Finally a transcript of the live chat with Steve on Sunday 16th May 2010.

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15:00:14 * SH joins Joomla!
16/05/2010 15:00:29 ‹Jackie› STEVE!!!
16/05/2010 15:00:34 ‹Stella Day› Told ya!
16/05/2010 15:00:39 ‹mags.miller101› Hi Steve
16/05/2010 15:00:43 ‹Jones› hi
16/05/2010 15:00:44 ‹Reb55› Hi Steve
16/05/2010 15:00:45 ‹PeterJH› he's scared of you stella lol
16/05/2010 15:00:50 ‹Pandorah› hello
16/05/2010 15:00:51 ‹racinglisa› Hi Steve!
16/05/2010 15:00:53 ‹Jones› u8dgucdqgifhws
16/05/2010 15:00:54 ‹Stella Day› He Steve!!
16/05/2010 15:00:56 ‹SH› Hello Andy. Hello everyone - how's my timing?
16/05/2010 15:01:01 ‹Stella Day› No he isn't
16/05/2010 15:01:06 ‹frankholland› is he there
16/05/2010 15:01:07 ‹KarenM› Hi Steve
16/05/2010 15:01:14 ‹MARC› Hi Steve
16/05/2010 15:01:14 ‹THE PHANTOM› spot on
16/05/2010 15:01:15 ‹Reb55› Spot on
16/05/2010 15:01:15 ‹Jackie› Pefect as usual
16/05/2010 15:01:18 ‹Jones› 2 mins!!!!!!!
16/05/2010 15:01:23 ‹Andy Fearon› Spot on Steve, welcome.
16/05/2010 15:01:35 ‹My Only Vice› Don't worry about timing - how's your typing!
16/05/2010 15:01:37 ‹crazy horse› we are not worthy
16/05/2010 15:01:38 ‹Stella Day› He's a technophobe remember. Give him time
16/05/2010 15:01:38 ‹Pandorah› is he here yet
16/05/2010 15:01:40 ‹SH› I'm here as SH - as long as nobody else has bagged that moniker!
16/05/2010 15:01:50 ‹Mike C› welcome Steve from both myself and Judy
16/05/2010 15:01:59 ‹SH› Let's talk
16/05/2010 15:01:59 ‹Stella Day› He's a teaser
16/05/2010 15:02:04 ‹Andy Fearon› Anyone got a question for Steve (SH)
16/05/2010 15:02:05 ‹Nick› welcome!
16/05/2010 15:02:14 ‹KarenM› I have a question...
16/05/2010 15:02:15 ‹joeboy› i took up the guitar aged 45,(inspired by you) but failed misrabley, how long did it take you to pick it up?//
16/05/2010 15:02:20 ‹Stella Day› Question for Steve. Do I remember right? I once heard Steve being interviewed back in the 70's and he said that "Catch A Falling Star" by Perry Como was one of his favourite songs as a kid. Is that right or am I going mad?
16/05/2010 15:02:21 ‹paulno1› patience deborah
16/05/2010 15:02:25 ‹ipswich› Hi Steve
16/05/2010 15:02:30 ‹SH› Mr Raffles most definitely IS a long religious allegory - how's that for starters?
16/05/2010 15:02:31 ‹frankholland› hello steve lots of love from holland jolanda and frank
16/05/2010 15:02:43 ‹crazy horse› we are not worthy
16/05/2010 15:02:44 ‹Pandorah›
16/05/2010 15:02:48 ‹THE PHANTOM› steve, did you used to live in harlesden?
16/05/2010 15:02:48 ‹Jackie› Steve, please talk about Baby Shoes. So sad.
16/05/2010 15:02:53 ‹Jones› hi
16/05/2010 15:03:02 ‹SH› Catch A Faling Star - not a fave. but I borrowed the melody for Judy Teen.....own up time
16/05/2010 15:03:17 ‹MARC› Steve-any plans for your Sounds of the Seventies show to come back on R2??
16/05/2010 15:03:19 ‹SH› I did live in Harlesden, that's where we formed the original band
16/05/2010 15:03:32 ‹ipswich› Hi SH Any thoughts on an autobiography?
16/05/2010 15:03:37 ‹Stella Day› Oh I'm glad I didn't make a complete fool of myself
16/05/2010 15:03:57 ‹SH› Baby Shoes. It's a sad story - children having children and not reallty having the means or wherewithal to deal with that
16/05/2010 15:04:06 ‹racinglisa› Hi Steve, last year we followed you to Quasimodo's in Berlin from over here in the UK, what did you think of the 'Jazz' club?
16/05/2010 15:04:14 ‹Nick› i don't know when to get in with my question!
16/05/2010 15:04:14 ‹SH› SOT70s is Johnnie Walker's now
16/05/2010 15:04:53 ‹mrraffles› Hi Steve, any change of playing " Black Or White" live on stage?
16/05/2010 15:04:53 ‹MARC› yeah, JW's a genius
16/05/2010 15:05:00 ‹SH› I like those German venues - clubby but rocky. One has no loo backstage. We imoprovise thoug. Don't ask!
16/05/2010 15:05:15 ‹frankholland› good to read the anwers
16/05/2010 15:05:19 ‹KarenM› I’d like to know something about album photos please Steve.... where were the photos on the inside cover of Timeless Flight taken and where was the lovely picture on the front of The Candidate snapped, please?
16/05/2010 15:05:25 ‹Stella Day› Thanks for answering, Steve
16/05/2010 15:05:39 ‹SH› B or W - maybe one day. Might rehearse it this time and see
16/05/2010 15:06:01 ‹SH› Hols on and I'll tell . .
16/05/2010 15:06:06 ‹joeboy› missed my questin stevie
16/05/2010 15:06:16 ‹roywood› hi SH, how are the chances for a gig in Switzerland ?
