[Clip of "The Way I Feel Inside," faded before the organ comes in for the second verse]
Rod: We got back together again to play together for fun, actually, about fifteen or sixteen years ago, and very, very slowly, that somehow- six gigs turned into, um, what has been fifteen or sixteen years travelling around the world, and it's been absolutely crazy, and we've really built up situations in America, in the Far East, um, that we never dreamed of, actually, doing it this time around, so it's been- it, it's, it's been great, and, and because it's been so natural - we haven't planned it - it's just been something which has naturally evolved, um, and we've been doing it for the right reasons. We haven't been doing it to try and make a buck. I mean, if we had've done, when- the first five years would've been a complete write off, but, um, 'cause we didn't make a buck, um, but we are now, and, um, it's got into a situation which we're very proud of because it's been really made it work this time 'round.
Colin: I certainly was never aware that we were part of some kind of artistic movement. Um, it's only when you look back that you, you can really understand what was happening, and of course, the whole thing started with the Beatles. The Beatles changed everything. There was no great, global interest in British mu- musicians before the Beatles, but when the Beatles conquered America, um, the doors opened. The floodgates opened to all other British bands, and, and we arrived shortly after their first few hits, and it was a magical time. Um, we arrived Christmas 1964, and we had the national number one record at the time, so- and we were nineteen years old, so of course, it, it was very, very interesting, but I was never really aware of us being part of the British Invasion or some, uh, all- all-inclusive movement. It was great. There was some cam- camaraderie on the road when we met up with other British bands and some, uh, friendly rivalry as well.
Rod: We were doing the Murray the K, uh, Brooklyn Fox show. Christmas day 1964 we opened. We were playing with people that we were very scared to play with, people like Ben E. King, the Drifters, Shirelles, Patti LaBelle, you know, Chuck Jackson, and we thought they were gonna hate us. We- that, that- we thought they were gonna say, "What is this insipid white version of the music that we're playing?" but they didn't. They really, uh, they really took us to their hearts, and the- and that was a lovely experience, actually.
Colin: We are trying to look forward all the time. We're trying to write new songs, make new records, and, and combine that - absolutely - with, uh, uh, an interest in our past, the, um, the hits and the well-known songs and also some of the very obscure songs that we've discovered from, from our past, uh, recording history.
[Rod playing "When I Fall in Love" during soundcheck]
