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Post by mossy on Sept 7, 2017 16:24:04 GMT -5
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Post by ricardogce on Sept 7, 2017 17:13:59 GMT -5
Speaking of the Verve: I can no longer tell Simon Jones and Alan White apart.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 17:15:38 GMT -5
Someone copy/paste so I don't have to give NME a click
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Post by SheSaidHerNameWasDot on Sept 7, 2017 17:18:19 GMT -5
Speaking of the Verve: I can no longer tell Simon Jones and Alan White apart.
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Post by glider on Sept 7, 2017 17:50:25 GMT -5
Someone copy/paste so I don't have to give NME a click You spoke about competition between bands – Liam Gallagher actually sang on the record with you guys. What was he like to work with?
“It wasn’t like working with anybody really – he just turned up at the studio and the next thing we’re playing and he’s in a booth next to us singing. One of the things that is often forgotten about Oasis, particularly in those days, is that it was really in their blood. My other half is a tour manager and worked around them for years and years and said wherever they were they had a guitar in their hand – any time of day. I think that was one of the things, apart from going out and getting wrecked, that we were both on a similar trajectory for, in that we were dead serious about music. I can’t vouch for them in later days because our paths have obviously diverged. It’s weird to talk about it now but it was one of those situations that was like, ‘Oh! Nice! Liam’s singing on this’.” Do you think you could relate having gone through a similar heightened success point in the late 90s?“It was weird watching them because they were our support band. I picked their tape out of the three I was given to pick from. The thing I heard on that tape was an early version of ‘Columbia’ and I just thought it was amazing. It was the music initially. The Beatles thing didn’t really come in until much later on with Oasis. They were a mix of lots of different influences and you couldn’t really put your finger on any of them at this point. I used to go and watch their sound check every night and I remember the first night they were stood on stage looking at me like, ‘What the fuck are you doing at our sound check?’ I was familiar with the attitude because I think we were like that. We were on a defensive back foot all the time. “Later on they relaxed about that – once they knew that we were well disposed and we probably had a bad attitude for not mixing with bands. One of the things Richard instigated was mostly keeping separate from mingling with other people whereas my nature was to be a bit friendlier. They were one of the few bands that we allowed into the circle just because they were of similar backgrounds and the mindset was there. One of the things people loved about us was that we’d taken isolationism into a belligerent form of arrogance. And I think Richard is still guilty of that to this day to be honest. People don’t really know how to handle that because it’s generally not the way you conduct yourself in day-to-day life. I think there was a tacit understanding between the two bands and once we got over that front of hostility, we just got on with being friends.” Do you think they would ever reunite?“I think it’s a matter of time. They’d be stupid not to. I get the feeling sometimes that they’re just playing. It’s like mischief. They know that it is on the cards eventually and they’re having a bit of fun with it. But you know I’m wrong about most things.”
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Post by ricardogce on Sept 7, 2017 18:52:42 GMT -5
Speaking of the Verve: I can no longer tell Simon Jones and Alan White apart. I've no idea why on Earth I mentioned Simon when I meant Nick. I guess Whitey has aged the worst of the two.
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