“The song did well, and that boosted his confidence….”
So runs the Wikipedia page of Erick Morillo, the brains behind Reel 2 Real.
I’m not a monster, and Erick seems like a nice lad, so I’m clearly pleased that his confidence got a boost.
But it did get me thinking …
We have to acknowledge that Erick wrote that himself, right?
(Obviously he did. Erick obviously wrote that about Erick.)
Erick sat down, opened his laptop and wrote those words about his own confidence on his own Wikipedia page.
Erick probably did that at least two decades after the fact.
Nothing wrong with that, of course. I like my encyclopaedias with a personal touch.
Rather than speculate, I sat down with Erick and I asked him.
INTERVIEW WITH ERICK MORILLO OF REEL 2 REAL - SEPTEMBER 2018
Interviewer: Erick, just to start things off. Predictable question, but do you like to move it?
Erick: Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
Interviewer: Thanks Erick. Just to build on that for a second, do you like to move it MOVE it?
Erick: Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
You see, my insistance on moving it has always struck me as a sort of primal demand, or as a minimal statement of resistance.
Wherever something is, be that a lost love, a sublimated desire, a revolution, or even just an arse… I like to move it.
My wanting to move it is a persistent insult aimed at the present.
Doesn’t matter where something is, I like to move it.
Interviewer: Cheers. Sounds like you really do like to move it?
Erick: Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
You see, I am fearful of things staying where they are.
So in that respect I certainly do like to move it.
I’m also quite interested in memory, and specifically my memories of having forgotten.
So memory-wise, I like to move it.
And also, I sometimes feel like I am watching myself living.
The past keeps folding itself into my fist.
And my memory has no stable dominion.
These days, I could fit a universe in a matchbox
Interviewer: Makes sense, ta! Do you reckon you’ll always like to move it, Erick?
Erick: Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
Look, I have some sympathy for an intergenerational rationale for moving it.
But mostly I like to move it because I want it to be free now, because I want it to be elsewhere before I die.
I want to move it over there
And see that nothing has changed from how it wasn’t.
Interviewer: Last question. Do you write your own Wikipedia page, Erick?
Erick: Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
I like to move it, move it.
Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
I like to move it, move it.
Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
I like to move it, move it.
Yes. On balance, I suppose I do.
I like to move it, move it.
