Prefab Sprout - Music Box Interview February 1986
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- New to me, this is a nice interview with Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith of Prefab Sprout (interviewer is Sunie Fletcher). He talks more than she does, but she eventually gets into the swing of things. Music removed.
He's very thoughtful and genuine about how he answers his questions, you can tell he's not putting anything on for the interview. You can see that saying exactly the right thing matters very much to him, but also that his mind is faster than his words. Great songwriting coming from a great character. No album is quite like Steve McQueen.
The thing is, he's not wrong. He is up there with the greatest songwriters.
And very overlooked when people name songwriters.
I'm sure even Paddy would agree that he was underestimating A-Ha... he probably hadn't heard Manhattan Skyline at that point. Not everyone can be a genius.
@@telsutton He talks about what he gets from the air-plays. And there A-Ha is about nice sweet pop patterns more, than about creativity of his kind. Paddy was doing great stuff back then, actually - I dig it these days, and see no stop for that so far.
@@seksualusis - there was a time (end of 1988, to be precise, a few days before my 20th birthday) when I was one of the biggest Sprout nuts around; so much so that I ended up 'acquiring' Paddy's phone number in Consett in an attempt to get him to produce my band (Tracie Young of Jam/Style Council had just joined us). Unfortunately, after an initially fab chat with MartinMc, the following day I had a very nasty 'cease and desist' call from Keith Armstrong that scared the living daylights out of me... and talking of A-Ha's Bond theme, using my 'insight from retrospect'.... pretty good.
@@telsutton tell me more. Story like these fascinate me.
Totally charming, both.
I like how he shares his perspective & experience
Paddy here somehow seems to me a bit like a young George Harrison ...i love the guy ,really so cute :)
At his best he is great.
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He is as good as Lennon and McArtney, except, HE'S only ONE PERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paddy's way more clever
@@tylergates4075 and still, ONE PERSON.
Steve Mcqueen: One of the best all time Albums!
A rare thing in his industry, a genuine artist .
I've loved Paddy's music for 30 years, Steve McQueen is amazing. I learned he wrote Bonnie and other songs in his parents garage in Witton Gilbert just down the road from me and he apparently still lives near Consett but I didn't realise how much of an oddball he was
Paddy= total genius and art- a true real guy, 80s BEST decade ever...Prefab Sprout still love them..
Wow and Paddy had also good taste, off course- everything she wants wham, also i like, Paddy= cool!
Ahh, what a great interview, he comes across as a really nice guy. I named my TH-cam name after one of my favourite songs from Prefab Sprout, "Bonny", .. but i spelt it wrong. That song still sends a shiver down my spine to this day. Thank you Paddy. Heh, i just caught the Newsnight interview with you before I clicked on this video.. the wizard in Red 😊
Paddy is so cute
My favourite band of the world 👍🇨🇭❤
Song writing genius.
In the eighties when pop music was fantastic then Paddy says songs are mediocre. His standards are certainly very high.
and Wendy I LOVE YOU TOO!!!!!
The level of lyric writing on Steve McQueen remains unrivalled, opening four songs just seal the deal.
I hope he realizes now that XTC made great records for 30 years. Their growth in that time can be compared to the Beatles, Brian Wilson. I do love Prefab Sprout as much. I just wish they had made MORE records. His accent sounds just like Roland and Curt from TFF. But TFF are from Bath, England. Adorable.😍
I share your enthusiasm for McAloon, but I do wonder if you might benefit from a referral to an audiologist, having said his accent is similar to the TFF boys. There is no similarity whatsoever. 😂
I love his music - just a pure genius. What a dreamy man.
I reckon Paddy would like A-ha's 'Driftwood'- a real unknown gem check it out sprouties!
Thanks for posting never imagined him to have a geordish accent. Just got into sprout in 2012 they're very refreshing to my ears.
He’s spot on. Never get fed up listening to them.
strange, he doesn't like aha, they're really good I think.
I wish I could have been in UK when PS was giving concerts at the time, love you Paddy!
Gartside, Coughlin, McLennan/Forster, early Roddy Frame.
You did forget Mark Hollis and Mark Burgess, but as your list is otherwise one that I fully agree with, I can forgive you. :)
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Mark Hollis too!!!
James Grant. Ricky Ross.
In febbraio del 1986 si sono esibiti in Italia. Stupidamente non sono andato a vederli. Non mi perdonerò mai..........
Hai perso qualcosa che non tornerà mai più...
@@lawrencenagel7056 Go on, rub it in! :-)
He doesn't like a-ha :(
Sorry for the European viewers ... that was before the Brentry :)
Haha, are you German with a sense of humour!? - really? 🇩🇪 🏴
@@craigcullen28 Belgian
Totally underrated and almost forgotten band ... I still love listening to their music 👍
Fascinating. I think it was because they didn't really try to be famous and didn't tour (they seldom did any shows).
King of Rock n Roll was written as an actual attempt at making a hit ...and it did exactly that. So I think there's evidence they could have been huge if they chose to just write things that would get into the charts. Paddy is surely one of the best songwriters to come out of the UK.
None of the other songwriters mentioned were great, although the McCartney character seemed effortless in stitching together some sweet melodies. McAloon was great, and, luckily, all the other band parts, especially the bass playing, were virtuoso and added layers subtley. The production was technically lovely, so it stays musical and cohesive even on very analytical systems.
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I cant blame him for not knowing Aha... 😉
lovely
The greatest pop band
Almost better than Lennon/Mccaertney!
Whatever happened to Sunie Fletcher?
www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/14140631.knitting-wonder-woman-sunie-fletcher-enjoys-a-busy-first-day-of-trading-in-stroud-the-bluestocking-wool-shop-is-open-today/
who ???
Great clip
I like aha
You and Mortens mother.
"Paddy McAloon talks more than Wendy Smith does." Well, Paddy McAloon is Prefab Sprout, just like how Dave Mustaine is Megadeth, Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails, Dave Grohl is Foo Fighters, Steven Wilson is Porcupine Tree, etc.
I doubt Paddy has even heard of those names you list. 😂
@@StonefieldJim4 He probably has. I mean, everybody has heard of the Foo Fighters, thanks to Dave Grohl being the former drummer of Nirvana. And the Foo Fighters started off as merely a Dave Grohl solo project (the first album was made entirely by him) before he recruited other guys to accompany him.
@@dw89music73 Yes, Grohl is probably the exception, but by McAloon's own admission, from the late 90s onwards, he's had no idea who the movers and shakers are.
No time for A-ha but Wham! and Duran f-ing Duran give me a break
Paddy was correct.
I see Paddy combed his ears that day.
Check out Wendy and Paddys shared look at 16:04... ;-)
We KNOW...
Before he became a fake guru.
Would love to know what you mean!
@@SturgusLipmonger I think he's just referencing to how he looks now. Just a joke.
@@thomallan6937 Ah ok gotcha.
Nope, he's an authentic guru
@@eleanorwalmsley635
Just like David Koresh...!!
Sound??????