Party Songs of Phoenix

How Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars' English fails him, he does the Frenchman, who, as you say, "How do you ...?" And 'adorable.But, of course, this was quite rare in our chat room in an elegant Lower East Side Hotel in midtown Manhattan last month. Mars has a good knowledge of English, even though his big ideas do not always translate to the side. The slight disconnect adds mysticism. It is not   Party Songs stingy when it comes to bullet-proof pop-rock is, or, as his band Phoenix is ​​a summer saves fourth LP Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix show.

Looking tan and a little 'tired, Mars was kind and honest. No nonsense out here, how about it, which YouTube videos Brat Pack said, the possibility of ubiquity to Apple and Radiohead reflections may be too cryptic.

Pitchfork:. "Saturday Night Live" Congratulations to you They tried to play any comedy skits?

Thomas Mars: Oh no, she did not ask. You know Party Songs that you can not do, with the French boys. You have the talent - for us, it seems that every American can act. The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Only the "fake laugh" key is the inability to obtain in France.

Pitchfork: It feels like  New Country Songs people are truly ready, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix love. You feel like people are reacting to this disc more than anything, what you did?

TM: Yes, it is very specific. With our first three albums, people would like one or the other, and now all of this, which is amazing. I do not know if it's because of [producer] Philippe Zdar is or has the idea that there are some things that were 'too tired to make elegant and Party Songs respectful. It 's like, because the scent is something that is really disgusting - we wanted to do, which is stronger. In addition, we were free, because there is no record labels involved. For the first Top 100 Songs of All Time  time, we checked the way we wanted to discover the music lovers. So when the album was finished, we gave the song "1901" for free. We have an answer so big and I knew immediately that something was happening.

Phoenix and New Country Songs

The first misunderstanding is in the title. A bold, brash, arrogant statement for skywriting over the Champs-Elysées, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix may not be the best name for a good pop album. (Not with "Lisztomania" confused, more in a little ") then a reaction with cries of" megalomania "imagine and, Phoenix reinvention as a quartet of" would Candle In The Wind "-era Elton John, the point. See realize this French pop perfectionists there is a boys name, and this just happens to be top 100 songs of all time the point.

"The title of the album is almost like  Party Songs a childish thing, because he is what a child, the museum and draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa or something like New Country Songs that," the singer Thomas Mars EF said recently. "It's a little" boys, especially with me, my mother is German and Mozart is Austria and Germany is like messing with the Pope or something. "

Chat via long distance call from Paris (pun intended) just days after her much about the performance on Saturday Night Live, the declaration of Mars' by Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (from 5.26 to Glassnote and Loyalty) humming could also have been related to the may be wider ethos of the Phoenix, in a nutshell, I'm Peter Pan and his friends navigate Neverland by  New Country Songs indie-rock. This does not mean the core band members - Mars, bassist Deck D'Arcy, guitarist Laurent Brancowitz Mazzalai and Christian - are immature and childish, but instead to bring a sense of childlike wonder and playfulness, which do most anything they.

This is mainly due to their environment, the S-band in the shadow of its past greatness Versailles "are created when they were top 100 songs of all time  teenagers." Versailles, exists only New Country Songs in the past, I mean, you can not even think there is a future, because the past threatens so hard, "said Mars." Wherever you look, and how a child who wants only to exist, and make your own top 100 songs of all time , it's the same idea, something very iconic and thus their own. "

Top:. Mars thinks history ... Pictures HERE

In this context, he would also have the new album was joking with the name Louise XVIII, nothing playfully subvert the idea of ​​the past as sacred and taboo. And when speaking directly to the museum's devotion to the glory of the past that have defined their childhood, Phoenix only accidentally an album directly in the sins of the past. In addition to the album title, song title several all Amadeus also a sense reminiscent of History: The first single "1901" refers to the following year in Paris "Exposition Universelle" ceasefire "and" Rome, "both hit the past and" Lisztomania "(here ) listen to a celebration of the "first pop star" is, in the 19th century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. Of course it should be noted that the band through what historians touchstones with a heavy hand, but in a typically light and playful, especially with regard be sighted on the latter.

Phoenix and top 100 songs of all time

But, unlike most of their indie brethren rise rapidly through the ranks of the clubs on the covers of magazines, Phoenix deserves.Since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix was the end of May, the French quartet has warned all kinds of attention far beyond the blog-o-sphere and titles hipsters. They have already New Country Songs sold out top 100 songs of all time shows in America, and everyone seems to be their melodic, ethereal pop love. Basketball player Paul Shirley to come as a policeman, "1901", while The Hangover star Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha confesses his love for  New Country Songs the French [in a video interview with ARTISTdirect.com].

It 'a damn good thing, because  Party Songs the quality is "indie" figureheads hard to find ... You know, the "scene" symbols, the law and the lack of snobbery 'indie'. Zooey Deschanel is  a good example of  top 100 songs of all time and, musically, from Phoenix.

Singer Thomas Mars is quite excited about all this, it should be. Thomas sat down with ARTISTdirect.com against the success of Phoenix, film grain classic, to discuss  New Country Songs the impact of the new album and much more top 100 songs of all time in this exclusive interview.

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However, unlike most of their indie brethren that ascend quickly through the ranks from the clubs to the covers of magazines, Phoenix truly deserve it. Ever since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenixdropped in late May, the French foursome has gotten all kinds of attention way beyond the blog-o-sphere and hipster headlines. They've been selling out shows in America, and everyone seems to love their melodic, ethereal pop. Basketball players like Paul Shirleycop to bumping "1901," while The Hangover stars Zach Galifianakisand Justin Bartha professed their love for the Frenchmen [in an ARTISTdirect.com video interview].

It's a damn good thing too, because quality "indie" figureheads are hard to find…you know, the "scene" icons that lack the pretense and snobbery of being overly "indie." Zooey Deschanel is a fine example and, musically, Phoenix is too.

Vocalist Thomas Mars is pretty stoked about all of this—as he should be. Thomas sat down with ARTISTdirect.com to discuss Phoenix's success through going against the grain, classic films that influenced the new album and much more in this exclusive interview.

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