According to an interview, he came home one night, drunk, after his girlfriend had dumped him. He sat down at his piano and hit the RECORD button on a nearby tape player, and banged out this tune, making it and the lyrics up as he went along, drunk and heartbroken. Hence the rawness, and lo-fi sound. It's become one of my favorites of theirs.
According to an interview, he came home one night, drunk, after his girlfriend had dumped him. He sat down at his piano and hit the RECORD button on a nearby tape player, and banged out this tune, making it and the lyrics up as he went along, drunk and heartbroken. Hence the rawness, and lo-fi sound. It's become one of my favorites of theirs.