2010年5月16日Sunday Mail采访Keane：即将到来的苏格兰演唱会
2010-05-22 采访报道 Syrinx
Keane star set for time in the spotlight as band play Scotland
May 16 2010 Sunday Mail
SINGER Tom Chaplin has threatened to storm off stage when his band Keane hit Scotland to play their favourite venue.
But don’t worry, he’s not about to quit one of Britain’s most successful rock bands.
Instead, Tom wants the spotlight to shine on keyboard player Tim Rice-Oxley, who will sing for Scottish fans for the first time at the concert at Glasgow’s Barrowlands on June 21.
Keane’s new Night Train EP features Your Love, which marks Tim’s debut as a vocalist.
“Tim is very shy and nervous about performing live. But I’m tempted to actually walk off stage when we play Your Love and leave him on his own,” revealed Tom.
“I’ve always loved Tim’s voice so it’s nice it can finally be heard.
It’s probably the first – and last – time Tim will get to sing on a Keane record.
“When he comes up with a song, he’ll often demo it with his vocals. ‘Tim performing “That’s the first time I hear it so it does have a bearing on the way I interpret it.
“The version of Your Love is the demo vocal.
I did try to put my voice on the track but felt it had this atmosphere and it wasn’t worthwhile changing.
“I am excited people will hear Tim’s voice at last.”
The songs for Night Train – which was their favoured mode of on-the-road transport – were written during Keane’s Perfect Symmetry world tour which visited 28 countries including Colombia, South Korea and Lebanon.
Tom said: “We travelled by overnight train as much as we could. One memorable journey was from St Petersburg to Moscow in a rickety old train left over from the Communist era.
“It had a first-class coach – with beautiful wood panels – which was a throwback to when dignitaries and more senior KGB members travelled on it.
“It’s how I imagined Russia to be when I was a child. It was such a great atmosphere. We felt it would be good to reflect the vibe of the EP through our sense of travelling.
“On tour, you have days where you’re treading water, waiting to go on to the next city.
“There’s a danger of getting stuck in a hotel room or venue and not doing anything creative. The ethos behind the EP was to have a creative outlet on the road.
“We’d record during the day, play gigs in the evening and Tim would stay up all night working on his computer, editing what we’d recorded.
“It was a labour of love – something we wanted to do to stay fresh.”
First single is Stop For A Minute, a collaboration with Somali/Canadian rapper K’Naan, who fled the war in his native country to launch his career in Toronto.
Tom said: “I discovered K’Naan by chance. It was one of those Glastonbury moments where my girlfriend saw him perform and said, ‘You must download his album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher’.”
“Keane had songs we wanted to take in a different direction. K’Naan is at the more melodic end of hip hop. We thought he’d be great to work on them. He’s a great wordsmith.”
K’Naan said: “My records are not played on radio. Keane are one of my favourite bands. So to get to work with them was amazing, beautiful and nerve-wracking all at the same time.”