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D'Arcy feels the band attained gradual success over their 14-year career, but said they weren't prepared for the overwhelming reception they received in America. "The U.S. was a surprise. ... We never expected the big bang," d'Arcy said. "The rest of the world we kind of experienced success on a smaller scale." While both d'Arcy and Mars agree the band doesn't need to do another TV commercial to promote their music, they don't believe that commerciality devalues their sound. That may be a result of the way things work where they grew up. "There's a weird law in France where they could use pretty much anything, any song on anything as long as it's less than 40 seconds
-- so we grew up with this," Mars said. "We grew up discovering (Prince's)
'Little Red Corvette' on a weird Cheerios commercial, and I didn't mind it. I thought it was awkward, but I liked the song." The members of Phoenix, who have been friends since attending school together, hail from Versailles, the posh section outside of Paris. Oddly enough, they're not very known in their homeland. "We have a more underground success in France, which we feel keeps it cool. We are considered French, but not French because people don't think we are," d'Arcy said, smiling. "It's a funny one in France." ___ Online:
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