They say that con artists favour an ‘educated Scottish’ accent, and listening to Momus - the artist formerly known as Nick Currie - it’s easy to see why. I always had him pegged as a part-time musician and full-time enigma, but he recently turned up on Cherry Red TV to reveal himself as a thoroughly marvellous raconteur. Filmed in an hour-long conversation with Cherry Red supremo Iain McNay, Momus is witty, perceptive and full of understated charm. He shares illuminating memories of music industry mavericks like Mike Alway and Alan McGee, tells the stories behind some of his more famous songs like ‘The Homosexual’ and ‘The Hairstyle of the Devil’, and reveals why his 1988 album had to be renamed ‘Tender Pervert’. Great accent too.
www.cherryred.tv
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