as they edged closer to the mainstream these twin sisters are only becoming
these twin sisters are only becoming
these twin sisters are only becoming more comfortable in their skin welcome
more comfortable in their skin welcome
more comfortable in their skin welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with Sarah of Tegan and Sara
speaking with Sarah of Tegan and Sara
speaking with Sarah of Tegan and Sara about their grammy-nominated DVD get
about their grammy-nominated DVD get
about their grammy-nominated DVD get along as well as their favorite covers
along as well as their favorite covers
along as well as their favorite covers and collaborations
the Grammy nomination the Grammy
the Grammy nomination the Grammy nomination very unexpected still I’m
nomination very unexpected still I’m
nomination very unexpected still I’m like what Grammy nomination we thought I
like what Grammy nomination we thought I
like what Grammy nomination we thought I think that it was last year that it was
think that it was last year that it was
think that it was last year that it was supposed to be nominated we just like
supposed to be nominated we just like
supposed to be nominated we just like guess we didn’t get an army nomination
guess we didn’t get an army nomination
guess we didn’t get an army nomination an ami I just call it a nominee now that
an ami I just call it a nominee now that
an ami I just call it a nominee now that word nominated we’re Grameen Aden now
word nominated we’re Grameen Aden now
word nominated we’re Grameen Aden now yeah I don’t totally understand award
yeah I don’t totally understand award
yeah I don’t totally understand award shows or rules around those things we
shows or rules around those things we
shows or rules around those things we just never wear that back like we’ve
just never wear that back like we’ve
just never wear that back like we’ve gotten nominated for Juno’s a couple
gotten nominated for Juno’s a couple
gotten nominated for Juno’s a couple times we never really want anything
times we never really want anything
times we never really want anything we’re kind of those people we were like
we’re kind of those people we were like
we’re kind of those people we were like average people Cellucci yeah we are
average people Cellucci yeah we are
average people Cellucci yeah we are we’re sort of Susan Lucci I never won
we’re sort of Susan Lucci I never won
we’re sort of Susan Lucci I never won awards at school or at like you know at
awards at school or at like you know at
awards at school or at like you know at the year-end piano recital I would
the year-end piano recital I would
the year-end piano recital I would always get like the like we have to give
always get like the like we have to give
always get like the like we have to give everybody an award award like you know
everybody an award award like you know
everybody an award award like you know like you have the best smile or like
like you have the best smile or like
like you have the best smile or like thanks for not dying over the course of
thanks for not dying over the course of
thanks for not dying over the course of the piano season or whatever I don’t
the piano season or whatever I don’t
the piano season or whatever I don’t know but uh so to get nominated for
know but uh so to get nominated for
know but uh so to get nominated for Grammy Opie was just really unexpected
Grammy Opie was just really unexpected
Grammy Opie was just really unexpected but we’re psyched
how do you think you’ve managed to build
how do you think you’ve managed to build such a loyal fanbase I think it’s a
such a loyal fanbase I think it’s a
such a loyal fanbase I think it’s a combination of things I think that there
combination of things I think that there
combination of things I think that there is something it’s not just the music
is something it’s not just the music
is something it’s not just the music with our band and although I used to
with our band and although I used to
with our band and although I used to feel sort of uncomfortable with that
feel sort of uncomfortable with that
feel sort of uncomfortable with that not because I was uncomfortable but
not because I was uncomfortable but
not because I was uncomfortable but because I almost felt like people
because I almost felt like people
because I almost felt like people serious people or music critics or
serious people or music critics or
serious people or music critics or whatever people would sort of almost use
whatever people would sort of almost use
whatever people would sort of almost use that as a way to reduce the value of our
that as a way to reduce the value of our
that as a way to reduce the value of our band like oh it’s just a bunch of crazy
band like oh it’s just a bunch of crazy
band like oh it’s just a bunch of crazy fangirls or whatever and it used to make
fangirls or whatever and it used to make
fangirls or whatever and it used to make me really angry because I think people
me really angry because I think people
me really angry because I think people do like us because of our music but I’m
do like us because of our music but I’m
do like us because of our music but I’m also very aware that there’s a culture
