“Americans are not coy about rocking. In Britain, ever since the new wave era thirty years ago we’ve rocked a bit ironically. In America, people rock quite shamelessly. We’re all in our mid-fifties so when I say rock it’s like swaying gently but […] I’m now able to shake what can only be described as my booty for about an hour and a half onstage without dislocating my lumbar.”
Here’s a three song in-studio performance by Robyn Hitchcock on Minneapolis Public Radio with a reasonably in-depth, straightforward interview sandwiched between the tunes.
My fave moment? When he mentions that the Replacements1 once asked him to produce one of their albums but he turned them down since he was a “quite a heavy drinker” at the time and was worried that his boozing would “put them off”. CUE THE LAUGHTER.
1 I wonder if he knew that the host—the lovely Mary Lucia—is Paul Westerberg’s youngest sister.
