In short, it's about DNA and its command over our behaviour, such as why we select certain people as mates or sex partners, ever seeking to create the "ideal copy" of ourselves. The point, of course, is gradually extrapolated to utter nonsense (to great effect, I might add)...
As for the song itself: Graham Lewis' manic half-rapped performance on the LP is excellent (and hilarious), but I'll admit that I prefer the take recorded on Coatings, with the quirky proto-techno effects and Colin Newman's wonderfully resigned, sweet delivery.
In short, it's about DNA and its command over our behaviour, such as why we select certain people as mates or sex partners, ever seeking to create the "ideal copy" of ourselves. The point, of course, is gradually extrapolated to utter nonsense (to great effect, I might add)...
As for the song itself: Graham Lewis' manic half-rapped performance on the LP is excellent (and hilarious), but I'll admit that I prefer the take recorded on Coatings, with the quirky proto-techno effects and Colin Newman's wonderfully resigned, sweet delivery.