16/05/2010 15:06:47 ‹maelitta› Hi Steve, happy to "see" you here, live. Here is my question : if you had to choose, in 1973, between being a composer and a lyrics writer (one or the other, both impossible), what would you have choosen ?
16/05/2010 15:07:02 ‹SH› Insdie of Timeless Flight was in my living room - 6th floor flat Harrowby St W1 above the Victoria Sporting Club; The Candidate was snapped by Mick Rock on the Thames near the city - very Dickensien still there
16/05/2010 15:07:22 ‹Jackie› Your relationship with Stuart has menagaed to last forever, through many incarnations. Are yu always in sync?
16/05/2010 15:07:23 ‹SH› Re album moniker - just a whim!
16/05/2010 15:07:30 ‹jdrebel› Hi steve any chance of filming a show for a big dvd release with all the extras ?
16/05/2010 15:07:34 ‹KarenM› thanks
16/05/2010 15:07:50 ‹SH› Would like to get back to Switzerland - my new agent is working on getting us everywhere!
16/05/2010 15:08:10 ‹Jackie› How about New York?
16/05/2010 15:08:13 ‹SH› Stuart is one of the great good people of my life. A special man - a friend, yes
16/05/2010 15:08:26 ‹paulno1› lend us a twenty spot harley so i can go for a few pints
16/05/2010 15:08:28 ‹roywood› Dankeschön....
16/05/2010 15:08:36 ‹Stella Day› Bath or shower?
16/05/2010 15:08:37 ‹PeterJH› hi steve, brill new album. Once you have toured the new material, what is the chance of playing one of those classic album nights, as in Psychomodo or menagerie in its entirety? =))
16/05/2010 15:08:38 ‹racinglisa› Hi Steve, Just been told by the other half to say Hi, you did a forward for his racing ten-to-follow book a few years back and had a drink with you while he snapped away for a cockney rebel piece in the RP. See you at Wolverhampton!
16/05/2010 15:08:38 ‹joeboy› and a pimlico boy!!yes
16/05/2010 15:08:57 ‹SH› Maelitta: I would not want a life without a pen and notebook - words, words, words. The beauty of poetry can be heart wrenchimng
16/05/2010 15:08:57 ‹THE PHANTOM› what other x band members do you still see?
16/05/2010 15:09:00 ‹ipswich› SH whats your favourite horse of all time?
16/05/2010 15:09:25 ‹SH› Ah, the racing man from ROP - tell him to say hello after the show
16/05/2010 15:09:52 ‹mrraffles› Steve, any plans in the near future to come to the Paradiso in Amsterdam (again)?
16/05/2010 15:10:01 ‹jdrebel› Steve, did you know that you and Danny Bowes (booking agent) both attended same south london school?
16/05/2010 15:10:02 ‹Pandorah› hello steve hope your well, I told you in germany that I love'd no bleeding hearts ! ( but i didn't know the title then thought it was called no hope, , but anyway, you should be well proud of this album it's brilliant from start to finnish, really looking forward to the live shows,
16/05/2010 15:10:30 ‹SH› PJH: Hello. The idea of a full-blown Human Menagerie/Psychomodo concert with choir and orchestra is appealing. My agent has been asked to look at the logistics. Might be a three-show tour at most
16/05/2010 15:10:55 ‹SH› Love Paradiso - maybe. We are always looking/discussing
16/05/2010 15:11:02 ‹PeterJH› ty would be brill
16/05/2010 15:11:16 ‹SH› Favourite horse of all time; SHERGAR!!
16/05/2010 15:11:32 ‹MARC› Steve, would you consider doing a Q&A show like the Brighton one @ Exeter Phoenix - great venue in Devon
16/05/2010 15:11:50 ‹SH› Danny didn't like Aske's; I did. My dad was his family's milkman too
16/05/2010 15:11:50 ‹frankholland› paradiso 1991 was suberb
16/05/2010 15:12:07 ‹joeboy› turn it in steve COCKNEY REBEL it won me hundreds!!!
16/05/2010 15:12:43 ‹racinglisa› will do!! see you there!
16/05/2010 15:12:52 ‹Jackie› Dou you remember playing the Bottom Line in NYC in 1976? The best!
16/05/2010 15:12:53 ‹SH› Thanks for all your kind reviews and words generally re Stranger. The Classic Rock piece was a scandalous betrayal; we wonder what he has for a conscience
16/05/2010 15:12:58 ‹My Only Vice› Hello Steve. Congrats on a FABULOUS new album. Can I go back in time and ask you about 'Nothing is Sacred'. I adore it. Can you share a little about the inspiration/characters behind the song, and where it was written?
16/05/2010 15:13:00 ‹Joshua› How did you experience the new album (songs)
16/05/2010 15:13:27 ‹ipswich› Steve, Thanks for answering my question
16/05/2010 15:13:28 ‹SH› Nothing is sacred - hold on for me
16/05/2010 15:13:41 ‹MARC› can't believe the classic rock review - are they deaf
16/05/2010 15:13:52 ‹My Only Vice› Always will!
16/05/2010 15:14:15 ‹Reb55› QUESTION FOR STEVE: On Mad mad moonlight, the lyrics "lets dance in the moonlight" sound like Cary Grant. Was this your intentin or is it just me?
16/05/2010 15:14:23 ‹Pandorah› I heard he had a good song ! I and so I came to see him, and listen for a while ! and there he was this young boy , a stranger to my eye's trumming my face with his fingerss, singing my life with his words, killing me softley with his song , killing me softly with words , killing me softly with his song
16/05/2010 15:15:03 ‹SH› Nothing Is Sacred was written on tour. Belgrade, on the Danube evn though I talk about Stockholm, by the rivver's edge - sang it on radio recently, changed that to "the water's edge" since someone rightly pointed out that Sweden is a collection of islands in the sea! But the word scanned so much better than Belgrade. It is a song of young men's friendship and bonding in a rock band
16/05/2010 15:15:10 ‹frankholland› don't understand someone writes such bullshit about best songwriter all time
16/05/2010 15:15:21 ‹THE PHANTOM› whats in your tea pandorah?
