CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome to the show.
And welcome to Simple Minds!
# The morning of the night before I'm wide awake and thinking of you
# There's no-one in this universe
# Could make me do the things that you do
# Is no rhyme or reason why you'd ever stop believing in me
# You took me to another room and told me
# 'bout that vision you see
# You have the gift, can you give it to me?
# I'm opened up and I'm still wondering
# I wakened up and I was able to see
# The vision thing, you got that vision thing
# Show me, I can't understand
# The vision thing, you got that vision thing
# Raised with revolution, I could find no solution inside
# I'd fall and fail a million times before the day when I get it right
# I walked into an empty room and came across a version of me
# You opened up the world below and told me
# 'bout that vision you see
# You have the gift, can you show me the plan?
# Show me the way that I could understand
# I opened up and I was able to see
# The vision thing, you got that vision thing
# You have the gift, can you give it to me?
# I opened up and I'm still wondering
# I wakened up and I was able to see
# The vision thing, you got that vision thing
# You have the gift, can you show me the plan?
# Show me the way that I could understand
# I opened up and I was able to see
# The vision thing, you got that vision thing
# I can't understand
# The vision thing, you got that vision thing
# A-a-a-a-a-ah
# You got that vision thing
# A-a-a-a-ah
# You got that vision thing
# A-a-a-a-ah. #
CHEERING
Simple Minds!
A roomful of exquisite talent this evening.
From south London, we welcome Wu-Lu!
MUSIC STARTS UP
From London, we welcome..
Hold on, not so quick, not so quick, we'll get back to you in a minute.
But we're looking forward to hearing them in a moment!
Yes, and also from London we have, FLO!
From Los Angeles, Rita Wilson and Jackson Browne!
Now, from France, Christine And The Queens Presents Redcar.
CHEERING
# La la la la la la
# La la-a-a-a
# Ooh
# La la la la la la
# La la-a-a-a
# Ole!
# Hey!
# Ooh la la la la la la
# La la la la la la
# La la la-a hey!
# Yeah!
# La la la la la la
# La la la-a-a
# Ooh
# Oh, je te vois marcher, oh, je te vois marcher
# Tu marches vraiment tres chaloupe
# Ouais!
# Hey, yeah
# Oh, je te vois danser, oh, je te vois danser
# Mais quand tu danses tu m'apaiser
# Ouais
# Hey
# Oh, je reve de toi, oh, je reve de toi
# Quand je reve ca s'arrete pas
# Hey, hey, hey
# Quand je pense a toi
# Quand je prie pour toi
# De te voir marcher devant moi
# Hey, hey!
# Tu sais ce qu'il me faut, tu sais ce qu'il me faut
# Oh oh
# Hey!
# Yeah, yeah
# Tu sais ce qu'il me faut, tu sais ce qu'il me faut
# Oh oh
# Let me tell you something
# Yeah
# Et la laisse danser
# Tous dans le ciel
# Et la regarder
# Dans l'interieur
# Il s'est rappele
# Qui la est
# Et qu'il a combattu
# Au meme bataillon que moi
# Tu sais ce qu'il me faut, tu sais ce qu'il me faut
# Yeah, yeah
# Oh
# Tu sais ce qu'il me faut, tu sais ce qu'il me faut
# Oh oh oh-oh oh-oh
# Et courent les chevaux
# La la la la
# La-la la-la la-la
# La-la la-la
# La-la la-la la-la
# Et courent les chevaux
# La la-la la la-la
# Et courent les chevaux
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Tu sais ce qu'il me faut, tu sais ce qu'il me faut
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Oh, yeah
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
# Yeah, yeah, ye-e-e-ah!
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby. #
CHEERING
Merci. Thanks.
Thank you, Redcar.
More in a moment.
But now, let's chat to Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds.
Welcome, Jim and Charlie!
CHEERING
Now, congratulations on the... We loved that track at the beginning.
It was very exciting.
