When you look at some of the songs The Band Perry has released off their Pioneer album, including “Better Dig Two,” “Done” and “Chainsaw,” it might seem like they’re delivering a lot more angry woman songs, but Kimberly explains, “I feel like we always feel inspired to sing about stories when people are the underdogs: they’re either tryin’ to rise out of a bad relationship, or a circumstance that’s a particular challenge for them. ‘Done,’ specifically came from that place, it had nothing to do with a relationship. Songs like, ‘Better Dig Two’, of course it seems like an angry woman song …”
But Reid jumps in and says, “It was just a crazy woman song.”
Kimberly says, “Yeah, it’s just kinda of psycho commitment, I would say ‘Better Dig Two’. And then of course a song like ‘Chainsaw’, I don’t know that it’s necessarily an aggressive woman song because let me tell ya there’s a lotta guys out there wantin’ to chop down a tree with initials on it too.”
So when you really think about it, Neil says, “Technically (‘Chainsaw’) is the first scorned song we’ve put out, really…” unless you count “You Lie” from their previous album.
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/154696693?secret_token=s-Cjsws” params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
The Band Perry – Chainsaw first scorned woman song :41
Kimberly Perry – “I feel like we always feel inspired to sing about stories when people are the underdogs: they’re either tryin’ to rise out of a bad relationship, or a circumstance that’s a particular challenge for them. Don specifically came from that place, it had nothing to do with a relationship. Songs like, ‘Better Dig Two’, of course it seems like an angry woman song, but it’s just…”
Reid Perry – “It was just a crazy woman.”
Kimberly – “Yeah, it’s just kinda of psycho commitment, I would say ‘Better Dig Two’. And then of course a song like ‘Chainsaw’, I don’t know that it’s necessarily an aggressive woman song because let me tell ya there’s a lotta guys out there wantin’ to chop down a tree with initials on it too.”
Neil Perry – “So technically this is the first scorned song we’ve put out, really.”
Kimberly – “Well, technically. Maybe ‘You Lie.’”
Neil – “That’s true.”
Kimberly – “Yeah”