Joe Strummer quote - Gramercy Park Hotel
Posted: 02 Feb 2018, 12:30pm
I'm looking for the source of two Joe Strummer quotes. Can anyone help? This is for a magazine article:
"We like this place, the Gramercy Park Hotel. It’s economically viable to stay here, not like uptown somewhere. That means five nights of hotel rooms ain’t no problem. And we like to get some vibe of New York, you know, because we’ll put that information onto a record.
And
“We always stay in the same joint -- the Gramercy Park Hotel,” Joe Strummer of the Clash explained. “Talk about faded grandeur. We stayed here in the heyday and I don't think one fitting in the whole hotel has changed since '78. I just love that. You would've thought some yuppie developer would've swept through and changed it. The fronts fall off the AC units and the plastic bits fall off the phone. I'm more at home in a situation like that.”
Both of these came from interviews. I've searched databases but no luck. Thanks!!!
"We like this place, the Gramercy Park Hotel. It’s economically viable to stay here, not like uptown somewhere. That means five nights of hotel rooms ain’t no problem. And we like to get some vibe of New York, you know, because we’ll put that information onto a record.
And
“We always stay in the same joint -- the Gramercy Park Hotel,” Joe Strummer of the Clash explained. “Talk about faded grandeur. We stayed here in the heyday and I don't think one fitting in the whole hotel has changed since '78. I just love that. You would've thought some yuppie developer would've swept through and changed it. The fronts fall off the AC units and the plastic bits fall off the phone. I'm more at home in a situation like that.”
Both of these came from interviews. I've searched databases but no luck. Thanks!!!