Showing posts with label Walker Brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walker Brothers. Show all posts

Friday, February 27, 2009

Scott Walker - 30th Century Man


Perhaps the recent Scottumentary 30th Century Man, will answer some of these burning questions-

Why are people so obsessed with someone most people have never heard of?

Why, in the 90s, did English tabloid giant The Sun offer a cash prize for anyone to take a recent photograph of Scott?

Why would anyone care?

Why did Scott's group The Walker Brothers have more members in its fan club than that of the Beatles?

Why did Scott quit this group and join a monastery?

Why did Scott sing songs by Flemish art songsmith Jacques Brel on prime time TV?

Why and how did Scott sell records to teenagers and housewives, with lyrics based on Bergman films and Camus novels?

Why have Scott's albums in the last 25 years been utterly and impenetrably weird?

Why do David Bowie, Brian Eno, Radiohead and Jarvis Cocker love Scott so much?

Why did Julian Cope release a compilation of Scott tracks subtitled “the godlike genius of...”?

How is it possible for Scott to look so good at 65?

Why are Scott's solo albums from the 60s considered by many intelligent people to be among the great works of art of the 20th century?

What does “stump of a drowner” really mean?

Go and see 30th Century Man (Playing at the Starz FilmCenter March 6 – 12) and find out.
Note - Twist & Shout's Twisted Spork Club Card members can get 2-for-1 tickets by presenting their Club Card at Starz Film Center.

SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN Directed by Stephen Kijak (USA/UK, 2007, 35mm, 95min)