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Re: Upside Down

Just seen it. Apart from a couple of isolated exceptions - The Loft, Swervedriver - it primarily features Creation's successes. Felt are only mentioned in a brief sentence from Bobby Gillespie who was moaning that the majors only wanted the big bands from Creation "they didn't want Nikki Sudden or Felt albums, they only wanted Primal Scream, Oasis od My Bloody Valentine". The film was well put together but lost a lot of good opportunites for interesting stories - no Felt, nothing on the failed svengali attempt of Baby Amphetamine, nothing on the hilarious stories behind the Kevin Rowland solo album - they really should call it "Upside Down - The Creation PRESS RELEASE"

Re: Upside Down

That's pretty much what I was afraid of. The way Alan McGee was "bigging up" the director put me in mind of the way he similarly hyped Paulo Hewitt's Creation book in the face of the vastly superior "My Magpie Eyes"by David Cavanagh. A book which is immeasurably enriched by the legend of Lawrence - he's very good value throughout - and is also where the metaphor about the wigwam and the igloo comes from. No film about Creation should ignore the Big L - if it's a case of "print the legend"...

Re: Upside Down

Yep - the Paolo Hewitt was definitely the longerst press release I've ever read. The reason why McGee and others in the Creation camp hate Cavanagh's book so much is that it's too close to the truth IMHO. The account on the film about how the Super Furry Animals signed to Creation isn't telling the whole story either. McGhee may have approached them at a gig, but he had to be recommended them by another member of staff who had already played their demo to death.