OneRepublic October 24, 2007
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I’m going to put these guys on the “watch for them, really, really soon” list. Timbaland released his new single “Apologize” and listed it featuring OneRepublic, when really it should be OneRepublic featuring Timbaland. Either way, it’s a great song, and the band will be releasing their first CD on November 20th. Mark your calenders!
OneRepublic considers its music to be influenced by everyone from the Beatles to U2, and anything in between. “We’re no respector of genre,” says frontman Tedder, “If it’s a good song or a good artist whether rock, pop, indie or hip hop, they’ve probably influenced us on some level…nothing’s new under the sun, we’re a sum of a bunch of parts.” They aspire to move their listeners the way Bono does onstage. “You go to a U2 concert and it’s like church,” Tedder says. “I’d love to make people feel like that. I don’t want someone to just say, ‘Oh, nice voice, nice song.’ I want that person to walk away and feel like he or she has had a religious experience; we want them to feel moved.”
Apologize:
Interview about the upcoming CD:
Mercy:
