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Interpol: ‘I’m very glad we said yes to putting a song in Friends – it was a pretty hardcore moment’
As they gear up for a 20th anniversary tour, Daniel Kessler and Paul Banks answer your questions on getting stuck for two days in snow, playing Glastonbury in the mud and which Killers song they would cover
davetinsel Daniel Kessler[guitar, backing vocals]: I feel like the brooding, serious stuff is still there, but I’ve learned to take into account the craziness and privilege of playing music, people coming to the concerts and having a reaction. Friends was a lighthearted sitcom, but very iconic, and the proposed scene [Joey and Rachel’s first kiss] was a pretty hardcore moment in the course of that show. The Killers are all great players and for me Brandon Flowers is like Rihanna or Katy Perry: a pretty pop voice, but there’s grain in there, there’s soul.
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