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Interview with Michael

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Started by White Psycho in Chit-Chat

Anyone who’s interested there’s an interview with Michael McKeegan in the current Bass Guitar Magazine. Its pretty cool for bass players (I only saw it because my mate is a bass player). Might transcribe it sometime if I can be arsed but its too late right now and I’m lazy!

Posted on Sun, 18 January 2004 at 01:44

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Alex wrote:

There was a day when I would have jumped on this, rushed to the newsagent and put it up. But hey, in the Al Pacino style, “forged aboud id”.

Not that it negates anything the interview is about.

And I’m not quite sure why I am saying this.

Hohum.

Sarah — hi!!! :)

Posted on Sun, 18 January 2004 at 04:32

#2

Andy D wrote:

Sounds more like Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes :D.

Posted on Tue, 20 January 2004 at 22:01

#3

Squall wrote:

I really hope I’m not alone but just dont rate Pacino as an actor at all. All he does is mumble with no hint of emotion.

All his lines are delivered exactly the same monotone blank staring way..

Oh and Kenneth Brannagh is Shit too. He just sounds like hes doing shakespeare on screen, it just sounds so over the top.

One of the finest actors around is Patrick Stewart.

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 16:17

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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:

who’s most famous for playing Capt Picard and Prof X - 2 vastly different roles, er…

Ken was good doing the voiceovers for Walking with Various prehistoric critters and Shackleton was good, so I disagree that he’s shit, just a bit limited in what he plays.

And whilst we’re whinging about actors, I think the way Ian McKellan uses his position to bang on (to coin a phrase) about homosexuality is disgusting. Not that I’m being homophobic, its just the thought of someone that old having an active sex life is… bleurgh!

Can you imagine what his scrotum must look like?

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:00

#5

RobbyVDH wrote:

I really don’t want to imagine how anyone his scrotum is looking like :eek:

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:01

#6

Taunty Dan wrote:

Squall wrote:

I really hope I’m not alone but just dont rate Pacino as an actor at all. All he does is mumble with no hint of emotion.

OH MY GOD MAN!!!!! Are you insane??? the man is a LEGEND!!!! Have you not seen the Godfather films? Serpico? Dog Day Afternoon? Carlitos Way? I would go on but can’t be bothered. Shame on you!!

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:15

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mightyscoop wrote:

I’m with Dan on this one…Pacino is a legend…I can pretty much recite every line of his in Carilot’s Way…but his finest performance must be in Donnie Brasco…legendary…

My girlfriend hates hime..she claims he’s “just a wee man who loves mumbling then shouting loads”

but she’s grand looking so i let her off

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:19

#8

Taunty Dan wrote:

how could i forget donnie brasco???? i feel so ashamed…

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:30

#9

mightyscoop wrote:

and so you should be…the movie is a classic…

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:32

#10

Taunty Dan wrote:

i know. I had a mad dvd spending spree a few months back when virgin were doing 5 for £30, and ended up with mainly pacino films (brascoe included) & deniro fims. All i’ve got to do now is convince the girlfriend to let me watch the bastards!

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:38

#11

mightyscoop wrote:

tell me about it…I have a huge, impressive dvd and video collection if i do say so myself…filled with classics and generally great films but my girlfriend is a nightmare for letting me watch anything decent…sadly she’s a girly girl and unless it’s trash, she ain’t interested…managed to drag her to the last therapy? gig though…

Response - “it was okay”

there’s no pleasing some folks

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:53

#12

Taunty Dan wrote:

its not just me then??!!! Fantastic, someone else who knows the pain i go through!! Ok, maybe thats a bit dramatic, there IS good stuff, but jesus CHRIST her taste in music just plain upsets me… We’re talking Ronan K******g & W*stl*fe. Theres a Ronan screen saver on this very computer! My only salvation is the huge fuck off Kurt poster behind me.

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 20:57

#13

mightyscoop wrote:

You can be honest with me sir…It IS pain we go through…

Steph has some good taste in music…but her good taste in music is sadly just the empty spaces on my shelves…she’s getting better…but my credit card was abused this afternoon as she ordered the new Britney album, the new Dido album, and Busted…I felt like crying…but what can you do…

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 21:07

#14

Taunty Dan wrote:

you can’t do anything while murder’s still illegal. I must admit that i quite like dido…But yeah, spears and the busted can do one. Using YOUR credit card is a bit much, mind.

