It’s for the first track on Beyond Elysian Fields, called Land of a Thousand Kisses. The others took a credit because the whole catalogue was the Stranglers catalogue and we took equal part. I reach the hotel at the top of the hill and head in, finding a soft sofa to decamp on as I await my alloted interview time. Whilst being here to talk ostensibly about songwriting and guitar playing, I knew that Hugh is also a published author of fiction and wanted to learn more about that, as well as his creative process generally. Someone was listening to the streaming site and said: ‘You need to turn this into a podcast’. GG: Cool! Now, one thing I wanted to talk about. Perhaps it was a sign of too many roadies pampering me. HC: Yeah, it’s a sci-fi thriller. The sold-out venue that night was packed with music fans of all ages. Es un famoso cantante, compositor y guitarrista británico; icono de la música punk rock y new wave. Shares. GG: It’s an important part. And I thought: I don’t really want to get that into it, cos it could get to the stage that, if you don’t have your pedal board, you can’t play. HC: Yeah, absolutely right! A quick five second Google search can get you all of the info you need on the currently amicable but quite separate Stranglers situation, and I felt no need nor desire to drag out those tired old questions about splits, reunions, or back catalogues. Time to watch a movie! We thought: ‘Well, we’re gonna have to stick up for ourselves!’. These smooth ones, I just drop ‘em, cos I sweat. And he had a great ear for melody, so he was a real genius guy, Hans Wärmling. And one by one, all the others just appeared. Or I wouldn’t have stopped being a biochemist. GG: Beautiful tune. "All of it. So, it wasn’t a plan from the beginning, it just ended up like that. We started working in the studio together because I realised he was a very good engineer. GG: Yeah! It’s well-trodden journalistic ground, to say the least. If you do it all by numbers beforehand...I’m very fond of ‘Eval’ for that reason. Hugh was, as I’ve mentioned, happy to chat about anything, so we delve into this later on in the interview. HC: But it’s a very bleak world that is being painted! Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK’s finest songwriting talents and accomplished live performers.The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the British rock band The Stranglers,he’s enjoyed massive UK and European success with 10 hit albums and 21 Top Forty singles,etching himself into the UK and Europe’s musical psyche with classic songs,including Peaches,No More Heroes,Golden Brown, Always the … What a fucking beast that is! It makes you feel incredibly vulnerable, especially when you've only just begun your set. Your actual guitar sound is really distinctive. I’ve always been a huge fan of Philip K Dick (influential author who wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the book which was filmed as Blade Runner - Ray) and in fact, I’ve done a podcast about him, about adaptations of Philip K Dick to the cinema. And when I’m doing an interview with someone, they pick their favourite film music and we play a little segment. We weren’t gonna let them walk all over us! GG: Yeah! I really only began playing guitar in order to accompany myself while I sang. In order to do that, all I need is two: the front pickup and the back pickup. HC: But if you’re in a band with a keyboard player, and a bass player who’s playing very melodic stuff, almost like a lead guitar... HC: For a long time, I was very confused about what my position was as the guitarist, which would probably explain why I’ve got an extra pickup in there. ", "Grey Dunlop 73s. Now the shows can be downloaded, people can listen to them, they don’t have to be connected, basically. Also, the album was finished nearly a year and a half before it got released, but we had to find someone to release it, and then it’s got to be mastered, and then they gotta schedule the release date six months, nine months ahead otherwise there’s no point. I haven't ever really considered myself as a serious guitar player. GG: It means they are strong and replaceable, so if something dies, you can just switch in another. And I thought, I don’t wanna go that far, but I could do with some pedals. Fantastic!’ And, rather than get his guitar out, he’s down at the piano (mimes playing the piano on the tabletop) and he’s there every day for about eight hours a day just playing and coming up with stuff. He came over to join us as the fourth member, and he found a piano in one of the rooms of the off-licence we were living in. Amazing sound! We have to write a song with this!’ And he played the keyboard part for Strange Little Girl. There’s no point searching for them: they come to you. I didn’t know how it was going to end up. I checked it out because I thought they’d made some of it up but nearly all of it was absolutely accurate! GG: Just because, you know, Eval Knievel, he was kind of a tough, macho guy; Bilko, who was a guy in charge, but nobody listened to him; and the Duche, who was of course a Fascist dictator. Learn More. I can always tell your sound. "It was a homemade bass I bought for £5 from a school friend. And then, twenty years later, one of my favourite songwriters, Tori Amos, did a cover of it! The bar sold two-pint pots, a new and entirely sensible concept to this writer.
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