David Thomas "Pere Ubu is like a cup"

David Thomas compares Pere Ubu to a cup, from an interview on Rocking In The UK (late night ITV programme) circa 1989.

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[feefafo]

That's too epic. Next time I pick up a cup, I'm just going to study it from different angles for a while to confuse people around me.

[riograndita]

This is terrific!

An intelligent person proves one doesn't have to be an idiot just because he's got a microphone! Refreshingly amusing.

[WeaslyBDopefull1]

wow, who knew cups are so multi- dimensional

[coletergeist]

My Only Question Is What Was In The Cup............ "I Don't Care If You Have Any Time"...... LOL

[bvnnnn]

cup. cup. now cup sounds weird.

cup cup cup cup

cup, cup.

[MrZol]

this guy is fu*kig awesome !!

[Samuel Chapman]

HAHAHAHA

[bodoono]

Exactly! Thank you.

[horbrarian]

That's the best explanation of their music I've heard yet. A point of view, a zeitgeist, seen from different points of view. Mr Thomas's use of a cup adds the Dada element, he is the modern Duchamp and just as brilliant.

[NormanArches]

Wow. A popular musician whose answer is thought provoking.

It's almost as if he has thought about what it is he is doing. No wonder someone called him a dick.People like to look down on their musicians, thinking they are glorified clothes horses or fronts for ad campaigns. They don't like em to come over as artists.

'Woss yoor albem abaaaht den?'

'Um uh dunno. Iss sort ev erm u dunno reely uh fink iss good.issoundz difrent 2 de uvvuh but iss stil good an dat'.

'Fanks so mutch 4 yooh taim.'

[edmund184]

can't imagine this happening on British TV now.