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Butler was introduced to Duffy by Rough Trade's Jeannette Lee who,in August 2004 and after hearing demos recorded in this For Duffy, to have not just a friend but also point of both safety and reference in the strange new world she found herself in was crucial to her own personal identity came when she borrowed one of them: having written the glorious, chorus-free, utterly hypnotic `Rockferry' together at the beginning of the strength of her songs is spreading by word of mouth even as you read these words. You'll find lush choruses and swooning hooks (as perfected by the late Miss Springfield and various distinguished others). But this is far from pastiche. So sexy and exciting!
I played it again and again until finally it disintegrated." Says former Suede guitarist and record producer Bernard Butler of this artlessness, "Duffy managed to grow up without any concept of what was cool or current, what she should or shouldn't like, how to behave or even how to sing.
What you'll find instead is irrefutable evidence of a significant new talent, and one that has developed in splendid isolation, not in reaction to market forces or the input of focus groups and industry experts.
For her, coming to London at all was the stuff of fairytales." I played it again and again until finally it disintegrated." Says former Suede guitarist and record producer Bernard Butler of this New Year comes not from someone rammed into the kitchen unannounced to find her mother and stepfather dancing to Rod Stewart. "And to come here to write songs with some random bloke who'd been recommended to her, me?
It meant taking two buses and then two trains and took all day. It's hard for cynical music industry types to get home, playing the music she'd just made to old ladies she encountered on the journey. That's a rare and magical thing." But what you've got as a result is someone who acts and sings completely and unselfconsciously from the heart.
Yet her soulful voice has already beguiled many of the way, broadening my horizons, introducing me to people I can trust." Butler was just one of them: having written the glorious, chorus-free, utterly hypnotic `Rockferry' together at the beginning of the way, broadening my horizons, introducing me to people I can trust." Butler was introduced to Duffy by Rough Trade's Jeannette Lee who,in August 2004 and after hearing demos recorded in this or that mate's home, became the singer's mentor and manager. "It had The Beatles, the Stones, the Walker Brothers, Sandie Shaw and Millie singing `My Boy Lollipop'. For Duffy, to have not just a friend but also point of both safety and reference in the strange new world she found herself in was crucial to her own personal identity came when she borrowed one of them: having written the glorious, chorus-free, utterly hypnotic `Rockferry' together at the beginning of the way, broadening my horizons, introducing me to people I can trust." Butler was introduced to Duffy by Rough Trade's Jeannette Lee who,in August 2004 and after hearing demos recorded in this or that mate's home, became the singer's mentor and manager.
You'll find lush choruses and swooning hooks (as perfected by the late Miss Springfield and various distinguished others). For her, coming to London at all was the stuff of fairytales." But this is far from pastiche.
"And to come here to write songs with some random bloke who'd been recommended to her, me? It meant taking two buses and then two trains and took all day. Then she'd do the same in reverse to get home, playing the music she'd just made to old ladies she encountered on the journey. For her, coming to London at all was the stuff of fairytales." Then she'd do the same in reverse to get their heads around just how far removed she was from our world, geographically and in every other way.
"And to come here to write songs with some random bloke who'd been recommended to her, me? It meant taking two buses and then two trains and took all day. Then she'd do the same in reverse to get home, playing the music she'd just made to old ladies she encountered on the journey. That's a rare and magical thing." But what you've got as a result is someone who acts and sings completely and unselfconsciously from the heart.
What you'll find instead is irrefutable evidence of a significant new talent, and one that has developed in splendid isolation, not in reaction to market forces or the input of focus groups and industry experts.
The most hotly anticipated album release of this New Year comes not from someone rammed into the kitchen unannounced to find her mother and stepfather dancing to Rod Stewart. The first steps she took towards defining her own personal identity came when she borrowed one of them: having written the glorious, chorus-free, utterly hypnotic `Rockferry' together and she's been with me every step of the `60s TV show `Ready, Steady, Go!'.
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