Episode 4 Later... with Jools Holland

Good evening. I have spoken with the authorities who assure me that it is

music this evening. Let's welcome Bloc Party! Tonight we have a lovely

line-up of beautiful people. From Manchester, Spring King! One of the

greatest legends of popular music of all time, with a fantastic new

record, Sir Elton John! From Montreal, Canada, the wonderful

Basia Bulat! The exquisite Kronos Quartet from San Francisco. And now,

from Leeds, we welcome Corinne Bailey Rae.

# Tender is the light that shines on you

# Delicate, the grace we've come into

# Waiting for the perfect boat to take

# Waiting for the perfect wind to sail away

# You hold your happiness away from you

# Lying in the dark your seed will grow

# Miracles just like a winter rose will be

# The feeling you get when you're almost there

# You can't stop the wild wind roaring

# But you can stop my poor heart from calling out

Corinne Bailey Rae! Stop Where You Are from her wonderful new album,

The Heart Speaks In Whispers. So, let's go to this corner. We have got

an incredible room of talented and also vary in different styles of

music this evening. Let's enjoy something new from Manchester. We

welcome Spring King! # Searching for a world in which I'd

feel fine # And now I'm looking

for how you felt, you felt # Won't let go, tonight, of your

hand # If only I could find

you for one second # If only I could find

you for one second # I'd hold onto what

it is that you threw # What you have is something you

better keep # What you are is more than you

think, you think, you think # What you have is something that

you better keep # What you are is

more than you think # Won't let go, tonight, of your

hand # Searching for a world in which I'd

feel fine # Only you can do what it is

that you feel you feel # Only you can do what it is

that you feel you feel # Won't let go, tonight, of your

hand # Won't let go, tonight, of your

hand # Won't let go, tonight, of your

hand # Won't let go, tonight, of your

hand Spring King! Tell me if you liked

it. In this corner, I suppose our next guest is one of the greatest

geniuses of popular music of our time. We are pleased as at the piano

Sir Elton John! -- we are pleased to have. Now, we've got this excellent

new record out, some beautiful things, great songs. I've been

listening a lot. I believe it is your 33rd record. I think so. It's a

lot of studio records, but I'm very old. There are older people here,

actually. I will introduce you. Again, it's with Bernie Taupin. You

always work with Bernie. I would be interested to know how that works.

How does it work? From the word go when we started writing together,

which will be 50 years next year... CHEERING

He gives me a lyric of a page. Originally it was handwritten and

then it was tight and now it is e-mailed. I go away into another

room and I write the melody and the song and I come back and to him. We

have never been in the same room. Are you in the same building?

Sometimes. I love coming back and playing in what I've done to see if

he likes it. Has he ever not liked it? He must have been unhappy couple

of times but he's never shown it. We have never really argued which is

probably why we have lasted 50 years. We don't tread on each

other's toes. There is a song on here about a preacher, great poem.

It's called I've Got Two Wings. It's about a black preacher from the

1950s who put on a pair of angel wings had a Les Paul guitar and an

amplifier and he went into the southern churches in America and

sometimes tents and he played the blues and kind of gospel guitar. He

was the first person to plug an electric guitar into a church. I

thought Bernie made it up but it is true. It's a wonderful story. Bernie

does come up with great stories. Data on, we will be enjoying some of

your early music. You will be playing something from Tumbleweed

Connection. It's one of the adverse outcomes I bought. I have still got

a scratched copy, a vinyl record. -- it is one of the first record I

bought. I don't listen to Mike records that much. When I go back

and here it sometimes on the radio, I get pleasantly surprised and

think, that wasn't bad. But I don't really look back. I don't reminisce.

Looking forward. Yes. You keep up with new music. Every time I meet

you, you always have something new, a new take on things. I like new

music because you get so much energy from the young. There is so little

exposure these days for bands and artists. I have a radio show on my

own and I try and play as much new stuff as I can and I listen and I

get inspired by the youth. It's something I love. Any particular

people in this last few weeks? There is a girl called Rosie macro low who

I love. There is a girl from Sweden. Christine and the Queens? They are

my favourite band at the moment. I rang her up and told her how

fabulous record is. She is very shy and she was on this show a couple of

weeks ago. I went to see her at the Roundhouse last week. Amazing, how

pop music could sound in 2016. You can't come here without going down

the time tunnel. Lots of people have covered songs of yours, but this

one, I know, was covered by Rick Wakeman and others. For we see this,

is there a couple of yours that you particularly love? Rocket Man by

Kate bush, Sacrifice by Sinead O'Connor. This is you. Oh, yes.

