BOC: Nazi references...

[Andrew Gilham]

Steve said

>It's all tied in, but your average rock journalist isn't going to be
>aware of these things, or know anything about the Pearlman mythos, and
>just hears what sounds like an anthem for Nazi sympathizers.  I don't
>doubt that Pearlman knew this, anticipated the public reaction, and
>reveled in the controversey and the great cheap publicity it gave to
>himself and the band.

Dead right - you can't make one of Hitler's secret weapons your tour logo,
slap "hooked cross" symbols on the side of it, and then get upset if people
jump to conclusions!  Don't come the raw prawn!  But would the song have been
half as cool if it had been called "P-51 Mustang"?

BTW, Radio Birdman got the same sort of treatment, and all they did was go
around in smart shirts wearing armbands with an emblem on them!

- Andy