Simon's Muse
Post by Tin on Aug 10, 2012 0:26:40 GMT -5
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IE: Duran Duran are part of the Olympic Team Great Britain?
Roger Taylor: This is going to be the musical version of that. We’re representing England; Stereophonics are representing Wales; Snow Patrol are representing Northern Ireland; and Paolo Nutini is representing Scotland. It’s a big night for the Brits. We’re all going to unite under the Union Jack.
IE: There’s a really strong bond between major sporting events and music in Britain.
RT: Oh, yeah. Yeah. There’s been that connection for as far back as I can remember. They’re usually not great, but there’s always been a World Cup song for the England team. And I guess, one thing Britain’s famous for is music. I think I might put that down to the weather, actually, because it is usually so bad that everyone’s indoors writing songs, playing guitars, in studios.
IE: With [bassist] John Taylor’s coming tell-all biography, did you each get a chance to preview it?
RT: None of us have read it, actually. I don’t think we’re all in a rush to read each other’s biographies. We spend every day with each other, we know the stories inside-out. I will, when I get some time off the road.
IE: Do you find often that you guys remember things a completely different way? It must be hard for publishers to fact-check these things.
RT: Totally. Maybe we will all write books, eventually, and I think they’ll all have very different perspectives of the same thing. Because we all feel differently. Every situation in life, everyone feels individually – it’s how you’re made up – so they’d all be very different versions of what’s the same story.
IE: Bands today are so compulsively chronicled by the Internet, there are no gaps.
RT: That’s true. Nothing is private these days. It’s very hard to lift the lid on a period of time that’s been well-documented. We’re lucky to have 20 years that weren’t – we were around before mobile phones.
IE: How do you rate the influence of momentum in your career?
RT: The momentum – the times I’ve been in this band – has always been extremely fast. We don’t tend to sit around and mull things over too much. We’re not that kind of band. We move via instinct; we have a group-conscience, if you like, and it’s very powerful.
IE: Is it easy to get going when things slow down?
RT: It is tough, sometimes. That’s why we don’t like to be off the road for too long. We like to keep busy – we’re an incredibly hard-working band. Probably one of the hardest working bands in the world – we’ve been on tour for the better part of 18 months, and I know bands that won’t tour for more than three weeks. I think a lot of people questioned if we should be opening the Olympics, but we’re hard-working and deserve it to an extent.
IE: Duran Duran are part of the Olympic Team Great Britain?
Roger Taylor: This is going to be the musical version of that. We’re representing England; Stereophonics are representing Wales; Snow Patrol are representing Northern Ireland; and Paolo Nutini is representing Scotland. It’s a big night for the Brits. We’re all going to unite under the Union Jack.
IE: There’s a really strong bond between major sporting events and music in Britain.
RT: Oh, yeah. Yeah. There’s been that connection for as far back as I can remember. They’re usually not great, but there’s always been a World Cup song for the England team. And I guess, one thing Britain’s famous for is music. I think I might put that down to the weather, actually, because it is usually so bad that everyone’s indoors writing songs, playing guitars, in studios.
IE: With [bassist] John Taylor’s coming tell-all biography, did you each get a chance to preview it?
RT: None of us have read it, actually. I don’t think we’re all in a rush to read each other’s biographies. We spend every day with each other, we know the stories inside-out. I will, when I get some time off the road.
IE: Do you find often that you guys remember things a completely different way? It must be hard for publishers to fact-check these things.
RT: Totally. Maybe we will all write books, eventually, and I think they’ll all have very different perspectives of the same thing. Because we all feel differently. Every situation in life, everyone feels individually – it’s how you’re made up – so they’d all be very different versions of what’s the same story.
IE: Bands today are so compulsively chronicled by the Internet, there are no gaps.
RT: That’s true. Nothing is private these days. It’s very hard to lift the lid on a period of time that’s been well-documented. We’re lucky to have 20 years that weren’t – we were around before mobile phones.
IE: How do you rate the influence of momentum in your career?
RT: The momentum – the times I’ve been in this band – has always been extremely fast. We don’t tend to sit around and mull things over too much. We’re not that kind of band. We move via instinct; we have a group-conscience, if you like, and it’s very powerful.
IE: Is it easy to get going when things slow down?
RT: It is tough, sometimes. That’s why we don’t like to be off the road for too long. We like to keep busy – we’re an incredibly hard-working band. Probably one of the hardest working bands in the world – we’ve been on tour for the better part of 18 months, and I know bands that won’t tour for more than three weeks. I think a lot of people questioned if we should be opening the Olympics, but we’re hard-working and deserve it to an extent.
