Goldfrapp singer bashes Madonna

In its previous issue (12 August 2003), Belgian magazine HUMO interviewed Alison Goldfrapp. When asked if they considered doing soundtracks, this is
what the Goldfrapp singer replied:

If Almodovar calls us, now ! We had different offers, but so far we always refused, because we didn’t like the movies. For example, Madonna and Guy Ritchie asked us to do the soundtrack of Swept Away. Will and I felt honoured, we could even watch the preview at Madonna’s house. So we were sitting on the sofa with the Ritchies, but already five minutes later we knew this was becoming nothing. We were just terribly ashamed in their place, it was sooooo awful. Only one thought was spinning in my
head: “Oh my God, pray they don’t ask me what i think of this.” But of course they did. I came up with this lousy excuse “Look, I’m so overwhelmed by being with you that i can’t concentrate on the movie. I’d have to watch it on my own.” Fortunately, everything got cancelled later.

HUMO: “Yesterday you looked a little bit like Madonna, until you opened your mouth – you sing better.”
ALISON: “I will take this as a compliment ?! Madonna is a pop icon, but i don’t like how she sucks the talent out of young people for every new record. Musically, I think she’s nothing. She always needs another super producer to stay trendy.”
HUMO: “But you also owe a lot to Will, don’t you?”
ALISON: “Look, I have the reputation of being a bitch, but people often just ask for it. If one more person asks me with a poker face whether Will writes the music and I the lyrics, I’ll throw them out of the window. Goldfrapp is really a musical collaboration.”

A MadonnaTribe Exclusive translated from dutch by MandyLePumpum