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''At what point in your career did you yourself feel you'd achieved success? | ''At what point in your career did you yourself feel you'd achieved success? | ||
Hmmm, I don't think overall it's a question of success, I think it's so much individual successes, you know with each song, if you achieve what you set out to write in a song, then that's a success. I don't think that really qualifies in the way of how many records we sell. Obviously it's pleasing to get a record in the charts, you know 'cause that means it means something | Hmmm, I don't think overall it's a question of success, I think it's so much individual successes, you know with each song, if you achieve what you set out to write in a song, then that's a success. I don't think that really qualifies in the way of how many records we sell. Obviously it's pleasing to get a record in the charts, you know 'cause that means it means something to a lot of people, but equally, some of the records I think have been our best have been the ones that have been overlooked. | ||
''Like which ones? | ''Like which ones? | ||
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''What's your favorite? | ''What's your favorite? | ||
When I'm in different moods I like different ones, I really like ''Get Happy'' and ''Imperial Bedroom'' and I like the new one. ("Only Flame In Town") I like the new one | When I'm in different moods I like different ones, I really like ''Get Happy'' and ''Imperial Bedroom'' and I like the new one. ("Only Flame In Town") I like the new one a lot more than I like ''Punch the Clock'' at this stage, beyond the recording. Sometimes you start to have doubts about certain things about a record after you've made it, for instance I went off the album ''Trust'' quite alarmingly. Although now I recognize there's quite a lot of good stuff on it, at one point I couldn't bear to be in room with it. ''Armed Forces'' I can't bear to be in the room with it. And that's our biggest selling album and we don't play anything off it, so it's probably a little curious to some people 'cause they normally expect you just to play the most successful tune, but I really feel we do a better show by (performing) some songs we really like. | ||
''You obviously have to please yourself also on stage. | ''You obviously have to please yourself also on stage. | ||
It's not a question of that, it's a question of whether you can sing them convincingly, you know. That's why there are many other songs | It's not a question of that, it's a question of whether you can sing them convincingly, you know. That's why there are many other songs we don't do. | ||
''What do you hate most about being famous? | ''What do you hate most about being famous? | ||
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''Did you enjoy producing them? | ''Did you enjoy producing them? | ||
Oh, yea, I did, they're good friends of mine, good lads. But they had | Oh, yea, I did, they're good friends of mine, good lads. But they had a lot of confidence knocked out of them by circumstances. For a little while they were touted as being the "New Big Thing," which they perhaps really weren't up to, and before they had a chance to really gain their confidence they were already being told they were washed up before they'd ever done anything, which is very bad. My opinion is that their record company pushed them in too many different directions and had them working with too many different producers. They've now achieved success working with Colin Fairley who co-produced some tracks with me. I think there is something to be said for the original idea, they've perhaps made a tighter sound now, they've improved technically as well. Colin has a lot easier job, they've become a lot more confident again. | ||
''How | ''How involved are you in the making of your videos? | ||
Well obviously I have a veto on anything being too stupid. I know how to write songs and I know how to sing to a point, I know how to play certain instruments to a limited degree, I can arrange and I can produce up to a point so I can have a say in how the record sounds, I can express an informed opinion about what I think a track is doing, even if somebody else is producing the record. But with video, I don't know anything about | Well obviously I have a veto on anything being too stupid. I know how to write songs and I know how to sing to a point, I know how to play certain instruments to a limited degree, I can arrange and I can produce up to a point so I can have a say in how the record sounds, I can express an informed opinion about what I think a track is doing, even if somebody else is producing the record. But with video, I don't know anything about filmmaking, I only know roughly what I want to... I don't really think it's a very expressive medium, therefore it's a necessary evil as far as I'm concerned. You know, if you don't make a video then somebody else is gonna make one which takes its place and it's rather odd that you're absent from that slot, so we just try to make them as good as possible. I don't take them as seriously as some others seem to take them, you know, but at the same time I want to make them good. We've made two very contrasting videos for the new album, one which is very lighthearted which is the one being featured on TV at the moment and the other one which is a lot more emotional which I think is quite an achievement to actually get something which is quite emotional, not a sort of contrived emotional impact. Those people that have been touched by it have been so genuinely touched, it's not some sort of theatrical thing, it's genuine. You'll have to see it and judge for yourself. That I'm very pleased with, we've got a contrast. | ||
''So you don't really like doing the videos, you feel you | ''So you don't really like doing the videos, you feel you just have to? | ||
No, like working with the people, the last two directors I've worked with have been very talented. In the past we've worked with a variety of people, some of them were very good, some of them I didn't think did a very good job. Some of our earlier videos were really good. We did a good one last | No, I like working with the people, the last two directors I've worked with have been very talented. In the past we've worked with a variety of people, some of them were very good, some of them I didn't think did a very good job. Some of our earlier videos were really good. We did a good one last year which not many people saw, "Let Them All Talk" which was just good sort of aesthetically, it wasn't a very complicated idea. These last two I'm very pleased with, I like the one that's showing at the moment, I think it's funny and that's the main thing, the song is quite lighthearted. | ||
year which not many people saw, "Let Them All Talk" which was just | |||
Lighthearted as opposed to lightheaded. It's with a light heart rather than a heavy heart. That's not to say that it hasn't got a strong feeling behind it, but not everything must be intense and depressing. | |||
''How long are you going to be on tour for? | ''How long are you going to be on tour for? | ||
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Oh, yes, it is, yea. | Oh, yes, it is, yea. | ||
''You forgot? You're turning 30, congratulations! And | ''You forgot? You're turning 30, congratulations! And thanks! | ||
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{{tags}}[[Mouth Almighty]] {{-}} [[Get Happy!!]] {{-}} [[Imperial Bedroom]] {{-}} [[The Only Flame In Town]] {{-}} [[Punch The Clock]] {{-}} [[Trust]] {{-}} [[Armed Forces]] {{-}} [[The Bluebells]] {{-}} [[Colin Fairley]] {{-}} [[I Wanna Be Loved]] {{-}} [[Let Them All Talk]] {{-}} [[1984 US Tour]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[R.E.M.]] {{-}} [[Los Lobos]] {{-}} [[Phil Alvin|The Blasters]] {{-}} [[X (band)]] {{-}} [[Aztec Camera]] | |||
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<small>Photographer unknown.</small><br> | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/tropical_depression_3/mode/2up archive.org (July 1984 issue)] | *[https://archive.org/details/tropical_depression_3/mode/2up archive.org (July 1984 issue)] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tropical Depression 1984-12-00}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Tropical Depression 1984-12-00}} |
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