Chords for Sloan - XX: Sloan's Influence
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Sloan for me was like a real touchstone band growing up.
They kind of were the first band to go,
well, no, everybody [A] wants us to do this.
We're going to [E] go right.
Everyone [G] pushing us is pushing us right.
We're going to go left.
And I think that very much affected my [Gbm]
paradigm
[G] as a cool thing to do, just because it's [Gbm] a punk rock move
without [G] having to be like, I'm punk rock.
Funny how that's, that [A] members of Sloan,
we're not only just into punk rock,
but we're into [G] like hardcore.
And not even just hardcore, but like straight edge hardcore.
It was just like [A]
so bizarre and so cool.
And they came out, like these four, [A] you know,
nerdy kind of kids [Em] playing amazing songs
with cool drum beats, [A] distortion, [G] and like,
I don't know, a different attack, a different approach.
[Gb] I think a lot of Sloan fans saw a bit of themselves on stage.
I think that's why their fans are so passionate [B] about them.
There was music that would always be a [Gb] big part [E] of our [Bbm] office
and our [E] dressing rooms.
[G] You know, there's always [G] like different music
with the soundtrack of [Ab] different seasons, you know,
and definitely [F] Sloan [Bm] were a big part of that.
Such an [Bb] incredible chemistry.
[Ebm] You can tell [Ab] that like,
[G] there's like some fucked [C] up telepathy going on, [D] you know.
That [Ab] was [Eb] really, [E]
really fascinating [Ab] to watch every [E] night.
The showmanship [Ab] was something that, you know.
[Em] We were observing.
[G] The great thing about them is they [Ab] sort of, you know,
[Bb] when we [Gm] became friends with them
and [Em] they invited their friends along [E] for the ride,
they were an elemental force in many of the things
that happened in my life.
On my website, [Em] I had this [G] [Dm] page [Bb]
that was just called [C] lists.
The heading was, I wouldn't be here [Em] if it wasn't for colon.
There were three names on the list,
[Gb] and one of them was Chris Murphy.
We loved them as a band, Thrush Room.
You know, I mean, people used [Db] to call us clone, [Gbm] you know,
because we sounded [Abm] like them, and we did.
They were a gateway [Eb] drug for [G] us to a lot of other bands,
you know, [D] and as, yeah, aforementioned,
like [Gb] Thrush Hermit and Super Friends and [Ab] Hardship [A] Post.
Like, Ian and I still listen to [E] Hardship Post,
the hacking dude, like all the time.
The East Coast, like that whole [Gb] thing,
that whole explosion really resonated with us
and still, I think, has a lot of, you know,
a lot [E] of power and effect on how we approach our song.
I feel like that album, [Bm] Joyful Rebellion,
[Ab] which had a lot of Beatles ideas to it,
[B] they inspired [E] that album without even really knowing it.
When you're like a [Gb] 16, 17-year-old [Dm] kid
and there's these [D] guys who are [E] making rock music
and getting started to guess and [Gb] stuff,
it's pretty [F] [Dm] hard not to [E] be, you know, under their [Gbm] influence.
I sort [Dm] of got into [G] them when I [Em] was,
I think I might have been [B] 15 or 16.
Sloan [D] managed to do this, [A] you know,
very [Db]
throwback [A] vintage sound
that I [Em] thought was really [E] cool at the time.
So it's like, [Ab] those are the sounds
that maybe you can [E] make on your own at home
and maybe you were already making.
[Bm] In my case, I already was.
[A] And then you hear [E] someone who is doing [Ebm] it, you know,
on a [F] big scale.
[A] So it was encouraging in that way, I think.
[Gb] I bought a 4-track [Bb] [E] recorder soon afterwards
and they were definitely [F] an inspiration for me
to [E] start, like, recording [Gbm]
and, like, multi [Dm]-tracking.
We definitely looked up [E] to Sloan as musical [Abm]
role models
and also [G] sort of an example [E] of how to run one's career.