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 21:14

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mightyscoop wrote:

yeah…she was using my Pc when i was in the shower and then just matter of factly advised me that she’d just ordered cds and she’d give me the money as she didn’t have her cards with her…

I’ve heard that too many times though…

I’ve resigned to the fact that i will forever feed her disgusting habit

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 21:27

#16

Taunty Dan wrote:

i actually had to physically pick up the latest ronan cd, take it to the counter, and part with actual real money for it recently. Still, she bought me a marshall amp for christmas so can’t complain. But still feel the need to. It keeps me going.

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 21:32

#17

mightyscoop wrote:

Complaining with a like minded, and equally abused boyfriend is all part of the course…

I had to buy her the sugababes album at Christmas…the guy at HMV looked at me very strangely

Posted on Tue, 3 February 2004 at 21:37

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JSar666 wrote:

I know I’m a bit late in saying this but how on Earth could anyone NOT think Pacino is brilliant? I mean, if all you’ve seen is Sim0ne and Frankie and Johnny, fair enough, but Insomnia, the Godfather Trilogy, Heat, Carlito’s Way, Scarface, Donnie Brasco, The Recruit (shut up, it was good), Serpico, Scent Of A Woman (again, shut it. The man got an Oscar for it), Dog Day Afternoon and so on are all classics.

Posted on Wed, 4 February 2004 at 07:55

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Krisken wrote:

::Gets ready for the replies:: Um… I don’t think Pacino is bad, nor DeNiro, but one thing they are is Overplayed. Kind of like that song by Jet being shot across the radio at us. Sure, they’ve acted in a lot of classic movies, but there are MUCH better actors with more range in their acting. What roles do DeNiro and Pacino play best? Cops and robbers. Put them outside that role and they’re pretty out of their element.

To me, an actor needs to be able to adapt to the part, and it just seems like Pacino and Deniro’s parts are handed to them because it would only occur to the person writing it to say “who else would this be?”.

I’d give my own ideas on great actors, but I imagine I’d get stoned (er, rocks thrown at me, not high).

Posted on Wed, 4 February 2004 at 13:54

#20

JSar666 wrote:

Yes rocks. Lots of rocks. FIY Pacino got an Oscar for playing a blind soldier in Scent Of A Woman and De Niro got one for playing Jake LaMotta, who was once the middleweight boxing champion of the world, in Raging Bull. I’d hardly say they were “out of their element” in these cases.

Yeah, they’ve played cops and gangsters lots of times, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have range. Have you seen the Mission, Taxi Driver, Wag The Dog or The Deer Hunter with De Niro? Devil’s Advocate (shut it, it rocked) or The Insider with Pacino? Personally, I think they have great range, being method actors and all.

Posted on Wed, 4 February 2004 at 19:39

#21

Krisken wrote:

Yes, and in every case I was unconvinced that they were anyone other than Deniro or Pacino. It has nothing to do with rocks, it’s a personal opinion. Your opinion is that they are almighty god-like actors (even stating awards), and mine is they are not a model of what acting is. Titanic won 11 Oscars and that’s undeniably a pile of dog-dung. Awards do not make one great.

I personally think that Kevin Spacey and Willian Hurt are much better actors.

Again, these are opinions, and as such neither one of us may be “right” or “wrong”. Sometimes people forget this.

Posted on Wed, 4 February 2004 at 21:55

#22

JSar666 wrote:

Well, I’m sorry you feel that way. My point with the Oscars is that they weren’t “out of their depth”. Titanic won 11 Oscars, and thought I thought the STORY was rubbish, some of those Oscars were deserved…

Spacey and Hurt are both brilliant too though.

Posted on Thu, 5 February 2004 at 09:01

#23

ratamahatta wrote:

Taunty Dan wrote:

its not just me then??!!! Fantastic, someone else who knows the pain i go through!! Ok, maybe thats a bit dramatic, there IS good stuff, but jesus CHRIST her taste in music just plain upsets me… We’re talking Ronan K******g & W*stl*fe. Theres a Ronan screen saver on this very computer! My only salvation is the huge fuck off Kurt poster behind me.

just do what i did…install this as your screen saver, oooooh was she NOT happy :-D

http://www.americanrecordings.com/slayer/downloads/slayerscreen.exe.zip

Posted on Sat, 7 February 2004 at 20:01

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