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Five Heat albums
That's very [N] difficult, isn't it, over the years?
I guess the first album, very humble, because it established everything.
It was the first, and the first is always exciting.
And the fact that we had sort of all
If you understand that Your Eye Heat was born out of a band called Spice,
which was a four-piece, and why we called ourselves Spice
was simply because we didn't want our music to be one flavour.
We wanted all different spices, and so we never wanted [Eb] to be afraid
to hit the folk market, the jazz market, the rock market, the blues market, [Cm] or whatever.
So we carried that into Your Eye Heat.
So that first album has [Gm] all those flavours on it,
and [B] I think it's got a charm for it, from that one.
And of course Gypsy being the big one on it,
which we still play today, and has almost become an anthem, you know.
I guess I'd have to pick
I won't be jumping about here.
I'd have to pick [N] Demons and Wizards, of course,
because that took us on the world stage.
That album, you know, it really did, as I said, take us on the [Gb] world stage.
Suddenly the offers were coming from everywhere, you know, to work, and that was immense.
And then you [C] started getting all the gold accolades, which was really lovely.
[E] And by that [Bb] time, of course, we were [Db] touring the world in Learjets,
[D] [A] and having hotel floors and bodyguards outside each room,
and all that, and a revolver, you [N] know, and limos for each person.
We could all get in one limo, one each, you know.
I used to shun all that, because I couldn't stand it.
I could never sit in the back with a limo on me.
I was just so naff.
So I used to sit with the driver and get all the scoop on all the other bands.
It was fantastic.
All the stories, which they didn't get, sitting there in their own loneliness.
So I couldn't stand it.
But anyway, there was a level of success we'd hit, which was immense.
[Ab] You know, we were out in America doing 10,000 seepers a night, you know.
[B] And it was immense, you know.
So that was a great time.
[E] I guess Abominable would have to be one, because [N] it was with a new line-up.
Ken had left, David weren't there.
But we had great success in America, funny enough, with that.
And it became top 40 in America.
And we went out and toured with our friends Def Leppard,
who were the big 60 slice bread out there then.
They were just coining it, mate.
It was just unbelievable, the success they'd had.
And we were part of that role, which is good, you know.
And if I have to, if anyone says to me,
what's the favorite band you've ever worked with on the road, ever,
it'll always be Def Leppard.
They were gracious, they were kind, they included us in everything.
You know, they were just fantastic.
All the boys were just brilliant.
So that's that.
I mean, I'd have to [Bm] choose Outsider,
[E]
because it spoke to the press, [Gb] it spoke to the fans in equal [Ab] measure,
which is great, you know.
[A] And I think that's really good.
You know, the songs that we do play on stage from that album are really [N] good.
And I think it's also, as long as satisfying the fans that have been with us all the years,
it's bringing in an audience, which is great.
We played Kiev recently, and honestly I thought it was a one-directing audience,
but it's just full of young girls that have just stepped off of Vogue magazine,
you know, just unbelievable, right.
And they know all the old songs and lyrics, and all the new too.
So that's what's so great.
I think their entry into Heat was probably through Outsider,
and they find themselves and then they grow with it, which is great.
So how many have I done there?
Four.
Right, number five.
This is a bit toughy.
It's 24.
Come on, give me a break.
[B] Probably, I could go back and choose another one,
but I think I'm going to go for Wake the Sleeper,
because we had a ten-year hiatus from recording.
[N] And it was a very important album to come back and make a statement,
and I think we made a great statement with that album,
brought all the old fans and new fans back on track very quickly.
It was a situation where the business just went into free fall, didn't it.
I mean, if you take two years before that album, the record companies just,
you know, the internet came along, Napster came along.
They took Napster to court and found out there's a thousand Napsters,
you cannot police this, and by then, all the record companies were in free fall.
They were disappearing, they were getting smaller, they were amalgamating.
It was just a complete mess, and we couldn't find a home to record a new album
in that environment.
We could have gone off and done one ourselves, but we didn't think that was right,
because we were a band, the amount of countries we toured in was 58 countries,
and we needed support from the record companies in all those countries.
So we did what we could do best, we went out and played live,
we recorded loads of live albums, let them out, live DVDs and stuff like that,
and kept the band alive that way, you know,
until the industry settled down, and then we found a home with Universal at the time,
I think, and we recorded Wake Sleeper,
and it was just a big launch back in, a mega launch back in,
so I'll choose that as fine fare.
That's very [N] difficult, isn't it, over the years?
