Like I say, I was mostly a backroom boy during my music career, never in the limelight. But now I’ve accidentally ended up centre stage. I get a bit embarrassed announcing hit song after hit song. Those pop songs with naive lyrics written by my younger self.
So it’s a breath of fresh air to do this one. It’s a real song about real life with real emotions. Here is the inspiration for this one. I was walking down the street in Whitley Bay clutching a movie I had rented on VHS. (remember those?) I was also carrying a pizza in a box and two cans of special brew. I was planning a big night in. I started humming a tune – then it hit me – “A VIDEO A PIZZA AND COUPLE O CANS ”. This is a hit, I thought. Sadly I was wrong. Baffles me, the most honest song I ever wrote. The story culminates with one of my best lines “WHOO WHOO, BOP BOP SHE WAH “. Beat that Mr Zimmerman!