Musicians that you find most fascinating to watch being interviewed.
I really didn't want to use the word fascinating then...trust me. I really really didn't.
Anyway, Morrissey. Could watch his interviews 24/7. Mark E Smith, as well.
Probably Bowie. For comedy value.
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two recent interviews that have captivated me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauQOt9eWpg - this one with Innervisions boss and "DJ's DJ" Dixon. shite camerawork though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5USZQ97l9s - Theo Parrish with some of the wisest words I've ever heard, musician or otherwise. this man is frighteningly intelligent
the stuff at 12m to the end about being independent is really worth a watch especially
whatever your music taste. seriously.
Cheers, will check this out a bit later!
That Theo Parrish
Interview is definitely one of my favorites. So much so, I even made a tune of my own which samples his wise words. I doubt Theo himself would think much of my attempts but ...y'know https://soundcloud.com/t_a_m/small-things-moving-in-tandem
That Theo video is totally amazing
And I thank you profusely for posting (I don't even know much of his work, he's just such a superb orator/personality/guy)
Lemmy :D
oh and Gaahl, obviously
Fenriz </thread>
Deal with http://youtu.be/Bh2-MeMuDuI
(bear with it past the german intro of course)
ahahaha
ahahahahahaha
:D
They stop giving me information
The Gallagher brothers
Always comedy gold.
Lou Reed
Total trainwrecks...see this interview from Sydney airport in 1974, which apparently features the least-cool people in Australia attempting to interview a pissed-off Lou: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeMIWCxHgQk
wow they are a bit hostile
Andy Falkous is the obvious one that springs to mind
as for Morrissey never actually seen an interview with him other than one he did with Jonathan Ross and he just came across as a right dick, anyway am I missing something here with him?
no
he is a right dick
He was being facetious, but it was a better quality of facetiousness to Jonathon Ross's.
Theres a Morrisey interview with Zane Lowe
from a few years ago which is really good and Morrisey seems genuinely relaxed and at ease. Which is weird. I enjoy watching Morrisey interviews and don't really care if he is a dick or not.
i do love watching musicians being interviewed
and it can be absolutely facinating. Myself i am intrested in john lennon and he is interesting because he is always very direct. He will listen to a question and answer it exactly and honestly and that is always fascinating for me.
DANNY BROWN
i find it fascinating to watch Nardwuar interview anyone
he sticks to too many rappers nowadays who seem a surprisingly safe bet of generally being stoned and jovially appreciative of how much he knows about them/gifts he gives etc, but the range of hostility, friendliness, appreciation, anger, confusion and so on that a lot of his older interviews exposed is great.
particularly watching him being bullied by Blur, nonchalantly interacted with by Nirvana, sneered at by Henry Rollins, started on by some punk band (the transplants?) and getting on the really positive side of the Mars Volta.
Beyond that I used to like watching Vampire Weekend interviews because the singer is really intelligent and articulate.
his interview with N.E.R.D is the best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RKbSi87J5Q
yeah, I love that one
he works for Pharell's 'i am OTHER' channel now which is cool.
The one where Tom Waits is on heroin.
That's the coolest.
Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYMveMitPVM
is it the coolest?
The Deal sisters are pretty energetic.
And...like...I guess...J Mascis... Pretty interesting seeing...someone...being the imbodiment...of, y'know...laziness or something...
J Mascis
Personally I actually hate seeing Mark E Smith or Morrissey being interviewed, especially recently.
They both come across as massive, massive, massive twats and not in a compellingly twattish way but more of a irredeemably twattish twat kind of way.
I'm struggling a bit to think which musicians I do like seeing interviewed - pretty much all the ones I can immediately think of are either dull or become less likeable and/or lose some mystique when you see them talk. That said, even though I'd never willingly listen to his music, I do quite like Noel Gallagher as an interviewee - his account of the Oasis split was an excellent piece of storytelling. It's a shame it never really translates to his songs...
I know there are loads of others but really can't think of them at the moment...
But their twattishness is a big part of why I like watching their interviews.
I like how Morrissey takes it for granted that whoever's interviewing him, can't stand him. And sometimes he even comes across as pleasantly surprised when his interviewee seems to genuinely like him. I think he's basically massively paranoid :)
I guess my issue with Morrissey is that I don't really buy into it anymore.
I mean it might be he's a 50-something manchild with intense psychological issues but I'm more inclined to believe he's a much more cynical operator who realised in the 1980s the shy, paranoid, unsocial, asexual misfit thing worked for him and has been playing the character even though he's long since outgrown it in reality... And, from some of his comments in interviews, quite possibly a genuinely nasty vindictive piece of work to boot.
Zappa's normally pretty great - was a pretty articulate guy with lots of interesting and funny things to say
Beefheart was pretty mental sometimes (although I suppose they are mainly written interviews)
the Butthole Surfers' interviews I've seen have been hilarious as well
oh and Das Racist interviews were always great
(RIP)
this one's pretty great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f5KrL_jV4I
the zappa one where he's trying to discuss censorship with those politicians
and they just lay into him
also Butthole Surfers interview in bed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEuKiqnnOPM
Tom Waits
..
That Theo Parrish Interview is by far one of my favourites. So much so, I actually made a tune of my own which samples it.
James Murphy
This is one that I always come back to, fear of failure summed up so well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCz06bS380&feature=related
fucking hell I love him so much
Henry Rollins
John Maus
fascinating guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMfKacI9AY
wow this guy's a dude
was always suspicious of him, and Ariel Pink as well but he's not a bullshitter after all.
I know what you mean about Ariel Pink.
I think I put to much personal faith in him being a 'genius' after Before Today came out. I'd never really heard any of his music prior to that, so started going through his back catalogue and decided that he was actually a 'genius'.
After hearing his latest album and seeing videos/interviews I can happily declare (to myself) that he is no genius. Just a multi instrumentalist that has a knack for writing catchy grooves.
Anyone can spit the first thing that comes into their mind onto a piece of paper.
It sort of annoys me that John Mauss and Ariel Pink are always compared to each other. John Mauss' music has much more to it.
the only musical genius is Stevie Wonder!
and maybe Arthur Russell
michael gira
Anyone who was part of something that shaped music for a generation
especially the guys that were instrumental in the punk scene.
> John Lydon: sometimes a twat, but can be remarkably candid and lucid when he isn't publicising something
> Any of the remaining Ramones
> Howard Devoto: really interesting
> Debbie Harry: talks about being at CBGBs when it was THE place to be
All of the above, as long as they are clean/dry
I think my favourite ever John Lydon thing will be when Sorry Skateboards
asked him to do the running commentary on one of their skate videos. Whereupon he spent the whole video saying exactly what he thought of skateboarders, and when introducing a new skaters section, he'd say stuff along the lines of: Here's another completely brainless moron that thinks it's fun to slide along on a plank of wood with wheels on it.
J Mascis
it's an artform.
Kanye West
Love him or hate him, he does a good job of explaining where his head is at in this interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBVwfonbbQM
Found an interesting Jay Z interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4JuZ4m8Lbg
The mini interview at the start is pretty cringe-worthy, but after that it's good. Never heard him talk about his dad in such detail.