WEBVTT 00:00:01.550 --> 00:00:05.990 And now here they are, Nick and Sue on Chatterbox. 00:00:06.150 --> 00:00:09.490 When the stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue. 00:00:35.210 --> 00:00:38.149 Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux Podcast 00:00:38.149 --> 00:00:41.030 with Nick and Sue and today we are joined by 00:00:41.030 --> 00:01:03.329 Chris Amu of The Real Thing This is Nick and 00:01:03.329 --> 00:01:06.120 Sue We're Chatterbox giving you all you need 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:14.560 to know about musical entertainment. Chatterbox, 00:01:15.180 --> 00:01:19.459 the best interviews with Nick and Sue. Chatterbox, 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:26.000 the best news and reviews for you on Chatterbox. 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:31.260 And now on Chatterbox UK, we're just lucky enough 00:01:31.260 --> 00:01:33.519 to welcome back Chris removes the real thing. 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:36.200 Chris, welcome. How are you, sir? Hello, Chris. 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:38.400 Well, I've been better. I've been better. I've 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.780 been in sunnier weather. But apart from that, 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.379 I'm absolutely fine. Thank you. You're looking 00:01:44.379 --> 00:01:46.340 happy, and you're looking well. That's the main 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:49.239 thing. When you, as I say, welcome back, because 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.629 you were here. about a year ago, just after we 00:01:51.629 --> 00:01:54.950 started Charterport Trump. And you very kindly 00:01:54.950 --> 00:01:59.150 told us the entire setup of your life story and 00:01:59.150 --> 00:02:02.750 how the real thing came about. And that wonderfully 00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:06.370 exciting news about working on that album which 00:02:06.370 --> 00:02:08.770 you had been doing, sorry, that one song you 00:02:08.770 --> 00:02:13.009 had been working on during lockdown. And it's 00:02:13.009 --> 00:02:16.750 now completed. Tell us about that, Chris. What's 00:02:16.750 --> 00:02:20.500 it called and how do people get on with it? It's 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:22.139 amazing that because last time I spoke to it 00:02:22.139 --> 00:02:27.400 was very much in its embryo form And if I remember 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.419 rightly I was just starting to get really excited 00:02:29.419 --> 00:02:32.099 about it because a lot of the songs had started 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:34.919 to like really come together then you know, yeah, 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:38.240 yeah, well, I'm glad to say it's It's completed 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.860 and it's called Going through loads of titles. 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.120 What are we gonna call this album? I was thinking 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:51.439 so anyway, it's called a brand new day and I 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.639 got the actual title from one of the tracks on 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:58.240 the album, which is called A Brand New Day, and 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:02.240 I wrote that song during lockdown. And it was 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:05.520 actually meant to be a song that we were gonna 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:09.139 hopefully try and get released during lockdown. 00:03:10.139 --> 00:03:12.599 But you know, by the time I'd sort of finished 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.860 with it, and I had all these ideas going round 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:20.340 in my head, I thought, no, hold on, hold it back. 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.439 and hold it for the album, you know. And that's 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:26.520 why, as I say, it didn't come out during lockdown, 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.039 but it's called A Brand New Day. It's all new 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:33.099 tracks, apart from Children of the Ghetto, which 00:03:33.099 --> 00:03:39.680 I told you about. And the reason why we put Children 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:44.240 of the Ghetto on the album was because over the 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.699 years, it's become a kind of cult hit for the 00:03:47.699 --> 00:03:52.639 real thing. in that it's been recorded by so 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.759 many people, people like who we aspire to, like 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:59.360 Mary J. Blythe, Philip Bailey from Earth, Wind 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.719 and Fire, I mean how good does it get, you know, 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:07.580 Courtney Pine, a jazz saxophonist from Paul Hardcastle, 00:04:07.659 --> 00:04:11.300 there's been so many people who've done it and 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:13.439 one thing that always used to get to me and Eddie 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.000 was we were really disappointed because the record 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.939 company would never allow us the real thing to 00:04:20.939 --> 00:04:23.240 release it as a single and we always