2019-07-01_Uncut_UK

“WhentheSmallFaces

werepartying,I waslooking

aftereverybody. My party

is performing”

16 • UNCUT • JULY 2019

knewI wasgoingtohavetoleaveIke&

Tina,andhegavemea wayforward.

Whatdidyouthinkwhenyoufirst

heard“TheFirstCutIs TheDeepest”?

MadeleinePowell,York

I thoughtCatStevenswroteit especially

forme!Becauseit wasmystory,youknow?

I wasa youngteenagewomanwho’d

suffereda lotofpain.I wastryingtofind

outwhoI wassothatI couldbeopento

loveagain.SowhenI heard“FirstCut”,

I reallyfeltit.AndI stillfeelit.I’vesungthat

songthousandsoftimesoverthepast 50

years,butit and“AngelOfTheMorning”,

they’restillfreshforme.I nevergettiredof

singingthem,they’rejustbeautifulsongs.

Howdidyouendupsingingon

NickDrake’s“PoorBoy”?

EphraimMendoza,viaemail

I gota callfrommygoodfriendDorisTroy,

whosaid,“HeyPat,doyouwanttocome

anddothissessionwithme?”I didn’t

knowwhoNickwas,buthewasa lovely

guy.Goosebumpsaregoingupmyarm

whileI’mtalkingaboutthis,becauseit was

reallya lovelyevening.It’sasif I’mfeeling

hisspiritorsomething.Wegotsucha great

soundonthattrack,it reallyis timeless.

YourecordedwithbothPrimal

ScreamandOasis.Howdidthey

comparein termsofdebauchery

toTheRollingStones?

DaveWaytes,viaemail

Haha!Noelis lovely,butI didn’texperience

anykindofdebaucherywithOasis.It was

veryprofessional.ThePrimalsweregreat

• thoseguyscandrink! Andtheywereso
  funny,becauseoftheaccent.Afterthey
  starteddrinking,I couldn’tunderstand
  a wordtheyweresaying!ButtheStones
  werea whole’notherlevel.Bythetime
  I knewthem,theywerewealthyand
  mixingwitharistocracy.Therewasa
  wholeintellectualaspecttowhatwas
  goingonwiththeexperimentation with
  acid and all of that stuff.

RonnieWoodtells

a storyaboutsharing

a flatin HollandPark

withyou,Jimi

HendrixandJimi’s

dog.Whowasthe

tidiestflatmate?

PaulMcAllister,

viaemail

Well,firstofall,Woodyhas

gotthatstorysobackward!

Jimiwasnotmyflatmate.

Woodylivedwithmeand

hisgirlfriend,Krissy.Jimi

hada dachshundcalled

Loopy,andit wasLoopy

wholivedwithuswhile

JimiwasintheStates.My

kidslovedthedog,sowe

alllivedtogetherpretty

harmoniously.Jimiand

I didlivearoundthe

cornerfromeachother

ata differenttime,when

JimilivedinMontagu

Square.Hewaslikemy

brother.It wasgood

tohavehimaround,

becauseheunderstood

therootsthatI camefrom.It was

thefirsttimeI’dbeenlivinginan

integratedsociety,andI wasn’t

educated,sowheneverthere

wereintellectualconversations

goingon,I alwaysfelta littlebit

ontheoutside.ButJimi’swhole

thingwasthatit wasimportant

togowiththeexperience.Jimi

was kinda shy too, but he was on a

mission.Jimiwascool,hewasadvanced.

Buthewasstilla youngblackguy,and

youreallyhavetounderstandAmericato

understandwhat we were going through

atthattime.

Whenyourecorded“E-Vapor-8”

withAltern-8in 1992,didtheytake

youtoanywarehouseraves?

AnthonyDaunt,Hastings

Wehadfundoingthevideo,butthey

didn’ttakemeout.Everybodythinks

I’ma lothipperthanI actuallyam,but

I’mreallyquiteboring– a realrock’n’roll

mom!I knowhowtogetdown,butwhen

everybody’strippingout,I don’thaveto

gothere.I mean,nobodywouldhaveany

respectformeif I’manoldladyoutthere

gettin’highandfreakin’out!Evenback

withtheSmallFaces,whentheywere

partyingI waslookingaftereverybody;

I waslikeMama.I liketopartya little,but

I nevergotoofar.Mypartyis performing.

Is it truethatTheKLFburnedyour

royaltiesfor“3AMEternal” and

“WhatTimeIs Love”?

Paz,viaemail

I askedthemthatif theyusedanything

thatI did,theywouldgivemefive

percent.Andit’sunfortunateandreally

annoyingthattheysupposedlyburned

themoney.Everybodyknows

it’smesinging,“KLF!Uhhuh,uh

huh,” buttheyeventriedtosaythat

thatwasn’tthehookofthesong.

I didn’tgetalongwiththemtoowell,

becausewhenit cametothevideo,

I didn’twannawearthosesuits– to

metheywerea littlebittooKuKlux

Klan.Sothat’swhyyouonlysee

meatthebeginningofthevideo

andsomewhereattheend.And

theyonlyputmeinatallbecause

I complainedwhenI turnedon

TopOfThePopsandtheyhad

someoneelsemimingtomyvoice.

Sotherelationshipwasnotgood.

Maybeonedaythey’lldecideto

dotherightthingand gimme

somemoney!

TheNewAdventuresis your

firstsoloalbumin 51years.

Doyouregretnothavingthe

opportunitybeforenow?

MartinOxley,Sheringham

OfcourseI regretnotbeingableto

releaseanothersoloalbumbefore

now,becauseI havebeentrying.I’ve

recordeda lotofmusic.ButI haven’thad

a managerora goodsupportsystem

aroundme.It’sjustmusicbusiness

politicsthatkeepthingsfrom

happening.ButI’vealwaysbeen

determined.There’ssomuchmore

musicthatI wanttorecord,so

hopefullyI’llbeabletomake

a fewmorealbums before I can’t

doit anymore!

TheNewAdventuresOf

PPArnoldis outin August

on earMUSIC

OnTVwiththe

SmallFacesin

December 1967

MarkArcherand

ChrisPeataka

Altern-8,whoworked

with Arnold in 1992

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