(TV) Verlaine on "Cover"

[Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>]

bI like the sound of this recordb he says. bI spent a lot of time 
trying to make it as simple as I could. A lot of the songs are stripped 
down. I wanted it so an instrument could really speakb& itbs 
something you hear on jazz records. The guitar still seems to have a 
style, something personal about it b itbs not something you can get 
the same from synthesisers. b

bWell, therebs definitely more melody here. More like Mozart. You 
could sing these songs with an acoustic guitar and still hear the melody 
there. And a retard could play those drumbeats. Thatbs the rhythm I 
like best. I mean, I really love The Troggsb drummer! Brutal, you 
know. bMaybe it sounds difficult to some people, but to me it appears 
ultra-simple and ultra-natural. If it doesnbt sound good right away I 
try something else. Everythingbs easy to play, itbs just positioned 
so that they might sound different to other pop tunes.b

...From an 1984 NME interview I've just unearthed, which is here:

http://www.marquee.demon.co.uk/nme984.htm
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