- Bathi izichasi ziyatsala. Injalo le ngoma: umfana ubonakala ngathi uyathandana nentombazana enobuntu bayo buchasene nobakhe.
USuku lukaHowie wabhala ingoma kunye no-Better Than Ezra owayengumphathi wephambili uKevin Griffin, owasixelela intsingiselo emva kwayo: 'Le ngoma iculwa ngabantu abahlanganayo nangona behlukile, kwaye le ngoma,' Collide, 'imalunga nomntu onobubele of closed off and insular kwaye not umntu othanda ukuhlangana, uza kunye nomntu onjalo. Kwaye ngaphandle kokuba ziindidi ezimbini ezahlukeneyo zabantu, nisahlangana kwaye nifumana into efanayo. Kwaye ke ngokungqubana ngokoqobo omnye komnye kwaye ubomi bunendlela yokwenza oko. (Nalu udliwanondlebe olupheleleyo lukaKevin Griffin.) - Impembelelo enkulu kule ngoma nguBruce Springsteen ka-1995 umkhondo 'wegadi eyimfihlo,' malunga nomfazi ogcina inxalenye yakhe efihliweyo, kufana nomlingiswa ovaliweyo kule ngoma. Kukho izinto ezifanayo zomculo. 'Uyakuva ukuba ukuhla kwe-chord ukuqhubela phambili kwaye i-G ephezulu exhasa utshintsho lwendlela,' utshilo uKevin Griffin.
- UKevin Griffin wayenesihloko sale ngoma kudala ngaphambi kokuba ayikhuphe ngoSuku. 'Ndiyithandile indlela' engqubana 'nezandi xa uyithetha kwaye uyayicula, ke ndiyazi ukuba sisihloko esihle,' usixelele. Ngamanye amaxesha isihloko esikhulu sinokuba nengxaki, kuba kuya kufuneka wenze umculo kunye nomculo uphile ngokuhambelana nesihloko esikhulu. Lo yayingumzekelo walonto, apho ndandingakwazi ukuza nengoma eyayilungile njengesihloko. Ndenze ingoma yengoma ndaza ndenza enye into endingayikhumbuli kakuhle ukuba yayiyintoni. Emva koko ndandibhala noHowie kwaye ndaqala ukudlala olu hlobo lokwehla kwendlela, enye evela kwi 'Collide' sonke siyayazi. Ndandinomculo omninzi wengoma, eyona nto iphambili, 'Nokuba kokona kuwela phantsi ngamanye amaxesha.' U-Howie wakuva oko kwaye wayefana, 'Hayi, isihogo ewe, ndingene.'
- Kungekudala emva kokucula umgca, 'Nokuba amagama angalunganga abonakala ngathi anemvano-siphelo,' Usuku luyacula,
Ndifumene ngandlela thile
Mna nawe siyangqubana
Qaphela ukuba u-'fumana 'kunye no' kungqubana 'ayingqini imvano-siphelo, kodwa kwakhona, ngamanye amaxesha amagama angalunganga abonakala ngathi anemvano-siphelo. - Le kuphela kokungena kwi-Hot 100 yoSuku lweHowie. Uzalelwe kwaye wakhulela eBangor, Maine, wakhula isiseko sabalandeli eNew England kwaye wakhupha ialbhamu ezimeleyo ebizwa ngokuba Ostreliya ngo-2000. Ityikitye kwi-Epic, wakhulula Yeka lonke ihlabathi ngoku , eziqulathe u-'Collide 'kunye' nexesha eligqibeleleyo losuku 'kwaye' uyatsho, 'nganye nganye yayidlala ngokuthozamileyo kunomathotholo wabantu abadala bangoku. Ukhuphe enye icwecwe kwi Epic ngaphambi kokuba aphinde aye kwindlela ezimeleyo ngo-2011 ene-EP ebizwa Yeka umlilo .
