Good article, sooz, after a quick scan. I will try to remember to read it more in-depth when I am more coherent, lol.
mac, what a great song and artist! His bio is very interesting. Just a couple of things:
There were strong arguments with the producer of
Top of the Pops
surrounding Wyatt's performance of "I'm a Believer," on the grounds
that his use of a wheelchair 'was not suitable for family viewing', the
producer wanting Wyatt to appear on a normal chair. Wyatt won the day
and 'lost his rag but not the wheel chair'. A contemporary issue of
New Musical Express
featured the band (a stand-in acting for Mason), all in wheelchairs, on
its cover. Wyatt subsequently sang lead vocals on Mason's first solo
album
Fictitious Sports in 1981 (with songwriting credits going to
Carla Bley).
"Wyatting"
The verb "Wyatting" appeared in some blogs and music magazines to
describe the practice of playing weird tracks on a pub jukebox to annoy
the other pub goers. Wyatt was quoted in The Guardian as saying "I think it's really funny" and "I'm very honoured at the idea of becoming a verb."[14][/sup]
However, when asked if he would ever try it himself, he said "Oh no. I
don't really like disconcerting people. Although often when I try to be
normal I disconcert anyway."[15][/sup]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wyatt