Actually, the song's about Gruff buying cheap factual books from motorway service stations and the information that they've taught him: so the first verse is from an Einstein biog and the second from some crummy Marie Curie biography, both of which came from service stations in the late 90s. The video is set in a motorway service station.
It's also a swipe at education: i.e. that it teaches you nothing useful and that actual geniuses underwhelm at school.
The song was not successful and was not popular- SFA were leaving it out of their sets during the tour to promote the single, that's how well it was going down live. It stalled at #27 in the UK Top 40.
ah it all makes sense now! Thanks.
I remember this single being relegated to the bargin bin pretty quickly in W H Smith's.
Didn't get any air play I think (unlike Play It Cool).
ah it all makes sense now! Thanks.
I remember this single being relegated to the bargin bin pretty quickly in W H Smith's.
Didn't get any air play I think (unlike Play It Cool).
Actually, they didn't play it live because they had difficulty performing it. Gruff himself brought this up at a recent solo gig and explained why they hadn't played it for years.
Actually, they didn't play it live because they had difficulty performing it. Gruff himself brought this up at a recent solo gig and explained why they hadn't played it for years.
Actually, the song's about Gruff buying cheap factual books from motorway service stations and the information that they've taught him: so the first verse is from an Einstein biog and the second from some crummy Marie Curie biography, both of which came from service stations in the late 90s. The video is set in a motorway service station.
It's also a swipe at education: i.e. that it teaches you nothing useful and that actual geniuses underwhelm at school.
The song was not successful and was not popular- SFA were leaving it out of their sets during the tour to promote the single, that's how well it was going down live. It stalled at #27 in the UK Top 40.
ah it all makes sense now! Thanks. I remember this single being relegated to the bargin bin pretty quickly in W H Smith's. Didn't get any air play I think (unlike Play It Cool).
ah it all makes sense now! Thanks. I remember this single being relegated to the bargin bin pretty quickly in W H Smith's. Didn't get any air play I think (unlike Play It Cool).
Actually, they didn't play it live because they had difficulty performing it. Gruff himself brought this up at a recent solo gig and explained why they hadn't played it for years.
Actually, they didn't play it live because they had difficulty performing it. Gruff himself brought this up at a recent solo gig and explained why they hadn't played it for years.