Episode 1 The Quay Sessions

EDGY TECHNO

Hello, I'm KT Tunstall, and welcome to The Quay Sessions.

Coming up tonight: The Coral,

The Feeling,

Eddi Reader,

Ocean Colour Scene,

Frank Turner,

and Blue Rose Code.

First up, a band who have been together for over 30 years,

have sold more than 25 million records,

and are back, with a new hit album.

This is James.

# It's my shout

# This wine is melting the bounds

# Between good taste

# And what I might say

# Matador

# Swing your blood red cape

# Ole, Ole

# I was born an asshole

# You've seen the best of me

# And you've seen the worst of me

# So don't expect me to be not thinking out loud

# You've seen the best of me

# And you've seen the beast in me

# So don't expect me to be not thinking out loud

# I'm not thinking out loud

# I'm not thinking out loud

# I'm just thinking out loud

# Don't ask this songbird

# To hide his song lines

# Blown my alibi

# Don't ask this songbird

# To hide his song lines

# Sing what's on my mind

# Double life

# Is surely breaking my back

# I can't fly

# But I can catapult

# You've seen the best of me

# And you've seen the worst of me

# So don't expect me to be not thinking out loud

# You've seen the best of me

# And you've seen the beast in me

# So don't expect me to be not thinking out loud

# I'm not thinking out loud

# I'm not thinking out loud

# I'm just thinking out loud

# Don't ask this songbird

# To hide his song lines

# Blown my alibi

# Don't ask this songbird

# To hide his song lines

# Sing what's on my mind

# Trouveur

# Minstrel

# Whistle-blower

# Undercover

# Singer

# Liar

# Don't ask this songbird

# To hide his song lines

# Blown my alibi

# Alibi

# Don't ask this songbird

# To hide his song lines

# Sing what's on my mind. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Let's do it.

# In the winter, the winter

# You lost me there To the fever

# I was broken I was so scared

# But you loved me, you took me down to the coast

# In the winter, I ran like November's ghost

# Still the fever had broken me and taken hold

# And I cried in the darkness, how couldn't I?

# I was terrified

# My darling, I was terrified

# Come the spring time, the springtime we'd wade along

# And the days and the weeks, I was cutting them

# All the times I tried I was powerless

# But I'm sober now

# Come the spring time, I rise like a red balloon

# Every morning, in the morning I will love you

# And the peace I held in the long sweet blue

# Then I ran to the ocean on Christmas Day

# And the fear in my heart was just washed away

# I was cold, I've been cold, I've been oh, so... Listen

# I've been oh, so cold

# Ooh, ooh, ooooh

# And the summer, the summer that I've never known

# And my eyes open wide just to see it all

# I was missing every morning, I've been ruled by fear

# And the summer, the summer where we belong

# And the happy ever after we were fighting for

# And I promise, I promise, I promise love

# Love, love!

# Then I ran to the ocean on Christmas Day

# And the fear in my heart was just washed away

# I was cold, I've been cold, I've been oh, so cold

# And the cedars and the wagtails on Boscombe Beach

# And the love we had stems from memories

# I was cold, I've been cold, I've been oh, so cold

# I've been oh, so cold

# Oh! Ooooh

# Ooh-ooooh

-# Oh!

-Whoa! Oh, so cold

# Oh... #

Thank you, guys, thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

This next song is about tennis.

LAUGHTER

I'm really bad at tennis.

And this song's kind of about what would happen

if I was rash enough to actually try and play a game of tennis.

To wit, this song's about losing quite badly.

Song's called Love-Forty Down.

# I'm love-forty down

# As the match slips away from me

# I need the crowd to pray for me

# To turn this one around

# I've worked far too hard to be this far from victory

# I'm battered and I'm bruised

# And I can't afford to lose

# And I'm love-forty down

# As the day slips away from me

# I have to say that honestly

# I still haven't found

# The person who can take the strain of deuce, advantage, back again

# So I'll do this on my own

# There's no-one waiting when I'm done

# In the time it takes for the serve to rise and fall

# We'll find out if I am man or mouse

# If I am set to stand or fall

# And I'm love-forty down

# And I can well recall the day my father reached the ancient age

# That's now bearing down

# Through the barrel of my fourth decade

# And honestly I am afraid

# And I'm long in the tooth

# And I'm ready for the truth

# In the time it takes for the serve to rise and fall

# We'll find out if I am man or mouse

# If I am set to stand or fall

# In the time it takes for the umpire to flip his coin

# We'll find out if I can take the strain

# If I can make it through break point

# I'm love-forty down

# Gonna turn this one around

# I'm love-forty down

# Gonna turn this one around

# Break point!

# Break point!

# I'm gonna turn this one around. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

Punk troubadour Frank Turner with Love-Forty Down.

