01 - Let's Roll Just Like We Used Too
Serge - It’s like a love letter about the days gone by, hanging on, just like a younger man.
Tom - That means Serge in a field when we lived at the farm. The record days. We were young, we were 23. 23 is foolish.
Hélène - Oh, so it's nostalgic ?
Tom - It’s quite nostalgic, yeah.
That's probably more the tired side, but the voice is a bit nostalgic, too.
Serge - Nostalgic, yeah. It’s got a gipsy love vibe into it.
Tom - It’s probably that.. We were young, more free to express... Free, free, you know what I mean ? We were young...
Hélène - ..slow ?
Serge - No, no, it’s really up-tempo. It’s really pumpin’. It’s a real surprise instanly you rethink everything you thought and you go "ok, they've done it again...". You know, it’s different.
Tom - That means Serge in a field when we lived at the farm. The record days. We were young, we were 23. 23 is foolish.
Hélène - Oh, so it's nostalgic ?
Tom - It’s quite nostalgic, yeah.
That's probably more the tired side, but the voice is a bit nostalgic, too.
Serge - Nostalgic, yeah. It’s got a gipsy love vibe into it.
Tom - It’s probably that.. We were young, more free to express... Free, free, you know what I mean ? We were young...
Hélène - ..slow ?
Serge - No, no, it’s really up-tempo. It’s really pumpin’. It’s a real surprise instanly you rethink everything you thought and you go "ok, they've done it again...". You know, it’s different.
02 - Days Are Forgotten
Serge - Epic kind of rap tune. Massive chorus.
Tom - Base record. Kasabian goes straight away.
Serge - Yes, I suppose it’s like the first record grew up to be, if you know what I mean. Sounds like the first album.. going on..now it's a man, now it knows exactly what the hells goin' on.
Tom - Base record. Kasabian goes straight away.
Serge - Yes, I suppose it’s like the first record grew up to be, if you know what I mean. Sounds like the first album.. going on..now it's a man, now it knows exactly what the hells goin' on.
03 - Goodbye Kiss
Tom - Heartbreaker. (pause) A lot of people are gonna cry to that in their bedrooms, sobbing. Or play in the car with their fingers. It’s gonna happen 'cause it’s beautiful, it’s one of the most amazing beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. (Serge tries to speak several times and stops as Tom continues) It’s like a Roy Orbison thing, it’s blooming amazing. Aaah, it’s one of the best songs written out there. It’s so good, it’s SO GOOD. Classical, classic tunes. But no one really does that.
04 - La Fée verte
Serge - Like modern days Pink Floyd, like the early Floyd, the first records, not like the late ones.
Tom - Genius, that is genius.
Serge - Goes all over, goes all over. Like Tom said, it’s like three songs in one.
Tom - It’s just breathtaking, Serge, be honest. It’s breathtakingy good.
And what about the lyric wise ?
Serge - It’s about absinth, you know, the green fairy : an ode to losing your mind.
Tom - An upbeat Lullaby, it’s beautiful.
Tom - Genius, that is genius.
Serge - Goes all over, goes all over. Like Tom said, it’s like three songs in one.
Tom - It’s just breathtaking, Serge, be honest. It’s breathtakingy good.
And what about the lyric wise ?
Serge - It’s about absinth, you know, the green fairy : an ode to losing your mind.
Tom - An upbeat Lullaby, it’s beautiful.
05 - Velociraptor
Serge - Punk rave song, a bit beastie boys.
Tom - Bang bang bang ! Massive, yeah.
Tom - Bang bang bang ! Massive, yeah.
06 - Acid Turkish Bath…
Serge (smiles) - …Shelter From The Storm…
Tom - That’s an intelligent tune. It’s just the way the craft is, the way the drums are, the beats… I’ts just peace taking, really, it flexes the muscles. Beautiful.
Serge - It’s like a symphony. It’s…
Tom - …dark.
Serge - Yeah. Epic. It’s a soundtrack, really, it’s like six and half minutes, a long tune but it’s a really nice tune.
Tom - It’s like driving on a road at nightime, in a car. You know, the Las Vegas’s.
Well, we'll try next time we are there...
