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SLASH Talks About FERGIE Collaboration, 'Beautiful Dangerous' Video - Nov. 21, 2010
Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On the song "Beautiful Dangerous", which features vocals from BLACK EYED PEAS singer Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson):

"The riff that I wrote was initially for a movie right before I did a solo record. I scored a movie, and a couple of the songs on my album originally came from riffs I scored for that movie. One of the scenes in the movie was the strip scene; I wrote a piece of instrumental music for that, and then I started thinking it would make a good song. When I started to work on my solo album, that's when I made that into a song. Fergie I knew a year and a half or so prior to that, and I found out that Fergie had a really great rock voice so I called her up, took the song with her to the demo studio I was working at, and she wrote the lyrics for the tune. Musically, the song was finished. It was very quick and simple; I went into the studio to record my solo album however much later, put down the actual track, and she came in and recorded vocals. It was pretty easy."

On the video for "Beautiful Dangerous", which was filmed on August 27 with director Rich Lee:

"It was a one-day shoot, and it basically involved the strip bar location and the motel location which were about a block away from each other. The bar is a really famous L.A. strip bar called Jumbo's Clown Room, and it's been around for years.

"Fergie was totally in character; she had a really specific idea of what the video was all about, what she should look like and that kind of thing. I just played myself. Compared to most concept videos I've shot, it was the easiest one to film. It was just a lot of fun, and Fergie's fun to work with. She's very focused. It was pretty quick and painless. The director Richard Lee was great.

"There was no real idea for a concept, so I called Fergie and said, 'We're shooting this video.' She said, 'I have the idea of me stalking you,' and had that idea firmly in her head. She's strung out in the video, and stalks me. I play a gig, and the way she comes into the strip bar where the after-party is seduces me. She then drugs me, takes me back to her place, and ties me to the bed. It's a very simple concept (laughs), and it was something we thought out together as we were shooting it."

On his decision to record a slowed-down, hip-hop version of GUNS N' ROSES' 1988 Top 10 single "Paradise City" featuring the unexpected tandem of CYPRESS HILL and Fergie:

"I've played 'Paradise City' with CYPRESS HILL since 2002, the night I also performed with Steven Tyler, Matt Sorum and Duff [McKagan]. We did a show that was a tribute to Randy Castillo, and at the end of the concert, we were joined by CYPRESS HILL and Steven Tyler. I always thought that was just such a cool version, and I've actually played it with CYPRESS HILL a handful of times since then. I always said, 'One of these days, I wanna record this version,' so when I was making my solo record, I called up CYPRESS HILL and asked them if they would record our version of 'Paradise City' with me. I just happened to be working with Fergie on 'Beautiful Dangerous' at the time, so I asked her if she'd be willing to sing on the song and that was it. It was just a fun thing to do."

On the possibility of future collaborations with THE BLACK EYED PEAS vocalist:

"She's been talking about doing a rock record. If she does that and wants me to work with her on that, then I will. If it does happen, cool, and whatever else she's got going that needs guitars on, I'm probably up for doing. 'Beautiful Dangerous' should give you an idea of what a Fergie rock record would sound like; she's pretty wild, and a lot more extreme than people realize."

Read the entire interview from Ultimate-Guitar.com.



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SLASH Talks About FERGIE Collaboration, 'Beautiful Dangerous' Video - Nov. 21, 2010
Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On the song "Beautiful Dangerous", which features vocals from BLACK EYED PEAS singer Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson):

"The riff that I wrote was initially for a movie right before I did a solo record. I scored a movie, and a couple of the songs on my album originally came from riffs I scored for that movie. One of the scenes in the movie was the strip scene; I wrote a piece of instrumental music for that, and then I started thinking it would make a good song. When I started to work on my solo album, that's when I made that into a song. Fergie I knew a year and a half or so prior to that, and I found out that Fergie had a really great rock voice so I called her up, took the song with her to the demo studio I was working at, and she wrote the lyrics for the tune. Musically, the song was finished. It was very quick and simple; I went into the studio to record my solo album however much later, put down the actual track, and she came in and recorded vocals. It was pretty easy."

On the video for "Beautiful Dangerous", which was filmed on August 27 with director Rich Lee:

"It was a one-day shoot, and it basically involved the strip bar location and the motel location which were about a block away from each other. The bar is a really famous L.A. strip bar called Jumbo's Clown Room, and it's been around for years.

"Fergie was totally in character; she had a really specific idea of what the video was all about, what she should look like and that kind of thing. I just played myself. Compared to most concept videos I've shot, it was the easiest one to film. It was just a lot of fun, and Fergie's fun to work with. She's very focused. It was pretty quick and painless. The director Richard Lee was great.

