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Sound Off Interview
I've got to give my man (if CAH will let me borrow him) credit. With very little prompting, he can work all of his speeches into a single interview, with rapid fire speed. All the host was saying was things like, "you're great, talk to me about that" and Lindsey would start rattling off compartmental-survival mode-Warner Bros. execs listening to Tusk for the first time phrases out of nowhere, making sure not to leave any out.
The things that stood out for me were: 1. When asked to talk about Fritz, he said that he played bass. Stevie wasn't really a lead singer so much in the band, just a vocalist. The keyboardist wrote all of the songs. Then he said that he and Stevie were not romantically involved at the time. They were just friends. Well . . . that's nice, but no one had even asked him! 2. When he inherited the money and bought music equipment with it, he said although it wasn't a large amount it also put him and Stevie in a position to not have to work, "for awhile." So, the way he said "for a while" with emphasis made it clear that the money didn't last them forever, but if you listen to Stevie, you'd think they never had any income at all except what she earned with her little hands. He brought money to the table when they started and at the end when he went on tour. 3. Instead of saying the "package deal" thing, he says that he told the band that they would have to take "my girlfriend" then he sort of cocked his head to the camera and smiled. The interviewer said that turned out to be a good idea and he agreed. 4. The interviewer said that Rhiannon was the first big hit off of the White album. I wouldn't necessarily agree. Lindsey didn't deny it. Hey, that stuff can be like a circus wheel. It changes all of the time. Sometimes, I can't help but feel that I'm wasting all of my time. 5. The interviewer said he loved Go Insane. Lindsey replied, "I do too." The interviewer indicated that GI was about his seven year relationship with CAH. Lindsey actually turned it around and made it sound like GI was about Stevie. Said breaking up with her, not getting away from her, compartmentalizing, walling up, having to produce her music which only helped her get farther away . . . He said GI was about all of that. I don't necessarily buy that. Like CAH, I do think most of it is about her, but I think it's interesting that Lindsey would spin it now. 6. Says he doesn't know if Gift of Screws was going to be the name of his solo album. He said that was a title, but some people didn't like it. 7. Interviewer asked if he started playing on a toy guitar and he said that he did, but after a year his parents bought him a three chord guitar. He listened to his parents music, because that was all they had in the house: adult music. But when his brother brought home Elvis, Patty Page went out the window. Said that they had a normal, Donna Reed household on the outside, then he'd go into his brother's room, play rock and that was what was going on behind closed doors, "under the skin." The interviewer asked a lot of questions based on things he'd already read about Lindsey and just asked Lindsey to talk about that, rather than asking anything new. He'd tell Lindsey things about himself like, "You're a big fan of Laurie Anderson." And Lindsey would just nod sagely. If the guy had said, "You're a God!" Lindsey would have nodded and said, "hmm hmmm." Michele |
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It came on right before the HDnet concert tonight. I don't know when the interview was taped. It might have been done in January at the time of the concert. I'm unsure.
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Great run-down of the interview. I laughed everytime he said: "left palette." haha
I'm especially glad you caught the "under the skin" line AND most significantly, the way he spun that question about CAH/Go Insane. When the question was asked: I gasped. . . I couldn't wait to see what he'd say; given the release of the book (I assume the interview was recent). And then it was all about Stevie. I literally felt like I had missed something in my shock over the question even being asked. That was INTENSE. The other interesting aspect of the interview was the way the interviewer kinda skoffed at "Say You Will" (the title of which I don't think was ever mentioned, by the way) and Lindsey defended the album as being what he wanted it to be as a group album (rather than the solo album) and his usual thing about being part of a band (left-palette, right-palette), but I was disappointed that he didn't say: that album is great and everyone should buy it. |
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Lindsey gave Keith some nice props. I also like it when he corrected the interviewer as to where Rumours was recorded. He said that they went to the "exotic" Sausalito for that and added that their minds were probably exotic around that time as well. Michele Last edited by michelej1; 10-15-2007 at 03:59 PM.. |
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I never thought Go Insane was about CAH. I felt he was talking about Stevie when the song was brand new and I would listen to it all the time. At the end of the song he sings(repeats) several times, "phony musician."
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The interviewer was telling him that he's a great lyricist (well, thanks for noticing!) and said that his words were simplistic, but meaningful and he recited, "two kinds of people in this world, winners, losers . . . two kinds of trouble in this world. . ." A non-rote thing that Lindsey said was that his lyrics were not romantic because he doesn't think his approach to life is particularly romantic. Actually though, I would disagree with him. I think some of his lyrics are romantic, have the idealism of romance. Even the way he interprets a song like Peacekeeper (which is not the way I hear the song) is romantic, in the sense that if you work together and persevere through adversity, you will prevail in life and in love. Michele |
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I'm sorry but I never hear him say "phony musician" at the end of that song(or in any part). I think you might be referring to the end of the song when he layers three vocals to the fade out. I believe he is only saying, "Go, Go" in the highest voice, "Go-ing Insane" next, and the lowest voice says"Go Insane" for the third vocal layer. I think it's funny how everyone hears something different in this when that's all there is to it. Someone should ask him a question about the lyrics at the end of the song. I"m sure he'd agree with what I stated. Sending the question on...
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It also reminds me of his cover of Love Minus Zero/No Limit. I adore the speech he gave right before he performed it has AHI 2001, because I 100% agree. It's a song where the romance isn't laid on thickly, but if you look at the words, it's one of the most romantic songs ever. Seeing how he probably worked on GI mostly throughout 1983, it's too early for it to have anything to do with Cheri. She didn't come into the picture until late 1984, after the release of the album. |
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~~Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got.~~ Janis Joplin Last edited by golddustwoman77; 10-16-2007 at 10:42 AM.. |
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Would everyone go and listen to the end of the song in head phones please. He never sings about a phony anything. If you hear this, please tell us the exact time in the song in which he does so. I've already sent this question on to Lindsey but I hope for the sake of other better questions he skips it cause to me there's no controversy over what he's saying.
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