CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome to the cavalcade of music and fun that is this show.
An amazing selection of artists in the room this evening,
and we begin with the extraordinary Alison Goldfrapp.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# It's so hot
# We should be here and now and love what we got
# It's so hot
# It's the nature of now, so love what you got
# Don't know why, don't know why
# Don't know why we love this way # We love this way
# Don't know how, don't know how
# Don't know how we got this way # How we got this way
# Now I live my life in the sun
# Live my life
# Live my life in the subterranean
# We're the souls we invite
# Where the sparks ever blow the curve of light
# Don't know why, don't know why
# Don't know why we love this way # We love this way
# Don't know how, don't know how
# Don't know how we got this way # How we got this way
# Now I live my life in the sun
# I'm alive
# We're the souls we invite
# We're the sparks in the deep
# We're the curve, curve of light
# We're the souls we invite
# We're the sparks in the deep
# We're the curve, curve of light
# Do you know, do you know, do you know how the stars were made?
# Yeah, you know, yeah, you know, yeah, you know how to radiate
# Now I live my life in the sun
# Now I live my life in the sun. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The wonderful Alison Goldfrapp.
Very nifty dance manoeuvres, too.
So let's meet our guests this evening.
From Los Angeles, we welcome Eddie Chacon!
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International indeed, a fabulous European artist
from Amsterdam. You may recognise her, but she's now The Jordan.
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From New Jersey in America, and Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,
we welcome Baba Ali.
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But now, I'm so pleased to welcome, from Wigan,
The Lathums.
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# Say my name when we're losing touch
# Say my name when you've had enough
# Say my name when you're cursed by doubt
# Say my name when the lights go out
# I don't mind # I don't mind
# If it's my time # It's my time
# I've lost my faith in what I used to hide behind
# I don't mind # I don't mind
# If I should die # Should die
# It's just the thought of you and what I leave behind
# Say my name
when we're losing time
# Just a boy, I went cold inside
# Say my name when you've had enough
# The heart, it aches for what the hands can't touch
# I don't mind # I don't mind
# If it's my time # If it's my time
# I've lost my faith in what I used to hide behind
# I don't mind # I don't mind
# If I should die # Should die
# It's just the thought of you and what I leave behind
# Say my name
# Whoa, oh-oh-oh, whoa, oh-oh-oh
# Say my name
# Whoa, oh-oh-oh, whoa, oh-oh-oh
# Say my name
# Whoa, oh-oh-oh, whoa, oh-oh-oh
# Say my name
# Whoa, oh-oh-oh, whoa, oh-oh-oh
# I don't mind # I don't mind
# If it's my time # It's my time
# I've lost my faith in what I used to hide behind
# I don't mind # I don't mind
# If I should die # Should die
# It's just the thought of you and what I leave behind
# Say my name. #
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The Lathums!
How great to have them in this room.
Next, we meet a man who was on the show many years ago
and has an extraordinary story to tell in between,
and we're delighted to welcome him back with some wonderful some new music.
Let's welcome Eddie Chacon.
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Great to have you here, Eddie. Really great to have you here.
And it is remarkable, actually, your career,
because you came on our second series in 1993,
when you performed, as half of Charles & Eddie,
Would I Lie To You?, one of the biggest songs at that time.
In fact, I performed it with you.
It was a great honour for me to do that.
It became a huge global hit,
and it must have been an incredible time, which we'll talk about
in a moment, but can you remember coming on to do this show
back in 1993?
Well, I remember that we both had long hair.
Yes, those were the days.
Yeah. And what I remember about that is actually talking to you,
because, as a performer, you perform so many live shows,
but I do remember the conversation with you,
because you're quite a legend, and, even at the time,
we were so excited to come on your show and have that opportunity.
Well, that's very nice of you to say. I hope I didn't go on too much.
I probably did. Anyway, it was really great but, coincidentally,
do you know, it aired almost exactly 30 years to the day,
on the 11th of June?
