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becomes a difficult process
because we'll get started on
ideas — and it's real easy to get
started The hard part is
finishing It's just like anything
in life," he said
Hyman and Bazilian have
been working together for
several years. Their first band,
Baby Grand, released two un
successful albums in the late
1870s, But even after working
together for that long, the
songwriting process doesn't
become any easier, Hyman said.
"It's somewhat like jamming
But instead of jamming with in
struments. you're jamming with
your brains and a pencil." he
said.
It is especially difficult when
the pair comes to the lyrical side
of things. Hyman said
"The musical ideas come
pretty quickly But when we try
to get the words down — 'What
is this song about? What do we
want to say? — that's tough."
he said.
"We have some high stan
dards and we also appreciate
the bust stuff that's out there
You identify with the Springs
teens and the Bowies and the
U2s of the world." Hyman
continued
As with most things, what
goes around comes around.
Something that also figures into
songwriting is how a song is go
ing to sound in performance,
Hyman said.
"It's not just writing in a
vacuum and making a record. 1
think there is an ultimate goal
and that is What is this song go
ing to be like to perform?’ "
Hyman said. There are some
songs that even in the writing
stages sound like great perfor
mance songs "Karla with a K"
was one of those, he said.
"We worked on that song for
well over a year. It was actually
really hard to write," he said. It
all began with a musical riff —
no melodies or words, just a riff.
"Hut we knew it was going to be
great live and we knew it would
keep people going And that's
what kept us going." he said.
The band began performing the
song before the album was
released and it got good reac
tions. Hyman said. It has since
remained in the band's set,
Hyman added.
Hyman believes the lyrical
content on the latest album is "a
little deeper" than on "Nervous
Night,” he said. That may be
true. "One Way Home” is cer
tainly a darker, moodier record
than “Nervous Night," which
wasn't necessarily a mere fluffy
pop record. Rolling Stone
record reviewer David Fiecke
called “One Way Home" a
"pretty hip detour" on the road
to the top in light of the fact it
contains references to fanatic
evangelicalism, broken rela
tionships, war veterans,
loneliness and despair when
many mere pop groups are pro
ducing mental pablum.
The first single off the album.
"Johnny B" was chosen in part
because it is a serious song,
much in the same way “All You
Zombies" was chosen to be the
first single off the last record.
Hyman said. He believes many
people have categorized the
band in a strictly lighter, pop
sense but hopes they will
change their minds when a
Hooters song causes them to
stop and think about
something.
“ ‘Johnny B’ is a serious
song. It was like, well instead of
another ‘feel good, let's go
boogie'-type number, let’s come
out with something that’s a lit
tle deeper, just like ‘Zombies’
was, just like 'Children' was,"
he said.
However, the deeper the
lyrics, the more potential mean
ings there are to a song. Hyman
said the band has already
received mail from fans with in
terpretations of songs off "One
Way Home.” If listeners have
questions about a song, the
band will try to answer them —
if there are simple answers,
Hyman said. Often, though,
there isn't a simple answer.
“That's part of the poetry of
it. Not that the lyrics are poetry,
but that's what poetry is about
putting into words
something that's going to make
people think. You’re not saying
the sky is blue.’ You're going
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