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30 July 2010

Prosody

Name: James Newton
Embrace Messageboard Name: Prosody

Date of Birth: 10 January 1984 (Aged 26 years)
Location: York
Occupation: Qualified English teacher

milonmustdie@hotmail.com

The Official Prosody website All my music, art, photography and creative writing. Quite a lot there, really. The Shining Source The home of the Shining Style PhotoRouge Beautiful, breathtaking photography.

Prosody has a lush rating of 9.1 from 114 votes.

What is your favourite Embrace song?

I Had A Time. As soon as it comes on, you know you're in for something special, and it's one of the most beautiful and inventive songs I've heard - the intro is fantastic, and of course those lyrics.

What was your favourite Embrace gig?

I said Friday would have to be something special, and it was! I was stood right at the front of the (Manchester) Academy, about five feet away from Rik, who gave me the biggest smile whenever he saw me, which was firm with all components! My ears were still ringing two days afterwards, and it was just the best night. SG#15, consider yourself blown away!

What is your favourite Embrace Album?

If You've Never Been. I like bits and pieces of the other album, but there are too many peaks and troughs for me to get through in one listen, so I normally end up skipping the songs that jar with me, but there aren't any of those on IYNB. It's one of the most atmospheric and beautiful albums I own, and I love it to bits.

What is your favourite Embrace B-Side?

I used to like the poppy-rocky ones, but now I like Flaming Red Hair and Too Many Times much, much more. They're very good.

In what order of greatness (1-10) would you place tracks from Out of Nothing?

Ashes - 10
Spell it Out - 9
Out of Nothing - 8
Keeping - 7
Wish 'Em All Away - 6
Near Life - 5
Someday - 4
Gravity - 3
Glorious Day - 2
Looking As You Are - 1

Bloody hard question, that! I hope I've done it right too - I'm not supposed to be marking them out of ten, am I? Just putting them in order of greatness... yeah, that's right.

In what order of greatness (1-10) would you place tracks from This New Day?

10 - Exploding Machines
9 to 1 - the rest

What and when was your first messageboard post?

Probably something about the Wonder video, or mentioning what I told Danny in an email. I was so very, very young back then, which would make the "when" part about 2000.

Who was the first messageboarder you met?

Shazpot, Mads, LM, Greg, SueW and Colin Ramsay.

What is the most stupid thing you've done at a gig?

Sat and listened to the whole of Robert Fripp's half-hour set at G3 in Nottingham. So very, very painful.

What other music do you like?

doves, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ash, the Divine Comedy, Toploader (mock all you like!), Katie Melua, Prosody, Engrave, Stateless (RIP), Badly Drawn Boy, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen (J. Malmsteen... yep), videogame music, classical music, Elbow, Snow, Texas, Michael Jackson, the Spice Girls, Madonna, Oasis, Norah Jones, Phil Collins, David Gray, the Lighthouse Family, Postal Service, Girls Aloud, McFly, Busted. Lots of stuff.

What are your favourite albums?

Doves - the Last Broadcast. Embrace - If You've Never Been. Katie Melua - Call off the Search. Toploader - Magic Hotel. Joe Satriani - The Extremist. Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare. The Divine Comedy - Victory for the Comic Muse. Prosody - Long Distance. doves - Lost Sides. Lighthouse Family - Whatever Gets You Through The Day. Embrace - Out of Nothing. Michael Jackson - the Ultimate Collection. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book & Innervisions.

What are you currently listening to?

Get On the Floor by Michael Jackson. Funky.

What is your favourite Jelly Baby?

Black all the way. Whatever its name is.

Who is your favourite Neighbours character?

Joe Scully, at least it was until THEY KILLED HIM OFF.

Most likely to say…

I like games.

Least likely to say…

Take my videogames collection, I never liked it anyway.

Cricket - good or evil?

Six and two threes.

What was the last thing you ate?

Soup.

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

An author, then a goalkeeper, then an astronaut, then a teacher, and now an astronaut and an author again.

If you were having a dinner party, which member of Embrace would you want to help in the kitchen?

Firtho, for some reason.

Cats or dogs?

Dogs.

Heaven is…

Where you go when you die, if you've been good.

Hell is…

As above, except if you've been bad. Ommmmmm.

Madness Rating (1 to 10)

Somewhere about a zero, I suppose. Yep, quite mentally sound, me.

An interesting fact about myself…

I once invited Tim Wheeler from Ash around to my house for tea, and to support my band in a local gig. He never replied. Hannah is my girlfriend. I interviewed Danny for a University project.

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FDPoints Rank: #52
Lush Rank: #166

FDPoints: 146
Lush rating: 9.1 (114 votes)
Profile visits: 2,366
Favourites: 3
Attended Gigs: 2

Created: 09 September 2004
Last updated: 22 September 2006

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What people are saying about Prosody:

"Ohh, it's been a long time since I played AC. A visit to Saraband is in order!"

"I have previously congratulated Hanna on the awesomeness of her birthday! You too can be awesome."

"Thank you for feeding me those yummy nuts. Love Mr Squirrel x"

"Ta a lot, a very lot for the 10, here, have one back!"

"I changed the vote I gave you because I am nice :P"

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