Who is Christine Keeler as mentioned in "Piano Lessons"?
Christine Keeler was a prostitute who was involved in a notorious scandal in Britain in the sixties that resulted in the downfall of a leading politician John Profumo. As the song "Piano Lessons" is partly about the nature of celebrity, SW used Keeler as a symbol of someone who acheived their fame without having any conventional talent.
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Christine Keeler was a prostitute who was involved in a notorious scandal in Britain in the sixties that resulted in the downfall of a leading politician John Profumo. As the song "Piano Lessons" is partly about the nature of celebrity, SW used Keeler as a symbol of someone who acheived their fame without having any conventional talent.