Quote: TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY feared the therapy sessions that helped him battle depression would make him lose his songwriting talent.
The singer used hypnotherapy to combat the illness, but feared he would no longer be able to write music if he was no longer depressed.
He says, "I wasn’t really comfortable talking about this at the time it came out, but (album) 12 Memories was about going into therapy and the record was the therapy sessions.
"So I had three months of hypnotherapy instead, where you went back and fixed your memories.
"Because I’m the biggest blab, I will confide in everyone. But my worry about going into therapy was, what if I can’t write songs anymore because I fixed the thing that makes me do it."
Makes so much sense to me. Alot of his songs I could really relate too being a fellow "downer". Sometimes I also found Travis songs to be a bit much depending on the intensity of my own moods. Strange that! Now a days I find more of the positive in their tunes and negatives. Think that is why I love the Boy with no name as it seem much more upbeat :)
God.. "I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy because my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." Hey! Join the fucking club, ok!? I thought I was going to be the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Socks. Life sucks, get a fucking helmet, allright?! "I'm not happy. I'm not happy." Nobody's happy, ok!? Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette, or a chocolate cookie, or a five second orgasm. That's it, ok! You cum, you eat the cookie, you smoke the butt, you go to sleep, you get up in the morning and go to fucking work, ok!? That is it! End of fucking list! "I'm just not happy." Shut the fuck up, allright? That's the name of my new book, "Shut the Fuck Up, by Doctor Denis Leary. A revolutionary new form of therapy." I'm gonna have my patients come in. "Doctor, I.." "Shut the fuck up, next!" "I don't feel so.." "Shut the fuck up, next!" "He made me feel so much better about myself, you know? He just told me to shut the fuck up and nobody had ever told me that before. I feel so much better now." Whining fucking maggots.
God.. "I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy because my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." Hey! Join the fucking club, ok!? I thought I was going to be the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Socks. Life sucks, get a fucking helmet, allright?! "I'm not happy. I'm not happy." Nobody's happy, ok!? Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette, or a chocolate cookie, or a five second orgasm. That's it, ok! You cum, you eat the cookie, you smoke the butt, you go to sleep, you get up in the morning and go to fucking work, ok!? That is it! End of fucking list! "I'm just not happy." Shut the fuck up, allright? That's the name of my new book, "Shut the Fuck Up, by Doctor Denis Leary. A revolutionary new form of therapy." I'm gonna have my patients come in. "Doctor, I.." "Shut the fuck up, next!" "I don't feel so.." "Shut the fuck up, next!" "He made me feel so much better about myself, you know? He just told me to shut the fuck up and nobody had ever told me that before. I feel so much better now." Whining fucking maggots.
God.. "I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy because my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." Hey! Join the fucking club, ok!? I thought I was going to be the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Socks. Life sucks, get a fucking helmet, allright?! "I'm not happy. I'm not happy." Nobody's happy, ok!? Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette, or a chocolate cookie, or a five second orgasm. That's it, ok! You cum, you eat the cookie, you smoke the butt, you go to sleep, you get up in the morning and go to fucking work, ok!? That is it! End of fucking list! "I'm just not happy." Shut the fuck up, allright? That's the name of my new book, "Shut the Fuck Up, by Doctor Denis Leary. A revolutionary new form of therapy." I'm gonna have my patients come in. "Doctor, I.." "Shut the fuck up, next!" "I don't feel so.." "Shut the fuck up, next!" "He made me feel so much better about myself, you know? He just told me to shut the fuck up and nobody had ever told me that before. I feel so much better now." Whining fucking maggots.
I've heard this before. If it's true, it makes sense...12 Memories is a very different and dark album for Travis...and one of my favorites. Fran will always be a top song writer and I'm so excited to see what he and the lads have done with Ode to J. Smith.
"It's just the sound of one more rock star bleedin' now..."
Quote: TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY feared the therapy sessions that helped him battle depression would make him lose his songwriting talent.
The singer used hypnotherapy to combat the illness, but feared he would no longer be able to write music if he was no longer depressed.
He says, "I wasn’t really comfortable talking about this at the time it came out, but (album) 12 Memories was about going into therapy and the record was the therapy sessions.
"So I had three months of hypnotherapy instead, where you went back and fixed your memories.
"Because I’m the biggest blab, I will confide in everyone. But my worry about going into therapy was, what if I can’t write songs anymore because I fixed the thing that makes me do it."
Makes so much sense to me. Alot of his songs I could really relate too being a fellow "downer". Sometimes I also found Travis songs to be a bit much depending on the intensity of my own moods. Strange that! Now a days I find more of the positive in their tunes and negatives. Think that is why I love the Boy with no name as it seem much more upbeat :)
More than interesting .Thanks . I knew he was ( or is ) depressive but I didn't know that .
hey it makes sense. but ya gotta find your inspiration from something... at least he is still kicking and moving on. depression sucks. so does anxiety. i had stress-induced seizures last year and started having panic attacks and depression. it was terrible and took a really big toll on my grades. really people just need to relax. that is what i did and now i'm feeling a lot better. not everything has fully recovered, so they think it might be tourette's now. and so that is my story.
life has gotten rapid and confused today. we should have a international holiday for taking it easy, or having a law requiring a nap once a day. that would be awesome!!!
or just become a Daoist. they just go with the flow!!!
hey it makes sense. but ya gotta find your inspiration from something... at least he is still kicking and moving on. depression sucks. so does anxiety. i had stress-induced seizures last year and started having panic attacks and depression. it was terrible and took a really big toll on my grades. really people just need to relax. that is what i did and now i'm feeling a lot better. not everything has fully recovered, so they think it might be tourette's now. and so that is my story.
life has gotten rapid and confused today. we should have a international holiday for taking it easy, or having a law requiring a nap once a day. that would be awesome!!!
or just become a Daoist. they just go with the flow!!!
Sorry to hear that missy but yeah good to be on the Up! lol Oh and you mean Taoist? Yeah looked into that, a tad too chilled for my liking!!! LOL
A lot of great genius' suffered in this way - there is amny a thesis written about the creative depressive! Obviously I am one of them - all my best work was written on a bad day - unfortunately it was never good enough!
A lot of great genius' suffered in this way - there is amny a thesis written about the creative depressive! Obviously I am one of them - all my best work was written on a bad day - unfortunately it was never good enough!
Ha ha yeah I write the best poetry when angry/down and well pissed of or broken hearted. Can't write shit all when I'm happy and normal (which is majority of the time) lol
yes, interesting indeed, there was a discussion about that back in july I recall, after an interview published in the states where Fran commented on that. He actually explained that he went through hypnotherapy to "fix memories" in order to progress out of that tricky phase in his life and that lead to the album.
