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I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.
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So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs.
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Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along.
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Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
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Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.
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As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
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But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
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But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.
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Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes.
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It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?
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I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
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In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.
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In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.
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