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andrew harrison, editor of the hip music magazine select, says: “of course suede are still relevant, and i’m very much looking forward to their new album. the problem initially was that they were loaded with so many expectations that they couldn’t possibly please everyone. they’ve become so big because there are so few pop stars around at the moment. they’ve benefited from that, but at the end of the day they live or die by their records. and their records are very, very good.” anderson remains unfazed, as a fitting dénouement for suede seems a way off yet. “the character that press are moulding from the little piece of plasticine you threw them is so distorted that you really don’t feel that it’s you anyway,” he says, “so it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t matter at all. i don’t like being fitted into this lineage thing – being compared to bowie and morrissey – because in a way it almost predicts your final resting place. the beatles were pioneers, but everyone who came after – even suede – we’ve all been fingered. it’s all too post-modern. you’ve got to jolt yourself out of your inheritance. but i don’t honestly find it a pressure, all this stuff. i’m quite comfortable with it. rock’n’roll is no big deal. i haven’t seen the horror yet.“i’m much happier than i was 18 months ago. my ambitions have completely exploded, you know. i used to aspire to something quite bohemian, some kind of microscopic englishness, but now i have no desire to entertain any of those things at all. it’s got al lot to do with flying around the world. i’ve never traveled before, and experiencing all those different cultures has changed me completely. one of the most beautiful things about success is that it makes you really generous. when you haven’t got success it makes you want to defend your own little personality, create your own little thing. i think my ambitions are a lot healthier, more optimistic. i’m not feeling so tortured now. i’m definitely waiting for something…” and still looking, one presumes, for vera lynn. dylan jones, “easily suede,” the sunday times, the magazine (march 6, 1994): 30-36. photographs by david bailey. |
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