Behind the Songs: It Goes On

Tim Butler (on playing songs like "It Goes On" and "So Run Down" on the tour for Talk Talk Talk's 30th anniversary): "Those haven't been played since the original tour for the album in 1981. It's been fantastic." (CL Tampa Bay 2011)

New Rich Good Interview

Photo: Matthew Reeves

Today on Rich Good's Instagram Story I discovered that he was interviewed by Pedal Of The Day, a website that's all about guitars, pedals, amps, etc., and this is a great interview because he mentioned Made Of Rain a few times. I would love to see more interviews with Rich, especially about Made Of Rain and its songs and I really want to hear more of his thoughts on them.

Here is the link to the interview: https://www.pedal-of-the-day.com/2022/01/30/weekly-interview-1-30-22-rich-good-of-the-psychedelic-furs/

Behind the Songs: Stars

Interviewer: "As the closing refrain on ['Stars'] sighs, 'These are the days that we will all remember.' Does this feel like a special time for you again?"

Richard Butler: "Oh, every minute you're alive, they're all great days." (Record Collector 2020)

Interviewer: "'Stars' tapes into nature, the great outdoors."

Richard Butler: "Yes. I was raised in the countryside, very aware of all these things. And I still am. My home was an hour southeast of London, so it was deep in the countryside. And I suppose that being chased by a bull once was the scariest thing I ever experienced there." (Spin 2020)

Tim Butler: "I particularly like the guitar sound and the solo on the song. I forget which effects [Rich Good] used. It's a really rare guitar effect that he guards with his life." (Cleveland Scene 2022) [The guitar solo was actually played by producer Richard Fortus.]

Rich Good (on one of the pedals he used during the Made Of Rain tour rehearsals): "I recently got an Elta PLL to play a solo part at the end of 'Stars'  – it was originally played by Richard (Fortus) using a Schumann PLL, but those are extremely costly and rare, so for the 1 minute part in the set I just got the Elta, which is very close-sounding. In rehearsal it sounded incredible, but then the song was dropped from the final set list." (Pedal Of The Day 2022)