2021-06-17
16 分钟You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
We're big cinema buffs, so I think we've always had this kind of rationale that in making pop songs,
you're able to make the most elaborate movie in your own mind in a three-minute song.
That's Russell Mail.
He and his brother Ron Male are the legendary duo Sparks from Los Angeles.
Over the last 50 years, they've released 25 albums.
They've collaborated with Giorgio Moroder and Franz Ferdinand and influenced bands like Joy Division,
Faith No More, Björk, and countless others.
There's a new documentary about them called The Sparks Brothers,
made by one of my favorite directors, Edgar Wright.
His films include Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
The new documentary premiered at Sundance this year and comes out in theaters this Friday,
June 18th.
Here's what Edgar Wright says in the intro of the film.
Sparks.
How did this glam rock anomaly become a band with a career spanning five decades?
How can Ron and Russell Mayo be successful, underrated,
hugely influential, and overlooked all at the same time?