Lift Your Soul With A Good Bowl of Chili
how you doing? have you looked out the window? it is pouring down with rain,and people in l.a. just don't know how to drive. it's carnage out there. i need someone who can help meget to work. well, i'm actually in yourgarage now. oh, you're a star. you're a lifesaver.
i'll see you in two minutes. thanks, mate. oh! >> morning. >> james: hey, man. >> how are you? >> james: i'm good. thank you so much for this. >> you're welcome.
>> james: how are you doing? >> i'm all right. nice day. >> james: it's horrible. it is horrible. can we listen to some music? i'm not sure what's on theradio. let's find out. ♪ who would have thought?
who would have thought? ♪ it's a little bit funnythis feeling inside ♪ i'm not one of those who caneasily hide. ♪ my gift is my songand this one's for you. ♪>> james: oh, this is so much fun! dismoat you can tell everybodythis is your song ♪ it may be quite simple butnow that it's done ♪ i hope you don't mindi hope you don't mind
♪ that i put down into wordshow wonderful life is while you're in the world ♪>> james: i mean, when you write a song like that, do youjust know the second it's finished, that's a hit record? >> when i wrote that it was in1970. and my parents had an apartmentin north london. benny came to me with the lyricand i took it into the living room eye read it through andwent, "god, this is amazing" for an 18-year-old to write thislyric.
and i played it to him, and wheni finished playing i think we both realized this was a hugestep forward in our songwriting. ♪ if you think this hope willever win ♪ look at me i'm coming backagain ♪ i got a taste of love in asimple way. way♪ don't you know i'm still standing better than i ever did♪ i'm looking like a true survivorfeeling like a little kid ♪ i'm still standingafter this time
♪ picking up the pieces of mylife without you on my mind ♪ i'm still standingyeah, yeah, yeah ♪ i'm still standingyeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> james: i never knew youwere such a dancer. >> arlene said i was the worstdancer she ever worked with. >> james: no! is that why you used to go soflamboyant in your dress? >> yes. >> james: because there were--you have had some amazing looks
over the years. >> well, you know, i was never alead vocalist, not like jagger or bowie. i always played the piano. and i wasn't, you know, a sexsymbol. so i had fun with my outfits. and i just went for it♪ i remember when rock was young me and susie had so much fun♪ holding hands and skimming stones♪ had an old gold chevy and a
place of my own♪ but the biggest kick i ever got♪ was doing a thing called the crocodile rock♪ while the other kids were rockin'' 'round the clock♪ we were hopping and bobbing to the crocodile rockrock ♪ laaaa! la-la-la♪ la-la-la ♪ oh, yeah la-la-la♪>> james: so much of your life-- and i think it has beenabout sort of excess in that--
>> , of course,. >> james: even when you goshopping-- >> i've never been able to haveone of everything. >> james: don't you buy fourcopyes of every record? >> i buy-- yes-- i buy usuallyfour copies, one for the house here, one for the house infrance, one for the house in england, and one for the placein atlanta. >> james: you know you canjust have an iphone. >> i don't have a phone.
>> james:>> james: how have you not got a phone? >> james: what do you do? >> there's somebody around me. there's usually a securityperson way phone. i do have an ipad. >> james: so right now, icould legitimately kidnap you and you wouldn't be able to callanyone. >> i've been wanting you to dothat
♪ looking backshe just laughs ♪ the boulevard is not that badhold me closer tiny dancer ♪ you have the headlights on thehighway ♪ lay me downi had a busy day today ♪ >> james: let's face it, youhave had some tantrums in your time. >> james: because there are somany stories and you never know which are true. which is the one you look backon and go, "okay, that was a
tantrum." >> i had been up for a coupledays at the inn on the park in park lane in london, and i wasstill up at 11:00 in the office, and i called the office, and isaid, "robert, it's far too windy here, can you do somethingabout it ??? and i could imagine him putting his happened overthe receiver, "he's finally lost it. it's too windy. can you do something about it."
it wasn't a tantrum but asreality goes it's pretty far off the chart glz but is itdifficult now that you're a father if they throw a tantrum? >> i love it. i haven't had one second inzachary or alija's life where i felt they got on my nerves. i can't believe i'm in the cartelling you this because if 10 years ago you told me i'd betelling you this i would say you were crazy.
i thought i was too old to be adad. and now i'm not too old to be adad. you're not too old to doanything. they have changed my lifecomplete complooetly ♪ don't let the sun go down onme ♪ although i searched myselfit's always someone else i see ♪ i just allow a fragment ofyour life ♪ to wander freeto wander free ♪ losing everythingis like the sun going down on me
♪>> james: mr. elton john! >> mr. george michael. mr. james corden. my future husband! yeah! ♪ oh, don't let the sungo down on me ♪ oh, noalthough i search myself it's always someone else i see♪ i just allow a fragment of your life♪ to wander free
wander free baby♪ but losing everything is like the sun going downon me ♪ ( cheers and applause ). >> james: oh, my god. i mean, if i could tell my12-year-old self i would be doing this in my life, his headwould explode. thank you so much for helping meget to work. i truly appreciate it.