If you would like to come to future shows,

head over to bbc.co.uk/quaysessions

to get details on how to get tickets...for free.

The audience who saw the Ocean Colour Scene gig did just that,

and they were the lucky ones, as 7,000 people applied.

# All the people under broken homes don't wanna fight no more

# All the people nursing shattered bones don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys,

# We've gotta fight some more

# All those in foreign lands don't wanna fight no more

# All those who lost their feet or hands don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys

# We gotta fight some more

Sing!

# Hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

Sing!

# Hey, hey, hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys

# We gotta fight some more

# All those just trying to play their part

# Don't wanna fight no more

# All those who've got a human heart

# Don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys

# We gotta fight some more

# All those who got an axe to grind don't wanna fight no more

# All those who got their burning lives don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys

# We gotta fight some more

Sing it!

# Hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey, hey, hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys

# We gotta fight some more

# All those under broken homes don't wanna fight no more

# All those never coming home don't wanna fight no more

# There is profit in the land you own

# So we must fight some more

# All those who got a tired face don't wanna fight no more

# All those who lost without a trace don't wanna fight no more

# There's some profit in the love of hate

# So we must fight some more

# Hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey, hey, hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# There's no profit in peace, boys

# We gotta fight some more

# Hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey, hey

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey, hey, hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

Say it!

# Hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey, hey, hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey!

# We don't wanna fight no more

# Hey, yeah

# We don't wanna fight no more. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Pray the devil back to hell

# Pray the devil back to hell

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life

# Pray the devil out of here

# Through the cracks in the mirror

# Let's be clear

# It's a wonderful life

# All the rivers

# That we cross

# Watch us waltz over rocks

# Without even getting wet

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life

# Pray the devil back to hell

# And his minions as well

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life

# Oh, the widows weave their sorrows

# To cloak us in our regrets

# And the midnight bell

# Chimes out the time

# I said I haven't done it yet

# Pray the devil back to hell

# Pray the devil back to hell

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life... #

Oh, Alan, give us another solo.

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life

One more.

# It's a wonderful...

# It's a wonderful life. #

APPLAUSE

# Who could ever call you mean?

# Who would call you fake?

# No surprise you walked away pristine

# It's not your heart that had to break

# Tell me why you didn't want to try

# Guess you never cared enough

# Easier to fade into the night

# You only hurt the ones you love

# You only hurt the ones you love

# So round and round and down and down

# And deeper with every turn

# Spiralling out of love

# Spiralling out of love

# The pilot stalls

# The plane it falls

# And everyone on it burns

# Spiralling out of love

# Spiralling out of love

# Who could ever call you mean?

# Who would call you fake?

# No surprise you walked away from me

# It's not your heart that had to break

# It's not your heart Just my mistake

# So round and round and down and down

# And deeper with every turn

# Spiralling out of love

# Spiralling out of love

# The pilot stalls

# The plane it falls

# And everyone on it burns

# Spiralling out of love

# Spiralling...

# Out of love. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

To watch extended sets from tonight's performers,

head over to bbc.co.uk/quaysessions.

The radio show is on Thursdays at nine on BBC Radio Scotland.

Taking us out, this is The Coral.

# Black as a devil

# Sweet as a stolen kiss

# Walk in the shadow

# Soft as a whispered wish

# You've taken everything you want

# Then you vanish in the mist

# Rider's approaching

# Ghost eye in the sky

# Voices are calling

# But there's nowhere left to hide

# Catching each dimension

# Like a moth into the light

# Black as a devil

# Sweet as a summer breeze

# Thief in the night sky

# Trying to steal my dreams

# I will be your prisoner

# Inside the fear machine

# I will be your prisoner

# Inside the fear machine. #

WHOOPING