thought 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.339 that they were missing the boat somewhere because 00:04:26.339 --> 00:04:29.819 i know it's not similar to you to me and can't 00:04:29.819 --> 00:04:33.620 get by but people aren't fools sometimes you 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:35.959 do want to listen to something that's slightly 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:40.540 different it doesn't all have to be you to me 00:04:40.540 --> 00:04:43.680 for can't get by doesn't all have to be like 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.980 that there's room to give people a little bit 00:04:46.980 --> 00:04:52.259 of respect, to know that they can listen to a 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:55.360 nice ballad that means something and appreciate 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:57.040 it. They might not want to go out and buy it. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.240 That's fair enough. Have a listen to it. Appreciate 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.980 it. Job done. You know, so that's why we decided 00:05:03.980 --> 00:05:07.779 to put Children of the Ghetto on the album. And 00:05:07.779 --> 00:05:11.759 we decided to do a live version because I don't 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:16.899 think I could deliver the song as well by just 00:05:16.899 --> 00:05:20.230 sitting here. at home or going into a studio 00:05:20.230 --> 00:05:23.329 and trying to get the emotion of that type of 00:05:23.329 --> 00:05:27.129 song to try to get you to feel what I'm feeling 00:05:27.129 --> 00:05:31.910 when I sing the song. So we thought we'll do 00:05:31.910 --> 00:05:34.910 it and try and do a really good live version 00:05:34.910 --> 00:05:41.009 and I know that the night that I did that I was 00:05:41.009 --> 00:05:46.100 really feeling it and I think it comes out. on 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:47.699 when you listen to it and that's what I wanted. 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:50.839 Yeah well I'm just listening to it then with 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:55.319 Sue and it's sort of, I can imagine an audience 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.740 out there because it was taking me so well done 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:03.019 and so it takes you away and I can imagine people 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:06.620 actually there in the venue hearing that live. 00:06:07.960 --> 00:06:10.519 it takes you it really is it's an incredible 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.139 song and it does honestly if it's a great one 00:06:13.139 --> 00:06:16.079 to me it just takes you away from it and it's 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.660 the most amazing ballad one of the best ballads 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:21.139 i've ever heard in 30 odd years i'm assuming 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:23.639 it's amazing and it does take you away i think 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.420 you were feeling much the same incredible chris 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:28.939 what a great choice you've made to to put that 00:06:28.939 --> 00:06:32.620 on um like i say nick it doesn't really matter 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:39.160 if it sells 10 000 or 10 The thing is, when people 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.899 like yourself play it, a lot of people are at 00:06:42.899 --> 00:06:47.220 least gonna hear it by the real thing, by the 00:06:47.220 --> 00:06:50.620 real thing. And if they hear it once, they hear 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:53.920 it once. If they hear it many times, if they 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.040 buy it, they'll hear it as many times as they 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.920 want, but at least they hear it. And for the 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:03.379 last 40 years, over 40 years, they haven't heard 00:07:03.379 --> 00:07:06.680 it unless they bought a Four From Eight album. 00:07:07.189 --> 00:07:09.790 show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then they'd had the 00:07:09.790 --> 00:07:12.970 fantastic version that Ray, who's singing lead, 00:07:13.730 --> 00:07:17.709 how he does it, you know. But we just felt it 00:07:17.709 --> 00:07:23.649 was time. And we're now in control. People say 00:07:23.649 --> 00:07:25.490 to me, you know, why haven't you done something 00:07:25.490 --> 00:07:29.350 for so long, 40 years? What's taking you so long? 00:07:29.709 --> 00:07:33.209 Well, 40 years is incredible, but you know, the 00:07:33.209 --> 00:07:36.709 thing is, is that like, you know, There comes 00:07:36.709 --> 00:07:43.089 a time with all successful artists where commercially 00:07:43.089 --> 00:07:48.209 your star starts to fade a bit, right? And this 00:07:48.209 --> 00:07:51.250 happens to everybody, no matter who you are. 00:07:51.949 --> 00:07:53.949 Now, depending on the type of person you are, 00:07:54.029 --> 00:07:56.470 you can either say, OK, I'm finished now. We've 00:07:56.470 --> 00:08:00.769 had our thing and finished. Or you can ask yourself, 00:08:01.009 --> 00:08:05.180 well, why is our star starting to fade? and you 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:08.100 can try and do something about it and you know 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:13.980 then you rely on your creativity to try and keep 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:17.439 