Tuesday June 8, 2021 “Roll to Me” Del Amitri
You know I have a fascination about band names and Del Amitri's founding member and main songwriter, Justin Currie, explained in 2010 that the band's name "was invented to be meaningless – basically a corruption of the Greek name 'Dimitri'. Another perfectly sound reason for a band name.
Apparently a man with a dark sense of humor, or maybe someone just sick of insipid interview questions, when Justin Currie was questioned about the meaning of “Roll to Me” in an interview he replied “it’s about a girl in a wheelchair”. That was pretty much the end of that interview.
And you may never think of this song the same way again.
Another Scottish band much like Texas from last week, Del Amitri have had remarkable success in the UK and Europe but limited opportunities in the US, “Roll to Me” was their top charting US song reaching the top ten. Five Del Amitri albums have reached the Top 10 in the UK and globally they have sold six million albums.
Stay safe and well...and enjoy two minutes of pop fun.