Tony Banks has said this is one of his least favourite lyrics, especially the bit about the bread bin.
However I do like it...and I have always thought they were probably watching Tom & Jerry when they wrote this. I like how we hear this from several points of view...the cat, the mouse and the couple. Musically it is a bit twee.
@absinthedude Phil wasn't crazy about that lyric either. From a 1982 interview: "Tony knows I'm less enamoured with some of his stuff [...] I'm the singer in the group, I have to sing those lyrics. If someone's not a singer, they come in with lyrics that look good but aren't easy to sing. I've had all sort of things to cope with, I mean "breadbin" was in one song, what the f*** do you do with that?"
@absinthedude Phil wasn't crazy about that lyric either. From a 1982 interview: "Tony knows I'm less enamoured with some of his stuff [...] I'm the singer in the group, I have to sing those lyrics. If someone's not a singer, they come in with lyrics that look good but aren't easy to sing. I've had all sort of things to cope with, I mean "breadbin" was in one song, what the f*** do you do with that?"
Tony Banks has said this is one of his least favourite lyrics, especially the bit about the bread bin.
However I do like it...and I have always thought they were probably watching Tom & Jerry when they wrote this. I like how we hear this from several points of view...the cat, the mouse and the couple. Musically it is a bit twee.
@absinthedude Phil wasn't crazy about that lyric either. From a 1982 interview: "Tony knows I'm less enamoured with some of his stuff [...] I'm the singer in the group, I have to sing those lyrics. If someone's not a singer, they come in with lyrics that look good but aren't easy to sing. I've had all sort of things to cope with, I mean "breadbin" was in one song, what the f*** do you do with that?"
@absinthedude Phil wasn't crazy about that lyric either. From a 1982 interview: "Tony knows I'm less enamoured with some of his stuff [...] I'm the singer in the group, I have to sing those lyrics. If someone's not a singer, they come in with lyrics that look good but aren't easy to sing. I've had all sort of things to cope with, I mean "breadbin" was in one song, what the f*** do you do with that?"