Xmas
With Westlife – Popworld - Kian & Mark
(December 2005)
Kian
and Mark get festive
What's the best thing about
Christmas?
KIAN: The Christmas atmosphere. As soon as
we finish for the year and head back to
We always have Christmas off. We all believe Christmas is a time you
have with your family.
What's bad about Christmas?
MARK: All the re-runs on telly. A good
and bad thing is that the pubs are always full. It's good 'cos there are loads of people but then you can't get to the
bar. Oh, and another bad thing is having to see people
you don't necessarily want to see.
What's your favourite Christmas
memory?
KIAN: I remember the first drum kit I got
when I was nine and just destroying everybody's brain on Christmas
Day.
What's the best present
you've ever received?
MARK: I
loved my Commodore 64 computer when I got that. One year I did ask for the Airwolf helicopter [Airwolf was
an '80s TV show about a pilot and his state-of-the-art
helicopter that fought crime]. Not a toy, the actual helicopter. I looked into
the garden on Christmas morning expecting it to be there. Mum had to explain
that Santa probably couldn't get it on his sleigh.
And any presents you'd rather
forget?
KIAN: My sister bought me an awful present
last year, bless her. It was a toy casino. I think it was because I'd been in
What do you want Santa to
bring you this year?
KIAN: A remote control boat.
MARK: I'll have a boat, but not a
remote-controlled one. A real boat.
If you could do something different one
year, what would you like to do?
KIAN: You know
what, I just don't vision Christmas being anywhere else. I don't like the idea
of being in the sun at Christmas. I eat salad when I'm in the sun and I need
turkey and stuffing on Christmas.
MARK: You could always eat inside with
the air conditioning on.
Best
Christmas song ever?
MARK:
Anything off Mariah Carey's Christmas album.
KIAN: I like the ones that have a bit more
meaning to them than just 'Happy Christmas, let's have fun, ho, ho, ho.' The
Band Aid song, 'Happy Christmas (War Is Over)'.
MARK: There are some great South Park
Christmas songs.
Best Christmas
movie?
MARK: When I was a kid
every Christmas my dad would hire a video recorder and get some films out as
well. I don't know why but he always got me Michael Jackson's Thriller. I used
to watch that on repeat every Christmas.
On a personal level what are you
particularly proud of this year?
KIAN: I learnt how to surf properly. Before
I was just a gromit, which is a word for a beginner in
surfing terms, and in the water all time, in
everybody's way. This year, it clicked.
What's defined your year?
MARK: During some time off we had I
went to
Who have you been impressed by
music-wise?
MARK: Mariah
Carey's album is my album of the year. Just like us she's had a lot of flack
over the last couple of years so it was really sweet as a fan of hers to see her
come back so superbly and stick it to her critics.
KIAN: I've loved the Jack Johnson
album.
What have you
learnt?
KIAN: The thing about the music industry is
that it's all about songs. It's not about anything else. It's not about your
name, your power, the money, it's about the song. If the
songs connects, everything happens.
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