I can’t think of any other bands from the UK that were in that post-grunge era, mad to think Bush were cracking on with that to a backdrop of the rise of Brit pop in the UK
Awful lotta lyric discussion in these comments. If you analyze grunge lyrics you have too much time on your hands that should be spent learning the guitar parts. :)
@@07foxmulder there are a lot of references of other songs, poems etc in this song. You just have to dig a little deeper. There are a lot of weird lyrics in grunge songs.
@@brian4055 the whole song is about being bored and disappointed by the English music scene at the time, in contrast to American music and arts in general. So, there are a lot of references of American and some English bands/artists in there. For example Gavin used names of songs and poems that he likes in the song: Tom Waits (Raindogs) and Ginsberg (Howl). He also used to love David Bowie growing up and in the song Life On Mars there's the line: "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow, Lennon's on sale again." So, he changed (John) Lennon to Dave (Bowie). Also, the “there is no sex in your violence” line is a about how American music looked more appealing/sexy to him and also a bit of a reference to a Jane's Addiction line "Sex is violent" in the song “Ted, Just Admit It…”
also, the line about Elvis being alive, is probably also another reference to American music, and that he believes in it, just like there are people believing that Elvis didn't die. I think it works great in this song.
