Mike Rourke
Well-Known Member
I've just been looking at last year's interview.
It appears a lot of the supposed highlights are songs we've yet to hear. Most of these quotes are Sam's.
- 'Ha Ha Harlem' is the song easiest to imagine live. It has a lot of lyrics and a lot of musical changes. You also use very high falsetto. I think some people were wondering if you could even sing that way any more. Musically, it is phenomenal,
- M 'I felt scorched by 'Ha Ha Harlem' … we all just looked at each other in astonishment saying 'where the hell did THAT come from?'. 'Ha ha Harlem / where they want to keep you OUT OF YOUR MIND!" … the bass is a ferocious rasp … distorted at times …'
- - 'My Funeral' is beautiful and quite folksy in a 'Half A Person' way … and again … you mention Dwight Frye and Bruce Lee and it's humorously sad. I think this type of song is what you are best at.
- - I Ex-Love You' does unmistakably have a certain Smiths sound.
- The best two tracks are the final two in my opinion, 'Sure Enough, The Telephone Rings' and 'Saint In A Stained Glass Window'. They are so physical that it almost becomes exhausting, and the choirs are … are they real people?
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A bit worrying that Telephone is described as one of the best two. Not sure if the quote means there's a choir on that one as well as 'Saint'. Wonder what kind of choir. Children's? Interesting that I Ex Love You is described as having a Smiths sound. Would have assumed that Rebels was the most Smithsy.
My Funeral sounds really promising, too.
It appears a lot of the supposed highlights are songs we've yet to hear. Most of these quotes are Sam's.
- 'Ha Ha Harlem' is the song easiest to imagine live. It has a lot of lyrics and a lot of musical changes. You also use very high falsetto. I think some people were wondering if you could even sing that way any more. Musically, it is phenomenal,
- M 'I felt scorched by 'Ha Ha Harlem' … we all just looked at each other in astonishment saying 'where the hell did THAT come from?'. 'Ha ha Harlem / where they want to keep you OUT OF YOUR MIND!" … the bass is a ferocious rasp … distorted at times …'
- - 'My Funeral' is beautiful and quite folksy in a 'Half A Person' way … and again … you mention Dwight Frye and Bruce Lee and it's humorously sad. I think this type of song is what you are best at.
- - I Ex-Love You' does unmistakably have a certain Smiths sound.
- The best two tracks are the final two in my opinion, 'Sure Enough, The Telephone Rings' and 'Saint In A Stained Glass Window'. They are so physical that it almost becomes exhausting, and the choirs are … are they real people?
_ _ _ _
A bit worrying that Telephone is described as one of the best two. Not sure if the quote means there's a choir on that one as well as 'Saint'. Wonder what kind of choir. Children's? Interesting that I Ex Love You is described as having a Smiths sound. Would have assumed that Rebels was the most Smithsy.
My Funeral sounds really promising, too.