Continuing... the same A.V.C. interview:
The A.V. Club: How did you approach the recording of Armchair Apocrypha differently than Mysterious Production Of Eggs?
Andrew Bird: It was quite a bit different. I think the first song we recorded was "Plasticities," which Martin Dosh and I had just started playing together. That was one of the first songs where we were just experimenting with us both looping and combining our distinct universes with each other. We went into Third Ear [Studio] in Minneapolis and recorded basically what we do live, which is him building a loop on drums while I'm building a loop on violin—which is a risky way to go. You don't have as much control, but we thought, "This is working really well live, so let's just try it like we do it [on stage]." And it worked out really well.
The A.V. Club: How did you approach the recording of Armchair Apocrypha differently than Mysterious Production Of Eggs?
Andrew Bird: It was quite a bit different. I think the first song we recorded was "Plasticities," which Martin Dosh and I had just started playing together. That was one of the first songs where we were just experimenting with us both looping and combining our distinct universes with each other. We went into Third Ear [Studio] in Minneapolis and recorded basically what we do live, which is him building a loop on drums while I'm building a loop on violin—which is a risky way to go. You don't have as much control, but we thought, "This is working really well live, so let's just try it like we do it [on stage]." And it worked out really well.
this isn't your song
this isn't your music
how can they be wrong
when by committee they choose it all?
they choose it all
chin chin
chin chin
you're gonna grow old
you're gonna grow cold
bearing signs on the avenue
for your own personal Waterloo
you're bearing signs on the avenue
for your own personal Waterloo now
we'll fight, we'll fight
we'll fight for your music halls
and dying cities
they'll fight, they'll fight
they'll fight for your neural walls
and plasticities
and precious territory
this isn't our song
this isn't even a musical
I think life is too long
to be a whale in a cubicle
nails under your cuticle
chin chin
chin chin
you're gonna grow old
you're gonna grow so cold
before this song can deliver you
you're bearing signs on the avenue
you're bearing signs
for your own personal Waterloo now
we'll fight, we'll fight
we'll fight for your music halls
and dying cities
they'll fight, they'll fight
they'll fight for your neural walls
and plasticities
and precious territory
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