From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-moderated-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #218 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-moderated-digest Tuesday, July 15 2003 Volume 02 : Number 218 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:47:21 -0600 From: "K. F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas-moderated interview http://www.rockol.it/Intervista.asp?idintervista=588 Another translation, this one from Italian. Ian McCulloch (little) the modest leader of Echo & the Bunnymen returns with a new solista disc, ' Slideling '... In 80 years ' Echo & The Bunnymen were one of the names of new tip of rock the English one. Indeed, of the "new psichedelia", as it used to write good part of the press. The charismatic leader and singer Ian McCulloch were famous also in order not to save themselves during the interviews: equiparava the discs of the group to the works of Michelangelo, declared of being only the true one sex-symbol of the English POP, observed that Bono tried to be athletic on the theater box but it was too much fat and mountain goat remembered it one. At a distance of vent' years, continuous McCulloch not to consider the modestia as a virtue but invites also not to take it too much seriously. Sbruffonate to part, has to the shoulders a often shining series of album and is successful to risollevare in recent years a career that risked a inglorioso oblivion. Remittances in track the Bunnymen, even if rimaneggiata version, the singer ripresenta now with a new solista album entitled "Slideling". What has a little reason when proclama its largeness? You have declared that the Bunnymen is still in full activity, but now have resumed your career from solista. The new album is from considering a species of vacation from the group or has intention to continue on both the foreheads? , it is not a vacation, it is only what I make. I alone do not consider my things like one career but like a way in order to express to me. E' something more staff regarding the Bunnymen, than to times is difficult to carry ahead? Indeed, to write the songs and to record them are easy, the hard part arrives when you must yourself be occupied of the promotion and be gone in tour. My songs alone are melodiche regarding those of the group and? be ', me piacciono. Your voice sound po' a more hard in "Slideling". E' a natural change or you have changed formulation? I have changed voice for this disc, I wanted that it was more? In effects, I have smoked much during the first week of recordings. Not task that is more hard, is only a po' veiled, but it is only because I have smoked a million cigarettes and I also have drunk a lot, therefore I have lost the voice. E' returned after a po ', even if was still fragile. But the sound appealed to to me. But you have smoked and drunk intentionally in order to make hoarse the voice? Not, not, it has been of all the accidental one but it has worked well. The first piece intito it "Love in veins". Al.di.l`.del reference to "Love in vain", about what speaks? (Canticchia the song) Speaks about my desire to make that that I make, love song is not one. It speaks to touch the fire of the inspiration, the desire that test in the life. Intito it therefore because the love and desire are in the my blood. In a generalized manner, the witnesses of this album seem to be more autobiographic of the usual. "Playgrounds and City parks" is the more obvious example. Yes, it speaks about Liverpool and when I was child. "Sliding" and "Seasons" speak about the past, but they watch also to the future. There are many references to my life. As I said to you, draft of more personal songs regarding that I write for the Bunnymen. E' a album from author more than a disc rock. On purpose of past, they are curious of knowing if six anchor in contact with Pete Wylie and Julian Cope. You have begun like Crucial Three, you are becomes to you famous in various groups and then you have taken directions distant. I see Pete every a lot because it is to Liverpool but I do not know what is making. And it does not interest what you make Julian me Cope, does not go me not to speak of. Various young musicians have expressed public their admiration for the Bunnymen and in your album there are members of the Coldplay like hosts. What of tasks? They are passes to you to several years from our debut and task that the young musicians are becoming account of the importance of the Bunnymen. The Coldplay is also of the friends. They said that ce we deserve it because we have made great things. Every a lot sbuca also some cover. The Pavement years ago had made one beautiful version of "The killing moon" Yes, it appealed to to me. Even if our version remains the best one. Also Courtney Love has made something, the Flaming Lips? Always beautiful E' when other musicians resume your things. Of usual they are recorded cover in sign of admiration. Anch' I have rifared songs of Leonard Cohen or Lou Reed. And I know that