In the liner notes to the 50,00 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong compilation, it says this is about a party held by trendy hipsters that ends in disaster when there's a gas leak and someone lights a cigarette. I had to wiki these references, but ZTT was a new wave/dance record label that signed bands like Art Of Noise and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, while the Red Wedge was a collective of labour-party supporting musicians including Billy Bragg and Paul Weller. I guess Mark E Smith was a fan of neither.
In the liner notes to the 50,00 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong compilation, it says this is about a party held by trendy hipsters that ends in disaster when there's a gas leak and someone lights a cigarette. I had to wiki these references, but ZTT was a new wave/dance record label that signed bands like Art Of Noise and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, while the Red Wedge was a collective of labour-party supporting musicians including Billy Bragg and Paul Weller. I guess Mark E Smith was a fan of neither.