Is there any particular reason why theres no lyrics on the CD booklet?
Phil: We don’t like doing that because rock lyrics look crap when they are written down, it’s like ‘ooh baby’ and pop lyrics, a lot of them look goofy, even the Beatles’ lyrics that are really well written. Is their any song on the album which was particular hard to record? Joe: From a vocal point of view, ‘Long Long Way to Go’ was a bit of a bastard, because it was such a demanding lyric and melody. You can’t just sing it like reading the news, you had to sound like you meant it, you have to get into character and put a different head on and sound emotional because its that kind of song. Sav: I think also with a song like that, a lot of it is about the vocals. The spotlight obviously on all songs is the vocals but more so with songs like that, so as a unit we tend to be more critical. So we tend to be hyper critical on how Joe would do it, because we can and he is the one that has to do it. Joe: ‘Four Letter Word’ for example was one of those songs. You’ve heard ‘Twist and Shout’ by t
