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Over The Border by Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne
Artist Biography For Saint Etienne
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 - Words And Music By Saint Etienne
Written By Bob Stanley Pete Wiggs & Sarah Cracknell
Produced & Arranged By Ian Catt
Mixed By Pete Hofmann Released May 21 2012 On Words And Music By Saint Etienne Notes In A Radio Interview A Week Before The Album's Release Sarah Claimed That Bob Wrote The Verse Lyrics And Pete And Herself Wrote The Melody & Lyrics For The Chorus. The Lyrics Reference A Number Of Things Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Modern English
Dexys Midnight Runners
New Order
Marc Bolan
defunct UK Retailer Woolworths
UK Town Redhill
British TV Programme Top Of The Pops
record Labels Harvest Pye Bell Neat Y Zoo Mute Factory Postcard
a UK Motor Car Morris Minor
British Pop Magazines Smash Hits Record Mirror NME
journalists Paul Morley Dave McCullough Who Primarily Wrote For Sounds Personnel
Lead Vocals By Sarah Cracknell
Keyboards By Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs
Acoustic Guitar Bass & Programming By Ian Catt
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Biography - Saint Etienne
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 & arranged by Ian Catt
Mixed by Pete Hofmann
Released May 21 2012 on Words and Music by Saint Etienne
Notes In a radio interview a week before the album's release, Sarah claimed that Bob wrote the verse lyrics and Pete and herself wrote the melody & lyrics for the chorus. The lyrics reference a number of things:
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
Modern English
Dexys Midnight Runners
New Order
Marc Bolan
defunct UK retailer, Woolworths
UK town, Redhill
British TV programme, Top of the Pops
record labels: Harvest, Pye, Bell, Neat, Y, Zoo, Mute, Factory, Postcard
a UK motor car, Morris Minor
British pop magazines: Smash Hits, Record Mirror, NME
journalists: Paul Morley, Dave McCullough (who primarily wrote for Sounds)
Personnel
Lead vocals by Sarah Cracknell
Keyboards by Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs
Acoustic guitar, bass & programming by Ian Catt Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.