David: Angus Young is the guy who writes the riffs on the guitar for AC/DC. He's the guy who wears the little schoolboy uniform, jumps around, with the bow tie-the little schoolboy outfit, the little schoolboy cap. Anyway, those are great riffs. Don't you have any desire to play guitar when you hear that music? Chris: Oh, definitely, I do, but I'm not very coordinated with my fingers, and I just never really had a chance or the opportunity to learn guitars. I would love to learn how to play the guitar, just so I can impress a girlfriend of mine just by playing a little Spanish guitar riff or something, because I really take fancy to the kind of Latin side of the guitar. I also like jazz that's mostly instrumental. That kind of popped in my head. There's not very many guitars being played in jazz, but yeah. David: What kind of jazz do you like? I mean, I'm one of these guys-I think they call them a dilettante or something-that I take something I enjoy every bit, you know, I'm as passionate for jazz as I am for any other kind of music on any particular day. One day I'll say that classical music is the best thing there is, the next day I'll be in my car listening to something from, you know, whomever. Swervedriver or one of these other contemporary bands. Nirvana, say. This is the best there is! Oh, jazz, I was talking about jazz. So, for instance, when I listen to Miles Davis and John Coltrane and JJ Johnson.
Chris: B. B. King?
David: B. B. King is more of the blues sound, but that music is so amazing.
Chris: Nat King Cole?
David: Nat King Cole was an amazing jazz pianist. Most people think of Nat King Cole as just a singer. But he was actually probably a better-even though he was such an amazing vocalist, and is known specifically as a vocalist-he is an amazing pianist. Because he became so popular, he was asked on TV shows, "Stand up. Come in front of the TV so we can see you. We want you to sing. Let somebody else play piano." So that's why he got the notoriety of being a singer, not a pianist. Is there some jazz performer you particularly like?
Chris: I like old jazz, but I prefer more of a fast jazz, rather than a slow jazz, with a snappy beat. [snaps fingers] Yeah.
David: What about Jazzercise? Have you ever done Jazzercise?
Chris: I have never done Jazzercise.
David: So what are you listening to right now? If you had a car-which you don't-but you do often have an opportunity to drive a car. What are you listening to right now, on your way home from work, or your way to work? What's really getting you excited? Name the band, name the song. What is it?
Chris: The song right now which I am really interested in is by a singer called Akon. The title is "Ghetto." Of course, I can't relate to it, but just the music itself is brilliant. I also enjoy a lot of Tupac, he's one of my role models and one of my idols I have. Yeah, Tupac's one of my favorites. David, what about yourself? Do you have any band or any song that is really catching your attention these days?
David: Right now, of course, you know, my computer-I can burn all kinds of music. Legally purchased, of course. I have probably a thousand CD's, so I just mix and match and I load them all onto the computer, and I make little discs myself. What I've done is I've taken some heavy music by a band called Sugar, which were earlier Hüsker Dü, which actually created a lot of the sounds you're hearing right now, because they're a very heavy, hard band from the mid-eighties. Also the Foo Fighters, a lot of their hard stuff, and a lot of the B-sides from the Foo Fighters. That's what I'm listening to right now, and when I hop in the car going home from work tonight, I'm going to be listening to, probably, "Watershed," one of these heavy tracks from the Foo Fighters, with good ol' Dave Grohl, my own namesake. Thanks, Chris, nice talking to you.
Chris: I enjoyed the conversation as well.
David: Take care.
Chris: You too.
David: And R.E.M.
