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| ๐ธPhoto Credit: Franck Juery, 2009 |
๐ค Well, that's the challenging equilibrium you try and strike every time you make a new record: trying to push the boundaries and limits of your sound without repeating yourself. You have to try to do something new, exciting and fresh with the band's sound and play with the band's conceived identity, but at the same time not disregarding what makes you uniquely 'you'.
⭐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค I think so! The greater the body of work, the more difficult it becomes to write a fresh song; it becomes a lot more challenging. As far as longevity is concerned, I think if you look at the careers of the likes of The Cure or Depeche Mode - I use those examples because they both released albums this year, 30 years into their career - well they've made music, since day one, purely on their own terms, unaffected, unconcerned by trends, movements and fashion in music. They followed their own path and stuck to their guns, and I think that's why they're still making records which are still worthwhile listening. We're 15 years in, and that's where I'd like to be in another 15. It's not like we have any other options; we're basically unemployable, you know, so this is it.
⭐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐?
๐ค I started looking back on my career around the time of Meds [fifth studio album, released in 2006]. As a lyricist I thought I was using a great deal of gimmicks. For example, the whole chemistry/medicine cabinet routine that is Commercial for Levi or a song title that screams 'Look at Me!' that is Nancy Boy! I made a decision that I wanted to stop using gimmicks and address the bigger questions in more everyday language where possible, and try and simplify it, I suppose. Say more by saying less, that's kinda the trip I'm on right now.
⭐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ '๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐' ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐ค Everybody who writes wants to write stuff that's timeless and doesn't date, really. I think you have to be very careful if you want to do that. You have to tap into the spirit of the age but at the same time write something that transcends it. I don't think that using incredibly culturally specific language enables you to do that. So, I'm trying to transcend that and write something that can stand up to the music that I grew up listening to. Take Leonard Cohen, for example. There's a universality in his music and a simplicity which makes it appreciable and meaningful in any decade, any century really. I think that's what I'm trying to do, hopefully in some way making a difference.
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| Photo credit: Scarket Page |
๐ค Right now I'm just wondering how the hell am I going to survive the next two years of this touring schedule and pull out of this in one piece.
⭐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐?
๐ค It's good to have an intelligent person running one of the most powerful countries and someone who generally cares. I'm less sympathetic towards the economic problems that exist right now than some people might be, because I have never been able to understand the whole culture of living beyond your means. I mean, I've been unemployed for a long time, I've been homeless, I've slept in train stations and I didn't spend money that didn't belong to me. So I find it difficult to be incredibly sympathetic with the culture of avarice that has got us into this position.
The other thing that annoys me about this whole focus on our economic woes is that nobody is talking about the environment anymore, and if anything is going to get us in the ass, it's going to be that. The hole in the ozone layer is still there, 20 years after they discovered it, and it's getting bigger and bigger, yet this isn't news. I want to be involved in the world. I think it comes from being a parent; you want to try and contribute to make a place for your children to grow up in that's hopefully a little bit better than where you were. Unfortunately, it seems that we are heading straight towards some form of environmental armageddon, and perhaps we deserve to go the same way as the dinosaurs for our treatment of the planet.
▪️๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข, ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ถ๐ถ๐ฟ.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด!
Now I bring to you an interview with ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐, which is a gem from beginning to end as once again he talks to us from his side as a songwriter about how his songwriting style has changed over time, the challenges he faces and what he aspires to achieve in his songs. ⭐๐ถ
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| Photo credit: Taratata TV show, 2009 |
๐ ๐๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐-๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/3W4YkpQ
๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ (๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐) ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/3FVKVe7
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ - ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ (๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ) ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/3BGNHRV
Another thing that caught my attention in this interview is that ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐'s last answer reminded me of what he mentioned about the environment in the Placebo interviews we read earlier this year. A pity that 13 years later things have not changed much, so it is worth remembering that we must take care and value our planet every day with habits that are kind to nature. ๐
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ - ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ถ
https://bit.ly/3HGYm2G
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