So there we go.
Let's have a little look at that before we talk a little bit more
about what then happened. OK.
# No, no, no, baby, mm-hm
# Na, na, na, na, na, na
# Would I lie to you?
# Yeah
# Look into my eyes
# Can't you see they're open wide?
# Would I lie to you, baby?
# Would I lie to you?
# Oh, yeah
# Don't you know it's true that, girl, there's only you?
# Would I lie to you, baby? Yeah
# Everybody wants to know the truth
# In my arms is the only proof
# I've hidden my heart behind the bedroom door
# Now it's open, I can't do no more
# No
# I'm telling you, baby, you will never find another girl
# In this heart of mine
# Oh, oh, oh
# Look into my eyes
# Can't you see they're open wide?
# Would I lie to you, baby?
# Would I lie to you? Oh, yeah
# Don't you know it's true that, girl, there's only you?
# Would I lie to you, baby? Yeah. #
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So, Eddie, that was wonderful, seeing that footage.
Now, that song was number one here,
and in 17 other countries. It was number one all around the world.
Did that change things dramatically for you at the time?
Er, yeah, absolutely.
I mean, we were just, you know, two young guys
that were essentially struggling musicians,
so, all of a sudden, we were sort of thrown into British pop stardom,
and getting recognised,
and all of the accoutrements that go along with that,
so, yeah, it was a lot of fun for us.
The whole thing must've been a great uplift for you, you know.
It really was.
It really was. I mean, it was just so kind of instantaneous,
and it so almost didn't happen,
because the record went out and didn't do so well,
and then Elton John heard it and called the BBC, I believe, and said,
"I really think you should revisit this song,"
and then they revisited it, and decided to give it another go,
and, boom, that's when it became a huge hit.
Thanks very much to Elton, always helping people out.
Thank you. Thank you. That's what he does.
Yeah. Truly.
And a few years after that huge hit,
you went your separate way,
and Charles sadly passed away in 2001,
but your life took a turn away from music.
Right. What happened? What did you then do?
Well, I was very proud of what Charles and I did together,
and then Charles passed away, and that was really heartbreaking to me.
And I just didn't want to do anything that would do an injustice
to the beauty that I thought we had created together.
I felt like it was a very special connection that the two of us had,
and so I thought I would just wait patiently,
and, if I never got to do it again,
I was very grateful for the opportunities we had,
and, if I did ever get the chance, I would wait until it was something
that I could really be proud of and that I thought maybe he would be proud of
up there, you know. What a lovely idea, to approach it like that.
I mean, in the meantime, you started doing a magazine
and being a photographer and everything.
I did. In the depths of probably the hardest part of
my going down, as my Danish friends call it, when you get depressed
and you're sad, one of my very best friends in the world,
who knows me like a brother, sent me a very professional camera
with a sticky note on it that said, "I think you'd be good at this."
And I just started shooting right away,
and it made me really happy, and
it placated me until John Carroll Kirby came stumbling into my life.
Well, I was going to say. So John Carroll Kirby...
Welcome, John, by the way! Welcome, John.
APPLAUSE
Who's a legend because... Yes, he is a legend.
He's your producer, but he's worked with like Solange,
he's worked with Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles, Norah Jones.
Frank Ocean. Lots of... He's been on the show before playing with...
How did your paths cross?
Actually, it was a mutual friend of ours who knew both of us,
but we didn't know each other, and he called me
and he said, "I have this really hare-brained idea that this guy,
"John Carroll Kirby, I think he'd very much appreciate your story,
"and I think it's important that we get you back into music."
He told me he'd done the last two Solange records,
and I thought to myself, "Well, I know I would like to work with him,
"I don't know that he's going to want to work with a 56-year-old guy
"that hasn't made a record in 30 years,
"but I'm so excited to get to meet him
"and at least have coffee with him."