I guess the first album, very humble, because it established everything.
It was the first, and the first is always exciting.
And the fact that we had sort of all
If you understand that Your Eye Heat was born out of a band called Spice,
which was a four-piece, and why we called ourselves Spice
was simply because we didn't want our music to be one flavour.
We wanted all different spices, and so we never wanted [Eb] to be afraid
to hit the folk market, the jazz market, the rock market, the blues market, [Cm] or whatever.
So we carried that into Your Eye Heat.
So that first album has [Gm] all those flavours on it,
and [B] I think it's got a charm for it, from that one.
And of course Gypsy being the big one on it,
which we still play today, and has almost become an anthem, you know.
I guess I'd have to pick
I won't be jumping about here.
I'd have to pick [N] Demons and Wizards, of course,
because that took us on the world stage.
That album, you know, it really did, as I said, take us on the [Gb] world stage.
Suddenly the offers were coming from everywhere, you know, to work, and that was immense.
And then you [C] started getting all the gold accolades, which was really lovely.
[E] And by that [Bb] time, of course, we were [Db] touring the world in Learjets,
[D] [A] and having hotel floors and bodyguards outside each room,
and all that, and a revolver, you [N] know, and limos for each person.
We could all get in one limo, one each, you know.
I used to shun all that, because I couldn't stand it.
I could never sit in the back with a limo on me.
I was just so naff.
So I used to sit with the driver and get all the scoop on all the other bands.
It was fantastic.
All the stories, which they didn't get, sitting there in their own loneliness.
So I couldn't stand it.
But anyway, there was a level of success we'd hit, which was immense.
[Ab] You know, we were out in America doing 10,000 seepers a night, you know.
[B] And it was immense, you know.
So that was a great time.
[E] I guess Abominable would have to be one, because [N] it was with a new line-up.
Ken had left, David weren't there.
But we had great success in America, funny enough, with that.
And it became top 40 in America.
And we went out and toured with our friends Def Leppard,
who were the big 60 slice bread out there then.
They were just coining it, mate.
It was just unbelievable, the success they'd had.
And we were part of that role, which is good, you know.
And if I have to, if anyone says to me,
what's the favorite band you've ever worked with on the road, ever,
it'll always be Def Leppard.
They were gracious, they were kind, they included us in everything.
You know, they were just fantastic.
All the boys were just brilliant.
So that's that.
I mean, I'd have to [Bm] choose Outsider,
[E]
because it spoke to the press, [Gb] it spoke to the fans in equal [Ab] measure,
which is great, you know.
[A] And I think that's really good.
You know, the songs that we do play on stage from that album are really [N] good.
And I think it's also, as long as satisfying the fans that have been with us all the years,
it's bringing in an audience, which is great.
We played Kiev recently, and honestly I thought it was a one-directing audience,
but it's just full of young girls that have just stepped off of Vogue magazine,
you know, just unbelievable, right.
And they know all the old songs and lyrics, and all the new too.
So that's what's so great.
I think their entry into Heat was probably through Outsider,
and they find themselves and then they grow with it, which is great.
So how many have I done there?
Four.
Right, number five.
This is a bit toughy.
It's 24.
Come on, give me a break.
[B] Probably, I could go back and choose another one,
but I think I'm going to go for Wake the Sleeper,
because we had a ten-year hiatus from recording.
[N] And it was a very important album to come back and make a statement,
and I think we made a great statement with that album,
brought all the old fans and new fans back on track very quickly.
It was a situation where the business just went into free fall, didn't it.
I mean, if you take two years before that album, the record companies just,
you know, the internet came along, Napster came along.
They took Napster to court and found out there's a thousand Napsters,
you cannot police this, and by then, all the record companies were in free fall.
They were disappearing, they were getting smaller, they were amalgamating.
It was just a complete mess, and we couldn't find a home to record a new album
in that environment.
We could have gone off and done one ourselves, but we didn't think that was right,
because we were a band, the amount of countries we toured in was 58 countries,
and we needed support from the record companies in all those countries.
So we did what we could do best, we went out and played live,
we recorded loads of live albums, let them out, live DVDs and stuff like that,
and kept the band alive that way, you know,
until the industry settled down, and then we found a home with Universal at the time,
I think, and we recorded Wake Sleeper,
and it was just a big launch back in, a mega launch back in,
so I'll choose that as fine fare.
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Five Heat albums_ _ _
That's very [N] difficult, isn't it, over the years?
I guess the first album, very humble, because it established everything.