[A] Very much [Gbm] what became the [Dm] essence [E] of Social Scene
in terms of the splits
was a [Gb]
conversation I actually had with Murphy.
[F] Because he said, [E] you know, we should,
no matter who [Gbm] writes, we split it all up [Dm] equally.
And I [Em] remember him saying,
that's how all bands stick together.
[B] And I remember that very [D] clearly.
I [A] will say, as I'm doing this interview,
[Gb] I'm getting asked these questions,
it's very [E] strange how much they've affected everybody.
They were like the pioneers [Ab]
of indie rock [Fm] in Canada.
[E] Which is weird.
[Bm] I don't even think about them like [A] that.
We don't have [E] Sloan.
[G] [A]
[C] [G]
[Bb] [A] I know it's [Dm] a Sloan documentary,
but [A]
we don't [C] want to jerk these guys off too hard.
[G] Happy anniversary, [C] Sloan.
[Db] Here's to
[Bb] [A] [Dm]
[N]
They kind of were the first band to go,
well, no, everybody [A] wants us to do this.
We're going to [E] go right.
Everyone [G] pushing us is pushing us right.
We're going to go left.
And I think that very much affected my [Gbm]
paradigm
[G] as a cool thing to do, just because it's [Gbm] a punk rock move
without [G] having to be like, I'm punk rock.
Funny how that's, that [A] members of Sloan,
we're not only just into punk rock,
but we're into [G] like hardcore.
And not even just hardcore, but like straight edge hardcore.
It was just like [A]
so bizarre and so cool.
And they came out, like these four, [A] you know,
nerdy kind of kids [Em] playing amazing songs
with cool drum beats, [A] distortion, [G] and like,
I don't know, a different attack, a different approach.
[Gb] I think a lot of Sloan fans saw a bit of themselves on stage.
I think that's why their fans are so passionate [B] about them.
There was music that would always be a [Gb] big part [E] of our [Bbm] office
and our [E] dressing rooms.
[G] You know, there's always [G] like different music
with the soundtrack of [Ab] different seasons, you know,
and definitely [F] Sloan [Bm] were a big part of that.
Such an [Bb] incredible chemistry.
[Ebm] You can tell [Ab] that like,
[G] there's like some fucked [C] up telepathy going on, [D] you know.
That [Ab] was [Eb] really, [E]
really fascinating [Ab] to watch every [E] night.
The showmanship [Ab] was something that, you know.
[Em] We were observing.
[G] The great thing about them is they [Ab] sort of, you know,
[Bb] when we [Gm] became friends with them
and [Em] they invited their friends along [E] for the ride,
they were an elemental force in many of the things
that happened in my life.
On my website, [Em] I had this [G] [Dm] page [Bb]
that was just called [C] lists.
The heading was, I wouldn't be here [Em] if it wasn't for colon.
There were three names on the list,
[Gb] and one of them was Chris Murphy.
We loved them as a band, Thrush Room.
You know, I mean, people used [Db] to call us clone, [Gbm] you know,
because we sounded [Abm] like them, and we did.
They were a gateway [Eb] drug for [G] us to a lot of other bands,
you know, [D] and as, yeah, aforementioned,
like [Gb] Thrush Hermit and Super Friends and [Ab] Hardship [A] Post.
Like, Ian and I still listen to [E] Hardship Post,
the hacking dude, like all the time.
The East Coast, like that whole [Gb] thing,
that whole explosion really resonated with us
and still, I think, has a lot of, you know,
a lot [E] of power and effect on how we approach our song.
I feel like that album, [Bm] Joyful Rebellion,
[Ab] which had a lot of Beatles ideas to it,
[B] they inspired [E] that album without even really knowing it.
When you're like a [Gb] 16, 17-year-old [Dm] kid
and there's these [D] guys who are [E] making rock music
and getting started to guess and [Gb] stuff,
it's pretty [F] [Dm] hard not to [E] be, you know, under their [Gbm] influence.
I sort [Dm] of got into [G] them when I [Em] was,
I think I might have been [B] 15 or 16.
