From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V7 #3 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Thursday, January 13 2005 Volume 07 : Number 003 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: OV: Del News [Helen Pickering ] OV: RE: oppositeview-digest V7 #2 ["Reid and Susan Gardner" Subject: Re: OV: Del News Fab! Thanks for that posting (now I know what I'm going to - always useful!) I've got a spare ticket for this is anyone's interested. Cheers, Helen --- Chris Fleming wrote: > Taken From Scottish Daily Record > COVER STORY: ON THE PHONE WITH.. JUSTIN CURRIE Jan 8 > 2005 > > > The Del Amitri frontman talks about the future > of the band and his > Celtic Connections > > Paul English > > > > This is an unusual gig for the singer in a rock 'n' > roll band. How did it come > about? > > I know one of the guys from Blazin' Fiddles, who > asked me if I would be > interested in singing some songs in a kind of hybrid > pop-folk thing. I was > interested because they have quite a rock 'n' roll > attitude for a folky band. > So I said yes and it's turned into this show for > Celtic Connections, as well > as a few other shows in Aberdeen Music Hall and > Edinburgh's Usher Hall. I'd > never done any stuff for Celtic Connections before > because I'd never really > wanted to be seen as a sort of folky person. > > So will it be Del Amitri songs with different touch? > > Yes, we've rearranged some of the old stuff. I'll > definitely do Nothing Ever > Happens, because I kind of feel obliged to do that. > It's nice the way we've > rearranged it. I'll be doing a song called This Side > of The Morning, which is > from our first album and is really folky anyway. > I'll also be doing some new > stuff and a song called Sleep Instead Of Teardrops, > another old Dels song. I > chose Dels songs that stand up with decent melodies > with interesting lyrics > that would work in a sit-down venue. I think it will > be quite serious, really, > more of a concert than a gig. > > After the last Del Amitri album, there were rumours > the band had split up. > What's happening? > > Well, our last album Can You Do Me Good,did pretty > badly and we lost our > record deal after it. The phone wasn't exactly > ringing off the hook with > offers to tour or anything. So we've just taken time > off to do various things. > We never really broke up, but we just didn't see the > point in doing a British > tour every year and playing a lot of old songs. That > didn't really fill us > with much inspiration. You do still get a buzz out > of playing the old songs, > but it gets a bit sad if you're just doing that > without any new stuff to play. > Unless you have a new record out, there's no point > in doing anything. We're > not doing anything as a band other than writing. > Iain and I are still writing > songs, but whether that'll be under the name of Del > Amitri is another matter. > But we've not officially broken up. > > Would you consider going solo? I don't really want > to. If I had to I would. > But I'm fairly dubious about people who have been in > bands all their lives > doing the solo thing. It never seems to work and > I've never really considered > myself a solo artist. I've been a singer in a band > since I was 15. But we're > not really thinking about making a Del Amitri record > at the moment. But if the > question is 'what do you do when the money runs > out?', the answer is probably > work in a pub. The royalties will eventually run out > and don't have any > ambitions other than writing songs and singing them. > You're playing under the > moniker No Strings Attached with Colin MacIntyre and > Eddi Reader also doing > their thing with Blazin' Fiddles. Will you sing > together? I think Blazin' > Fiddles will do an instrumental segment and then the > three of us will come on > separately and I'm going to try to persuade them to > sing backing vocals with > me. I'll do about five songs, but two of them are > very long. Who knows, it > might bore people to tears, but I'm doing it all the > same. > > # Justin Currie plays with Eddi Reader, Colin > MacIntyre and Blazin' Fiddles at > the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on January 20 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:44:02 -0500 From: "Reid and Susan Gardner" Subject: OV: RE: oppositeview-digest V7 #2 Oh MAN, three of my very favorite songs!! Is anybody going to record this??? Thanks Chris for keeping us informed... TTFN Susan Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:22 -0000 From: "Chris Fleming" Subject: OV: Del News Taken From Scottish Daily Record COVER STORY: ON THE PHONE WITH.. JUSTIN CURRIE Jan 8 2005... So will it be Del Amitri songs with different touch? Yes, we've rearranged some of the old stuff. I'll definitely do Nothing Ever Happens, because I kind of feel obliged to do that. It's nice the way we've rearranged it. I'll be doing a song called This Side of The Morning, which is from our first album and is really folky anyway. I'll also be doing some new stuff and a song called Sleep Instead Of Teardrops, another old Dels song. I chose Dels songs that stand up with decent melodies with interesting lyrics that would work in a sit-down venue. I think it will be quite serious, really, more of a concert than a gig.... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:30:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Helen Pickering Subject: Re: OV: RE: oppositeview-digest V7 #2 Well someone is recording it, because we've been moved from the seats we booked in the back row, to accomodate cameras/recording stuff. (My friend who bought the tickets got a letter saying we were bing moved.) When I find out more, I'll post... Helen --- Reid and Susan Gardner wrote: > Oh MAN, three of my very favorite songs!! Is > anybody going to record > this??? > Thanks Chris for keeping us informed... > > TTFN > Susan > > > > Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:22 -0000 > From: "Chris Fleming" > > Subject: OV: Del News > > Taken From Scottish Daily Record > COVER STORY: ON THE PHONE WITH.. JUSTIN CURRIE Jan 8 > 2005... > So will it be Del Amitri songs with different touch? > > Yes, we've rearranged some of the old stuff. I'll > definitely do Nothing Ever > Happens, because I kind of feel obliged to do that. > It's nice the way we've > rearranged it. I'll be doing a song called This Side > of The Morning, which > is > from our first album and is really folky anyway. > I'll also be doing some new > stuff and a song called Sleep Instead Of Teardrops, > another old Dels song. I > chose Dels songs that stand up with decent melodies > with interesting lyrics > that would work in a sit-down venue. I think it will > be quite serious, > really, > more of a concert than a gig.... ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V7 #3 ********************************