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Give us one paragraph about the first track on the album....




please.



Mean? That's not mean. No, no, no. Mean is when I made my childhood sweetheart ride her bike home after I ass-fucked her behind the tennis courts

i'll join this thread by saying: hello brett, hope you had a nice weekend and fingers crossed for you and your session band rehearsing.

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> i'll join this thread by saying: hello brett, hope
> you had a nice weekend and fingers crossed for you
> and your session band rehearsing.
>
>
OK, I'll add some weight to this... how about a paragraph about how you think the band is shaping up for future live commitments? and..... the title of the last song on the album...



Mean? That's not mean. No, no, no. Mean is when I made my childhood sweetheart ride her bike home after I ass-fucked her behind the tennis courts

ok yo blair.. i shall ignore your rather ungenerous critique of me on 'general discussion' cos it's nice to be nice right?..and sometimes life really is too short...

ok, just for you, you cuddly ickle bunny.... the first track on my album is called Love is dead. lots of people have heard a dodgy live version. believe me , it doesn't do the song any justice. i became utterly obsessed with this song,convinced that it was 'the one' and me and Fred ended up recording seven versions in different keys , tempos, feels and with completely different musicians. i couldn't be happier with the way it has finished. for me the recording is now perfect and without doubt one of my favorite things i have ever done, right up there with Wild Ones, Living Dead , Saturday Night etc. i guess there's not really any trickery to the production. it's pretty straight down the line, just capturing the great musicianship of my scandinavian muso-mafia band. i happily stumbled across one of the best drummers i have ever heard who helped inject the song with a groove which was missing from early versions. the electric guitar, a Gibson E335 and a Gretsch Country Gentlmen through a VOX AC30 if memory serves, sits back in deference to the pivotal string hook, adding texture and weight, melody and momentum and the bassline slides and grooves like a bassline should . it was reocrded in a feverishly creative few weeks between december last year and january this year in glamorous Acton and at Mr.Ball's Pink Room Studio in Ladbroke Grove. well, can't really think of anything more i can add. i guess the next stage is for you to hear it and make up your own mind. but whatever anyone else thinks, this song will always be very special to me. it perfectly describes the primal howl of loneliness and frustration that i felt while i was writing it. it was one of those moments for me when i know i hit the target. the last time i got that feeling was when i wrote the words to Trash.

hope that makes you happy. shouldn't be too long till you can hear it...we're still on for january i believe.

oh, and while i am here... if Masami reads this , she should know that the red Gibson 335 she kindly gave mewas used on the recording of this track- a thousand thankyou's- YOU LOVE IT!

well that's it ... for my next trick i will be turning water into wine..

love and kisses..Brett..xxxxx

not ALL the water plse! xx

based on all this new information here
guitar nerd info:
gretsch country gentleman with vox amplifier looks like this:

it belongs to [www.thebackwards.com]

and this gibson 335 belongs to [www.guitarmaniacs.de]

yeehaa, i can play spot the geetars with studio photos until january

I was nice and polite until the 3rd year of secondary school, then I found rudeness got me places... usually alone in a classroom long after the rest of my fellow pupils had gone home to watch Neighbours... consider me rightfully confined to detention here. I just feel that as an artist, you have a talent with song every bit as inspiring as your preferred artists have or had with a brush, and as such you should speak of your talent with as much passion as you do of the brushmeisters. Not for you this shit like "ur, I wrote this song about an ex-bird who broke my heart and stole my cat" as you've just proved....some people (myself included) actually want to know about a songs evolution, its textures, even the guitar and amps used to record it. It inspires faith that a composer can express an immense passion for a song still, even after three years and numerous different takes to perfect it. To hear a song is classed alongside Wild Ones and The Living Dead certainly raises the bar of expectation, but with you the bar has always risen and rarely been displaced.

My crime, as that is what it is, was to express frustation at the fact that very little has been divulged about an album at the top of my "can't wait" list during your brief yarnings here. Though in my defence, you did start it...or rather onehellofaretard (bless him!) did...Mr Anderson, I'd rather read an entire essay on what cymbals your drummer prefers than read another sentence about this shambolic government of ours this weekend.

Now how many lines do you want me to do before I can go home?

PS, yeah, the mugging fans thing was a bit harsh. soz.



Mean? That's not mean. No, no, no. Mean is when I made my childhood sweetheart ride her bike home after I ass-fucked her behind the tennis courts

Brett, would you consider playing a gig in Guernsey? By which I am predictably meaning 'PLEASE PLAY IN GUERNSEY.'

Mainly because we can't afford to come to England or France to see you if you tour, and nobody plays here other than local/french bands because they consider us a barren rock with moneyed-up bankers and nobody else, which isn't true. Nearly every teenager does leave at 18 (god knows I will) but there are dozens of bands here, not bad for a small island. the problem is that we're so isolated that we can't possibly get to the UK for one gig- £200 for travel, accommodation and tickets pp? we're not all rich.

