Thom premiered the song on november 1st 1993 on the Canadian TV program ‘Musique Plus’. At this point the song was titled ‘Three-Headed Street Spirit’ and the “Immerse Your Soul In Love” ending had yet to be written.
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23 Jan 2010
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‘Sulk’ was originally written about the Hungerford Massacre in England, and had its live premiere on february 21st 1994 at the Royal Berks Social Club in Reading.
Another song which has personal significance to Thom, and is possibly to a girlfriend of his. It is about “Sex in the morning. Which is the best time to have it. As long as you’ve cleaned your teeth beforehand”.
Backstage at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on july 2nd 1994:
‘Bullet Proof’ had its live premiere along with ‘Lozenge Of Love’ Read the rest of this entry »
23 Jan 2010
Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was – Song Trivia
Author: Glen | Filed under: Song Information, The Bends
This handwritten note by Thom sheds a bit of background on where the song came from: INSERT IMAGE HERE
An all out rock war “to try and see how many chords we can fit in one song”. According to Thom the song is about trying to get rid of someone who just won’t go away.
Thom and Jonny premiered the song acoustically on february 11th 1993 at Studio Café, Disley, UK for Signal Radio.
A studio demo, that was likely recorded during the ‘Pop Is Dead’ session in march 1993, appeared as a rough mix on the ‘Radiotick’ bootleg, but was also released officially on the compilation Sharks Patrol These Waters Vol 13. Presented here is the bootleg version.
‘Bones’ was recorded on the same day as Read the rest of this entry »
The band had just been to see Jeff Buckley play a set, and when they got back into the studio, Thom recorded the vocals in two takes and broke down in tears.
According to Thom, this song is about Canary Wharf in London. Read the rest of this entry »
23 Jan 2010
Fake Plastic Trees – Song Trivia
Author: Glen | Filed under: Song Information, The Bends
Originally written two years before The Bends when they were recording Pablo Honey, the song started out life over a stolen Soul II Soul rhythm. They then decided to do a version of it. They had just had a new skin put on their bass drum, so Phil was messing about with it, and that is how the drum beat came up. Thom played the opening bit acoustic, for a laugh, and everyone thought it sounded like Rod Stewart. Bits got recorded and added, but it soon got discarded pretty quickly.