Keane ‘Under The Iron Sea’ Podcast 1 – Tim谈关于Nothing In My Way 和 Leaving So Soon?

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Nothing In My Way

Tim: “Nothing In My Way came out of listening to a lot of the poppier end of hiphop on the radio, just kinda driving around (I was driving up and down to my parents house a lot as that was the only place I could go to play the piano) and I think particularly the groove of “Lose Yourself” by Eminem got stuck in my head. I think it’s still one of the greatest pop songs of my lifetime, it’s such a fantastic track. And I guess I like the idea of trying to do something similar. I guess it was never gonna sound like Eminem, but the groove of it was basically lifted from that, and the song just came from jamming around on a piano. So I guess as a result of all that, I guess it’s a much funkier and kinda ‘blacker’ song than most Keane songs, and that was something that we really wanted to get into the record generally. We were listening to a lot of classic motown as well, much more driving rhythms and you can hear that in a lot of the songs. So I’m really proud to have a few songs that people can at least nod their heads to!

Lyrically Nothing In My Way is I guess about really being in denial – I hate it when people refuse to acknowledge their own feelings and reactions to something, because they see it as being a weakness to say that they’re scared, or upset about something, or whatever. The song’s actually written about some people I know who are married, and their marriage was essentially just bringing a lot of misery to both of them, but for some reason they just refused to acknowledge it. I hate the idea of people being so much in denial that they’re prepared to almost let their lives fall apart rather than acknowledge what’s going on.”

Leaving So Soon?

Tim: “Leaving So Soon? was the last song written for the record, and it was pretty much the only song written in the studio. It was one of those songs that felt really good – it’s got a motown-y feel to it I think. It’s a weird one, I guess it’s a kinda defense of the three of us in the band. I always get frustrated that I feel people are judging us too quickly sometimes – not as a band, but as people just cos we’re not brash and wacky and naturally bubbly. It can happen to anyone, people judge you too quickly rather than actually bothering to find out what’s below the surface. For me it’s quite a funny song actually because it’s so sarcastic and bitchy, but it’s quite melodramatic – it’s definitely got a twinkle in its eye!”

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