PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
# I...
# Wonder if one day that
# You'll say that you care
# I...
# Think I'm going to love you forever
# I swear
# But are you leading me on?
# Tomorrow, will you be gone?
# Angel of my dreams
# I will always love you
# And hate you
# It's not fair
# It's so bittersweet
# I will always want you
# And need you
# You don't care
# You don't care... #
TEMPO INCREASES
# Care that I'm mad Care that I'm sad
# It's so bad, it's funny
# Care if I cry Care if I die
# You only care about money
# Sellin' my soul to a psycho
# They say I'm so lucky
# Better act like you're lucky, honey
# But it feels ni-i-ice
# In the spotli-i-ight
# When the camera flashy
# I act so happy
# I'm in heaven when you're lookin' at me
# Angel of my dreams
# I will always love you and hate you
# It's not fair
# It's so bittersweet
# I will always want you and need you
# You don't care
# Love when you call me a star
# You let me down in the dark
# Want you and need you
# You don't care
# It's not fair
Huh!
# It's not fair
# Fair that I try Fair that I grind
# Fair that I buy you sushi
# Got you a car Got you a house
# Got you a suit, it's Gucci
# If I don't win, I'm in the bin
# You say you never knew me
# But when I pop off, you sue me
# So sue me
# But it feels nice
# It feels nice In the spotlight
# In the spotlight
# When the camera flashy I act so happy
# I'm in heaven when you're lookin' at me
# Angel of my dreams
# I will always love you and hate you
# It's not fair
# It's so bittersweet
# I will always want you and need you
# You don't care
# Love when you call me a star
# You let me down in the dark
# Want you and need you
# You don't care
# It's not fair
# Angel of my dreams
# I will always love you and hate you
# It's not fair... #
JADE VOCALISES
# It's so bittersweet
# I will always want you and need you
# You don't care
# I'll always love
# You. #
APPLAUSE
Thank you, Jade!
Making her solo debut on our brand-new series!
Thank you, Jade.
And so, who else?
What other amazing people do we have in the room?
Well, we have a whole catalogue of incredible people.
I will be chatting in this corner at the piano
to Queen legend Roger Taylor.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Plus, a surprise.
A wonderful band from Dublin -
in fact, from all over Ireland - Gurriers!
APPLAUSE
From Camden, a wonderful artist, arranger, the lot -
Nubya Garcia!
APPLAUSE
Some beautiful... Some beautiful new songs from Laura Marling!
APPLAUSE
But now, from Stockport,
we welcome back to this show, Blossoms!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I've got to smile honestly
# A good night's rest with eight hours' sleep
# Look your best with good hygiene
# Keep your teeth nice and clean
# Back yourself, but modestly
# Show your friends empathy
# Make more time for your family
# Go somewhere you've never been
# I've come to my senses
# Life's not easy
# It leaves you guessing
# Just keep breathing
# I've got to be the perfect me
# To be true and direct
# It's as hard as you'd suspect
# Is that cynicism I detect?
# Or my lyricism I detest?
# Wait, I've three more things to say
# You've got to learn from your mistakes
# Over time, you will change
# No-one leaves here unscathed
# I've come to my senses
# Life's not easy
# It leaves you guessing
# Just keep breathing
# I've got to be the perfect me
# I get by with my pilot light bright
# I'm my own worst enemy
# Half the time
# Half the time... #
INSTRUMENTAL
# I've come to my senses
# Life's not easy
# It leaves you guessing
# Just keep breathing
# I've got to be the perfect me
# I've got to be the perfect me. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thanks, Blossoms, with Perfect Me, from their number one album, Gary.
Yes, let's hear it for them! Congratulations!
Just before I introduce our next artist -
that was a fantastic song -
I just have to ask you about the big friend you've got in the corner.
He's quite unusual and he is a bit of a notice box,
and that is Gary.
That is Gary, yeah.
What came first, the album...?
His name or the title of the album?
The whole Gary thing -
that inspired naming the album, that.
I wrote a song about a fibreglass gorilla
that was stolen from a garden centre in Scotland.
And that is... That's the gorilla. Is he still missing?
Yeah. So, tonight, the police might see this
and take appropriate action?
Well, the garden centre might be on the phone.
Mr Scott's his name.
Thank you very much. It's marvellous.
