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3. SONGWRITING

To cut a very long story short, I was short of songs going into the 'Six' sessions. After we finished the 'Closed for Business' EP I struggled to write more songs. Writers block I suppose. I think writers block means outside influences taking up your brain power so there's no room in your mind left to write with. That was my experience anyway, other people may have had different experiences of it. I had music ideas on a dictaphone, bits of melodies and chord sequences, but nothing fully formed. 'King of Beauty' and the first verse of 'Six' were the main ideas I had, and also a pile of lyrical ideas in my notebooks. I remember being very worried at the lack of stuff I had.

ª°Ô ¸»ÇÏÀÚ¸é, Àú´Â 'Six'¼¼¼Ç¿¡ ³ÖÀ» °îµéÀ» ÀÛ°îÇϴµ¥ ´É·ÂÀÌ ºÎÁ·Çß¾î¿ä . ¿ì¸®°¡ Closed for Business' EP¸¦ ³¡³½µÚ¿¡, Àü ´õ ¸¹Àº °îµéÀ» ¾²±â À§ÇØ ¾Ö½èÁÒ. ¾î¼¸é ½½·³ÇÁÀÏÁöµµ ¸ð¸¥´Ù°í »ý°¢Çß¾î¿ä.  Àú´Â ½½·³ÇÁ¶õ ¿©·¯ºÐÀÇ Áö·ÂÀ» Â÷´ÜÇÏ´Â ¿ÜºÎ·ÎºÎÅÍÀÇ ¿µÇâÀ»  ÀǹÌÇÑ´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇØ¿ä ±×·¡¼­ ´ç½Å¿¡°Õ °îÀ» ¾²±âÀ§ÇØ ÇÊ¿äÇÑ°Ô ³²¾ÆÀÖÁö ¾Ê°ÔµÇÁÒ. ¾î·µç Á¦ °æÇè»ó ±×·¸´Ù´Â°Å°í, ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷µéÀº ¾Æ¸¶ ´Ù¸¥ °æÇèÀ» ÇßÀ»Áöµµ ¸ð¸£´Â°ÅÁÒ. Àú´Â µñÅÍÆù¿¡ ¸á·Îµð Á¶±Ý°ú ÄÚµåÁøÇàµîÀÇ À½¾Ç ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾î¸¦ °¡Áö°í ÀÖ¾ú¾î¿ä. ±×Ä¡¸¸ ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ¿Ï¼ºµÈ °Ç ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ ¾ø¾úÁÒ. 'King of Beauty'¿Í 'Six'ÀÇ Ã¹¹øÂ° ¹ú½º´Â Á¦°¡ °¡Áö°í ÀÖ´Â ÁÖ¿ä ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾î¿´°í, ¶ÇÇÑ Á¦ °øÃ¥¿£ °¡»ç¸¦ ±¸»óÇѰ͵µ µ¢ÀÌ·Î ÀÖ¾úÁÒ. Àú´Â Á¦°¡ ¼ÒÁúÀÌ ¾ø¾ú´Ù´Â°Í¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¸Å¿ì °ÆÁ¤Çß´Ü°É ±â¾ïÇØ¿ä.

While we were touring Chad was always reading books, this was going to be a source of song ideas I thought as I tried everything possible to avoid writing love songs. I wasn't a big reader as such so I raided his mobile library of books he'd carry in a giant bag everywhere. I'd have a quick scan thru to get the gist of a book and come up with an idea for a song from one book or another and work on it in my notebook 'til I bashed it into its own idea. Hence the idea of the front cover being set in a library, it's Chad's bag, a big old nylon sports bag if I remember correctly, a lot of the songs for the 'Six' sessions were from those books.

