Rory, On the FTP... ehr... which is on vacation as it seems... there's an interview with Dieter. There is also the picture disc (vinyl of coarse :-) with an interview that seems very casual. Further more I found a lot of reading material on the net. Swearing is cencored of coarse. And... you may all kick me for this... I had a video tape with a bunch of Yello stuff that I recorded from TV. On this was an interview with Dieter and he talked like The Grandfather of Music, and explained with some very exploding expressionisme how he saw the music bussiness degressing into an abyss. Dieter was Right... And I lost that taped. Go on, spank me. But as for the higher Profile of Yello in Europe compared to the rest of the World... Nope. No chance. Every TV station or broadcast group is into making money and thus into spending time on commercial crap. In Holland there's just one station left that doesn't do what the others do. They follow their own lead, and produce what they like. And in earlier days they did show Yello stuf or Kraftwerk material. On audio shows or car show events you do hear Yello music as a strange occurance once in a while, next to deep bass R&B or HipHop Gangster Rubbish. As for Pinball... I have the MP3 of a Maxi version and at the end it is in deed harder to understand what the gentleman is saying, but with the lyrics in my hand and follwing the words I still hear A knack inside. I got another game, I press the button and it's not the same... or sort of... - In additon to all this, I strongly believe that Dieter, who rendered himself a singer with a punklike history, and being such a citizen of the world, he simply couldn't be the dandy gentleman the way he looks in the video's. With his background and history he has to be to real and down to earth to come up with all he does and did. Boris however seems to me a guy/man who want's to be left alone and he just wants to do his thing: Music. I read in an article that he refuses to give interviews unless they can be done in German. Sort of: My way, or the High way, have it your way, and I'm back at my Fairlight. Rene
Rory wrote:
I've got the vinyl of Solid Pleasure, but haven't listened to it for a long time. I'll take another listen.
The Pinball Cha Cha I've been listening to is the extended version from the Vinyl Ralph, DUN IT 23. The very last sentence he seems to say he's "missed the fucking paddle", but wins another game