16/05/2010 15:15:44 ‹joeboy› gin
16/05/2010 15:15:59 ‹SH› Next
16/05/2010 15:16:01 ‹MARC› i agree frank
16/05/2010 15:16:12 ‹SH› Sorry if some have passed above - try again
16/05/2010 15:16:18 ‹My Only Vice› Thanks Steve.
16/05/2010 15:16:22 ‹Stella Day› WE've all gone shy
16/05/2010 15:16:23 ‹frankholland› thanks
16/05/2010 15:16:26 ‹roywood› love to hear "no rain on this parade" live once
16/05/2010 15:16:47 ‹SH› Jst scrolled and seen how many of you are in here. Thank you. Don't burn the roast now
16/05/2010 15:16:52 ‹jdrebel› Steve any reason you left the "CR" name of of your new excellent album ?
16/05/2010 15:16:59 ‹crazy horse› STEVE quite a while ago you mentioned that yourself and MARC BOLAN worked on several songs together, any news on that project coming to light yet
16/05/2010 15:17:14 ‹ipswich› Question Apart from Vocario any others horses?
16/05/2010 15:17:18 ‹racinglisa› Steve, do you have a favourite live track?
16/05/2010 15:17:32 ‹THE PHANTOM› how about elaborating on 'dont shoot til you see the whites of thier eyes' song?
16/05/2010 15:17:33 ‹paulno1› happy 50th for tomorrow Debs,no one sweeter can i find,our fav Harleyette xx
16/05/2010 15:17:37 ‹SH› The Marc songs are all gibberish really. Late nights, booze, usual 70s indulgences
16/05/2010 15:17:42 ‹Pandorah› just sugar phantom lol
16/05/2010 15:17:56 ‹mrraffles› Steve any plans of releasing " Between The Lines" from 1975 on DVD?
16/05/2010 15:18:00 ‹Joshua› question for Steve: Why did you choose for the song true love will find you in the end on your new album?
16/05/2010 15:18:05 ‹SH› Lisa: favourite Live track might just be Riding The Waves, but I have to move on and it might not make the cut on the new tour
16/05/2010 15:18:15 ‹frankholland› steve , nny chance to accept my mms painting ?
16/05/2010 15:18:38 ‹Stella Day› Do you sing in the bath/shower? and if so are they usually you're own songs?
16/05/2010 15:18:43 ‹PeterJH› the songs you recorded for phantom Steve, will they ever see the light of day? I would lve to hear them.
16/05/2010 15:18:46 ‹joeboy› how long did it take you to master the guitar and was it hard, like it was for me!!!
16/05/2010 15:18:56 ‹racinglisa› good question stella!!
16/05/2010 15:19:01 ‹SH› We don't have the rights to Between The Lines movie. Can't imagine where that would be now
16/05/2010 15:19:18 ‹SH› I never did master the guitar joeboy. I wish...
16/05/2010 15:19:41 ‹joeboy› better than me!!
16/05/2010 15:19:47 ‹SH› Stella: I liein silence in the bath. Deep, dark silence. And I fret in the shower
16/05/2010 15:20:04 ‹Suemol› question for Steve- which song are you going to release as your 1st single from "Stranger comes to town?"
16/05/2010 15:20:07 ‹mags.miller101› After all these years of touring is some of it a chore or do you still get excited visiting new places? And where would you still like to visit?
16/05/2010 15:20:08 ‹Reb55› QUESTION FOR STEVE; On Mad mad moonlight, the lyrics "lets dance in the moonlight" sound like Cary Grant. Was that your intention or is it just me?
16/05/2010 15:20:08 ‹Stella Day› No way!!
16/05/2010 15:20:09 ‹Chrissy› I've loved your music since you very first started. Sebastian is the most wonderful song ever and I just wanted to say THANK YOU! I've seen you live 6 times and am looking forward to seeing you 'down the bush' on 10th of June. Can you give me a clue which songs from the new album you'll play, cos I love to sing along and have only learnt all the words to three songs so far!!!
16/05/2010 15:20:28 ‹SH› Frank: would love the painting, of course. You are kind. (You camn't paint but you are kind!) - English humour Frank, just kidding - say hello to Yolanda
16/05/2010 15:20:45 ‹Mike C› Hi Steve, Judy is trying to get hold of a copy of Ballerina (Prima Donna). Any chance of featuring that track on a CD sometime ?
16/05/2010 15:20:47 ‹THE PHANTOM› where did you meet your lovely wife and how did you propose?
16/05/2010 15:21:07 ‹SH› MAGS: I love touring. I see a great deal, galleries, cities, architecture - it's all grist to my cultural mill
16/05/2010 15:21:17 ‹frankholland› i'll do thanks, was just becoming famous in holland?
16/05/2010 15:21:32 ‹Stella Day› Favourite painting in all the world?
16/05/2010 15:21:33 ‹SH› Chrissie: We will play 6 to 8 new songs at each show
16/05/2010 15:21:35 ‹Nick› Steve, which of your songs are you most proud of?
16/05/2010 15:21:48 ‹Mikeconnect› Hi Steve, my daughter Grace, who is 13 would like to know if she could sing 'Smile' with you at Shepherds Bush next month
16/05/2010 15:21:52 ‹SH› Perhaps you can help me learn the words - it's a struggle!!
16/05/2010 15:22:49 ‹SH› Favourite painting - any Turner seascape, then Caravaggio
16/05/2010 15:22:59 ‹My Only Vice› Question for Steve (my second . . . hope that's not cheating!). Can you tell us what you think your most underated song is? (The one you are really pleased with but which is perhaps remains unseen / unappreciated by the masses!).
