Wiki Interview
From Blueberry Boat
Questions you've always wanted the Fiery Furnaces to answer.
Interview now closed, questions posted.
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Preliminary Top Ten Questions
The flow of questions seems to have dried up now - thanks to everyone who submitted one! After reckless deliberation, here are what I consider to be the best questions. As luck would have it, most people have at least one of their questions included. Feel free to argue with my choice below, or add some new questions. (I will also be sure to include a handwritten link to this page, so all your questions have a chance to be seen).
Past
- What was your very first gig like?
- What is the funniest and/or scariest experience you have ever had with a fan?
Present
- What city is your favourite place to play, and why?
- Do you have any vices?
- Which song do you feel is your most personal (and why!)?
- What are your favourite books?
- Who are your heroes?
Hypothetical
- Is there anything you would like to achieve outside the music business?
- Where would you most like to travel, and why haven't you gone already?
- If you could interview one musician who would it be and why?
Improvements, suggestions, arguments
Improve on one of the above questions, suggest a new wording or argue for a replacement question in this section
I think this question would be better than that question because...
All the Questions
- Write your questions here
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Music
- What was your very first gig like?
- Which song do you feel is your most personal (and why!)?
- Which of your own songs is your favourite?
- What's up with all of the label changes? Do these labels find your music hard to market commercially?
- Would Eleanor consider making a solo album, and if so how would it sound?
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The Band
- What's the funniest thing a reviewer's said about you or the band?
- Would you like to collaborate with other artists?
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Other Music
- If you could interview one musician who would it be and why?
- Name your top 3 musical inspirations....
- Who are some of your choice artists?
- Have you heard Of Montreal's version of Tropical Island and if so what do you think of it?
- Will matt ever do anything with liquorette, again>? even a cover, live, with the fiery furnaces? i liked liquorette a lot....
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Travel
- Where would you most like to travel, and why haven't you gone already?
- What city is your favourite place to play, and why?
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Likes/Dislikes
- What are your favorite books?
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Personal
- Do you have any pets? If so what kind?
- Do you have any hobbies?
- Is there anything you would like to achieve outside the music business?
- Who are your heroes?
- What makes you cry?
- Do you have any vices?
- What is your most embarrassing moment?
- What are your good points and bad points?
- What is the funniest and/or scariest experience you have ever had with a fan?
- Do you have any nicknames?
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Smarts
- Are either of you gifted?
- Does being smarter than most, automatically make you cooler as well?
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Rules
Ask no questions that are:
- Too specific - eg. 'What does line x in song y mean?' (let's keep some mystery!)
- Too personal - anything one generally wouldn't tell a stranger - e.g. love lives
- Asked (and answered) in every press interview (eg. 'What's it like playing with your sibling?')
- Likely not to be answered
- Downright rude
Questions should, if possible:
- Have some chance of an interesting answer (generally not having yes/no/one word/grunt answers).
- Be interesting to a wide audience of fiery furnaces fans.
If questions are answerable by either Friedberger then there's more chance of them being answered (and also obeying the above rules).
When a decent selection of questions is present, we can choose the best ten, say, and I'll send them off to see if they get answered...
Some interesting interviews are: Village Voice, Daily Free Press, and there are plenty more on the Homepage, News Archive & Upcoming Albums. Check the Biography, and the other pages for more inspiration.
Other places I would particularly encourage you to contribute on this site are: User Reviews, Timeline, People and of course you can write some news on the Homepage, or write anywhere else.
