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Neil
This started off as one of Chris's demos. It's a real throwaway thing.
We started it when we went to New York to do 'Before' with Danny Tenaglia
but we didn't finish it. It wasn't meant to be on the album -we always
get very excited when we're working with someone and end up doing a third
track.
Chris
Danny absolutely loved this.
Neil
It's sort of a Miami Latino thing. When we went back to New York to do
promotion I went back into the studio and finished the vocals and then
Danny Tenably finished the track.
Neil
What I like is that rap in the middle-'Yo, Lewis...'
Chris
Danny brought someone in. It's a Banji rap: 'all your posse gonna know
tomorrow...'
Neil
This version is the unedited International Club Mix which has only appeared
on the Bilingual Special Edition; we edited it slightly when it appeared
with 'A red letter day'. It's about a friend who would always take his
shirt off on the dance floor.
Chris
He had a problem keeping his clothes on.
Neil
He always wanted to sunbathe in the nude.
Chris
There's probably a medical dictionary definition for that.
Neil
It's a sad song. In the song, the person has something sad in his past.
Actually it's a classic Pet Shop Boys' why-do-people-go-clubbing? song.
And the explanation in the song is: 'To rise above the pain/ to prove
them all wrong again! to shake away at last! the secret in his past'.
I'm saying that his exhibitionism is caused by a secret in his past, that
people who've had bad experiences in their past often feel in later life
that their only value to someone is sexual, so there's a huge insecurity,
and that makes them exhibitionist. It's actually a really sad song.
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