Chords for Three Degrees Interview

[G] A sonnet to love.
Does that mean you put Shakespeare to music?
You better believe it, have you no?
Well, just a little guess.
Who wrote it really?
I really wrote it.
You don't normally write the songs, do you?
No, not [A] very often.
I wrote The Runner, but_
and I wrote this right after The Runner, but [G] it was so personal,
I didn't want to divulge it to anybody, so I kept it in my folio.
Until now, you sing it before millions.
You_
yeah, well, we'll see how they react.
Just about your image for a moment.
Normally we expect to see you in these kind of shimmering, glamorous gowns,
yet today you've come in not exactly casual,
but certainly not in the stage outfits.
Why is that?
Well, we don't always dress glittery, you know, daytime.
No, it's seriously, we do get casual every now and then.
Mostly we wear our costumes on stage.
But normally people associate with that very sexy feline look.
Oh, boy.
Well, where's the tiger?
_ We've been doing it for years, they ain't found a tiger yet.
And doesn't it bother you when you're traveling that there are probably
amongst your fans just the odd one or two
who are desperate to get more intimate than just a loud applause?
Where are they?
_ No, I shouldn't say that.
I'm a married lady.
Both married now, and he's the only trollop in the group.
That's right. _
_ But generally, I mean, the stories, the myths abound
about male musicians on the road, certainly.
What?
But they have a good time and they enjoy that.
They have a good time.
They can afford to, because they don't have to sing the next day
and they don't have to dynamite their faces in the morning.
You never talk about guys, you know, you always talk about girls.
If we do anything, everybody in London is going to know about it.
If they do something, nobody knows.
So you see, there's no love on the road, full stop.
Oh, no, that's against the that's against our rules.
We're in the convent.
Everybody's in the convent.
You don't have to.
Is that for reasons of fitness or for reasons of morality?
For reasons that we're the boss and we said there's no hanky-panky on the road.
_ _ If we are in the convent, everybody's in the convent.
Is this strictly adhered to?
I don't ask you.
_ They're not going to talk.
So now this tour you're on to change the subject rapidly.
It seems it strikes me as a very, very long haul from now to mid-December.
It's like this is a long haul from now to mid-December too.
Sorry.
That's OK.
I always do that.
I won't talk over you. _ _
[N] Traditionally, you do kind of, you know, one week at a cabaret or a nightclub.
Normally.
Within short of the Golden Garden.
This time you're doing you're doing concert performances, one night stands.
Well, we decided this time that we would sort of cater to the places that we've never [G] been.
And they're also the smaller cities where, you know, not too many artists go in all the time.
And so we decided, well, we'll do a concert tour this time instead of nightclubs or cabaret.
And so that we're doing a lot of one night concerts, city to city.
What kind of places are you doing this time?
Do you have number four?
Sleazy. _ _ _ _ _
_ I can't do a straight line for now.
We're in Birmingham.
We're in Hull.
We're in Bradford.
We're in Corby.
We're in Oxford.
You name it, we're there.
Name it, we're there.
I get the flavor.
I get the flavor.
But Scotland, Scotland.
Don't forget Scotland.
No, I didn't.
Did you say Scotland?
No, you did. _
_ But I also happen to know.
How can you keep a straight face?
With her.
I'm smiling broadly.
He's adorable.
He ought to be smiling like that.
Oh, all [A] right.
Tell me, you're all, you've got a serious side to your life, I am told.
No, never.
As far as you have children and relationships, even marriages.
So how do you keep those together?
_ Because you always seem to be in this country.
So how do you manage to keep that life together?
We're brilliant [G] with us.
_ No, seriously, I have a nanny.
She's from Birmingham and the twins are at the hotel.
And my husband's home in America, which is nice.
And his parents are listening and I'm going to get killed.
And you talk with yours.
You hurry.
You.
Helen can't bring her because they're in school.
_ But she's taking them out and bringing them over.
So how do they react to you being away like this?
They don't like it.
No, we don't like it either.
They cry a lot.
Well, look at her when you say that.
They _ _ _ cry a lot when you, you know, when you're leaving.
She cried a lot when she leaves.
Well, I don't know.
I have two children and my son did not to go to the airport with me.
He'd rather play football.
So I don't think he was too upset.
My daughter was kind of tearing up.
But we get the brunt of it.
Good guy.
I'm not a good mother. _
_ _ _ Girls, we'll catch up with you on the road.
Love or otherwise, we'll see you around.
Thanks for coming in.
Bye bye.
That was quick, Trevor. _
_ My goodness.
When you wrap it up, you're supposed to give us a minute to get it wrapped up.
Well, we'll see you on the road, girls.
Bye.
Get out of the studio.
_ Thanks again to Valerie, Sheila and Helen.
And a special thanks