Rocker: Who do you count as your earliest musical influences? Want more Robyn? Click HERE to hear a playlist of Robyn’s favorite Robyn Hitchcock songs!
Robyn took a moment to check in from Nashville, where he is busy at work on a new album (produced by pop wunderkind Brendan Benson), to talk about the music that made him who he is, why his songs are like an old house, and his most expensive hobby. Why? Because in a world of bland pop drivel Robyn Hitchcock always delivered quirky quality, right though 2014’s album “The Man Upstairs.” But like you, I remained a fan, buying everything he put out. Thankfully, he had no interest in selling out, and like that fickle girlfriend junior year, the Johnny-come-latelies who claimed to love his music “Their whole lives” soon moved on. Younger folks we deemed “Uncool” in the 1980s discovered him through a string of radio hits that included “Balloon Man” and “Madonna of the Wasps.” Both were great songs, but success meant we cool kids might lose Robyn to the masses. Of course if you are a bit older like me (and I know you are) you may even have been tuned into the work of his early band The Soft Boys. A used copy of “Fegmania!” stared at me from the “Just In” bin at my local record store, and I bought it because the cover looked cool. If you are like me (and I know you are) then you discovered the music of Robyn Hitchcock in college, perhaps, by mistake? That’s how I stumbled upon the enigmatic genius.
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