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    But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.

    Wrote | Songs | Mostly


    We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success.

    Success | Best | Six


    Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do.

    Dangerous | Ignore | Presence


    I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other.

    Movies | Loved | Saying


    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.

    Bass | Move | Drums


    So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs.

    Funny | Learn | Songs


    Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes.

    Song | Yes | Wrote


    In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.

    Ways


    I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.

    Track | Aware | Interested


    I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.

    Help | Chords | Melodies


    I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

    Musicians | Laugh


    I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.

    License | Fitted | Suppose


    I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.

    Role | Straight | Ways


    But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

    Silly | Song | Titles


    Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

    Shoulder | Parrot | Stuffed


    But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.

    Remember | Records | Nearly


    But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

    Far | Again | Musical


    But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.

    Bass | Musician | Somebody


    When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.

    Time | Rude | Television


    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?

    Good | Group | Saying


       

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