¿ì¸®°¡ Åõ¾îÇϴµ¿¾È ä´À´Â Ç×»ó Ã¥À» Àоú´Âµ¥, ÀÌ ÀÏÀº °î ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾îµéÀÇ ¼Ò½º°¡ µÇ¾ú´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇØ¿ä. Àú´Â ·¯ºê¼ÛÀ» ¾²°ÔÇÏ´Â ¸ðµç °¡´É¼ºÀ» ¹èÀçÇϱâ À§ÇØ ³ë·ÂÇßÀ¸´Ï±î¿ä. Àü äµå¸¸Å­ ¸¹ÀÌ Ã¥À» ÀÐÁö´Â ¾Ê¾Ò¾î¿ä ±×·¡¼­ Àü ±×°¡ ¸ðµç °÷¿¡ µé°í´Ù´Ï´Â Ä¿´Ù¶õ °¡¹æ¾È¿¡ µç ±×ÀÇ ¸ð¹ÙÀÏ Ã¥ µµ¼­°üÀ» ±Þ½À(raided)ÇßÁÒ. Àü Ã¥ÀÇ ¿äÁ¡ ÆÄ¾ÇÀ» ÅëÇØ¼­ »¡¸® ½ºÄµÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ¾ú¾î¿ä ±×¸®°í ÇÑ ±ÇÀÇ Ã¥ ¶Ç´Â ´Ù¸¥ °ÍÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍ °î¿¡´ëÇÑ ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾î¸¦ ¸¸µé¾î³Â¾î¿ä. ±×¸®°í³ª¼­ Á¦°¡ °î °íÀ¯ÀÇ ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾î¸¦ Àâ¾Æ³¾ ¶§±îÁö °îµéÀ» Á¦ °øÃ¥¿¡¼­ ÀÛ¾÷ÇßÁÒ. ±×·¯¹Ç·Î ¾Õ Ä¿¹öÀÇ ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾î´Â äµåÀÇ °¡¹æÀÎ µµ¼­°üÀ¸·Î ÀÎÇØ ¸¸µé¾î Áö´Âµ¥, ±×°ÍÀº Á¦°¡ ¿Ã¹Ù¸£°Ô ±â¾ïÇÏ´Â ÇÑ Å©°í ¿À·¡µÈ ½ºÆ÷Ã÷ °¡¹æÀ̾ú¾î¿ä. 'Six'ÀÇ ¼¼¼ÇÀÇ ¸¹Àº °îµéÀº ÀÌ Ã¥µé·ÎºÎÅÍ ³ª¿Â°ÍÀÌÁÒ.

When we arrived at the studio we'd rented a house in Barnes near Olympic Studios in London where we were going to record the album. I set up a small studio in the attic and set about writing. I had enough material for the first week of recording and then I planned on writing every weekend in time for the next weeks recording sessions. It was quiet at the weekends and I could get some space to write in when everyone went off to do their thing. This meant that whatever I had in terms of songs would be recorded pretty much chronologically i.e. The title track 'Six' was first to be tackled thru to 'Being A Girl' which was last. We overran by one day and the studio was booked out to somebody else so we moved to Metropolis studios in Chiswick for one final day to mix 'Being A Girl'.

¿ì¸®´Â ½ºÆ©µð¿À¿¡ µµÂøÇÏÀÚ¸¶ÀÚ, ¾Ù¹üÀ» ³ìÀ½ÇÏ·Á°í Çß´ø ·±´øÀÇ ¿Ã¸²ÇȽºÆ©µð¿À¶û °¡±î¿î Barnes¿¡ ÁýÀ» ºô·È¾î¿ä. Àú´Â ´Ù¶ô¿¡ ÀÛÀº ÀÛ¾÷½ÇÀ» ¸¸µé°í ÀÛ°î¿¡ Âø¼öÇßÁÒ. ³ìÀ½ÀÇ Ã¹ ÁÖ¿¡´Â ÃæºÐÇÑ ¼ÒÀçµéÀ» °¡Áö°í ÀÖ¾ú°í ±× ´ÙÀ½ ÁÖ ·¹ÄÚµù ¼¼¼Ç±îÁö ¶§ ¸ÂÃß¾î ¸Å ÁÖ¸»¸¶´Ù °îÀ» ¾µ °èȹÀ» ÇßÁÒ. ÁÖ¸»¿¡´Â Á¤¸» Á¶¿ëÇß°í Àú´Â ¸ðµç »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ±×µéÀÇ ÀÏÀ» Çϱâ À§Çؼ­ ¿ÜÃâÇßÀ» ¶§ ÀÛ°îÀ» À§ÇÑ °ø°£À» °¡Áú ¼ö ÀÖ¾ú¾î¿ä. ±×°Ç ¿ì¸®°¡ °îÀ» ¾²´Â ±â°£ µ¿¾È¿¡ ¹«¾ùÀ» ÇÏ´ø ¾öû ¿¬´ë¼øÀ¸·Î ³ìÀ½µÆ´Ù´Â °É ÀǹÌÇØ¿ä. Áï, ŸÀÌÆ² °îÀÎ 'Six'Àº ¸¶Áö¸· °îÀÎ 'Being A girl'±îÁö ¾¾¸§µÇ´Â °Íµé Áß Ã¹¹øÂ°¿´ÁÒ. (!) ¿ì¸®´Â ½ºÆ©µð¿À¿¡¼­ ÇϷ縦 ÃʰúÇß°í ÀÌ¹Ì ±× ½ºÆ©µð¿À´Â ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô ´ë¿©µÇ¾î ÀÖ¾ú¾î¿ä. µû¶ó¼­ ¿ì¸®´Â 'Being A Girl'À» ÆíÁýÇϱâ À§Çؼ­ ¸¶Áö¸·³¯¿¡ Chiswick ¼ÒÀç ¸ÞÆ®·ÎÆú¸®½º ½ºÆ©µð¿À·Î ¿Å°Ü°¬¾î¿ä.

