{"id":5974,"date":"2016-09-23T21:12:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T19:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2016-09-25T12:11:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T10:11:01","slug":"janet-bean-freakwater-muzika-ima-moc-da-podstakne-revolucije","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/?p=5974","title":{"rendered":"Janet Bean [Freakwater]: Muzika ima mo\u0107 da podstakne revolucije"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5976\" src=\"http:\/\/media.popdepresija.com\/2016\/09\/FreakwaterNewportFolk-Festival-2016-15.jpg\" alt=\"freakwaternewportfolk-festival-2016-15\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FreakwaterNewportFolk-Festival-2016-15.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FreakwaterNewportFolk-Festival-2016-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FreakwaterNewportFolk-Festival-2016-15-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nGodinu dana pre nego \u0161to su <strong>Uncle Tupelo<\/strong> objavili &#8220;No Depression&#8221; i doveli &#8220;Amerikanu&#8221; na prag mainstreama, <strong>Freakwater<\/strong> su svetu predstavile svoj debi album, nazvan kao i bend (freakwater je isto \u0161to i moonshine, popularna brlja)&#8230; I pored &#8220;alternative rock\/punk rock&#8221; pedigrea, prijateljice D\u017eenet i Ketrin (Janet Bean, Catherine Irwin) snimile su te 1989. album sa &#8220;starinskom muzikom&#8221;, usput me\u0161ale originalne kantri pesme i obrade tradicionala, sa vokalnim harmonijama dva glasa toliko razli\u010dita da niko ne bi ni poku\u0161ao da ih spoji i sa krajnjim rezultatom koja je podse\u0107ao na muziku kakvu su nekada pravili The Carter Family. Skoro trideset godina kasnije, Freakwater i dalje prave istu takvu, starinsku muziku, samo se svet oko njih drasti\u010dno promenio. Mo\u017ee da se se ka\u017ee da je to\u00a0blugras, bluz, folk, kantri&#8230; ali mo\u017ee da se opi\u0161e to \u0161to rade i bez tih re\u010di: njihova muzika to je magija koja nastaje kada se njihovi glasovi pome\u0161aju, a instrumenti po\u010dnu da prate tu \u010daroliju. Neko bi rekao da je to &#8220;Appalachian soul&#8221;. One same ka\u017eu da je to &#8220;Freakwater&#8221;. Ali ono \u0161to je bitno: jednom pankerke &#8211; uvek pankerke i ta njihova anga\u017eovanost, direktnost, hrabrost i spremnost da se suprostave svakoj nepravdi, \u010dini da njihova karijera bude vi\u0161e rokenrol misija, nego jurnjava za tira\u017eima i velikim novcem.\u00a0Nema na ovom svetu vi\u0161e grupa kao \u0161to je Freakwater i nije \u010dudo da su njihovi veliki fanovi Howe Gelb, Neko Case,\u00a0\u00a0Jay Farrar, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Posle 11 godina Freakwater dolaze na prvu evropsku turneju, promovi\u0161u osmi\u00a0studijski album, &#8220;Scheherazade&#8221;, prvi posle deset godina i imaju ne\u0161to va\u017eno da vam ka\u017eu. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/568027600048811\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do\u0111ite u utorak u Elektropionir da \u010dujete \u0161ta!<\/a> Pred koncert u Beogradu za Pop Depresiju pri\u010da D\u017eenet Bin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PD:\u00a0Ima li ne\u0161to novo da se ka\u017ee ili je sve ispri\u010dano u &#8220;Hiljadu i jednoj no\u0107i&#8221;?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>D\u017eenet Bin (Janet Bean)<\/strong>: Pri\u010de koje se bave moralnim dilemama nikad ne zastarevaju, zato \u0161to je te\u017enja da se razume ljudska priroda neprestana. Sve dobre pri\u010de imaju taj kvalitet, da nas prosvetle, da doprinesu razumevanju. \u0160eherezadina misija je da zaustavi besmislena \u0160ahrajarova ubijanja &#8216;svojih&#8217; \u017eena, \u0161to se de\u0161ava svkog dana. On ih ubija jer se pla\u0161i da \u0107e ga prevariti sa drugim mu\u0161karcima. \u0160eherezada je heroina. Ona rizikuje sopstveni \u017eivot da bi omogu\u0107ila promenu. Na kraju uspeva da pridobije \u0160ahrajara i prekine njegove ubila\u010dke porive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PD: \u0160ta je to \u0161to ste htele da istaknete albumom &#8220;Scheherazade&#8221;?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JB<\/strong>: Mnoge pesme na albumu bave se temom morala, ljudskog dostojanstva i nehumanosti. &#8220;What The People Want&#8221; bavi se teku\u0107om svetskom epidemijom nasilja nad \u017eenama. Volim kad Katarina u pesmi pita &#8220;\u010dije si ti dete?