Prodigy article continued
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Here's part 2:
Q:Were your record company as miffed as Moby's when you announced you were
moving away from techno?
Liam:The thing with Moby is he really HAS gone rock n roll. He's thrown
his keyboards away and started writing what, in my opinion, is bad
hardcore.With us, we've still got loads of dance elements in our music.I
mean, "Firestarter" was a dance song with rock attitude, so XL havent got
a problem with it.
Leeroy:Moby's still writing dance music under a pseudonym, isnt he?
Liam:Yeah, but I heard him on MTV saying the only dance he likes nowadays
is the cheesy stuff.
Keith: He's not a technohead fan, is he?!
Q:Talking of Technohead, would you let The Smurfs cover on of your tunes?
Leeroy: I'd like to cover the Smurfs with a very heavy pillow and sit on
it.
Liam:They wanted to turn "Firestarter" into "Smurfstarter", but I told
them where they could stick their pointy hats.
Maxim:No blue man covers my fucking songs
Keith:He can be black, he can be white, he can be yellow, he can be any
fucking colour he wants, but he cant be blue.
Leeroy:Thats a bit Smurfist.
Q:Are you pleased or horrified thatU2 have been citing yourselves,
Underworld, and the Chemical Brothers as the biggest influences on their
Pop album?
Liam:I've spoken to Bono a couple of times . I wanted him to do a track on
our new record-and he wanted me to do a remix on theirs-but our schedules
were totally out of sync.I think that for a band of their size, they take
a lot of risks, which is cool.
Keith:Its not their fault that theyre growing old and fat, is it?
Q:Whats the most outrageous lie thats been printed about you this year?
Keith:There was an article last weekend which was complete fabrication.t
said I was engaged.You know,totally smitten and ring bought.
Liam:The strange thing is that it was to my bird, so you can imagine how I
felt!
Q: I take it you were straight onto your lawyers?
Liam:Nah, I was straight onto my bird!
Keith:If itd been really hurtful to someone I'm close to, then, yeah, I'd
have thought about suing but as it is,it didnt even get me hot.
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