HALF of the pop duo Hue and Cry, Pat Kane, answers ten quick fire questions for The Sunday Post.
Are you still active politically? I was knocked sideways by the referendum and dissolved in tears for weeks. It took a lot out of me.
For the moment, I’m more of a spectator. Did music help? It’s therapy that I get paid for. I can explore all my moods, light or dark, in our songs. Difference between a 20-year-old Pat and now? I have less intolerance of the shortcomings of others. You’ve made a Sinatra EP. Why? I learned these songs from my father, sitting at his feet. Since I started singing, my dad and Sinatra have come out of my mouth, so it has taken 25 years to make this. Does the sinister side of Sinatra appeal? He was a mix of characters, innovative, but friends with the most primitive of people.
His ballads, to me, are his way of saying sorry. I would have hated to be him. Any memories of Sinatra? I took my parents to see him at Ibrox. He came off stage, singing, and walked round the pitch being showered with flowers. I looked at mum and dad and they were rejuvenated. Special! Is nostalgia a barrier to progress? I call it Newstalgia. It’s great to celebrate your musical heritage.
Musicians we play with tell us they were inspired by our ’80s records. Choose music or books? I’d keep my books as I have thousands of them.
The music can go. All my songs are in my head for ever. What makes you smile? Tommy Cooper. Love him.
And also crying babies in public. They’re speaking on behalf of us all. You have 24 hours left to live. How do you spend the time? Watching the movies of Stanley Kubrick.
But I won’t go happily. I’ll kick and scream.
Give me a pill to live another 200 years. Hue and Cry ‘Get Frank’ is released on Friday 20th November.
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