&#8221;, zahtevaju\u0107i od nasilnika da zamisle sebe kao dete neke od tih \u017eena koje zlostavljaju. Tra\u017ei od njih da jo\u0161 jednom razmisle pre nego nekoga siluju, kamenuju, izbodu, izvre\u0111aju kao majku, kao ljudsko bi\u0107e. &#8220;Memory Vendor&#8221; govori o izraelskoj okupaciji Zapadne obale i Gaze. U njoj zahtevamo da napada\u010d zastane na trenutak i posmatra sebe o\u010dima \u017ertve. Ako nismo u stanju da osetimo empatiju i posmatramo sebe isto kao i drugog, jednostavno stvaramo jo\u0161 patnje, jo\u0161 neprijatelja, jo\u0161 smrti i nasilja. Izraz &#8220;Memory Vendor&#8221; (Prodavac se\u0107anja) je uzet iz pesme &#8220;U njenom odsustvu, stvorio sam njenu sliku&#8221; palestinskog pesnika Mahmuta Darvi\u0161a. Na\u0161e se\u0107anje o stradanju, kolektivno i pojedina\u010dno, postaje deo na\u0161eg genetskog koda, i zato se surovost \u010doveka prema drugom \u010doveku nastavlja.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freakwater &quot;What the People Want&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v7nnIwlgZ10?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ta pesma kojom po\u010dinje album &#8211; &#8220;What the people want&#8221; &#8211; je na vi\u0161e na\u010dina prava pank-rok himna, pesma &#8220;ve\u0107a od \u017eivota&#8221;, koja se bavi bitkama koje vi\u0161e niko ne \u017eeli da bije. Mo\u017ee li muzika danas bilo \u0161ta da promeni?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>JB<\/strong>: O da, umetnost danas mo\u017ee da menja stvari &#8211; pozitivno i negativno. To mo\u017ee da bude fotografija, televizijska serija, slika ili pesma. Upravo ovih dana u \u010cikagu je u toku izlo\u017eba slikara Kerija D\u017eejmsa Mar\u0161ala. On je crnac i u svojim radovima on podsti\u010de posmatra\u010da da osvesti to kako nesvesno prihvatamo rasisti\u010dki diskurs. Njegovi radovi stavljaju crnce u poziciju mo\u0107i, potpuno oslobo\u0111ene bela\u010dkih kulturolo\u0161kih ograni\u010denja. To je jedna od najmo\u0107nijih izlo\u017ebi koju sam ikad videla. Promenila me je. Muzika ima mo\u0107 da podstakne revolucije. Muzika tako\u0111e ima mo\u0107 da po\u0161alje mlade na bojno polje o kome ne znaju \u00a0ni\u0161ta osim \u0161to im je re\u010deno da im je to du\u017enost. Nikad ne treba da potcenimo snagu svog umetni\u010dkog truda.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Da li se tvoja uloga kao liderke benda promenila tokom ove tri decenije? \u0160ta \u010dini\u0161 da ostane\u0161 normalna tokom dugih turneja? Ova je valjda jedna od najdu\u017eih&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>JB<\/strong>: Sviram jo\u0161 i bubnjeve u bendu <strong>Eleventh Dream Day<\/strong>. Tamo sam jo\u0161 du\u017ee nego u <strong>Freakwater<\/strong>. Nedavno me neka devojka pitala posle koncerta kako podnosim pritisak na mestu \u017eenskog bubnjara. Rekla sam joj da ja kao i ve\u0107ina \u017eena preuzima uloge koje nisu uobi\u010dajene za na\u0161 pol, pa smo predmet seksisti\u010dkih primedbi i pona\u0161anja, ali u su\u0161tini, \u00a0ja \u00a0nikad nisam procenjivala sebe na osnovu nekog drugog. Nikad nisam razmi\u0161ljala u stilu &#8211; ma nisam dobra u tome kao mu\u0161karac&#8230; Jednostavno sam to smatrala mojim pristupom, ni mu\u0161kim ni \u017eenskim. Uvek je bio i uvek \u0107e biti samo moj na\u010din izra\u017eavanja. Kako sam starija, mislim da sam se dosta oslobodila kao muzi\u010darka i izvo\u0111a\u010d. To je jedna od prednosti zrelosti. Ose\u0107am manje ograni\u010denja. Vi\u0161e me nije briga da li izgledam kao poreme\u0107ena luda\u010da i nije me vi\u0161e sramota zbog toga.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5975\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5975 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/media.popdepresija.com\/2016\/09\/Freakwater_Duo_2015_Edward_Neary-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Bean, Catherine Irwin 2015 Photo by Edward Neary\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Freakwater_Duo_2015_Edward_Neary-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Freakwater_Duo_2015_Edward_Neary-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Freakwater_Duo_2015_Edward_Neary-660x990.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Freakwater_Duo_2015_Edward_Neary.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Bean, Catherine Irwin 2015 Photo by Edward Neary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Sa Freakwater, da li vi\u0161e voli\u0161 rad u studiju ili koncerte?