Bruford interview from 1984

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Very insightful input from Bill.

[YESOLA]

Very insightful input from Bill.

Yes, but he is also a bit arrogant, as he has said about himself.

[Ceasar’s Palace]

I’d like Bill to be interviewed by someone who will actually engage in a two way conversation and who is not afraid to disagree. But that was obviously not the idea here.
On the whole I enjoy the way he exposes the trivialities of ‘the business’, but he’s also making a caricature of people like John Wetton and Eddie Jobson. Even if they have some star aspirations, they can still be extremely competent in music making as well as music writing.

I wonder what he would have to say about the current music scene. Makes Duran Duran seem rather interesting and innovative in hindsight…

[YESOLA]

I’d like Bill to be interviewed by someone who will actually engage in a two way conversation and who is not afraid to disagree. But that was obviously not the idea here.
On the whole I enjoy the way he exposes the trivialities of ‘the business’, but he’s also making a caricature of people like John Wetton and Eddie Jobson. Even if they have some star aspirations, they can still be extremely competent in music making as well as music writing.

I wonder what he would have to say about the current music scene. Makes Duran Duran seem rather interesting and innovative in hindsight…

I think someone could, some of the interviews he is doing more recently shows an appreciation for what he was able to do. Of course even in his arrogance, he gave tremendous insight into what was going on at the time.

Duran Duran (who i also used to bust on to my younger sister who was also a yes fan) looks dam near genious compared to other stuff now.

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