~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

Oddly enough there was this story in my morning paper.

Just who is this guy? For the uninitiated, he's Scott Walker -- born Noel Scott Engel in small-town Ohio. And now, at 66, he continues to be the reclusive hero to Brit rockers, hipster intellectuals, Mojo magazine readers and swooning sexagenarian German women. But he remains a mystery to nearly all.

Hmmm, this thread contains more evidence as to WHO Booth is than WHO Scott Walker.  We know he's a hipster intellectual. 

But it also demonstrates that Scott Walker can ignite a powerful dialogue, huh? 

I called that Jesse YouTube link "heroin music" huh?  I just revisited the video.  Black cocaine encrusted nose holes, or something like that?  I can't get past minute one of its six minutes.  Never liked that Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore song either and though I'd not have recalled the name of the group, I do recall that it wasn't a 45 I would have bought back then thinking it more along the lines of a Monkees record.  Or a Dave Clark Five maybe.

However... the film looks interesting even if I expect a future bio-pic may be even more entertaining. You can send it to me if Booth doesn't want it, Angel. 

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Oh, no. It's a keeper. (I review so much crap, I just expect it to be!) But I'll rip it for you. Send me your addy!

It's really interesting how his style evolved. I don't think I've ever heard a person sound so one thing and then become so dramatically another. The only thing that doesn't change is the moaning.

Is Booth Scott Walker? :P

FEH.  Guess he's going for the gritty verite so okay.  I should have termed it "Cocaine music" but that's not really accurate.

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Archangel is a lovely song.  Odd but nice.

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Then again, I've only listened to the variety of the singles on youtube, so I don't know what came when. In retrospect, it all sounds generic late-60's-early 70's (Phil Spector-ish) to me, but I can appreciate the broad influence his innovations were having at the time, especially on New Wave.

I met Stephen Kijack, the director of 30th Century Man, at an LA party on Sunday. I had been telling the host about this documentary the night before (he had never heard of Scott Walker before, either) and the guy happened to show up so he introduced us. I got his card and he said his publicist told him he'd gotten good press in Denver. Small world