In The Hot Seat This Week: Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritch, should you not be aware, is the frontman of the sublime, classic, and altogether legendary band The Sisters Of Mercy. We entered the blackness that is his CD collection, and marvelled at Mr. Eldritch’s ability to dodge the question in hand…
1) How big is your CD collection?
Bigger than my head.
2) Your favourite CD that no one else you know owns?
Too late: I've just found another person with the Salaryman album.
3) A CD you paid through the nose to own?
I'd pay a fortune, if I didn't have connections, for the box set of early Pere Ubu albums.
4) The last chart CD you bought?
All Saints – ‘Black Coffee’ and Destiny's Child – ‘The Writing's On The Wall’.
5) What CD that you loaned out would you like back RIGHT NOW?
Cockney Rebel – ‘Human Menagerie’
6) What piece of vinyl do you take with you, knowing full well that it won't fit into the CD case?
For three separate reasons that's a bloody stupid question.
7) What CD single are you certain would get everyone dancing?
I don't know everyone. Has she got a sister?
8) If your whole CD collection was stolen, what 3 would you immediately go out and buy again?
Motorhead – ‘No Sleep Till Hammersmith’
Motorhead – ‘No Sleep Till Hammersmith’
Motorhead – ‘No Sleep Till Hammersmith’
9) The best bargain CD you have ever found?
Beethoven gives you a lot of bang for the buck.
10) The most embarrassing CD you own?
Whatever it was, you're too late: it's been jettisoned into deep space with a ton of others.
11) What CD do you put at the front of the pile so that no one is in any doubt how cool you are?
Get a life. [Oooooh…touchy! –Ed]
12) Your favourite compilation CD
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues, 1947 - 1974
13) CD vs vinyl: your thoughts
Vinyl, if it didn't hiss and crackle, and if it could reproduce slightly higher frequencies. Or a 96kHz CD (of an analog or 96kHz recording) in a 12" sleeve.
BONUS QUESTION 1* Would you pay for an MP3?
What do I win if I answer this correctly?
*BONUS QUESTION 2* Napster - goodies or baddies?
An industry inevitability.