also very aware that there’s a culture
also very aware that there’s a culture around our band whether it’s because
around our band whether it’s because
around our band whether it’s because we’re very outspoken and we talked a lot
we’re very outspoken and we talked a lot
we’re very outspoken and we talked a lot and we make a lot of videos and you know
and we make a lot of videos and you know
and we make a lot of videos and you know we’re gay so like there’s like there’s
we’re gay so like there’s like there’s
we’re gay so like there’s like there’s all these little elements that I think
all these little elements that I think
all these little elements that I think draw in people for other reasons than
draw in people for other reasons than
draw in people for other reasons than just music after 13 years you start to
just music after 13 years you start to
just music after 13 years you start to think like listen if they didn’t like
think like listen if they didn’t like
think like listen if they didn’t like the music they wouldn’t stick around in
the music they wouldn’t stick around in
the music they wouldn’t stick around in society and in our culture we really
society and in our culture we really
society and in our culture we really love gossip we just do we were very
love gossip we just do we were very
love gossip we just do we were very interested in like what is she wearing
interested in like what is she wearing
interested in like what is she wearing like what is she eating who’s she dating
like what is she eating who’s she dating
like what is she eating who’s she dating you know like this whole thing I think
you know like this whole thing I think
you know like this whole thing I think that there’s something about Tegan and I
that there’s something about Tegan and I
that there’s something about Tegan and I just being so four bows and like telling
just being so four bows and like telling
just being so four bows and like telling everybody everything all the time and
everybody everything all the time and
everybody everything all the time and talking all the time and telling these
talking all the time and telling these
talking all the time and telling these little stories it really gives the
little stories it really gives the
little stories it really gives the appearance of like a very 3-dimensional
appearance of like a very 3-dimensional
appearance of like a very 3-dimensional band in a world where a lot of bands are
band in a world where a lot of bands are
band in a world where a lot of bands are just sort of this is the music that’s
I don’t know if you guys do a lot of
I don’t know if you guys do a lot of covers but do you have a favorite I feel
covers but do you have a favorite I feel
covers but do you have a favorite I feel like arrangement and and key wise a lot
like arrangement and and key wise a lot
like arrangement and and key wise a lot of Bruce Springsteen Cyndi Lauper Prince
of Bruce Springsteen Cyndi Lauper Prince
of Bruce Springsteen Cyndi Lauper Prince Rihanna like that stuff works for me
I think that I have a tendency to go
I think that I have a tendency to go back to stuff that that was really
back to stuff that that was really
back to stuff that that was really popular in my youth I mean who knows
popular in my youth I mean who knows
popular in my youth I mean who knows what I was thinking about like dancing
what I was thinking about like dancing
what I was thinking about like dancing in the dark when I was eight I mean I
in the dark when I was eight I mean I
in the dark when I was eight I mean I just obviously was attracted and like
just obviously was attracted and like
just obviously was attracted and like you know the the melody was very hooky
you know the the melody was very hooky
you know the the melody was very hooky and you know whatever it’s like a ear
and you know whatever it’s like a ear
and you know whatever it’s like a ear worm but uh now I love dance yet the day
worm but uh now I love dance yet the day
worm but uh now I love dance yet the day I mean Courtney Cox was confusing I
I mean Courtney Cox was confusing I
I mean Courtney Cox was confusing I loved I loved it didn’t know why exactly
loved I loved it didn’t know why exactly
loved I loved it didn’t know why exactly but I now as an adult and as a
but I now as an adult and as a
but I now as an adult and as a songwriter if I play it with a different
songwriter if I play it with a different
songwriter if I play it with a different kind of instrumentation or played in a
kind of instrumentation or played in a
kind of instrumentation or played in a different key now it’s not a happy song
different key now it’s not a happy song
different key now it’s not a happy song as a sad song her like you know now I
as a sad song her like you know now I
as a sad song her like you know now I can really understand the lyrics because
can really understand the lyrics because
can really understand the lyrics because I’m an adult and I’m not eight
now you guys have done some
now you guys have done some collaborations have those collaborations
collaborations have those collaborations
collaborations have those collaborations influenced your head in the electronic
influenced your head in the electronic