And Direction Of The Heart is the title of the album,
great album, where does that come from?
We made, well, probably like most people putting out records just now,
it was made during Covid, you know, everyone talks about working
in a bubble. Well, you know, when you're in a band,
we've been in a bubble for 55 years together.
So, we were in Sicily.
No-one knew what was going on in the world,
so we just we just followed our muse. The inner voice.
Do you know? So, the title's got something to do with that.
And you live in Sicily, don't you?
Charlie and I both live in Sicily, yeah.
We've... Well, Charlie's been going to Italy since...
Aye, early '80s, Jim. Yeah.
But out of interest, what made you pick Sicily as the place to settle?
Well, Jim had a hotel there, Jools, so it was quite easy to stay there.
Oh, well, I think I'll move there, then.
No, actually, it was, to be honest, I mean,
we've always loved Italy over the years.
We went to play... Yeah. ..and everyone said...
We'd played a lot in southern Italy, but at that time, the early '80s,
moving to Sicily, of course everyone said,
"Oh, you don't want to go there. The Mafia will get you."
Charlie said, "We're from Glasgow."
That's right. Who cares? So.
And we've been there ever since.
Is there a venue that you enjoy particularly?
Because they're amazing places.
The stadiums where the gladiators have been and everything.
CHARLIE CHUCKLES
Yeah, Charlie and I were laughing, where we are in Taormina there's a,
it's not a Roman amphitheatre, a Greek amphitheatre, you know?
Really ancient. Really ancient.
And we get a kick out of the idea that, you know, more than 2,000
years ago somebody walked up there and went,
"You know what? Be good for a gig, this place."
And here we are, 2,000 years, and we've seen amazing people in there,
Dylan and Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon,
and we've been very lucky to play there ourselves.
Now, there's a song on the album called Act Of Love.
Is that a very old song?
It's the first one we ever wrote, Jools, together, Jim and I.
Well, how come it's taken so long to get on an album?
The missing piece. The missing piece.
It's funny because, I don't know,
sometimes these songs find a time, you know?
And that one took about 45 years. CHARLIE CHUCKLES
Never rush into anything. That's right. You know? No, you know.
Well, now, you've picked a piece of archive,
what have you chosen for us?
Well, Glen Campbell and Wichita Lineman, I mean,
no-one should be allowed to be as talented as Glen Campbell was.
Guitar player, singer.
But the song itself, of course, Jimmy Webb.
It's a ridiculous thing to talk about the best song ever but surely
that's got to be up there in amongst it.
Let's have a look at Glen.
# I am a lineman for the county
# And I drive the main road
# Searchin' in the sun for another overload
# I hear you singing in the wire
# I can hear you through the whine
# And the Wichita lineman
# Is still on the line
# I know I need a small vacation
# But it don't look like rain
# And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain
# And I need you more than want you, girl
# And I want you for all time
# And the Wichita lineman
# Is still on the line
# And I need you more than want you, girl
# And I want you for all time
# And the Wichita lineman
# Is still on the line
# Still on the line
# And I'm doing
# Fi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ine
# A-a-a-a-ah. #
Fabulous. Glen Campbell.
Thanks, Jim and Charlie for thinking of that. A lovely choice there.
Now, tell us what's the next song
you're going to be playing for us here tonight.
It's called First You Jump. And where does that come from?
Well, it's a session track on the album, and, er,
between Vision Thing... Once we had those two
we thought this is the direction, this is where we want to go.
There's a sweet spot, we feel, between the real early stuff.
You love to go back but you can't go back. You've changed,
the world's changed, technology's changed, but you can evoke the past,
and we'd like to think with the new stuff we've got a great mixture of
that with, hopefully, the wisdom of today.
Great. I think you have. You've managed to encapsulate that.
Thank you very much for joining me. Jim, Charlie, thank you!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Now, I step over into this direction to welcome a band,
or a group, that have had an enormous amount of streams all over
the place, TikToking here and there, going to America to do TV shows,
and this is their first British appearance on the television.