# Hold that music, I've been removed # I've seen the spectre

# He has been here to # Distant coming from down the line

# Round-up people who ain't my kind # Oh, man, Moses

# I've been removed. #

And, of course, Aretha Franklin singing that song. Which it covered

that I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Later you will be playing

a song from your new album. What have you picked? It is an up-tempo

album and I have picked the ballot. I don't have my band with me and it

would be hard to replicate. I have chosen a song called A Good Heart.

It is a great privilege and an honour to have you here this

evening. Thank you very much, the wonderful Elton John.

APPLAUSE And now, our next artist is a huge

success in Canada where she is from. She is Basia Bulat.

# How many times can I run to defy it?

# Into the arms of your, your goodbye, your long goodbye

# When I'm in love, nobody else for me to blame

# Into the arms of your, your goodbye, your long goodbye

# And when I hear your farewell in my mind

# Play it again and again, then rewind

# How many times can I try to deny it?

# The way you love, even your enemy has a price

# Into the arms of your, your goodbye, now say goodbye

# Have I been waiting my whole life for this?

# When I'm in love, nobody else for me to blame

# Into the arms of your, your goodbye, your long goodbye

# Into the arms of your, your goodbye, your long goodbye

# It's all yours and yours and yours alone

# Yours for the taking, so take it home

# Just a soulful warm and tender love

# Oh it's a good heart from me to you

# But him and me, we pulled on through

# I've seen 'em come, I've seen 'em go

# So take a chance and take your time

# Just a soul full all men tend to love

# Oh it's a good heart from me to you

# Just a soul full all men tend to love

# Oh it's a good heart from me to you

Sir Elton John, A Good Heart. From his wonderful LP. Before that,

we very much enjoyed Basia Bulat. Now, more wonderful contrasts.

Returning from their recent triumphant string of incredible

dates. There are more dates you can see them at, I think. We welcome

Kronos Quartet. # Very soon your world

could be different # But you've got your mind set

on silence, silence, silence # The skies will break

for you, my friend # The waves will part,

the seas will rend # The skies will break

for you, my friend # It feels like

they'll drown you out # Don't let your mind rest

on violence, violence, violence # Oh, the skies will

break for you, my friend # The skies will break

for you, my friend # The waves will part,

the seas will rend # The skies will break

for you, my friend # Oh, the skies will break

for you, my friend # The waves will part,

the seas will rend # The skies will break

for you, my friend Corinne Bailey Rae, The Skies Will

Break. From Spring King -- The Heart Speaks In Whispers, her new album.

Before that, we enjoyed the Kronos Quartet. Now, going to this corner,

changing the vibrations once again, and welcoming Bloc Party.

# Where the tall grass grows and grows

# And let me wait until my saviour comes home

# For only he can heal me with his touch

# From the lame and from the wretched

# For only he can heal me with his touch

Bloc Party, from their album Hymns. We are very fortunate to have the

amazing, amazingly, incredibly talented Sir Elton John with us.

