Cherry Outburst / August 22 2008
What is that constant ridiculous sound in the background of the Verve’s new single Love Is Noise? It sounds like a herd of geese. It makes Audrey bark like some kind of crazy female madman every time it is played on XFM. It ruins what is otherwise quite an average song.
Actually, I would rather like the Verve if they weren’t so . . . well, crap.
I met Richard Ashcroft once. Slaughterhouse 5 had just finished a disappointing gig at the Borderline in London and after we left the stage he ambled over to me at the noisy bar where I was busy drowning my sorrows. He slapped me hard on the back. ‘I’m Richard Ashcroft out of the Verve. I’m gonna give you some advice, and you’d do well to listen.’
‘Okay, I will,’ I told him, and got a solemn nod in return.
He bellowed in my ear: ‘Your guitar, that black Les Paul you’re using?’ - He had bad breath - ‘Wrong colour for your music, mate. You need to swap it for a cherry-sunburst seventies model, much more your style.’
I finished off my Guinness. ‘Thanks for telling me that,’ I shouted. And in calm, elegant italics, I added, I’ll see if I can find one.
Filed under Advice / Bands / Enormous / Gigs / Guitars / London / Music / Musicians / Pop Stars / Slaughterhouse 5
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4 comments on “Cherry Outburst”
Nelson Galaxy / August 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Rather tall fella ain’t he? And funny looking.
Napoleon Fantastic / August 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Not as tall as me.
And not as funny looking as you, either.
belinda / August 31st, 2008 at 10:57 am
Sometimes, being more on patient are needed most ..
Napoleon Fantastic / August 31st, 2008 at 11:58 am
Good advice, Belinda.
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