We welcome FLO.
APPLAUSE
# Put it in a cardboard box
# And your mama's blocked
# I got a confession
# I don't think I want you any more
# There's no room for questions There's no room for questions
# I saw her panties on the bathroom floor
# Putting up with this for far too long
# Ain't gonna change, boy, what's the point in stringing me along?
# We're done for real
# So I'ma put your shit in a cardboard box
# Changing my number, and I'm changing the locks
# When you can't get in know your hear gon' stop
# You may be crying, but boy, I'm not
# I'ma put your shit in a cardboard box
# Changing my number and I'm changing the locks
# Never liked your mama, so I guess she's blocked
# You may be crying, but boy, I'm not stressing
# Do you hear a stutter in my voice?
# I see it as a blessing I see it as a blessing
# Come take your shit cos you can go stay at hers
# I hope that she was worth my wasted time
# But could she do it like I do?
# You need someone to put you back in line
# So you gon' see what I do
# I'ma put your shit in a cardboard box
# Changing my number and I'm changing the locks
# When your can't get in, know your heart gon' stop
# Boy, you may be crying, but boy, I'm not
# I'ma put your shit in a cardboard box
# Changing my number and I'm changing all the locks now
# Never liked your mama so I guess she's blocked
# You may be crying, but boy, I'm not
# Hey, yeah
# So, I'ma put your jeans next to the dreams that you sold me
# Karma's a B, yeah
# And she gon' teach
# Ah, ah, ah, ah
# Ooh oh
# I'ma put your gold chains down the drain and your Rolly
# Might just drop a text
# To your homies
# So, boy, I'ma put your shit in a cardboard box
# Changing my number and I'm changing the locks
# When you can't get in, your heart gon' stop
# Boy, you may be crying, but boy, I'm not
# I'ma put your shit in a cardboard box
# Changing my number and I'm changing the locks
# Never liked your mama so I guess she's blocked
# You may be crying, but boy, I'm not
# Boy, I'm not
# You may be crying, but boy, I'm not. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Fantastic! Well played.
What a lovely bit of harmonisation from Flo.
That was beautiful, thank you very much.
All the human voice, what it can do is extraordinary.
Next, in this corner, we have an actor, a film producer,
a fantastic vocalist,
who's teamed up with an amazing cast to make an album of duets.
She's here with the musical legend Jackson Browne,
we welcome Rita Wilson and Jackson Browne!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Got all that in!
It's great to have you both here.
Thank you for having us, Jools.
Now, so, great new record, and Now And Forever, duet,
so, it's an album of duets, when you set out starting this record,
what sort of songs where you looking for?
I was always in love with the songs from the '70s.
I thought, since those songs sort of emerged out of the '60s and
came from the singer-songwriters' personal experience,
they always spoke to me as sort of, like, conversations, in a way, and
I thought maybe the way to approach this album was with those songs,
but also, as duets, so that we could imagine
conversations between lovers, or people who like each other a lot.
Yes. That whole genre of song is like the great American song book,
in a way, because those songs,
they are all written with a slightly different attitude, aren't they?
But that's so funny that you say that, because I've always
thought that in my mind, there was
a bridge between the great American song book and the '70s,
because the '70s songs have endured for so long,
and the great American song book,
many of those songs written for Broadway musicals were
written for an actor to sing from the first person.
So, those two sort of made a connection in my mind.
And you've got Jackson, who we will be speaking to in a moment.
But who are some of the other guests that you've got on?
Oh, my gosh. Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, erm...
Tim McGraw. ..Tim McGraw, Jackson Browne...
Erm...
..Leslie Odom Jr., Josh Groban...
Elvis Costello. Elvis Costello, yes.
So many great people on there. Yes.
Now, Jackson, you've been on the show a couple of times before,
we love your music, when did you hook up with Rita? Well...
You can't say hook up. Yeah, can't say that.
