Chords for Quarterflash Interview #2

_ They are Quarter [G] Flash.
Ms.
Ross and Company, [A] here's Hardin' My Heart at 62 [Em] KGW.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Bm] Waiting in the rain, _
[Am] _ I'll never ever wait again.
[B] You gave me a world, the words for you are [E]
lies.
_ _ _ [A] _
Hardin' My [G] Heart, the song that started it all, [A] was recorded on a basement [Bm] tape recorder,
and Quarter Flash [G] manager Jay Isaac used it to achieve the near impossible,
convincing [B] COIN.TV in Portland to feature [G] the band on primetime local television.
One day he came and [Bm] said, I think I can get you an hour long TV [A] concert here in Portland.
We [E] said, right Jay, [Bb]
you do that.
And it was just like, it was [Ab] immediately, _ [Bbm] this guy is in the Ozone.
[Ab] And he came back a week later, he says, well I did it.
It's set for this day, and we [G] just all _ panicked.
[Bm] _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] The group didn't even [G] have a record to push, so 700 [E] copies of Hardin' My Heart [G] were quickly pressed
and distributed [Bm] to record stores.
The song eventually convinced Geffen Records in Los Angeles
to do something it had never done, sign an unknown band, and one without a national hit.
At [Bb] the same time, Seafood Mama broke up when arguments over the band's direction came to a head.
_ Rindy and [Gm] Marv signed up four new members of another Portland band, Pilot,
and [G] dropped any last remnants of a country folk sound.
Jack [Em] Charles plays lead guitar and composes,
[G] Rick DiGelinardo plays keyboard, Brian David Willis is [Em] on drums, and Rick [G] Gooch is on bass.
You know, I think initially there was some skepticism _ [B]
on just an industry's part that a band could break from a town like [Bb] this.
Well I think what I felt was, _ _ _ oh look at these cute kids from Oregon.
_ It was more of, _ aren't they refreshing? _
_ Which has _ _ its own disgusting qualities, I think.
[B] _ Despite hard [G]-driving rock and roll concerts, Quarter Flash is described by promoters as wholesome,
all [Gb]-American sounding, [G] not an image rock groups [A] usually cultivate. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Yeah, I could easily get rid of some of that.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Because I'm not exactly sure, I mean, we're nice people, but I'm not really sure completely where that came from.
_ _ [Gb] _ _
Because we're not that nice. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ But they are careful about the Quarter Flash image.
They recently turned down an offer to do a soda pop commercial because they felt the product contained too much caffeine,
and they've also refused to do beer commercials.
_ Quarter Flash, I can go to an adult [Gb] contemporary station, I can go to an album rock station,
[G] or I can go to a top 40 station and still be received with open arms, and they'll be there waiting for the [Ab] record.
Whereas other types of groups you really can't.
As far as their sound, it's a contemporary rock sound.
It's the kind of sound where _ a _ mother of 30 or 40 would like [G] Quarter Flash, and her daughter would also [Bb] like Quarter Flash.
Pop to me means accessible.
_ And _ I _ _ do think that our music has for the most part been fairly accessible music.
You can hum it.
I'm comfortable with being a commercial band, because I [B] do believe [N] that you can be artistic and commercial at the same time.
And at the [Bb] core of that successful sound are the soulful lyrics and simple melody, mostly by husband Marv Ross.
But then there's also that [Bm] saxophone.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Vocally, I'm really not a screamer, but I can make my sax kind of scream.
And so it's a _ great extension of my voice, and [Bm] _ _ I think that I [G] _
_ can play the sax kind of [Bm] passionate.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ And the passion [Bb] sells.
Six to eight months of the year are now spent on tours,
and the group is recognizable enough to headline around the U.S.,
as well as open for rock superstars like Elton John and Linda Ronstadt.
When they are back home, the pace doesn't let up.
Since manager Jay Isaac suggested Rindy move to the forefront, she has handled nearly all the interviews and appearances.
And if she tires of the questions, particularly the ones about what happens if the next album fails, she doesn't show it.
What if it doesn't do real well?
Is that the end of the quarter plan?
_ [B] No.
No.
Make another one.
Just keep going.
Yeah, that's right.
_ [Bb] I do realize that _ _ _ [Ab] _
we are in, the business that we are in [G] is, _ _ _ to quote Joni Mitchell, the star making machinery.
It's what it's all about.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] And _ I would be deluding myself to say that that is not how we are being groomed.
Is [F] it just neat and everything you thought it would be?
What are the surprises? _
The promotions and interviews and concerts continue.
But for how long?
According to Warner Brothers' Greg Lee, probably as long as there are rock and roll fans.
Those are the people [Eb] that bought the Frankie Avalon records or [G] the Chuck Berry records.
[D] I think technically [Gb] those people still like to rock no matter how old they [Gbm] are.
Please welcome [Bb] Rindy Rocks. _ _ _
And Greg Lee also says that Quarter Flash has put Portland on the map in the music industry.
In fact, Geffen Records has signed another Portland band