Chords for Robert Palmer - Last Interview
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But we start tonight with the news that Yorkshire-born singer and songwriter Robert Palmer has died suddenly at the age of 54.
Born in Batley, he spent most of his teenage years in Scarborough, where he formed his first band.
His biggest hit, Addicted to Love, won him a Grammy and his albums achieved platinum sales.
On Wednesday, he gave what proved to be his final interview to Calendar's Christine Talbot,
and his friends have today asked us to go ahead with its broadcast.
Robert, it's lovely to meet you.
You've lived all over the world in your lifetime,
but we do claim you as a Yorkshireman because you were born in Batley and you later lived in Scarborough.
Do you feel any particular affinity to the area?
Um, I was thinking that there must be some sort of lizard brain bit that would be awakened if I were to go through the district,
because I left there when I was this, you know, a toddler.
And I was on tour ten years ago or so, and asked the bus driver to make a detour through Batley, where I was born.
For a start, the sun was shining.
That didn't compute.
And everything had changed.
I didn't recognize a thing.
Very strange that, but I think I carry Yorkshire traits that I've inherited from my father, like a healthy work ethic and a straightforwardness.
You formed your first band when you were in Scarborough, so it all started there, really, didn't it?
Yeah, well, the band was excellent, but they asked me to join as the singer.
I remember we used to rehearse in a chicken hut, and I was 15, you know.
And the first thing I asked was, how do we all play together in time?
And they looked at me like, what do you mean?
And I don't think they ever did.
It's still the big question.
You've been making hits yourself for something like 30 years now, but everyone's a little bit different.
You do like to experiment musically, don't you?
It's totally dependent on the song, [G] you know.
If I want to be humorous, I do a calypso.
If I want to scream implications at the sky, I get out the heavy metal guitars.
If I want to whisper in my girlfriend's ear, I bring in the strings.
And in the same way as I love music across the board, barring Broadway show tunes and opera, which are over and under my head,
I like to use it as a means of expression.
And the new record I've made is something else I've never tried before.
It's pretty straightforward, stripped-down blues.
Something I never was interested in or attempted, and fell into by accident, and really, really enjoyed.
And I don't know what next.
Are we going to expect a visit to our region at all in the near future?
Depends [A] on the way the wind blows.
Robert Palmer, who died today, talking to Christine Talbot.
Well, all day, tributes have been pouring in for the Yorkshireman.
Calendars' Will Ventus reports on those and looks back at the singer's musical career.
[F#] Robert Palmer will no doubt [Bm] be forever [D] linked with what became an iconic image of [A] the 80s,
the sartorially elegant diminutive singer, surrounded [F#] by a backing group of black-clad models,
as he [D] sang his biggest hit, Addicted to Love.
Gonna have a basic journey [F#] through the love
[Am]
Born in Batley, he soon moved to Malta before returning to [G] Scarborough as a ten-year-old.
It was in the resort that he joined his first band, the Mandrakes.
[C#] That started a 30-year career which brought him massive success, both here and in America,
winning two [D#m] Grammys and [A#m] several gold discs.
He [G#] also earned the respect of all those he worked with, [F#] some of whom pay tribute [G#] to him today.
It's such a shame, you know, the things he's done in music are unbelievable,
[F] even if you [F#] just think of Addicted to Love,
[D] and the amount of times that video has been ripped off and [G] repackaged as a different thing.
Johnny's always running around [Em] trying to find [Dm] certainty
That was the first time I'd really [C] heard Robert Palmer.
[G#] I was completely amazed [B] by his diversity and his unique approach [Em] to [C] songwriting and [D] to singing.
I think [A] Robert, especially in the 80s, [E] really forged a new [B] path, you know,
especially in studio techniques.
[N]
He was a wonderful guy and he lived life to the full, and [G] he will be [D] missed.
[Am] Just two days before he died, Robert was filming a [A#] documentary with Yorkshire [A] Television.
When the crew found out this morning, they were obviously devastated.
Robert Palmer was a gent.
He was on top form.
He looked fit as a fiddle.
He was absolutely loving it that day because he was talking about music which he loved.
Robert died of [E] a heart [A] attack in Paris, aged just 54,
but his [B] stylish image, charm and most of all his music will be [D] remembered for years to come.