coming up with good songs right but unfortunately 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:21.160 what happens is the record companies once you 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:25.660 start your commercial start starts to fade you 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:28.300 don't listen to your stuff anymore so you're 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:31.639 writing what you consider really nice material 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.139 which you know the people if they got the chance 00:08:34.139 --> 00:08:37.019 to listen to would like they're only listening 00:08:37.019 --> 00:08:40.000 to it with half an ear the record companies so 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:43.620 basically you're not getting the chance to even 00:08:43.620 --> 00:08:47.820 get it to the people who might like it but what's 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:53.860 happened over the years is technology and technology 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:58.379 has put everything back in the artist's hands 00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:07.590 And we've now got platforms that can, you can 00:09:07.590 --> 00:09:13.230 now get the end result onto a platform that at 00:09:13.230 --> 00:09:17.169 least the people can hear what you've done and 00:09:17.169 --> 00:09:19.470 judge what you've done. And the record companies 00:09:19.470 --> 00:09:22.690 have got nothing to do with it. Sure. Absolutely. 00:09:23.070 --> 00:09:25.509 Absolutely. Yeah. No listening children of the 00:09:25.509 --> 00:09:27.950 ghetto. You would not have heard that. if we'd 00:09:27.950 --> 00:09:29.850 have been with a record company, the only thing 00:09:29.850 --> 00:09:33.409 you would have heard is what they consider should 00:09:33.409 --> 00:09:38.049 be a single. And if they didn't consider anything 00:09:38.049 --> 00:09:40.169 on it a single, you wouldn't even hear the album 00:09:40.169 --> 00:09:44.029 because there wouldn't be one. But now you're 00:09:44.029 --> 00:09:46.269 hearing an album, you can judge for yourself. 00:09:47.330 --> 00:09:51.429 And it's amazing. It really is. And the other 00:09:51.429 --> 00:09:55.230 side of hang on, never let go. That's another 00:09:55.230 --> 00:09:58.779 really incredible song. I love, I absolutely 00:09:58.779 --> 00:10:02.039 love it. I love singing it. You can feel the 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:05.000 emotion in it, sorry. Yes, yes, go on, sing, 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.720 go on. You can feel your emotion and how you 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.580 feel when you're singing a song in that song. 00:10:10.179 --> 00:10:13.299 Yes, and that's why I don't know if you've noticed 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:18.000 there's a lot of ballads on there. That's because 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:24.100 I think that the real thing are not only known 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:28.940 for you to me, but it's the feeling that things 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:34.539 like you to me generate it. It's a sound that 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:37.200 is also important. And I'll tell you why I say 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.000 this. You to me was covered by a lot of famous 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:41.759 people like Frankie Valli and that. It meant 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:45.879 nothing. Yeah, I agree with that. But when the 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.159 real thing do it, it means something. And that's 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:53.139 because the sound suits the song. That's my song 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:55.580 for you, isn't it, Dolly? It is, actually. Believe 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:59.200 it or not. A real thing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.539 really is. This is Nick and Sue with Cheddar 00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:04.139 Box, giving you all you need to know about musical 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:09.720 entertainment. Cheddar Box. Cheddar Box. Cheddar 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:15.740 Box. We feel that we can best bring our sound 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:19.440 across with ballads, which isn't to say, don't 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.399 get me wrong, I don't like a nice dance track 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.700 that you put on. I like to do a ballad. When 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:26.960 I'm listening to my favorite artist, which used 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.220 to be Luther Vandross. Now Luther used to do 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:32.240 a lot of up tempo songs, but let's be honest, 00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:35.179 what were the big songs on his albums? It was 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:37.799 the ballads, wasn't it? House is Not a Home, 00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:39.840 the things like that. They were the big ones, 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:43.720 you know. I just think that the real thing at 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.840 this point in time can best sell our vocal sound 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:55.500 