Lyrics

Holly Johnson: mmmmm Paul Morley: What was the danger about Paul, Holly? HJ: The danger about Paul? PM: I mean what made you realise that maybe here was someone you could work with? HJ: I didn't until sometime this year in fact PM: Really? HJ: It didn't seem possible up to that point because we both shot off in different directions. I was heavily into the Big In Japan thing and he was like visiting London and giving it loads in that direction. So we had a, a big break from each other, and then he did this Hambi tour giving it much in the dance ooops Paul Rutherford: (laughs) HJ: ergh, and he gave it loads right PM: yеah HJ: and we were just starting, wе got a few support dates with Hambi, through knowing Hambi PM: That's Frankie HJ: That's Frankie Goes To Hollywood, in fact. Which was you know (laughs) woooah (laughs) PR: (laughs) HJ: Oh yeah. Which was Mark, Ped and Ged and Sonya PR: Sonya HJ: Sonya Mazunda PM: Why did you choose the name? HJ: Ohh, not, it's not a too much of an exciting story, ahm (laugh). There was th-this old, this old, this band I was in, I was just jamming with in the reheasal room in the basement PM: Jamming? HJ: Yeah you know kind of learning, learning period. Erm we needed a name quick cos we had to get a gig you know and all that stuff and there was a a picture, a piece of the New Yorker magazine stuck to the wall in the reheasal room that said 'Frankie goes Hollywood', and a picture of Frank Sinatra, getting ahh, mobbed (laughs) by, what were they called, what were they called (pause) PR: I really don't know HJ: oh you know Teenie Boppers or something like that (laughs) HJ: Frankie Goes To Hollywood HJ: We used to give it loads of 'Hey it's a movie' (laughs) and this is your audition. Well that was good at the time PM: Good at the time but it's complete nonsense really, wasn't it? HJ: Sorry? PM: Complete nonsense really? PR: Total bluff yeah HJ: Yeah it was, but it was entertaining nonsense, we thought. And that's whatcha got it give it PM: Entertaining nonsense HJ: Well yeah. Yeah. Dada! (laughs) You're into Dada! Zang Tuum Tumb and all that. Oh when are we gonna have these parties then? (laughs) We've been promised parties PR: Where's these parties you've promised us? PM: I promised you four parties HJ: You've promised us parties PR: Four? Ahh love HJ: I'm ahh (cut off) PM: Why do you sing Holly? HJ: Sing? PM: Yeah HJ: Why do? I could give it loads of 'it's something that comes from within' but you know… PM: So why do you sing? HJ: …it's just not that? It's just something I've always wanted to do PM: Yeah? HJ: One of the things I've always wanted to do PM: Since when? HJ: Since I was about four and I used to sing to the pigeons (laughs) PM: Who do you sing to now? HJ: Eh? PM: Who do you sing to now? HJ: I think it's dead important to sing to yourself really. You know what I mean? PM: Yeah HJ: And you gotta enjoy it firstly. And it's a buzz if other people enjoy it PM: It's a what? HJ: A buzz PM: Yeah? HJ: Do you ever think about who's gonna enjoy it? (pause) HJ: Think about the people PR: Yes they crossed my mind once. (laughs) PM: I mean do you care about who's going to enjoy it? PR: Yeah PM: Yeah HJ: Do we really, do we really care? PM: I mean do you. Do you think about like competition, who you're up against, anything like that? PR: Totally HJ: Occasionally, occasionally, occasionally PM: Like, you know, Culture Club or ABC or anything like that? PR: No, no not like, erm, no not them HJ: I don't see them as competition because it's a completely different thing what we're doing PM: What are you doing then? HJ: oooh, well you'll just have to flip it over and see PR: (laughs) LATER ON… HJ: Oh, I don't wanna get into anything dodgy like that. (laughs) PM: What were you doing in Big In Japan? HJ: I was playing bass PM: You weren't singing? HJ: I was doing, I was singing in, in my own way PM: What, what kinda way was that? HJ: er, stifled (laughs) Stifled in a very stifled way PM: So what's the difference between being stifled and being what you are are now? HJ: Set free PM: Set free? HJ: (laughs) mmm. Free your mind… HJ & Paul Rutherford: …and your ass will follow… HJ: …the kingdom of heaven is within PM: When did'ya meet Paul? HJ: Paul. We met in a nightclub. We were about 15 PR: We were nightclubbing PM: A lot of grease involved there or a there was just a casual kinda meeting? I mean a lot of liquid kind of… PR: Pardon HJ: Ah . We had a mutual friend PR: Mutual PM: Lubrication HJ: We had a mutual friend. Jayne Casey in fact PM: Jayne HJ: mmm PR: Well we met a lot earlier then that, but, we didn't, we weren't knocking around together then HJ: True. I think we knew of each others existense PR: Existense HJ: It was dead strange in fact PM: How did you know of each others existence? PR: Sensitive vibes HJ: Aha PM: oh yeah HJ: When you're in, when you're in a town like Liverpool (laughs) you know what I mean and you go into town PM: I don't know what you mean Holly? Tell me what you mean PR: It means you put one foot in and one foot out… HJ: yeah PR: …and you see everybody on your way HJ: …and shake it all about (laughs) HJ: I tell ya, I tell ya