Clint Boon surfing on the waves of pop
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/6182/ (picture)
Clint is a Mancunian musician, who came to fame as the keyboard player with the Inspiral Carpets. Though they were from Oldham, the 'carpets' were commonly lumped into the 'Madchester' scene, alongside the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays et al.
Clint's inventive melodies, thundering chords and witty arpegioes counterposed the somewhat dour lyrical style of Tom Hingley's vocals. 'This is how it feels' was probably their most successful single, a classic pop tune about having a s**t life. After Tom sang 'this is how it feels when your world means nothing at all' Clint played the most melodical bluesy organ solo of the decade.
"When we get to the gates of Heaven, we'll get our just rewards. Saint Peter will call us up and say, 'Inspiral Carpets - good songwriters, strong melodies and fine harmonies. Dodgy middle-eights, but we'll let you off. In you go.'" (Clint Boon)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~tyrian/ICHOME.html - Inspiral Carpets webshrine
After 4 successful albums the Carpets broke up, and since then Tom and Clint have continued to make music. Tom performs solo (goto www.tom-hingley.com to find out more) and Clint DJs, tours and performs with the Clint Boon Experience. In downtime, he does theme tunes for Granada TV.
THE CLINT BOON EXPERIENCE (CBX)
Boon has released two albums with CBX, "The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel" and "Life in Transition" To call the music ecclectic would be a grave diservice to an album that features a laid back trip hop ish opener, with a trumpet solo and his wife reading sotto voce:
"...And Mr Boon plays the tune
And this is crash
This is crazy
And in every corner of every planet
There are people in transistion..."
Track Two, "Comet Theme Number One" begins with the familiar tones of Clint's fairylit farsifa, evoking memories of the Carpets. Within a few moments the listeners expectations are knocked sideways by a Welsh Opera singer's hearty rendition of the chorus "Even with the state of things I try, try, try."
Clint's unique style has earnt him a committed fanbase known as the Boon Army. The wit, positivity, open-hearted silliness and overblown ambition of the Mr Boon attracts a small but devoted crowd. Clint's looney tunes are remarkable lyrics should be filed under genius.
"The world is my city, see the lights on the biggest horizon"
Sadly, CBX have not achieved the pop superstardom they deserve. But, you can't keep a good man down. Clint regularly DJs at Pandemonium in Manchester, and has set up 'Booney Tunes' a label which is publishing the music of CBX and other artists.
Clint drips with cool, a musical and lyrical genius who continues to withstand the pressures of real life and produce heart-lifting music about triumph over adversity.
"not just to survive or exist
But to experience. Keyword: to experience"
"The Cool People know who the Cool People Are."
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