Sloan [D] managed to do this, [A] you know,
very [Db]
throwback [A] vintage sound
that I [Em] thought was really [E] cool at the time.
So it's like, [Ab] those are the sounds
that maybe you can [E] make on your own at home
and maybe you were already making.
[Bm] In my case, I already was.
[A] And then you hear [E] someone who is doing [Ebm] it, you know,
on a [F] big scale.
[A] So it was encouraging in that way, I think.
[Gb] I bought a 4-track [Bb] [E] recorder soon afterwards
and they were definitely [F] an inspiration for me
to [E] start, like, recording [Gbm]
and, like, multi [Dm]-tracking.
We definitely looked up [E] to Sloan as musical [Abm]
role models
and also [G] sort of an example [E] of how to run one's career.
[A] Very much [Gbm] what became the [Dm] essence [E] of Social Scene
in terms of the splits
was a [Gb]
conversation I actually had with Murphy.
[F] Because he said, [E] you know, we should,
no matter who [Gbm] writes, we split it all up [Dm] equally.
And I [Em] remember him saying,
that's how all bands stick together.
[B] And I remember that very [D] clearly.
I [A] will say, as I'm doing this interview,
[Gb] I'm getting asked these questions,
it's very [E] strange how much they've affected everybody.
They were like the pioneers [Ab]
of indie rock [Fm] in Canada.
[E] Which is weird.
[Bm] I don't even think about them like [A] that.
We don't have [E] Sloan.
[G] [A]
[C] [G]
[Bb] [A] I know it's [Dm] a Sloan documentary,
but [A]
we don't [C] want to jerk these guys off too hard.
[G] Happy anniversary, [C] Sloan.
[Db] Here's to
[Bb] [A] [Dm]
[N]
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Sloan for me was like a real _ _ touchstone band growing up.
They kind of were the first band to go,
well, no, _ everybody [A] wants us to do this.
We're going to [E] go right.
_ Everyone [G] pushing us is pushing us right.
We're going to go left.
And I think that very much affected my [Gbm]
paradigm
[G] _ as a cool thing to do, just because it's [Gbm] a punk rock move
without [G] having to be like, I'm punk rock.
Funny how that's, that [A] members of Sloan,
we're not only just into punk rock,
but we're into [G] like hardcore.
And not even just hardcore, but like straight edge hardcore.
It was just like _ [A] _
so bizarre and so cool.
And they came out, like these four, _ [A] you know,
nerdy kind of kids _ [Em] playing amazing songs
with cool drum beats, [A] _ _ distortion, [G] and like,
I don't know, a different attack, a different approach.
[Gb] I think a lot of Sloan fans saw a bit of themselves on stage.
I think that's why their fans are so passionate [B] about them.
There was music that would always be a [Gb] big _ part [E] of _ _ our [Bbm] office
and our [E] dressing rooms.
[G] You know, there's always [G] like different music
with the soundtrack of [Ab] different seasons, _ you know,
and definitely [F] Sloan [Bm] were a big part of that.
Such an [Bb] incredible chemistry. _
_ [Ebm] You can tell [Ab] that like,
_ _ _ [G] there's like some fucked [C] up telepathy going on, [D] you know.
_ That [Ab] was _ _ [Eb] really, _ _ [E]
really fascinating [Ab] to watch _ every [E] night.
The showmanship _ [Ab] was something that, you know.
[Em] We were observing.
[G] The great thing about them is they [Ab] sort of, you know,
[Bb] when we _ [Gm] became friends with them
and [Em] they invited their friends along [E] _ for the ride,
they were an elemental force in many of the things
that happened in my life.
On my website, [Em] I had this [G] _ _ _ [Dm] page _ [Bb]
that was just called [C] lists.
The heading was, I wouldn't be here [Em] if it wasn't for _ colon.
There were three names on the list,
[Gb] and one of them was _ Chris Murphy.
We loved them as a band, Thrush Room.
You know, I mean, people used [Db] to call us clone, [Gbm] you know,
because we sounded [Abm] like them, and we did.