to Leonard it is piaciuto what I have made. The collaboration with the Coldplay is been born from the friendship or has thought next to they for reasons more closely musical? There are meets to you to Liverpool and Chris has asked to me for fargli listening to someone of my songs alone. While I played, one has joined and to the fine ones it has proposed to me to call it at the moment to enter in study to record. The collaboration has been an idea of Chris. E' be pretty from part its because I would not have dared to ask it. But it has made itself ahead and obviously I have accepted. You have always had the reputation of a rather sure one than himself and in passed it is capitato to shoot them to you large. Tasks of to have exaggerated some time? Yes, but fiction was not one in order attract attention. Not me of pento because they were talked nonsense to take with irony. And however creed indeed that we are one of the groups better than all the times. Tasks that for a rockstar are right to go over the lines? Sure! You must also make something, not? Wayne Hussey of the Mission supports the same thing and says that in years ' 80 there were many more able musicians than to decrease itself in the part of the rockstar regarding hour. True E'. You know, Wayne is a likeable type but now it is bare, therefore? (risata). To the age I have given the fashionable way to say them large during the interviews, but the truth is that to Liverpool all say things of the sort. If you play to soccer, you say of being the best one. The Hives is adopting one tactical similar. Me piacciono, they are good. But probably this year they will come replaced from other groups. They are good but they are not the Bunnymen. Six in one means position: a veteran of the scene but not six etichettabile anchor like "classic rock". Create you problems with the record world? Not, also because there is people like Chris of the Coldplay that says the world that we are large. In last the three weeks I have spoken with journalists of all the world. It seems that they are returning to be interested to me. Recently it is exited a box of old material of the several Bunnymen with unknown. There are plans for the old reprints of the album? The next year, after the escape of the new album, the Warner rimasterizzer` the first five album. There will be traces video, many unknown photos and things of the sort but task that not will be bonus tracks, not me piacciono. I prefer that the album remains com' was. It does not appeal to "Ziggy to me stardust" with pieces in more, continuous preferring it in its version originates them. Therefore we will limit ourselves to video, photo, storys on as we have recorded the album and the witnesses of the songs, than we have not never printed on our discs. Why you have not never made it? Me memory that often was difficult to understand the words that it sings to you. Us I do not succeed neanche. They have asked to me to write the witnesses and the songs are riascoltato me but in some points I did not understand the words. Indeed? Not, it is not true, me the memory. But some witnesses are rather dark. You were intentionally mysterious or there was also of the improvisation? A little both the things. He was intentional but there was also it wants to play with the words. Now the Bunnymen you and Will are essentially. Yes, always he has been therefore. Also in past? They said that Pete de Freitas was a crucial member for your sound. Pete was the better drummer of the world and Les was a great bassista but we were I and Will to write the songs and these was the main force of the group. Also now it works therefore. More ahead in the course of the year we will put ourselves to work to the next disc of the Bunnymen. You always write with the same methods? Of Will usual he has of the riff and I try to sing to us over. And also stavolta he will be therefore. After the escape of "Slideling" you will make a tour alone? I will play in England, America, in Brasi them, then in the rest of Europe. I will leave to june and task that I will continue in the course of the summer. In Great Britain and America I will have a group, but when I turn for Europe are alone acoustic guitars and flat, one more intimate what. Are previewed dates in Italy? Task just of yes. I do not know when neither where, but would have to be to june or July. To say the truth, the last time that I have seen to you in concert is remained a po' disappointed. It was to the V97 to Chelmsford? That one has been peggior the concert that I have made with Echo & The Bunnymen. I was completely outside of head. But now they are returned. When you will come to see to me of new, I assure to you that I will be incredible. (Paul Giovanazzi) (22 Apr 2003) ) All the straight ones reserve you. Rockol.com Joint-stock corporation. ====================================== The Official Seven-Seas Web Page. www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-moderated-digest V2 #218 ******************************************