with ballads. And I also think that it can give 00:11:55.500 --> 00:12:00.039 people a nice, romantic, feel -good feeling listening 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.299 to the ballads when all this crap is going on 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:07.019 around us. You know, you put something like, 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:09.440 hang on, never let go on. You don't have to sit 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:12.820 there and think, oh, what does that mean? What 00:12:12.820 --> 00:12:14.779 does it mean? You just sit back and you just 00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:17.620 appreciate it for what it is. You either like 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:20.179 it or you don't like it, but you just, it doesn't 00:12:20.179 --> 00:12:23.470 offend you in any way. It's just a nice, romantic 00:12:23.470 --> 00:12:26.870 ballad. And that was the whole idea behind us 00:12:26.870 --> 00:12:30.230 putting a lot of ballads. And I make no excuses 00:12:30.230 --> 00:12:33.929 for it. We like ballads. And we think a lot of 00:12:33.929 --> 00:12:37.590 the people who enjoy real thing, as well as having 00:12:37.590 --> 00:12:40.029 a nice dance on the dance floor, they also like 00:12:40.029 --> 00:12:43.269 ballads as well. Absolutely. Now, when I was... 00:12:43.269 --> 00:12:48.309 Now, you can hear everything and the 70s stuff. 00:12:49.450 --> 00:12:53.190 It's great, but it's also really good that we're 00:12:53.190 --> 00:12:59.169 here. We're not talking about Chris Amu and the 00:12:59.169 --> 00:13:02.690 real thing that had this hit and this hit in 00:13:02.690 --> 00:13:04.909 the 70s. We're actually here and it's so good. 00:13:05.169 --> 00:13:06.529 We're actually talking about a whole new album. 00:13:06.570 --> 00:13:09.889 We don't need to do the old stuff. It's true. 00:13:10.210 --> 00:13:14.350 It's so wonderful. It's the first time I've felt 00:13:14.350 --> 00:13:18.080 like this and Dave. It's the first time we've 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.779 felt like this in 40 years. That's brilliant. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.820 We've had records. We've had records out. We've 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:26.100 had record companies who would put records out 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:29.740 like Crime of Love and, you know, We Got Love 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:33.059 and things like that. But they'd never sort of 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:37.340 say, right, let's do an album. Never. They'd 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:39.940 never say let's do an album. And this time we've 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:44.799 actually done it ourselves. And you're playing 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:49.759 it. and other people will be playing it. And 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.820 that's the first time in 40 years that we've 00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:55.200 been able to sort of do that. And we think there 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.299 are people out there who want to hear stuff from 00:13:58.299 --> 00:14:18.250 Real Thing. Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. your 00:14:18.250 --> 00:14:23.029 musical duo. And then of course Sue and I do 00:14:23.029 --> 00:14:26.470 live shows elsewhere and I do a brilliant chill 00:14:26.470 --> 00:14:31.850 out zone to die for. That's going on, I can assure 00:14:31.850 --> 00:14:33.970 you. I want to speak to you first but you know. 00:14:35.970 --> 00:14:39.860 So yeah, that is a real... Chill Out Zone thing, 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:41.840 which is enjoyed by people all over the world. 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:46.039 So, yeah. And just so brilliant and congratulations. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:50.100 It's amazing. I never had any doubt that you 00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:53.740 weren't going to put it off. I'm not knocking 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:57.500 the past because what you've done in the past, 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.899 that's probably what grabs people initially. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:04.360 Oh, they get some to listen to that. Chris, back 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:08.320 to you, mate. Yeah. So digitally, This album's 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:12.980 already available. Yes, available from two days 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:16.580 ago. Beautiful. And we've got a date now for 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:21.019 a CD. Yes, the CD will be available within the 00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:23.820 next two to three weeks on Amazon. Beautiful, 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:28.139 beautiful. And is this just a single we're talking 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:30.179 about? Hang on, Never Let Go, Children of the 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:32.399 Ghetto, or is it the album as well? Is that already 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:34.580 out on digital as well? Yes, the album's out 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:37.759 as well. You can buy just the singles if you 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:39.639 want or you can buy the album and we hope you're 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.759 going to buy the album. Of course. I haven't 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.480 got any questions. Put your hand up. If you want 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:52.059 the lutes that way. The thing I was going to 00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:54.120 say about the real thing is when you listen to 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.860 their music it's unique. How do I explain it? 