Serge - Yeah, the highway.Tom - The highway, yeah, driving on nightime. High.
Tom - That’s an intelligent tune. It’s just the way the craft is, the way the drums are, the beats… I’ts just peace taking, really, it flexes the muscles. Beautiful.
Serge - It’s like a symphony. It’s…
Tom - …dark.
Serge - Yeah. Epic. It’s a soundtrack, really, it’s like six and half minutes, a long tune but it’s a really nice tune.
Tom - It’s like driving on a road at nightime, in a car. You know, the Las Vegas’s.
Well, we'll try next time we are there...
Serge - Yeah, the highway.Tom - The highway, yeah, driving on nightime. High.
07 - I Hear Voices
Serge - Pure electronic tune.
Tom - Electronic rock, pure rock’n’roll.
Serge - Yeah, yeah ! It’s an important tune on the album.
Tom - It has to be huge in big festivals.
Serge - Yeah. And it’s kind of.. Not departure but.. Just an important tune on the record. Everyone hears voices.
Tom - The thing is that it’s a man who deals with demence. It’s a song which is massive.
Tom - Electronic rock, pure rock’n’roll.
Serge - Yeah, yeah ! It’s an important tune on the album.
Tom - It has to be huge in big festivals.
Serge - Yeah. And it’s kind of.. Not departure but.. Just an important tune on the record. Everyone hears voices.
Tom - The thing is that it’s a man who deals with demence. It’s a song which is massive.
(Then, he swears to God that it’s the best album ever and that they worked hard in a promotional speech that we heard about 548 times, with a sincere face anyway.)
08 - Re-Wired
Serge - Like a sleezy disco..
Tom - Like a horror house in a rock song.
(Tom imitates a ganster.)Tom - It’s sleazy, you know ?
Serge - Definitely. It flies. It’s gonna be a massive tune, on live and on the radio. Probably a single.
Tom - Like a horror house in a rock song.
(Tom imitates a ganster.)Tom - It’s sleazy, you know ?
Serge - Definitely. It flies. It’s gonna be a massive tune, on live and on the radio. Probably a single.
09- Man Of Simple Pleasures
Serge - It’s like a zombie country tune. Broadway-ey.
(we laugh a bit) Yeah, yeah (nice promotional speech). And ?
(Serge giggles, then, as Tom says exactly the same at the same time like his twin : ) It’s a man singing about his life.Tom - It’s pretty special.
Serge - It’s gonna be good on live. Epic.
Tom - Big, big, big singalong.
(we laugh a bit) Yeah, yeah (nice promotional speech). And ?
(Serge giggles, then, as Tom says exactly the same at the same time like his twin : ) It’s a man singing about his life.Tom - It’s pretty special.
Serge - It’s gonna be good on live. Epic.
Tom - Big, big, big singalong.
10 - Switchblade Smiles
Tom - Just pure aggressive.
Serge - Like Rage Against The Machine.
Serge - It takes everything off and keeps getting better on live. It’s just…
Tom - Breathtaking (giggles).
His favourite word. With such a pattern, it’s been a while nobody has no breath anymore.
Serge - It’s the most punchy song.
Tom - It’s like Killing in the Name, it has to blow the edge.
Serge - Like Rage Against The Machine.
Serge - It takes everything off and keeps getting better on live. It’s just…
Tom - Breathtaking (giggles).
His favourite word. With such a pattern, it’s been a while nobody has no breath anymore.
Serge - It’s the most punchy song.
Tom - It’s like Killing in the Name, it has to blow the edge.
11 - Neon Noon
Serge - You land with a capsule in space (Tom laughs). After the lands you down back to earth. That's another one’s life. When we get to play that, it will be really euphoric.
Tom - It's tripy, it's tripily beautiful. It's like a magical fly through the clouds. You see it rainbows...
Serge - I believe I can fly.Tom - I believe that I can fly, yeah. It's cosmic. It's amazing. Breathtaking.
Tom - It's tripy, it's tripily beautiful. It's like a magical fly through the clouds. You see it rainbows...
Serge - I believe I can fly.Tom - I believe that I can fly, yeah. It's cosmic. It's amazing. Breathtaking.
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