<BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0033FF" VLINK="#008800" ALINK="#990066"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR> <IMG SRC="images/other/tiltses.gif" WIDTH="288" HEIGHT="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"><BR> (the Godlike genius of scott walker)</P> <P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>This page is also available in a frames version. To view frames, enable them in your browser and refresh this page.</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>There are links and thanks at the bottom of this page.</B></P> <CENTER> <P> <HR> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="6"><B>An intentionally spotty and quick Scott Walker Bio...</B></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Scott Engel was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on January 9, 1944 (if the bios on the back of record sleeves are to be believed.) He assumed the last name "Walker" when joining The Walker Brothers, and the LP "Introducing..." featured the hit track "Make It Easy On Yourself."</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Other hits, such as "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" came, and when the Brothers disbanded, Scott went solo...and subsequently dropped off the American radar.<BR> <BR> Note the "American" qualifier, for Scott was enormous in his adopted home of Britain. When his debut, titled simply "Scott," was released, it went to Number Two...kept from the top spot by the fluke novelty record "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."<BR> <BR> When the follow up, imaginatively titled "Scott 2" was released, there was no Billy Shears in the way...it hit Number One. Scott then released...what else?.."Scott 3," which hit...well...Number Three.<BR> <BR> And then...nothing. Well, not nothing, actually: "Scott 4" was his greatest work to date. But the record buying public took no notice...maybe because there were none of the Jacques Brel covers that Scott had become known for, maybe because he had reverted to his given name Scott Engel, or maybe because the record buying public were/are fickle swine who wouldn't know genius if it walked up to them on the street and pounded them on the forehead with a sledgehammer.<BR> <BR> But I digress. After the (purely commercial, I assure you) failure of "Scott 4," Mr. Engel once again became Mr. Walker, and the mostly brilliant "Til The Band Comes In" (mostly because of the pedestrian covers all squished together at the end of the record) was an attempt to recapture the record buying public. Sadly, it was unsuccessful, and Scott Walker began releasing profoundly unremarkable records consisting entirely of other people's songs. There were two Walker Brothers reunion LPs: the thoroughly uninteresting "No Regrets," and "Nite Flights." "Nite Flights" has four amazing Scott songs (One of which, the title track, was covered by David Bowie on his "Black Tie/White Noise" LP.) The rest of the LP is ungood. <BR> <BR> Cut to 1981, when Julian Cope (at the height of his hipster influence) releases "Fire Escape In The Sky: The Godlike Genius Of Scott Walker." Interest is predictably renewed.<BR> <BR> Then, in 1983, Scott releases "Climate Of Hunter." Moody, dark, and downright inaccessable, it is nonetheless the sound of Scott picking up where the good half of "Til The Band Comes In" left off. (At this point, I feel the need to mention that fans of the Walker Brothers' material are completely off the map...actually, since "Nite Flights." Scott has adopted a thoroughly dark and abrasive outlook which is the polar opposite of the lush pop of earlier efforts.)<BR> <BR> Then nothing for twelve years. "Tilt" comes out in yet another resurgance of interest, and reactions are mixed, to say the least. Some consider it a waste of time, others (yours truly included) consider it one of the greatest records ever made. My friend Zach put it best: "After I listen to it, everything else seems like mere entertainment."<BR> <BR> And here we are now. Scott has released a single, "I Threw It All Away," from the film "To Have And To Hold." It is a return to his torchier material, which may or may not be attributable to the involvement of three of the Bad Seeds (Nick Cave included.)<BR> <BR> So far as personal material, frankly, I'm not interested. Mr. Walker unambiguously desires his privacy, and I have no interest in thwarting him. Besides, his music is based on a powerful, mythic draw, and digging for things like his favorite movie or ice cream would only spoil that for me. If it wouldn't for you, check out the links below: there's a plethora of information out there.</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Some notes...Lasse Yngvesson was good enough to send me a copy of "</B><A HREF="low/climate.html"><B>Climate Of Hunter</B></A><B>," for which I am eternally grateful.  Thanks again, Lasse!</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Click on the record that interests you...and thanks to Burk Sauls, there's a page for The Walker Brothers' "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" LP. (Burk also runs a site that's unrelated to Scott, but is worth visiting...</B><A HREF="http://wm3.org"><B>http://wm3.org</B></A><B>.) Burk has also transcribed many lyrics (which are highligted in their individual albums of residence.) If you're looking for some that aren't there, check out </B><A HREF="http://www.saunalahti.fi/~olmi/scott/frameset.html"><B>Timi Hagelburg's Lyrics Page.</B></A></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Nilsson Martin was nice enough to inform me of a </B><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3177/index.html"><B>page</B></A><B> by a certain Mr. Chris Walter, who took photos for </B><A HREF="scott3.html"><B>Scott 3</B></A><B>...</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B>If you're looking for any of these Scott releases, might I humbly suggest trying </B><A HREF="http://gemm.com/ws.exe/GEMM/cgi-bin/quickgemm.pl?wild=scott+walker&S=Search"><B>here</B></A><B>...</B> <BR>   <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/scott.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smswone.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/scott2.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smswtwo.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/scott3.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smswth.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="low/scott4.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smswfour.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/scott.html">Scott 1</A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="100"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/scott2.html">Scott 2</A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="100"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/scott3.html">Scott 3</A> </TD> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/scott4.html">Scott 4</A> </TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/band.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smband.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/rain.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smrain.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/genius.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smgenius.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="low/climate.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smclimate.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="low/tilt.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smtilt.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="20"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/band.html">'til The Band Comes In</A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="20"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/rain.html">It's Raining Today</A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="20"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/genius.html">Fire Escape In The Sky</A> </TD> <TD HEIGHT="20"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/climate.html">Climate Of Hunter</A> </TD> <TD HEIGHT="20"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/tilt.html">Tilt</A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <br><br><center> <FONT SIZE="5">Walker Brothers Stuff, Etc...