Tonio K. Loves His Dada
LOS ANGELES - "From time to time, my middleclass upbringing makes me a little uncomfortable with the word 'motherfucker'," admitted Tonio K.; who seemed a pretty regular guy. "I heard my parents took this, record over to their friends' house and listened to it, and I've been trying to envision how they reacted."
Tonio K. Loves His Dada
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LOS ANGELES - "From time to time, my middleclass upbringing makes me a little uncomfortable with the word 'motherfucker'," admitted Tonio K.; who seemed a pretty regular guy. "I heard my parents took this, record over to their friends' house and listened to it, and I've been trying to envision how they reacted."
We're sprawling at the east end of the CBS West executive conference table in a room so cavernous and plush it eats the echoes before they hit the far wall.
The previous night, Tonio was in the studio altering his vengeance song, *'H-AT-R-E-D," at the earnest request of about ,50 radio stations who wanted to air it, but just couldn't get past the "you motherfucker" line. ("You philandering bitch" was evidently OK.) "The album stays the same," said Tonio, "but for radio I changed it to 'you trollop' which seemed to be in the same spirit. I wonder if all the 'motherfucker' fans in the country are gonna yell 'copout'. Well, fuck 'em."
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