[N]
Born in Batley, he spent most of his teenage years in Scarborough, where he formed his first band.
His biggest hit, Addicted to Love, won him a Grammy and his albums achieved platinum sales.
On Wednesday, he gave what proved to be his final interview to Calendar's Christine Talbot,
and his friends have today asked us to go ahead with its broadcast.
Robert, it's lovely to meet you.
You've lived all over the world in your lifetime,
but we do claim you as a Yorkshireman because you were born in Batley and you later lived in Scarborough.
Do you feel any particular affinity to the area?
Um, I was thinking that there must be some sort of lizard brain bit that would be awakened if I were to go through the district,
because I left there when I was this, you know, a toddler.
And I was on tour ten years ago or so, and asked the bus driver to make a detour through Batley, where I was born.
For a start, the sun was shining.
That didn't compute.
And everything had changed.
I didn't recognize a thing.
Very strange that, but I think I carry Yorkshire traits that I've inherited from my father, like a healthy work ethic and a straightforwardness.
You formed your first band when you were in Scarborough, so it all started there, really, didn't it?
Yeah, well, the band was excellent, but they asked me to join as the singer.
I remember we used to rehearse in a chicken hut, and I was 15, you know.
And the first thing I asked was, how do we all play together in time?
And they looked at me like, what do you mean?
And I don't think they ever did.
It's still the big question.
You've been making hits yourself for something like 30 years now, but everyone's a little bit different.
You do like to experiment musically, don't you?
It's totally dependent on the song, [G] you know.
If I want to be humorous, I do a calypso.
If I want to scream implications at the sky, I get out the heavy metal guitars.
If I want to whisper in my girlfriend's ear, I bring in the strings.
And in the same way as I love music across the board, barring Broadway show tunes and opera, which are over and under my head,
I like to use it as a means of expression.
And the new record I've made is something else I've never tried before.
It's pretty straightforward, stripped-down blues.
Something I never was interested in or attempted, and fell into by accident, and really, really enjoyed.
And I don't know what next.
Are we going to expect a visit to our region at all in the near future?
Depends [A] on the way the wind blows.
Robert Palmer, who died today, talking to Christine Talbot.
Well, all day, tributes have been pouring in for the Yorkshireman.
Calendars' Will Ventus reports on those and looks back at the singer's musical career.
[F#] Robert Palmer will no doubt [Bm] be forever [D] linked with what became an iconic image of [A] the 80s,
the sartorially elegant diminutive singer, surrounded [F#] by a backing group of black-clad models,
as he [D] sang his biggest hit, Addicted to Love.
Gonna have a basic journey [F#] through the love
[Am]
Born in Batley, he soon moved to Malta before returning to [G] Scarborough as a ten-year-old.
It was in the resort that he joined his first band, the Mandrakes.
[C#] That started a 30-year career which brought him massive success, both here and in America,
winning two [D#m] Grammys and [A#m] several gold discs.
He [G#] also earned the respect of all those he worked with, [F#] some of whom pay tribute [G#] to him today.
It's such a shame, you know, the things he's done in music are unbelievable,
[F] even if you [F#] just think of Addicted to Love,
[D] and the amount of times that video has been ripped off and [G] repackaged as a different thing.
Johnny's always running around [Em] trying to find [Dm] certainty
That was the first time I'd really [C] heard Robert Palmer.
[G#] I was completely amazed [B] by his diversity and his unique approach [Em] to [C] songwriting and [D] to singing.
I think [A] Robert, especially in the 80s, [E] really forged a new [B] path, you know,
especially in studio techniques.
[N]
He was a wonderful guy and he lived life to the full, and [G] he will be [D] missed.
[Am] Just two days before he died, Robert was filming a [A#] documentary with Yorkshire [A] Television.
When the crew found out this morning, they were obviously devastated.
Robert Palmer was a gent.
He was on top form.
He looked fit as a fiddle.
He was absolutely loving it that day because he was talking about music which he loved.
Robert died of [E] a heart [A] attack in Paris, aged just 54,
but his [B] stylish image, charm and most of all his music will be [D] remembered for years to come.
[N]
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But we start tonight with the news that Yorkshire-born singer and songwriter Robert Palmer has died suddenly at the age of 54.
