Posted October 16, 200915 yr Question and Answer session! Q&A: Will Young 'My hope for the next 10 years is that people grow spiritually closer and politicians become more honest, and I get a dog.' * Guardian, Friday 16 October 2009 12.04 BST * Photograph: by Fred Duval/FilmMagic.com http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/10/14/1255533852268/Will-Young-001.jpg Will Young was a drama student when he won the first Pop Idol in 2002. The singer-songwriter went on to become the only British male artist of the noughties to have four consecutive platinum albums. Next month sees the release of his first greatest hits compilation, The Hits. Is the world a better place than it was 10 years ago? Not really… I feel that people have become more fragmented through the constant onslaught of a capitalist society. On the other hand, we have become a more cosmopolitan, forward-thinking society, particularly if you take into account the next generation of gay rights achieved over the last decade. What has been the high point of the decade? Obama getting into power was pretty high on the world agenda, and me getting a part in Skins! I felt young and trendy. And the low point? A very bad patch of depression two years ago. What has been your proudest moment of the past 10 years? Seeing my brother conquer his alcoholism and depression. Which invention has changed your life the most? Glasses. I can see in the cinema and, thankfully for other drivers, when I'm driving, too. Which work of art/book/piece of music made the biggest impression on you? Lorenzetti's Good and Bad Government in Siena. What or who has been the greatest loss of the last 10 years? Too many people to mention. If you could change one thing about the last decade, what would it be? Texting – it just can make things so much harder sometimes (unless you're dating). What is your greatest hope for the next 10 years? People grow spiritually closer and politicians become more honest, and I get a dog. Sum up the decade in three words. Disintegration, excelling, happiness. :lol: Love the bit about glasses. Wonder how long he went before he admitted he couldn't see properly. :cry: At the bit about his and Rupert's depression. What a busy boy he's been - thanks to rosj on Devoted for finding this :dance: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/lo...rogio/governme/ .... A series of frescoes. Editing to add that Ros thinks this may be in tomorrow's edition. It's appeared as a Tweet: LifeandStyle: Q&A: Will Young http://bit.ly/CAG8a (expand) 36 minutes ago from twitterfeed · Edit ... Tomorrow's Weekend magazine is a special issue about the noughties. Get the ball rolling by sharing the highs and lows of your own decade Edit again .... bit of confusion here - it may not be Will but Paris Hilton http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/200...-lows-noughties Oh well - we have what "might-have-been" if she's been added instead. :P Edited October 16, 200915 yr by munchkin
October 16, 200915 yr Thanks for the Guardian article munchkin. Just back in from lunch & didn't see it on Devoted. Love how he mixes seriousness with humour. He must be an interviewer's dream. :wub:
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