That's American for something else. Very dangerous. Oh, really?
I'm sorry, sorry! When did you first...?
We first sang together... Yes! ..in a play that...
..that... At the Shakespeare Center in Los Angeles,
and it was a sort of adaptation of... What was the play?
I don't remember what the play was. As You Like It, or...
That's asking too much to remember...
..everything, at this time in our lives.
But it was adapted to have popular music in it, and we found that we
had this great...
We sounded good singing together, we had this great blend.
Well, she makes me sound... He makes me sound good.
The two of you together sound really great.
It's so simple, it's a lovely song, it's an old song,
isn't it, it's an old French song, I think? That's right. Written by...
A hit for The Everly Brothers?
It is, but I didn't really know that until recently.
I thought, because it's an Everly Brothers song... That's right.
..I grew up with this song, hearing Don and Phil sing this song.
They're the ones that put this sort of lift into this song,
they're ones that created this sort of feeling...
It sounds like they wrote it.
But when you're both doing it, it's really so lovely.
But Rita, you've acted, you've produced films,
Big Fat Greek Wedding, you've acted in great things,
you've made records, but you grew up in Hollywood, you know,
it must have had an effect, what's your earliest showbiz memory?
Well, I did grow up in Hollywood, and even though it was this
place that people knew about, it still was, like, my home town.
But down the street from where I lived was the place where
they made the Monkeemobile mobile for The Monkees. Nice.
And often, The Monkees would be hanging out down there,
and so one day I went down there and there was Mike Nesmith,
and he was the one autograph I didn't have.
So, I ran all the way home to my...
And I said to my sister, "Quick, give me the picture,
"Mike Nesmith is down there, I've got to go and get his autograph."
And she's, like, "OK, great. "Make sure he signs it to Lily."
I went, "Yeah, OK."
So, hang on, you've got to run to get the autograph for her? Yeah.
So I ran down there, Mike Nesmith says,
"OK, who shall I make it out to?" And I say, "To...
"..Rita." Yeah!
That's more like it! Ran back home. She was not happy with me.
So, it's great to have you both here. Thank you.
Thank you for joining us very much indeed.
Jackson Browne and Rita Wilson! APPLAUSE
Next, a wonderful new artist from south London,
performing from his debut album LOGGERHEAD.
He's joined by Lex Amor, we welcome Wu-Lu.
I used to live in South London
There's not much of it left
Trust me
I used to be a part of a team
There's not much of 'em left
But it's all bless, don't even stress
# I figure we were the same
# Come from scattered bottled broken estates
# His loose lips kept their promise
# Blowing off the heads of broken promise... #
Priced out, forced change
More rent to pay
Locked down full days
Big blue out late
Slow times hold weight
Cut ties outbreak
But make no mistake
We'll show our face...
Aaagh!
It's South
It's So-o-o-o-o-uth
South
Steel bars on his head
Fighting habits and threats
Drinking low tides
Skating Brixton at night
The country's a mess
Showing no progress
And we'll build this fire
From the truth of the lies
Dancin' round the issue
They're fighting for their crown
They're tryin' to keep us under the gun
And keep our minds locked down
Your questions are your answers
You know it in your soul
Cos they don't want to be truthful
Don't wanna lose control
So-o-o-o-o-uth
Oh, South
S-a-a-a-a-a-uth
Di, di, di-di-di-di
Yuh
Ye-ye-ye
Oh
City know we livin' inna dis
254 know even more than my history
Knows doors we whispered to on floors made of prism know
Forgiveness, know everything But the soul's a bloody mystery
Embers know of homes swept away by the furnace
Ever seen a city burn alert
Learn to worship the dust
Overflowing bricks, we deserved it, we heard you
But do we keep the church and the service?
Sermons feeling further away from my verbage, I'm hurting
Winter clapping back at my sternum
It's murking me, I respect the urgency
Earnestly, if it cracks the spirit of a lion
It deserves it
I'm afraid that day ain't today or another
Jah, cover me and whatever will need to be covered
Cover everything weather
I'm in need or I got it City in my pocket
Clutching at my...
