Chords for Hugh Cornwell interview (part 5)

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_ _ _ _ _ _ The album will be released later this year, I think in August.
Yeah, August, September, yeah. _
What for you is the fun now in these days of recording albums and releasing albums?
What is the_
The fun of recording and releasing an album?
Because you never know how it's going to turn out.
You know, this one has turned out quite good.
You know, it's quite pleased with the way it sounds.
But you can also go into a studio, record one song, put it online and see what_
I don't know.
Or do you like the concept of an album?
I like to do a whole album because it's _ like_
It's like if you're doing _ the washing up, it's easier to do a lot at the same time
than to just wash one plate, you know, and then take a break and then do it, wash another plate.
It's easier_
washing your clothes, you know.
It's easier to do a lot together because then you get it all done, you know.
It's a cleansing experience being in the studio.
_ _ _ So now you are really_
I feel _ cleansed, yeah, for a little while.
How long?
I don't know.
I'm thinking of_
already thinking of the next record now.
I'm thinking it might be called La Grande Dame _ after my mother who passed away recently at 98 years old.
So I was thinking it would be a nice tribute to her to have an album named after her.
And she had sort of French connections as well, so_
_ In what way do you want to put_
well, do this album?
I have no idea yet.
You know, I just had this idea of La Grande Dame, which is a nice title.
Maybe for a song or maybe for the whole record, I don't know.
_ Maybe it will represent_
maybe there will be other things that will be Grandes Dames as well.
That's her.
Just to wait and see.
Well, you were saying four years at the last_
Well, 10, 12 years between each album.
If you analyze it, these four years, can you say, well, one year you're cleansed
and then what happens then?
Then I get dirty again.
How? _
Life.
And what in life?
_ What in life gets you dirty?
Just experiences, you know.
You get dirty again, so you have to have a wash in the studio.
You'd make a very good _ psychoanalyst. _ _ _ _
So what made you dirty then for this album? _ _
_ _ Nothing in particular.
It's just_
I find life is _ a joy and it is a challenge, but it is hard work.
Life is hard work.
And to do it right is hard work.
And if you don't take time over it and put effort into it, then you have a very mediocre life.
And I want to have a good life, so I like to put a lot of energy into it and try to do things right.
And if you do that, it's hard work.
I'm not saying it's not _ satisfying, but life is what you put in.
You get out what you put in, so the more you put in, the more you get out.
So it's experiences, meeting people, going to places, new ideas, new thoughts, new theories,
_ new _ arguments, new discussions, _ and it's all stimulating.
So that's, in a way, that's getting dirty. _ _ _
Last question?
_ I know the answer, I think, but I would like to ask you.
There are many reunions going on now, eh?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I think you get asked this question a lot.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, there are two bands from the same era that I came from that will not be reforming,
and that's The Jam and The Stranglers.
And that's one thing I have great respect for Paul Weller for, because he's like me.
He says what's gone is gone, and _ let's move on.
_ _ _ _ So you're not going to be seeing any reformation there.
And how can you reform a band that is still going?
I mean, The Stranglers are now, they have their third lead singer now,
so _ the _ band is not _ finished, it's carrying on.
So it would be silly to have two lead singers on stage, like Sam and Dave. _
_ _ _ And you say Paul [Eb] Weller, have you [N] worked with him?
No, I've never worked with him.
We know each other, we have respect for each other, we say hello and stuff when we see each other.
Is this an idea, maybe?
I don't know. _
Next time I see him, maybe I'll ask him if he wants to do something. _ _
We'll see.
Thank you.
Thank you. _ _ _ _