16/05/2010 15:23:11 ‹SH› Mike connect: Everyone will sing Make Me Smile with me at the Bush
16/05/2010 15:23:57 ‹crazy horse› STEVE is there any reason ANOTHER JOURNEY seems to get overlooked ,i love it?
16/05/2010 15:23:57 ‹SH› Grace should make herself known - we'll see. Can't promise anything because it gets intense up there and we forget.
16/05/2010 15:24:23 ‹Stella Day› Is there anything you want to ask us?
16/05/2010 15:24:37 ‹Stella Day› Just kidding
16/05/2010 15:24:44 ‹frankholland› jolanda does love you and your music than my paintings . so sad
16/05/2010 15:24:49 ‹SH› Stella that's a good idea - wait
16/05/2010 15:24:57 ‹roywood› no Stella...good question....
16/05/2010 15:25:00 ‹Joshua› Steve, why did you choose for the song True Love Will Find You In The End on your new album?
16/05/2010 15:25:03 ‹Andy Fearon› Hi Steve. As a producer you've achieved lovely warm analogue sound on the new album. How much of this is vintage gear and how much is Pro Tools plugins?
16/05/2010 15:25:05 ‹joeboy› come on steve, favourite song that you have written!!!
16/05/2010 15:25:10 ‹Stella Day› wooo
16/05/2010 15:25:33 ‹Chrissy› Wow, I gotta get learning the words! No. really, all I wanted to say was thank you. Your songs have got me through some tough times. Sebastion at it's loudest driving fast through the night.....I'm sure it's saved my life. Thank you Steve.
16/05/2010 15:25:49 ‹SH› I would like to ask: when is a rock musician considered past his sell-by date?
16/05/2010 15:26:10 ‹PeterJH› never!
16/05/2010 15:26:11 ‹Jackie› Never!!!!
16/05/2010 15:26:11 ‹racinglisa› Steve, sorry, Dew wants to make sure that Tumbling Down wont get cut out of he new tours line up, he says he'll put his ticket on ebay if it is!!
16/05/2010 15:26:12 ‹Pandorah› never
16/05/2010 15:26:13 ‹paulno1› like the good samaritans on here
16/05/2010 15:26:17 ‹Stella Day› When he can no longer sing
16/05/2010 15:26:18 ‹joeboy› depends
16/05/2010 15:26:21 ‹racinglisa› Never!!!
16/05/2010 15:26:24 ‹roywood› you are not....far from it....
16/05/2010 15:26:25 ‹Chrissy› Never, if he's as magnificent as you!!!!
16/05/2010 15:26:33 ‹SH› I recorded all the backing tracks on analogue - tape, tp get the warmth in the sound, then transferred for over-dubbing. Good question, webmaster
16/05/2010 15:26:36 ‹racinglisa› our 3yr old thinks your a legend!
16/05/2010 15:26:44 ‹minty› when he has no audience
16/05/2010 15:26:52 ‹THE PHANTOM› no sell by date as long as people listen
16/05/2010 15:26:54 ‹roywood› I remember that people where amazed end of the 70ies when bands still got on stage at the age of 37 or so.....
16/05/2010 15:26:56 ‹My Only Vice› When his name is Sting!
16/05/2010 15:26:58 ‹KarenM› only when his fans turn up in purple rinses, cardigans and with Zimmer frames and Deb and I aren't planning to do that for a while!
16/05/2010 15:27:06 ‹ipswich› Steve How do you feel/deal with fans approaching you when your'e out and about
16/05/2010 15:27:11 ‹frankholland› you never will , you're going better and better, you have to go on till the bitter end
16/05/2010 15:27:22 ‹jdrebel› When he starts playing safe
16/05/2010 15:27:31 ‹Pandorah› lol
16/05/2010 15:27:44 ‹paulno1› passion
16/05/2010 15:27:52 ‹Stella Day› Have you enjoyed our Amazon reviews?
16/05/2010 15:28:04 ‹Chrissy› Better leave me zimmer frame at home on 10th June then!
16/05/2010 15:28:07 ‹minty› or when he gets a good review from mick wall
16/05/2010 15:28:37 ‹THE PHANTOM› lol
16/05/2010 15:28:42 ‹Joshua› Beautiful song you wrote for your father, Steve
16/05/2010 15:28:46 ‹SH› Ipswich: I am always happy to be approached, but don't get too involved. I like my privacy so much. It's a dilemma, public life/private life. But being recognised is a sort of cheap thrill, even now
16/05/2010 15:28:57 ‹Pandorah› i had to buy something off there to post a reveiew ! bought my one from play.com
16/05/2010 15:29:09 ‹frankholland› jeah , mick wall
16/05/2010 15:29:28 ‹ipswich› Thanks
16/05/2010 15:29:33 ‹joeboy› are you gonna tell us, your favourite song, that you have written???
16/05/2010 15:29:48 ‹SH› Saw Julie Brown the other day - Yorks tv. So happy to see you in such good health dear Julie
16/05/2010 15:29:55 ‹Pandorah› review
16/05/2010 15:30:15 ‹SH› My favourite, could be the pension song, but only if I put my greedy hat on
16/05/2010 15:30:24 ‹THE PHANTOM› steve , it's hard for a fan not to approach you and thank you for what you do.
16/05/2010 15:30:49 ‹joeboy› thanks
16/05/2010 15:30:51 ‹Joshua› I am going out now, see you all soon friends!!!!!!
16/05/2010 15:30:58 ‹SH› 30 mins in and my fingers are blistering -
16/05/2010 15:31:13 ‹Pandorah› by josh
16/05/2010 15:31:24 ‹racinglisa› hehehehe!!
16/05/2010 15:31:35 ‹Stella Day› Next time we'll find a pub, Steve
16/05/2010 15:31:37 ‹Andy Fearon› I must say you're doing well Steve
16/05/2010 15:31:42 ‹SH› Does No Bleeding Hearts have a menaing for any of you yet?
