JAMES : SAUL DAVIES QUESTIONNAIRE 1990

In the 1990 tour programme, each band member answered a set of questions, here are Saul’s responses:

NAME : Saul

BIRTHDAY : 28.6.65

EARLIEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY : Singing Mr Tambourine Man in a room full of hippies in a commune near Darlington in 1969

FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER : None

WHEN YOU WERE 17, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE RECORD? : Marianne Faithful - Times Square

FAVOURITE JAMES SONG : Walking The Ghost, Next Lover, Not There

MOST EMBARRASSING JAMES MOMENT : Being instrumental in the destruction of the stage in Southampton on the last tour - I made a real dickhead of myself by inviting them onstage

FAVOURITE FILM : Wings Of Desire

WHO’S THE RICHEST PERSON YOU’VE EVER MET? : My brother Ezra, to whom money makes no difference

WHAT’S THE MOST WAY OUT MEAL YOU’VE EVER EATEN? : Platos Combinatos in Spain - 8 types of raw meat with an egg in the middle (I couldn't eat it)

FAVOURITE FOOTBALLER : Cruyff

LEAST APPEALING PERSONAL TRAIT : Neurotic

FAVOURITE FILM STAR : Denis Hopper, Sean Connery

FAVOURITE REGIONAL ACCENT : North Scotland

SEXUAL FANTASY : Most of them seem to involve water - some are violent. Almost all involve women, but one or two have men in as well.

WHO’S THE RUDEST PERSON YOU KNOW? : Jim Glennie or Sarah Champion

FAVOURITE SHOP : Any that give you nice big bags to take away your goods in

FAVOURITE TV SOAP CHARACTER : Hate all of them

WORST EXAM RESULT : Unclassified - Maths

FAVOURITE WRITER : Nabokov or Flann O'Brien

IF YOU WERE ANOTHER MEMBER OF JAMES, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? : Dave Baynton-Power