"Scott Moffatt's first telephone interview in the Philippines"
Scott Moffatt made an overseas call to early returns of 89.9 Magic from
What are you guys doing in Germany right now? Are you
That's where you guys pretty much live now, right?
All right! You're the one... what instrument do you play?
You play the guitar. Okay. Your brothers- everyone knows
Wow! What does your mom think? Is it weird
They are not identical, right? Or are they?
You guys are humongus here. i've got to tell you. right? Anyway, me
Thank you!! It is really a big help!!! Where are
They're in school right now?
What grade are you guys in right now by the way?
Eighth grade? So when did you start thinking like "Hey. Let's put a
WOW!
Musically inclined kind of thing?
Who from the three was the diving force... or who form
The showbiz knid of life, right? Take it away. They want
That's great! I'd like to ask you a question now. Your nickname is
Do you still do it until now?
Right? I have a question about your music now. A lot of people are
That's great! Positive outlook to it!
Our last question is do you have a
What do you mean a girl who could make you feel different?
Have you found that girl already?
OK Thank you Scott for your time. We are really having a great
Transcript by: Jennifer Morales
Germany last April, more or less two months before The Moffatts invaded
Metro Manila for hugely successful promo tour. Here's the transcript
of said phone conversations:
like touring or what?
*Actually our record company is based out of Germany.
*We're based here now because we're sort of going all over the
world. It's best to be in Germany.
*Oh I play guitar
they're triplets. right?
*Yeah!
having triplets for brothers?
*Well, you know, I really not...I really have not had the opportunity...
and the reason to think about it. But I guess it's really cool because
it does not happen very often.
*Yes, they are. Two of them are identical
Oh really? One is not? You guys have another new single out. It's called
Miss you like crazy. But your first one is going humongous right now. It's
called I'll be there for you. Are you thinking of coming down
here to Manila sometimes?
*Yah!!! A lot of girls!!! Yah, actually we're coming down in
June and December.
and Miles here... we've been having a debate here... How do you really
pronounce your family name? A lot of people here in Manilla say
"Moow-ffatts". We heard it's not. It's like stress on the second letter. What
it is? really, Scott?
*It's "Maffetts".
the triplets right now? Are they in school?
*Yes. they're doing school right now.
*yeah!
*Eighth grade.
band together?" I mean you know, you guys must have been really
young when you think that. I heard you started playing guitar at five
years old. Is that true?
*That's when I bought my first guitar.
*But I really did start playing... like I wasn't the most... I wasn't
really in to... I mean...
*RIGHT!!!
the four of you was the driving force for you to set up a band? Or
was it your parents actually?
*Actually we all ove singing and I mean...our parents, believe
it or not, they didn't want to take the grief of... the... the
you to go to school and stuff like that.
*They didn't want us to take all the hassle from people like
pushing and all that kind of stuff. They said that it
was best for us not to do that. But we pushed the
issue and said "Hey. If you're not going to allow us, we're going
to do it ourselves." So they gave in.
Elvis, right? Are you a big Elvis(Presley) fan?
*You know what? That was one of the first records I ever
listened to. It's funny story. What happened was we used to have a record
player and on the record player was a mirror. I used to get
up on the sink, get my hair slick-backed like Elvis... look into the
mirror, put on his record and just start dancing around and singing his songs.
*No I don't. My musical interest changed. I listen to NIRVANA,
Beatles and stuff like that right now. Right now. Back in those days it
was Elvis, okay?
comparing you to Hanson coz they are brothers, right? They are about
young just like you guys are. How do you feel about that?
*Well you know what? You can look at it this way. You can compare us to
Hanson; Oasis; Van Halen; Doobie brothers; Metalica you can
compare us to all of these other bands because there are four
people in the band. That's the way we look at it.
girlfriend and what are you looking for in a girl?
*No! I don't have a girlfriend, I'm still single but still looking for a
simple girl who could make me feel different when we're together.
I'd rather have a FAN girlfriend.
*I don't know. I'll know it when I see that girl and I'll tell you how it feels.
*Not yet...
time with you, so hope you'll love it here in Philippines.
*Sure we will love it there. Thanks a lot.