Some weeks I wouldn't get a full song written over the weekend or felt the song I'd written was not destined for the album itself. So we'd just record what we had that day or week, then I'd go away and come up with the next bit to add onto where I'd left it. That's how the record came to be loads of little sections of music that slotted together. It was simply the way the writing and recording process slotted together.

¾î¶² ÁÖ´Â, ÁÖ¸»ÀÌ ³Ñµµ·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇÑ °îÀ» ¾²Áö ¸øÇ߰ųª Á¦°¡ ¾´ °îÀÌ ¾Ù¹ü¿¡ ¸ÂÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù°í ´À²¼¾î¿ä. ±×·¡¼­ ¿ì¸®´Â ¿ì¸®°¡ ±× ³¯, ¶Ç´Â ±× ÁÖ¿¡ °¡Áö°í ÀÖ´ø °Í(?)À» ³ìÀ½Çß°í, ±×¸®°í³ª¼­ Àú´Â ¶°³ª¼­ Á¦°¡ ³²±â°í ¿Â °Í¿¡ ´õÇÒ °Í Á¶±ÝÀ» »ý°¢Çس»°ï ÇßÁÒ.  Á¶°¢³­ ÆÛÁñ°°Àº °îÀÇ ÀÛÀº ºÎºÐµéÀÇ ¸¹Àº ¾çÀÌ ±â·ÏµÇ´Â ¹æ¹ýÀ̾ú¾î¿ä. ±×°Ç ±×Àú ÀÛ°î°ú ³ìÀ½ °úÁ¤À̶ó´Â ÆÛÁñÀ» ¸ÂÃß´Â ¹æ½ÄÀ̾úÁö¿ä.

MYTH NUMBER 1 ABOUT 'SIX' - Was it a prog rock record? Well no, I didn't even know what prog rock was except for listening to my sister's copy of 'Dark Side of The Moon' as a kid and thinking: "That's weird." I should have labelled 'Six' as about 30 little pieces of music but the idea of doing the record in a full size vinyl sleeve meant it was put out as 2 virtual sides of an imaginary vinyl record. Over the years people have always said 'it's the Britpop Dark Side of the Moon'. I'd like to think in my wildest dreams it was genre busting, but it was just a product of the songwriting and recording processes intertwining and being presented as a botched attempt to give people a taste of a vinyl experience in 1998.

MYTH NUMBER 1 ABOUT 'SIX' - prog rock ³ìÀ½À̾ú³ª? ±Û½ê, ¾ÆÀÌó·³ ¿©µ¿»ýÀÇ 'Dark Side of The Moon' Ä«ÇǸ¦ µéÀº °Í »©°ï prog rockÀÌ ¹ºÁöµµ ¸ô¶ú¾î¿ä Àü »ý°¢ÇßÁÒ: "ÀÌ»óÇѵ¥(That's weird)" Àü 'Six'¸¦ ¾à °îÀÇ 30°³ÀÇ ÀÛÀº Á¶°¢À¸·Î ¶óº§À» ºÙ¿©¾ß(label) ÇßÁö¸¸, Ç® »çÀÌÁîÀÇ vinyl sleeve·Î ³ìÀ½À» ÇÑ´Ù´Â ±× »ý°¢Àº it was put out as 2 virtual sides of an imaginary vinyl record ÀǹÌÇß¾î¿ä. ¼ö³âÀÌ Áö³ª°í »ç¶÷µéÀº Ç×»ó '±×°Ç(=Six) ºê¸´ÆËÀÇ Dark Side of the MoonÀ̾ß'¶ó°í ¸»ÇÏÁÒ. Á¦ ¹«¸ðÇÑ ¼Ò¸Á¿¡¼­ Àú´Â ±×°Ô À帣¸¦ ºÎ¼ö´Â °ÍÀ̾ú´Ù°í »ý°¢Çϱæ ÁÁ¾ÆÇßÁö¸¸, ±×³É ±×°Ç ÀÛ°î°ú ³ìÀ½ °úÁ¤ÀÌ ¿«À̰í 1998³âÀÇ »ç¶÷µé¿¡°Ô vinyl ¸ÀÀ» °æÇèÇØ º¸°Ô ÇØÁÖ·Á´Â ½ÃµµÀÇ ½ÇÆÐ·Î¼­ ÇöÁ¸ÇÏ´Â °á°ú¹°ÀÏ »ÓÀÌ¿¡¿ä.