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>JB<\/strong>: U\u017eivam kad sviramo u\u017eivo. Tad imam ose\u0107aj da sam na nekom opasnom zadatku bez mogu\u0107nosti za popravni. Volim da isprobavam nove stvari sa glasom \u0161to dodaje tom ose\u0107aju opasnosti. Tu je i tenzija izme\u0111u \u010dlanova benda koja je mnogo prisutnija na koncertu nego u studiju. Ja sam uvek za uzbu\u0111enje tako da \u010desto dajem sve od sebe da se to uzbu\u0111enje i dogodi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Da li mo\u017ee\u0161 da izabere\u0161 5 pesama Freakwater, od prvog albuma do danas, za kompilaciju &#8220;Freakwater za po\u010detnike&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>JB<\/strong>: Hm&#8230;. na\u0161a najtra\u017eenija pesma je &#8220;<strong>Old Drunk Friend<\/strong>&#8221; sa albuma &#8220;Feels Like The Third Time&#8221;. Izgleda da svako ima nekog takvog posebnog prijatelja, tragi\u010dara, tako da bi to bila prva. Onda mo\u017ee vesela &#8220;<strong>Waitress Song<\/strong>&#8221; sa albuma &#8220;Old Paint&#8221;. Ona govori o univerzalnim temama koje \u010dine opus na\u0161eg benda. Zatim bih izdvojila na\u0161u obradu zaista perverzne pesme Konveja Tvitija &#8220;<strong>You&#8217;ve Never Been This Far Before<\/strong>&#8220;, jer dobro ilustruje na\u0161 smisao za humor i feministi\u010dki pristup. Kao slede\u0107u bih izabrala &#8220;<strong>Cloak of Frogs<\/strong>&#8221; sa albuma &#8220;End Time&#8221;. To je klasi\u010dna pri\u010da o neverstvu. Ona dobro prikazuje na\u0161 avanturisti\u010dki duh kada je zvuk u pitanju i zahvaljuju\u0107i njoj nije nas uvek lako smestiti u samo jedan \u017eanr. Po\u0161to je jedna pesma bila obrada, doda\u0107u jo\u0161 dve! &#8220;<strong>Forgettable Song<\/strong>&#8221; je bila prili\u010dno va\u017ena za utiranje puta onome \u0161to je danas Freakwater. To je Katarinina pesma, govori o sjebanoj vezi i njenoj komplikovanosti. Sviramo je na ovoj turneji i pokazala se bolja nego ikad. To je jedna od onih pesama \u010dija magija le\u017ei u dinamici &#8211; u pauzama izme\u0111u redova. I na kraju, stavi\u0107u &#8220;<strong>Falls of Sleep<\/strong>&#8221; sa na\u0161e nove plo\u010de &#8220;Scheherezade&#8221;. To je velika, dramati\u010dna pesma o nesanici i o onom vremenu \u00a0pre svitanja kada zuri\u0161 u plafon iz kreveta razmi\u0161ljaju\u0107i o pro\u017eivljenom, o onom za \u010dim \u017eali\u0161, shvataju\u0107i da je sve to deo \u017eivota.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freakwater for beginners by Janet Bean\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLZ8aGg_v003zLXiOtggaAxzBKxJ-F4dgC\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Koji album pusti\u0161 sebi kad ne \u017eeli\u0161 da pri\u010da\u0161 ni sa kim?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>JB<\/strong>: Imam dva. &#8220;Astral Weeks&#8221; Vana Morisona i &#8220;On the Beach&#8221; Nila Janga. &#8220;Astral Weeks&#8221; ima nekakvu tu\u017enu eleganciju. Zvu\u010di kao jedan od 12 koraka tugovanja. To je remek delo. I svaki put kad pomislim da je Van Morison imao 21 godinu kad ga je snimio potpuno odlepim. &#8220;On the Beach&#8221; ima taj savr\u0161eni nenametljivi kvalitet. To je muzika koju \u00a0\u010dovek \u00a0pi\u0161e sebi u gluvo doba no\u0107i.\u00a0Intimnost \u00a0tog \u00a0albuma \u00a0je o\u010daravaju\u0107a. To je najusamljeniji \u00a0album koji sam ikad \u010dula.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ko \u00a0peva bolje u mraku &#8211; Gaj \u00a0Klark ili Tauns Van Zant?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<strong>JB<\/strong>: Moram da ka\u017eem &#8211; Tauns. Bili smo s njim na turneji godinu i ne\u0161to pre \u00a0njegove smrti. Njegovi koncerti su bili poseban do\u017eivljaj, ali kupio me je ne\u017eno\u0161\u0107u koju je pokazao prema mom \u00a0sinu. Met je tada imao negde 3-4 godine i \u00a0kao sva mala deca budio se u cik zore. On i ja smo tako svako rano jutro i\u0161li u hotelsku salu na doru\u010dak, gde je ve\u0107 odavno sam sedeo Tauns. Met i on \u00a0su se silno zabavljali i meni se prosto srce \u00a0topilo od radosti dok sam ih gledala. Tauns \u00a0je, barem iz onog kratkog i neobaveznog vremena koje sam ga \u00a0poznavala, bio odmeren, beskrajno zabavan, nevaljao, veoma talentovan i \u00a0stra\u0161no progonjen svojim demonima. Verujem da je on za mnoge bio njihov &#8220;<strong>Old Drunk Friend<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Janet Bean: Music has the power to fuel revolutions\u00a0<\/strong>[English version]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Are there new stories to be told or everything is already written in &#8220;One Thousand and One Nights&#8221;? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stories that frame a moral dilemma never grow old, for the search to understand human nature is a never ending pursuit. All enduring stories share this quality,\u00a0 the quest to enlighten us, to bring understanding.\u00a0 For Scheherazade her purpose is to put an end to Shahrayar&#8217;s senseless deaths of the women he marries on a daily to basis. He puts his wives to death because he fears infidelity.\u00a0 She is a cultural hero. She risks her own life to bring about change. She manages to win over Shahrayar\u00a0 ending his murderous ways.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5977 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/media.popdepresija.com\/2016\/09\/aafreak14-937x460-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"aafreak14-937x460\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aafreak14-937x460-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aafreak14-937x460-660x324.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.popdepresija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aafreak14-937x460.jpg 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>What&#8217;s the most important story you told by &#8220;Scheherazade&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Many stories behind the songs on this record take on\u00a0 issues of ethics, of human dignity and the inhumanity of man. What the People Want addresses the world wide epidemic of brutality towards women. I love the way Catherine asks &#8220;whose baby are you.&#8221; For me it feels like she is asking the perpetrators to think of themselves as the children of women. Asking them for a second think to of this person they are raping, stoning, stabbing, demeaning as a mother, their mother, as a human. Memory Vendor speaks to Zionist occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. It asks the perpetrators to step back and look at their behavior from the persepctive of the victim. If we can not find empathy and see ourselves as one and not separate from the &#8220;other&#8221; we mearly create more suffering, more enemies, more death and more destruction. The phrase Memory Vendor is taken from the poem &#8220;In Her Abscence I Created Her Image&#8221; by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Our memory, collectively and individually, of suffering enters our DNA, it doesn&#8217;t go away and thus man&#8217;s inhumanity to man continues.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The opening song \u201cWhat the People Want\u201d is in so many ways true punk-rock anthem, &#8220;bigger that life song&#8221;, addresing gender-based violence and fighting battles nobody cares. Can music still change something, today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oh yes, I feel all art can bring change either positive or negative. It can be a\u00a0 photograph, a televsion show, a painting, or a song.\u00a0 The master painter Kerry James Marshall has a retrospective up right now in Chicago. He is a black man making images that challenge the viewer to become self-aware of how we unknowingly accept racist narratives. His work places the black man or woman in the position of power, of making their own image free of white cultural restraint. It is one of the most powerful visual art shows I have ever seen. It changed me. Music has the power to fuel revolutions. Music also has the power to send a young person onto a battlefield to kill women and children in war they really know nothing about\u00a0 historically other than they have been told it is there duty. They put their head phones on, turn up the volume of whatever song makes then feel numb and it sets them free. We should never underestimate the power of our artistic endevours.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freakwater &quot;The Asp and the Albatross&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TbH19cdGxJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Has the role of frontwoman changed for you during the last three decades and what do you do to stay sane during long tours?\u00a0 This tour is one of the longest you&#8217;ve ever done&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I also play drums in\u00a0 <strong>Eleventh Dream Day<\/strong>. I have been in that band even longer than Freakwater. I was asked by a young woman recently after a show how I handled the pressure of being a woman drummer. I told her that I had been, as almost all woman taking on roles not common for our gender, subjected to sexist behaviors and attitudes, but at the core I tried never to judge myself against anyone else. I didn&#8217;t think &#8220;i&#8217;m not as a good as a guy.