16/05/2010 15:31:59 ‹SH› meaning
16/05/2010 15:32:05 ‹Pandorah› yeah ! NO HOPE
16/05/2010 15:32:08 ‹paulno1› man united were robbed steve,champs lgue and prem dont u think
16/05/2010 15:32:12 ‹KarenM› Seems fairy aploolyptic to me
16/05/2010 15:32:13 ‹Joshua› Thanx Pandorah hope to see you in The Netherlands
16/05/2010 15:32:13 ‹PeterJH› will the songs you recorded for p;hantom ever see the light of day? I'd love to hear them
16/05/2010 15:32:20 ‹crazy horse› STEVE ,cant andy do the typing
16/05/2010 15:32:23 ‹SH› Millwall round here mate
16/05/2010 15:32:38 ‹SH› Andy is 75 miles from me
16/05/2010 15:32:54 ‹Stella Day› I'm afraid No Bleeding Hearts has gone over my head
16/05/2010 15:32:57 ‹joeboy› chelsea round here mate!!
16/05/2010 15:33:01 ‹SH› Phantom - I have the songs on cassette, but they're not really mine to release are they
16/05/2010 15:33:01 ‹MARC› my fav track Steve, reminds me of Joan Armatrading
16/05/2010 15:33:01 ‹KarenM› that was apocolyptic
16/05/2010 15:33:08 ‹THE PHANTOM› did your dad really play for millwall?
16/05/2010 15:33:29 ‹SH› Ye he did - in the war years
16/05/2010 15:33:30 ‹frankholland› do you remeber anything of yr geat performance on pinkpop '74 and what do you think of it now
16/05/2010 15:33:44 ‹Reb55› The words NO HOPE seem prominent throughout 'Stranger' . Why do you think this is?
16/05/2010 15:34:01 ‹jdrebel› Is it about low stocks of internal body parts?
16/05/2010 15:34:09 ‹SH› There is a great ophoto from behind me, from the drum riser somewhere, tambourine in the air at Pinkpop 74 - unfogettable.
16/05/2010 15:34:10 ‹joeboy› man utd, he must be a londoner!!!
16/05/2010 15:35:44 ‹SH› No hope - I fear the down grading, the mediocrity of our leaders, will doom the planet - not now please, but they're not a very clever or statesman-like bunch, the world over probably. The clever ones are in industry and commerce. Policitics tody is for 2nd rate egotists I'm afraid. But I have hope, of course, I love life
16/05/2010 15:35:48 ‹Andy Fearon› Give us a clue about No Bleeding Hearts - it's my fav on the new abum
16/05/2010 15:35:57 ‹My Only Vice› Can you enlighten us about the inspiration/meaning behind "No Bleeding Hearts" please?
16/05/2010 15:35:59 ‹stitch› trying to read all the q&a's - hard, so many of them!
16/05/2010 15:36:05 ‹racinglisa› just to finish, think your Fab steve! see you at Wolves. Lisa and David Dew
16/05/2010 15:36:28 ‹KarenM› see above folks
16/05/2010 15:36:29 ‹frankholland› yes pinkpop 74 is printed in my brains ,yr music did change me and yolanda's live forever
16/05/2010 15:36:56 ‹Pandorah› the beauty is in the incocence below ,
16/05/2010 15:36:58 ‹ipswich› Steve Where is the cover of Stranger photograhed?
16/05/2010 15:37:32 ‹vaas› a question about "introducing the best years", Steve. what's going on there. Alan Parsons recalls recording a party inside the studio. What was going on and who screams "OUCH!" and why?
16/05/2010 15:37:46 ‹paulno1› my missus wasnt into crebel so i traded her in
16/05/2010 15:38:08 ‹SH› No Bleeding Hearts - there are disused diamond mines in South Africa, slaves spend 9 months doen there in the dark, little food; poor money but they are desperate. Google the story, and you'll get No Bleeding Hears. Without faith, no survival.
16/05/2010 15:38:32 ‹SH› The Innocents, it could also be, OPPandora. The poor slaves below
16/05/2010 15:38:35 ‹Nick› Steve, the opening words of the new album,"We live on Cartoons and Fridays..." would love to hear your take on this!
16/05/2010 15:39:12 ‹SH› The Stranger is all of us
16/05/2010 15:39:12 ‹Pandorah› ah I see
16/05/2010 15:40:35 ‹KarenM› sounded so good live in Germany
16/05/2010 15:40:50 ‹frankholland› how long do we have?
16/05/2010 15:40:51 ‹SH› It's the ME generation of screen-huggers: cartoons - moving pictures, screens, pixels, and Friday is pay-day, Let's fly to Praguem get sozzled and annoy the locals! We are spoon fed topo, "no sense of chaos in the dance" -
16/05/2010 15:41:48 ‹frankholland› right!
16/05/2010 15:41:54 ‹Nick› thank you!
16/05/2010 15:42:14 ‹roywood› anyone who sees me salsa dancing can see the chaos....
16/05/2010 15:42:33 ‹crazy horse› Did you really get high on the coast of amalfi ,wine i presume ?
16/05/2010 15:42:39 ‹SH› Sweet, Roy
16/05/2010 15:43:12 ‹frankholland› essen last year was stunning , so fff good
16/05/2010 15:43:18 ‹SH› Wine, crazy horse. Only wine, and good company, and that breathtaking energy that comes from its light
16/05/2010 15:43:25 ‹paulno1› u gettin serious in old age harley
16/05/2010 15:43:31 ‹roywood› thanks. I will enjoy that If i got the power after the london gig....otherwise the next day.
16/05/2010 15:43:35 ‹My Only Vice› Steve - I'd love to know who came up with the 'Cockney Rebel' name. Was it your idea?
16/05/2010 15:43:43 ‹Pandorah› no the views no doubt
16/05/2010 15:44:12 ‹SH› I still smile and a lot is tongue in cheek Paulno1. But I've always been serious, even in young age, and not sdo much of the old.