# My sali-i... #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
PEDAL STEEL GUITAR AND DRUMS PLAY INTRO
# I bless the day I found you
# I want to stay around you
# And so I beg you
# Let it be me
# Don't take this heaven from one
# If you must cling to someone
# Now and for ever
# Let it be me
# Each time we meet love
# I find complete love
# Without your sweet love
# What would life be
# So never leave me lonely
# Tell me you love me only
# And that you'll always
# Let it be me
# Oh, each time we meet love
# I find complete love
# Without your sweet love
# What would life be
# So never leave me lonely
# Tell me you love me only
# And that you'll always
# Let it be me
# La-la, la, la-la-la-la
# Say that you'll always
# Let it be me
# La-la, la, la-la-la-la
# Now and for ever
# Let it be me
# Now and for ever
# Let it be me. #
APPLAUSE
Thank you, Rita Wilson and Jackson Browne!
Lovely sound there.
Next, I'm delighted to welcome over in this corner...Redcar!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# Pardonnez-leur, ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils ont fait
# J'ai plonge ma main dans la terre du sentier
# Pardonnez-leur, ils ne savent plus ou ils vont
# Elle m'attendait pres du ruisseau pour me parler
# Ils meurent en leur ame a la fois autre chose
# Ils ont les larmes et les petales de rose
# J'ai dit, j'ai dit
# Je crois qu'ils ont trop souffert
# Eh
# Que demeure Londres
# Nous nous etions assembles en moins d'une seconde
# Oh-oh
# Mon pere, je crois qu'ils ont peche
# J'ai plonge ma main dans la terre du sentier
# Il est impossible, dans vos livres, de ne pas pecher
# Elle m'attendait pres du ruisseau pour me parler
# Pardonnez-nous, nous qui savons lire
# Qui l'avons appris pour vous faire plaisir
# Pardonnez-nous Seigneur, nous etions encercles
# Je me souviens, jeune animal, je courais bien loin
# Dans la foret pour chercher mon chemin
# J'etais perdu mais comptait seulement le present
# Le soleil qui perce a travers les feuilles d'ambre
# Et de menthe et je vois
# Je vois ma femme
# La meme histoire depuis la course des ames
# Animal ou poisson
# Tu n'as pas change
# Il semblerait que pour toujours, je t'ai cherche
# Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (oh-oh, oh-oh)
# Eh
# Mon amour rime avec toujours, toujours
# Ye-eh
# Les choix sont faits et les choix se font
# Un pied devant l'autre et seconde apres seconde
# Les choix sont faits Je te vois enfant
# Et les choix se font
# Ye-eh
# Enfin, enfin Je te vois enfin
# Oh, mon amour te voila, je te vois enfin
# Enfin, enfin, je te vois enfin
# Oh, mon amour te voila, je te vois enfin
# Enfin, enfin, je te vois enfin
# Oh, mon amour te voila, je te vois enfin
# Enfin, enfin, je te vois enfin
# Oh, mon amour te voila, je te vois enfin
# Enfin, enfin, je te vois enfin
# He, he-he
# Oh, mon amour te voila, je te vois enfin
# Choix sont faits
# Choix se font
# Pied devant
# L'autre et seconde
# Choix sont faits
# Choix se font
# Pied devant
# Seconde apres seconde
# Hee-hee
# He-eh
# Hee-hee
# Hee
# Hee-hee. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Muchas gracias.
The extraordinary and wonderful Redcar.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Before we have our last finale of the show, next week, we have a show
focusing on one of the biggest bands in the world today, Arctic Monkeys.
So, please do join us, then. I'm going to thank all of my guests.
Have you had a lovely time here this evening?
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Thank goodness for that.
Just before I do go, though,
I do just want to speak to Redcar for a moment.
It's great to have you, so great to have you back.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Your album is a bit like...