He's going to perform now a song from the wonderful 1970 album

Tumbleweed Connection. Please big it up in the biggest possible way for

Sir Elton John. # In the quiet silent seconds

I turned off the light switch # And I came down to meet

you in the half light the moon left # While a cluster of night jars sang

some songs out of tune # A mantle of bright light

shone down from a room # Come down in time,

I still hear her say # So clear in my ear

like it was today # Come down in time,

was the message she gave # Come down in time

and I'll meet you half way # Well, I don't know if I should

have heard her as yet # But a true love like

hers is a hard love to get # And I've walked most all the way

and I ain't heard her call # And I'm getting to thinking

if she's coming at all # Come down in time,

I still hear her say # So clear in my ear

like it was today # Come down in time,

was the message she gave # Come down in time

and I'll meet you half way # There are women and women

and some hold you tight # While some leave you counting

the stars in the night. # Saw the pictures, read

all your darkest thoughts # While you were waitin',

ready to brush me off # We could be friendly,

we could be out of touch # We could be famous

or even infamous # Come back or don't

but turn me down # Don't waste my time pretending

love is somewhere else # Stop wasting time pretending

love is somewhere else # Should have been easy,

but how can I close my eyes? # You have new friends

now, I didn't recognize # For every time you'd

say, I ask for too much # You spend another day

tryin' to be infamous # Come back or don't

but turn me down # Don't waste my time pretending

love is somewhere else # Don't waste my time pretending

love is somewhere else # Come back or don't

but turn me down # Don't waste my time pretending

love is somewhere else # Don't waste my time

pretending at all Thank you, Basia Bulat, Infamous.

Before that, we enjoyed Sir Elton John. Now, let's have a momentary

pause and enjoy at the piano for a little chat and perhaps a song,

Corinne Bailey Rae. Welcome to the show. Lovely to see you. This lovely

record. You wrote and recorded both in Leeds and LA. Those two places.

Was there much of a contrast between the two? Yes, a massive contrast. I

love Leeds, how rainy and ten cities, and how you can lock your

self away into the studio. But we wanted to move the bubble and go

somewhere where there was sunshine and get to some amazing musicians in

Los Angeles. Who have you got on it? Marcus Miller. All of the great bass

players. And an amazing drummer who played with Bill Withers and Marvin

Gaye. And a great band from LA called King. And the title, the

heart that speaks in whispers. Where does that come from? The album is

all about listening to the inner voice and quieting down what goes on

inside, about instinct and the subconscious and dreams and nature.

The record has the quality of a Stevie wonder record. I am a fan of

his. RU? I am a massive Stevie wonder fan. You are going to do a

show with him? Yes, in Hyde Park. Pharrell Williams is performing, we

are playing as well, so I am looking forward to that. Could we do some

Stevie thing? Let's give it a go. Why not?

# Good morning or evening, friends # Here's your friendly announcer

# I have a serious news to pass on to everyone

# What I'm about to say # Could mean the world's disaster

# Could turn the joy and laughter # Into tears and pain

# Love is in need of love today # Don't delay, send yours in white

away # Hate is going around breaking many

hearts # Stop this please, before we've

gone too far # Don't you know love's in need of

love today # Don't delay, send yours in right

away # Don't you know that hate's going

round breaking many hearts # Stop this, please, before we've

gone too far What a delightful moment of

sweetness from Corinne Bailey Rae, you can see with Stevie wonder in

the summer. I would like to invite you to step

back this way. What beautiful backing harmonies they were,

exquisite lovely notes, everyone. Sometimes in showbiz, it's a sign of

showbiz the public don't usually see. Normally, the piano would be

whisked away, or the camera would go somewhere else, but this evening it

can't be quite as simple because the piano is sort of in the way. You

fellows do work here, don't you? I will take that as a yes. There it

is, beautifully whisked away. Do you have that often, Elton, people

whisking the piano away? So now we are all clear, and we can welcome

Spring King. # I'll give you my struggles then

I'll get out of sight # I'm on a mission killing my

troubles and I'm losing my mind # Yeah, I'm breaking

away from this town # Yeah, I'm leaving this

town, leaving this town # No, I'm not the same person that

you met when you were around # I'm not a hero, not

a hero in your mind # Fire in your eyes,

fire in your way # What is it you say,

what is it you say? # Pushing and pulling,

pushing and pulling # Yeah, I'm breaking

away from this town # Yeah, I'm leaving this

town, leaving this town # No, I'm not the same person that

you met when you were around # I'm not a hero, not

a hero in your eyes # Fire in your eyes,

fire in your way # Fire in your eyes,

fire in your way # Fire in your eyes,

fire in your way # If you let them go,

if you let them leave # Lord, give me grace

and dancing feet # And let our laughter

now ring forth Thank you, Bloc Party. Thank you for

joining us. We will be back next week with Iggy pop and much more.

Thank you to all our amazing guests. Corinne Bailey Rae, Kronos Quartet,

Basia Bulat, Spring King, Bloc Party and of course Sir Elton John. Let's

get it going circular, if we made. I've got a track, actually,

stuck in me head. I heard it on Charlie Sloth.

Oh, yeah? Going to be massive. It's gonna pop? Yeah.

What, "pop!"? Yeah.