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By the look of your avatar I'd say you had a hand in it. And I'm not talking about the parrot.! wrote:Well, all I know is I remember reading about it being about her mothers death. I don't have a quote, sorry.No Muscle Mary wrote:I'm sure some clever person will find the actual quote.
Ask ! See the massive brain ! has?
! is bound to know the answer.
Wow, I never knew this. I wonder if he's be interested in a duet. Moz and Madge, I can see the headlines now. I think a new version of Like A Virgin would work really well with him. I'll call Stuart in Kilburn and get him to record the backing track immediately. Oh he might as well do my vocals as well while he's at it. Now, back to the hunting. Tally ho!Burj wrote:From Aviation Weekly, 31.06.01No Muscle Mary wrote:Trying to find where the hell Neil said that about 911 a few years back when they were first going to use the song.
Neil Tennant, greying but surprisingly unwrinkly late 40-something, plays us a demo of a song foxy MOR hitsville vamp Diana Warren has written for the Boys. "We like the fact that our fans will be stunnned that we could ask someone like Diana to write a song for us, but that's our legendary perverse and contrary nature shining through, I suppose. She basically wrote it down the phone to us as I was doing the ironing. Well, Ricardo, my 15-year old houseboy was..."
"I mean, who on earth would predict two ageing old queens singing a song about someone's parrot dying on a plane hijacked by 9/11 suicide bombers? Not only that but they put him in cargo as well. It's such a sad tale that we knew the song was perfect for our melancholic miserablism. No one even realised the parrot was already battling cancer until his remains were found outside Soho House in Manhattan. Of course, Chris and I have had dinner there many times."
Talking of miserable sods with moodswings, is there any truth to the somewhat surprising rumour that former labelmate Morrissey turned the song down for being too 'up'? "Absolutely not!" counters Tennant. "He burst into tears when he first heard it. The real reason he rejected it was that he was making a four on the floor dance album at the time, actually. I don't think the fact he's more of a fan of budgies helped either."
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