like nicole, i'm drawn to the voice and the arrangements, mostly. you and i know that i pay very little heed to lyrics, though i love some of scott's and laugh at a whole lot more: it's part of the fun.
if i want poetic lyrics, i'll go to dylan (and i won't, you know). or, even better, i'll go to scott *singing* dylan, like "i threw it all away," which is utterly fab (thanks otis!)...because of the voice and arrangement.
― fred solinger, Wednesday, 17 January 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
There's a great bit in Julian Cope's Repossessed where he confesses that in fact he has hated Scott Walker for years but hasn't dared admit it.
― Tom, Friday, 27 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Geoff, Friday, 27 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Nick, Friday, 27 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― piscesboy, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Geoff, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The Brel stuff: pretty good
The 'standards': kind of lame
We share the same birthday, me and Scott (and Jimmy Page) - you know, just a couple of decades apart, but still.
― CountV/John T, Tuesday, 31 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I prefer the Scott material to the Brel covers. Actually I think the one Scott misses the most is If you Go Away which is just way to studied. I recall Scott talking in an interview once how you have to unlearn everything you learn in singing because it actually gets in the way.
Cheers, Paul
― Paul Deras, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Scott Demeter, Monday, 24 January 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Scott Demeter, Monday, 24 January 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
scott otm. i can't find my copy of '2.' i think i sold it. :(
― strgn, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Such a serious young man. I advise skipping forward to two minutes in so you don't have to watch more of this crap than you have to. And such skinny legs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5AOljLFJo
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
Extraordinary. Next - to track down his 1971 appearance on The Golden Shot with Bob Monkhouse...
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link
I was gonna say Jackie but others already have
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 2 April 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link