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Heart Failed In The Back Of A Taxi by Saint Etienne
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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.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi)
Saint-Etienne - Sound Of Water
Written By Bob Stanley Pete Wiggs & Sarah Cracknell
Produced By Saint Etienne & Gerard Johnson
Mixed By Eric Kupper Released May 2000 On Sound Of Water Notes Recorded With To Rococo Rot. There Are Lyrical References In The Song Explained By The Band - 'Granita' Was The Islington Restaurant Where Tony Blair And Gordon Brown Made Their New Labour Pact. Blair's First Election Victory Was Confirmed On The 1st Of May. Bob Stanley Explained More In 2009 "That Song's About Wishing Death On People. I Actually Went To Eat At Granita On The Anniversary Of The Election. There Was No One There And It Closed For Good Soon After. We Stayed Up To The Early Hours To Hear The Election Results And It Felt Really Exciting. But A Year Later I Felt Disillusioned With New Labour. They Had A Mandate To Do So Much But Hardly Seemed To Do Anything. The Football Club Thing Was Triggered By What Was Happening To Wimbledon FC. They'd Been Kicked Out Of Their Ground So It Could Be Developed And People Had Started Talking About Moving The Team From London - To Milton Keynes In The End. No Team Actually Moved To Newbury It Just Rhymed."
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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
Produced by Saint Etienne & Gerard Johnson
Mixed by Eric Kupper
Released May 2000 on Sound of Water
Notes Recorded with To Rococo Rot. There are lyrical references in the song explained by the band - 'Granita' was the Islington restaurant where Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made their New Labour pact. Blair's first election victory was confirmed on the 1st of May.
Bob Stanley explained more in 2009: "That song's about wishing death on people. I actually went to eat at Granita on the anniversary of the election. There was no one there and it closed for good soon after. We stayed up to the early hours to hear the election results and it felt really exciting. But a year later I felt disillusioned with New Labour. They had a mandate to do so much, but hardly seemed to do anything. The football club thing was triggered by what was happening to Wimbledon FC. They'd been kicked out of their ground so it could be developed and people had started talking about moving the team from London - to Milton Keynes in the end. No team actually moved to Newbury, it just rhymed." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.