Hey folks, the interview is live over on my site now. Here's the link: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.callupontheauthor.com/blog/4455/if-i-ask-you-a-question-are-you-gonna-lie-to-me/">http://www.callupontheauthor.com/blog/4 ... lie-to-me/</a><!-- m -->
Would love to hear your thoughts/feedback too.
I read all Gord Downie interviews in his voice and try to add the pauses where I think he would. If I read it with a regular voice he seems quite coherent, cohesive and thoughtful. Reading it with his voice...
Thanks for the interview..... very enjoyable! Great job! Kind of a typical GD response with emotion and wit but he still keeps most of his cards at his sleeve....
Great interview Matt, nice job. Interesting stuff on his "growing" voice towards the end, especially in light of some of the comments in some of the forum topics.
Thanks for asking about the reissues. What a great interview Matt, very solid and intelligent.
My favourite part of the interview:
"Maybe that’s why we’re still here. Out of spite."
Excellent interview. His comments about his singing and trying to re-invent the way he sings the older songs were interesting, and it definitely explains a few things. Clearly from his point of view his vocals are a work in progress these days. As an artist you always want to be evolving, and I can certainly understand why he's doing it. But to me it still sounds awful and irritating when he tries to do that stuff. In all seriousness, I wonder if he's ever considered seeing a voice specialist? Because I really think that would help him achieve what he's trying to do. After Leslie Feist blew out her vocal chords in the late 90s/early 2000s, she hired a vocal coach to help her change the way she sings in order to save her career. And now she sounds incredible.
I was also happy to hear him mention the record he made with the Sadies. I wonder if this means it will actually see the light of day eventually. I've been dying to hear the results of that collaboration.
Thanks for all the comments guys, they're very much appreciated. So glad I managed to get some good stuff!
I really enjoyed how you got Gord talking about how listening to music is a group experience, how they perform for everyone and each time is different. I love the quote: "even though a show is old hat, it's spontaneous, it's always a first".
I also really enjoyed how the Canadian music scene was discussed as being a small local community.
My favourite quote from the entire interview: "after 30 years it's about fighting expectation"
Great interview MattyM!!!
Maximum R&B,explains why The Who and The Hip are my 2 favs.
nomadic Wrote:I really enjoyed how you got Gord talking about how listening to music is a group experience, how they perform for everyone and each time is different. I love the quote: "even though a show is old hat, it's spontaneous, it's always a first".
I also really enjoyed how the Canadian music scene was discussed as being a small local community.
My favourite quote from the entire interview: "after 30 years it's about fighting expectation"
Great interview MattyM!!!
Thanks! I was really pleased he said that about the music community. I interviewed a couple of the Wintersleep guys earlier this year and they said much the same thing so it was nice to hear Gord confirm it.
MattyM Wrote:nomadic Wrote:I really enjoyed how you got Gord talking about how listening to music is a group experience, how they perform for everyone and each time is different. I love the quote: "even though a show is old hat, it's spontaneous, it's always a first".
I also really enjoyed how the Canadian music scene was discussed as being a small local community.
My favourite quote from the entire interview: "after 30 years it's about fighting expectation"
Great interview MattyM!!!
Thanks! I was really pleased he said that about the music community. I interviewed a couple of the Wintersleep guys earlier this year and they said much the same thing so it was nice to hear Gord confirm it.
I think the Canadian scene has always been like that. In the excellent book "Have Not Been the Same- The CanRock Renaissance", there are all kinds of great stories about different bands supporting each other and being influenced by one another. It's pretty cool how close-knit the music community is in this country, and there's a genuine respect for elder statesmen like the Hip and other veteran bands like Blue Rodeo, 54-40, etc.. When I first started becoming obsessed with Canadian music in the late 80s/early 90s, one thing I always loved was reading the liner notes from Canadian albums, as you'd always see a lot of the same bands listed in the thank you's. And the Hip were mentioned in almost every single one of them.
It's a book I haven't read. I really should though as I keep stumbling across references.
With regard the sort of network of bands. It's really heartening to see. Over here the mentality always seems to be build 'em up to knock 'em down again!
Great interview. Thanks for confirming WATS is " it’s a theme record, it’s a record in three parts, it’s a story line". I wonder why they didn't talk about the fact that it was a concept album at the time? Of course I knew it but then again I'm fucken awesome.