I was reading an interview where he was dissecting the album ABIIOR and he had said that it was harder for him to sing more “intensely”. Which is insane because he absolutely f***ing killed it. The emotion, the meaning, all of it. I thought it was such a heart stab when he said that he described the vocals as, ” …kind of guttural. I was really upset and scared. I feel like there’s a hopelessness in the vocal…
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over 1 year ago
Would love a book like that, mostly I just go the songfacts.com to see actual facts about the songs and the inspiration behind it. But Phoenix mostly keep to themselves the inspiration of most of their songs. But I have so many questions about so many songs. I would like to know what they actually meant like fences, armistice, run run run, sometimes in the fall, one time too many and much more…
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over 1 year ago
“One” — According to songfacts.com the song was based on the 1939 novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, which James Hetfield read. In a 1989 interview of Lars Ulrich, however, he seems to suggest that the band chose the video because it was similar in theme. According to this article, Het had the basic idea for the song, prompting their manager to suggest he read the book. In any case, book, movie and song…
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almost 2 years ago
I’ve taken the following definition and explanation from songfacts.com:.
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almost 2 years ago
Thanks! I thought you were joking because of Roger’s This Is Not A Drill tour, but now I see this trivia that came to Wikipedia via songfacts.com: “…chief sound engineer, James Guthrie created the worm-eating sound effect by using the faintly audible sound of a hand-held power drill boring into an undefined material.”.
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almost 2 years ago
Oh, geez! How could I forget Abbey Road! The way “she came in through the bathroom window” ties into “polythene pam” was always cool, but looking up on songfacts.com I learned today that they were actually recorded in one go! Wow.
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over 2 years ago
If you like this type of thing, check out Songfacts.com for more.
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over 3 years ago
