To be filed under ‘mundane things you did not need to know’, I have just discovered my dishwasher has died while carrying a full load right when I need to start tea. So this Q&A has served as a welcome distraction.
Like John, I’m pleased to know the significance of the term “under the sea”. “TV en Francais Sous la Mer” is a fine record, and has one of my favourite album covers. I love the acoustic version of “Buckle” and would be very happy to see a recorded version of it. Perhaps that, and other songs from your back catalogue that have not already been recorded acoustically, is something we could be treated to here in the future? I’d pay good money for that album!
While it is a little gutting to think we might not see you in the UK this year, if it means new music is on the way, I guess that’s OK with me. At least we have these substack newsletters to keep us going!
Thanks for another excellent read. Here’s to the next 100 🍻
Fascinating discourse on all manners of topics, as ever 🤩
My husband insists on calling all uncarbonated soft drinks "juice" (even cordial /squash!), but I'm absolutely flabbergasted that Keith goes as far as to include fizzy pop in that bracket.
Tangential anecdote:
My dad once asked for an 'Orange Fanta' in a Manhattan branch of Burger King. They had no idea what he meant, even when he desperately offered the term "carbonated orange juice????" while the braying NYC crowds grew in volume behind him. Finally, another customer had to step in with the word "soda". We still talk about this two decades later.
As for the pseudonym stuff: very interesting! A quandary indeed. It did not escape my attention that you neglected to answer part 1a.1 of the question 👀👀👀🔍🔍🔍
Thanks for clarifying the difference between "acoustic" and "under the sea." I was curious, but it's like asking someone's name after you've been working with them for a full year; I was ashamed to admit that I didn't know.
The second half of this Q&A has really made me lol. Have to say I love all your music videos even more than it sounds like you hated making them so I hope that is some consolation.
Great set of answers to all the questions. On one hand I'm intrigued about Keith's experiences as a director's assistant, on the other hand, I'm worried as I thought my favourite philosopher was a closely guarded secret.
Lectern sounds like a very Keith Murray thing to say. It’s that literature degree, I think. (You know how people with those degrees are 👀)
But Chris, I thought getting “smashed” as you say, was more of the sexual variety and getting squashed by a car is actually “getting hit.” Isn’t that what “It’s a Hit” is about? Boy, I’ve been wrong about the meaning of that song for YEARS.
To be filed under ‘mundane things you did not need to know’, I have just discovered my dishwasher has died while carrying a full load right when I need to start tea. So this Q&A has served as a welcome distraction.
Like John, I’m pleased to know the significance of the term “under the sea”. “TV en Francais Sous la Mer” is a fine record, and has one of my favourite album covers. I love the acoustic version of “Buckle” and would be very happy to see a recorded version of it. Perhaps that, and other songs from your back catalogue that have not already been recorded acoustically, is something we could be treated to here in the future? I’d pay good money for that album!
While it is a little gutting to think we might not see you in the UK this year, if it means new music is on the way, I guess that’s OK with me. At least we have these substack newsletters to keep us going!
Thanks for another excellent read. Here’s to the next 100 🍻
Fascinating discourse on all manners of topics, as ever 🤩
My husband insists on calling all uncarbonated soft drinks "juice" (even cordial /squash!), but I'm absolutely flabbergasted that Keith goes as far as to include fizzy pop in that bracket.
Tangential anecdote:
My dad once asked for an 'Orange Fanta' in a Manhattan branch of Burger King. They had no idea what he meant, even when he desperately offered the term "carbonated orange juice????" while the braying NYC crowds grew in volume behind him. Finally, another customer had to step in with the word "soda". We still talk about this two decades later.
As for the pseudonym stuff: very interesting! A quandary indeed. It did not escape my attention that you neglected to answer part 1a.1 of the question 👀👀👀🔍🔍🔍
Thanks for clarifying the difference between "acoustic" and "under the sea." I was curious, but it's like asking someone's name after you've been working with them for a full year; I was ashamed to admit that I didn't know.
The second half of this Q&A has really made me lol. Have to say I love all your music videos even more than it sounds like you hated making them so I hope that is some consolation.
Great set of answers to all the questions. On one hand I'm intrigued about Keith's experiences as a director's assistant, on the other hand, I'm worried as I thought my favourite philosopher was a closely guarded secret.
Lectern sounds like a very Keith Murray thing to say. It’s that literature degree, I think. (You know how people with those degrees are 👀)
But Chris, I thought getting “smashed” as you say, was more of the sexual variety and getting squashed by a car is actually “getting hit.” Isn’t that what “It’s a Hit” is about? Boy, I’ve been wrong about the meaning of that song for YEARS.