And we did and, a couple of days later, he texted me and said,
"Do you want to come over and jam?"
And I didn't know it, but he would just hand me the mic and say,
"Do you want to sing?" to these tracks he had going.
And that became Pleasure, Joy And Happiness.
And your new album, Sundown, is now out.
Yeah. Bearing in mind you sort of went away from the music business,
for nearly 30 years, really, you know... Mm-hm.
..is it very, very different coming back to it,
or is it really the same thing still, do you think?
Erm, well, I like to think that authenticity and great music
is still what it's all about,
and I like to think that that's what people respond most to.
And, you know, I hear musicians sometimes
are the ones that complain most about the music they don't like
that's getting a lot of attention, but you know what?
I kind of see it as like, when you go to a restaurant,
there should be everything on the menu and, you know,
that's the way I look at it.
I'm not trying to be all the items on the menu,
I'm just trying to be in my narrow lane and do what I do.
Very well put. And also I like to think this is a restaurant,
and, if these are all the dishes in the restaurant,
it's a very nice restaurant, isn't it, that you've come to?
APPLAUSE
Yeah! Great!
What a pleasure to have you as our special today.
Thank you. What are you going to perform for us in a moment?
We're going to perform Holy Hell.
Well, we're looking forward to that very much.
Thank you very much for joining us.
Eddie Chacon. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you. Great to have you here. Thank you.
So, next, an Anglo-American duo who have just released
their second album entitled Laugh Like A Bomb.
We welcome Baba Ali.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# You got a light?
# I need a light
# This fire
# You got a light?
# I need a light
# This fire
# Let's have a light
# We need a light
# More fire
# Let's have a light
# Who's got a light?
# We need fire
# Burn me out, burn me down
# Red alert, red alert, red alert
# I'm on fire
# Red alert, red alert, red alert
# I'm on fire
# I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
# I don't care, set me on fire
# Burn me out, burn me down
# You got a light?
# I need a light
# This fire
# Burn me out, burn me down
# Burn me out, burn me down. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you!
Baba Ali!
Laugh Like A Bomb.
Thank you. Now, I'm delighted now to reveal that,
later in the series, we will be joined by a music legend
who will perform a one-off exclusive show for us
here at Alexandra Palace.
Let's enjoy a brief moment from his forthcoming show.
This is Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
# Sunrise
# In the palm of your hand
# Think twice
# Don't put your head in the sand
# All right
# Dream it if you wanna
# All night
# Down on the corner
# Sunrise
# In the palm of your hand
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away
# Sha, la-la, la
# See all that I will ever know
# Ooh, la, la-la, la
# I see all that I will ever be
# Ooh, la, la-la, la
# And it's warm outside
# Ooh, la, la-la, la
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away Don't look away
# White light
# In the palm of your hand
# Think twice
# Don't put your head in the sand
# All right
# Dream it if you wanna
# All night
# Down by the river
# Think twice
# Don't put your head in the sand
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away Don't look away
# La, la-la, la
# See all that I will ever know
# Ooh, la, la-la, la
# See all that I will ever be
# Ooh, la, la-la, la
# And it's warm outside
# Ooh, la, la-la, la
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away
# Open the door
# See what you find
# Don't look away Don't look away
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
You can see more of this one-off special show later in the series.
Now...
Joined by his collaborator and producer, John Carroll Kirby,
we welcome Eddie Chacon.
APPLAUSE
# Got each other
# That's a start
# Can we keep together
# Or tear it all apart?
# We can make it holy
# Or we can make it hell
# We can keep on smilin'
# But we can't stop the hands of time
# Oh
# Hey, baby
# Oh
# Hey, baby
# Why we livin'?
# So unglued
# Still pretendin'
# We don't know what to do, yeah
# We can make it holy
# Or we can make it hell
# We can keep on smilin'
# But we can't stop the hands of time
# Whoo!
# Oh
# Hey, baby!
# We can make it holy
# Or we can make it hell
# We can keep on smilin'
# But we can't stop the hands of time
# We can keep on smilin'
# Or we can make it hell
# We can keep on shinin'
# But we can't stop
# The hands
# Of
# Ti-i-i-i-ime. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
The delightful voice, enchanting voice...
