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Saint Etienne Is An Indie Dance/indie Pop Trio Which Formed In Croydon England In 1990. The Band Was Founded By Journalist Bob Stanley Born December 25 1964 And Pete Wiggs Born May 15 1966 In Croydon UK January 1990. After Recording 2 Singles With Guest Singers Sarah Cracknell Born April 12 1967 Chelmsford Essex Joined As A Full Member. The Band Is Named After A French Football Team. Saint Etienne Are One Of The Bands Who Defined The Early 90s Indie Dance Genre Fusing The Production Values Of The Dance-Pop That Emerged In The Wake Of The Second Summer Of Love With The Clever Lyrics And Self-Aware Production Of Indie Music.
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Saint-Etienne - So Tough
Written By Bob Stanley Pete Wiggs Sarah Cracknell & Ian Catt
Produced By Saint Etienne Released October 1992 On Avenue And On The 2nd LP So Tough. Notes The Similarity To The Beach Boys Track Wonderful Is Intentional. The Song Was Originally Called 'Young Heart' And Was A Mash-Up Of Two Songs One Written By Bob & Pete And The Other By Sarah & Ian. Bob Stanley In 1995 "It's Everyone's Favourite. But I Can't Believe We Put It Out As A Single - As If They Were Going To Play It On The Radio! We Were So Bloody Cocky! We Were So Full Of Ourselves! We'd Got To Number 21 And Thought "Right! Top 10 Here We Come" And Then Put That Out! ... Those Muffled Voices In The Background Are Actually Me And Pete Discussing Manic Street Preachers Left On The Track Really Quietly". The Line At The End "Oh The Clown's No Good" Is According To Pete Wiggs "our Advice To McDonald's Regarding Their Current Advertising Campaign". Bob Stanley In 2009 "It's Pretty Obscured But We're Quoting Nicky Wire From An Interview Talking About Traci Lords 'People Say She's Unintelligent And A Dirty Slut But She's The Most Intelligent American I've Ever Met'.
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Saint Etienne Is An Indie Dance/indie Pop Trio Which Formed In Croydon England In 1990. The Band Was Founded By Journalist Bob Stanley Born December 25 1964 And Pete Wiggs Born May 15 1966 In Croydon UK January 1990. After Recording 2 Singles With Guest Singers Sarah Cracknell Born April 12 1967 Chelmsford Essex Joined As A Full Member. The Band Is Named After A French Football Team. Saint Etienne Are One Of The Bands Who Defined The Early 90s Indie Dance Genre Fusing The Production Values Of The Dance-Pop That Emerged In The Wake Of The Second Summer Of Love With The Clever Lyrics And Self-Aware Production Of Indie Music.
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Written by Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs, Sarah Cracknell & Ian Catt
Produced by Saint Etienne
Released October 1992 on Avenue and on the 2nd LP, So Tough.
Notes The similarity to The Beach Boys track Wonderful is intentional. The song was originally called 'Young Heart' and was a mash-up of two songs, one written by Bob & Pete and the other by Sarah & Ian.
Bob Stanley in 1995: "It's everyone's favourite. But I can't believe we put it out as a single - as if they were going to play it on the radio! We were so bloody cocky! We were so full of ourselves! We'd got to number 21 and thought "Right! Top 10 here we come", and then put that out! ... Those muffled voices in the background are actually me and Pete discussing Manic Street Preachers, left on the track really quietly". The line at the end "Oh, the clown's no good" is according to Pete Wiggs, "our advice to McDonald's, regarding their current advertising campaign".
Bob Stanley in 2009: "It's pretty obscured, but we're quoting Nicky Wire from an interview talking about Traci Lords: 'People say she's unintelligent and a dirty slut but she's the most intelligent American I've ever met'. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.