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Sarah
Jane Morris’ larger-than-life voice helped front the enormous
Communards hit Don’t Leave Me This Way which was four
weeks at #1 in the UK in 1986. Before and since then she has pursued
an idiosyncratic
solo career ranging from Greek #1 disco hits to jazz, from singing Brecht/Weill
with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to winning the San Remo
Song Festival then having her trophy swiped by Grace Jones. We have
a raucous interview with her from June 29 2000 in London, also provided
in streaming audio, laughs and all. Diversions
include barbed wire scrapes and broken bones on a Greek island.
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the full text of Sarah Jane Morris' interview Do you think of yourself as an artist, a singer, or a performer or a writer? You won the San Remo Song Festival with a co-written song, didn't you? Where is your trophy? Well, at least you won. You’re actually a pop star in Italy. Are you ever tempted to head for a more conventional course? You keep coming back to jazz. It seems to be central to what you do. Why do you gravitate towards that? The biggest success you had was with the Communards, the most prominent recording that you have made so far. Do you miss that success? Do you hanker after it or are you happy with the very flexible niche you are in at the moment? You’re successful in Italy, you’ve been Number 1 all over the world and you’ve also been Number 1, with your own writing, in Greece. How did that come about? 
You seem unduly fond of these countries. One of the other groups that you were with started off in Italy. Quite at the opposite end of the social scale. What do you think are the limits to political expression in popular music? How far do you think social ideas can be defined, implied or expressed? The Communards are one example of political expression. The artist, the singer and the writer have functions within society. But how should the people who can contribute be chosen? By what means? Do you think that society owes the singer a living? Sarah
Jane Morris at the Stereo Society (selected
links):
To Sarah Jane's home page (all links) To the full text of Sarah Jane Morris' interview To audio clips from Sarah Jane's interview To Sarah Jane's History photo gallery To
Bronski Beat/Communards Central Sarah
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