Born in Batley, he spent most of his teenage years in Scarborough, where he formed his first band.
His biggest hit, Addicted to Love, won him a Grammy and his albums achieved platinum sales.
On Wednesday, he gave what proved to be his final interview to Calendar's Christine Talbot,
and his friends have today asked us to go ahead with its broadcast. _ _
Robert, it's lovely to meet you.
You've lived all over the world in your lifetime,
but we do claim you as a Yorkshireman because you were born in Batley and you later lived in Scarborough.
Do you feel any particular affinity to the area? _
Um, I was thinking _ that there must be some sort of _ lizard brain bit that would be awakened if I were to go through the district,
because I left there when I was this, you know, a toddler. _ _ _ _
And I was on tour _ ten years ago or so, and asked the bus driver to make a detour through Batley, where I was born.
_ _ _ For a start, the sun was shining.
That didn't compute.
And everything had changed.
I didn't recognize a thing.
_ _ _ Very strange that, but I think I carry Yorkshire traits that I've _ inherited from my father, like a healthy work ethic and a straightforwardness.
You formed your first band when you were in Scarborough, so it all started there, really, didn't it?
Yeah, well, the band was excellent, but they asked me to join as the singer.
I remember we used to rehearse in a chicken hut, and I was 15, you know.
_ And the first thing I asked was, how do we all play together in time?
And they looked at me like, what do you mean?
And I don't think they ever did.
_ It's still the big question.
You've been making hits yourself for something like 30 years now, but everyone's a little bit different.
You do like to experiment musically, don't you?
It's totally dependent on the song, [G] you know.
If I want to be humorous, I do a calypso.
If I want to _ scream implications at the sky, I get out the heavy metal guitars.
If I want to whisper in my girlfriend's ear, I bring in the strings.
And in the same way as I love music across the board, barring Broadway show tunes and opera, which are over and under my head,
_ I like to use it as a means of expression.
And the new record I've made is something else I've never tried before.
It's pretty straightforward, stripped-down blues. _ _
_ Something I never was interested in or attempted, and _ fell into by accident, and really, really enjoyed.
_ _ And I don't know what next.
Are we going to expect a visit to our region at all in the near future? _ _ _
Depends [A] on the way the wind blows. _ _ _
_ _ Robert Palmer, who died today, talking to Christine Talbot.
Well, all day, tributes have been pouring in for the Yorkshireman.
Calendars' Will Ventus reports on those and looks back at the singer's musical career.
_ _ [F#] Robert Palmer will no doubt [Bm] be forever [D] linked with what became an iconic image of [A] the 80s,
the sartorially elegant diminutive singer, surrounded [F#] by a backing group of black-clad models,
as he [D] sang his biggest hit, Addicted to Love.
Gonna have a basic journey [F#] through the love
_ [Am]
Born in Batley, he soon moved to Malta before returning to [G] Scarborough as a ten-year-old.
It was in the resort that he joined his first band, the Mandrakes.
[C#] That started a 30-year career which brought him massive success, both here and in America,
winning two [D#m] Grammys and [A#m] several gold discs.
He [G#] also earned the respect of all those he worked with, [F#] some of whom pay tribute [G#] to him today.
It's such a shame, you know, the things he's done in music are unbelievable,
[F] even if you [F#] just think of Addicted to Love,
[D] and the amount of times that video has been ripped off and [G] repackaged as a different thing.
Johnny's always running around [Em] trying to find [Dm] certainty
That was the first time I'd really [C] heard Robert Palmer.
[G#] I was completely amazed [B] by his diversity and his unique approach [Em] to _ [C] songwriting and [D] to singing.
I think [A] Robert, especially in the 80s, [E] really forged a new [B] path, you know,
_ especially in studio techniques.
[N]
He was a wonderful guy and he lived life to the full, and [G] he will be [D] missed.
[Am] Just two days before he died, Robert was filming a [A#] documentary with Yorkshire [A] Television.
When the crew found out this morning, they were obviously devastated.
Robert Palmer was a gent.
He was on top form.
He looked fit as a fiddle.
He was absolutely loving it that day because he was talking about music which he loved.
Robert died of [E] a heart [A] attack in Paris, aged just 54,
but his [B] stylish image, charm and most of all his music will be [D] remembered for years to come. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Born in Batley, he spent most of his teenage years in Scarborough, where he formed his first band.
