Albatross (10:32)

‘Then Wobble started again and he’s playing a new bass line- dum-dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum (from “Albatross”). I looked at Richard like ‘just start playing.’ He knew it was OK to do anything ‘cause we had this talk. I said ‘if you do something and you think it’s out of time and I’m nodding, just keep doing it.’ That’s how we worked things out. He was nervous but he was up for it.

So Wobble’s doing his thing and Richard started at the right time. We got it off in one take. It happened as you hear it. As soon as Richard started playing, I just started making the noises I made and John just started singing ‘slow motion.’ That was it. I didn’t know John had those words, I made up that tune as I went along, Wobble made up what he did as he went along. We knew it sounded a bit weird but it was alright with everyone. By the end of it, you could tell we had enough of it, with the funny noises and John yelling in terminal boredom ‘only the lonely.’ We had a serious playback and we all looked at each other and I said ‘we’ve got this, haven’t we? Sounds like the Doors, doesn’t it? Let’s keep it.’ So we kept it on its own reel to give it space.’

Interview with Keith Levene, May 2001.