glastonbury bill?
[E] Why not?
Yeah, why not?
I mean, they're not necessarily [Ab] a Glastonbury, obvious Glastonbury act, but then [Dbm] neither was Jay-Z.
I think [Eb] it's good that there's diversity and that it causes these [B] discussions.
[N] I think for that reason it's pretty good to have them.
When it comes to my songwriting, I am the worst songwriter in the world.
However, I'm a pretty damn good song re-writer.
My first ideas are always absurd.
So if I tried to tell somebody _ a songwriting trick, probably the most beneficial one would be,
the first thing you wrote stank.
Now, I might be wrong.
Maybe other people are brilliant the first time around.
But every time I write something, well, my songs are all non-fiction, believe it or not.
Non-fiction with fictional elements.
So I write something and I think it's amazing.
And I go back the next day and I look at it and I go, I really thought this was good.
So I'm a terrible writer, but I'm a pretty good re-writer.
A songwriting trick?
Yeah, just get in a room and turn up very loud and _ make sure the drummers not have too much to drink. _
Talent borrows, genius steals.
_ [Eb] _ [E] Steal, steal, steal.
_ No, I can't do that.
I honestly can't do that.
I [G] mean advice.
You know, I like Bob Marley, I like Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan.
[Db] Oh man, the list just goes on and on.
Lennon's up there, _ _ [C] Prince is up [E] there.
I can't do that.
I can't do the greatest writer of all time.
Nick Cave.
Yeah, he's here tonight.
Up [Dm] for the Best [E] Album award, which he thoroughly deserves to win.
It would probably [Gb] be Ray Davis, I think.
I know a lot of people give you the same answer.
_ Well, because, [A] well for a start his songs still sound good 30, 40 years later.
There's a certain kind of _ [E] resonance if you come from the UK.
You know, it feels like [Fm] this country we live in.
He's singing songs from this quirky little island that we live in, which takes some doing.
_ _ _ _ [C] And they're so well sung.
[Ab] _ _ I think [A] he's taken on that mantle really for songwriters as how to carry yourself and how to be very good at your art, I guess.
Oh, please, [Fm] come on.
_ [Am] In my opinion, [Eb] _ _ [Db] _
[N] it's a cross between Prokofiev, John Coltrane. _
Do you mean lyricists or do you mean just songs in general?
Music in general.
Oh, right.
Some people call songs only songs that have lyrics.
I call all music songs that have discernible melodies.
So my personal favorites are classical and jazz composers.
But I also like James Brown.
I mean, I think he's like the most prolific lyricist.
Paul Simon's a great friend of mine and an amazing lyricist.
[C] And I don't stink.
I mean, I'm okay.
I [B] always really wish I'd written [Em] Secret Smile by [Am] Semisonic.
I don't know why I [B] say that.
I think if you could [E] play that to your girlfriend, I think they'd be very [A] happy about that.
I wish I'd written [N] Love Me Again by John Newman.
That is so pretty.
I wish I'd written Human Nature by Michael Jackson.
_ Why?
I don't know.
It's a song that I don't seem to get bored of.
Well, there's plenty, but I'd say Gimme Danger by Iggy and the Stooges off the Raw Power album was always a favorite of mine.
That was a song that got me into them in the first place.
And, you know, it's not a million miles away from the way I play guitar anyway.
So it was sort of musically, anyway, it's kind of within my grasp, but it still has [Abm] some real magic in it.
It's [Dm] the Friday, Friday night at [Db] Reading and Leeds.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] It's the [Gb] unveiling of the new [F] side of our band.
_ _ [E] You have to wait and [F] see.
Just think Hollywood.
[E] _ _
_ _ Hollywood, [Abm] that's what I'm going to say.
[Eb] We're not _
[A] doing any festivals this summer, so we haven't really known [G] what's going on.
[Db] We could go [E] to Glastonbury and see Metallica.
I mean, that would be an event of sorts.
It's going to be Metallica at Glastonbury.
Everybody knows that.
Why so?
[Db] Because it's going to be funny.
Why now?
That's all I'm saying.
[Ab] Are you a Metallica fan?
Yeah.
[N] Do you think they deserve to be on the Glastonbury bill?
[E] Why not?
Yeah, why not?
I mean, they're not necessarily [Ab] a Glastonbury, obvious Glastonbury act, but then [Dbm] neither was Jay-Z.
I think [Eb] it's good that there's diversity and that it causes these [B] discussions.
[N] I think for that reason it's pretty good to have them.
When it comes to my songwriting, I am the worst songwriter in the world.
However, I'm a pretty damn good song re-writer.
My first ideas are always absurd.
So if I tried to tell somebody _ a songwriting trick, probably the most beneficial one would be,
the first thing you wrote stank.
Now, I might be wrong.
Maybe other people are brilliant the first time around.
But every time I write something, well, my songs are all non-fiction, believe it or not.
Non-fiction with fictional elements.
So I write something and I think it's amazing.
And I go back the next day and I look at it and I go, I really thought this was good.
So I'm a terrible writer, but I'm a pretty good re-writer.
A songwriting trick?
Yeah, just get in a room and turn up very loud and _ make sure the drummers not have too much to drink. _
Talent borrows, genius steals.
_ [Eb] _ [E] Steal, steal, steal.