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SIMON DE BELLAUNION / ex-COCTEAU TWINS

JadeWeb : Quel est votre premier souvenir musical ou sonore ?
Playing a 7" single of Breakaway by the Beach Boys about 100 times in a row and singing along to those glorious harmonies.

Quels artistes ou chansons ont marqué votre jeunesse ?
Well, the early part (i was born 1962-) certainly the Walker Brothers. My dad worked with them so I guess I subconciously picked up on it..

Pensiez-vous travailler dans la musique ? Que souhaitiez-vous devenir plus tard ?
Not really. not until i was a little punk aged 15. I always wanted to be a professional footballer. I carried on playing till I was about 36 hoping someone form Tottenham would 'scout' me!

Y a t’il des sons désagréables (ou agréables) qui ont marqué votre jeunesse ?
Well my elder sisters all like nice things like Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, and my brother liked noisy things like Led Zepellin, Iron Butterfly so I guess somewhere along the line, I worked out my own sounds. I hated all those bands then, and really only when I heard the Sex Pistols did I wake up to music

Est-ce que vos parents ont participé à votre éducation musicale ?
Kind of. I had violin lessons for a while, but once I had heard the Clash and the Slits, I gave it up and took up the bass instead, though I had no formal training at that. I've always had a fairly good ear, and watched my old man play the piano, and picked up a bit that way. That's what I seem to play most these days,

Pouvez-vous raconter un souvenir d’enfance marquant, relatif à la musique (concert, spectacle…) ?
I must have lead a fairly sheltered life or something, cos I hadn't seen a concert til I was 15, and I think the first show was either Generation X or Subway Sect.


Votre Top 5 de l’enfance

'breakaway' by beach boys
'make it easy on yourself' by the walker bros.

'halfway to paradise' by Billy Fury
'happiness is a warm gun' by beatles
'see emily play' by pink floyd


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