TURNER CODYinterview |
February 21st 2003: |
Antifolk Online's |
With Turner Cody |
The following EXACT same questions appeared in R.S. issue 915 and were asked to Jeff Tweedy. Antifolk Online gave them to Turner Cody with the instructions to answer them however he would choose to. And to have fun with em. Here are his responses: |
RS- What's your first musical memory? TC- my first musical memory was a fat lady singing. RS- Did your older brothers and sisters turn you on to music? TC- i have no older siblings. RS-The first record you bought? TC- the first record i bought in the way a grown up buys a record was "the essential jimi hendrix". however for years i had listened to shown tunes from "les mis" "cats" "the music man" "camelot" and "jesus christ superstar". i also liked irish folk music and oldies. RS- How did you get your first guitar? TC- i got my first guitar when i was around twelve or thirteen. RS- What was the name of the first song you wrote? TC- the first song i wrote was about the death of rock and roll and the erosion of mass culture. its name has since been lost. RS- Did you have "relationship" songs- like you and your girlfriend's favorite song? TC- two relationship songs i've had are the kink's "the village green preservation society" and the beatles "two of us". RS- Do you remember your first time onstage? TC- my first time on stage was as hamlet in a first grade production of "rosecrantz and guildenstern are dead". RS- What in your opinion is the coolest instrument in the world? TC- all instruments are cool in the hands of someone who can play them, otherwise, none of them are cool. however, i feel that of all the instruments that exist, the electric guitar is probably the coolest. RS- Did you have a favorite TV theme song? TC- my favorite tv song is the theme from "welcome back kotter" RS- What's wrong with it? TC- RS- What artists can you not stand? TC- i don't like any bad music.what is "bad"? i'd rather not go into it. RS- You mean like creed? TC- i think i would call creed "bad". very bad, indeed. Do you listen to, say, any MTV bands? TC- i like the strokes, the white stripes, beck, radiohead, eminem at times. this is pretty much it. RS- What's the music scene like at home? Do you sand your wife fight over the stereo? TC- |
