Del Amitri's Justin Currie on Exploring the Creative Fire

[@newgravityfilms]

He is such a fantastic song writer

[@popthehistorymakers]

Agreed!

[@daveylong3089]

An incredible songwriter. Magic Songs.

[@popthehistorymakers]

🎉and a great guy. Found him really interesting!

[@johnrwalker53]

Met him several times and he was very patient, gracious with my questions.

[@popthehistorymakers]

As he is in the interview. I really liked him too.

[@johnrwalker53]

@@popthehistorymakers You did really great interviewing him!

[@popthehistorymakers]

@@johnrwalker53 thanks!

[@RobertVincentMusic]

Great interview! Interesting to hear how that first tour of the US had such a big influence on them and their music. They completely changed their direction after that. I finally got to see them in concert when they toured the US in 2022. Great live band! Thank you for this!

[@popthehistorymakers]

@@RobertVincentMusic yes I thought that was fascinating how American audiences basically give direct feedback and how their experience changed their approach! Thx for the comment. Please think about subscribing only if you want and can; kzbin.info/door/5S9xw1B-ppDXVkAuvRRQtgjoin

[@anjamaciossek3723]

Richtig gutes Interview. 👍 Angenehm, sympathisch, authentisch und sehr informativ. Vielen Dank. ❤️

[@popthehistorymakers]

Dankeschön! Er ist auch sehr interessant und das hilft!

[@theshogunstein6475]

Walking Hour's changed my life!

[@theshogunstein6475]

Great interview, been a fan since 1989. See you guys in California in a few weeks.

[@dilwich]

Such a down to earth guy.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Totally nice guy!

[@graemerobinson7693]

Great insight and a great honest interview into the early years and artistic struggle against the man.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Yes, he’s a really honest and open interview partner!

[@DavidBrown-bs7gg]

Great interview, it's a shame you didn't discuss Justin's solo career (between 2007-2017) which I feel has some of his greatest works

[@popthehistorymakers]

I know. I just ran out of time, and the focus is the route to success…but maybe they’ll be another chance

[@anjamaciossek3723]

Totally agree with it. 💯

[@TmanUtube]

G'day from Australia. I seen Del Amitri on the 1st tour here for Waking Hours & was an absolute fan from the second I heard Kiss This Thing Goodbye. I then waited patiently for 32 years & so many albums & solos later to finally see them again down here earlier this year. Still as good now as they were then. I worked as a roadie in the mid to late 90s & found a lot of us meat head heavy metal listening bunch of crazies that were also big Del Amitri fans. Thank you for this interview, I'm still coming down from their Sydney show, I also turned my Dutch wife into a fan too.

[@popthehistorymakers]

I remember seeing on their website that they had planned Australian dates earlier this year. Did they not take place?

[@paulgoverd6739]

Saw the band in Glasgow last night Travelled up from Somerset , loved the show they are still the real deal , saw them at Glastonbury in 1990 and have been an fan since Thanks for the interview, a real treat I have subscribed ✅

[@popthehistorymakers]

I’ve been watching their live Instagram feed. Not the same as being there. Lucky you!

[@paulgoverd6739]

@@popthehistorymakers well worth the trip up It’s about the 10th time I’ve seen them The last one was in the Melkweg in Amsterdam , last year . They really do put on a great show !!

[@PadmeP]

I've never seen them live, have been into them since Walking Hours. Wondering about travelling from Somerset to London to see them at Folk in the Park

[@paulgoverd6739]

@@PadmeP definitely worth it When is it ?

[@PadmeP]

saturday, worried they wont play in england again for ages @@paulgoverd6739

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Stephen King has said that Always The Last To Know is one of his favourite songs because it is so sad. That pay off/ twist at the end is so poignant and adds to the power of the song every time. The Waking Hours is a superb album which still holds up extremely well to this day. I bought it in the summer of 1989. The buzz around Nothing Ever Happens was quite something, and it really was unique. Lyrically, Del Amitri are up there with the best. Move Away Jimmy Blue is one of their best pieces of social observation. I saw them in Liverpool in 2002 when they opened with Always The Last To Know!

[@popthehistorymakers]

Just looked that up, thanks. Stephen King is a man of good taste!

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@popthehistorymakers Indeed! Just subscribed to the channel. Enjoyed the Justin Currie interview.

