![]() And that was the last time I spoke to him (before he died in 2016). We had a cordial conversation, but I couldn’t do the work. And he had another idea, I can’t remember what it was. So I didn’t talk to him for about a dozen years and then he called me in 2003 about doing (London’s annual) Meltdown (Festival that he was curating). We commented and traded thoughts up through ‘89 and then in the ‘90s, he went in another direction and I had my hands full doing what I was doing. So it probably just popped out here in ways that I really wasn’t aware of at the time.ĭid you and Bowie talk about your mutual new work as it was released over the years? So a lot of that seeped in and it’s been there ever since. Life tends to go in seven year cycles and there was a seven-year cycle there where he and I were really batting the ball. Because basically, my encounters with David were from the years ‘71-’77. I looked at the comments when the things come out on YouTube and I was surprised. Your voice reminds me a bit of David Bowie on some of these new tracks. You can always just play the first five and press repeat. And if you’re somebody who doesn’t want Iggy Pop whispering in your ear at two in the morning in your bedroom about complex subjects, then I understand that. And then, on the second half, I wanted to talk to you, in your bedroom, at two in the morning. I wanted to sing, in what they used to call a bell canto style. And what I really worked on those was trying to enunciate the songs really well and bring across the feeling of the lyric, that was what I thought my big job was. They’re strange song form, some of them dark, but it’s more normal than the last half. Those five songs (after Free) are more reassuring, they’re song form. How would you describe the sound following that? The first (title) track warns you: ‘Beware you’re entering a possible poetry song here!’ (Laughs) If it’s too arty, run away! It was such a release for me playing with good jazz players and also doing stuff that was more experimental and, especially on the spoken word, I could get things across that you can’t get across on verse-chorus. Yeah, I was listening to newer stuff and I was also listening to strange stuff.Īnd the new material just followed? I started doing this stuff as sort of a vacation from all the work-a-day things I do. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt She wants to be your James Bond She might stand in your way, but still she'll save the day She wants to be your James Bond (James Bond) She wants to be your James Bond She wants to be your James Bond She'll become a double agent if you try her patience So let her be your James Bond (James Bond) Let her be your James Bond Just let her be your.
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