16/05/2010 15:44:27 ‹vaas› steve, i always wondered, who played violin on It wasn't me? And who came up with the delay effect on the hihat?
16/05/2010 15:44:46 ‹SH› Cockney Rebel was the title of a teenage poem. Useless poem, great title.
16/05/2010 15:45:25 ‹SH› John Crocker was the fiddle player, surely? Isn't that on Psychomodo?
16/05/2010 15:45:32 ‹stewartg› Steve,thanks for replying to my "anticipation" posting.Love the new album,this old man is an inspiration to me..thank you!
16/05/2010 15:45:42 ‹SH› Interesting that this site doesn't allow the word Cock
16/05/2010 15:46:10 ‹roywood› got to leave soon....thanks Steve for doing this...
16/05/2010 15:46:10 ‹KarenM› it's safe
16/05/2010 15:46:11 ‹SH› Shall we type rooster, Andy?
16/05/2010 15:46:14 ‹vaas› it's on the best years of our lives, didn't john leave by then?
16/05/2010 15:46:16 ‹paulno1› lets u say bleeding tho
16/05/2010 15:46:26 ‹SH› Roosterney Rebel
16/05/2010 15:46:27 ‹farm› Hi Steve, Great to see you on Calendar last week. As always, you looked terrific. Can you remember playing at Leeds Town Hall and I gave you a handkerchief some say 40 years ago (oh dear). I think Sparks were your support group. Do you know what year it was? I dont. Looking forward to hearing you in Edinburgh, York, Holmfirth. Dont forget Death trip and Back to the Farm!! Love Julie Brown xx
16/05/2010 15:46:59 ‹SH› O yes, it was Duncan Mackay. Thanks for the reminder. Sorry
16/05/2010 15:47:23 ‹My Only Vice› Rooster Rebel? Sounds like a hick American Banjo outfit!
16/05/2010 15:47:34 ‹roywood› and Karen and Deb...hope to see you for a pint and a few words before Shepard's Bush or any of you great fans....
16/05/2010 15:47:44 ‹SH› Back To The Frm, maybe Julie, but no DeathTrip this time I fear
16/05/2010 15:47:46 ‹Stella Day› I stil lhave the £20 sweaty towel Steve. I've never washed it.
16/05/2010 15:47:34 ‹roywood› and Karen and Deb...hope to see you for a pint and a few words before Shepard's Bush or any of you great fans....
16/05/2010 15:47:44 ‹SH› Back To The Frm, maybe Julie, but no DeathTrip this time I fear
16/05/2010 15:47:59 ‹ipswich› Steve I believe you were 'involved' in Bowie's Art Lad. Is that right?
16/05/2010 15:48:03 ‹vaas› cool thanks! i didn't know he played violin as well. did you come up with the delay effect on the hihat there?
16/05/2010 15:48:08 ‹KarenM› Will do Roy
16/05/2010 15:48:35 ‹ipswich› Lad?????????? Lab sorry
16/05/2010 15:48:42 ‹SH› I did - or Alan Parsons maybe
16/05/2010 15:49:07 ‹Pandorah› dont drink pints roy but yes we'll be there
16/05/2010 15:49:08 ‹jdrebel› (my only vice) I've seen them in alabama...just like SH & CR but less teeth
16/05/2010 15:49:17 ‹SH› I earned my first ever money - a 15 quid fee - playing Beckenham Arts Lab when Bowie went to play Ballrooms with Space Odyssey
16/05/2010 15:49:25 ‹jackson› what song ru starting the gigs with this time steve
16/05/2010 15:49:26 ‹vaas› love that track and the rest of your music steve, hope to see you again live in the netherlands soon
16/05/2010 15:49:45 ‹My Only Vice› JDR lol
16/05/2010 15:49:52 ‹roywood› ok Pandora - halfpint
16/05/2010 15:50:12 ‹MARC› steve-favourite bowie album?
16/05/2010 15:50:16 ‹Mikeconnect› hi it's Grace here! while reading this i am with my dad listening to your songs (loving them if i may add). riding the waves is my favorite song and
was wondering whether you would consider me singing the backing vocals with you up on stage in Londen! i'v had lots of practice of 'we've got the feeling'
16/05/2010 15:50:16 ‹crazy horse› space oddity ,steve
16/05/2010 15:50:17 ‹SH› No news here re set list. Rehearsals start tiomorrow - even I don't know
16/05/2010 15:50:17 ‹roywood› 568 mililiters divided by two...
16/05/2010 15:50:18 ‹paulno1› u and bowie dont seem to get on,my mate reckons coz of herbie flowers?
16/05/2010 15:50:27 ‹ipswich› Thanks. What was Bowie like back then?
16/05/2010 15:50:31 ‹frankholland› which new band do you like most at this moment
16/05/2010 15:50:38 ‹THE PHANTOM› how do you select the music that is played before you come on stage?
16/05/2010 15:50:40 ‹jdrebel› Steve do you remember Snowy white with the rebels?
16/05/2010 15:51:08 ‹SH› But I reckon Faith & Virtue might kickj the night off quite
16/05/2010 15:51:28 ‹paulno1› spill the beans harley
16/05/2010 15:51:43 ‹Chrissy› If I was ever in a coma, would you come and sing to me to bring me round?!!!!
16/05/2010 15:52:22 ‹SH› The music before we go on? I try to find something suitable, but I think I've got it wrong occasionally. Did love to enter to that Morricone music, from thae Mission film
16/05/2010 15:52:23 ‹mags.miller101› I reckon Faith & Virtue would be a great start to the new set?
16/05/2010 15:52:23 ‹paulno1› get morrissey girl
16/05/2010 15:52:26 ‹stevie› Steve, remember 'what's a workshop'? Belfast lasy year! As well as inspired by Coast of Amalfi, the Scottish highlands did something for you too, any plans for another visit to the cairngorms? Any song emerging? look forward to seeing you and the guys in Belfast next week.