Anyway, please? It makes economic sense- you would certainly make a large profit playing a gig here, considering the most famous person to nearly play here (she cancelled despite it being a charity gig) is Charlotte Church.

Yo Blair, you are perhaps very versed with technicalities of music instruments and sounds. Many people who visit this forum are not expert musicians but fans who either enjoy songs that Brett sings on and/or think they could be inspired by things he says or recommends.

i prefer general knowledge about the person and his music because like many people his personality is multi-facetted.

DKav Wrote:
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> Yo Blair, you are perhaps very versed with
> technicalities of music instruments and sounds.
> Many people who visit this forum are not expert
> musicians but fans who either enjoy songs that
> Brett sings on and/or think they could be inspired
> by things he says or recommends.
>
> i prefer general knowledge about the person and
> his music because like many people his personality
> is multi-facetted.
>
I'm not particularly that well versed, but lets be honest, there probably isn't a single suede fan in the world who isn't familiar with the brilliance of the Vox AC30 amp and Gibson 355 guitar, and most would know what a phase pedal sounds like (Metal Mickey a prime example) thanks to Bernards unwavering endorsement and Richards use of both during shows. In fact, shameless as it sounds, most of my self taught knowledge about achieving sounds has come about through lots of trial and error trying to emulate certain sounds synonymous with lots of Suede songs.



Mean? That's not mean. No, no, no. Mean is when I made my childhood sweetheart ride her bike home after I ass-fucked her behind the tennis courts

BRETT!:

What, who and where inspires you when you write music?
Also....what are the chances of you touring outside of Europe, etc....does it depend on how well your solo album goes??

Cheers :D






...thought id try my luck again...;p






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Good luck, Toady! :) Don't give up!
I was wondering about the second question as well...

Hi Brett!
No question for you, just waiting for your album. I've heard the dodgy live version of Love Is Dead, I love the song SO much, even your cough (on the mp3 file) sounded like melody!

"I'm not particularly that well versed, but lets be honest, there probably isn't a single suede fan in the world who isn't familiar with the brilliance of the Vox AC30 amp and Gibson 355 guitar, and most would know what a phase pedal sounds like (Metal Mickey a prime example) thanks to Bernards unwavering endorsement and Richards use of both during shows. In fact, shameless as it sounds, most of my self taught knowledge about achieving sounds has come about through lots of trial and error trying to emulate certain sounds synonymous with lots of Suede songs."


yeah, i got to know music instruments by taking photos and asking more knowledgeable people than myself to tell me about the instruments on them and looking up the name of instruments on sleeves.
Like many people, Gibson 335 + vox amplifier are the most recognisable guitar equipment to me.
Most info I have about guitars is either from Bernard, articles about Johnny Marr and the book "Guitar Man" by Will Hogkinson + Ivor Maitland guitar store.

I'm not bad at recognising instruments from string quartet though and pianos. Instruments from vintage jazz and folk. keyboards - I'm getting there slowly - on one of the Suede sleeves I spotted that it said that Alex Lee played a clavinova, and the guy at the music instrument shop showed me one and played some notes on it.

However, I'm quite pleased to say that I know how a Gretsch sounds like.

Thank you Brett. I am so glad Love Is Dead is going to be on the album. It's beautiful and one of my favourite songs :D

Yes, Love is Dead is great, I liked the first (live) version too.

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"I'm not particularly that well versed, but lets be honest, there probably isn't a single suede fan in the world who isn't familiar with the brilliance of the Vox AC30 amp and Gibson 355 guitar, and most would know what a phase pedal sounds like (Metal Mickey a prime example) thanks to Bernards unwavering endorsement and Richards use of both during shows"


*looks at yoblair blankly*

Brett writes more than me on this forum. Cool! :)

I lost my mp3 Love Is Dead live version. &^%* esnips!!!

How thoughtful you are Brett. You're deserved all the best. Kissed from me sister... xxx

brett anderson Wrote:
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> first track on my album is called Love is dead.
> lots of people have heard a dodgy live version.
> believe me , it doesn't do the song any justice. i
> became utterly obsessed with this song,convinced
> that it was 'the one' and me and Fred ended up
> recording seven versions in different keys ,
> tempos, feels and with completely different
> musicians. i couldn't be happier with the way it
> has finished. for me the recording is now perfect
> and without doubt one of my favorite things i have
> ever done, right up there with Wild Ones, Living
> Dead , Saturday Night etc.

aye, brett again ;)
and what about ... let's say the eight song? it's usually my fav on albums ;)

...for example i am obssesed with the meds album by placebo...it's soooo great and the eight song awwwwww, beautiful...great lyrics...i love love love it when i find album or book or whatever what feels so great...like i already have it somewhere in my heart and the artists takes it out and lets me listen to it...

hope your album will be one to fall in love with...that everything else seems boring for few weeks ;)

what was the last album you last buy?

...wait, i'm gonna go to do it in general d... ;)

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oh and can't wait to hear it of course ;)

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