Is it, am I right in thinking, your new album is a bit like an opera?
Lots of different acts to it? Yeah, it's even...
It's the start of, like, a very large gesture as well,
because I've been writing lots of music,
and that journey is actually exceeding that only album itself,
which is only the introduction to, like, a whole grand gesture.
And who is Redcar, have you become Redcar?
I guess I am, look at me.
Look at this!
What's happening?
Yeah, with every name I become, and I get more precise, and I remember.
So, I guess Redcar is my actual state, mood.
And I'm sorry about your knee, this is the most...
If there's anything I can do... It's the power of music, it just...
You know, it crushed me alive. I love it, I love that, it's great.
Musical healing!
And who is this fantastic figure here? It's...
This is a sculpture of Archangel Michael. Yes.
It's been done by my great friend Damien Moulierac...
Yes. ..an artist, a French artist.
I've been praying Archangel Michael solidly for two years now.
And I just wanted to pay homage to my faith and...
..to the imagination. Fantastic.
It's been great having you both here.
You're welcome on the show any time,
we will look forward to seeing you soon.
Thank you, Redcar! Merci beaucoup, bonsoir, Monsieur!
Thank you. Now, let's finish where we started.
We're delighted to have them here, Simple Minds!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# And if the world stops spinnin', there'd be no sign
# No future love, only days behind
# I'd call on you
# You'll be the only one who pulls me through
# And if the skies above turn to crimson red
# Hear the memory, all you said
# I'd call on you
# You're the only one who pulls me through
# First, you jump
# Then get wings
# Escaping all that hurts you
# The trauma that they put you through
# First, you fall
# Then flying
# Heading for the new view
# No more what you went to
# First you jump
# World that's free
# Heaven-sent, reality
# I'd call on you
# You're the only one that pulls me through
# If the world, spin again
# Turn around, baby, back again
# I call you
# You're the only one that pulls me through
# First you jump
# Then get wings
# Forgetting all the voices
# To the silence still in your head
# You once gave up
# Now soaring
# Heading for the clear view
# No more what we've been through
# And if the world stops spinnin' Spinnin'
# And if the world stops spinnin'... #
Charlie!
# First you jump
# Then get wings
# Escaping all that hurts you
# The traumas that they put you through
# First you fall
# Then flying
# Becoming what you're meant to. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# Hey, hey, hey, hey
# Ooh, whoa
# Won't you come see about me
# I'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby
# Tell me your troubles and doubts
# Giving me everything inside and out
# Love's strange, so real in the dark
# Think of the tender things that we were working on
# Slow change may pull us apart
# When the light gets into your heart, baby
# Don't you
# Forget about me
# Don't, don't, don't, don't
# Don't you
# Forget about me
# Will you stand above me
# Look my way, never love me
# Rain keeps fallin'
# Down, down, down
# Will you recognise me
# Call my name or walk on by
# Rain keeps fallin'
# Down, down, down, down
# Hey, hey, hey, hey
# Ooh, whoa
# Hey, hey, hey, hey
# Ooh, whoa
# Don't you try and pretend
# It's my feeling gonna win in the end
# I won't harm you I won't touch your defences
# Vanity, insecurity, ah
# Don't you forget about me
# I'll be alone, dancin', you know it, baby
# Going to take us apart
# I'll put us back together at heart, baby
# Don't you
# Forget about me
# Don't, don't, don't, don't
# Don't you
# Forget about me
# As you walk on by
# Will you call my name
# When you walk on by
# Won't you call my name
# When you walk... #
Let me see your hands, please!
# When you walk on by
# Come on
#Call my name
# Won't you call my name
# La, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
# When you walk on by
# Come on, call my name
# Won't you call my name
# La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# Yeah, oh
# Whoa, yeah-he
# Yeah-he
# Yeah-he, yeah-he
# Yeah
# Yeah, he-he
# Yeah, babe
# Yeah, baby. #