16/05/2010 15:52:31 ‹Stella Day› Anyone planning a Harley song for their funeral?
16/05/2010 15:52:55 ‹THE PHANTOM› i've been in a coma, mick wall was talking to me at the time!
16/05/2010 15:53:19 ‹Stella Day› Sorry, that came out wrong and this is Steve's question time. Ignore that. I'd like Understand.
16/05/2010 15:53:22 ‹My Only Vice› Yes Stella, but not for a while yet I hope!
16/05/2010 15:53:29 ‹SH› The highlands stunned me. I will return. Again and again. To the western isles next time
16/05/2010 15:53:30 ‹Andy Fearon› Not actually got around to planning my funeral yet Stella
16/05/2010 15:53:34 ‹Pandorah› ell off
16/05/2010 15:53:53 ‹frankholland› or singer / songwriter?
16/05/2010 15:54:00 ‹paulno1› wot bout un bowie then
16/05/2010 15:54:13 ‹crazy horse› STEVE any intrest in the world cup at all ?
16/05/2010 15:54:37 ‹THE PHANTOM› leave it alone paulno1
16/05/2010 15:54:51 ‹stevie› Steve, you might want to watch Monty Hall's experience of living in the western isles - bleak yet stunning
16/05/2010 15:54:55 ‹SH› I don't have any contact with Bowie, he is reclusive in NY. I travel much of the time - we're different then eh|!
16/05/2010 15:55:06 ‹jackson› see u in newcastle its always a great nite back to the farm is a must
16/05/2010 15:55:17 ‹SH› Spain and Brazil, that's where my bets will go for the World Cup
16/05/2010 15:56:00 ‹frankholland› hej , what about holland?
16/05/2010 15:56:05 ‹Kosma› When will Vacario be running again
16/05/2010 15:56:09 ‹SH› Only own Vacario, in answer to earlier question, now. And he is going into sellers, so we'll be looking for another soon
16/05/2010 15:56:28 ‹crazy horse› STEVE ,i play an OVATION BALLADEER ,do you any OVATIONS and how do you rate them?
16/05/2010 15:56:32 ‹SH› As I said, Spain and Brazil.........;
16/05/2010 15:56:38 ‹My Only Vice› Steve - can you recommend an inspirational book? Something you've read that is thought provoking / uplifting?
16/05/2010 15:57:00 ‹KarenM› Steve - I was lucky enough to meet up with the Director of Cornbury Festiival last week - you played there in 2005. It's grown into a much bigger even since then and he didn't take much persuassion (like none) to say he'll be inviting you back in 2011 - please can you or your management say yes as it's my favourite festival xxx
16/05/2010 15:57:07 ‹frankholland› ok ,i accept
16/05/2010 15:57:24 ‹SH› Everyone with a soul should read Roger Deakin's Notes From Walnut Tree Farm.
16/05/2010 15:57:26 ‹ipswich› Steve What about the Derby?
16/05/2010 15:57:51 ‹Pandorah› I made you roses with my own fair hands back in 75, and took them to wembley , sent them back stage via a rodie ! did you ever get them , they were made from crape paper and in a long box, they where for my art exam and i got in loads of trouble with my art teacher , for giving them away
16/05/2010 15:57:53 ‹Chrissy› Steve, do you have any time for hobbies & if so, what are they?
16/05/2010 15:58:04 ‹minty› Steve, your profile is pretty high at the mo. you must be happy with the pr team you have
16/05/2010 15:58:24 ‹SH› Cornbury - yes, I have heard we are marked down for next year, but only once contracts are exchanged will it be true!
16/05/2010 15:58:34 ‹frankholland› what's your fav. painting all time?
16/05/2010 15:59:07 ‹SH› Chrissy: hobbies are racing, reading form and going to it, and the Telegraph crossword, and you know I visit theatre, cinema, galleries all the time
16/05/2010 15:59:21 ‹KarenM› well will be going anyway but you and the band would be icing on the cake
16/05/2010 15:59:40 ‹Stella Day› Four O clock....I feel like Cinderella at midnight. Where did the time go?
16/05/2010 16:00:19 ‹Stella Day› It is only for an hour isn't it?
16/05/2010 16:00:29 ‹frankholland› o
16/05/2010 16:00:30 ‹SH› Been so busy with this new album and getting that fairly high profile, I haven't thought much about the Derby - bombard Mark Cooper, producer of Later With Jools, and demand I get a slot. Please.....
16/05/2010 16:00:40 ‹Stella Day› Hello Katie
16/05/2010 16:01:02 ‹SH› Tell me you'lkl bombard Mark Cooper and I'll stick around for a while longer - promise now
16/05/2010 16:01:04 ‹KarenM› say it's longer as I'd love to know whether Deb's crepe paper roses made it to steve.....
16/05/2010 16:01:05 ‹THE PHANTOM› extra time? penalties?
16/05/2010 16:01:29 ‹ipswich› Bombarding starting now!!!!!!!!!!!!
16/05/2010 16:01:31 ‹SH› extra time - golden goal time
16/05/2010 16:01:41 ‹Katie› Hello Stella. Hello STeve. Hello to all from Portugal. Sorry I'm late
16/05/2010 16:01:46 ‹THE PHANTOM› cool?
16/05/2010 16:02:31 ‹frankholland› thanks for yr time steve, it was great!
16/05/2010 16:02:43 ‹Stella Day› Hi Katie. She's my sister. She was a Kenny fan.
16/05/2010 16:02:47 ‹KarenM› Will write to him today
16/05/2010 16:02:51 ‹paulno1› missed my dinner time session today harley
16/05/2010 16:02:51 ‹THE PHANTOM› steve , did you ever think your career would last this long?
