Photograph by Dani
Well, today’s the day. Jens Lekman returns with the digital release of his brand new single Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo. What better way to mark this rather exciting occasion, than to invite the great man to sit down and get a big, oversized marker pen, and shout “BINGO!” at the top of his voice whilst answering our full-house inducing 20 Questions.
1. Describe your sound in 3 words.
“One Two Three”. I think most of my songs should be in 3/4 time, with the strings and all that. But I’m not very good at waltz and they usually end up in something more conventional
2. What would be your ideal holiday?
Something arctic.
3. Whats the best cure for a hangover?
I rarely have hangovers. I’m not much of a drinker.
4. What’s on your rider?
I’ve given up on that. They usually come back crossed over with the note “bottled water ok”
5. How do you get ready for a live show?
I take off my shoes.
6. Favourite song to play live?
I’ve always enjoyed playing Black Cab. Because it’s a classic.
7. When was the last time you told a lie?
I never lie.
8. Who would win in a fight, a stoat or a goat and why?
This is a silly question. You people are silly.
9. What was the last album you bought?
Kim Ki O - “En Az Iki, En Fazla Sekiz”.
10. If you could rid the world of one song - what would it be?
All songs have a purpose. Even the bad songs.
11. Who would play you in a film based upon your life?
Kirsten Dunst.
12. Dead or alive. What 5 acts would you have play with you at a festival.
I hate festivals generally. So I would gather up Mozart (just for that “Quintet For Clarinet and Strings K.581″ that they play in the last episode of MASH), Maher Shalal hash Baz (to perform the just mentioned piece), Bhundu Boys, TTA and El Perro Del Mar and take them to a nice restaurant.
13. Desert Island Disc? Pick only one.
Anything on vinyl so I could use it as a frisbee.
14. What’s your most memorable on the road story?
Three guys in a park in Paris who wanted to sell me drugs. When I said no they offered to sing me a song instead. “Do you like Kiss?” they asked me. Then they sang “I was made for lovin you” in an almost perfect acapella version. I had to pay for it though!
15. If your life flashed before your eyes, what would be the highlights?
Being a teenager was fun.
16. Do you read your own reviews?
Nope.
17. Are you a morning bird or a night fox?
Night fox for sure.
18. If you could travel back in time where would you set the dial?
The summer of 1993.
19. What three things could you not live without?
I would probably say my friends, my family and my music and then put on the dork hat. Which suits me fine.
20. Tell us a fact about yourself we probably don’t already know.
Hey, now I’m just doing your job!
Look out for a full scale TLOBF interview coming very very soon where we talk to Jens about his highly anticipated new album Night Falls Over Kortedela which hits stores on September 5th in Sweden and October 9th everywhere else.
Links
Jens Lekman [official site]
Service Records [official site]
Secretly Canadian [official site]
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July 31st, 2007 at 12:49 pm
also see the fan-site: http://www.mapleleaves.se
June 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Jens pretty much dodged every question, and the interviewer never followed up on anything:
11. Who would play you in a film based upon your life?
Kirsten Dunst.
OK! next question!
You need to step up your interview game.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
have you never read a quick fire interview before? that is the sole purpose of these things. a 5 minute thing. if you want something with a little more substance check out this one we did with him:
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2007/08/15/an-interview-with-jens-lekman/