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Record Collector interview with Stuart Maconie on the power of Morrissey!
posted by davidt on Monday March 08 2004, @09:00AM

 Georgethetwentythird writes:

This month's issue of Record Collector magazine includes an interview with Stuart Maconie, ex NME journalist and now DJ for the BBC. When asked for his favourite interviewee, he replied:

"Morrissey is a dream. Some people say that he rehearses his interviews - I don't think he does. I've asked him the most absurd things and he's still come out with the best answers. He certainly thinks about them. He makes an effort, and that's not a bad thing.

"Morrissey got to a point, when I was interviewing him for the NME, where even he must have realised that an equal part of his stardom was him as an interviewee. We used to discuss the phenomenon, towards the mid-90s, that if we put Morrissey on the front of the paper, we'd sell 120,000 copies - more than his singles sold! So there were people who wanted to read his interviews, but weren't bothered about his records. He'd grown up reading interviews, and he knew that when the day came he would be a good interviewee."

I think it raises a couple of valid points. Does he rehearse his interviews? (The recent "Boots in Croydon" quip sounded like he'd had it stored up ready to me!)

And secondly - is Morrissey the most famous (and certainly the most iconic) pop star that most people have never actually heard?? (I think my own version must be The Grateful Dead - a legendary band that I've never managed to hear!)

 
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    i often quote croydon (Score:0)
    cos i live there
    i am sad
    mr martin
    x
    Anonymous -- Monday March 08 2004, @11:00AM (#89590)
      Boots In Croydon (Score:1)
      Wasn't that an email interview? If so, how can one know whether or not it was indeed a quick-witted response? How do we know he didn't actually think up his reply while dusting, or while driving aimlessly around L.A?
      haze <gallondrunk@hotmail.com> -- Monday March 08 2004, @12:00PM (#89602)
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       I don't want to die before I learn how to live...
        i have aslo nevar seen the GRATEFULDED!!! (Score:0)
        althogh i have seen the band RATBOY that a persen from the GRATEFULDED is in!!!!

        and i have eten TOMANDJEREY'S "CHEARYGARSIA" isecreme!!!!

        (pps i have onse smoaked "ACEID"!!!!!!)
        clueless_joe -- Monday March 08 2004, @03:22PM (#89632)
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          Wilde comments (Score:0)
          There is just a limited numbere of people at any given moment in the history of the world able to give sharp answers immediately, though this number constantlu increases. Still, it will always be helpful having studied the great British rhetoricians, like Oscar Wilde and other Victorian word crafters.
          Anonymous -- Monday March 08 2004, @03:57PM (#89634)
            Grateful Dead (Score:0)
            You've never heard the Grateful Dead, I wish I had your luck. Have you ever fallen asleep after putting your hand on a hot stovetop? It's roughly the same experience.
            Charles
            Anonymous -- Monday March 08 2004, @05:02PM (#89639)
            Ready with ready wit (Score:2, Interesting)
            I knew someone once who, when I asked him what he liked most about Morrissey, said, "I like how he doesn't have to think about what he's going to say". And, I thought that was interesting considering this person didn't even own a single Morrissey CD.
            hand in glove -- Monday March 08 2004, @08:00PM (#89652)
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             Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. - William Blake
            "I'm A Fan Of His Interviews" (Score:1)
            He sold more papers than albums?

            maybe people read what he had to say and decided against buying the album.

            I hope the Tokion sales are of no indication of the success of the new album.
            nonesoever -- Tuesday March 09 2004, @04:16AM (#89698)
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