HW:Lyrics Question

[mark von bargen]

Hi Kris,

Bad old news but good NEW news.
Thanks for the definitive answer.

Mark

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Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:19 PM
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> Hi,
>
> Yes Festivals refers a lot to the Brighton incident in 1990. There was
also
> lots of other stuff going on at the time which successfully put paid to
what
> was left of the free festival scene. It was me who wrote the lyrics of
> Festivals it was originally a poem on the back of  the Palace Springs
album.
> It was written as a release of emotions as the whole thing was very hard
to
> cope with at the time. Dave found the poem and stuck it on the album.
> The full story will be told in part 2 of  "Do Not Panic" which is underway
> as we speak........... :-)
>
> Best wishes
>
> Kris
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mark von bargen <mark.von-bargen at GENIEONE.CO.UK>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:32 PM
> Subject: HW:Lyrics Question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Been a fan for more than 25 years now and there is now more that I don't
> know about this band than i ever knew in the first place.
>
> One question bugs me. Anybody know the story behind the words to FESTIVAL
> from the Alien4 album. If I remember correctly they were also printed on
the
> cover of a previous album?! Its not as if theyr'e a bunch of words that
were
> just thrown together. There must be a story and I get the gist that its
> something to do with hassles on the festival scene. Anybody know any more?
>
> Mark
>