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.820 We need your help here. When you're playing your 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:02.080 songs you know it's you, it's no one else. Does 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.639 that make sense? Yes it does make sense. it does 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.240 make sense and that's one of the reasons why 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:11.519 we decided Dave and I that we weren't going to 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.980 bring a third member into the group because when 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:19.240 Eddie died the easiest thing for us to have done 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:22.240 would have been to okay let's bring somebody 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.440 else in so that we still got three and you know 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.379 a lot of people would have been think wouldn't 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:30.740 have even known they would have been thinking 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:35.440 oh it's free that's the real thing We thought, 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:39.039 number one, Eddie couldn't be replaced. He couldn't 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.679 be replaced. And number two, we thought, if we 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.440 bring somebody else in, it's no longer going 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.100 to be real thing. No matter which way you want 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:49.600 to look at it, it's not going to be real thing 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.480 anymore. And people will start thinking, ooh, 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:56.600 is it the real, real thing? I don't remember 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:01.460 him, you know? And not only that, the texture 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:05.289 of the sound. would change. So it's like Sue 00:17:05.289 --> 00:17:10.170 just said, when you hear the real thing, you 00:17:10.170 --> 00:17:12.910 know it's them. You bring somebody else in and 00:17:12.910 --> 00:17:15.289 I don't care what anyone says, it changes the 00:17:15.289 --> 00:17:19.210 texture. Whereas what me and Dave do at the moment 00:17:19.210 --> 00:17:24.109 is I can sing all Eddie's parts onto the album. 00:17:25.089 --> 00:17:29.250 And because I sung 99 % of the leads on the song, 00:17:29.509 --> 00:17:32.670 we've still got the real thing lead vocal sound. 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:38.000 But we've also maintained the harmony sound because 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.359 with Eddie, myself and Dave singing together 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.799 for so long, the timbre of the voices become 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:52.019 one. So even though I've put Eddie's voice onto 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:55.140 the album, it still sounds like Eddie. Yeah, 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:58.259 yeah, okay, that's brilliant. And so therefore 00:17:58.259 --> 00:18:02.000 the actual sound of the real thing hasn't changed. 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:06.259 on this album. You can listen to this now and 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:09.259 it'll be the same vocal sound as it was you listen 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:12.779 to any past real thing album. Yeah I agree with 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:17.859 that totally. Well there's no fans or music lovers 00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:22.440 out there from the earlier stuff. No one's going 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:24.500 to be left disappointed with this, not at all 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:27.380 Eddie. It's just amazing and you've done yourself 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:29.660 proud, done Eddie proud as well, you really have, 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:33.900 it's amazing. Thank you. I appreciate that. Let's 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:46.859 hope all our fans think that as well. I've got 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:49.500 a very, very important question. Are you planning 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:53.779 on going on tour? Yes, we're starting off next 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:59.430 week in Horn Church at the Queen's Theatre. on 00:18:59.430 --> 00:19:02.690 the 5th and then we're doing the Jazz Cafe on 00:19:02.690 --> 00:19:07.150 the 12th of February. So you know in the next 00:19:07.150 --> 00:19:08.490 couple of weeks we're coming to Horn Church, 00:19:08.630 --> 00:19:11.130 we're coming to London and then the tour starts 00:19:11.130 --> 