16/05/2010 16:02:59 ‹Stella Day› and I converted her
16/05/2010 16:02:59 ‹My Only Vice› On behalf of us all Steve, one more IMPORTANT question - can you promise us another new album, soon please! Greedy? Yes, but we can't get enough . . .
16/05/2010 16:03:04 ‹crazy horse› iv asked this three times but why is ANOTHER JOURNEY so overlooked ?
16/05/2010 16:03:29 ‹Maelitta› Merci Steve. Bisou.
16/05/2010 16:03:36 ‹jdrebel› just called MC and your booked for the autumn....honest ! do we get an extra half hour now?
16/05/2010 16:03:41 ‹SH› I've enjoyed this. You must come again. Ask Andy.
16/05/2010 16:03:45 ‹paulno1› get the dinner cooked stella
16/05/2010 16:03:46 ‹Stella Day› crazy horse. perhaps it's because it was a b-side?
16/05/2010 16:04:04 ‹SH› Another Journey? Not deliberately overlooked, so maybe we'll run it at rehearsals. Good call
16/05/2010 16:04:20 ‹Stella Day› paulno!. Dinner prepared this morning
16/05/2010 16:04:28 ‹KarenM› Salut Maelitta - a la prochaine fois!
16/05/2010 16:04:31 ‹paulno1› wot bout u n bowie then
16/05/2010 16:04:33 ‹ipswich› Steve seen you at Newmarket in the past, not this year do you still go time permitting?
16/05/2010 16:04:58 ‹crazy horse› STELLA ,a bloody good B side
16/05/2010 16:05:01 ‹frankholland› gonna listen to yr music now , have to cool down
16/05/2010 16:05:01 ‹Katie› Yes, Stella. You've got to be organised feeding 5000 at every Sunday lunch|
16/05/2010 16:05:40 ‹KarenM› Steve - not sure if you saw deb's (Pandorah's) question.....I made you roses with my own fair hands back in 75, and took them to wembley , sent them back stage via a rodie ! did you ever get them , they were made from crape paper and in a long box, they where for my art exam and i got in loads of trouble with my art teacher , for giving them away
16/05/2010 16:05:46 ‹jdrebel› ok steve its sunday so whats your fav plate of grub?
16/05/2010 16:06:06 ‹MARC› STEVE-Any plans for new album to come out on vinyl?
16/05/2010 16:06:18 ‹SH› I shall say bye everyone. Thanks for this. I am touched. Feeling good. Back Super Kenny 4.20 Stratford. Don't sday I never tip you a winner.
16/05/2010 16:06:38 ‹Chrissy› Yes, thanks for having us Steve!
16/05/2010 16:06:47 ‹KarenM› Bye Steve - many thanks and see you on tour xxx
16/05/2010 16:06:48 ‹My Only Vice› Thanx Steve. Good luck with the gigs.
16/05/2010 16:06:50 ‹Andy Fearon› Steve, not sure how long you want to hang around, but I'll leave the chat room open until later this evening for everyone to mingle. Can't leave it open full time just yet though
16/05/2010 16:06:51 ‹THE PHANTOM› pandorah, not for the first time i wager
16/05/2010 16:06:56 ‹Katie› Yay! SuperKenny! See, Stella... I knew it was a good name even back then!
16/05/2010 16:06:57 ‹ipswich› Thaks Steve
16/05/2010 16:07:01 ‹crazy horse› STEVE i just wanted to let you know all our thoughts have been with you in the recent difficult time
16/05/2010 16:07:02 ‹mrraffles› THANX Steve!
16/05/2010 16:07:03 ‹suehewitt› thankyou xx
16/05/2010 16:07:13 ‹SH› I'm sure I got the paper flowers Karen. Yep!
16/05/2010 16:07:15 ‹Cocnerebel› How about an overlooked A side Steve .... Ballerina (Prima Donna)?
16/05/2010 16:07:18 ‹PeterJH› ty steve
16/05/2010 16:07:25 ‹ipswich› Thaks???????????Thanks
16/05/2010 16:07:32 ‹Katie› Thanks, Steve. I'll try to be on time next time!
16/05/2010 16:07:41 ‹stewartg› Cheers Steve,don't leave it so long next time!!!!!!
16/05/2010 16:07:45 ‹mags.miller101› Thanks for taking the time for us Steve. we appreciate it. see you on tour.xx
16/05/2010 16:08:07 ‹KarenM› Thank you Steve she'll be thrilled to know - it was worth failing her exam for!
16/05/2010 16:08:18 ‹THE PHANTOM› see you on stage soon mate, god bless
16/05/2010 16:08:19 ‹Stella Day› Steve, This has been wonderful. I miss writing to you at SOS.
16/05/2010 16:08:20 ‹SH› Thank you, Andy.
16/05/2010 16:08:40 ‹Stella Day› Is that it then?
16/05/2010 16:08:56 ‹THE PHANTOM› well done andy
16/05/2010 16:09:02 ‹karenx› thanks Steve,bye till Edinburgh x
16/05/2010 16:09:09 ‹KarenM› Thanks Andy
16/05/2010 16:09:48 ‹KarenM› aw that was great
16/05/2010 16:09:50 ‹THE PHANTOM› wow, that was great!!!!!!!
16/05/2010 16:09:51 ‹crazy horse› PLEASE DONT SAY WE CANT READ IT ALL BACK !
16/05/2010 16:10:35 ‹jdrebel› this has been a blast.... thanx steve hope you'll be back for some more soon and well done andy
16/05/2010 16:10:39 ‹My Only Vice› Andy - thanks for organizing this. A real treat.
16/05/2010 16:10:55 ‹stewartg› Thanks to Andy and bye to all friends out there!
16/05/2010 16:10:59 ‹Cocnerebel› How did Man United get on at Goodison? Don't tell me we cost you the title Paul!!!
16/05/2010 16:11:14 ‹Stella Day› Better go and lay the table......lucky table