"I was a young breakdancer..."
Ok, some of this may have been posted before but I was searching for Sneaker Pimps interviews instead of revising (when I fail my exams I think I’ll feel it was worth it) and I found these gems from here:
http://sneakerpimps.freeservers.com/articles.html#nme.
I’d never seen them before if everyone else has I apologise. A lot of them are just Liam/Kelly drivel but it does contain some comedy gold. So in the style of Zenalee I’ll just pick out some of the best bits:
Preview:
"Liam and I absolutely love the Spice Girls! We had a little debaucerous night in LA with them...Geri's a big fan of us, as well, so that helps. "
Breakdancing:
"I was a young breakdancer and I used to get the lino and the beatbox out! I didn't have the backward baseball cap though, I wasn't quite as clued up as that! I remember going to my uncle's wedding and they played it and there was this 40-year-old guy who was into robotics so we had this burn-out!! I must have been about nine and he was 40! And there was this tragic scene of young versus old. I got him in the end, though! I won! It's a bit sad really."
"I used to love breakdancing as well," he confesses. "I used to rent all the breakdancing films. I don't know whether I could do it now, but yeah, I did used to do it. Back spins and head spins and all that rubbish. That was good fun."
Mentions of food:
"We are more determined than ever now," says Chris, desperately trying to cure his hangover by tucking into a meal of meat and veg.
It's five in the afternoon. Chris has only been awake for a couple of hours and is already on his second cup of wine. He grins affably, plops down on the couch and attacks the sandwich provided by some caterer. "I know I'll eventually tire of these meals," he explains between bites. "But right now, it's just brilliant to wake up and have your food and wine waiting for you."
The ‘San Diego beach’ incident
"Chris did a Reginald Perrin-style run into the sea in San Diego and gave himself to the waves," says Liam. "He was in his suit and tie and everything, in he went and I had to fish him out. It was a humbling moment, we walked back in the moonlight hand in hand."
Chris Corner, in particular, might be a little more subdued on this tour -- after their May appearance at 'Canes, the guitarist "got really screwed up" and decided to sample the city's greatest resource -- the ocean -- running into the surf fully dressed, shoes, tie and all. (Suit and Tie.....?! Seriously Chris?)
Random Quotes
“I got back and rang me mum and cried for about an hour," sniffs Chris.
"She was telling the waiter to 'suck his cock' and pointing to me," says Chris. (In reference to what Kelly was like drunk. )
Taraaa! Chris looks up for the first time in 20 minutes. "You are talking bollocks. He could stitch us up so badly with this rubbish." (This is btw Chris' reaction to Liam being pretentious. Oh how the tables have turned!)
In the photographer's studio, founder members Liam and Chris Corner peep awkwardly in the mirror. Liam is tall and masculine. Chris is slight and feminine.
"I remember talking to this reporter in America," says Chris blearily. "And I was at a particularly low point and it turned into this ridiculous therapy session not talking about the music at all, almost crying on this woman's shoulder. I fell in love with her because she was helping me on a really bad day."
Somehow Chris has dyed the sink, I don't know how. The black dye has taken on the sink so he's desperately trying to bleach it off. Trashed the sink, used all the coffee and tea...
And my absolute favourite that I shall be using in everyday life:
“Hello boys and girls, hit me with some funky questions. "
Why does he insist on talking like a creepy, middle aged DJ from the ‘70’s?