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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

S1E38: Toyah Willcox

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Interviews, Rock, Pop, Music

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week, Guy and Gary chat to a creative tour de force. Musician, actress, TV presenter and now lockdown YouTube sensation, Toyah Willcox. What a career! 20 albums, over 40 stage plays, at least 10 films including the iconic mod classic ‘Quadrophenia’. The interview will Toyah was great fun and we can’t wait to share it with you.

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0:00.0

Morning. an actor, national theatre, movies, into art music really. I mean, I think that's what we, you listen back to some of those early singles, that's total art house music, isn't it?

0:21.6

Yeah. The funny thing is, she couldn't have been more punk when you look at how involved she was with the films and everything like that

0:28.1

But actually managing to be at the National Theatre at the same time. And then married to one of the great art guitarists.

0:37.0

Robert Scripps.

0:38.0

You want to say the word, you want to say the word, don't you?

0:41.0

The Prague!

0:42.0

Yeah. say the word don't you? The Prague! Who keeps his larks tongues in Aspik?

0:48.0

Exactly. If that's true, in the fridge.

0:50.0

Oh, and have become the most unlikely YouTube star through lockdown.

0:55.2

Unbelievable. I mean they've really come out, haven't they? These incredibly funny

1:00.5

arty interpretations of pop songs.

1:03.6

Yeah, I mean I think probably very good for Robert to let his hair down like that.

1:07.6

I do, I having watched a few of them recently I do feel slightly underdressed.

1:11.6

Yeah, exactly.

1:13.0

See what she might be wearing.

1:14.6

Welcome to the Rock on Turs.

1:18.2

Okay, guys, I'm ready.

1:19.8

This was great guys.

1:20.8

I, it's so great to talk to two guys that have done this.

1:24.0

That's a big tune for sure. I actually wrote that originally for Tina Turner.

1:28.0

Of course I had gone and found Joni Mitchell down in Florida and brought her back.

1:31.0

What people forget about Bowie is that he was such a kind man.

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