Heartland

Heartland has managed to get an interview with that nice Mr Marx. You know, the guitarist chap that helped kick start all this sh*t?



http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=30024

Enjoy

btw, i've locked the interview thread, so make your comments on this thread thanks

this is why i love heartland!!!!

Thanks Quiff. Are you planning any interviews with other former/current members or is this a one off?

Thanks again

Nice one very interesting .

I didn`t realise that Choque (Salvation/Hollow men) had produced the GM stuff .

Quiff Boy
seems i have to rush with ordering Heartland tee - otherwise it would be too expensive

Big Si wrote:Thanks Quiff. Are you planning any interviews with other former/current members or is this a one off?

I'm going to try, but I'm not sure who else is as accessible

Whoah, way cool!

Did you actually get to meet the great man? Or did he respond by e-mail?

@ Quiffy: Betcha you can't get one with the good Doktor!

Wow - great work!
Very interesting, especially Gary's views about the "Anaconda"-Production and the situation at the end of his time in the band.
And Thanks to Quiff for asking good questions!

twas via email... he seems a perfectly approachable chap

the doktor? just had one...

me: how are you?

dok: 10111000101011101010001

ahh, geek humour!

Oh mighty Quiffmeister please please try for Mr Bruhn or Ms Morrison


and of course that Von bloke would be acceptable .................

Black Dahlia wrote:Oh mighty Quiffmeister please please try for Mr Bruhn or Ms Morrison


and of course that Von bloke would be acceptable .................

maybe Chairman Bux could make an exclusive interview with Mr. Eldritch for Heartland?

and again - now after reading this interview - greatest thanks to QB
only one question - because English isn't my first language i'm not very sure did i understand right the following answer:
"I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but he does seem in danger of becoming a hugely likeable man, perhaps that’s why there’s no new music. "

thanks in advance for the explanation if someone cares

translation

"i hate to bring bad news, but he is turning into a nice guy, perhaps thats why there's no new music"

hope that makes more sense

Turned out well

Paddy

thanks Quiff

Nice one QB, just about to read and listen to Pretty Black Dots which arrived yesterday in the post....

Well, feedback on Pretty Black Dots for the cheapskates that only got the free CD.....

It's individual - which I think is great
The lyrics are superb, the whole thing sounds very personal

Shades of - (but not ripping off), Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Leonard C ,Lou R and even Richard Thomson...plus shades of the way Mike Scott threw off the Waterboys crown and rose above it. In short real music....

Production is growing on me too - at first, thought it was rough, but now enjoy the fact that it sounds like a real person with a guitar and mic.

If GM needs a second (and subtle) guitar player me hand is in the air!!!

Gary wrote:translation

"i hate to bring bad news, but he is turning into a nice guy, perhaps thats why there's no new music"

hope that makes more sense

thanks
so i didn't mistake and mr. Marx is an ironic guy, too

Black Dahlia wrote:Oh mighty Quiffmeister please please try for Mr Bruhn or Ms Morrison


and of course that Von bloke would be acceptable .................

i dont know enough about patty or andreas to be able to give a good interview

and as for the other members/ex-members, their activities and feelings have been pretty well documented already and i really doubt there's anything new i could bring to the party, as it were... mr marx seemed like an interesting character as he'd remained fairly quite about the whole thing ever since, and after GD seemed to disappear from the limelight leaving a lot of questions.

also, there's nothing i could ask von that hasnt been asked either a million times already, or a damn site better by others... that last interview in glasperlenwhatever was pretty much on the button as far as i'm concerned for example... i'd probably just annoy him

now adam, mike and chris, however... hmmm!

or even the elusive mr gunn!

but if anyone knows how to reach andreas or patty, and can think of a few interesting things to ask that i can build an interview on, i'll try!

@ mr eddy: thanks! actually, i just emailed him and mentioned the forum and politely asked if i could email him some questions to post on the forum. he kindly agreed - and as you can see was pretty candid with his replies full respect to mr marx

(i did actually ask him if he wanted to go for a pint too, but he declined to reply to that one )

Quiff Boy wrote:full respect to mr marx

(i did actually ask him if he wanted to go for a pint too, but he declined to reply to that one )

Better luck next time...

i found this bit particularly interesting!

HL) There’s a “story� that says that “Walk Away� was about you – did you know that? And if so, how did you feel about it?

GM) When we were making ‘First And Last And Always’ Andrew was effectively splitting with his long-term girlfriend and I was close to leaving the band. The two things led to a number of references in the lyrics which seemed to cover his farewells to us both. ‘Walk Away’ may or may not be about me, I don’t care because I don’t particularly like the song – the one lyric which always bugs me is the line from ‘Some Kind Of Stranger’ which says ‘..careful lingers undecided at the door’ which I definitely took as a shot at me.

Cool Quiff boy! That was a great read on a merry monday morning like this. Keep it up.