Stevie and John interview (1987)

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Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

John is least interviewed in part by design on his part....especially in the later years he really absented himself from either individual or group interviews.


Re Chris and John, it's a very British thing (esp the English) to NOT make a spectacle of yourself. (Mick is something of the exception here). Brits have that dry, sharp humor that pops the ego balloon of anyone who gets too full of themselves or starts to think they're the center of everything. It's considered rather unseemly to flaunt your ego or your success around. That's why I love watching some of the behind the scenes stuff, especially in the earlier years of the 5 where Chris will say something that initially sounds kind of neutral but if you know Brits she is in fact skewering them... It's fascinating to watch especially when it goes right over the Americans' heads, especially Stevie.

oh yes i totally get that. and I adore the dry, sharp humor of both McVies! I have an old interview somewhere where chris was saying how the Americans half the time couldn't tell when the Brits were serious or when they were joking with them... it must have been a constant state of thinking, 'wait... Are they f*cking with me?'

--Lis