They were a gateway [Eb] _ drug for [G] us to a lot of other bands,
you know, [D] and as, yeah, aforementioned,
like [Gb] Thrush Hermit and Super Friends and _ _ [Ab] Hardship [A] Post.
Like, Ian and I still listen to [E] Hardship Post,
the hacking dude, like all the time.
The East Coast, like that whole [Gb] thing,
that whole explosion _ really resonated with us
and still, I think, has a lot of, _ _ you know,
a lot [E] of power and effect on how we approach our song.
I feel like that album, [Bm] Joyful Rebellion,
[Ab] which had a lot of Beatles ideas to it,
[B] they inspired [E] that album without even really knowing it.
When you're like a [Gb] 16, 17-year-old [Dm] kid
and there's these [D] guys who are [E] making rock music
and getting started to guess and [Gb] stuff,
it's pretty _ _ [F] _ [Dm] hard not to [E] be, you know, _ _ under their [Gbm] influence.
I sort [Dm] of got into [G] them when I [Em] was,
_ _ I think I might have been [B] 15 or 16.
Sloan [D] managed to do this, [A] you know,
very _ _ _ [Db] _
throwback _ [A] vintage sound
that I [Em] thought was really [E] cool at the time.
_ So it's like, [Ab] those are the sounds
that maybe you can [E] make on your own at home
and maybe you were already making.
[Bm] In my case, I already was.
[A] And then you hear [E] someone who _ _ is doing [Ebm] it, you know,
on a [F] big scale. _
[A] So it was _ encouraging in that way, I think.
[Gb] I bought a 4-track [Bb] _ [E] recorder soon afterwards
and _ _ _ they were definitely [F] an inspiration for me
to [E] start, like, _ _ _ recording [Gbm] _
and, like, multi [Dm]-tracking.
We definitely looked up [E] to Sloan as musical _ [Abm] _
_ _ role models
and also [G] sort of an example [E] of how to run one's career.
[A] Very much [Gbm] what became the _ [Dm] _ _ essence [E] of Social Scene
in terms of the splits
was a [Gb]
conversation I actually had with Murphy.
[F] _ Because he said, [E] you know, we should,
no matter who [Gbm] writes, we split it all up [Dm] equally.
And I [Em] remember him saying,
that's how all bands stick together. _
[B] And I remember that very [D] clearly.
I [A] will say, as I'm doing this interview,
[Gb] I'm getting asked these questions,
it's very [E] strange how much they've affected everybody.
They were like the pioneers [Ab] _
of indie rock [Fm] in Canada. _ _
[E] _ _ Which is weird.
_ [Bm] I don't even think about them like [A] that.
We don't have [E] Sloan.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] I know it's [Dm] a Sloan documentary,
but _ _ [A] _
_ we don't [C] want to jerk these guys off too hard. _
[G] Happy anniversary, [C] Sloan. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ Here's to_
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
They kind of were the first band to go,
well, no, _ everybody [A] wants us to do this.
We're going to [E] go right.
_ Everyone [G] pushing us is pushing us right.
We're going to go left.
And I think that very much affected my [Gbm]
paradigm
[G] _ as a cool thing to do, just because it's [Gbm] a punk rock move
without [G] having to be like, I'm punk rock.
Funny how that's, that [A] members of Sloan,
we're not only just into punk rock,
but we're into [G] like hardcore.
And not even just hardcore, but like straight edge hardcore.
It was just like _ [A] _
so bizarre and so cool.
And they came out, like these four, _ [A] you know,
nerdy kind of kids _ [Em] playing amazing songs
with cool drum beats, [A] _ _ distortion, [G] and like,
I don't know, a different attack, a different approach.
[Gb] I think a lot of Sloan fans saw a bit of themselves on stage.
I think that's why their fans are so passionate [B] about them.
There was music that would always be a [Gb] big _ part [E] of _ _ our [Bbm] office
and our [E] dressing rooms.
