At the height of the pandemic, Brian Adams thought he might never tour again. A few months later, The Machine relaunched with six shows in Vegas, a tour that started on January 29 in Portugal and a brand new album.
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Today, the author, composer and instrumentalist released his fifteenth studio album, So Happy it Hurts. The title track So Happy it Hurts as well as the songs On the Road, Kick Ass, and Never Gonna Rain have been released as singles over the past few months. An increasingly present phenomenon.
Today, artists release an album and it disappears a week after its release. When people buy an album that’s increasingly rare these days, they want to make sure they’ll be able to enjoy it. He noted during an interview that, in this way of doing things, they had a universal idea of tweaking through a few songs, compared to just one.
The 12 songs on So Happy it Hurts are marred by the pandemic that has rocked the planet for the past two years.
“I specify that I never wanted to take advantage of it. My intention was just to make an album that fits the current era.”
So Happy it Hurts addresses the feelings of freedom one finds after being denied it. Never Gonna Rain is about the importance of living in the moment and turning negatives into positives. On the road indicates the pleasures associated with a tour.
“There were times when I wondered if we could go on tour again. We all wondered what would happen. We were so happy when we started our tour on January 29 in Portugal. Everyone was happy to get out of the house and feel free,” he said through the Zoom platform.
car test
During the pandemic, the eternal rocker and teenager, 62, wrote songs, lived with his family and looked after his then-94-year-old mother. He also rode his bike and started playing tennis.
“I’m not very good,” he said, “but I had a lot of fun hitting the ball as hard as I could.”
Brian Adams says he hasn’t changed his writing style since his inception in 1980.
“I write about very real and simple things. I try to make connections with what is happening in my life so that everyone can relate to it and relate to it.”
And these songs, the singer and guitarist puts them to a car test before they end up on an album.
“I have a small radio player in my car. I transfer my songs to this medium and go listen to them in the car. If it sounds good, that’s a sign. It also allows me to compare with what we hear on the airwaves. If I feel it’s not swaying enough, if it’s slow.” Very, I’m rephrasing. I give myself space and time to work and make the right decisions.”
The lyrics of I Don’t Deserve Without You are about the power of a woman.
“We men think we are responsible and have things under control, but that is not the case. Women control the world and that is not a bad thing,” he said.
The author, composer and instrumentalist who gave concerts in Ukraine and Russia in the past, believes that the current conflict will not exist with women in power.
“I’m sure of that,” he said. “The world would be a better place,” he said.
Brian Adams is now on the road, until December 2022, with a series of concerts in Europe. Stops in Alma-Trois-Rivieres, Sherbrooke, Montreal and Quebec are planned for the beginning of September.
