Lyrics

Peter Gill: After you Nash Brian Nash: My name's Nash and I'm a red Muso PG: ergh my name's Ped. I hate some people and I like some people Mark O'Toole: My name's Mark and I wear kecks that make me looks as though I've gotta big packet BN: Next question Paul Morley: So now you're number one and you're embarrassed by ergh by being a stars PG: Who's a star? PM: Did you used to dream of being a star? MO: Yeah all the time. I used to stand in front of the mirror in me room with a cricket bat pretending I was… PG: You dream of being it but but when it happens like you don't really think you are, I don't think we're stars PM: What do you think you are Ped? PG: I'm just an animal that bashes drums PM: If you three were about 14 would you in Liverpool have formed a gang? PG: I was in a gang MO: So was I BN: Everyone's in a gang PM: Are they? BN: Yeah, you're an apprentice hard PM: Are you a fully fledged hard now Nash? BN: Oh aye yeah well 'ard! PG: I mean, yeah I think quite a lot of people in Liverpool, young people, have got little gangs like BN: You need to be part of something, don't ya. You've gotta be in a gang. If you're not in a gang you're a no-mark. You gotta 'ang around… MO: If you slash 250 people you get a silver Stanley knife. We can be suave if we want to ya know PM: But like, does it like do you like indulge yourself in your number one, does it give you a position of power? PG: I don't know BN: You can use the laundry in the hotel PG: When you're number one, we're, just like, living like, like we always do… BN: When you're 77 you can't PM: Do you consider yourselves to be musicians? PG: Naaaahhh BN: Musos… PM: Are you the energy of Frankie Goes To Hollywood? PG: Yeah we are you know what I mean, but I mean… musicians? Naah! BN: We're the hammer that knocks the nail in MO: I mean, I mean, I mean PM: What's the nail then Nash? PG: Well MO: Whatever you wanna be MO: The nail are the two front men BN: But without the hammer the nail's useless, innit PM: What was your first thought when you found out you got to number one? MO: Let's go out and have a good lig PG: Let's have a laugh I think it was. I mean we were having a laugh up to we were number one PM: Is Frankie Goes To Hollywood different from Wham! and Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet… PG: Well PM: …because you're a little bit more honest about things BN: The only way we're connected to Wham! and Duran Duran is that we've all got willies MO: I don't think that's true either PG: I think we're honest about things what what what makes us different I'm not really sure maybe our music? I don't know. It's like I mean it's music ain't it… PM: Aren't you all the same just looking for a quick laugh and a good drink? PG: yeah well like everyone is, you are BN: I think its its you're out to have fun and it's not manufacturer it's like it's not manufacturer like this big glam teeny bopper thing PG: I mean you're not number one at first it's the spondulee ain't it. The cash. Everyones in it for cash really I mean we wouldn't be getting recorded and we wouldn't be on no label unless other people wanted cash, you know what I mean? PM: Oh I Do PG: There, There you go, Everyone's in it for cash BN: You can't necessarily do it for the love of the music PG: …cash isn't our number one but it's good to have, you know what I mean PM: You gonna help your mum and dad when you get cash? PG: Yeah BN: Yeah PG: I know it sounds rather like, teddy bear-ish but eeh, my old fella's alright like MO: One of the lads Ray, and Gerry, and Eddie PG: He helped me through my younger days BN: When you was a sproglett PM: What about if you was just suddenly plonked like £30,000 in your hand? PG: Well then I'd go out and I'd get drunk and I'd dunno I dunno I'd buy a Ferrari and wrap it 'round a lamp post you know what I mean