Great Scott Walker article

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http://www.mbdiscs.com/Scott-Walker-The-Fugitive-Kind-By-Joe-Jackson

Long and informative. From internal evidence, it seems to have been commissioned for 5 Easy Pieces then dropped for some reason. He interviews Scott, Scott says lots of interesting things about Climate, Tilt, Dylan, etc.

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 10:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Absolutely superb piece. Presumably this is the Joe Jackson?

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:31 (twenty-one years ago)

It mght be, but I think it probably isn't. There's an Irish music journalist of the same name.

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

One minor correction; the sax solo on "Fat Mama Kick" isn't played by Chris Mercer, but by Alan Skidmore (recorded the same day as his solo on Kate Bush's "The Saxophone Song," Britjazz-improv pay-the-rent session gig fans!).

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Worth it for this quote alone:

“If you listen to Michael Stipes lyrics I am lucidity itself!"

Jackson reaches a little trying to find an underlying homosexual motif that he fails to capture, in my opinion, as I'd always thought of Scott's failed romanticism as being essentially androgynous.

But a very nice piece indeed, thanks for the link.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Excellent stuff, many thanks.

― Soukesian, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

That's one mother of a piece. Great stuff indeed, I can only echo the thanks.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

what i thought of when i saw this thread title:

http://www.bobzemeckis.com/regresoalfuturo/galeria/bttf07.jpg

great piece though

― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

If only Mr. Jackson would learn how to spell Godard's name correctly.

― Morgan Q, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 11:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"consuming all women like a giant sperm"

Shit, I always heard that as "consuming all women like a giant sponge" and thought it was the worst lyric he ever wrote. But no, it's fantastic. These things make me happy.

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

His lyrics are often cringingly awful, yet in a way that's somehow quite good - bit like Jim Morrison in that regard. Article was too pompous for my liking but interesting certainly.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree, but reading the article, I realise that I don't actually listen to the lyrics anywhere near as deeply as say when I'm listening to Cohen, because of THAT VOICE.

Also, does anyone else find it difficult to imagine him swearing like he does in that interview?

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

There's far too much made of Scott's supposedly indeterminate sexuality - this seems like somewhat of a personal obsession of the writer, I've always thought of Scott Walker been actually quite blokey.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

There's an undeniable camp element to his 60s solo albums.

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Very interesting article, thanks for bringing this to our attention Jonathan.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

xxpost - i dont think theres a whole lot of camp to scott 4. i mean, i love the somewhat camp stuff, too. but scott 4 seems pretty earnest to me.

my favorite part of the article is DEFINTELY jackson's description of scott 4 as a redemptive/introspective album. whether or not he got at what SW meant to create is sort of irrelevant to me. theres this palpable sense of regrouping and maybe even hope? maybe im a fag for positivity, but that album just makes me feel great, and jackson captured exactly the way i feel about it.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to live in Chiswick and can confirm that SW was a fairly common sight on the High Road, on his bike or in the pub (George IV IIRC) playing darts.

Once I saw him in the local MVE branch, buying a Pan Sonic CD. Michael Barrymore used to go in there quite a lot.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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