Probably wrong things I have learnt about pop from Wikipedia:
1. The band was seen as a Pop group due to the marketing hype by London Records, but their lyrics and non single tracks showed otherwise. For example, the Ivor Novello award winning song - 'Stay Another Day' - was thought to be a simple love song, but was in fact a response from Tony to his elder brother, who committed suicide. Other titles were written about life after death, and one track even incorporated a part of The Book of Revelations into a futuristic rap song.
I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
2. E17 were very popular in the UK, but INCREDIBLY popular in Latvia. Presumably because House of Love articulated the defiance of living for decades under the shadow of the Cold War. And the bomb.
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Re: IN MY DAY
Date: 2006-08-08 08:38 pm (UTC)Probably wrong things I have learnt about pop from Wikipedia:
1. The band was seen as a Pop group due to the marketing hype by London Records, but their lyrics and non single tracks showed otherwise. For example, the Ivor Novello award winning song - 'Stay Another Day' - was thought to be a simple love song, but was in fact a response from Tony to his elder brother, who committed suicide. Other titles were written about life after death, and one track even incorporated a part of The Book of Revelations into a futuristic rap song.
I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
2. E17 were very popular in the UK, but INCREDIBLY popular in Latvia. Presumably because House of Love articulated the defiance of living for decades under the shadow of the Cold War. And the bomb.