The Kills interview clip about Edie Sedwick

[BarbarianDragon]

these guys are literally too cool. Like, stop being so cool all the fucking time.

[Picardy]

Good words. Lovely apartment.

[artistsandbox]

love the kills but i don't think they got Edie right. She had a verrry messed up childhood, she had an abusive and emotionally detached father and no consistent maternal figure. .one of her brothers committed suicide and the other died shortly after at a young age. With a past like that, you don't develop anorexia, do hard drugs, or hang out at the Factory because you consider yourself a living work of art. You do it to bury pain

[artistsandbox]

@artistsandbox by the kills I mean Jamie cause Alison didn't say much ;)

[seedieedgwick]

@artistsandbox They never specified that she became anorexic or did drugs because she considered herself a work of art. It was the way in which she expressed herself, is what they mean. Her clothes, her makeup, her hair, her art and the things she said and her philosophy of life. Yet the only thing that ever gets written in stone is how many drugs she took, not the art she produced. I think that's sad.

[artistsandbox]

@seedieedgwick true, it is a cautionary tale to be sure.

[MowgliX]

@artistsandbox It can be a bit of both, and it probably was in Edie's case. Things are rarely either/or, they are usually a mix of various aspects. In Edie's case she was messed up a lot of the time, but she had impeccable taste and a very clear vision of what she wanted to do. Some of the time... ;) And she was the daughter of a pretty damn good artist, and her family was very cultured. She had the very fine breeding that a background such as that affords.

[Tigerlily21]

Stop romanticizing this girl's life because it sets a bad example and sends a bad message. Chloe Sevigny got it right when she said that Edie was just a rich socialite who did too many drugs and dressed cool but never achieved anything. Are we going to idolize Paris Hilton 40 years from now too because she is a rich, socialite, on drugs and begging for attention?!

[seedieedgwick]

@Tigerlily21 You know what, the first thing you really need to do is educate yourself about Edie Sedgwick. The Kills have got it precisely right when they say that she lived her life as a work of art - little did people know, she was an artist pre-Factory. There's no excuse for the drugs that she did other than she chose herself do to them. She was not just some rich brainless socialite. And who is Sevigny to pass judgement, she and her infamous blow job scene?

[Forgetfulknotts]

It hurts me that people make fun of these guys. They are not extremely rich asshole stars or anything. Real music doesn't need to be patronized these days. Original ideas are running out. Music is infinite, good music is not. Im sick of people calling good music hipster music. Im just sick of people. Fuck the world I suppose.

[Forgetfulknotts]

It hurts me that people make fun of these guys. They are not extremely rich asshole stars or anything. Real music doesn't need to be patronized these days. Original ideas are running out. Music is infinite, good music is not. Im sick of people calling good music hipster music. Im just sick of people. Fuck the world I suppose.

[mercuriopiccoli]

for me the bloke is still the guy from Scarfo.... a britpopper

[katiebobby]

What kind of cigarettes do they smoke? I'm nosy. :P

[checkywho]

@katiebobby I'm not sure what Jamie smokes but Alison Mosshart's perferred cigarette brand is Marlboro Menthols.

[HiThereImKester]

@katiebobby I think Allison smokes Malboro Menthols, I've seen the packet when she got out in a festival.

[sixtyciggs]

its a fact that alison used to always

hide behind her hair & chain smoke.

not because she thinks shes cool

its because she was shy.

she still kinda is.

[AsteroidB312]

i can barely hear...

[MARSMP3]

The Kills are Shit.

[mikeyvice3]

I Think they are great. Amazing sound and there original. KILLS 4 EVER!!!

[InspectriceGadget]

yeah absolutely, FOREVER THE KILLS!!!! xD

[LilacWine66]

Hipster heaven.

[aurlis2012]

lol how are the kills hipster? you should know what a word means and what context to use it in before trying to sound cool and educated ya fuckin hipster

[seedieedgwick]

@LilacWine66 Pardon me, go watch a Vampire fucking Weekend interview and tell me that.

[goldendragonq77]

you cant try to do something thats based off opinion. if i tried to write good music my best friend or my mom would think its good music. the metal head in my english class wouldnt. because i dont play metal. see what i mean?

