Scritti Politti interview 1988 #2

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[sanctuary5]

Fascinating. A bit like someone in the early stages of dementia who knows what's happening to them Green has so much self-awareness even whilst he's in the pop-star purgatory he was soon to extricate himself from. He always gave a great interview, however uncomfortable he was with the business of promoting his music.

[Kaaawa2000]

The chick is an idiot - he's being very nice answering her stupid questions without getting pissed off!

[losertini]

@emile235 according to Simon Reynolds' book it was just a really severe anxiety attack that landed him in the hospital

[MarilynFinland]

Oh he's gorgeous.

[MrChicago891]

Is Scritti Pollitti the name of the group or the one guy?? Also, Did Scritti Pollitti ever have any love ballads/slow songs?

[daypeshmodd]

@BezObaw I don't think he's ugly. Remember he's not the kid he was in the 80s anymore. He's 56, I think. What transforms him is his kind of ''disguise'' (big beard, sometimes lumberjack clothes). I noticed that a lot of very good-looking men from the 80s have beards now . Maybe it's cos it hides a lot & is less dramatic than a facelift. Who knows?

But there's smth else about him, you get the feeling he doesn't really care what he looks like, or just has VERY poor taste.

[BezObaw]

@daypeshmodd But why he so fast grew ugier :(?... such a beaty....

[daypeshmodd]

@BezObaw He was gorgeous! But his grandad's not Austrian. He was told many lies about his family & found out about it 1yr ago . When he was a kid, got sick of being called nazi, so he took his stepdad name.

For his first name, he said there were 2 other Paul in his class + he wanted to create himself a weird name. His family accepted it cos he was such a pain in the arse, lol. His inspiration: the greenery of Wales. Don't think he knows why his name is Strohmeyer, only that it's germanic.

[BezObaw]

@daypeshmodd he was so goodlooking, like a lot of Austrian guys.

[daypeshmodd]

The thing is Green was painfully shy and hated interviews more than anything, no matter the type of interview. But if I could understand better what's being said, or read a transcript, I might agree with you guys about the pertinence of the whole thing.

[daypeshmodd]

@cisco9x Paula Yates? Are we talking about the same deceased Paula? Ex of Bob Geldof and widow of Michael Hutchence? I only saw her once on a tv show, co-hosting with Joolz Holland (that I love for his work with The The). So I really don't know her. You must be a Brit to make that assumption. Anyway, if it's her, is that a bad thing?

[daypeshmodd]

@BezObaw Although, he grew up in Whales, it seems to be the case. He said this in an interview:

''My parents didn’t really get on and to make things worse I got called ‘Nazi’ at school and had seven shades kicked out of me in the playground every day because of my surname.

So when my folks split up and mum married her boss I eventually took his surname instead.''

But he doesn't seem to know where it comes from . He was told his grandad was Austrian and just learned it's a lie.