The way the ‘Another Green World’ documentary struck me was very similar to a description of a review in The Wire of Geeta Dayal’s book on the album of the same name. It seems that Eno as a subject inspires an aleatory approach, or at least an attempt at conveying that aspect of his work through form as well as content. So if you knew nothing about Eno, the programme would hardly count as a definitive intro, but it did give you a ‘feel’ for Professor Eno as he is now (and I’m sure, partly, as he would like to be seen), and the previous Enos that he contains. The shots of the cat padding languidly about the workspace worked nicely – and of course, although cats frequently have that air of disinterested curiosity, they can also be fierce, “fabulous” and extremely focused.
The anecdote about U2 and Coldplay was also very telling – he had to be very careful about keeping the work-in-progress files for their respective albums apart for fear both groups would end up recording the same song!
And also – Andrea Corr? Why??
David
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