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COXON SURPRISED BY BLUR'S VERVE!
GRAHAM COXON has spoken of his surprise at over BLUR drafting in ex-VERVE man
SIMON TONG as his replacement and declared that "you don't need to be a great
guitar player" to be in the band.
Coxon, who acrimoniously left Blur in September, told NME.COM he didn't expect
them to choose a guitarist from a name band.
"I don't know what the obvious choice would have been really," he said. "The
obvious choice wouldn't have been a musician, it'd have been someone who had
a guitar and knew how to play it. Just a loony person.
"It's kind of not too difficult a job. You don't have to be a great player to
be in Blur. Or to be in any band, really. I'm sure he'll behave," he added.
Coxon said he's "dying for some fun" and can't wait to play live under his
own steam. He said he was "really psyched up" for his recent guest slot on
stage in London with Arthur Lee from Love. "That was lovely. Americans are
great to play with, he was going: 'Go on Graham, have a solo.' I don急 think
I've ever improvised a solo on stage before. It was kind of unreal."
Coxon said he's been writing a lot of songs, but added: "Whether it's fit for
human consumption is questionable!" But he said he's not ready to form a
full-time band again yet. "Going on tour would be lovely, to get to do it on
my own with a few like-minded people. I'm trying to get people who are floating
around at the moment. I've texted a few people."
The guitarist also said he will be getting a rehearsal room soon, and will "see
what happens." He also added that he would like to work again with Toby
McFarland, bassist with the band Thirteen, who has previously played in Coxon's
solo live line-up. "He understands what I'm on about. I've been talking to him
and he's kind of into it. He's a lovely guy."
Coxon admitted that he had been worried about other people's reactions when he
turned up to the NME Carling Awards at PNN Hammersmith Palais in London last
Thursday (February 13). "I was a bit nervous coming in," he told NME.COM. "I
wasn't sure how other people would react to an old unemployed guitarist."
He has previously spoken of his hurt at being told by the band's management
that he wasn't wanted in the studio for recording of their new album due out
in May, and said that "honesty and communication" were gone from the band for
a long time before his departure.
However, NME.COM can reveal that his friendship with Alex James is now repaired.
"We chat, have coffee and talk about the mundane and the cosmic. We go down
Bond Street. And that's it, really. We don't talk about what's going on [with
Blur]. We're just back on track with that friendship as was."
Published: 19-02-2003-13-59
Graham是不是對新吉他手有些不以為然?
竟然說自己是 an old unemployed guitarist...唉..
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作者: nomad5 (my spine) 看板: Blur
標題: Re: Graham says...
時間: Thu Feb 20 22:11:07 2003
真巧我也正在po這篇。
真是令人傷心的報導。
講得好絕。
: COXON SURPRISED BY BLUR'S VERVE!
: GRAHAM COXON has spoken of his surprise at over BLUR drafting in ex-VERVE man
: SIMON TONG as his replacement and declared that "you don't need to be a great
: guitar player" to be in the band.
: Coxon, who acrimoniously left Blur in September, told NME.COM he didn't expect
: them to choose a guitarist from a name band.
: "I don't know what the obvious choice would have been really," he said. "The
: obvious choice wouldn't have been a musician, it'd have been someone who had
: a guitar and knew how to play it. Just a loony person.
: "It's kind of not too difficult a job. You don't have to be a great player to
: be in Blur. Or to be in any band, really. I'm sure he'll behave," he added.
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作者: molly (小戴與阿裘) 看板: Blur
標題: Re: Graham says...
時間: Thu Feb 20 23:13:54 2003
最近他會舉行一些小活動，可能會到除了英國以外的地方
希望有機會可以到亞洲來（至少買一張到日本的機票會比到英國便宜）
看到內文興奮了一下，到bond streetㄟ，那裡是挺熱鬧的！英國人真幸福
可以在鬧區遇到 Graham & Alex ㄟ
小葛加油！～
恩，以後到英國一定要想盡辦法製造跟小葛巧遇的機會
我心愛的人壓^^b
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