BOC: Reverse fungus/Real World

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Nick English wrote:

> It never matters to me what the lyrics to a song are, as long as
> they're not, like, pro-pedophilia or something. Sure, Hammer Back is
> a little goony, as is 'I live for rock and roll'...but we could
> easily go into anyone's back catalogue, including BOC's, and find
> something corny. 'Cities on flame with rock and roll'? Great riff,
> but exactly how deep are these lyrics?

        I don't know about depth, but they're nicely dark and sinister,
even if they don't actually mean much... Which is something John Shirley
does quite well in his writing, it's a pity his horror stuff hasn't come
through more in the lyrics. My two penn'orth, anyway. Yours,
                                                             Jon