Allan Clarke Interview on Live Wire 24

[Mevrouw Bee]

Again, this just popped up in my Twitter feed in a tweet dated yesterday. No clue who this Ling Pang is and haven't had a chance to listen, but here you go...


www.mixcloud.com/LiveWire24/live-wire-24-allan-clarke-founding-member-and-the-original-lead-singer-of-the-hollies/?fbclid=IwAR09zw53gbsmijPUS5nPMU2fM8OJ9CqmuAbdztRJFAFTe2KhnPzQ68NlNF0

[calvertbesseralseric]

Thanks for posting this but it really is one of the worst interviews I've ever listened to. She clearly has no clue about the band, is reading a few quick facts off Wikipedia, and it honestly seemed like it was making the ever-calm Allan a bit exasperated at times - deservedly so. Still good to hear from him in these difficult times, I hope the album with Graham and tour can still go ahead at some point and they all get out of this fine.

[stuball]

Apr 24, 2020 13:28:59 GMT calvertbesseralseric said:

Thanks for posting this but it really is one of the worst interviews I've ever listened to. She clearly has no clue about the band, is reading a few quick facts off Wikipedia, and it honestly seemed like it was making the ever-calm Allan a bit exasperated at times - deservedly so. 

Sadly, that's been the de facto position of Hollies interviewers for years now: memorize the time period (1963 to 1975), five biggie hits ( Just One Look, Carrie-Anne, He Ain't Heavy, Long Cool Woman, Air That I Breathe) and name-drop Graham Nash and CSN. There! Good to go! Talk about amateur hour! It's infuriating to true Hollies fans, and it's reached the point where I can't be bothered listening anymore, and I'm shocked that anyone can. Talk about a waste of good time! 

[Mevrouw Bee]

Probably only going to get worse now, as interviewers get younger and younger and music from the 80s onwards is now the go-to nostalgia thing.

Thanks for the head's up. I hadn't gotten around to listening, and now won't bother. We now have the music; that's good enough for me.