&#8221; I just thought this is my expression, it&#8217;s not a man&#8217;s expression nor is it essentially a woman&#8217;s expression. It was and is, solely MY expression. I think as I have gotten older I have become freer as a musician and performer. It&#8217;s one of the perks of getting older. I feel less restraint. I don&#8217;t care so much if I look like a deranged lunatic nor do I feel embarrased about.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is your favourite part of\u00a0Freakwater &#8211; both in studio and live?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I love playing live. There&#8217;s a sense of being on a highwire without a net. I love trying new vocal approaches live because it adds a sense of danger. There&#8217;s a tension, that I love between the players that is much more present when playing live. I have a little bit of the thrill seeker in me so I am\u00a0 pushing all things I do toward finding that sensation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Can you choose 5 songs by Freakwater from the very beginning \u2019til now, to be on a &#8220;Freakwater basics&#8221; mixtape?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hum&#8230; Our most requested song is &#8220;Old Drunk Friend&#8221; from Feels Like the Third Time. Everyone seems to have this type of tragic, but special friend, so I would put that on there. Then maybe the upbeat Waitress Song from Old Paint. It speaks to universal themes that form the Freakwater narrative. Then maybe our cover of Conway Twitty&#8217;s\u00a0 perverse song &#8220;You&#8217;ve Never Been this Far Before&#8221; , also from Feels Like the Third Time, because I think it illustrates a bit of our sense of humor and feminist drive. Next maybe I would pick &#8220;Cloak of Frogs&#8221; off of End Time. It&#8217;s a classic tale of infidelity and and inner turmoil. It shows some of our adventurous nature sonically and is one of our tunes that keep us from being easily identified by genre.\u00a0 Since my second pick was a cover I&#8217;m gonna pick two more! Next I would say &#8220;Forgettable Song.&#8221; It&#8217;s also on Feels Like the Third Time&#8221; I think that record was pretty foundational in setting the band on its course. Forgettable Song, a song by Catherine,\u00a0 has a classic broken relationship narrative and a fragility to it. We are playing it on this tour and it&#8217;s sounding better than ever. It&#8217;s one of those tunes where the magic lies in the dynamics. In the spaces between the lines. And finally I might add &#8220;Falls of Sleep&#8221; off our new record Scheherazade. It&#8217;s a big dramatic song about insomnia and that time before the dawn when you&#8217;re staring at the ceiling in bed thinking of your life lived, of regret and it&#8217;s integral part of a life lived.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What&#8217;s the album you play when you don&#8217;t wanna talk to anyone?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I have to pick two. Van Morrison&#8217;s &#8220;Astral Weeks&#8221; and Neil Young&#8217;s &#8220;On the Beach&#8221;. &#8220;Astral Weeks&#8221; had this woeful elegance. It sounds like one of the 12 steps of grieving to me. It&#8217;s a masterpiece.\u00a0 Every time I hear it I think of how Van was maybe 21 when he wrote it and it blows my mind. Neil&#8217;s &#8220;On the Beach&#8221; has this perfect shambling along quality. It&#8217;s the music one makes by themselves in the dark of night. Its intimacy is captivating. It&#8217;s the loneliest album I&#8217;ve ever heard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who sings better in the dark &#8211; Guy Clark or is it Townes van Zandt?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I must say Townes. We toured with Townes a year or so before his death. His shows were profound, but what stole my heart was his gentleness toward my son. My son was maybe 3 or 4 at the time and like all children he woke at the crack of dawn. He and I would head to the hotel breakfast room where we would always find Townes sitting by himself in an empty breakfast room. Matt, my son and Townes would amuse each other in the most dear way that my heart would weep with joy. Townes was, at least in the short and casual way I knew him graceful, endlessly funny, mischievous, deeply talented and deeply troubled by demons. 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