Julie's blog has a very interesting interview with Mark Nevin.
http://juliehamill.tumblr.com/
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This is brilliant, Peter. Many thanks. Fascinating stuff.
One of the biggest downsides of Morrissey choosing to present himself as a solo act post-Smiths is that we hardly ever get to hear about the music that lies beneath the songs (since Morrissey is no musician - and that's according to Morrissey himself before you all jump on me!).
I'm just as interested in the music as I am in the lyrics and the singing but we rarely hear about the technical details coz unlike with the Smiths, Morrissey never does interviews with his songwriting collaborators.
It was great to hear the recent Boz interview in a guitar mag e.g. how and when he wrote the music to Paris, and about how his wife suggested the accordion should be added to Carol.
I would love to read an interview with both Morrissey and Boz together. Hear them talk about their songwriting partnership, their history, and just see how they are together - jokey, matey, awkward etc?
Mark Nevin was a really underrated songwriter. Great to hear the names he gave his compositions before handing them to Morrissey, how he effectively produced the utterly sublime 'I Know It's Gonna Happen' himself, how Moz was keen for him to join the world tour, and how his Kill Uncle compositions were effectively rearranged by Langer and Winstanley.
Thanks again for posting.