[G] You know, there's always [G] like different music
with the soundtrack of [Ab] different seasons, _ you know,
and definitely [F] Sloan [Bm] were a big part of that.
Such an [Bb] incredible chemistry. _
_ [Ebm] You can tell [Ab] that like,
_ _ _ [G] there's like some fucked [C] up telepathy going on, [D] you know.
_ That [Ab] was _ _ [Eb] really, _ _ [E]
really fascinating [Ab] to watch _ every [E] night.
The showmanship _ [Ab] was something that, you know.
[Em] We were observing.
[G] The great thing about them is they [Ab] sort of, you know,
[Bb] when we _ [Gm] became friends with them
and [Em] they invited their friends along [E] _ for the ride,
they were an elemental force in many of the things
that happened in my life.
On my website, [Em] I had this [G] _ _ _ [Dm] page _ [Bb]
that was just called [C] lists.
The heading was, I wouldn't be here [Em] if it wasn't for _ colon.
There were three names on the list,
[Gb] and one of them was _ Chris Murphy.
We loved them as a band, Thrush Room.
You know, I mean, people used [Db] to call us clone, [Gbm] you know,
because we sounded [Abm] like them, and we did.
They were a gateway [Eb] _ drug for [G] us to a lot of other bands,
you know, [D] and as, yeah, aforementioned,
like [Gb] Thrush Hermit and Super Friends and _ _ [Ab] Hardship [A] Post.
Like, Ian and I still listen to [E] Hardship Post,
the hacking dude, like all the time.
The East Coast, like that whole [Gb] thing,
that whole explosion _ really resonated with us
and still, I think, has a lot of, _ _ you know,
a lot [E] of power and effect on how we approach our song.
I feel like that album, [Bm] Joyful Rebellion,
[Ab] which had a lot of Beatles ideas to it,
[B] they inspired [E] that album without even really knowing it.
When you're like a [Gb] 16, 17-year-old [Dm] kid
and there's these [D] guys who are [E] making rock music
and getting started to guess and [Gb] stuff,
it's pretty _ _ [F] _ [Dm] hard not to [E] be, you know, _ _ under their [Gbm] influence.
I sort [Dm] of got into [G] them when I [Em] was,
_ _ I think I might have been [B] 15 or 16.
Sloan [D] managed to do this, [A] you know,
very _ _ _ [Db] _
throwback _ [A] vintage sound
that I [Em] thought was really [E] cool at the time.
_ So it's like, [Ab] those are the sounds
that maybe you can [E] make on your own at home
and maybe you were already making.
[Bm] In my case, I already was.
[A] And then you hear [E] someone who _ _ is doing [Ebm] it, you know,
on a [F] big scale. _
[A] So it was _ encouraging in that way, I think.
[Gb] I bought a 4-track [Bb] _ [E] recorder soon afterwards
and _ _ _ they were definitely [F] an inspiration for me
to [E] start, like, _ _ _ recording [Gbm] _
and, like, multi [Dm]-tracking.
We definitely looked up [E] to Sloan as musical _ [Abm] _
_ _ role models
and also [G] sort of an example [E] of how to run one's career.
[A] Very much [Gbm] what became the _ [Dm] _ _ essence [E] of Social Scene
in terms of the splits
was a [Gb]
conversation I actually had with Murphy.
[F] _ Because he said, [E] you know, we should,
no matter who [Gbm] writes, we split it all up [Dm] equally.
And I [Em] remember him saying,
that's how all bands stick together. _
[B] And I remember that very [D] clearly.
I [A] will say, as I'm doing this interview,
[Gb] I'm getting asked these questions,
it's very [E] strange how much they've affected everybody.
They were like the pioneers [Ab] _
of indie rock [Fm] in Canada. _ _
[E] _ _ Which is weird.
_ [Bm] I don't even think about them like [A] that.
We don't have [E] Sloan.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] I know it's [Dm] a Sloan documentary,
but _ _ [A] _
_ we don't [C] want to jerk these guys off too hard. _
[G] Happy anniversary, [C] Sloan. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ Here's to_
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _