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Titolo: Ben Christophers

un cantante da non dimenticare.... uno dei migliori degli ultimi anni che
vanno conosciuti....
l'intervista e' ad opera dei Muse
Singer-
songwriter and the man behind the expansive "My Beautiful Demon" album, Ben
Christophers takes the Baker's Dozen dip. 
Have you had any bad
experiences from being colour blind?
I've had loads actually. The worst
was when I first found out I was colour blind. I banged my head on a
radiator and I remember about a minute later feeling a bit faint. I put my
hand to my neck and there was this green drip. I was very young and when I
was a kid I used to let crayons drip down the radiator and I thought that I
had this green crayon in my hand. I realised after I'd collapsed that it
was actually blood. I lost so much blood I've still got a scar on the back
of my head from it. 
Your mother's from Nairobi - has this influenced
your music?
It hasn't influenced my music but my attitude, because my
mum's upbringing was very different. She has a very peaceful and open
hearted way about her and a very relaxed approach to life. She's always
taught me to have the same ideals so musically in some ways that helps.
I've never felt that I've needed to belong to a genre of music to actually
make a success of myself as long as I'm happy with what I'm doing. 
Are
you a potter like your parents?
It's second nature really. I've been doing
it since I was three or four. Mum and dad still make pots for a living,
anything from bowls to Roman jugs, so if you want an ashtray or anything
like that... 
What age were you when you wrote your first song and what
was it about?
I was four and it was called "Harry". It was about a little
boy who kicked his ball over the garden wall and the neighbours wouldn't
give him the ball back. It was actually a true story. My neighbours used to
keep my balls when I'd kick them over. I had to go and get them and they
were very unfriendly. 
Were you one of those kids who loved piano
lessons?
I wasn't very good at the piano. I gave up the lessons. I was
learning classical and I found it really restricting, so I just used to
drive my family insane by playing chords and writing songs on my own and it
usually didn't make any sense at all. I've still got some tapes now and
listening to them I've actually noticed that I've still got some of the
same ideas. 
If you weren't a musician what would you do?
I really
can't think of a thing I could do. I think I'd be homeless, no doubt. I can
focus so well on my music and my work but to focus on something else I
think would ruin me. 
Why did you hate school so much?
I just got
bullied and stuff. I was very unhappy there. I think one of the problems I
had was that I suffered from a kind of deafness which was more mental than
it was physical. It was very bizarre. It just came about through being
incredibly nervous. I couldn't take things in, I couldn't read or write
very well and the colour blindness didn't help. It was terrible, vile, it
was awful. I left school with no qualifications but I still felt wiser for
it all so no harm done. 
Heaven is...?
Heaven is some huge space where
the sun constantly shines, there's loads of trees, there's loudspeakers
everywhere and the music never stops and everyone can play and there's
loads of tea. There has to be loads of tea otherwise I'm not bothered.
Hell is...?
Hell is the same but no tea. 
Most embarrassing record you
own?
I think it's got to be - oh my God, I've got so many - "The Birdie
Song". The bloody "Birdie Song", that is the most embarrassing. 
Your
most embarrassing fashion mistake in the Eighties?
This is going to ruin
me isn't it? I think probably leg warmers and eyeliner really. 
Dream
date?
Honor Blackman, she used to be a Bond girl and she's beautiful,
graceful and very English. 
Pet hate?
I hate the word beer garden. I
just think it sounds so repulsive. Gardens are supposed to be so beautiful
and linking beer with that is such a horrible idea.
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uno dei migliori degli ultimi anni che vanno conosciuti....
... Spero tanto che quel campionatore di suoni gli sia esploso....lo
usava malissimo.
Non sono daccordo picchio era un buon cantautore ( coem ce ne sono
tanti...un tom Mc Rae è già molto meglio ad esempio) con un
campionatore orrido di suoni orridi usato orrendamente
Np Polly - to bring...