<BR> </FONT> <BR> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" WIDTH="100"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/dance.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smdance.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="low/wb.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smintro.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="low/sun.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smsun.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></A></TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"> <TD WIDTH="100"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/dance.html">John Stewart & Scott Engel:</A> <CENTER> <A HREF="low/dance.html">"I Only Came To Dance With You"</A></CENTER> </TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/wb.html">Introducing The Walker Brothers</A> </TD> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/sun.html">"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"</A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> </CENTER> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/noregrets.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smnoregrets.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="100"><A HREF="low/niteflights.html"><IMG SRC="images/small/smniteflights.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/noregrets.html">The Walker Brothers: <BR> "No Regrets"</A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="100"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="low/niteflights.html">The Walker Brothers: "Nite Flights"</A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR> <FONT SIZE="6"><B>Links:</B></FONT></P> <CENTER> <P> <HR> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4"><BR> Join The Scott Walker Mailing List! Click </FONT><A HREF="mailto:scott-walker-request@lists.best.com"><FONT SIZE="4">here</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> and put the word "subscribe" in the message body.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">A great </FONT><A HREF="http://www.saunalahti.fi/~olmi/scott/frameset.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">lyrics</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> page, by Timi Hagelburg.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">A </FONT><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3177/index.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">page</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> by one Mr. Chris Walter, who took the photos for "Scott 3."<BR> (Thanks to Nilsson Martin for pointing this out for me.)</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">The lyrics on this site were transcribed by Burk Sauls...he runs a </FONT><A HREF="http://wm3.org" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">site</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> unrelated to Scott, but which is nonetheless worth checking out.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Scott stuff is hard to come by at the moment, but I'd try </FONT><A HREF="http://gemm.com/ws.exe/GEMM/cgi-bin/quickgemm.pl?wild=scott+walker&S=Search" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">here</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4">.</FONT></P> <CENTER> <P><FONT SIZE="4"><BR> </FONT> <HR> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4"><B>Other Scott Sites</B></FONT></P> <CENTER> <P> <HR> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">A </FONT><A HREF="http://www.frankenstein.com/castle/rooms/scottwalk/scott.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">fan</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> page (Thanks to Lee Moore for tracking this down.)</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Another </FONT><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ScottWalker/" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">fan</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> page on xoom.com.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Yet </FONT><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Concert/2698/" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">another</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> fan page.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Yet </FONT><A HREF="http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/retro/scott/" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">another</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> fan page (it's getting crowded out there!)</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">A Razor And Tie </FONT><A HREF="http://www.razorandtie.com/detail/swalker.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">page</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> for "It's Raining Today."</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">A "Rough Guide" </FONT><A HREF="http://www.roughguides.com/rock/entries/SCOTT_WALKER.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">entry</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> for Scott.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">A Walker Brothers </FONT><A HREF="http://www.crl.com/~tsimon/walker.htm" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">page</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4">.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Another Walker Brothers </FONT><A HREF="http://www.phaethon.ch/roger/walk/homewalk.htm" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">page</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4">.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">One more Walker Brothers </FONT><A HREF="http://www.sirius.com/~pfrank/castle/rooms/scottwalk/scott.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">page</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4">.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Not forgetting...</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">The Ultimate Band List Pages for </FONT><A HREF="http://www.ubl.com/ubl/cards/006/5/73.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">Scott</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4"> and </FONT><A HREF="http://ubl.com/ubl/cards/047/0/87.html" target="window"><FONT SIZE="4">The Walker Brothers</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="4">.</FONT></P> <CENTER> <P> <HR> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4"><B>Many Thanks...</B></FONT></P> <CENTER> <P> <HR> </P> </CENTER> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">To Sandra Jenkinson, for running "Walkerpeople" and keeping the flame <BR> alive (and correcting my dumb mistakes!)</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Lasse Yngvesson, for sending me copies of "Climate Of Hunter" and <BR> "Nite Flights" when all hope seemed lost!</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Paul Bearer, for sliding me the cassette copy of "Scott 2."</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Burk Sauls, for transcribing the lyrics you see here...</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Mr. Chris Walter, for taking the photos for "Scott 3," and keeping <BR> me up to date on his page...</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">Lee Moore and Nilsson Martin for pointing me to other pages...</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4">David Bates, without whom we just might be talking about Scott<BR> purely in the past tense.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="4"><BR> And, naturally, Scott, John, and Gary.</FONT></P> <P> <HR> </P> <CENTER> <P><FONT SIZE="4">Did I miss anything? 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