Fun Lovin' Criminals on "Jools Holland"

"Huey sits down at Jools's piano for a chat,to crys of 'Huey,Huey' - from the band!Earlier on they had asked the question,when did the first person walk in space due to a picture from the Afghan Whig's album.Jools asks Huey for the answer... "

Huey: Well I have few moments of clarity but I think it was 1968.

Jools: Well,there's a man over there who says it was 1969.

Huey: How big is?

Jools: Pretty big.But there is two us.

Huey: Yeah,and a piano.


Jools: So,where did the band start?

Huey: Playing in a little club in New York

Jools: What was it called?

Huey: The Limelight.

Jools: Why?

Huey: Well,basically we needed a place to live.You know,Fast had this little keyboard sampler and Steve had his classic rock C.D collection.

Jools: When did you start playing there?

Huey: Well a friend of ours asked us to play at a birthday and the manager had us come back after that.

Jools: What were you doing in the club before that?

Huey: Ummm,carrying ice.

Jools: And the rest of the band?

Huey: Fast answered the phone and Steve,well Steve just hung around.


Jools: Well,you just finished a hugely successful U.K tour and tomarrow you go on to do the rest of Europe.What kind of essentials do you take with you,that you can mention on t.v?

Huey: Well,I take my toothbrush.We also take a portable ping-pong table.

Jools: That's pretty big.

Huey: Yeah I know,talk about over-sized luggage.


Louis: Now you're gonna play Up On The Hill for us in a few minutes,tell us a little about it.

Huey: I'm a Portarican kid from downtown New York you see,so life was pretty different for me.So it's basically just my interpretation of Budhisim.


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