Posted May 21, 200718 yr For the uninitiated, it's a song by Keane, and it features on their successful follow-up album from last year 'Under The Iron Sea'. According to Tim Rice-Oxley: It was inspired by a conversation that Tom (Chaplin) and I were having in a slightly drunken state in a hotel in Toronto, and we were talking about someone in another band who we felt was a really talented songwriter and really intelligent and talented person, but we felt he was busy bad-mouthing us and every other band that was around it seemed. It was very frustrating to see him go from a cool great songwriter in a small indie band, to suddenly becoming this person who's playing the part of the arrogant rock starNow, there had been a lot of speculation about who the song was written about. Keane frontman Tom Chaplin along with Alex Turner, Noel Gallagher, Chris Martin, James Blunt and Morrissey were just some of the names mentioned. But in August last year, NME stated the song was written about Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell. Keane recently confirmed this in a newsletter. The lyrics: An old fairytale told me The simple heart will be prized again A toad will be our king And ugly ogres are heroes Then you'll shake Your fist at the sky Oh why did I rely On fashions and small fry? All promises broken Feed your people or lose your throne And forfeit your whole kingdom I'd sooner lose it than still live in it alone You were our golden child But the gentle and the mild Inherit the earth, while Your prince's crown Cracks and falls down Your castle hollow and cold You've wandered so far From the person you are Let go brother, let go Cause now we all know Soon, someone will put a spell on you Perfume, treasure, sorcery, every trick they know You will lie in a deep sleep That's when Your prince's crown Cracks and falls down Your castle hollow and cold You've wandered so far From the person you are Let go brother, let go Cause now we all know So, now that its been confirmed you know for a fact Borrell won't stay quiet about it. What do you all think of them writing the song about him? Personally I think they have a point, but then the song could have realistically been about any of the other artists mentioned, Chaplin included.
May 22, 200718 yr Author i look forward to this Razorlight's next release, a track called "p*** Off You f***ing Piano-Playing W*nkers" :kink:
May 24, 200718 yr Author What is Peter looking forward to? Well, what usually happens when Johnny "f***ing" Borrell catches wind of other bands slagging him off? Times that by about 10,000,000 when he finds out the song was written about him :lol: It ain't gonna be pretty -_-
May 24, 200718 yr Well, what usually happens when Johnny "f***ing" Borrell catches wind of other bands slagging him off? Times that by about 10,000,000 when he finds out the song was written about him :lol: It ain't gonna be pretty -_- Oooh i thought he was looking forward to the Keane song, even though its old. My bad :w00t:
May 24, 200718 yr Author Oooh i thought he was looking forward to the Keane song, even though its old. My bad :w00t: Haha :lol: I wouldn't be at all surprised if Johnny wrote one back :lol:
May 24, 200718 yr Haha :lol: I wouldn't be at all surprised if Johnny wrote one back :lol: Something about being addicted to wine no doubt :lol:
May 24, 200718 yr Author Something about being addicted to wine no doubt :lol: haha, yeah The Coke Prince :kink:
May 27, 200718 yr Well it's strange because I have INSIDE INFORMATION and so I know he's apparently always been quite arrogant :o