The band's never sounded better - and it's marvellous to meet Gary.
Maybe later on, I could go and sort of get a bit closer to Gary?
I love Gary. Thank you so much.
Blossoms! Thank you, Tom!
Now, next,
a wonderful artist.
Been on the show before,
but she's just about to release her eighth album,
Patterns In Repeat.
Please welcome the wonderful Laura Marling.
APPLAUSE
# What a way to change an evening
# Was my number hard to find?
# You know, I'd given up believing
# But the song had somewhat lingered on my mind
# It went, "La, la, la, la, la
"La, la, la, la
# "La, la
# "Something, something, Caroline."
# Caroline, you're like an ember
# A rock that bursts back into life
# And a song I only just remember
# That goes, oh
# "Something, something, Caroline
# "La, la, la, la, la
# "La, la, la,
# "La, la
# "Something, something, Caroline."
# Caroline, we are old now
# I got married and I love my wife
# I have kids
# They're good and grown now
# All in all
# I've been happy with my life
# Though I was never really far from you
# Was I?
# Something, something, Caroline
# Hmm
# I'd like you not to call again
# I like to keep you off my mind
# See, you're the one who went away, Caroline
# So the song was forgotten over time
It went, "La, la, la, la, la
# "La, la, la
# "La, la
# "Something, something, Caroline
# "La, la, la, la, la, la
# "La, la, la
# "La, la
# "Something, something, Caroline." #
APPLAUSE
Wonderful sound. Thank you very much, Laura Marling.
Now, one of the most popular groups of all time is of course Queen.
They're celebrating 50 years since their first album came out
by releasing an extraordinary box set.
Before I meet their drummer and songwriter, Roger Taylor,
at the piano, let's see this unique footage.
# And it's dark again
# Once I could laugh with everyone
# Once I could see the good in me
# The black and the white distinctively
# Colouring
# Holding the world inside
# Now all the world is grey to me
# Nobody can see... #
APPLAUSE
And now I'm very pleased to be joined
at the piano by the wonderful Roger Taylor.
It's very nice to have you here, Roger.
Welcome to the show.
Thank you for coming on. True great.
True great legend of music.
Now, The Night Comes Down, from your debut album -
originally released over 50 years ago! Yeah!
And you're about to release a very special, remastered box set.
And there's a lot of fantastic...
Well, tell us about some of the things that are in the box set.
Well, I think there's all sorts of, you know,
rather lovely purple things in there.
But the main drive of it, for Brian and myself,
we were never really happy with the way it sounded
as a first album.
So, it was called Queen,
and now it's called Queen 1 so everybody knows
exactly what it is.
But we've remixed it to achieve the sound
that we wanted to achieve in the first place.
But, of course, we weren't very important then
and we got pushed around.
And they said, "No, you do it like this."
Where did you record it?
We recorded it at Trident Studios.
I mean, everything was going on in that studio.
There was Ziggy Stardust, Transformer,
the Beatles did a lot of stuff there,
and Elton John.
I remember sitting through 300 mixes of Yellow Brick Road
while trying to sleep.
Only 300?
Yeah, I mean... Yeah.
Er, early days, you know, and we were the new boys.
So we weren't allowed to do it the way we...
Anyway, it now sounds as we wanted it to sound.
But out of interest, when you say that,
were you having to go in late at night
because they were taking up the sort of...? Yeah.
Or were they in late at night, and so you had to go in the day?
No, no, they were in the nice hours and we were in...
And we got out when the cleaners came in, you know?
The downtime sort of thing? Yeah, exactly.
And was it an enjoyable process to make the record back then?
Because if it's your first album, it must be like,
well, this is what you've been all dreaming of, no?
Absolutely. It's a thrill.
You know, you think, "This is actually our first album
"and it's going to be out and people are going to hear it," you know?
I remember... Never forget hearing it on John Peel's radio show,
the first time we were ever on the radio.
And, you know, those little things mean an awful lot at the time.
It's little things like that, isn't it,
when you're on your way up? Yeah.
And of course, I think a lot of people don't realise
that you were a very important part of the songwriting team.
You know, Radio Ga Ga, A Kind Of Magic -
these are your huge songs.
Was it difficult to push your songs forward?
Well, it was when you've got Freddie,
who was the most brilliant writer in the band.
