Na, wenn das stimmt, könnte es eine sehr interessante Kombination werden …
Regina Spektor hat für Ihr neues Album tatsächlich mit Jeff Lynne (und anderen Produzenten) gearbeitet. Aufmerksam wurde sie durch das Album „Highway Companion“, vorher kannte sie ihn noch nicht mal. NUn meint sie bereits, dass er definitiv zur Welt der Legenden zählt.
Bin mal gespannt, ob’s mit der Albumveröffentlichung dann wirklich klappt (im Juni?):
Wie Jeff und REgina würde ich sagen: abwarten und Tee trinken.
Aus einem Interview:
Pitchfork: Jeff Lynne is a real old-school rock’n’roll great, how did you hook up with him? Were you a big fan of his before you guys started working together?
RS: It’s kind of funny. Actually, it’s kind of sad– I didn’t know who he was or what he had done when I asked him if he’d like to produce some songs. I’m the opposite of a knowledgeable music aficionado; tomorrow, I could discover an amazing artist that people have been listening to for the past 60 years and be, like, „wow.“
The reason I asked to contact Jeff was because I saw he produced the last Tom Petty record, Highway Companion, which I really loved. I noted him down so next time I did a record I could actually tell people, like, „I have a few producers I’d like to check out.“ I remember the silence on the phone when I said the name „Jeff Lynne“ to Tom Whalley, the president of Warner Bros. But Tom was really positive about it.
By the time I was about to meet Jeff I was sufficiently nervous. But he’s really sweet. We drank a lot of tea. And after I worked with him, I started to understand, like, „Oh yeah! That’s Jeff– I know that song.“ Sometimes you know the song or voice but you have no idea who sings it. But Jeff’s definitely in the world of legends. He had these banjoleles– a mix between a banjo and a ukulele– and I picked one up and he was like, „Yeah, George [Harrison] gave that to me.“ I was like, „Oh my god,“ and then put it down.
Pitchfork: After you learned more about his background, did you think, „Oh, he probably won’t work with me“?
RS: No. The myth of rock’n’roll doesn’t weigh heavily on me. If, god forbid, he wasn’t cool and didn’t do good stuff with my music, I wouldn’t have been thinking about what he’s done in the past or who he is. I mean, I didn’t even know any Traveling Wilburys stuff until after I worked with him. I think the exciting thing about Jeff is that he made amazing stuff just recently. I feel like he was really inspiring when I was working with him and wasn’t just resting on his laurels.
Pitchfork: One of the Jeff Lynne-produced songs is called „The Wallet“ and it’s about finding someone else’s wallet, then finding a Blockbuster card in the wallet, and then returning the wallet back to a Blockbuster. It’s great. But, listening to it, I couldn’t help but think: „Who goes to Blockbuster anymore?“
RS: That’s funny because I wrote that song a bunch of years ago and I remember playing it on tour and thinking, „Do they even know what Blockbuster is in other countries?“ Now I might need to change it to Netflix. [laughs]
It’s like one of those songs that you listen to from the 20s and ask, „What’s a kaputnik?“ It’s this thing that was obviously very important because they’re singing about it, but it just doesn’t exist anymore. That’s why Bach and Mozart had it right by not putting in any words and making timeless instrumental music. In 300 years, when our great-great-great-grandchildren are checking out music by putting their finger into entertainment sockets, they’re not going to know what „Blockbuster“ or „Netflix“ or „Juicy Fruit“ are. They’ll be like, „What’s fruit?“ They’ll probably be living in a cement pod and eating food through intravenous tubes. They’re not going to know any of this shit.
Pitchfork: Wow, I didn’t think about it that way.
RS: [laughs] Maybe there is a grand scheme in me somewhere.
http://pitchfork.com/news/34833-regina-spektor-reveals-new-album-ifari/
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