00:19:14.109 to really kick off as well. Let's hope you're 00:19:14.109 --> 00:19:16.430 near us as well. Just having a look through because 00:19:16.430 --> 00:19:19.730 I know you've been to, we're in Hastings as I 00:19:19.730 --> 00:19:21.109 think you know, just thinking if you're coming 00:19:21.109 --> 00:19:23.009 anywhere near. I know you've been to the White 00:19:23.009 --> 00:19:25.690 Rock a few times because you mentioned it. You 00:19:25.690 --> 00:19:27.990 know something weird keeps happening with the 00:19:27.990 --> 00:19:30.609 White Rock. something always happens and they 00:19:30.609 --> 00:19:33.309 seem to get cancelled yeah it's a lot of stuff 00:19:33.309 --> 00:19:36.509 but last time it was covid the time before that 00:19:36.509 --> 00:19:39.210 there was something that happened i know something 00:19:39.210 --> 00:19:42.930 happened uh where we couldn't do i think it might 00:19:42.930 --> 00:19:44.809 have been the party when we were off when eddie 00:19:44.809 --> 00:19:49.309 died oh but i know it just twice it's happened 00:19:49.309 --> 00:19:54.029 down there um because we've got we've got family 00:19:54.029 --> 00:19:57.630 in hastings alone yeah my cousin's family live 00:19:57.630 --> 00:20:01.869 in hastings as well. So I know we were looking 00:20:01.869 --> 00:20:06.430 forward to doing it. But hopefully we'll be coming 00:20:06.430 --> 00:20:10.269 there. Hopefully. It's a medium -sized venue. 00:20:10.750 --> 00:20:13.390 Well, it's quite easy to remember its capacity. 00:20:13.670 --> 00:20:15.009 You'll remember this for the rest of your life 00:20:15.009 --> 00:20:18.450 now. Here's the Battle of Hastings 1066. The 00:20:18.450 --> 00:20:24.910 theatre actually has 1066 seats. That's how you 00:20:24.910 --> 00:20:27.210 know what your capacity is when you sell out. 00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:30.960 I didn't know that. I didn't know that either, 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:33.880 I've lived all my life in pasties. It really 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.480 is, it really is. Yeah, it's a nice one to remember, 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:39.700 isn't it? Chris, if you can get to the Right 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:42.019 Rock Theatre, I will come and see you. Absolutely. 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:44.200 Well, I hope you do and I hope you come in. Well, 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:48.339 you know my email and everything now, just email 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:50.500 me and let me know if we're there and I'll arrange 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:52.900 for you to come in. No, just get, you know Barry, 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:55.980 don't you? I know Barry well, yeah, yeah. When 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:59.400 we're there, Tell Bally that you come in and 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.460 we'll do an interview from there. Oh, that'd 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:03.839 be amazing. That would be amazing. We'll do a 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:06.500 nice interview from there, you know, and yeah, 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:08.740 that would be great. So do that. That's great. 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:12.140 Thank you, Chris. Thank you for your time. Now, 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:15.279 let's have a look at some social media stuff. 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:20.960 Chris, if you could just say you've got about 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.740 eight minutes, you're given eight minutes. This 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:25.920 is a hard one. You've got a radio station or 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:29.180 show. saying right you've got eight minutes to 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:32.799 pick your two favorite tracks of the new album 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:35.980 which ones would they be or your two best ones 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:39.519 as opposed to favorite perhaps i was i like them 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.299 all so i'll say favorites as opposed to best 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:48.599 ones children of the ghetto yeah you see i like 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:51.759 i love but i love hang on but you know the ghetto 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:54.779 quadrilogy that's on there there's a song called 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:58.839 daddy deer okay which I want you and Sue to listen 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:03.220 to and let me know what you think. I'm serious. 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:08.480 No, we'll do that. Listen to The Ghetto quadrilogy 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:10.839 when you've got a few minutes. Yeah. Because 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:13.279 I would say that that's what we're most proud 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:16.619 of, that particular section. But if you ask me 00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:18.599 what I actually really like, like Children of 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:21.440 The Ghetto, I'm like, hang on, never let go. 