Tim Perfect Complexion Photo by Howard Rosenberg Peter Murphy now on tour! click here for comments, setlists, photos November 8, 1999 Leisure Time From Mary Peter.........you have answered several "deep" questions about your lyrics and inspirations but I'm curious about other aspects of your life. For example...do you garden? grow roses?......do you paint? walls or canvas?.............or........ do you ever experience the Zen of vaccuming? what about photo? or sketching? I apologize if this is just too Kansas :) and the new CD? is out when? Dear Mary my hope, I do garden. Roses. Recently I planted a new lawn in the spring, it's looking wonderful. Pick roses every time I visit my grandad's grave and leave it with him. I paint often. Recently painting stained glass designs on my windows. Hoovering is definitely hard work but blissful. Sketch often. Swim whenever I can. Thinking of getting a motorbike these days Visit mosques all the time! Wake the Children up at 7 sharp. Massage anyone I can lay my hands on ....... Therapeutic reasons may I say Drink one lemon in water a day - use lemon juice as eye drops Dream of Kevin often ( just can't shake him) October 5, 1999 The hours.... of The Hunger From Darren Ragle Peter, A short one- How was it to meet David Bowie at the "Hunger" filming? Is it true you had on his shoes? Meeting David Bowie during the filming of the Hunger was at the time, a very powerful and pleasant experience. Of course there was the element of the unknown, in coming face to face with the figure that I had built such a complex and imaginary image of. In this respect, I traded my creation of the icon for the mere physical face to face meeting. This I didn't find to be a bad deal. In fact, besides the fact that the person I met was as tolerant and genuinely friendly as you could be faced with such as I- he made one feel as comfortable as possible, without any sense of patronization, and showed a genuine interest in the band's (Bauhaus's) work. The day gave me a huge insight into the world of Performer /Audience relationship, whereby I discovered that although the apparent 'source' of so much experience and inspiration confronted me, the fact was/is that the creations were, in fact, my own. In other words, I had chosen to create an inner magical world that permeated most aspects of my life at the time, by using the spark that was David Bowie (amongst others). This you might say is a convoluted way of saying that I was simply plagiarizing and obsessed, but this is what meeting DB clarified for me. In fact I saw myself -in myself. Without wanting to sound too esoteric and rambling, this also did not negate 'his' (DB's) role in this!!!!! ( that'll make your corn pop when you think on that one ) Other than that, the day was one of watching Hollywood at work, or hearing the great news that DB had commented on Daniel's shoes and asking where they could be got from-(no! I didn't wear his shoes). Being the first 'take' of the day performing Bela at 6am and midway through seeing DB & Catherine Deuneuve watching our performance upon their arrival (a turn about that sent shivers down our collective spines). Being refused a group photo with DB on the charge that David was not a photo prop, courtesy of his then /probable still PA, which was the only disappointing event of the day. After..........well, we released Ziggy Stardust...........and I'm still waiting to hand him back to his original creator with stardust in hand and a very heartfelt thank you. For more references listen to 'Big Love Of A Tiny Fool' (my Recall EP) From Anderson To our esteemed Mr. Murphy: If you don't mind, out of sheer curiousity I pose to you these 3 seemingly simple questions: 1. If you were to record a duet, which female vocalist would you most like to work with, and why? Lisa Gerrard; Need you ask? 2. Hypothetically speaking, if Bauhaus were to reunite permanently or semi-permanently for the purpose of recording new material, what direction would it leans towards? Electronica? Industrial? Acension 2 3. Which song would you most like to record a cover of and release as a single in the future? Something by Elvis perhaps. September 15, 1999 Weak-kneed From Albertine Simonet Dear Mr. Murphy, (This is a bit of a follow up to an earlier question regarding your lyrics): I must confess that I didn't immediately warm to Cascade, as the animal conceits initially struck me as more Flanders & Swann (minus the mud and Madiera) than of the Islamic/Byzantine imagery sensibility. However, in my endless quest to avoid work, I came across the lyrics for Cascade reproduced on one of several digital alters to yourself and was quite frankly humbled. Most, if not all of the songs read like poetry (damn good poetry, if I may say so), with their greatest virtue being a sort of dignified intimacy. Although I have long appreciated your work, I found Cascade to particularly sophisticated lyrically, Romantic but not embarrassingly romantic, and perhaps the fulfillment of your creative potential. Paired with your ever-stunning voice, it's no wonder we're all so weak-kneed, darling. Still, I can't imagine that you pull it all out of a hat. Before you drag everyone into the studio, are you terribly disciplined, writing a little something (a journal, even) everyday? Fits and starts? Or do you screw around, playing with the children until they're worn out, calling everyone you know, going out to buy cigarettes, then stamps (in two separate trips) until you've so completely exhausted the possibilities that you have no choice but to sit down and write? Or: "The happy years are the lost, the wasted years, one must wait for suffering before one can work. And then the idea of preliminary suffering becomes associated with the idea of work and one is afraid of each new literary undertaking because one thinks of the pain one will first have to endure in order to imagine it." ? (Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past) "All of the above" is a perfectly valid answer, of course. Please record something soon, as I've had to resort to the entire Leonard Cohen songbook for the lyrical fix and I'm beginning to feel quite depressed...Hallelujah! My dear Lady, I simply had to answer your question, if not to pay my respects to one as charming, alluring, and dangerously perceptive as one's self. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. On Lyrics: Suggestion overrules the literal The story tells itself. Accidents do happen And extraordinary are they How to describe the sensation of the wind on your face? Why, you get the words to blow right through you.... Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....... I've got a miniature secret camera and and all of the above But when they come, they are in one take No more. Thank you and remember..... I told you all this before....don't make me remind you again. I leave you weak kneed. September 8, 1999 (From September 1998 - Resurrection tour) Haiku David met The Hand Was taker and giver Prayer is better than sleep. Daniel is the land On which a seed to grow Is himself at hand Kevin's counting sand Reaching breathless whales A shard of the One moment Peter's is a quip Refiguring the airs tone Interactive lip.   Click here for older answers from Peter     NEWS | TOURDATES | TOUR NOTES | BIO | PHOTOS | MERCHANDISE | MAILING LIST | LINKS