and there were places to play if you were drop of a hat, and with very little in the way of remuneration! I have to say the transformation in the city was just astounding and quite sad.
MM: Did you pick up on that, with your music?
GT: Yeah, well, No Exit is a great name for a wrote about unemployment, one in particular called Stories To Tell. Even in those days I was reluctant, or incapable of, writing a direct lyric that dealt with politics, but the song did relate to tha t atmosphere in quite a cryptic way. I don’t fact I don’t have very strong views on anything! But Stories To Be Told was my attempt to write a political song, even if I unemployment!
MM: Did you write songs then that amused you, or you connected with rather than just write pop songs that everyone could relate to?
GT: What I’ve always tried to do with my great artists, and they all have their own Beatles have carved out their own niche. And of course they’ve all got their different. And that’s what I tried to do with No Exit. It’s very of the time and you can hear Echo and The Bunnymen, you can hear U2.
MM: Would you say the 1980s was a good time for music in this country, and in Liverpool in particular?
GT: It was certainly a good time in Liverpool. I mean in 1981, we had the Bunnymen, Teardrops and The Mighty of these artists, but it never happened. I mean you can strive to be great, and maybe you are great, but unless you meet the right people…there’s a lot to
MM: Until now…
drummer Tony the other day, and he with him in London and mentioned Guy said that he wanted to be involved. on my album is a similar feeling to what he had Strange. And I’d never heard of Andy Strange, but I’d heard of George Martin who he was apprenticed to, and I’d heard of the Robbie Williams, George Michael and Elton John. He’d spent 15 years in those And we’ve got a very good product, that, so at the moment it’s all been me sending out E-Mails to American college radio stations
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