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frankie goes to hollywood - one september monday lyrics

holly johnson: mmmmm
paul morley: what was the danger about paul, holly?
hj: the danger about paul?
pm: i mean what made you realise that maybe here was someone you could work with?
hj: i didn’t until sometime this year in fact
pm: really?
hj: it didn’t seem possible up to that point because we both shot off in different directions. i was heavily into the big in j+pan thing and he was like visiting london and giving it loads in that direction. so we had a, a big break from each other, and then he did this hambi tour giving it much in the dance ooops
paul rutherford: (laughs)
hj: ergh, and he gave it loads right
pm: yеah
hj: and we were just starting, wе got a few support dates with hambi, through knowing hambi
pm: that’s frankie
hj: that’s frankie goes to hollywood, in fact. which was you know (laughs) woooah (laughs)
pr: (laughs)
hj: oh yeah. which was mark, ped and ged and sonya
pr: sonya
hj: sonya mazunda
pm: why did you choose the name?
hj: ohh, not, it’s not a too much of an exciting story, ahm (laugh). there was th+this old, this old, this band i was in, i was just jamming with in the reheasal room in the bas+m+nt
pm: jamming?
hj: yeah you know kind of learning, learning period. erm we needed a name quick cos we had to get a gig you know and all that stuff and there was a a picture, a piece of the new yorker magazine stuck to the wall in the reheasal room that said ‘frankie goes hollywood’, and a picture of frank sinatra, getting ahh, mobbed (laughs) by, what were they called, what were they called (pause)
pr: i really don’t know
hj: oh you know teenie boppers or something like that (laughs)
hj: frankie goes to hollywood
hj: we used to give it loads of ‘hey it’s a movie’ (laughs) and this is your audition. well that was good at the time
pm: good at the time but it’s complete nonsense really, wasn’t it?
hj: sorry?
pm: complete nonsense really?
pr: total bluff yeah
hj: yeah it was, but it was entertaining nonsense, we thought. and that’s whatcha got it give it
pm: entertaining nonsense
hj: well yeah. yeah. dada! (laughs) you’re into dada! zang tuum tumb and all that. oh when are we gonna have these parties then? (laughs) we’ve been promised parties
pr: where’s these parties you’ve promised us?
pm: i promised you four parties
hj: you’ve promised us parties
pr: four? ahh love
hj: i’m ahh
(cut off)
pm: why do you sing holly?
hj: sing?
pm: yeah
hj: why do? i could give it loads of ‘it’s something that comes from within’ but you know…
pm: so why do you sing?
hj: …it’s just not that? it’s just something i’ve always wanted to do
pm: yeah?
hj: one of the things i’ve always wanted to do
pm: since when?
hj: since i was about four and i used to sing to the pigeons (laughs)
pm: who do you sing to now?
hj: eh?
pm: who do you sing to now?
hj: i think it’s dead important to sing to yourself really. you know what i mean?
pm: yeah
hj: and you gotta enjoy it firstly. and it’s a buzz if other people enjoy it
pm: it’s a what?
hj: a buzz
pm: yeah?
hj: do you ever think about who’s gonna enjoy it? (pause)
hj: think about the people
pr: yes they crossed my mind once. (laughs)
pm: i mean do you care about who’s going to enjoy it?
pr: yeah
pm: yeah
hj: do we really, do we really care?
pm: i mean do you. do you think about like competition, who you’re up against, anything like that?
pr: totally
hj: occasionally, occasionally, occasionally
pm: like, you know, culture club or abc or anything like that?
pr: no, no not like, erm, no not them
hj: i don’t see them as competition because it’s a completely different thing what we’re doing
pm: what are you doing then?
hj: oooh, well you’ll just have to flip it over and see
pr: (laughs)
later on…
hj: oh, i don’t wanna get into anything dodgy like that. (laughs)
pm: what were you doing in big in j+pan?
hj: i was playing bass
pm: you weren’t singing?
hj: i was doing, i was singing in, in my own way
pm: what, what kinda way was that?
hj: er, stifled (laughs) stifled in a very stifled way
pm: so what’s the difference between being stifled and being what you are are now?
hj: set free
pm: set free?
hj: (laughs) mmm. free your mind…
hj & paul rutherford: …and your ass will follow…
hj: …the kingdom of heaven is within
pm: when did’ya meet paul?
hj: paul. we met in a nightclub. we were about 15
pr: we were nightclubbing
pm: a lot of grease involved there or a there was just a casual kinda meeting? i mean a lot of liquid kind of…
pr: pardon
hj: ah . we had a mutual friend
pr: mutual
pm: lubrication
hj: we had a mutual friend. jayne casey in fact
pm: jayne
hj: mmm
pr: well we met a lot earlier then that, but, we didn’t, we weren’t knocking around together then
hj: true. i think we knew of each others existense
pr: existense
hj: it was dead strange in fact
pm: how did you know of each others existence?
pr: sensitive vibes
hj: aha
pm: oh yeah
hj: when you’re in, when you’re in a town like liverpool (laughs) you know what i mean and you go into town
pm: i don’t know what you mean holly? tell me what you mean
pr: it means you put one foot in and one foot out…
hj: yeah
pr: …and you see everybody on your way
hj: …and shake it all about (laughs)
hj: i tell ya, i tell ya

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