..of Eddie Chacon.
APPLAUSE
John Carroll Kirby.
The wonderful band.
Now, let's surge towards the piano
and welcome to the piano-side chat, we're delighted to have...
..Alison Goldfrapp! Welcome, Alison.
Very nice to see you.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
So, now, you opened the show with So Hard So Hot from your new album...
Yeah. ..The Love Invention.
And this is your first solo record, really, isn't it? Yeah.
Is that an exciting new era for you?
It is very exciting, yeah, very.
It's a whole brand-new thing.
And you've been inspired by the dance floor, I think, haven't you?
Yes, I mean, it was very nice to do something that was very...
..rhythmic and up, fun.
Yeah, it's something I had kind of wanted to do for a little
while, actually. Do you go to dance...
Can you be found on the dance floor around Europe? Er...
Not lately.
But, yes, I have had my clubbing days, and I love to dance,
I love to party.
In the Berghain in Berlin and all that?
Yeah, I've done a bit of that, yeah.
And you had a very good dancer with you. He's beautiful, yeah.
Fantastic dancing, really great. Yeah.
You're going to be touring as well, with this album... Yeah.
..doing European festivals,
Glastonbury and all those sort of things. Yeah.
When you're travelling,
is there anything in particular you always take with you?
You know, diaries, cigars, Thermos?
Erm, well, I do have my little
things that I like in my dressing room,
like, erm, just a minute ago, I had my geranium, I like my smells.
Geranium? Yeah, geranium oil.
So, I like my smells to be really good in the dressing room.
And, yeah, you know, comforts, little rituals, warm-up and...
And what about afterwards, what do you do after the show to relax?
Er, a nice stiff vodka, maybe.
Erm...
LAUGHTER
Bit of meditation maybe.
Also, I must ask you this... Yeah.
..which is, again, slightly outside of music... Yeah.
But I'm told that you're a collector of rocks. Yeah.
What sort of rocks do you collect?
I should get you round, shouldn't I?
Yeah. Cup of tea, show you my rocks. Yes.
LAUGHTER
Erm, yeah...
..I love collecting rocks, minerals,
I like looking at rocks, mountains...
Ooh.
I love a bit of geology.
What's your favourite rock that you've got in the collection? Er...
Are they named? Erm...
What, like, as in...? Ian and Kevin...
Ian and Kev... Yeah...
Er, no. No.
I don't know all the names of them, if I'm really honest,
I've forgotten a lot of them, but I've got a giant, erm, er...
What's it called?
La-pai-zu-lai? It's beautiful blue... Oh.
..which they used to use in very, very early,
like, sculptures for the eyes, the little blue stones.
Nice. That's great, it's a good collection to have. Yeah.
I think you're the first person we've met that's...
That's a great thing to collect...
Oh, OK. ..all the different things.
And what are you going to play for us later?
We're going to play a song called Love Invention.
Will we be having more dancing to that?
Indeed. I will.
Thank you very much, Alison Goldfrapp. Thank you, Jules.
APPLAUSE
Great to have you here again.
Our next guest is one of the Netherlands'
most noted artists, from 2013 she became a global icon, she is
now back with a new album and a new identity, we welcome...