[@popthehistorymakers]

@@eightiesmusic1984 thx!

[@MrIrishscouse]

Wow! What a song to open a concert with! Del Amitri are underrated and absolutely brilliant.

[@popthehistorymakers]

@@MrIrishscouse weirdly I think they are in the UK, but Americans, the ones I’ve known are all big fans.

[@DanOConnell-g1o]

These guys could play real music together. 👍❤

[@zacknorton650]

Thanks so much for this... and for doing the interview Justin.. fantastic.

[@popthehistorymakers]

He’s a really charming guy to interview - as you can tell!

[@zacknorton650]

@@popthehistorymakers and the songs! consistently fantastic work. Just saw them a few nights ago and they embarrassed the other bands on the bill. Much respect and endless gratitude to Justin and the Dels for doing what they do and sharing it. And a really fun listen Thanks again.

[@salmonesque]

Great interview. Thanks very much. Justin's a real treasure ... thoughtful and measured answers. I love the guy.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Couldn’t have put it better, thx🎉

[@acoustically9201]

Great interview.....Roddy Frame now.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Yes yes yes

[@drutgat2]

Thanks very much for this thoughtful interview. Justin seems like such a nice guy, and he is an incredible song-writer and musician. I think Justin saying that it was "over" for Del Amitri after the poor commercial performance of the 'Can You Do Me Good' album skirts the issue of why the album did not sell. And of course the answer to that is that electronica was probably not what Del Amitri fans were looking for (and while I really admired Justin and Iain for putting out that album, it is not to my taste).

[@popthehistorymakers]

Well he’s also thoughtful! A radically different sound is always problematic!

[@drutgat2]

​@@popthehistorymakers Yes, he is very thoughtful. I would respectfully disagree with you about radically different sounds always being problematic - The Beatles (whom Justin refers to in this interview) - were continually innovating new sounds, and they had the ability to do that in such a way that the public accepted them most of the time (although 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was too far out for the public at that time).

[@adrianm976]

A fantastic interview, Steve. Thanks! Justin comes across as such a nice bloke and he's spot on about prog rock too!

[@popthehistorymakers]

Yes he is a really good guy. Totally relaxed and open

[@paulpatmac]

Loved this interview - been a fan of Del Amitri since Waking Hours. Justin is a brilliant song writer and their work is so relatable to. Have seen them 3 times - most recently in Belfast as Simple MInds support. (How wrong does that sound?) Always desrerve to be headlining their own shows. I'd love to be someone discovering Del Amitri for the first time today but still happy that I have been listening to them for the last few decades.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Justin was just a great guest. Thx

[@slumdogjay]

Met Justin quite a few times in pubs around Glasgow. He’s a friend of a couple of my friends. Lovely guy.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Don’t know him personally but just from the interview and you get that!

[@theshogunstein6475]

Fatal Mistakes and the b-sides CD that followed were fantastic. I wish they played more songs from the new record on the last tour. Mockingbird is brilliant

[@tonykehoe123]

Myself and my daughter met Justin at The Epstein theatre in Liverpool sometime ago . We both wish him well ❤️❤️

[@popthehistorymakers]

He’s a great guy!

[@rickharper3940]

the word is "melancholy"... there's solace in solitude

[@theshogunstein6475]

Around the same time Del Amitri was on A and M, there was another artist on A and M doing Americana roots rock named Michael Anderson, his two records with A and M were Sound Alarm and a self titled follow up. Not a lot of info out there about him or his time with A and M but might make a good episode.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Thanks for the tip!

[@jonmortimer5831]

What a fine fellow Justin is and a super interviewer this. I hope @popthehistorymakers considers asking the guy who came through the same time as Del Amitri but over on the Emerald Isle... Old Liam from Hothouse Flowers because he's an intriguing guy too and really always struck me as the Irish version of Del Amitri or Del Amitri were the Scottish version of Hothouse Flowers. Many many parallels... I dare say I've spelt that incorrectly.

[@popthehistorymakers]

Good idea and thanks for the compliment. I’ll try. Actually when I worked at MTV, hothouse flowers, if I remember correctly, played at one of their legendary parties. And afterwards there was a karaoke session where I grabbed the mic and managed to break one of my front teeth. So a lot to catch up on.

[@jonmortimer5831]

@@popthehistorymakers Ha - Brilliant! Can't not track him down with that up your sleeve!