I mean, I was there on the edge, but I wasn’t that into it. But, he’s also pretty punky and rocky at the same time. We like the same kinds of music, blues and soul. He’s a really important member of the band. You mentioned Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale before, but what is your relationship like with bassist Paul Denman? Others you have to manipulate to get what you want out of them so they can say what you want them to say. So, however long it takes sometimes the songs come really quickly, they just fall into place. It would be easier to blame somebody else, but I’m not that kind of person. I wish I could take it out on other people. I hate that I’m so hard on myself, really. I know I don’t get angry with anyone except myself, really. When you make a record it’s so concrete, you know? You can’t run around and change it once it’s on vinyl. I’ve been writing songs since I was a child.Īre you a perfectionist when it comes to your music? I tried to write it before, but it didn’t quite work out. The song was my interpretation of what he told me. I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. One in particular was “Like a Tattoo.” That song is about a man who has been in Vietnam, but it’s not really about Vietnam. Some of the songs on here are things I wanted to write about a long time ago. We were working on Love Deluxe for about four months, physically making it. How long does that formulation of ideas take? It depends on each song, really, how it comes to be. Maybe Stuart or Andrew will come from a bassline and then we build on that. Sometimes the songs don’t come from my lyrics. Some of the things I write down, they’ll never be on a record. It can be embarrassing when people go through your private thoughts. I try to write so that it is indecipherable. I travel with it and sometimes I look around and can’t find it. ![]() Something will come over me and I’ll suddenly realize I hadn’t seen it lately.Ībout six years. Yeah, I have a little notebook, but I’m always losing it as well mislaying it. ![]() The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. But we pretty much approached the album in the way that we always do. You get some perspective on why you’re making a record. ![]() Well, first of all it’s good that we stopped and didn’t try to make another one off the back of the previous album. Can you talk a little about you and the band working on this album after not being in the studio for a few years? I guess we should start off talking about the new album, Love Deluxe. After all, she took 10 years between “Lovers Rock” and “Soldier of Love,” and eight years between “Love Deluxe” and “Lovers Rock.”Ĭlearly, she likes to take her sweet time, and if anyone is allowed to move at her own chill pace amidst all the stresses of the world, it’s Sade.You’re nervous? I’ve never been so nervous in my life. Of course, it would be sweet to have some new Sade music after all these years, so let’s keep hope alive. There’s “I Will Be Your Friend” and “Sally” on “Diamond Life,” “Jezebel” and “Fear” on “Promise,” “Haunt Me” and “Keep Looking” on “Stronger Than Pride,” “I Couldn’t Love You More” and “Pearls” on “Love Deluxe.” There are songs like these on every Sade album that are like Xanax for the soul and spirit. Sade Redfernsīeyond the hits - which have aged like a fine Bordeaux - digging into the deep cuts from 1984’s “Diamond Life,” 1985’s “Promise,” 1988’s “Stronger Than Pride,” 1992’s “Love Deluxe,” 2000’s “Lovers Rock” and “Soldier of Love” has been a soothing escape from the walls I’ve been climbing - and the craziness that’s been lurking all around. How else to explain how she has wrapped me up in her tender, tranquilizing embrace when I desperately needed a hug - but social distancing was blocking any of that madness. Now, with the arrival of “This Far” - a career-spanning vinyl box set of all six of Sade’s studio albums - she is, to quote “Your Love Is King,” the ruler of my heart. It’s been 10 years since Sade Adu - who doesn’t need a last name any more than Cher, Bono or Prince - released her last album with her namesake band, 2010’s Grammy-winning “Soldier of Love.” But the sultry soul-pop siren behind such timeless torchiness as “Paradise,” “The Sweetest Taboo” and “No Ordinary Love” has been my smooth comforter during the quarantine. My childhood brush with Sylvester Stallone as a 'Rocky II' extraĪretha may be the Queen of Soul, Madonna may be the Queen of Pop, Chaka may be the Queen of Funk and Dolly may be the Queen of Country.īut now I’m crowning Sade with her own royal title: Bow down to the Queen of Quarantine and Chill. Jonas Brothers on Broadway: 'We never thought we would get here' Missy Elliott, George Michael and Willie Nelson among 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Tina Turner showed us that black women could rock Taylor Swift rocks rowdy MetLife with hottest ticket of the 'Cruel Summer' season
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