Whats with Florence + the Machine?
b"One of my favourite movie lines of all time comes from a 1982 Peter O\\u2019Toole film called \\u201cMy Favorite Year\\u201d\\u2026 O\\u2019Toole plays a movie idol named Alan Swann who is reduced to appearing on a variety tv show of the 1950s\\u2026 a junior writer named Benji Stone is put in charge of babysitting Swann\\u2026 \\u201cjust keep him out of trouble,\\u201d his bosses say\\u2026\\n\\nNaturally, it doesn\\u2019t go well and they have a fight when Swann grows angry when Benji insists on the hero worship\\u2026then Benji replies:\\n\\nWhoever you were in those movies, those silly heroes meant a lot to me! what does it matter if it was an illusion? it worked! so don't tell me this is you life-size. I can't use you life-size. I need Alan Swanns as big as I can get them!\\n\\nThat\\u2019s how a lot of us feel about our heroes\\u2026 and I include our musical heroes in that number\\u2026\\n\\nMusic is an escape for us\\u2026it\\u2019s also a fantasyland populated by exotic creatures who do and say things far, far beyond what we could ever dream of doing\\u2026 but at the same time, we want these creatures to be at least a little accessible, so we can make that all-important personal connection\\u2026\\n\\nIt\\u2019s a tricky balance\\u2026we want heroes and heroines, but we also want to know that they\\u2019re real\\u2026 keep the fantasy but open the door a crack, you know?...\\n\\nAnd it\\u2019s more difficult with some artists than others\\u2026how, for example, do you handle like someone like Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine?... much of her success is based on a kooky, quirky, fantastical image, like someone who looks like they just stepped out of a renaissance painting or out of a book of Grimm\\u2019s fairytales\\u2026\\n\\nAnd then you learn she\\u2019s not a natural redhead\\u2026I\\u2019m sorry, but she\\u2019s not\\u2026 she\\u2019s dark-haired and dyed it as a kid\\u2026did that just ruin something for you?...\\n\\nIt did?... oh, dear\\u2026 this could be a rough show for you, then\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"