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InterviewsBackAndrew Eldritch and the Material WorldNME, a British newsrag, which is uniformly horrible (in case you live inAmerica and don't know) printed this article amid all its Glastonbury hype (yawn). Its like a questionnaire, a sort of 'whats your favourite things' type thing rather than a complete interview or article. Typical of the sort of junior school ideas the NME comes up with.... Anyway - this week its the turn of uncle Eldy... ---- Material World ---- ---- Andrew Eldritch ---- WHERE ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE THE VIBES LIKE? Andrew Eldritch lives in heaven. His hobbies are talking to God and go-go dancing WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Breakfast WHAT WAS THE LAST VIDEO YOU RENTED? Total Recall WHAT WAS THE LAST GOOD BOOK YOU READ? Not Wanted On The Voyage - Timothy Findley FAVOURITE POLITICAL FIGURE Imelda Marcos WHAT TV SHOWS DO YOU TRY NOT TO MISS? Fruhstuckfernsehen (SAT1), because of Susanne Holst.(*1) Anything by Gerry Anderson (except Terrahawks), Crossfire (CNN), Married With Children (Fox), and all the ones I'm supposed to appear on. WHAT SPORTS ARE YOU GOOD AT? Fencing WHICH PUBLIC FIGURES DO YOU MOST DESPISE? Margaret Thatcher and Morrissey FAVOURITE CITIES Amsterdam, Hamburg, San Francisco FAVOURITE TV SHOWS OF YESTERYEAR The Prisoner, Batman(*2), Doctor Who, Star Trek, Sapphire and Steel, Match of the Day MOST EMBARRASSING RECORDS IN YOUR COLLECTION 808 State and the last Tanita Tikaram album (record company freebies) PUNCHLINE TO FAVE JOKE You can't wash your hands in a buffalo FAVOURITE JOURNEYS Anywhere with cherry trees Anywhere in an Indian taxi A slow boat from China NAME THREE GREAT SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIPS Paul & Barry Ryan Rodgers & Hammerstein Richard Butler and the Psychedelic Furs (*3) WORST LYRIC YOU'VE EVER HEARD Too difficult a decision. My favourite very bad lyrics would be 'Eisbar' by Grauzone, 'MacArthur Park', and anything in Norwegian FAVOURITE HISTORICAL CHARACTERS Hereward The Wake and Alistair Sim(*4) WHO'S OVERRATED? Anyone that writes for the NME, anyone that's in it WHO'S UNDERRATED? Klaus Kinski, Nicholas Cage and The Dutch(*5) WHO SHOULD REPLACE BILL WYMAN IN THE ROLLING STONES? Tony James FAVOURITE PUNK ROCK RECORDS Pere Ubu: 'Datapanik In The Year Zero' The Stooges: 'Funhouse' Motorhead: 'Louie Louie' (*6) WHAT SCARES YOU? The prospect of imminent physical distress WHAT BORES YOU? Conversation CAN YOU QUOTE A LINE OF POETRY? More than you can shake a stick at FAVOURITE ABBA RECORD 'Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)' WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETIRE TO? No intention of retiring, thank you very much NAME A SONG THAT CAN MAKE YOU CRY 'Jerusalem', in certain circumstances WHEN WERE YOU LAST DRUNK? Last Thursday WHAT WAS THE LAST DREAM YOU CAN REMEMBER? Martin Luther King's. Shame no-one else remembers it THREE FAVOURITE GOTH RECORDS Fleetwood Mac: 'Golddust Woman' Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra: 'Some Velvet Morning' Scott Walker: 'My Death' THREE RECORDS GUARENTEED TO MAKE YOU DANCE Gary Glitter: 'Rock 'n' Roll Part II' Deep Purple: 'Hush' Gary Glitter: 'Didn't know I Loved You, Til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll' WHAT CAN YOU COOK? Anything that doesn't require an oven MOST IRRITATING ADVERTS ON TV CNN's trailers for CNN WHERE DO YOU GO TO CHILL OUT? Sorry, hep-dude posse-person, I don't chill out: I relax. If I can't go home, I try to find some water to look at, or a cat to play with WHAT WAS THE LAST GREAT RECORD YOU HEARD? Pearl Jam: 'Ten' MOTTO Same as everybody else's: "Never eat anything bigger than your head" Well, there you go. Told you the NME was crap. However, call me a train-spotter, but I tend to think that practically EVERYTHING Eldritch writes or says is important, so I thought I'd type it in. NOTES: *1 German list people> who is Susanne Holst? *2 In an interview in 1990, Eldritch said he wouldn't see the film Batman for a while because a/it was too hyped, and b/because he loved the original so much *3 Same interview of 1990 (Melody Maker, Jan) Eldritch said that he felt Richard Butler was the only person in his field lyrically, "when he's bothering to be in the same field at all" *4 British comedy actor espec. popular in the 50s - well known parts include being in drag to be headmistress of St. Trinians!!!! *5 Eldritch nominated Kinski as his favourite actor in that 1990 interview, coz Kinski had such an immense opinion of himself, yet, almost as if he thought that he was too good for anyone to appreciate, did a whole load of awful parts. Never seen him meself, but apparently Nosferatu is good... The Dutch: if this is not a band, and refers to the people, it could be a ref to the Danish vote against European unity - Eldritch's reservations on that, with particular ref to the Germans and the French, are manifest, and who can blame him (grin). *6 One of Eldritch's fave records when asked to select them on a Radio One prog in 1988 |
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