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The last new record? Yeah. I think the last Iggy Pop album. I thought
That was very good. I don't know, it didn't worry me that was the
Case. I thought it was far better than David Bowie's records. It's
Been a long time since David Bowie made a record of his own which
Was that good. I never had any musical talent at all. I was, I was
Banned from music classes. Told I would never, ever be able to
Understand anything. And I believed that, I thought that was
Perfectly true. I was quite prepared to accept that. I couldn't play
The recorder. Well no, but this is the, I mean, in this country if
You can't play the recorder, that's it, that's your musical career
Finished. And the teacher would sit at the piano and go, "Bong," and
Say, "What's that note?" And everybody else would know, but I
Wouldn't. And I still don't know. When people sit at the piano and
Go, "What's that note?" Everybody else in the room always knows
I never know. But at school, everybody had to like, stand in groups
And, uh, sing these like, English folk songs and hymns and
Everything. And, uh, I just couldn't do it. I think they must have
All been in the wrong key. No one ever, no one ever said, "Well why
Don't you try singing it baritone?" I mean, I still don't think I
Can sing, but somehow I get away with it. But it takes a very long
Time to learn how to, how to make the most of your limitations
I think one good thing about this new album is that you can't tell
That I can't sing. It, it sounds okay, I think the singing sounds
Okay. But the last album, I think it sounded sort of weird. It
Sounded like I hadn't sung in forever. I don't think my singing's
Got better, but I've got better at hiding the fact that I can't sing
It, it is when, when you've always been told not to believe in
Yourself in any particular area. I mean, I always
Truly believed that I should steer totally away from
Being involved in music, 'cause I was told for so long
That it was just, it would be a complete waste of time