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jambut Posted Wed 28 May, 2008 12:46 AM |
Yer its a bit wierd, think it might be a sad joke but your views people
HERE
Fran Healy - Travis
Fran doesn't read music but he knows just enough to be able to copy it right out of a book:a book which is more often than not, the Oasis and Radiohead songbook. And the best piece of advice he's received? trust your instinct...and Fran's instinct has been to take his band, Radiohead up to the very limits of musical landscaping - and to build his own personal folk necropolis
Fran's presently enjoying a pint of unseasoned marrow juice in his favourite local down Notting Hill. And he's still got his hood on. We decide to test that necessary pop-star wit with the usual twenty questions:
How the buggery are you, Fran?
Fine thanks...but I'd prefer you not to swear as there are some older clientele enjoying a quiet drink at the next table....
No problem. How about a question?
Sure. What's the capital of Indonesia?
We really meant one we could ask you. Still okay?
(nervous laugh) Soz..I was a bit....
That's okay Fran...how about.... It was Jakarta though. The capital of Indonesia. I bet you were thinking more along the lines of Borobodur or Java...
Spot on Fran...How about...
It's a common mistake....but it's Jakarta. Jakarta's the capital...
Right.. What is hell?
I'm sorry?
It's a kind of on the couch...erm.. money for questions sort of question...a bit odd? a bit quirky?
Right....(looking around) Well I was going to say 'look around it's the world around you..it's the world you live in...' But it's not the right answer is it?
It is if you want it to be....if that's your impression of hell... that's great...nice touch.
Yeah but it's not right, is it? I mean if you'd have said the capital of indonesia is the place you live in..or something like, yeah it's the world around you...you would have been wrong. Everybody knows it's Jakarta.See my point?
Yes Fran. Try this one: What's your greatest fear?
"Doing this (impersonates a one man band using only his mouth)
I'm Sorry?
It's all done with the mouth. Someone showed me how to do it and no one else at the table could to do it for a while...I just took to it like a duck to....
I don't understand...that's your greatest fear?
My greatest fear? I thought you said what's your best impression?
No Fran. Get another round in Fran.
Sure. What y' having?
A pint of XXXX.
Packet of peanuts?
Yeah. Why not.
(Fran, talking from the bar...
Two pints of xxxx and a packet of nuts please...
Salted or dry roasted, Sir?
(impersonates a one man band using only his mouth)
Thanks Fran..!
Radiohead are currently in the studio finishing off tracks for their forthcoming album, tentatively titled The Man Who....(was not comfortable with his own musical identity)
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BenFilbert Posted Wed 28 May, 2008 12:51 AM |
| I don't know but it didn't make me laugh so it is obviously not a joke................................................. |
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weirdmom Posted Wed 28 May, 2008 1:31 AM |
| That was completely stupid. What a waste of time. Not ironic enough to be funny. Just dumb and uncomfortable. |
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Somewhere Else Posted Wed 28 May, 2008 5:52 AM |
That sounds more of an intrusion than an interview.
I think the answer on hell was spot on. |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Wed 28 May, 2008 7:47 AM |
| It's a sort of parody on a normal interview, but it isn't funny and doesn't have any point. Weird! |
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jambut Posted Wed 28 May, 2008 1:55 PM |
| or Fran knew the guy was a cheeky "bad word" and was takeing the piss. |
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Nikki Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 4:02 AM |
| First off, how do we know this person actually interviewed Fran? They could have just written that on their Web site. And if they did, were they trying to be funny? Ouch. It didn't work. |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 8:29 AM |
| Surely they didn't actually have an interview with Fran, it would have been the single biggest waste of his time ever! It's just some person with too much time and too little wit. |
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Fran Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 5:34 PM |
| This is not an interview with me... |
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SamuraiSandy Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 5:40 PM |
Fran wrote: This is not an interview with me...
How weird that they'd make it up...and very badly done too! |
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Nikki Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 6:00 PM |
| I knew it.... |
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weirdmom Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 6:10 PM |
| Thanks Fran. I am all for comedic things but that wasn't even well done. (maybe you feel differently since you're the "brunt" of the joke!) |
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BenFilbert Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 7:39 PM |
| It's just someone being an arse. |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Thu 29 May, 2008 8:13 PM |
I really wanted that to be the last post in this thread, but I just noticed the brand of interview it was:
Now let's all say it together:
BenFilbert wrote: It's just someone being an arse. |
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jambut Posted Fri 30 May, 2008 12:12 AM |
I knew it
love bringing crap to peoples attention and the strange buzz you feel when your hero reads something you've said. Imagine thats a rare thing in this world. |
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