“Driftaway” is one of the songs were I mentioned that they
are close to us all however this song is wholly about myself. When you start
writing songs it becomes addictive once you have written your first and this
song was one of them. I wrote it in July 2009 and the reason for it was that I
found myself drifting away from someone who was and still is really important
in my life! At first I never really thought I’d have the heart and head to sing
it in front of our fans because it is really close to me. The main reason I
wrote it is because my mum died and it was the only way I could stay happy as I
went through a horrible year, the song though is a quieter one than what we
usually write which is what also makes it so important to me, I think that’s
enough of that one anyway as I don’t feel so comfortable talking about it”
‘That’s alright don’t worry I can see how much it means to you so it’s cool,
how about we move onto another song that is on your new album called Looking at
strangers which I believe again you also wrote?’ he replied “Yeah I mean the
song says it really but this song is just a bit of banter really and it
strangely works well! The song is about Shaun as he is the biggest creep going
[laughs] to put It bluntly the lyrics all basically describe him as a person.
He is constantly looking at people making judgements and opinions basically
being prejudice if I can say that but yeah then he turns proper creepy about it
all, this is mainly about girls by the way thinking that he’s got a chance when
really all he has to do is look at a girl and she’s emigrated ha-ha but yeah
that is the main reason I wrote that song just to show Shaun how creepy and
weird he is.” ‘Ha-ha that was a very good explanation thank you for that. Next
I am going to talk about is the song you have named Field Song, why is it
called that and what is it about?’
“This song is written by the lyrical genius with the name
Shaun Hough [laughs] the song itself doesn’t say field in it at all but we gave
it the name when we first heard it as Shaun performed it in me nans gaffer, the
opening lyrics he sang ALL ALONE IN A FIELD and we all burst out laughing it
was hysterical and then he went onto the next
which said NO ONE HERE BUT ME, by this time me Cal and Spock were on the
floor crying like no tomorrow and the best thing about it Shaun didn’t even
realise what was funny it was great ha-ha however he recovered it by re writing
it but I still don’t think it’s our best song we’ve got but that is why we
named it the Field Song!” ‘It sounds good on the album’ “I’m telling you he
shouldn’t have changed the lyrics ha-ha” ‘That’s very funny I wonder what was
crossing his mind whilst he wrote it’ “If you want a small idea I would say
something along the lines of him being lost ha-ha in love as he kind of is that
depression type when it comes to him writing what you call ‘Wonderful Lyrics’
which are really fundamentally shit ha-ha” ‘That’s a bit harsh don’t you
think..’ “Naa he’ll be alright cry me a river I always tell him” ‘He seems like
the victim, anyway another song that is listed first is called What Are You
Gonna Do, what can you tell me about this one?’ “Nothing much really apart from
it was written by lyric genius Shaun ha-ha no to be honest I think this could
be our most successful song yet, I don’t really know much about this song but
before I knew of its existence I always remember Shaun telling people What Are
You Gonna Do which I think could be the main reason why he wrote it but also he
doesn’t like many people which again can bring the phrase in but I think is one
of my favourites to play apart from my own of course. As I said before it’s a
massive achievement when writing a full 4 minute song and it really gives you
that boost to continue writing more and more.” ‘Oh wow thank you for that one
Kyle I have two more that I am going to ask you before your drink goes cold the
first is Leave It Up To Chance, is there anything that you can tell me once
again before we meet again?’ “I like the way you phrased that one ha-ha, this
song I know quite a bit about it because I was there when Shaun wrote it. Shaun
is a layed back character and didn’t really care too much about his school
work, he would Leave It Up To Chance but also he wasn’t really bothered about
anything else which also he would Leave It Up To Chance. But amongst all that
is my little solo about 2 and a half minutes in which I always really look
forward to playing because I made it up at one of our first little gigs at a
bar just off Bold Street in Liverpool city called The Zanzibar a place where
many other famous artists like Miles Kane have played who of a matter of fact I
am going to meet later
. But yeah I was told to improvise every gig and then I
found it and it has stuck with me since ha-ha the irony the way I can say that
it was the reason why I now Leave It Up To Chance. That’s basically all I can
tell you sorry” ‘No don’t worry, we better get the last one done quickly anyway
before we waste your time. The last song I want to ask about is Mean To Me, why
is this song so different to your usual say tunes?’ “Well this song is very
close to Shaun once again he wrote it in Year 11 and we recorded it in first
year of Sixth Form but we haven’t included it until now, the song was
originally written for Shaun to sing solely but he thought it could sound a bit
better within the band. I can’t tell you who it’s about but I can tell you why
he wrote it and that’s because he liked a girl for about 3 years and he never
got anything from it and it got to the stage were the only way he could get it
out of his mind, he basically describes how he feels about this girl and he
puts it in a very nice way and sings it very sweetly if you haven’t heard it
but now all the memories of this girl he has he sings every gig aw he’s cute
isn’t he!” ‘Thank you for that Kyle it means a lot for talking to us and
especially your fans I’m sure they will enjoy this issue’ “Thanks yeah anytime,
see you soon” he drank the rest of his drink and walked out.
The Shades always show love to each other on stage but
however when gave them an interview we got an insight to a bit more about the
band. We asked what is it like with all
the members and he responded with ‘To put it simply Spock and Cal are my
favourites and the reason for that is the other dick head Shaun acts like a dictator, don’t get me wrong we
have a good laugh and that but there has been a few times were we and by we I
mean me Spock and Cal have threatened to leave because we have no say whatsoever,
he has this ego where he thinks he’s the best and it frustrates us because we
know he isn’t. He can be alright sometimes but most of time I feel like saying
shut the fuck up you fruit and as much as I’d want to say that I wouldn’t be
able to because he argues till the fucking sun comes up!!! Another negative is
that he is always changing his opinions on things when I say I like something, I’m
sure he’s gay for me! Like I really do mean that [laughs].
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