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June 5, 1977 - I answered an advert in the ''[[Melody Maker, June 4, 1977|Melody Maker]]'' saying "Rocking pop combo needs bass player." I rang up Stiff Records and this woman answered. I heard this voice in the background saving, "Ask him who he likes." I said, "Steely Dan and Graham Parker" and the voice said, "Get rid of him." And that was Elvis. | June 5, 1977 - I answered an advert in the ''[[Melody Maker, June 4, 1977|Melody Maker]]'' saying "Rocking pop combo needs bass player." I rang up Stiff Records and this woman answered. I heard this voice in the background saving, "Ask him who he likes." I said, "Steely Dan and Graham Parker" and the voice said, "Get rid of him." And that was Elvis. | ||
The audition was in Putney. They were in brothel creepers and drainpipes, I was in earth shoes and flares. 1 got a lot of disparaging looks. My first impressions of Elvis were of a very intense guy trying hard not to make | The audition was in Putney. They were in brothel creepers and drainpipes, I was in earth shoes and flares. 1 got a lot of disparaging looks. My first impressions of Elvis were of a very intense guy trying hard not to make eye contact. Stand-offish, aloof, very sweaty. The first album wasn't out yet, but I'd bought the singles and learned to play "Alison," "Red Shoes," "Less Than Zero" pretty well, but pretended I was learning them. It was a good ploy until they started doing songs I'd never heard before and I couldn't get them quite so quickly. | ||
Elvis and I got on really well. We shared a room for ages. We were very similar in a lot of respects, quick-minded, fairly intense. I remember sitting in a restaurant in Amsterdam vorking our way through a bottle of 1961 Haut Briand. I was going On about how, "What England needs now is a new William Blake." Elvis said, "What England needs now is a new Jeremy Bentham." I knew then we had something in common. | Elvis and I got on really well. We shared a room for ages. We were very similar in a lot of respects, quick-minded, fairly intense. I remember sitting in a restaurant in Amsterdam vorking our way through a bottle of 1961 Haut Briand. I was going On about how, "What England needs now is a new William Blake." Elvis said, "What England needs now is a new Jeremy Bentham." I knew then we had something in common. |
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