The Hard Word

Rip It Up, Issue 135, 1 October 1988, Page 8

The Hard Word

can’t think of anything juicy to tell you to be quite honest Since rock bands discovered accountants, they don’t throw TVs out of the window at 500 quid a IU time.” ; '.<: Z-7 ■ I " "•' . ' \... : ■ft 11 —JOE ELLIOT on Def Leppard’s clean lifestyle. “We base a lot of our career moves on fortune cookies.” . —THE BEASTIE BOYS, who haven't made a record for a while. ■ %••'< “I started mellowing when I was 26 or something, didn’t I? According to you journalists, I’ve been :- mellow for six years since I learned how to control * feedback and stopped sweating on stage.” ■; ; PAUL WELLER on the sweet smell of success. . “How could you release that? It’s the worst record I ever heard!” < — Motown founder BERRY GORDY’S reaction to Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On.’ It 501d700,000 copies I in die first week release. “The stock market hasn’t affected my business at all j The average rock star or die average movie star does f not have his money tied up in Wall Street. I don’t think I record sales are down, and I don’t think box office is < down.” —NY real estate agent to the stars LINDA STEIN, ■ former Ramoncs manager and wife of Sire Records boss ■ Seymour Stein. “I think anything looks good if its ironed.” ? —big earner CHRIS ISAAK’s fashion tip for the > month (impresses NY real estate agents). “With the Hysteria clips we consciously kept the bimbo-type look out—the big tits and mini skirts. We decided that if we had women in them, they were going to be classy. We’d rather have the songs and our personalities come across now, and not mask an inability to look good by throwing a big pair tits on the screen.” —Def Leppard’sJOE ELLIOT again, on 80s video morality. “You can’t overthrow the government of country whose name you can’t pronounce.” —Senate staffer’s reaction to former CIA chief William Casey’s inability to pronounce “Nicaragua”.