That little back and forth is lovely indeed. He was a very, very tender soul, creatornet, and your post is perceptive and heartwarming. I got to know him and Alan Rankine when they rehearsed at the Kings Buildings in Edinburgh, before the stardom stuff. A lovely man with a huge talent that he always played down. God rest him.
What a great character..never heard him talking before..just his singing, which is jaw dropping! I remember him passing and seems a sad loss as great characters are needed in music..I got to hear his band as Id followed Mike Dempsey..and they didnt dissappoint!
OMG he was so charming. But the best is when the camera man says he knows what a "Meat Market" is and Billy nods at him, than does a double take to check the guy out. lol miss ya billy
Christ he never lost his Dundee accent....great guy...met him a few times...knew his brother John better...because being a straight guy i wasn't part o the Dundee gay scene :)
The interviewer is Lesley Ash - an actress who did a very temporary stint on the Tube filling in for Paula Yates while she was looking after her latest new born.
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Not at HMV, but the two albums The Glamour Chase and Perhaps are readily available as a double CD set at sites like Amazon, for a very reasonable price. :-) I'm more than happy to share that of Billy's music which is no longer, or never has been, available, but that's where it ends.
RIP Billy -In Lesley Ash's defence her gauche(feathers 4 brains) style gives the whole interview an irreverant-spontaneous feel ! Believe me it could have been far,far worse. He might have been interviewed by,say, the Proffesional and Deferential Scotsman B.A.Robertson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--Bang fuckin Bang.
I've heard from somewhere that it was Billy Mckenzie that Morrissey was refering to in The Smiths song William It Was Really Nothing. I don't know if its true but Billy seemed to be very charismatic.
@@simonmaskell365 I'm not sure if it was Billy Mckenzie now because Morrissey was in a band called the Nosebleeds with someone called Billy Duffy who went on to be a guitarist in The Cult. There's a film called England is mine about Morrissey before he was famous and Billy drops him to go to London.
the song Morrissey wrote 'bout Billy was Suedehead.....when The Smiths wrote and recorded 'William',doubt if they had ever even met,check out the lyric to Suedhead?...and read between the lines,though I thimk it's rather obvious..
I understand and hope to be corrected that he took his own life. If so I beseech the beseechy wise thingy that might be out there somewhere: WHY?? If I had ever looked, laughed and ffs been able to sing 1/10th as well as he could, i'd have been in eternal ecstasy. Depression and all mental illness is so much more of a problem than is realised even nowadays. RIP
You're probably right but it's not as romantic as my original notion.Billy Braggs good,original and honest (i think) but not as charismatic as Mr McKenzie.
Oh my word. How beautiful was he? Inside and out. Makes me want to beg him to stay and tell him how much he was loved. Still is.
such a beautiful man and his talent was sublime. Sadly missed but thankfully we have this kind of footage to help him live on.
Too true .
He had the most infectious smile. Gorgeous beautiful Billy we all miss you x
Yes , he has a lovely face. There is something very deep about him ( spiritual). He must be happy in heaven now with his mum .
A sweet man and a big big loss.One of our best ever singers and so under rated.
Wild as the wind
I don't really get much from listening to many people these days but I could listen to Billy talk for hours. Deep and fun all at the same time.
When she says his name wrong, that little back-and-forth between them, and that reaction to her kiss, melts my heart. He seems a very tender soul.
Such a flirt, love it!
@@Kitcat363 I know-truly adorable.
I worked in those dry docks in Dundee, cleaning out the bilge tank on a boat, lasted one morning!
omg he was just adorable.... i could weep. bless him
Billy.... He had the world at his feet... But didnt know it...
That little back and forth is lovely indeed. He was a very, very tender soul, creatornet, and your post is perceptive and heartwarming.
I got to know him and Alan Rankine when they rehearsed at the Kings Buildings in Edinburgh, before the stardom stuff.
A lovely man with a huge talent that he always played down. God rest him.
What a great character..never heard him talking before..just his singing, which is jaw dropping! I remember him passing and seems a sad loss as great characters are needed in music..I got to hear his band as Id followed Mike Dempsey..and they didnt dissappoint!
Fantastic, thanks for puting this on. He's greatly missed.
Loveble, playful, talented chap. Long Live Billy!
OMG he was so charming. But the best is when the camera man says he knows what a "Meat Market" is and Billy nods at him, than does a double take to check the guy out. lol miss ya billy
MWAH! spot on! xx
@@robbaker1841Billy was a saucy boy!
