Poor quality be damned - It's hard to find Deee-Lite material I haven't come across yet in being a hardcore fan for thirty years now. There's only one clip here I'd seen. Thank you so much for uploading this! (Also-I'd always heard about how abrasive Lady Miss Kier could be with journalists who misinterpreted their message. WOW!)
That blonde "reporter" was harsh herself and in my opinion rude. Deee-Lite were there to be themselves, she didn't need to dig into them the way she did. Their music is still Great 30 years later. Fashion added to their alure but it didn't make the music or the vocals. i could go on, but I am on the side of the band on this one.
...And here I am a year later responding. Ha! Deee-Lite really had a rough go of it primarily because they dared to open their mouths about something more than their fashion and image. Lady Miss Kier quickly gained something of a reputation for being really abrasive to reporters (she called them "media cowards"). She had good reason to distrust them. Very few gave them credit for being anything more than a walking cartoon. But when the media sat with them for an interview, they were often shocked to find that Kier was really intense and didn't want to discuss anything trivial. This was very admirable; I think she felt the responsibility to use their platform to speak out on what they passionately believed in. She wasn't dee-lusional (sorry, I had to) and most likely realized early on that they might not have the spotlight for long. While it was a great record, their second album tanked in part because several of the songs had a decidedly political tone to them. Elektra, the label that won a bidding war to initially sign them, wrote them off as being "too gay" when they didn't instantly replicate the success of "Groove Is In the Heart" and they refused to promote their second and third albums. Either way, the media couldn't reconcile them in their day-glo Pucci outfits with any kind of substance and Deee-Lite quickly learned that a majority of music fans that had blown up "Groove" really only wanted to dance. She once said "I don't think it's a crime to dance and think at the same time." If only they hadn't overestimated the public at large. Most of us saw them as "retro," but Deee-Lite was in every way ahead of their time. For one moment, we got to live in their world. And it was.....how do you say? ....Deee-Gorgeous.
I have to side up with the members and the horrific energy and the so called journalist to be obviously biased and the lack of a poker face is a nice way of responding I would not be as diplomatic with the awful reporter..
Poor quality be damned - It's hard to find Deee-Lite material I haven't come across yet in being a hardcore fan for thirty years now. There's only one clip here I'd seen. Thank you so much for uploading this!
(Also-I'd always heard about how abrasive Lady Miss Kier could be with journalists who misinterpreted their message. WOW!)
That blonde "reporter" was harsh herself and in my opinion rude. Deee-Lite were there to be themselves, she didn't need to dig into them the way she did. Their music is still Great 30 years later. Fashion added to their alure but it didn't make the music or the vocals. i could go on, but I am on the side of the band on this one.
...And here I am a year later responding. Ha!
Deee-Lite really had a rough go of it primarily because they dared to open their mouths about something more than their fashion and image. Lady Miss Kier quickly gained something of a reputation for being really abrasive to reporters (she called them "media cowards"). She had good reason to distrust them. Very few gave them credit for being anything more than a walking cartoon. But when the media sat with them for an interview, they were often shocked to find that Kier was really intense and didn't want to discuss anything trivial. This was very admirable; I think she felt the responsibility to use their platform to speak out on what they passionately believed in. She wasn't dee-lusional (sorry, I had to) and most likely realized early on that they might not have the spotlight for long.
While it was a great record, their second album tanked in part because several of the songs had a decidedly political tone to them. Elektra, the label that won a bidding war to initially sign them, wrote them off as being "too gay" when they didn't instantly replicate the success of "Groove Is In the Heart" and they refused to promote their second and third albums. Either way, the media couldn't reconcile them in their day-glo Pucci outfits with any kind of substance and Deee-Lite quickly learned that a majority of music fans that had blown up "Groove" really only wanted to dance. She once said "I don't think it's a crime to dance and think at the same time."
If only they hadn't overestimated the public at large. Most of us saw them as "retro," but Deee-Lite was in every way ahead of their time. For one moment, we got to live in their world. And it was.....how do you say?
....Deee-Gorgeous.
@@giggles7179 Well said
I have to side up with the members and the horrific energy and the so called journalist to be obviously biased and the lack of a poker face is a nice way of responding I would not be as diplomatic with the awful reporter..
Thanks for the upload, great to see.
I wish this would have been more clear 🙁
Thanks to who found this great memories and inter view always a fan of there musice what are they doing now 🤞🤞🤞💥
Completely agreeing with @miss giggles - great find!!!!
Thanks. Totally grateful, weak sauce tracking controls weren't working.
I love it 😊