Gang of Four on QTV

[@amymcmillan-mehaffey8233]

A very sad day. Rest in Peace, Mr. Gill.

[@pierre-ql8yf]

No!!

[@duncan-rmi]

terrific interview- good questions, plenty of space. & yes, very sad loss.

[@michealcurrie8272]

My condolences to family, friends and colleagues With FAB remembrance. R.I.P. Andy G.

[@BurtonRdForever]

They think it maybe an early case of Covid-19 as he played China in November 2019.

[@0219brixton]

Intellectual, artistic, pioneering still!

[@RodSpeak11]

I'm so grateful that i had the opportunity to see them live 3 times. They were one of the best live bands I've ever seen. Didn't want to see the band without Jon King and now that Andy Gill is gone, I'm just so grateful. Pioneers in making great music. They will be missed.

[@jamesanderson348]

Me too..in Chicago. I was blown away every time I saw them. I will miss them ESPECIALLY Andy. I connected with him on many levels.

[@bennyshambles]

Gang of Four cover personal politics and are not "Political" with a big "P". These guys are definitely my Bob Dylan. I really liked the mention of/comparison to Mike Leigh, but I loved it when Andy Gill mentioned Godard. It's fun to look at Entertainment! as the aural equivalent of a film like Weekend or Pierrot le fou. Regarding "selling out", I believe that having integrity is the issue. Gang of Four were releasing cutting edge, exciting and challenging music while signed to EMI. They also did the same thing in 1978 while on early Indie label Fast Product. But would they have reached as many people and be as popular today if Entertainment! was released on Fast instead of EMI? Hell no! Sure, they'd be an amazing cult band, frequently lamented as "underrated" and cherished by record nerds like me, but they'd nowhere near as iconic. The problem is that most bands signed to huge labels--ESPECIALLY today--are completely vapid, have no musical integrity and do not release exciting and challenging music, and this has nothing to do with them being on a major label or not. Now if a band like Iceage or The Horrors were on a major (although Matador and XL aren't exactly boutique Indie labels), I would still be just as much of a fan because they make genuinely interesting and sincere music, with guitars I might add. I was excited when I heard "Natural's Not in It" on that XBox commercial, not only due to the irony of the song's meaning in relation to today's time-sucking, mind-numbing gaming systems, but also because it was astounding hearing music that good in the mainstream media. I hold their music dear, but I can't hang with petty exclusivity.

[@feliperaurich]

Rest in peace Andy Gill. Sad day !

[@kevinsmith5318]

The really sad day is when we lost Ghomeshi as an interviewer. Despite his rather bent personal proclivities he was a superior, sublime, scholastic interviewer. Still miss him after all these years. Praying for his redemption and return to his rightful throne: Capital Q

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

Jon King and Andy Gil looked like two nervous men awaiting a jury's verdict during that introduction

[@ncf1]

hehe well said.

[@gordonyork6638]

Andy is one of the best innovators.

[@ebeep]

Enjoying the interview despite the interviewer. They were patient with him.

[@RodSpeak11]

Great interview....discussing the ambivalence of life as it's reflected in their music. To Hell With Poverty!!

[@RainmanCT]

27:10 would have been nice to hear Jon's answer about selling out to Apple, instead Andy talks over him twice in a row. Interestingly Jon went his own way soon after this interview. Good interview however, thanks for posting.

[@peterliolis5482]

Good interview!! he asked why why why didn't you play Israel, does this interviewer live in a cave with no tv and internet.certain bands are motivated by the shekel human rights dont mean a thing ,total opposite o what happened in South Africa

[@peterliolis5482]

@kiloscott when did he say it what are you talking about !!!

[@spensert4933]

Check out their Belgrade concert and RIP Andy Gill

[@anthonychilds8193]

Fantastic interview. Actually, no: fantastic discussion.

[@ncf1]

Great interview.

[@controloz3310]

Oh Andy. I met you a few months back and you were surly but genial. Your hand was so soft when I shook it. Why couldn’t you have kept doing stuff with Jon. You were the boys.

[@hemelhempsteadherts]

Control Oz Yes his hand would be soft as he didn’t swing a pickaxe down a coal mine for 30 years.

[@controloz3310]

Patrick Weir he swung a different type of axe for 40 years though. I was surprised. No callouses that’s I noticed which is common with hard playing musicians.

[@hemelhempsteadherts]

@@controloz3310 zzzzzz

[@antigen4]

‘contentious’

[@TheRobh62]

Sad news of Andy's passing Feb 2020.

[@pressureworks]

He mentions twice that Rhcp are fans, but didn't mention Andy produced their first lp.

[@jamesanderson348]

RIP Andy😪😪😔

[@ShiceSquad]

7:22-7:42 - Jon highlights the problem with the vast majority of rock and pop lyrics out there.

[@kevinsmith5318]

Ghomeshi was a sublime interviewer. No one better. Too bad his twisted personal life ended a great career. Ultimately our loss (q fans).

[@scottjim1309]

i snore a lot mean I'm alive, but beautiful hear

[@JuanWild51]

Ghomeshi had no problem performing in Israel for $$$

[@iankinzel]

RIP Andy

[@antigen4]

actually i thought this was a really interesting interview in the end. though i disagree with jon maybe about it not being ‘marxist’ (tinged) ... their schrick is totally what marx was about. marx wasnt lenin. marx was trying to expose what economics does and how exchange works in our world in SPITE of what we might think ordianally ...

[@72sunshine21]

Andy Gil doesn't age

[@animalblack8482]

👍

[@zelie-catheriner52]

These guys' insights are great...but I can't watch Psycho-Jian's interviews anymore without a massive wave of nausea sweeping over me. Such a pity.

[@pellelindbergh4455]

what do you mean?

[@haolekoa737]

@@pellelindbergh4455 He was accused of sexual assault in what turned out to be a smear campaign. Unfortunately, by the time he was cleared of the charges, his career had already been ruined.

[@hippriest9448]

Calm down, he was cleared of any wrongdoing. Just some spiteful exes trying to ruin him

[@ajs41]

Interesting that they were able to make a living when none of their albums or singles made the top 40 in the UK.

[@christot2001]

like they actually give a toss what he thinks........perleaze....

[@thepocarisweat]

Legends. Also, first.

[@leni_lava]

😭

[@thevelointhevale1132]

Anyone who thinks GO4 are Marxist has seriously missed the point ... people wrongly assume from the very name of the Band that they are thinly veiled Left Wing Communists. That's the trouble when irony meets ignorance ... if you listen hard enough you will hear both Andy and John tell you exactly where they are coming from ... and with an EMI signing from the off ... it isn't Marxism.

[@gizmotv9320]

Although I agree that they aren't "Marxists", they clearly come from that type of thinking. Jean luc godard was heavily influenced by marx. Same with bertolt brecht and gang of four are very influenced by the situationist international movement which again is heavily influenced by marx.

[@thevelointhevale1132]

@@gizmotv9320 Once can be influenced BY a thing and yet not BE that thing ... that's GOF.

[@gizmotv9320]

@@thevelointhevale1132 they are certainly pretty far left socialists influenced by situationist international

[@darrenallison1422]

Madozolam murdered

[@antigen4]

You know nothing, Jon King ... :P

[@ImranMt.]

so. jusscuz i dislike may i not Want to share: regard lesss?

[@marcelinoluc1544]

Very interesting interview. However, the Vichy State was not set up by the Germans occupying France. The 3rd Republic collapsed and handed power over to the aging Maréchal Pétain.

[@marcelinoluc1544]

Sad to lose Andy Gill !