Tuesday 2 December 2008

36. Mary Margaret O'Hara, Body's In Trouble (1988)



I finally interviewed Mary Margaret this afternoon. She was absolutely wonderful, telling me about how her nephew's wife gave birth to their latest baby after "bringing up", how her sister Catherine – her from the Christopher Guest films – is a huge inspiration, and how Morrissey was a "real cute kid". She also talked a lot about the unconventional nature of her music. There's something about it that always brings me back, the sense of an unique, vivid personality that reminds me of artists like Laurie Anderson and Bjork. This is from Mary Margaret's debut album, her only full album, Miss America.

1 comment:

Matthew H said...

That's lovely. I've never heard any of her stuff before - at the time, I was afeared, thinking she was yet another Q mag CD-age fave for my Dad's generation.

I might fancy her a bit too.