“The great thing about "Shoot 'Em Up, Baby" is that it's the first song that we went and recorded [with Andy Kim].” FirstsSongBabyGreat ThingsEmsKim Author:Kevin Drew
“What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We didn't know what we were getting into.” IfsKnowsMenYearsWantedTogetherSongHeavenWrittenGrewGunDecidedStudiosConsistentlyKim Author:Kevin Drew
“There was this wonderful day where we sat and listened to all of Andy's [Kim] songs throughout the years, and I think we spent around six hours at my house, and then we played all these tunes of mine that have never found any version. And "Heaven Without a Gun" is one of them, and it struck him. If you can find a compadre who doesn't live in the literal world 'cos you're not always fighting to explain yourself to make sense, that maybe it's the dyslexia, maybe it's the dreamer, maybe it's the idea that grammar was not your foreplay - excuse me - see what I mean, your forte.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsMeanIdeasSongFightingFoundHouseHeavenHoursWonderfulMinesSixGunExcuseVersionsMake SenseSatTunesDreamerGrammarLiteralKimExcuse MeDyslexiaForteWonderful DayAlways FightingExplain Yourself Author:Kevin Drew
“I had never really written songs for anyone before. With [Broken] Social Scene, you're writing songs for others and your passing them around and exchanging things, but for a man who has the history that Andy Kim had, and has lived the life that he's had, you see such a youthful aspect of how he just wanted to create something again.” MenWritingWantedSongSocialWrittenBrokenSceneAspectPassingPassingsWriting SongsKimExchanging Author:Kevin Drew
“There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a bike accident and couldn't make it into the studio, and the gentleman Dave Hamlin who worked on this record along with Ohad sort of took it, rearranged it. Dave went and sonically changed it and changed the keys so that Andy could sing it better. All these pieces came together that suddenly displayed that the song was meant for Andy [Kim] to sing. And he always said, "I'll never understand it, but I'll sing it with all my heart."” HeartSaidStoriesTogetherSongGirlHeavenInterestingRecordsPiecesChangedKeysMy HeartGunDatingStudiosAccidentsGentlemanBikeDaveKimInteresting Stories Author:Kevin Drew
“It's very hard for me to say "Do I have favorite?" because I find that each song represents a different sounds different emotions in Andy's [Kim] life. Particularly "Sister OK", 'cos that started everything.” DifferentHardSongSoundEmotionKimDifferent Emotions Author:Kevin Drew
“I suddenly thought about being backstage, and I think it shocks you to meet the people you shared your bedrooms with. And a lot of them either take themselves too seriously or don't know how to take themselves at all. But I wanted to be aware in a very sarcastic way that every song I've written has probably been written about 12-16 times before. And doing that makes it very hard for me to accept serious singer-songwriters in the world, the up-and-comers, the ones who are out there who let that define their every move, who live and die and breathe for it. It's a bit of a tragedy, I think.” PeopleThinkingWorldMovingSongAcceptingSeriousTragedyBreatheSarcasticBedroom Author:Kevin Drew
“What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and beginnings and to the idea of always moving around. ...Obviously, whenever you're going through something that's the best time to create, if you're going through something amazing, or horrible, or nothing at all you should be creating. Unfortunately the songwriters of today generally torture themselves to make sure they're writing good songs and take it a little too seriously.” IfsShouldWritingTryingLittlesIdeasTodayMovingSongInspireAnxietyCreatingHorribleTortureSongwritingQuestsSongwritersBest TimesAlways Moving Author:Kevin Drew