It was the first, and the first is always exciting.
And the fact that we had sort of _ all_
If you understand that Your Eye Heat was born out of a band called Spice,
which was a four-piece, and why we called ourselves Spice
was simply because we didn't want our music to be one _ flavour.
We wanted all different spices, and so we never wanted [Eb] to be afraid
to hit the folk market, the jazz market, the rock market, the blues market, [Cm] or whatever.
So we carried that into Your Eye Heat.
So that first album has [Gm] all those flavours on it,
and [B] I think it's got a charm for it, from that one.
And of course Gypsy being the big one on it,
which we still play today, and has almost become an anthem, you know.
I guess I'd have to pick_
I won't be jumping about here.
I'd have to pick [N] Demons and Wizards, of course,
because that took us on the world stage.
_ That album, you know, it _ really did, as I said, take us on the [Gb] world stage.
Suddenly the offers were coming from everywhere, you know, to work, and that was immense.
And then you [C] started getting all the gold _ accolades, which was really lovely.
[E] And by that [Bb] time, of course, we were [Db] touring the world in Learjets,
[D] _ [A] and having hotel floors and bodyguards outside each room,
and all that, and a revolver, you [N] know, and limos for each person.
We could all get in one limo, one each, you know.
I used to shun all that, because I couldn't stand it.
I could never sit in the back with a limo on me.
I was just so naff.
So I used to sit with the driver and get all the scoop on all the other bands.
It was fantastic.
All the stories, which they didn't get, sitting there in their own loneliness.
_ So I couldn't stand it.
But anyway, there was a level of success we'd hit, which was immense.
[Ab] You know, we were out in America doing 10,000 seepers a night, you know.
[B] And it was immense, you know.
_ _ So that was a great time.
_ [E] _ I guess Abominable would have to be one, because [N] it was _ with a new line-up.
Ken had left, David weren't there.
But we had great success in America, funny enough, with that.
_ And it became top 40 in America.
And we went out and toured with our friends Def Leppard,
who were the big 60 slice bread out there then.
They were just coining it, mate.
It was just unbelievable, the success they'd had.
And we were part of that role, which is good, you know.
And if I have to, if anyone says to me,
what's the favorite band you've ever worked with on the road, ever,
it'll always be Def Leppard.
They were gracious, they were kind, they included us in everything.
You know, they were just fantastic.
All the boys were just brilliant.
So that's that.
I mean, I'd have to [Bm] choose Outsider,
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
because it spoke to the press, [Gb] it spoke to the fans in equal [Ab] measure,
which is great, you know.
[A] And I think that's really good.
You know, the songs that we do play on stage from that album are really _ [N] _ _ good.
And I think it's also, as long as satisfying the fans that have been with us all the years,
it's bringing in an audience, which is great.
We played Kiev recently, and honestly I thought it was a one-directing audience,
but it's just full of _ young girls that have just stepped off of Vogue magazine,
you know, just unbelievable, right.
And they know all the old songs and lyrics, and all the new too.
So that's what's so great.
I think their entry into Heat was probably through Outsider,
and they find themselves and then they grow with it, which is great.
_ So how many have I done there?
Four.
Right, number five.
This is a bit toughy. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's 24.
Come on, give me a break.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Probably, I could go back and choose another one,
but I think I'm going to go for Wake the Sleeper,
because we had a ten-year hiatus from recording. _
[N] And it was a very important album to come back and make a statement,
and I think we made a great statement with that album,
brought all the old fans and new fans back on track very quickly. _ _
_ _ It was a situation where the business just went into free fall, didn't it.
I mean, if you take two years before that album, the record companies just,
you know, the internet came along, Napster came along.
They took Napster to court and found out there's a thousand Napsters,
you cannot police this, and by then, all the record companies were in free fall.
They were disappearing, they were getting smaller, they were amalgamating.
It was just a complete mess, and we couldn't find a home to record a new album
in that environment.
We could have gone off and done one ourselves, but we didn't think that was right,
because we were a band, the amount of countries we toured in was 58 countries,
and we needed support from the record companies in all those countries. _ _
_ _ So we did what we could do best, we went out and played live,
we recorded loads of live albums, let them out, live DVDs and stuff like that,
and kept the band alive that way, you know,
_ until the industry settled down, and then we found a home with Universal at the time,
I think, and we recorded Wake Sleeper,
and it was just a big launch back in, a mega launch back in,
so I'll choose that as fine fare. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Five Heat albums_ _ _
That's very [N] difficult, isn't it, over the years?