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:26.759 Now, social media time somewhere here. brilliant 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:31.940 websites yes so anybody wishes take a further 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:37.079 look at the real thing www .therealthingofficial 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:42.819 .com yes once again www .therealthingofficial 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:46.539 .com now in addition to that you've got a youtube 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:50.559 channel i believe yes we have and you can get 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:56.150 us on facebook of course of course yeah um We'd 00:22:56.150 --> 00:22:58.730 like the thing about Facebook the thing about 00:22:58.730 --> 00:23:03.230 the real thing Facebook is You will get things 00:23:03.230 --> 00:23:07.049 if you follow us that you won't get if you don't 00:23:07.049 --> 00:23:09.869 for instance I do a lot of question and answers 00:23:09.869 --> 00:23:14.069 on video when people have got questions Once 00:23:14.069 --> 00:23:16.769 we get enough people enough questions coming 00:23:16.769 --> 00:23:19.670 on like about once every couple of months I'll 00:23:19.670 --> 00:23:22.390 come on or Dave will come on and we'll answer 00:23:22.390 --> 00:23:26.710 your questions on video And for instance, if 00:23:26.710 --> 00:23:30.589 you've got particular favorites, tracks on the 00:23:30.589 --> 00:23:33.309 album, or you want to talk about tracks on the 00:23:33.309 --> 00:23:37.569 album, send your things onto our Facebook page. 00:23:37.970 --> 00:23:40.390 And once we've got enough, I'll promise you, 00:23:40.970 --> 00:23:43.809 I will come on and personally answer your questions 00:23:43.809 --> 00:23:45.609 for you. That's brilliant. That's very nice. 00:23:46.470 --> 00:23:48.269 You've always been generous with your time, Chris, 00:23:48.289 --> 00:23:50.990 but that's amazing. So have you got any more 00:23:50.990 --> 00:23:53.230 questions for Chris at all? No, I just want to 00:23:53.230 --> 00:24:03.569 go and buy the album. I actually like the cover 00:24:03.569 --> 00:24:07.269 of the album because looking at the picture it 00:24:07.269 --> 00:24:09.190 actually says a lot it could say a very lot because 00:24:09.190 --> 00:24:11.470 the way you're what's the word there's a word 00:24:11.470 --> 00:24:14.170 I'm looking the way you're walking and the body 00:24:14.170 --> 00:24:16.710 language says a lot in the album picture of the 00:24:16.710 --> 00:24:20.150 album yeah that's fantastic I'll tell Graham 00:24:20.150 --> 00:24:24.619 because my our sound tech Graham We worked on 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:28.680 that together and we're both very proud of the 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:32.140 cover. Once again, we're about to do it all ourselves. 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:35.460 There's no professional photographers and things 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.680 like that coming. It's something that we've done 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:39.880 ourselves, which once again, we're very proud 00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:50.559 of. So thanks for picking that up. The new album 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:53.900 for The Real Thing, A Brand New Day, is already 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:57.539 available for download. And yes, by the time 00:24:57.539 --> 00:25:02.359 this goes out actually, be available on CD as 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:04.740 well from next week, because we've got weeks 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:08.900 to go. And yeah, the double A -sided single as 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:12.299 well. Hang on, Never Let Go with the Children 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:14.859 of the Ghetto live version of that amazing version. 00:25:15.230 --> 00:25:18.230 Chris, thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. 00:25:18.690 --> 00:25:21.130 Thank you so much. We're looking forward to the 00:25:21.130 --> 00:25:23.829 next time already. It's been an absolute pleasure. 00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:26.970 No problem at all. Likewise. Just keep us updated 00:25:26.970 --> 00:25:29.410 when you release new stuff, please. Very sensitive. 00:25:30.210 --> 00:25:35.230 We will. You take care now, Chris. Thank you, 00:25:35.289 --> 00:25:37.849 sir. Thank you very much. Take care. Bye -bye. 00:25:37.950 --> 00:26:37.859 Bye -bye. to the Chatterbox Redux podcast with 00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:40.640 Nick and Sue and today we were joined by Chris 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:44.140 Amoo of The Real Thing. The email address is 00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:48.440 nickelbum at myyahoo .com. Alternatively, you 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:52.259 can write to us at P .O. Box 26, The Old Observer 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:55.359 Building, Telford Road, St. Leonard's -on -Sea, 00:26:55.599 --> 00:27:00.980 East Sussex, England, TN38, 9LZ. We thank you 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:03.119 very much for your company and look forward to 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:05.079 welcoming you again next time when our special 00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:07.819 guest will be Susie Quattro. Catch you then. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:49.690 Bye bye. 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