This blog is entirely dedicated to the pop rock/piano rock/alternative rock band from Denver, CO, The Fray. I post here songs' meanings, interviews, interesting facts, news & more!
Today, as some kind of throwback, I'm bringing you an interview The Fray did for Billboard in 2014. In this one, they're being asked questions about their band mates that they're supposed to know, but do they actually do?
Lately, I've been thinking in depth about this blog, and I couldn't help but feel disappointed wih myself, because I don't post as often as I should. And, actually I've said that before but at the moment I'm only posting a post per month, which I feel isn't fair for you. Due to that, I'm going to try to post once a week - if I see I'm too busy and can't do that, I'll post at least twice a month. It's not too much but it's way more than what I've been posting for the last eight or nine months. You have my word that I'll try my best.
Okay, now, apart from that, let's talk about stuff related to the band this blog's about. Today, I'm talking to you about The Fray's song "1961", from their third album 'Scars & Stories'.
If you know some History, that date will remind you of something, right? The Berlin Wall, exactly. It was built in 1961, and it was demolished in 1989, date which is also mentioned in the song. That can give us an idea of what it's about, can't it?
Accordng to an interview from Isaac Slade for the huffington post, the song comes from a trip that him and Dillon took to New Orleans to try to do some writing. Before I go on, I'll remind you in case you don't know or forgot, that Isaac Slade travelled a lot to get some inspiration for songs while writing the album. Now, we're back to the song. So, they rented a house and they wrote a song about The Berlin Wall, and "the dvision it represented in regards to one unified city becoming two cities still under the covering of a country. They're both German, but in a sense, they were as far from each other as they could possibly be. I think that's how our relationships can be sometimes. Not to sound cliché, but we all as people build these walls that don't really come down until someone comes into our lives, tears them down, and says, "Enough!".
That is actually the feeling the song brings, the feeling of being "so close but so far away", which can mean physically or emotionally.
Hello my fellow readers! Only a few days ago, The Fray played at The World Meeting of Families festival, which was attended by Pope Francis, last Saturday. This event is an international celebration of family, community and faith, which this year has featured international artists such as Mark Wahlberg, Matt Maher, Andrea Bocelli, Juanes, and so on!
Nevertheless, this isn't the only thing The Fray has been up lately. They've announced they're working on their fifth full-length album, saying that they've finished a week in the studio - "super early stages of lp5", which is definitely a good new! We can do nothing but wait, I hope we can listn to some new stuff soon :)
Hi guys! Today, I was going across The Fray pictures in my computer, and I thought that it would be a cool idea to post some, but not any! Since all of The Fray members are daddies, I'm going to post pictures of them with their kids :) Aren't they cute?
Hello there everyone! The Fray's summer tour has already came to an end. After an amazing tour over the United States, they're back home and I'm going to post some photos from the tour for you! By the way, if you've had the chance of going, you can share your photos, experiences or anything like that. I'm sure that a fray concert can't be anything but awesome - and if you share your experience with me I can post it here or whatever you want!
Hello there! Today, I'm here to share and talk to you about The Fray's documentary - Fair Fight. It's a documentary off the making of their second album "The Fray". An emotional and funny documentary that leads us into how it was to record and make the album - the writing and recording process. It's an amazing way to get to know the band a bit better and enjoy watching a documentary of theirs.
Today this blog has reached 10,000 reads, and, for
that reason I wanted to thank you guys for that. Because, honestly, checking
out my blogs today and seeing that this one had reached 10K reads just made my
day. And there’s no doubt that it’s because of you, those ones who read this
blog, whether it’s since 2013 when I created it or who have just discovered it.
I know it might seem like it’s no big deal, but for me
it is. So thank you so much for that.
To commemorate that I’m going to talk a bit about me
and The Fray. Since I’ve been posting for almost two years now I’m not sure if I’ve
talked about this, so, if I have, let me know.
I’m going to talk about how I discovered The Fray and
how I got “obsessed” (as people say) or just how I became a fan of this awesome
band.
I remember listening to their song “How to Save a Life”
for years in the radio or in one recompilation CD my mom had on her car, but
without knowing the band or the name of the song. It was the typical song you
like but never try to search it or something.
I got more interested into the song after listening to
it on my favorite TV show (Grey’s Anatomy), and I started paying attention to
the song. I started to understand its meaning (English isn’t my mother
language), and got into the song more and more. After that I finally searched
the song on the internet (I didn’t know the title so I just searched it as I could).
The more I listened to the song the more I related to
it and loved it. I searched for more songs by that band until my phone was full
of their music. Every single one of their songs were perfect for some moments,
they expressed what I couldn’t and it felt like they knew me. It was like
feeling that someone understood me without having to share my feelings – it was
more than amazing.
My love for them became bigger and bigger, I watched
hundreds of interviews, read lots of them as well, trying to find out
everything I could about them. And, since I had seen that there weren’t much
pages or blogs about them, I decided to create one about them to share with the
world everything I knew about them.
Thanks to them I didn’t only find a place where I felt
safe and felt understood, but also I got into good and meaningful music. I started
getting into more bands which, like them, really sang about something worth
singing. And also they’ve taught more than I can even say. I’m not sure what
would have been everything like for me, but I do know that I wouldn’t be the
same person – in a good sense.
I wish I could thank them one day for everything they’ve
done for me.
How did you get to know The Fray?
Also below I'm posting a photo of my fray CDs! Which ones do you have? ;)