It became easier in the '80s when he got a bit lazier.
I wasn't really bothered -
as long as I got paid, you know?
Er, no, we were a team.
We were a very good team.
And we all wrote in Queen,
which was very important,
to feel that you all matter, you know?
Yeah, and of course you were doing a lot of the backing vocals,
weren't you? The harmonies and everything? Yes, yes.
I used to swap a lot of lines with Freddie onstage because,
if he got tired of something...
There'd be a high note,
and I have a high voice,
and so we would swap.
And nobody ever noticed.
I mean, I love your voice. I hear... You're one of the great singers.
But, I mean, it's quite hard - if you're in Queen,
if you're one of the great singers, to get noticed.
Would you sing something for us now?
We'd like that, wouldn't we?
APPLAUSE
Now, I should say...
Because I did ask your earlier if there's something
you wanted to sing. Yes, you did.
And I thought it was going to be one of your songs.
But you haven't chosen...
You didn't say, "I want to sing a bit of... "
You've chosen something else, haven't you? Yes.
Just off the top of my head, it's one of
the most beautiful ballads ever written, I think,
by John Lennon.
It's so direct, straight to the heart.
And I always just loved Jealous Guy, yeah.
We'd like that, wouldn't we?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I was dreaming of the past
# And my heart was beating fast
# I began to lose control
# I didn't mean to hurt you
# I'm sorry that I made you cry
# Oh, I didn't want to hurt you
# I'm just a jealous guy
# I was feeling insecure
# You might not love me any more
# I was shivering inside
# I didn't mean to hurt you
# I'm sorry that I made you cry
# Oh, I didn't want to hurt you
# I'm just a jealous guy
# I'm just a jealous guy. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The enormously talented Roger Taylor!
Thank you.
From a great legend to a wonderful new band,
first time on the show.
With a brand-new album, Come And See, please welcome,
from Ireland, Gurriers.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Once in a while I blacken out my windows and roll a smoke
# Turn on the PC,
# Watch the right-side pixels floating slowly at me
# Neon, lean on
# I swear days go past eating mostly fast news
# So you don't see my image
# I'm approachable
# Damn, I was born in the wrong era
# It's not a hard trick, just log on, sign up,
# And beat them all with words
# No need for the weekend, the light does not meet me
# I am locked up in my room
# If you want to know where to find me, it's dark and it's deep
# I'm approachable
# Damn, I was born in the wrong era
# One day you'll wake up and my face will be all over your television
# Orwellian rebellion
# I want to be Machiavellian
# Let's unite to create division
# It starts on screens and ends on streets
# A known nose picker with laser-point precision
# Damn, I was born in the wrong era
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# At least I think I am
# At least my friends say I am
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# At least I think I am
# At least my friends say I am
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# At least I think I am
# At least my friends say I am
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# I'm approachable
# You are approachable
# I'm approachable
# Well, we all scream into the sea hoping for a reaction
# Even though the truth is hard to come by
# With the millions of clicks
# And the dopamine fix
# That will settle your tics
# Like hearts in my hands
# Hearts in my hands
# I got hearts in my hands
# Hearts in my hands
# Hearts in my hands! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you, Gurriers!
And now let's meet at the piano
the wonderfully talented woman who opened the show for us.
We welcome Jade.
Welcome, Jade, so nice to see you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you. Lovely to see you.
I enjoyed that opening.
I was a bit nervous about that opening. Me too.
But it seemed to come across fine, so phew.
Yeah. Yeah, we did it.
Now, of course, with Little Mix, you've had huge...
You know, number one records, Brits, endless awards,
but you're here with your first solo record.
Is it good to be out on your own?
Oh, yeah. It's like, don't get me wrong, I loved Little Mix
and everything we stood for and did,
but I think when you're writing music that's just for yourself,
it's really liberating,
and I obviously get to write about my own personal experiences now,
so, yeah, I'm really proud of, yeah, what I've done.
And you've been writing with some interesting people, haven't you?
Yes. Yes, I've been writing a lot with Raye, who is,
as we know, amazing.
Who else have I been writing with?
MNEK. Erm...
..Mike Sabath is probably one of my main producers on the record,
we did Angel Of My Dreams together,
so that's been really cool, finding my people that I love to work with.
