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| ACTIVE: | 2000s - | | FORMED: | 2004년 / 영국 | | DEBUT: | 2006년 / 앨범 'Inside In/Inside Out' | | STYLE: | | | MANIADB: | | | MELON: | | |
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INTRODUCTION
영국 브링턴 출신의 쿡스는 사실 탈이 많았던 밴드다. 2집 발표를 전후로 베이시스트 막스 래퍼티가 떠났고, 드러머 폴 가레드가 팔 부상을 이유로 나갔다가 다시 들어왔으며, 2집 이후의 본격적인 공연부터는 일주일 단위로 연주하는 멤버들이 바뀌기를 거듭했다. 사고가 있기도 했지만 알 수 없는 불화들이 계속됐다는 점에서, 이는 사실 밴드의 축이 되는 루크 프리처 드의 카리스마 부재로 이해할 수밖에 없다. 다사다난했어도 다행히 음악적으로는 일관성을 유지하고 있지만, 그는 강력한 리더십을 과시하는 캐릭터는 아닌 모양이다. 어린 날부터 그랬다. 히피였던 그의 부모는 루크에게 아무 것도 강요하지 않는 어른들이었다. 자유분방한 부모 덕분에 일찍부터 록의 고전들을 탐사할 수 있었지만 학교 분위기는 달랐다. 밥 딜런을 듣는 그에게 씨디를 빼앗고 우 탱 클랜을 아느냐 빈정거리던 친구들과 학창시절을 보냈다.
루크의 수난은 데뷔 이후에도 계속됐다. 레이저라이트의 조니 보렐은 “라디오1(영국의 간판급 방송사 BBC 라디오 채널의 하나)에 이것 좀 틀어달라 조르는 노래”라 쿡스의 음악을 폄하했고, 이에 루크는 어느 공식 석상에서 (공식 사과도 아니고) 그에게 화해할 것을 정중하게 요청했지만 조니 보렐은 그를 본 척도 하지 않았다. 하지만 그가 늘 당하기만 하는 약체는 아니었다. 그에게도 설득력있는 배짱이 있었다. 카사비안의 세르지오 피조르노는 “쿡스는 여자들한테 아첨하는 음악만 한다”고 비웃었고, 이에 루크는 “사실 모든 록밴드의 노래가 여자들을 염두에 두고 만들어지지 않나”라고 응수했다. 그가 악틱 멍키스의 알렉스 터너를 발로 차버린 일화도 있다. 같은 무대에 섰던 알렉스가 다음 차례를 기다리는 루크의 기타 전선을 말도 없이 뽑아버렸기 때문이다. 요약하자면, 루크의 쿡스는 도무지 편하게 노래할 수 없는 밴드다. 그러나 조롱에 상관없이 활동을 지속하는 밴드다. 그리고 그들을 우습게 여기는 동료들의 강성 사운드와 완전히 차별화된 스타일로, 공고하게 낭만을 노래하는 밴드다.
그들은 운이 없는 밴드이기도 했다. 영영 마주치치 않아야 속편할 악틱 멍키스와 같은 날 앨범이 발매되기도 했고, 여름의 페스티벌 시즌이 찾아오면 변함없이 그들을 애송이로 간주하는 인간들과 함께 무대에 서야만 했다. 쿡스 또한 페스티벌이 원하고 청중이 원하는 밴드였기 때문이다. 현지 공연에 대한 반응이 상대적으로 보다 적극적인 탓에, 그리고 공연장의 무리가 대체로 어리고 젊은 여성이라는 까닭에 앨범의 가치가 제대로 평가되지 않은 밴드라고 영국의 한 평론가는 이야기하기도 한다. 불리한 조건 속의 쿡스는 경쟁하는 밴드들의 악의 섞인 공격에 태연한 사운드로, 리스너가 이끌리는 친근하고 즐거운 노래로 우리를 다시 찾아왔다. 언제나 부당하고 불필요한 압박은 있었다. 하지만 그렇다고 해서 쿡스의 음악이 변하진 않는다. 그들은 긍정으로, 그리고 확신과 여유로 응수하는 밴드다.
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MAJOR SONGS
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out (2006)
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from The Kooks - Konk [Limited Edition] (2008)
See The Sun
-by The Kooks
Oh you can have it all and wrap it in the world
You can have everything
You can have love and lots of other things
To make you think
But when it all comes down to you girl
Yeah no matter what you do
Take a look at yourself and realize
I′ve been good to you
I′ve been good to you
Oh no! I didn′t mean to say what I did say
All about lovers and how they should lay
That was never for me to say and say
Don′t you see now how I pay
I see the sun rising
And all you see is its fall, fall, fall
So come on up
Wasn′t it you who said life was like a plastic cup
To be used and then disposed of
Yeah but thats no way to live a life like yours
Don′t you see now how i pay
I see the sun rising
And all you see is its fall, fall, fall
For all the times i never never turned away
And now she is there on someone else′s arms
For all the times i never never turned away
And now she is there on someone else′s arms
For all the times i never never turned away
And now she is there on someone else′s arms
For all the times i never never turned away
And now she is there on someone else′s arms
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from The Kooks - Konk [Limited Edition] (2008)
to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayevere)
She don′t know who she is,
Oh, I can take her anywhere,
Do whatever comes naturally to you,
You know she just don′t care,
You know she just don′t care.
′Cause I am always where I need to be,
And I always thought,
I would end up with you, eventually
Do dodododo, do do dodododo, do do dodododo, do.
Now I see her again,
I asked to be her humming bird,
Whisper words in her ear,
Oh, now you know I just don′t care,
You know she just don′t care.
′Cause I am always where I need to be,
And I always thought,
I would end up with you, eventually
Do dodododo, do do dodododo, do do dodododo, yeah!
Wohwohwohwohwoh I′m a man oh, I′m a man on the scene,
I′m a man and I can, be so obscene,
Because I always think I know, how to be,
But I always thought, I would end up with you, eventually.
Do do dododo, do do dododo, do do dodododo.
Wohwohwohwohwoh I′m a man I′m a man oh, I′m a man on the scene,
Wohwohwohwohwoh oh, I′m a man I can be so obscene.
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from The Kooks - Konk [Limited Edition] (2008)
The Kooks - Mr. Maker
Mr. Maker he′s got it made
A beautiful wife and a baby on the way
And his bills are already paid
No need to skimp, no need to save
But all around him, the world grows hard
He thinks to himself, he must have played a lucky card
If he was alone he′d give it all away
To people and things, that he wanted to save
But oh no, it′s alright
Mr. Maker, he′ll be fine
It′s alright, it′s OK
Because of the love he gave away
Oh yeah
Oh yeah...
Doesn′t stop to think it′s because of he
Always doing right, he stays healthy
The girls in the alley won′t get a hold of him
He′s got no time for that kind of sin
And he, he′s not a member of the Catholic Church
The pastor of his town got sent down for dirt
He sees the boys from Sunday school
It′s hard to believe what he read in the morning news
But oh no, it′s alright
Mr. Maker, he′ll be fine
It′s all right, it′s OK
Because of the love he gave away
Oh yeah
Oh yeah...
Heart beat, stay heavy
Love us all please, stay on your feet
For me, for me
Stay on your feet
For me, for me
Stay on your feet for me
But oh no, it′s alright
Mr. Maker, he′ll be fine
It′s alright, it′s OK
Because of the love he gave away
Oh yeah
Oh yeeeeah...
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from The Kooks - Konk [Limited Edition] (2008)
I was hoping
That you hadn′t act
Like sin again
Something above
The same old man
These broken bedrooms
And there are broken hands
You suffer up again
The same old broken man
Do you wanna
Do you wanna
Do you wanna
Make love to me
I know you wanna
I know you wanna
I know you wanna
Make love to me
I came to tell you
That you′re
My favourite girl
And would you like it if
I put you into my world
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from The Kooks - Konk [Limited Edition] (2008)
Gap
-By The Kooks
So per span it in the words,
"You′re mine,"
It′s easier to work,
But I don′t mind,
You′re better in defeat so,
Just don′t try
To take away all the things
I′ll do in my life.
I have to break down all
The corners of the world.
Don′t heed this praise on me,
I know I don′t deserve it.
But what′s so this I see?
Yeah you′re leaving right beside me,
And I miss you, and I need you.
I do.
But don′t go, take my love,
I won′t let you, I′m saying please don′t go.
Don′t go, take my love,
I won′t let you, I′m saying please don′t go.
Well leave your lover now,
It′s your turn.
And see your mother now,
I hope she′s okay.
You′re better in defeat so,
Let′s not try
To take away all the things I′ll do in our lives.
I have to break down all the corners of the world.
Don′t heed this praise on me,
I know I don′t deserve it.
But what′s so this I see?
Yeah you′re leaving right beside me,
And I miss you, and I need you.
I do.
But don′t go, take my love,
I won′t let you, I′m saying please don′t go.
Don′t go, take my love,
I won′t let you, I′m saying please don′t go.
All of my life,
Trying to understand.
All of my life,
Trying to hold a hand.
I have to break down all,
The corners of this world.
Don′t heed this praise on me,
I know I don′t deserve it.
But what′s so this I see?
Yeah you′re leaving right beside me,
And I miss you, and I love you.
That′s true.
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from The Kooks - Konk [Limited Edition] (2008)
Love It All By The Kooks
Seeing I got this woman here
She loves me all the time
No need for excuses
A lone precious in my mind
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
My heart was living down
And I′ve been pushed over the line
For on your hand, it be broken
And I′ll be all over this time
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
Love it all, love it all, love it all
And she said love it all, love it all, love it all
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