Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story | Episode 4 - Mo Money, Mo Problems

You won't have to try because you are the universe.

Yeah.

There are upsides to being a so-called pop star.

God, so many.

Traveling the world.

I mean, so countries are amazing.

Italy is an amazing place.

You know, there's so many amazing memories.

The best thing I ever did was buy my dad, and he's still got it to this day, a Bang & Olufsen stereo.

Oh, stereo.

And he's still got it.

You went to Harrods to buy that.

Went to Harrods to buy it.

As soon as, you know, record deal came, it was like, right, Mercedes, right, Costworth, one point nine, you know, all of these things.

Well, I tried to buy an aeroplane, but the man wouldn't let us in.

Skidoos going across lakes in frozen forest and swimming with dolphins in the Red Sea in Israel is like mind-blowing.

I did buy a speedboat, but I lost it.

I don't know what became of it.

No, the most extravagant thing I've ever bought was when Bananarama's Greatest Hits sold a million.

I went and bought myself a diamond and emerald bracelet.

[laughs]

All these other things that the record company would set up as a little play thing to do or whatever because you're off all day.

And you know, and I had five cars on the driveway at the same time.

I had the Costworth, the Porsche, the, the BM, the Bentley, the Ferrari.

You see a little boy walk across the driveway and he drops his ball and he looks at the cars and rubs his nose and he looks at his cars and he just walks off and you think, "I was that kid.

You won't have to try because you are the universe.

Yeah.

There are upsides to being a so-called pop star.

God, so many.

Traveling the world.

I mean, so countries are amazing.

Italy is an amazing place.

You know, there's so many amazing memories.

The best thing I ever did was buy my dad, and he's still got it to this day, a Bang & Olufsen stereo.

Oh, stereo.

And he's still got it.

You went to Harrods to buy that.

Went to Harrods to buy it.

As soon as, you know, record deal came, it was like, right, Mercedes, right, Costworth, one point nine, you know, all of these things.

Well, I tried to buy an aeroplane, but the man wouldn't let us in.

Skidoos going across lakes in frozen forest and swimming with dolphins in the Red Sea in Israel is like mind-blowing.

I did buy a speedboat, but I lost it.

I don't know what became of it.

No, the most extravagant thing I've ever bought was when Bananarama's Greatest Hits sold a million.

I went and bought myself a diamond and emerald bracelet.

[laughs]

All these other things that the record company would set up as a little play thing to do or whatever because you're off all day.

And you know, and I had five cars on the driveway at the same time.

I had the Costworth, the Porsche, the, the BM, the Bentley, the Ferrari.

You see a little boy walk across the driveway and he drops his ball and he looks at the cars and rubs his nose and he looks at his cars and he just walks off and you think, "I was that kid.