Chords for Breeders - Interview + Live London 1993

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] The Breeders debuted [Eb] in 1990 with [N] Pod.
It was a great album and it got really good reviews,
but the band never made a dime off royalties because their American indie label declared
bankruptcy just as payment was due.
Now they're with 4AD in London and they have a new album
called Last Splash.
Now, The Breeders featured twin sisters, Kelly Deal and Kim Deal, formerly
of the Pixies.
But Kim doesn't like to talk about the demise of the Pixies or about Blackie
Francis, now called Frank Black.
But they haven't talked to each other since they played
their final gig last [A] year. _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ one point you said that you didn't want other people in the band [F] to write, that you
wouldn't allow them to evolve that way because it was your first band and you were the writer.
Do you still feel that way?
Yes, [Bb] absolutely.
Are you an egotist?
And a control freak.
I did the first [N] single and we were like kind of, you know, new to it.
And I think that
after I sang the first single and he kind of thought, well, hey, this is just supposed
to be a little gimmick here.
She's not supposed to be a real singer.
You know what I mean?
So I think he kind of didn't like [C] all the attention diverting.
Now it's kind of more
Bill Wynish than anything else, you know?
[Ebm] Fine.
Is the set list okay?
[N] All right.
You know, it's kind of it's [Eb] lame in a way, actually.
But _ [Gbm] there I am.
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_ The Breeders as [N] a name, a breeder was an old gay term from about 10 years ago.
Right, so he's a breeder.
Yeah, exactly.
It meant a straight person.
That's exactly what it means.
That's exactly what it's about.
Now, is this a sense of humor?
It might be.
It might not be, right?
Kim thought it was, number one, it was really funny, you know, because, you know, gay people
would, you know, oh.
And secondly, the reason why they did that is like it was so repulsive
to them.
And she thought that was interesting because a lot of guys, oh my God, he's gay.
I'm on a fag or something, you know, and he's really repulsed by that.
And [D] it's so funny
for homosexuals to also be repulsed by that.
And I think she [G] liked that.
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_ [Gbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ But isn't you in [F] the Safari video that's got that almost [Gbm] office suit on?
No, that's me.
Is that you?
[N] Yes.
Boy, you look unbelievable.
Because she just came back from work.
I just came back from work and I [Eb] couldn't put my rock clothes on.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ How'd you get involved with Kim?
[Bb] Kim Deal, my [N] sister, who's not here because she's sleeping late and she's just basically
a loser, but [A] that's enough of that.
She just called her.
[B] Our manager manages Sonic Youth.
And so Kim just [Db] called our manager and said, do you think that [N] Kim Gordon would want to
do this?
And she goes, I don't know, I'll ask.
And then she [G] started arranging these
telephone calls [D] and we just did it.
She was so good.
I think it was because [Db] for the album, [Bb] G, they [Dbm] actually released [Gb] a video for every [E] song.
So you can buy the whole album on video.
And some of them, look and see how they were made
[B] for five pounds or something.
Incredibly cheap videos.
But they're really good and they're really funny.
Apparently Kim [N] Gordon has something.
Although she didn't direct that stuff.
She [C] had a lot
to do with the idea [N] of it.
She seems like a cool person.
I wonder if she would do it.
And she did it in conjunction
with [A] Spike Jones, who writes [Bb] for Dirt Magazine.
He does photography for Dirt Magazine.
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Suggested topic [Eb] number [N] 47.
New York shows with Sonic Youth and The Fool.
Well, The Fool never showed up.
They never showed up.
Come on, guys.
Hansy's.
They couldn't get it together, I don't think.
Was it a good show, though?
It was a very good show.
We got to watch Kim Gordon move on stage.
I got to watch Thurston.
Thurston got on the stage during our set and sat there on the
side of the stage.
And I was like, what, I'm supposed to play guitar now?
Get off the stage.
He just needed to get [F] himself a screwdriver, a few pairs of pliers, something like that.
They do.
They need a thing.
He can make it.
[Db] This is what Kim [Gbm] said.
He can make his guitar on Meowth.
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I wanted to know what [E] energy you unleash on [N] stage when you're playing your tunes.
I get goosebumps, [Ab] man.
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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [N] I'm so busy.
She's got all those pedals. Playing guitar.
All those six strings.
Six [Ab] whole strings. Yeah.
All mine.
All those [N] strings are my responsibility.
I know that.
You only got [F] four strings.
Yes.
I'm only playing one of them at any one time.
But does it [B] go beyond gender?
Do you suddenly unleash something?
No, we're not all seven.
No.
Absolutely not.
[N] No.
I couldn't play and do.
I can't walk.
She can't play the guitar and deal with the pedals and do this.
No way.
Remember yesterday when I messed up that lead to Iris?
And it [F] was because I was
walking to hit a distortion pedal.
I couldn't [Eb] do it at the same time.
She can't work and play [Bb] at the same time either.
[Eb] It's as much as she can do. I know.
_ [F] But I'm enjoying [Ab] myself and I think you can tell that.
_ [F] But as far as moving around and stuff, what [D] do you do?
I'm just [Eb] looking for a chair.
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[Bb] When _ I first got, is [Ab] there a resurgence of [Ebm] women in rock question, [Gb] I pondered.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Maybe there is.
But [Abm] then you start to catch [G] on to [C] things.
And then somebody else says, this year is the [N] year of the women.
And then the next year is the year of the resurgence of women in rock.
[F] And then a few months [Gb] later, you could do another interview.
[N] This is the time of resurgence of women in rock.
So I have a [A] sneaking suspicion that there is no resurgence of women in rock.
They're just in [Gb] it. _
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