SPOTLIGHT: Robyn Hitchcock Interview
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  • great.....!

    evilthesaurus 3 months ago

  • nice very nice huge fan of the soft boys...

    johndevault 1 year ago

  • loved it!!!

    hermano1383 1 year ago

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    cowan8hg 2 years ago

  • 1:06 1:18 = AutoOwned

    Introcepcion 2 years ago

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    kunluv 2 years ago

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    kunluv 2 years ago

  • fuck you..im entitled to my opinion fuckstick

    leesawford 2 years ago

  • Shadowcat is a much better album than Ole Tarantula

    Give Oslo a miss if you see it - the best song on it (Up to our nex) is on the Rachel Getting Married soundtrack

    JoeChrisMorris 2 years ago

  • As much as people love to compare Syd and Robyn, I personally believe they are really very different. Two different minds, two different styles, two different human beings. Robyn is the first to admit that early on his work was heavily influenced by Syd's music, and I feel it would be difficult to deny that he has since come into his own. Very gracefully and uniquely, I might add.

    I understand the ivy comparison. It's creeped its way into my life and refuses to leave.

    Not that I mind.

    thepratingknave 2 years ago

  • You're complaining about the guy who's done by far the most to keep Syd's spirit alive and his music introduced to new fans? The guy who has the most in common with him lyrically...ever?

    Dufus.

    This song does suck though. It's one of his worst efforts.

    CapsaicinHat 3 years ago

  • if you think this guy is in barrett's class you are kidding yourself.

    AbsintheDream 3 years ago

  • He's better. So no, I don't think he's in Barrett's class.

    Opinions aside, you entirely ignored my point: Hitchcock has done more to keep Barrett's work alive and send people back to hear the originals than anyone else. Heck of a lot more than Gilmore ever did for him.

    CapsaicinHat 3 years ago 2

  • nahh, i used to vaguely fell the same way, but i just saw him live at the union chapell, and he was f****** GOOOD!!!!

    miktruk 3 years ago

  • robyn looks a little pasty beside his del monte shirt rig....cornish pasty

    simonbath 3 years ago

  • the only idiot is you comment is in reference to lessawford's post.

    gleatv 3 years ago

  • That's Pete Buck on guitar.

    timdaughte 3 years ago

  • Terrific interview, one of his weaker songs.

    CapsaicinHat 3 years ago

  • Have to agree on the song. He's done stronger ones. The interview was intriguing as I haven't seen too many with him. Cool to see him working with Pete Buck of REM and members of Young Fresh Fellows. I hear that Andy Partridge of XTC was working on something with him.

    bandcouver 3 years ago

  • His onstage patter is a lot more canned than it first seems; it only feels improvised. He's often hillarious in interviews though.

    Lyrically he's tricky. Once you decode his iconography you realize he's almost always singing about *very* specific events or people from his life.

    I could do without Buck frankly but given REM started as practically a Soft Boys fan club band it's nice he gets to play with his hero. He's played with REM/XTC/Fellows quite a bit over the years.

    CapsaicinHat 3 years ago

  • Is Buck into the Soft Boys

    He was talking very highly of Trains in the Sundance special from last year

    JoeChrisMorris 2 years ago

  • He's got this unique quality where he can make you cringe at his weirdness, laugh at his jokes, and, at times, make you get all choked up with tears because the writes some touching stuff.

    guild318 3 years ago

  • What he said about masks was sort of profound.

    HipPriest 3 years ago

  • the only idiot is you.

    gleatv 3 years ago

  • bastions of normal thought!! LOOOL!!!

    splashngo21 3 years ago

  • One day, Robyn will finally ditch Linda McCartney...I mean, Sean Nelson.

    oneflashoflight 4 years ago

  • Thanks so much for this :)

    SadieDammit 4 years ago

  • I saw you at Glastonbury 1987. what's the video you made with the camera just on your lips? It was really good, the friend that lent me the video took it back and I lost touch with them 17yrs ago, DEAD NUNN you know who you are.

    buddybustagut 4 years ago

  • i believe it's Surgery

    thaumatology 4 years ago

  • That is correct, sir.

    veralisik 4 years ago

  • m'am.

    thaumatology 4 years ago

  • m'lady.

    veralisik 4 years ago

  • Robyn Hitchcock, you are brilliant. Great stuff! Going WAY back, "Eye" was wonderful!

    draeven57 4 years ago

  • HEY ROBYN!

    robert smith called - he wants his shirt back!

    ;)

    filthypit 4 years ago

  • Hey Inga

    Russellski 4 years ago

  • Robyn kind of answers the question:

    What if John Lennon hadn't died, never formed the beatles, and hadn't met Yoko.

    SilentBoy22 4 years ago

  • and i laughed... like i always do...

    and i cried... like i cry for you...

    and balloon man blew up in my hand...

    kwakhed23 4 years ago

  • Extremely excellent.

    jbearden 4 years ago

  • I met Robyn in St louis 10 years ago. GIVE IT TO THE SOFT BOYS!!

    oldhacks 4 years ago

  • i've heard St. Louis is a cool city - do you concur?

    thaumatology 4 years ago

  • fuck no. It's a dirt heep crack village. You can get crack in any gas station in town past midnight. Its fucking frightening.

    oldhacks 4 years ago

  • webster's says heep is the hip of the dog-rose?

    thaumatology 4 years ago

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