influenced your head in the electronic directionality think they had less
directionality think they had less
directionality think they had less impact on the like the actual music
impact on the like the actual music
impact on the like the actual music itself I didn’t think to myself oh this
itself I didn’t think to myself oh this
itself I didn’t think to myself oh this we should be doing electronic music but
we should be doing electronic music but
we should be doing electronic music but the experience of writing with people
the experience of writing with people
the experience of writing with people who are looking at songs like in these
who are looking at songs like in these
who are looking at songs like in these arcs
arcs
arcs you never hear dance sounds like a
you never hear dance sounds like a
you never hear dance sounds like a really subtle melody that took about 10
really subtle melody that took about 10
really subtle melody that took about 10 let’s just really get into like it’s
let’s just really get into like it’s
let’s just really get into like it’s just like my own you’re just in your
just like my own you’re just in your
just like my own you’re just in your invested Tiesto was really the first
invested Tiesto was really the first
invested Tiesto was really the first experience I had working outside of it’s
experience I had working outside of it’s
experience I had working outside of it’s like our world like indie rock or
like our world like indie rock or
like our world like indie rock or whatever you know working with Chris
whatever you know working with Chris
whatever you know working with Chris Walla on like the Khan and sainthood you
Walla on like the Khan and sainthood you
Walla on like the Khan and sainthood you know he would never have said to me like
know he would never have said to me like
know he would never have said to me like just write a better chorus you know he
just write a better chorus you know he
just write a better chorus you know he would be like oh I get the chorus and I
would be like oh I get the chorus and I
would be like oh I get the chorus and I understand where you’re you know it’s so
understand where you’re you know it’s so
understand where you’re you know it’s so interesting you know whatever complex
interesting you know whatever complex
interesting you know whatever complex and then but with Tiesto it was just
and then but with Tiesto it was just
and then but with Tiesto it was just yeah write a better course just
yeah write a better course just
yeah write a better course just something better maybe five more courses
something better maybe five more courses
something better maybe five more courses that could be better
I just haven’t never been produced that
I just haven’t never been produced that way before and it really got me thinking
way before and it really got me thinking
way before and it really got me thinking like maybe my first course isn’t the
like maybe my first course isn’t the
like maybe my first course isn’t the best course so it really influenced this
best course so it really influenced this
best course so it really influenced this record because Tegan and I rewrote a lot
record because Tegan and I rewrote a lot
record because Tegan and I rewrote a lot just just to rewrite just because what
just just to rewrite just because what
just just to rewrite just because what if something better came out always like
if something better came out always like
if something better came out always like I’m a genius it’s done it’s just done
I’m a genius it’s done it’s just done
I’m a genius it’s done it’s just done now and then and then this record I
now and then and then this record I
now and then and then this record I would actually be Seussville panicked
would actually be Seussville panicked
would actually be Seussville panicked because there were certain songs that if
because there were certain songs that if
because there were certain songs that if I hadn’t had that you know the the
I hadn’t had that you know the the
I hadn’t had that you know the the emphasis like on like rewriting and
emphasis like on like rewriting and
emphasis like on like rewriting and reaping and like thinking about it in a
reaping and like thinking about it in a
reaping and like thinking about it in a different way I think some of these
different way I think some of these
different way I think some of these songs would just never have gone to the
songs would just never have gone to the
songs would just never have gone to the place that they if they did and it seems
place that they if they did and it seems
place that they if they did and it seems now I want to go back to our old records
now I want to go back to our old records
now I want to go back to our old records and just it’s like I almost want to
and just it’s like I almost want to
and just it’s like I almost want to rewrite the records to get home so I
rewrite the records to get home so I
rewrite the records to get home so I won’t do that
won’t do that
won’t do that that’d be cooler I mean it would be cool
that’d be cooler I mean it would be cool
that’d be cooler I mean it would be cool but I’m not gonna do it it’s too lazy
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