..The Jordan.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# When the wind is
# Softly howlin'
# And the dog barks at the sky
# Let me take you to my island
# It's a timeless paradise
# We'll get lost in flowing waters
# Drowning in the pouring rain
# We will shelter in the gardens
# Where the flowers entertain
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm
# Mm
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm
# When the heavens
# Get too violent
# And the oceans raise their waves
# There's a place where they can't find us
# In the quiet we'll be safe
# We will dive into the rivers
# Before the storm will seal our fate
# We will hide under the surface
# Where our echoes resonate
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm
# Mm
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm
# Cold wind howlin'
# Storm will come
# Know my wings will
# Take us home
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm
# Mm
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm
# Ha-ah
# Ha, ah-ah-ah
# Ha-ah
# Ah
# Ha-ah
# Ha, ha-ha-ha
# Ha-ha-ha
# Ah-ha
# Mm-mm
# Mm, mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm-mm
# Mm-mm. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# I sometimes think to when I was young
# To happier times, now they have gone
# I'll try to remember things that made me smile
# So here is a story of how it began
# How it has gone and what is the plan
# I'll try to remember things that made me smile
# And do you even know
# What it's like to lose a life?
# A life in which you need more time
# And do you even care
# What's going on inside my mind?
# I feel I can't escape, what now?
# Oh, I struggle
# Remembering your face, I wake up
# Without a smile on my face
# I notice the world's turning but I'm stood still
# And the voices
# Inside of my head, oh, they tell me
# That I will wind up dead
# If I continue
# The path that I'm on
# Oh, I loved you
# But you didn't care
# I needed you, but you was not there
# And the world kicked back
# It forced me to my knees
# Do you even care
# What's going on inside my mind?
# I feel I can't escape, what now?
# Oh, I struggle
# Remembering your face, I wake up
# Without a smile on my face
# I notice the world's turning but I'm stood still
# And the voices
# Inside of my head
# Oh, they tell me
# That I will wind up dead
# If I continue
# The path that I'm on
# Oh, I loved you
# But you didn't care
# I needed you, but you was not there
# And the world kicked back
# It forced me to my knees
# Oh, oh, oh
# Oh, now I'm older
# And the years have been kind, I understand
# But I'm far from wise
# I was just a boy
# But I just could not cry
# Oh, oh, oh
# Because I, I didn't care
# I understand that life's not fair
# It's not your fault
# I will carry on
# But I struggle
# Remembering your face, I look back
# On what we have made
# I still remember
# Things that made me smile
# You made me smile. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Wonderful. The Lathums!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
So, now, I'd like to thank all of my marvellous guests,
let's hear it for the wonderful people in the room!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Including the super camera crew.
And now we finish with the wonderful Alison Goldfrapp!
# Knock, knock, Doctor What
# Is this real or not?
# And I've never had a love
# That felt so good
# Your love invention
# Got my attention now
# Sensory motion
# Stirring the potion, wow
# Energy rising
# Always surprising me
# It's total attraction
# That new velocity
# Don't let the fear in ya
# Hold you back
# Just let it come to ya
# Meet the attack
# Knock, knock, Doctor What
# Is this real or not?
# And I've never had a love
# That felt so good
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is Feels so good
# On my mind
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is
# On my mind
# Spin in a heatwave
# Weave in your thread of light
# Tune our devotion
# Future horizon bright
# Your love invention
# Has got my attention now
# Sensory motion
# Feeling devotion, wow
# We can be anything
# That we want
# You put my mind on hold
# Don't hold back
# Knock, knock, Doctor What
# Is this real or not?
# And I've never had a love
# That felt so good
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is Feels so good
# On my mind
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is
# On my mind
# Every day and night in my body
# Got you working on me
# Every day and night in my body
# You're the highlight in me
# Every day and night in my body
# In my body, you're the
# Every day and night in my body
# In my body, you're the
# Every day and night in my body
# In my body, you're the
# Every day and night in my body
# In my body
# Knock, knock, Doctor What
# Is this real or not?
# And I've never had a love
# That felt so good
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is
# Feels so good
# On my mind
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is
# Feels so good
# On my mind
# Feels so good
# Your love invention is
# On my mind. #
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
# I've lost my faith in what
# I used to hide behind
# I don't mind
# If I should die
# Should die
# It's just the thought of you
# And what I leave behind
# Say my name... #