Ed Kowalczyk in KINK's Release Rundown, Going track-by-track through Throwing Copper Options

[Gertjan]

Ed was interviewed by KINK, a Dutch alternative radio station where they go track-by-track through all Throwing Copper's tracks and the outtakes.

Almost two hours including all songs. Recommended listen.

https://kink.nl/podcasts/throwing-copper-25...ry-edition-live

This post has been edited by Gertjan: Jul 23 2019, 2:46 pm

[SecretInsomnia]

Yeah that was definately worth al listen! Thanks for sharing. Cool to hear the stories behind the songs. Some things we knew, other things were really new for me. Wished at some songs Ed went a little deeper (for example Iris was quite short, We Deal In Dreams in fact only gets mentioned before falling back on Hold Me Up). But there was enough interesting stuff for me to listen until the end. Thought the part about recording White Discussion was really cool.

I still find it remarkable how Ed stresses how many times he came up with an idea or a full written song. Like, we all know you’re the main writer haha. Don’t need to point it out each time. Must say he credited the other guys for ideas and input at many times, fair enough. Cool to hear their influences back then.

Last but not least, I liked the idea of Hold Me Up being so good that they hold it back for later. Still I think Hold me Up would have worked better as a single for Awake than it does for TC25, as it would have been more in a time they got played on the radio and could have been a last big hit. It’s a lot harder now 15 years later.