Simon's Muse
Post by Tin on Sept 30, 2015 16:58:16 GMT -5
Probably the biggest thing Davis and I have in common is an all-consuming love for Duran Duran. The big difference being that Davis got to actually connect with his musical idol Simon Le Bon.
“The first time I met Simon, we were in a bar in London called Browns,” recalled Davis. “I was shaking, because I’m the hugest fan. He was like, ‘How old are you? Name some songs.’ And I was like ‘“The Chauffeur” is my shit. I love that song.’ We just hit it off and started hanging out that night. And then a couple years later my agent brought him out. He came to the Korn show, and then we went out to this pizza place in London, and we hung out all night and it was the greatest night of my life.”
Really? An ’80s pop icon and a nu-metal pioneer spent the night at a pizza shop?
“This was no normal pizza place,” he said. “This was like a club. It was like Armenian music playing with lutes, and people were clapping and dancing on tables and shit. We just hung out and talked all night, and it was really f-ing cool. It’s just crazy. I’m this dude from Bakersfield, California. How did I hang out with Simon Le Bon? Come on! The most surreal thing ever. It’s like when I got my first gold record. These kind of things freak me out still, to this day.”
So what did the Duran Duran frontman think of Korn?
“He likes it. He said it was cool. He really did. It was f-ing awesome. A couple times we tried to do a song with him and shit didn’t work out. I haven’t talked to him in years, but to have that little moment with him.”
Even if they never reconnect, perhaps Korn can do a remix of “Rio” like they did for Rihanna’s “beeaatch Better Have My Money.”
www.deathandtaxesmag.com/265140/jonathan-davis-korn-interview-2015/
