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Posté 26 mars 2010 - 23:56
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If you've listened to the radio at any point over the last decade, you've undoubtedly heard at least one song with Linda Perry's fingerprints on it. From Pink's "Get the Party Started" to Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For," she is one of the most in-demand writer/producers in the business today.
But it's been her repeated collaborations with Christina Aguilera that have shaped the duo into music's answer to Scorsese & De Niro. After writing and producing "Beautiful" for Christina's "Stripped" album, Linda was a major contributor on "Back to Basics" and lent a few tunes to "Bionic."
PW: Last year Christina Aguilera performed, you two seem to be very much kindred spirits.
Linda: Her and I are funny together -- we're like sumo wrestlers. We both want to win the match, so in the process of battling each other we just laugh the whole time. She wants to be strong, but I'm way stronger than she realizes [laughs]. I love her dearly though. She has so much to offer and as a musician, she's really changing things up, which I love.
PW: She does strike me as someone who refuses to rest on her laurels.
Linda: Absolutely. [Like on her new album, "Bionic"], she's toning it down a lot. Everybody knows that Christina can sing, but I've been telling her that she doesn't have to blow horns off every day. So she's venturing out of her comfort zone and going more electronic, working with Sia, Lady Tron and MIA as producers.
PW: Was it hard for her to turn the dial down?
Linda: I think for Christina, not singing full out is probably the most vulnerable, insecure place for her. So to tone it down and not hit the big notes, that's a really touchy place for her. But I think it's great that she's doing it and taking herself there. Maybe she isn't reinventing the wheel, but you gotta admit, she's always trying something different. Best of all, she's doing it for herself.
But it's been her repeated collaborations with Christina Aguilera that have shaped the duo into music's answer to Scorsese & De Niro. After writing and producing "Beautiful" for Christina's "Stripped" album, Linda was a major contributor on "Back to Basics" and lent a few tunes to "Bionic."
PW: Last year Christina Aguilera performed, you two seem to be very much kindred spirits.
Linda: Her and I are funny together -- we're like sumo wrestlers. We both want to win the match, so in the process of battling each other we just laugh the whole time. She wants to be strong, but I'm way stronger than she realizes [laughs]. I love her dearly though. She has so much to offer and as a musician, she's really changing things up, which I love.
PW: She does strike me as someone who refuses to rest on her laurels.
Linda: Absolutely. [Like on her new album, "Bionic"], she's toning it down a lot. Everybody knows that Christina can sing, but I've been telling her that she doesn't have to blow horns off every day. So she's venturing out of her comfort zone and going more electronic, working with Sia, Lady Tron and MIA as producers.
PW: Was it hard for her to turn the dial down?
Linda: I think for Christina, not singing full out is probably the most vulnerable, insecure place for her. So to tone it down and not hit the big notes, that's a really touchy place for her. But I think it's great that she's doing it and taking herself there. Maybe she isn't reinventing the wheel, but you gotta admit, she's always trying something different. Best of all, she's doing it for herself.
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Elle parle de sa complicité de toujours avec Christina mais évoque surtout la nouvelle orientation musicale qu'elle prend depuis le début de l'enregistrement de "Bionic", et en l'occurrence, sur la nouvelle orientation de sa voix. Elle explique qu'il a été difficile pour Christina de chanter sur des tonalités plus graves, c'est en effet une gamme dans laquelle elle se sent souvent en insécurité.
Rien de spécial, si ce n'est que - pour finir ma traduction grossière - on peut souligner que Linda explique que même si Christina n'a pas inventé l'eau chaude, elle a le mérite de toujours s'essayer à quelque chose de différent. Plus encore, car elle le fait pour elle-même. :)
