Interview with Tindersticks’ Dave Boutler
August 4, 2010
Tindersticks’ Dave Boutler talks to Steven O’Rourke about the six LPs – he’s old school – that shaped his formative decades and the people who introduced him to them.
Be sure to read on to be in with a chance of winning a pair of fast-selling tickets to the show!
1. Holst – The Planets
First thing every morning at Infant School was assembly. Mr Gibbs, our headmaster, would tell us news and events, lead us in our daily prayer, then spend the last 20 minutes on his love of classical music. His favourite was Dvorak (or Kojak as we remembered him). One record he played impressed me so much to be on my next Christmas list. Holst's The Planets. It wasn't like anything Ed Stew-pot played on a Saturday morning. It flew me away to those planets every time I put it on.
2. Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra – Nancy and Lee
One of the first records I became fascinated by. The way it looked. This old man (40 was ancient to a 7 year old) and this beautiful blond. And the sound.
It wasn't like anything else in my Dad's record collection. Some Velvet Morning, Sand. It took me to a magical world, a grown up world. Lee's voice had a sad, longing in it. And staring into Nancy's eyes, I felt that longing. I wanted that girl. I wanted that moustache. I wanted to make that music.
3. The Beatles – White Album
My school mate's Dad had an amazing record collection. He'd started in the fifties as a teenager and never stopped. The Beatles became my obsession for a year or two. Especially this album. It still surprises me. I find different things in it depending on my mood. It has some connection to how I wanted our first album to work.
4. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
I was bit too young for Punk. 11 in '76. The post punk, or New Wave music is what really got me, especially music from the North, Manchester, Liverpool, Scotland. John Peel and the N.M.E. became my bible. I got A Factory Sample double 7" after hearing Joy Division on John Peel. They changed the way I felt about music. I wanted it. Me and my mate got a couple of instruments and tried (very badly) to become them. I've worn out about 3 copies of this.
5. John Barry – The Ipcress File
The 80's were shit for me. I was lost. Musically, everything became the same over produced gloss. It was time for me to look elsewhere. I'd watched and loved so many great films. I got The Ipcress File and about 5 other soundtracks in a junk shop. This one just blew me away. Me and a friend used to go to record fares around the UK looking for John Barry records. They were like gold dust. Soundtracks became the soundtrack to my life for the next few years. And still are in a lot of ways.
6. Al Green – I'm Still In Love With You
I moved from Nottingham to London in 1990, and began working in a record shop. It's where I fell back in love with music. Soul music was my sister's music. I'd been in denial. Al green (and Isaac Hayes) became a new obsession. I don't really think about music in genres. It's just good music or bad music.
Tindersticks play St. Canice's Cathedral on Sunday August 15 with support from 3epkano.
We've got a pair of tickets to the gig to give away. You've got between now and next Wednesday to post:
"What would be the album you would choose if you could only listen to one for the rest of your life, and why?"
A very restricted Desert Island Discs, if you like! ... And no "best of" records allowed! :-)
Post a link to one of the tracks on your album of choice too if you like.
Your Comments (3)
Fugazi - 13 songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLzLJsxe2s
Peter at 12:16 on 04 August 2010
Pixies - Doolittle. Why? Because its mixture of quiet/loud dynamics, biblical imagery, primal howling & pop sensibilities make it a record for all occasions. In a time of Stock, Aiken & Waterman manufactured pop, Debaser was the alternative beacon lighting the way for anyone seeking an escape from SAW.
From the opening bass rumble of Bone Machine, through the sugar rush of Here Comes Your Man & the demented Tame to the centrepiece of This Monkeys Gone To Heaven, Debaser rewrote the rule book & influenced the next generation of alternative heroes.
As Kurt Cobain said, “I was just trying to rip off the Pixies”
Iain Mullen at 13:09 on 04 August 2010
stranded on one album island?
the tindersticks!
got to love that sound
i would try and sneak one more past the island authorities:
‘i can hear the heart…..’ by yo la tengo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxpC5PSrRQ&feature=related
G Wall at 10:05 on 11 August 2010