Posted May 22, 200817 yr Peter Robinson Vs Andy Abraham The X-Factor runner-up and ex-bin man is now the UK's Eurovision entrant. Just don't call him an ex-bin man. Oh.... Hello Andy, Alright? "I'm good. Hello mate. I'm good. I'm running around like a..... Like a bluebottle." A bluebottle? "A bluebottle. I'm in my car and I'm on my way to make a TV appearance." Are you on hands-free? I don't want to cause a Father Ted-style accidnent. "No, I'm parked up now, so all safe." Are you ready for the task of representing the UK at Eurovision? "Well, I need to check that my passport is up to date or I'm not going anywhere. And I need to make sure the band are alright - one of them's car caught fire and he lost all his computer stuff." This sounds like a classic sabotage tactic from the Turkish entrant. "You never know. It could be." You want to watch out for falling pianos in the next few days. "I won't be walking under any ladders, I'll tell you that." How do you rate your chances of winning? "I think I'm looking to get a Top 10 placing or to win it. And if I don't win, I hope to have a career beyond it because I've got the album coming out." The album! This is the bit where we reveal your indie credentials because you're releasing this album independently, are you not? "Yes. When I was dropped I hadn't been given an opportunity to prove what I can prove - that I can make a creative album. An album I want to do." Are you worried about this "album you want to do" not selling? "Worried?" It struck me during the Eurovision: Your Decision video package about you, when you were showing viewers around your house, that there was a subtext of "I've got quite a big mortgage - don't make me and my family homeless". "Well, it's still got to be paid for! The album is anthemic soul, that's what I call it. And lyrically, it's got aspects of my private life." What happens in your private life? "Well, just kind of analysing the kind of person I was as a kid. Remembering the type of people I loved." Were you a happy child, Andy? "Yes. Times were hard, but yes." Were you happier when you were seven? "Well, back then I had probably the most important person in my life, my mum. And chess was very important to me." Chess? "Yes. I used to beat all the teachers." What could happen onstage on Eurovision night to embarass the UK? "I wouldn't want to do that. I wouldn't go out there and deliberately embarrass you." No, but Jemini didn't set out to deliberately embarrass us. Scooch probably did, but the point is that something unexpected might happen. "Wel Jemini complained about the monitors but, you know what, I know the key of my song. If the monitors cut out, I can carry on singing." Could you carry on singing if someone shot you in the arm halfway through the song? "Yes." How about two arms? "I wouldn't even flinch. They can shoot me wherever they want, mate." Apparently, you don't like being known as "Andy the binman". "Well, I was a binman for a while. But now I am not. I mean you haven't always been a reporter, have you?" I was a student before that. "EXACTLY [??!]. You've got to understand that, well, I don't mind being known as that because it's what I used to do, but sometimes we have to move on. If I was brining out a song related to bins that would be one thing." That's a rubbish idea. "Yes." FYI......... 1. Andy is a nice chap. 2. Being nice doesn't guarantee a Eurovision win, though. 3. Katrina from Katrina & The Waves for example, is a right old c***. Credit - NME Magazine
May 22, 200817 yr Author I thought i'd type this up because i found it so random :lol: If it wasn't obvious, bits in bold are by Peter Robinson, and bits in speech marks are by Andy :P
May 22, 200817 yr LOL LOL LOL Top 10? You usually need something that doesn't induce a coma to get that bbz.
May 22, 200817 yr "If I was brining out a song related to bins that would be one thing." That's a rubbish idea. "Yes." :lol: :lol:
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