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“Roads” is a track from Portishead’s album “Dummy”, the band’s debut studio album. The tracks “Roads” and “Strangers” from the same album were used in the soundtrack of the film "Nadja". “Roads” also appeared on the soundtrack of the film "Tank Girl".
Barrow: It was kind of based on when the little girl gets shot in Assault on Precinct 13 by the ice cream van, and there’s a theme that goes with it. It’s a Fender Rhodes keyboard, and it’s really wicked.
Utley: That’s John Carpenter. He was like super switched on to just emotion and not any musicality really. All his music was made because he’s a director. There’s something about that. It’s pitched perfectly in terms of emotion. It’s kind of sad, but it’s not like throw your guts up, which is something we’ve always tried to avoid.
Barrow: It’s kind of got a filmic sound. If you listen to a lot of those kind of late 60s and 70s soundtracks, there is emotion, and it’s not hidden. It’s direct to the vein.
Utley: It is such a beautiful song.
Barrow: You’ve said in the past that you don’t really want to go to bat to say what a song is about because they are deeply personal things. She doesn’t write in third person. It’s all her stuff, so it’s really personal.
Utley: She’s always quoting from Braveheart. I’m not gonna say that’s what it was, but sometimes it could be quite surprising that she’s massively moved by something. Of course, there is a moving thing, but I always kind of see Braveheart as a little cheesy. It speaks to her.
Barrow: Yes, but it’s people saying things that hit directly on an emotion. Whether it was cheesy or not, it’s just that she’s heard someone else say it. It could be in a completely different context.
- via KEXP
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