if it was simply about a chinese restaurant, why would she sing about polluted waterways, hammerhead? i think zeroglitter is more accurate.
siouxsie and the banshees are capable of writing "deep" songs, albeit in this case filtered through black humour. I read an article in rolling stone which said the song was about the then "ongoing slaughter in Southeast Asia". My interpretation is that the western world isn't overly aware or concerned about such tragedy, and their only real "exposure" to eastern culture is through takeaway food.
if it was simply about a chinese restaurant, why would she sing about polluted waterways, hammerhead? i think zeroglitter is more accurate.
siouxsie and the banshees are capable of writing "deep" songs, albeit in this case filtered through black humour. I read an article in rolling stone which said the song was about the then "ongoing slaughter in Southeast Asia". My interpretation is that the western world isn't overly aware or concerned about such tragedy, and their only real "exposure" to eastern culture is through takeaway food.
Here's the Rolling Stone link if you're interested - http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/106537/siouxsieandthebanshees?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1