Deadwing
No one interview to reference. Anytime Deadwing is talked about he expresses liking that song. I remember Steven talking about Shallow being played in a strip club while they were bashing the song, Gavin pointed out that he liked the track and it’s straightforwardness.
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"Deadwing" – Steven, "A ten-minute piece that's very in-your-face and has no real chorus, so it's an ambitious way to start the record. A very unconventional piece of music. It's a statement of intent, a willfully uncommercial gesture." It is interesting to note that the pulsing keyboard sound at the start of the song is similar to that used by Steven on 'First Regret', which opened his 2015 LP, [[Hand. Cannot. Erase.|''Hand. Cannot. Erase''.]] |
"Deadwing" – Steven, "A ten-minute piece that's very in-your-face and has no real chorus, so it's an ambitious way to start the record. A very unconventional piece of music. It's a statement of intent, a willfully uncommercial gesture." It is interesting to note that the pulsing keyboard sound at the start of the song is similar to that used by Steven on 'First Regret', which opened his 2015 LP, [[Hand. Cannot. Erase.|''Hand. Cannot. Erase''.]] |
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"Shallow" – Steven explained, "The big rock moment of the record, an irresistible riff with a [[Led Zeppelin|Zep]] or [[Soundgarden]] vibe to it. The equivalent of a big, dumb rock song, but in the way that people who are not dumb would do it." Richard remarked, "I tell you what I didn't like on Deadwing and that's a track called 'Shallow'. It's so out of context for Porcupine Tree. It really didn't feel like Porcupine Tree to me. It just had too much of a knowing sound to it. American kind of rock. There wasn't that naivety about it or that honesty about it." Steven Wilson later admitted in an interview that "Shallow" was written and recorded after pressure from the [[record label]] to create a radio-friendly hit off the album. |
"Shallow" – Steven explained, "The big rock moment of the record, an irresistible riff with a [[Led Zeppelin|Zep]] or [[Soundgarden]] vibe to it. The equivalent of a big, dumb rock song, but in the way that people who are not dumb would do it." Richard remarked, "I tell you what I didn't like on Deadwing and that's a track called 'Shallow'. It's so out of context for Porcupine Tree. It really didn't feel like Porcupine Tree to me. It just had too much of a knowing sound to it. American kind of rock. There wasn't that naivety about it or that honesty about it." Steven Wilson later admitted in an interview that "Shallow" was written and recorded after pressure from the [[record label]] to create a radio-friendly hit off the album. Gavin has expressed admiration for this track on several occasions. |
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"Lazarus" – keyboardist [[Richard Barbieri]]'s evaluation, "The beautiful side of Porcupine Tree. Very mellow and delicate, in the contemporary style of [[Coldplay]] or [[Radiohead]]." |
"Lazarus" – keyboardist [[Richard Barbieri]]'s evaluation, "The beautiful side of Porcupine Tree. Very mellow and delicate, in the contemporary style of [[Coldplay]] or [[Radiohead]]." |
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