Pete Burns on the 1980s - From Punk to Pop and where he fit in (and didn't!) - Full length

Описание: From Liverpool's punk scene to chart topping heights, the great late Pete Burn's sassy and sarcastic spin on life has always set him apart. Timecoded transcript below.

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Previously unreleased full-length interview with the British pop star Pete Burns. He founded the pop band "Dead or Alive" in 1980 which rose to mainstream success with their 1985 single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". Here he goes into depth on the 80s: his influences, formative years and emotions around the peaks and troughs of his career, all personalised by his sarcastic British spin on things.

0:15 Punk: as influential as it was influenced.
4:58 Post-punk.
6:37 “Human League”
8:29 “Gender bender” scene.
10:20 A lack of novelty within the sound
11:32 Fashion/dress sense
14:33 "New Romantic" movement
16:45 Vivienne Westwood – what the brand means to him.
17:50 That famous eye patch for which he was once known.
19:10 Nostalgia/throwbacks: the hit single “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”
21:30 An artist’s lifestyle
22:40 “Dead or alive” and their European tour
24:30 Critics.
25:00 US success.
27:17 US record company issues.
27:30 Japanese success.
28:10 Further US success.
31:30 „Hi-NRG“: the genre
33:25 Working with Stock Aitken Waterman (team of producers)
37:15 MTV and music videos
38:15 The Acid House scene
40:00 Nena and 99 Luftballons, musical influences (Bobby O, Silvester etc.)
42:40 Today's music scene and media-brainwashing
43:30 Dance music of the 80 & why Nirvana doesn’t float his boat
45:35 What his current relationship to music entails
48:00 Life and his outlook on it today
50:00 The Goth scene
54:00 Reviving the 80s

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