I digress. It was a bit of a panic getting the songs ready in time for the following week and I'd refine the lyrics as we went along, recording them last so I could make any adjustments. I never bothered with guide vocals, I kept it in my head, nobody really heard anything 'til it was mixed, then they got it, or not in some cases.

´Ù¸¥ À̾߱⸦ ÇÒ°Ô¿ä. ´Ù°¡¿À´Â ÁÖÀÇ ½Ã°£ ¾È¿¡ °î Áغñ¸¦ ÇØ¾ßÇÑ´Ù´Â °Ç ¾à°£ÀÇ ÆÐ´ÐÀ̾ú¾î¿ä. ¿ì¸®°¡ ²ÙÁØÈ÷ ÀÏÇÒ ¶§(as we went along) Àú´Â °¡»ç¸¦ ´Ùµë°ïÇß°í, ¸¶Áö¸·À¸·Î ±×°ÍµéÀ» ³ìÀ½ÇÔÀ¸·Î½á Àú´Â ¾î¶»°Ôµç ¼öÁ¤ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ¾ú¾î¿ä. Àú´Â ´Ü Çѹøµµ °¡ÀÌµå º¸ÄÃÀ» ½Å°æ¾´(bothered) ÀûÀÌ ¾ø¾ú°í, ±×°ÍÀ»(=°¡ÀÌµå º¸ÄÃ) ¸Ó¸®¼Ó¿¡ Áö³æÁÒ, ±×°Ô mixedµÉ ¶§ ±îÁö Á¤¸»·Î µéÀº »ç¶÷Àº ¾Æ¹«µµ ¾ø¾ú°í, ±×¸®°í³ª¼­¾ß(mixedµÈ ÈÄ) ±×µéÀº ±×°É ¾ò¾ú¾î¿ä, ´Ù¸¥ ¹æ¹ýÀº ¾ø¾úÁÒ.

Chad set up a little studio in one of the rooms in the rented house. When I was busy putting something together in the control room, he'd go off and make recordings on his own backing tracks and bring them back to the studio to throw into the pot. 'Television', 'Witness to a Murder', 'Face in the Crowd' and 'Spasm of Identity' came from his musical laboratory.

äµå´Â ·»Æ®ÇÑ ÁýÀÇ ¹æµé °¡¿îµ¥ Çϳª¿¡´Ù°¡ ÀÛÀº ½ºÆ©µð¿À Çϳª¸¦ ¼³Ä¡Çß¾î¿ä. Á¦°¡ control room¿¡¼­ ¹«¾ð°¡ ÇÕÇÏ´À¶ó ¹Ù»Ü ¶§, ±×´Â ÀÚ¸®¸¦ ¶ß°í ±×°¡ °¡Áø backing tracksÀ» ³ìÀ½Çϰï Çß¾î¿ä ±×¸®°í ±×°ÍµéÀ» pot¿¡ ³»´øÁö±â À§ÇØ(throw into the pot) ´Ù½Ã ½ºÆ©µð¿À·Î °¡Á®¿ÔÁÒ. 'Television', 'Witness to a Murder', 'Face in the Crowd' ±×¸®°í 'Spasm of Identity'´Â ±×ÀÇ À½¾Ç ½ÇÇè½Ç¿¡¼­ ³ª¿Â °ÍµéÀÌÁÒ.

In between adding section after section chronologically week after week to the 'Six' master tapes, I'd take time out to write a song on its own, something not connected to what had gone before it on the tapes. We would record these separately as independent songs, they were destined for the EPs but I always thought we could make separate albums out of the EP material at some point in the future as a lot of people thought these songs were better than the actual albums we made. I've always wanted to put these songs together so you could hear them as I intended. More about that later.

adding section°ú ¿¬´ë¼øÀ¸·Î(??) 'Six' master tapesÀÇ ¿©·¯ ÁÖ »çÀÌ¿¡(À×??), Àú´Â ±× ÀÚü¸¸À» À§ÇÑ °îÀ» ¾²±â À§ÇØ ½Ã°£À» ³»°ï Çß°í,

When I wasn't writing I'd go up to Denmark Street and buy sheet music of say Abba or Jimmy Web and study how they put their genius songs together, repeating 8 bar patterns, moving from 2 beat chord changes to 4 beat changes from verse to chorus. I discovered Abba always put 2 choruses in every song. Genius, if the first one doesn't get you, the second one will. Of course I threw it all out of the window, this record had to be different. So I became pretty resolute to have no choruses on the album if it could be avoided. The words 'foot' and 'shot' spring to mind. I kept all the choruses for the B-sides on the EPs, again more on that later.



* ³Ê³Ä´Ô¿¡ ÀÇÇØ¼­ °Ô½Ã¹° À̵¿µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù (2009-11-14 19:57)

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