Scott Walker possesses one of the greatest and most distinctive voices of the last quarter-century. To the pop world, he’s best known for his work with The Walker Brothers in the 1960s. For a time, Walker’s stardom rivaled that of The Beatles — and even then, he pushed the envelope and shaped a sound that interested him. His music is personal, complex and inventive, always presenting sounds and forms that haven’t been heard before. Lyrically, Walker can be dark yet caustically funny, obscure but always completely thought out.
Here, he speaks with World Cafe host David Dye about terrifying his musicians with machetes on his latest record, Bish Bosch, as well as why he never listens to his old material and the “giant in a general’s toilet” of “Zercon.”
DAVID DYE: Can I talk about your voice a little bit to begin with? It is so unique, attractive, and I wonder how you related to it to begin with and now?
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