So sad he is gone. What a talent. (Also loved that he cared so much about his dogs.) RIP
He was a handsome young man
" I'll let you into a secret. This is a really famous place. " Priceless.🤣
It`s true that the greats always move like normal folk, like most of us are. Pop stars - only the cool behave like this. Gentlemen.
Christ he never lost his Dundee accent....great guy...met him a few times...knew his brother John better...because being a straight guy i wasn't part o the Dundee gay scene :)
It's amazing how much that area has changed with the city quay and the apex hotel. Dundee has come a long way in the last few years.
Great interview. Love the shot of Tayside House at the end.
i HAD THE PLEASURE
AND HE WAS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
INTENSE/FUNNY
THE LOCH STREET GAGS ARE DUNDONIAN DYNAMITE
LOVELY BOY
MISSED
Defo the auldist comment a'v seen aroond these perts.
He was morrisey of his time and also now
He was an overmorrisey of anytime...
The interviewer is Lesley Ash - an actress who did a very temporary stint on the Tube filling in for Paula Yates while she was looking after her latest new born.
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Billy's voice was infinitely superior to Bono's!¬!
Tristan Cuntworthy To be fair,Bono does say this himself with a glowing tribute.Its on youtube,titled Bono on Billy.
Even bono admits this.
I'm the 41st Associate. In Stockholm and all over the place.
It's called "Waiting For The Love Boat". It was the second single off "Perhaps".
Not at HMV, but the two albums The Glamour Chase and Perhaps are readily available as a double CD set at sites like Amazon, for a very reasonable price. :-)
I'm more than happy to share that of Billy's music which is no longer, or never has been, available, but that's where it ends.
Fantastic interview, love Billy, although it reminds me of how awful Dundee was in the 80s. Gives me shivers just thinking about it.
RIP Billy -In Lesley Ash's defence her gauche(feathers 4 brains) style gives the whole interview an irreverant-spontaneous feel ! Believe me it could have been far,far worse. He might have been interviewed by,say, the Proffesional and Deferential Scotsman B.A.Robertson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--Bang fuckin Bang.
and the guy on the left in suit must be Death in June's John Murphy, way before he became, well, "heavy"... great days with the Associates!
you shouldn't mention over rated Bono around the magnificent Billy RIP x
I've recently found out that it's Bourgie Bourgie, "Breaking Point". There's a video of it on UA-cam.
I've heard from somewhere that it was Billy Mckenzie that Morrissey was refering to in The Smiths song William It Was Really Nothing. I don't know if its true but Billy seemed to be very charismatic.
Supposedly, this is in response -The Associates -Stephen, you're really something.
So was Billy the ''good lay''?
YES. It was. And the song something Arsenal was Chas Smash Madness who supports Arsenal.
@@simonmaskell365 I'm not sure if it was Billy Mckenzie now because Morrissey was in a band called the Nosebleeds with someone called Billy Duffy who went on to be a guitarist in The Cult. There's a film called England is mine about Morrissey before he was famous and Billy drops him to go to London.
Droll as fuck. The meat market bit had me.
the song Morrissey wrote 'bout Billy was Suedehead.....when The Smiths wrote and recorded 'William',doubt if they had ever even met,check out the lyric to Suedhead?...and read between the lines,though I thimk it's rather obvious..
I understand and hope to be corrected that he took his own life. If so I beseech the beseechy wise thingy that might be out there somewhere: WHY?? If I had ever looked, laughed and ffs been able to sing 1/10th as well as he could, i'd have been in eternal ecstasy. Depression and all mental illness is so much more of a problem than is realised even nowadays. RIP
Is Mike Dempsey still around?? havnae seen him for over 20 years!!!
Hulltoon Hunz
Ya bass
He's a right Dundonian!
Lesley Ash Melted
Och no he disnae -ah weel meeby a wee bit, actually quite a lot! Michty me!
That is so satisfying to try to sound out, with my boring north American accent
Gid stuff, neebur'.
Was Billy a Bandit...
@modmutha Yeah he was...and I'm a straight guy !! ;P
'meat markets"......very very 'famous'.........
Very Witty guy but Don't know who tha woman was interviewing in the freezing cold.
is leslie ash pished?
how did he die .. i thought he/they were fab !!!!
overdose in his whippets shed
You're probably right but it's not as romantic as my original notion.Billy Braggs good,original and honest (i think) but not as charismatic as Mr McKenzie.
@mtaylor848 he comes fae Dundee.no where near the same as
John Gordon Sinclair. Opposite sides of Scotland
JINGS!---BILLY'S no' as bonny as thon MAGGIE BROON!!
Was he married
no
@@L777-s1s Divorced
What a waste of talent Billy McKenzie died too soon