And of course, with Angel Of My Dreams,
which is what we played at the beginning,
and it quotes Sandie Shaw's Puppet On A String beautifully.
Yes, I love, love, loved that song growing up,
and it was just perfect for the concept of Angel Of My Dreams,
you know, my sort of turmoil with being in the pop industry,
and all the highs and lows that come with it,
and when the song came out, Sandie Shaw messaged me
and was like, "I approve, I love it."
She told me to give you a hug from her.
Oh! She's honestly such a sweetheart,
and I invited her tonight, she couldn't make it,
but that's been, you know, one of the many special things that have
come out of that song is forming a friendship with Sandie Shaw.
And one of the things that you were talking about,
the turbulent life that surrounds a person in pop music... Yes.
..and other sorts of music, that style of thing,
she of course lived through all of that in a huge way in the '60s.
Yes. Did she give you any advice?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, she said she loved the song because of that reason,
and she's kind of been at the forefront of rights,
especially for women, in the music industry,
so the stars aligned with having her as the sample on the song,
but she told me to, yeah, I guess believe in myself,
keep fighting the good fight.
I've got my bare feet going on tonight in honour of Sandie.
Whoa there, hang on a second!
Bare feet for Sandie.
APPLAUSE
The Sandie Shaw Show. She's going to love it.
She's here in foot, if not in spirit.
Exactly. Angel Of My Dreams - who is the angel of YOUR dreams?
Well, you know, in the video and in the song,
it is the music industry, like, personified.
So in the music video, I have this scary villainous character called M,
and he represents the industry,
and it lures me in and all that stuff.
But I think personally for me, even tonight before I performed it,
I always picture little Jade in the audience,
I picture the younger version of myself,
like she's my angel, and whenever I'm nervous,
like I was before we performed, I just try and picture her.
She would be sat there right now beaming that I've managed to perform
on Jools Holland, so, yeah.
Well, it was great. It was a fantastic performance.
I mean, I just loved it.
I'll have to picture her, because I was quite nervous too. Oh!
It does help.
And all the audience being naked, that helps as well.
Yes, exactly, yes.
So we won't cut away to them at this point.
Sometimes they come dressed in Elizabethan get-up.
Oh, OK!
Quite a nice turn-out, the costumes each week.
When did you realise that singing was something you wanted to do?
Was there somebody you used to listen to on the radio? What was it?
Yes, so my, like first obsession and absolute idol was Diana Ross,
because my mum looked the spitting double of her,
so I genuinely believed my mum was Diana Ross.
And when she would go to the bingo, like on a weekend,
she'd be like, "I'm off to a concert."
I'd be like, "Oh, my mum is Diana Ross!"
She had to break the news to me when I was about ten,
because Diana Ross was performing in Newcastle,
so we went to see her, and when I watched on onstage,
I was like, "That's what I want to do."
And I literally learned to sing through watching videos
of her performing with The Supremes.
Yeah, she for me is the OG pop icon.
Wow, what a great person to... Yeah. Yeah.
And what's the next song you're going to be performing for us?
Another brand-new song, I think.
Yes, so my next single, Fantasy, I'm going to be performing that tonight.
And the song is about kind of your kinks and your fantasies,
and embracing that.
And I feel like you can tell from this song
my kind of Motown inspirations growing up, yeah.
Well, it's been wonderful having you as a guest here this evening.
Thank you so much. Thank you very much, and we'll see you in a moment.
Jade! Thank you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Next, a quite remarkable saxophonist, band leader,
composer, arranger, beautiful string arranger.
She was on my Radio 3 programme - yes, tune into Radio 3 if you like,
and hear some interesting music there too -
and her new album is Odyssey.
