Ian McCulloch, 80ies-Depri-Ikone von Echo & The Bunnymen, ist für die Bunnymen-Musik überraschend witzig und scharfzüngig – nicht umsonst ist sein Spitzname in England ja auch “Mac the Mouth”. Was weniger überrascht: er ist ein Misanthrop vor dem Herrn. In der NME-Rubrik “Soundtrack Of My Life”, sozusagen deren My Favourite Records – Feature, teilt er mal a propos of nothing unter anderem gegen Miles Kane aus:
Auf die Frage…
….”the song that reminds you of being famous?”
“I give advice to many people, but they never take it. I advised Miles Kane to try writing a song. He’s a good kid and he looks really sharp, until you get to his head and then he looks like an ant.”
…”the song you want played at your funeral?”
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“How Great Thou Art – Elvis Presley.
I want my funeral to be dead sad. I’d make mourners more miserable with crap food – shit butties with cheese but no butter, like they do in Europe.”
…”the song you wish you’d written?”
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“The Winner takes it all – ABBA.
It’s incredible that Björn Ulvaeus wrote it, knowing what his missus Agnetha Fältskog was going through because of him, especially when he was the ugliest cunt in the world.”
…”the first song you fell in love with?”
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“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore – Walker Brothers.
The Walker Brothers are great, but Scott solo is very pedestrian indeed. The dozy git punched a pig carcass on one of his songs (Anm.: “Clara”). Go back to playing darts down the boozer, you twat.”
…”the song you can no longer listen to?”
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“Reward – The Teardrop Explodes.
Anything by The Teardrop Explodes, but I don’t want to waste two words mentioning their name. Three if you count “The”.”
(Ian McCulloch von Echo & The Bunnymen in der NME-Variante von My Favourite Records)
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