"There was no real idea for a concept, so I called Fergie and said, 'We're shooting this video.' She said, 'I have the idea of me stalking you,' and had that idea firmly in her head. She's strung out in the video, and stalks me. I play a gig, and the way she comes into the strip bar where the after-party is seduces me. She then drugs me, takes me back to her place, and ties me to the bed. It's a very simple concept (laughs), and it was something we thought out together as we were shooting it."

On his decision to record a slowed-down, hip-hop version of GUNS N' ROSES' 1988 Top 10 single "Paradise City" featuring the unexpected tandem of CYPRESS HILL and Fergie:

"I've played 'Paradise City' with CYPRESS HILL since 2002, the night I also performed with Steven Tyler, Matt Sorum and Duff [McKagan]. We did a show that was a tribute to Randy Castillo, and at the end of the concert, we were joined by CYPRESS HILL and Steven Tyler. I always thought that was just such a cool version, and I've actually played it with CYPRESS HILL a handful of times since then. I always said, 'One of these days, I wanna record this version,' so when I was making my solo record, I called up CYPRESS HILL and asked them if they would record our version of 'Paradise City' with me. I just happened to be working with Fergie on 'Beautiful Dangerous' at the time, so I asked her if she'd be willing to sing on the song and that was it. It was just a fun thing to do."

On the possibility of future collaborations with THE BLACK EYED PEAS vocalist:

"She's been talking about doing a rock record. If she does that and wants me to work with her on that, then I will. If it does happen, cool, and whatever else she's got going that needs guitars on, I'm probably up for doing. 'Beautiful Dangerous' should give you an idea of what a Fergie rock record would sound like; she's pretty wild, and a lot more extreme than people realize."

Read the entire interview from Ultimate-Guitar.com.



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Su Fergie e Beautiful Dangerous:

"Il riff era stato scritto originariamente per un film prima che cominciassi il lavoro per il nuovo album. Ho ipotizzato un film, e un paio di canzoni del mio album sono uscite dal riff che realizzai per quel film. Una delle scene era la scena dello strip; ho scritto un pezzo strumentale per questo, e dopo ho pensato a scrivere un buon testo. Quando cominciai a lavorare per il mio nuovo album, mi fece tornare in mente la canzone. Fergie la conoscevo da un anno e mezzo o giù di lì, e ho scoperto che Fergie aveva un'ottima voce rock e la chiamai, feci il demo della canzone con lei in uno studio, e lei scrisse il testo. Musicalmente, la canzone era completa. Fu veloce e semplice; andai nello studio per registrare il mio album solista comunque molto presto, buttai giù la traccia, e lei venne e registrò la voce. Fu facilissimo."

Su Beautiful Dangerous:

"E' stato realizzato in un giorno, ed è stato fatto principalmente nello strip bar e nel motel che erano a un'isolato di distanza l'un l'altro. Il bar è il famoso strip bar di L.A. il Jumbo's Clown room, che è in voga da tempo. Fergie era immedesimata nel ruolo; aveva un'idea ben precisa su come dovesse essere il video, su come doveva apparire e robe simili. Io ho fatto semplicemente me stesso. Paragonandolo ai concept dei miei precedenti video, è stato il più semplice da fare. Ci siamo divertiti, anche Fergie. Era concentrata. Veloce e indolore. Richard Lee - il regista - è stato grandioso"

"Non avevamo un'idea chiara sul da farsi del video, così Fergie uscì fuori dicendo: 'gireremo il video, ho un'idea: io che faccio la stalker' e così fu." (qui racconta il video).

Sulla versione hip-hop di Paradise City:

"Ho suonato P.C. con i Cypress Hill sin dal 2002, la notte ho anche suonato con Steven Tyler, Duff e Matt. Abbiamo fatto un tribute show per Randy Castillo, e alla fine del concerto, ci hanno raggiunto Steven e i Cypress. Ho sempre pensato che fosse una versione figa, e da lì in poi suonai più volte con i Cypress. Mi sono sempre detto 'una di questi giorni registrerò questa versione della canzone', così, quando stavo facendo il mio album solista, ho chiamato i C.H. e li ho chiesto se volessero registrare la nostra versione di P.C. con me. Nello stesso momento lavoravo con Fergie per Beautiful Dangerous, così le chiesi se voleva cantarci sopra e questo è tutto. E' stato molto divertente".

Sulla possibilità di lavorare ancora con Fergie:

"Lei sta pensando di fare un album rock. Se lei lo farà e se vorrà chiamarmi, ci sarò. Se succederà sarà figo, e su qualunque cosa facesse, sempre che abbia bisogno di una chitarra, probabilmente ci sarò lo stesso. B.D. vi ha dato un'idea su come possa essere un suo album rock; è selvaggia, molto più di quello che si possa immaginare."