We're going to be hearing from that now. It's Nubya Garcia.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Your journey is yours
# Full of many twists and turns
# You'll meet those along the way
# Who will come to know you, the different parts of your soul
# Many energies in the same body
# As you grow, dream
# As you love, live
# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
# We experience so many things in this odyssey we call life
# Your difference is your power
# Our differences can be our collective power
# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
# No-one's journey looks the same
# Be open to uncovering it
# Release expectations from other people
# And maybe we can just allow ourselves to be
# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
# Your journey is yours
# See yourself
# Realise and respect your worth
# Your difference is your power
# Our differences can be our collective power
# Your journey is yours
# Raise up your hands, uplift your soul
# And in triumphance together
# All as one
# Raise up your hands, uplift your soul
# And in triumphance together
# All as one
# Raise up your hands, uplift your soul
# And in triumphance together
# All as one
# Raise up your hands, uplift your soul
# And in triumphance together
# All as one. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Ah-ah
# I need to, I need to
# Passion, pain
# Pleasure, no shame
# If you like it weird, I like it strange
# It's a fantasy, babe
# Babe
# Whatever floats your boat, I'll help you sail away
# Sail away
# What is your cup of tea?
# I'll sip it, and I'll add the sugar, babe
# Release your fear, no judgment here
# It could be loopy, it could be kinky,
# It could be hot, and that's OK
# I need to know what you've been dreamin' of
# Dreamin' of
# I wanna tell you all my secrets then
# Bring all of that freaky shit to life
# Ooh, I want that
# Passion, pain
# Pleasure, no shame
# No shame
# If you like it weird, I like it strange
# It's a fantasy, babe
# Uh
# I think it's time that we should pop Pandora's box
# Get it unlocked
# Think of the time that we've lost tryna be who we're not
# Yeah
# All your ideas are welcome here
# We can go too far, we can be bizarre and we'll always make it hot
# I need to know what you've been dreamin' of
# Dreamin' of
# I wanna tell you all my secrets then
# Bring all of that freaky shit to life
# Ooh, I want that
# Passion, pain
# Pleasure, no shame
# No shame
# If you like it weird, I like it strange
# It's a fantasy, babe
# Passion, pain
# Pleasure, no shame
# If you like it weird, I like it strange
# It's a fantasy, babe
# Babe
# Woo!
# It's a fantasy, baby
# If you like it weird, I like it
# I need to know what you've been dreaming of
# Dreaming of, baby
# Ah-ah
# I wanna tell you all my secrets and
# Bring all of that freaky shit to life
# Ooh-ooh, ah-ah, babe
# Yeah
# I wanna tell you all my secrets, baby
# Oh, oh, oh
# Not just fantasy any more, baby
# A reality to explore, baby
# Not just fantasy any more, baby
# Ah-ah-ah
# A reality to explore, baby. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you, Jade!
APPLAUSE CONTINUES
Brand-new track, Fantasy.
So now this time, over here, performing at the piano
with No One's Gonna Love You Like I Can from her new album
Patterns In Repeat, we welcome back Laura Marling.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# You were taking off your clothes in a bar by the road
# When I thought no one's gonna know you like I know
# No one's gonna know you like I know
# You were saying something strange just to make me misbehave
# No one's gonna say it like you say
# No one's ever put it quite that way
# We grew tired of making plans
# That kept slipping through our hands
# And if life is just a dream
# I'm gonna make it mean something worth a damn
# So no one's gonna love you like I can
# No one's gonna love you like I can. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The beautiful arpeggios of Laura Marling.
Let's hear it once again for Laura.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So thank you to all of my guests this evening.
With music, we're so often in the lap of the gods
for how it's going to go,
and tonight I'm in the lap of a gorilla,
which is even more exciting for me.
So from myself and Gary,
and I have to say Gary really belongs to these people -
I'd like to congratulate them on their number one record -
we finish with Blossoms.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I spilt my tea upon the floor trying to write a song revealing all
# It's like I'm only half around and most of the time I'm feeling down
# Why do all the simple things now seem to fill my head with doubt?
# I don't think I'd talk like this to anybody
# But you're not anybody
# What can I say after I'm sorry?
# What can I say?
# I'm only in denial about how for a while I shut you out
# There's a feeling deep inside I don't believe I'll ever find
# Happiness and all the things that come with it I think I lack
# I don't think I'd talk like this to anybody
# But you're not anybody
# What can I say after I'm sorry?
# This heavy weight comes without warning
# When some tender pain calls in the morning
# What can I say?
# I won't lie, I've felt this for a while
# I seem to be outside myself
# So help me out cos I need time
# There's something yet to find
# So listen to my eyes
# I'll be the one to say I'm sorry
# What can I say after I'm sorry?
# This heavy weight comes without warning
# When some tender pain calls in the morning
# What can I say?
# What can I say after I'm...?
# What can I say after I'm...? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE