wild thing you make my heart sing youtube

Were you also out here when Spike Jonze was filming Where the Wild Things Are in Victoria? Yeah, that was in 2006. We don’t tour that much so the audience’s appreciation, with the old stuff and the new record, it’s beyond just appreciation it feels like love. And now I feel like I’m able to wield that energy flow in certain ways, whereas before it was wielding me completely, you know? Also, not to sound too new age-y – although I do live in Los Angeles – but a good part of our show now is love, just emitting it and receiving it. When I go out there and see the audience, it’s like plugging into some high voltage energy outlet. Twenty years on, what are you like on stage now? Well, I’m not rolling around on broken glass! It’s more like… let’s see if I can describe it. Karen O at Sydney’s Metro Theatre in 2003, just before the gig was aborted midway following her fall. I liked performers who’d go the extra mile and just mesmerise you. Nick Cave and the Birthday Party were a big influence, too. And, you know, quite f-ing sexy that reckless abandon on stage. They were incredibly charismatic, powerful, heart-on-their-sleeve performers. Who were some of those people you idolised, performance-wise? When I was in high school, I lived in Jersey and I was going into New York City to see shows from bands like the Make-Up, Jonathan Fire Eater, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and PJ Harvey when she’d come to town. I was always someone who loved to perform on the level of people I idolised, but it was a wake-up call I needed in changing my approach to just, like, self-care. As challenging and jarring as it was, I was lucky in not hurting myself badly. It was a six-foot drop and the monitor I fell off smacked me in the head.

I think the angst in my performance had been escalating to an unhealthy point and it culminated in that fall. How significant was that moment for you in terms of how you approach your stagecraft? That was a pivotal moment for me.

I have a photo somewhere of the ambulance in the alley, taking you away.

Wild thing you make my heart sing youtube