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Scott gives a rare interview in The Guardian. Talks about a live interpretation of Tilt/Drift from Albarn/Jarvis Cocker/Gavin Friday et al.
Be nice to get a report on this if anyone goes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/09/scott-walker-interview
Be nice to get a report on this if anyone goes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/09/scott-walker-interview
...Of late, though, his music often seems to be drifting towards the last final, awful silence. 'Perhaps,' he says, 'perhaps.' Does he ever, I ask, miss the old days, when his songs lasted three minutes, had verses and choruses and were easier to write? He laughs. 'Not really, no. I mean, back then, I could write a song like "Big Louise" in an evening. That would be good sometimes and, you know, I would do that if the lyrics demanded it.'
Could he ever see that happening again? 'No. I write a different kind of song these days. There's not a lot of harmony and there aren't the thick textures I used to use. It's generally just big blocks of sound, raw and stark. A big emotional noise.' Another silence. 'Essentially, I am attempting the impossible over and over, trying to find a way to say the unsayable. For some reason,' he says, laughing, 'that just seems to take a lot longer.'
Drifting and Tilting: the Songs of Scott Walker is at the Barbican, London EC2 from Friday November 14 to Sunday November 16