Dale Bozzio | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
I'm not the original anybody because, first of all, I came before Lady Gaga, so I don't know how I could be the original Lady Anybody, you know, number one, okay? So let's get real here. I am who I am today because of Frank Zappa. That is the truth.
Did you like being a Playboy bunny?
I did, and I was a Billions bunny. I shot pool. And how was your pool? Superior. Superior. I passed out in 76 and woke up in 77. You've got to remember, I fell 40 feet out of a window.
You were in a coma for a year?
How did Frank Zappa influence Dale Bozzio's career?
Half a year. Life support. I'm here with one of my favorite singers of all time, Miss Dale Bozio.
Hello.
What was Dale's experience as a Playboy Bunny?
I bought this book not long ago. I love this book. You put a lot of your heart in this book, no?
Are you asking me that? Yeah. Or telling me that?
I'm asking because I feel like your heart's really in, well, let's put it this way.
Yes, I agree.
You're a fellow Pisces like me. Oh, really? You're March 2nd.
What significant event changed Dale's life?
Right. I'm March 17th.
Oh, wow.
So I understand your pain. That's where we're going to start this interview.
Okay. Well, now we're on.
But as a fan of yours, I always feel you always led with your heart. In your music? Yes. Is that accurate?
Yes.
Oh, my pain. Okay, but is that how you are in life? Because that's how I feel, but I don't know that.
Yes. So this book? I think you know more than you say you do now that we know that we're not birthdays. We're doing Pisces. And where we're coming from is on another level. I love that shirt. Oh, thank you. Yeah, you look fantastic. You look fantastic.
Oh, I knew I had to dress up for you.
Well, thank you very much.
You always had true style.
It wasn't, I tell you, the thing about that style and those plexiglass... We're not, the plexiglass blooms are on like page four of these notes. Okay, whatever, I'm with you.
We're starting with music. What about it? Well, your most recent album, Hollywood Lie, right? Is, yes. So I was curious on that because I felt like you were kind of going for... I don't want to say a retro sound because it's not fair to call your sound retro because you invented that sound. But did you purposely want to make kind of a 80s-ish sounding missing persons record? Does it make sense?
That's a big question. Well, they're all big questions. I mean, the music is one thing. The attitude's another. The process is one and all. And why you do it is another reason. Yeah. So for me, the music, the reason that came out that way, I don't take the intention of sounding any which way for any reason. I'm a non-singer. I come from... I'm going to argue with you about that, by the way. Okay, well, I developed into something from nothing.
Right, but that's why you're a great singer.
Well, so I just sort of self-taught in a facet. And so with the music of how that Hollywood lie ended up was that I said I want to focus on being simple and synchronize my impression of my vocal, of how that will be taken, what impression that is going to set on you when you hear me say these words.
Okay. So you thought that musical backdrop was... A thing to you.
I wanted... Now, after all I've done, I mean, that's why. I mean, only because... Not because I'm a new band and I'm looking for a hit number one, bang, top, you know, got to have a riff and kick and, you know, what's the glitch? No, that's not the story. I have to succumb to people like you that would say... What? What does this mean? What does this mean?
Well, that's what I'm asking you.
Right. So that's, I guess I did the right thing then.
Ah, you made me ask the question, which is what you wanted. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. I'd appreciate that. I'm curious. We're going back here to the beginning. So you were born in Boston in 1955?
Mm-hmm.
Yes. Catholic family? Yes. How did I know that? I just can feel it.
Because I'm polite.
Italian? Roman. Okay. Roman Catholic?
Yeah.
Me too.
My great-granduncle of the seventh generation was... died acting Pope in the Vatican in Rome. My father is Roman. And when I went to Rome on tour with Frank Zappa, he got paperwork for me to be allowed to go into the Vatican to see all the frozen, cryogenically frozen popes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:01–0:36
2
How did Frank Zappa influence Dale Bozzio's career?
0:36–0:47
3
What was Dale's experience as a Playboy Bunny?
0:47–1:06
4
What significant event changed Dale's life?
1:06–44:35
5
What insights does Dale Bozzio share about her time with Frank Zappa?
44:35–45:03
6
How did Dale's near-fatal accident influence her music career?
45:03–46:06
7
What personal experiences shaped Dale's songwriting?
46:06–46:56
8
How does Dale Bozzio reflect on her relationships with other musicians?
46:56–1:31:04
Speakers
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