Florence brought her Machine to Glasgow recently for a gig at the ABC. The team from Radio Scotland's The Music Bed were there to interview her and we got them to ask her to pick one song. Hear what she had to say below.
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8 Oct 2009
F+TM Pick One Song
Florence brought her Machine to Glasgow recently for a gig at the ABC. The team from Radio Scotland's The Music Bed were there to interview her and we got them to ask her to pick one song. Hear what she had to say below.
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Why Flo Loves Billie Holiday
The new issue of NME is dedicated to lost musical legends.
Billie Holiday actually pre-dates a lot of other artists in my life. When I was much younger – eleven, twelve - I was listening to Billie Holiday records in my room on my own, with a wineglass full of orange juice, already pretending to be a sort of tortured mistress of blues, wafting around my bedroom. Songs like 'Strange Fruit' – just incredible.
And her whole life story. I mean, she was a prostitute. And then she was part of the whole Harlem renaissance – so many amazing things came out of that.
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Her voice was just incredible. Her whole manner of perfoming was very restrained. So cool. Completely the antithesis of Janis Joplin, but had that same thing – the emotion she was able to create through singing.
She had these dogs – and in the balls in their collars, she'd keep her heroin. She was in trouble with the police loads. Even on her deathbed, they raided her for drugs offences.
She's got this biography called 'Lady Sings The Blues' – it's co-written by her, but she just glosses over the whole heroin addiction thing, like it never happened. The warts-and-all biography just wasn't done in those days.
But really it's the voice. It's that ability to touch someone. That's what makes her an icon, not the tragedy of her death.
Billie Holiday actually pre-dates a lot of other artists in my life. When I was much younger – eleven, twelve - I was listening to Billie Holiday records in my room on my own, with a wineglass full of orange juice, already pretending to be a sort of tortured mistress of blues, wafting around my bedroom. Songs like 'Strange Fruit' – just incredible.
And her whole life story. I mean, she was a prostitute. And then she was part of the whole Harlem renaissance – so many amazing things came out of that.
continued...
Her voice was just incredible. Her whole manner of perfoming was very restrained. So cool. Completely the antithesis of Janis Joplin, but had that same thing – the emotion she was able to create through singing.
She had these dogs – and in the balls in their collars, she'd keep her heroin. She was in trouble with the police loads. Even on her deathbed, they raided her for drugs offences.
She's got this biography called 'Lady Sings The Blues' – it's co-written by her, but she just glosses over the whole heroin addiction thing, like it never happened. The warts-and-all biography just wasn't done in those days.
But really it's the voice. It's that ability to touch someone. That's what makes her an icon, not the tragedy of her death.
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10 Sept 2009
Florence's Favourites
RECORD: Manners by Passion Pit.
‘I was on stage straight after them at Glastonbury this year and I was singing along.'
JEWELLERY: Anything by Dominic Jones.
‘He’s an old friend and he’s now doing so well and I wear his jewellery everywhere. I love his claw ring.’
SAVING UP FOR: A Chanel necklace.
‘One with the logo done with pearls. It’s actually the cheaper scale of Chanel. I told myself if I got a record in the top five I could have it. Now I have, so I need to go out and get it!’
BEAUTY PRODUCT: Kiehl’s Gentle Foaming Facial Cleanser.
‘I’ve got quite thin skin so I need something gentle.’
STYLE ICON: A mix of Stevie Nicks, Siouxsie Sioux and Annie Hall.
‘I was on stage straight after them at Glastonbury this year and I was singing along.'
JEWELLERY: Anything by Dominic Jones.
‘He’s an old friend and he’s now doing so well and I wear his jewellery everywhere. I love his claw ring.’
SAVING UP FOR: A Chanel necklace.
‘One with the logo done with pearls. It’s actually the cheaper scale of Chanel. I told myself if I got a record in the top five I could have it. Now I have, so I need to go out and get it!’
BEAUTY PRODUCT: Kiehl’s Gentle Foaming Facial Cleanser.
‘I’ve got quite thin skin so I need something gentle.’
STYLE ICON: A mix of Stevie Nicks, Siouxsie Sioux and Annie Hall.
9 Sept 2009
Florence on her favourite music videos
Florence on her favourite music videos
Beyonce - Single Ladies
Spiritualized - Soul of Fire
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Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
Arcade Fire - Fire
Beyonce - Single Ladies
Spiritualized - Soul of Fire
Click here to view.
Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
Arcade Fire - Fire
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