[boopdeedeedoo]

it´s Edie SedGwick!

btw, they smoke a lot, they´re not having a cigarrette just for this particular interview in order to look cool! thats SUCH nonsense....

If you don´t like them, that´s just fine....as for me, im extremely thankful theres still people out there who make great music, and not the silly tunes people listen to these days...

LONG LIVE THE KILLS!!!!!!

[tiziadontsurf]

COOL

[geraffacakes]

she's 29. just for the record.

[makeartnotbombs]

its funny how the music and the topic are completely disregarded here. what does it matter how she looks or how old she is or if she smokes. music has become so image obsessed it makes me sick.

[seemedisco92]

agree!

[placeboxburton]

I LOVE THE KILLS

FUCK YOU ALL :)

[joydivisionfactory]

losers! hahaaah !i'm so cool ! hahaah! wtf

[airmiami]

HAHA! VV only just started smoking recently to look cool! You don't start smoking in your 30s! Beyond lame. Shows they're fakers... POSERS!

[illegallTender]

um how would you know shes trying to look cool? and why would that make you look cool in the first place? wtf

[alexthemod1]

no she didnt! shes smoked since the start...i remember seeing them ages ago in north london and she was smoking then and this was years ago!

[ssu4kaa]

"start smoking to look cool".. haha)

airmiami, how old are you? that's so silly

[ostrish]

i m so glaad when i see some shitty stupid comment like from airmiami!!!

the good bands always provocate fanatism and pure stupid hate!

so keep on hating this band , i hope to be the only one who loves it

[airmiami]

HAHA! VV only just started smoking recently to look cool! You don't start smoking in your 30s! Beyond lame. Shows they're fakers... POSERS!

[thebigfatyoyo]

soooo what that she started smoking in her 30's it's about the music and i think people should start to think that more:)

[monkeywrench890]

you keep posting this comment is this all you have to say if thats the case your a fucking oxygen thief.

my cousin started smoking in her 40's after her mother died my 32 year old brother started smoking when he met his wife. so fucking what. quit being a cunt and go read a book

[sweetheartfever02]

Alison isn't even in her 30's yet. She probably started smoking in her 20's, but who cares? They are not posers. They are incredibly genuine.

[Songwriter66]

How old is she?? I've always wondered.

[celebstar]

Alison is 26.

[Songwriter66]

Really?? I read somewhere that she was 29 and Jamie Hince is 39

[celebstar]

I've read two different things one that says she was 26 and one that says she was 29, so I'm not too sure. It's either one of those.

[squigglethepiglol]

She's in her 20s.

[airmiami]

Haha! She's SOOO not in her 20s! Funny she was in a band for years before the Kills, and funny there's NO mention of her age anywhere on the net!

[squigglethepiglol]

:P I don't understand why you keep revisiting the video if you don't like the Kills.

[malicevallinz]

I AGREE WITH TH EKILSS

[magazynbzdurpokretny]

this guy is so pretencious...VV doesn`t talk to much for her own good I guess...shitty band

[stankler]

edie wasnt an artist.whats the big deal.

[stephmasha]

oh, nobody cared about money back then! tell me another one! one reason the factory folks may have seem unconcerned about $ is that most of them had big fat--usually parental--bank accounts to fall back on. Edie was a heiress, who came to NY and lived in a 14 room apt. on Park Avenue.

[mtsfestivus]

True. She wasn't an artist, just an attractive, slightly insane, wealthy person. So she could do whatever she wanted.

Certainly a better socialite than Paris Hilton, though.

[ssu4kaa]

actually she was a musician. she played in "Discount" .. isn't that a reason to call her an artist?

[squigglethepiglol]

Mtsfestivus was referring to Edie Sedgwick, not Alison Mosshart.

[ssu4kaa]

sorry then.

seems strange to see an appropriate comment while we all are deviating from the subject, discussing alison.

Edie Sedgwick acted in Warhol's movies. isn't that a reason to call her an actress? :D

[squigglethepiglol]

True :P

I love Edie Sedgwick, and she was just an overall...creative, I suppose.

[stephmasha]

is this a satire? i could swear that's christopher guest wearing a wig...

[fairyx]

oh when will you release it? soon I hope!