I guess the first album, very humble, because it established everything.
It was the first, and the first is always exciting.
And the fact that we had sort of _ all_
If you understand that Your Eye Heat was born out of a band called Spice,
which was a four-piece, and why we called ourselves Spice
was simply because we didn't want our music to be one _ flavour.
We wanted all different spices, and so we never wanted [Eb] to be afraid
to hit the folk market, the jazz market, the rock market, the blues market, [Cm] or whatever.
So we carried that into Your Eye Heat.
So that first album has [Gm] all those flavours on it,
and [B] I think it's got a charm for it, from that one.
And of course Gypsy being the big one on it,
which we still play today, and has almost become an anthem, you know.
I guess I'd have to pick_
I won't be jumping about here.
I'd have to pick [N] Demons and Wizards, of course,
because that took us on the world stage.
_ That album, you know, it _ really did, as I said, take us on the [Gb] world stage.
Suddenly the offers were coming from everywhere, you know, to work, and that was immense.
And then you [C] started getting all the gold _ accolades, which was really lovely.
[E] And by that [Bb] time, of course, we were [Db] touring the world in Learjets,
[D] _ [A] and having hotel floors and bodyguards outside each room,
and all that, and a revolver, you [N] know, and limos for each person.
We could all get in one limo, one each, you know.
I used to shun all that, because I couldn't stand it.
I could never sit in the back with a limo on me.
I was just so naff.
So I used to sit with the driver and get all the scoop on all the other bands.
It was fantastic.
All the stories, which they didn't get, sitting there in their own loneliness.
_ So I couldn't stand it.
But anyway, there was a level of success we'd hit, which was immense.
[Ab] You know, we were out in America doing 10,000 seepers a night, you know.
[B] And it was immense, you know.
_ _ So that was a great time.
_ [E] _ I guess Abominable would have to be one, because [N] it was _ with a new line-up.
Ken had left, David weren't there.
But we had great success in America, funny enough, with that.
_ And it became top 40 in America.
And we went out and toured with our friends Def Leppard,
who were the big 60 slice bread out there then.
They were just coining it, mate.
It was just unbelievable, the success they'd had.
And we were part of that role, which is good, you know.
And if I have to, if anyone says to me,
what's the favorite band you've ever worked with on the road, ever,
it'll always be Def Leppard.
They were gracious, they were kind, they included us in everything.
You know, they were just fantastic.
All the boys were just brilliant.
So that's that.
I mean, I'd have to [Bm] choose Outsider,
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
because it spoke to the press, [Gb] it spoke to the fans in equal [Ab] measure,
which is great, you know.
[A] And I think that's really good.
You know, the songs that we do play on stage from that album are really _ [N] _ _ good.
And I think it's also, as long as satisfying the fans that have been with us all the years,
it's bringing in an audience, which is great.
We played Kiev recently, and honestly I thought it was a one-directing audience,
but it's just full of _ young girls that have just stepped off of Vogue magazine,
you know, just unbelievable, right.
And they know all the old songs and lyrics, and all the new too.
So that's what's so great.
I think their entry into Heat was probably through Outsider,
and they find themselves and then they grow with it, which is great.
_ So how many have I done there?
Four.
Right, number five.
This is a bit toughy. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's 24.
Come on, give me a break.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Probably, I could go back and choose another one,
but I think I'm going to go for Wake the Sleeper,
because we had a ten-year hiatus from recording. _
[N] And it was a very important album to come back and make a statement,
and I think we made a great statement with that album,
brought all the old fans and new fans back on track very quickly. _ _
_ _ It was a situation where the business just went into free fall, didn't it.
I mean, if you take two years before that album, the record companies just,
you know, the internet came along, Napster came along.
They took Napster to court and found out there's a thousand Napsters,
you cannot police this, and by then, all the record companies were in free fall.
They were disappearing, they were getting smaller, they were amalgamating.
It was just a complete mess, and we couldn't find a home to record a new album
in that environment.
We could have gone off and done one ourselves, but we didn't think that was right,
because we were a band, the amount of countries we toured in was 58 countries,
and we needed support from the record companies in all those countries. _ _
_ _ So we did what we could do best, we went out and played live,
we recorded loads of live albums, let them out, live DVDs and stuff like that,
and kept the band alive that way, you know,
_ until the industry settled down, and then we found a home with Universal at the time,
I think, and we recorded Wake Sleeper,
and it was just a big launch back in, a mega launch back in,
so I'll choose that as fine fare. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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