I listened to it again to get all the good bits. I love how Paul and Dave handle the interviewer's rather odd comments, all the while being the perfect gentlemen, sans snarkiness or attitude - masterfully done.
The interviewer asked where the name Bell X1 came from.
Dave: It was a NASA experiment; the first rocket to break the sound barrier. What year was that actually?
Paul: *in his best scholarly voice* Why that would be 1947 Dave.
After they played Bad Skin Day, the interviewer notes, "I have to say, you've beautiful skin - looking at both of you".
Paul: Well thank you. We've had a bit of work done.
The interviewer asked about Damien and declared that "he left Juniper and became a superstar".
Paul:
Superstar? Is he a superstar?
Dave: We never heard from him again. He just left, disappeared.
Paul: He's in Tuscany growing vegetables as far as I know.
The interviewer asked Paul who shaped his voice when he was growing up/who he listened to.
Paul: David Byrne was a big influence. As a kid, I remember looking at videos, Talking Heads' videos, for songs like Road To Nowhere where there'd be this comedic daft element, which is very attractive. Even as a child you're very much drawn to that. I've always loved how unmacho they were, which has been quite an inspiration.
Interviewer: I would have to say, that is a word I would use for Bell X1: unmacho.
Paul kindly replied that there
are some guitar moments and something about monitors that I couldn't make out. But what an odd thing to say. I don't think of Bell X1 as unmacho.
What piqued my interest was when Paul said the band used to swap instruments on stage but don't do that anymore as it caused a lot of falling over each other's gears. That would've been fun to see - someone should yell BELLIES FIRE DRILL! at their next gig.