“singing is not his [Geldof's] forte” - Tony Visconti

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

“singing is not his [Geldof's] forte” - Tony Visconti

LindaDoreenHicksLoder · Rat Trap

I think Bob can "hold his own" on the singing stage...

Here is a picture of Tony Visconti http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/photos/tv.html ..(I like to have a face for the name...)...
He actually plays the bass...I found one picture where he and a friend were laying down a clap track for a song...they must like that technique used by the Boomtown Rats...so prolifically...MANY years ago...

-- Edited by ArrGee1991 at 13:22, 2007-06-25

ArrGee1991 · Dave

Had a quick read of this at lunchtime in Booke etc. The quote was a little out of context, as what he said was Geldof was hugely intellgent and wrote great sons, but singing is not his forte.

Visconti seemed to like Simon Crowe and thought he was not only a good drummer & singer, but also good at getting the job done. Fingers was also admired for his playing. He also stated that Pete Briquette was slow to work with as he overdubbed a lot of his work. However, he didn't seem to have much time for Cott & Roberts writing that he had to coax their performances out of them. I guess if you consider how few tracks on Mondo Bongo and V Deep feature guitar, Visconti did sideline them.

Another thing worth mentioning was Geldof wanting a very bright sound and that the mix was done to accentuate that. Simon Crowe commented he wouldn't listen to records with Geldof as he always had the treble maxed out.

He briefly touched on the sacking of Godley & Creme, as they wanted to work on one song at a time and complete it rather than doing bits and pieces and composing the song at the end of the process.

Interesting enough for a lunchtime read, but don't waste £15 on it smile