His biggest hit, Addicted to Love, won him a Grammy and his albums achieved platinum sales.
On Wednesday, he gave what proved to be his final interview to Calendar's Christine Talbot,
and his friends have today asked us to go ahead with its broadcast. _ _
Robert, it's lovely to meet you.
You've lived all over the world in your lifetime,
but we do claim you as a Yorkshireman because you were born in Batley and you later lived in Scarborough.
Do you feel any particular affinity to the area? _
Um, I was thinking _ that there must be some sort of _ lizard brain bit that would be awakened if I were to go through the district,
because I left there when I was this, you know, a toddler. _ _ _ _
And I was on tour _ ten years ago or so, and asked the bus driver to make a detour through Batley, where I was born.
_ _ _ For a start, the sun was shining.
That didn't compute.
And everything had changed.
I didn't recognize a thing.
_ _ _ Very strange that, but I think I carry Yorkshire traits that I've _ inherited from my father, like a healthy work ethic and a straightforwardness.
You formed your first band when you were in Scarborough, so it all started there, really, didn't it?
Yeah, well, the band was excellent, but they asked me to join as the singer.
I remember we used to rehearse in a chicken hut, and I was 15, you know.
_ And the first thing I asked was, how do we all play together in time?
And they looked at me like, what do you mean?
And I don't think they ever did.
_ It's still the big question.
You've been making hits yourself for something like 30 years now, but everyone's a little bit different.
You do like to experiment musically, don't you?
It's totally dependent on the song, [G] you know.
If I want to be humorous, I do a calypso.
If I want to _ scream implications at the sky, I get out the heavy metal guitars.
If I want to whisper in my girlfriend's ear, I bring in the strings.
And in the same way as I love music across the board, barring Broadway show tunes and opera, which are over and under my head,
_ I like to use it as a means of expression.
And the new record I've made is something else I've never tried before.
It's pretty straightforward, stripped-down blues. _ _
_ Something I never was interested in or attempted, and _ fell into by accident, and really, really enjoyed.
_ _ And I don't know what next.
Are we going to expect a visit to our region at all in the near future? _ _ _
Depends [A] on the way the wind blows. _ _ _
_ _ Robert Palmer, who died today, talking to Christine Talbot.
Well, all day, tributes have been pouring in for the Yorkshireman.
Calendars' Will Ventus reports on those and looks back at the singer's musical career.
_ _ [F#] Robert Palmer will no doubt [Bm] be forever [D] linked with what became an iconic image of [A] the 80s,
the sartorially elegant diminutive singer, surrounded [F#] by a backing group of black-clad models,
as he [D] sang his biggest hit, Addicted to Love.
Gonna have a basic journey [F#] through the love
_ [Am]
Born in Batley, he soon moved to Malta before returning to [G] Scarborough as a ten-year-old.
It was in the resort that he joined his first band, the Mandrakes.
[C#] That started a 30-year career which brought him massive success, both here and in America,
winning two [D#m] Grammys and [A#m] several gold discs.
He [G#] also earned the respect of all those he worked with, [F#] some of whom pay tribute [G#] to him today.
It's such a shame, you know, the things he's done in music are unbelievable,
[F] even if you [F#] just think of Addicted to Love,
[D] and the amount of times that video has been ripped off and [G] repackaged as a different thing.
Johnny's always running around [Em] trying to find [Dm] certainty
That was the first time I'd really [C] heard Robert Palmer.
[G#] I was completely amazed [B] by his diversity and his unique approach [Em] to _ [C] songwriting and [D] to singing.
I think [A] Robert, especially in the 80s, [E] really forged a new [B] path, you know,
_ especially in studio techniques.
[N]
He was a wonderful guy and he lived life to the full, and [G] he will be [D] missed.
[Am] Just two days before he died, Robert was filming a [A#] documentary with Yorkshire [A] Television.
When the crew found out this morning, they were obviously devastated.
Robert Palmer was a gent.
He was on top form.
He looked fit as a fiddle.
He was absolutely loving it that day because he was talking about music which he loved.
Robert died of [E] a heart [A] attack in Paris, aged just 54,
but his [B] stylish image, charm and most of all his music will be [D] remembered for years to come. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _