twilightmoms.com interviewed Rob’s best friend, Sam Bradley recently and discuss a few interesting things when Rob and him shared a flat together
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TM: That’s unusual [for a musician]. So, you wrote Never Think with Rob and then you guys went two different directions in recording it.

Sam: Didn’t we just?

TM: How did that happen and is there an original version?

Sam: I’d say that when we were writing it, it was probably closer to “Too Far Gone” but I think Rob could play it differently every time. He’s obviously a very talented musician.

TM: Very, although I like your version a lot, too.

Sam: Thank you. Yeah, it’s different. It’s really cool. I’m really proud of my version and I’m proud of his version. I think it’s a really nice, interesting thing to have such a simple and pure song to sound so different, and have almost two different meanings just in the feeling of the song and the way it was recorded. I’m going to record “Too Far Gone” again because the version I have is a demo. So, I’m going to record that again and I’m excited to see how that turns out.

TM: As a song writer working with someone who changes the style a little each, does that inspire you or make you say, “Wait a minute! We were doing it this way”.

Sam: It inspires me. I can follow just fine. It’s a deeper connection. It’s never a shock so…(laughs)

TM: So you can roll with it. That’s good. (laughs)

TM: So, how did you meet Rob?

Sam: I was working at the zoo and I was taking care of the chinchillas, obviously,. That was my division. And Rob was looking after the zebras. That’s it right? You say zebras [strong e] not zebras [soft e]? He was looking after the zebras and there was a lot of feces involved… a lot of scooping, and we were both on our break which is very rare…very rare (smiling) that we get a break at the same time but we met and we talked. I talked about my chinchillas and he talked about his zebras. You know, I wanted to transfer. I’ve always liked rhinoceros and all of the sudden a giraffe with a guitar in its mouth dropped it in my arms and then Simba, the lion, came over and gave Rob a harmonica and a guitar and all of the sudden, bam! Song. Yeah, and I think we were…how old were we? We were working so I guess we were 54 at the time?

I met him at school (laughs)

TM: How old were you when you met him?

Sam: 12

(both laugh)

TM: That was a good story! I loved it!

Sam: I like that one. I’m going to keep that one. (laughs)

TM: I understand you were flat mates. What was it like being roomies?

Sam: Well, we were in a zoo (laughs). It was cool, ya know. We were friends. I should imagine it would be like being a flat mate with … Did you ever have a flat mate?

TM: Yes, once.

Sam: How was that for you?

TM: I’m a little too Type A so it didn’t work well. (laughs) I’m much better on my own.

Sam: It was a creative environment, is what we had…a creative environment with not much furniture and a TV with a Play station.

TM: It had all the important stuff

Sam: Yeah…I mean the TV with the Play station came later but it was cool. I think about that place everyday. It was a really, really cool place. It was right in the heart of London, as well so the world seemed like out oyster.

TM: Sounds like something from a Dickens story

Sam: (in a very high pitched voice) It was like a scene out of Dickens!

(both laugh)

TM: So what was it like to see Twilight for the first time and hear your music in it?

Sam: Ya know, I got to go with a couple of friends and so when the song came on my hand was squeezed pretty tightly and…I was proud. That was an odd thing seeing your friend nine thousands times bigger than he is in real life. Big face on the big screen sort of thing. It’s cool. I just felt happy to be part of it.

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