Hugh Hopper, John Marshall, and Mike Ratledge give an interview about the newly formed "Six" lineup before running through "Fanfare/All White"
My french isn't too good, and I can't understand any of the questions, but I could understand Ratledge's responses:
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Q: [?]
"It changes all the time, because the musicians change, and their conception of the music changes, because they listened to new music, or they got sick or...things like that"
Q: [?]
"No,because, when they leave they have a reason to leave, and when they join, they too have a reason to join"
Q: Yet you keep the same name...[?]
"Yes, because there is a certain residue, of songwriting, a certain spirit which remains...I don't define it.
There are always differences because there are pieces all of which are improvised, without any notation; it's different, and even things that have writing are different. It's the only way we can play together; each person is different and has different ideas of the music"
"That depends on the definition of pop music. if it means popular, then there is no connection.
Q: what is this?
"promises of many listeners, of lots of money, so it's not us, I think."
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Soft Machine, as you see them here, was:
Mike Ratledge - Organ, Electric Piano
Karl Jenkins - Oboe, Electric Piano
Hugh Hopper - Bass
John Marshall - Drums