Thanks to Janet on Devoted for finding this: Looks like it will be in tomorrow's edition.

 

Particularly like this bit - good on Melvyn:

 

And a South Bank Show, complete with an introduction by Melvyn Bragg, is an accolade indeed, although Young had to be asked twice, he says, before he agreed to take part. Why on earth would he refuse? “I was a bit ‘why would you want to do it?'” This allows me to raise the awkward question: why does Young believe that The South Bank Show - which was once accused of dumbing down for a programme on Dolly Parton - would be interested in a pop star who was discovered on a talent show? But when Young continues his sentence, that opportunity is suddenly cut off: “I just think: ‘Why? What's the point?”

“Oh”, I interrupt, to clarify what he means: “why would you want to do it.” He nods, guilelessly. Maybe the question that The South Bank Show, or anyone else, might think that he is an artistically lightweight subject hasn't occurred to him. After all, despite Pop Idol, he is now a multimillion-selling singer-songwriter in his own right.

Melvyn Bragg, though, did understand the question when he was asked by the East Anglian Daily Times if he expected a show dedicated to Young, a “manufactured pop star”, to provoke accusations of dumbing down from observers. “Yes, they will,” he replied, adding: “It's been the case now for 30-odd years and it's unlikely to change: what I'm looking for is quality and not category . . . You can find good-quality art in pop music and if you say that good-quality music is only in the category of classical music, you're missing something.”

 

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle5859321.ece

Edited March 9, 200916 yr by munchkin

Thanks munchkin, I'll try and nab a copy at work tomorrow.

Thanks munchkin. He's such a complex guy isn't he.

 

Glad to read the tour footage is central to the documentary.

 

Editing to add the stunning pic. Thanks to Mary W for the scan.

 

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/gillwill_photos/TheTimes90309001.jpg

 

Can anyone else post it bigger? :unsure:

Edited March 9, 200916 yr by truly talented

Thanks Munchkin what a brilliant interview i felt a little sad reading that :wub: but it was a great read

Thanks munchkin for that, it's a great read and a gorge pic, :wub: a glaring mistake though about the 10 Brit noms and no win? :rolleyes:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w230/MaryW_2007/TheTimes90309001.jpg