Stupendous song - it sounds like it jettisoned on an escape pod from Pet Sounds. Here's a link to an interview with Andy from the always-amazing Song Discussions series on chalkhills.org:
"TB: So, why did you bring up Ermin Street? Was it the ancient quality of it?
AP: It's the ancient quality, and the fact that it's only a few miles away. You know, it runs right past Swindon. In fact, I think there are two of them in England -- but Ermin Street is an ancient trackway that Iron Age man would have trodden along with his horse or his cow. It just seemed to have a feeling of real permanence. There it is, in the chalk, up on the hill, trodden for thousands of years...
TB: Whereas fame is transitory.
AP: Fame will last you five minutes, and will not buy your groceries.
I still wrestle with that now. I know that what I do makes fans, but I don't want them to be fans of me. If anything, I just want them to be fans of the music that I do."
Stupendous song - it sounds like it jettisoned on an escape pod from Pet Sounds. Here's a link to an interview with Andy from the always-amazing Song Discussions series on chalkhills.org:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=34883466&blogID=323301075
An excerpt:
"TB: So, why did you bring up Ermin Street? Was it the ancient quality of it?
AP: It's the ancient quality, and the fact that it's only a few miles away. You know, it runs right past Swindon. In fact, I think there are two of them in England -- but Ermin Street is an ancient trackway that Iron Age man would have trodden along with his horse or his cow. It just seemed to have a feeling of real permanence. There it is, in the chalk, up on the hill, trodden for thousands of years...
TB: Whereas fame is transitory.
AP: Fame will last you five minutes, and will not buy your groceries.
I still wrestle with that now. I know that what I do makes fans, but I don't want them to be fans of me. If anything, I just want them to be fans of the music that I do."