![]() ![]() I've never gotten around to it, but I've always fantasized about being a bit more creative about that side of it." - Gavin Rossdale ![]() I always fantasized about doing a remixed version of 'Everything Zen' and breaking other stuff down - and I've done hundreds of breakdowns of every song to acoustic to one guitar, two guitars, to piano - but people feel a bit short-changed if you don't nail them with 'Everything Zen' in the right way. Obviously you don't want it to be karaoke. It's a jump start song, not a clear train of thought." - Gavin Rossdale "The whole song Zen is very ironic and full of its own natural confusion. Cock Rock was about f**king groupies and doing bad coke." - Gavin Rossdale Like Gangsta Rap was about a certain way of treating women. 'Everything Zen' is about personal headspace and people relate to that. "Someone had just blown my heart up.and I thought my life was becoming too safe in England. "Some songs are just still relevant.'- Gavin Rossdale When we played Subteranea in London, he came backstage and he was going mad about that line in 'Everything Zen' - 'there's no sex in your violence'. "I met Goldie a couple of times and Tricky I knew from before we went to America. I hear bits of us in bands now."- Gavin Rossdale The other thing is, there's nothing wrong with having bits of people (in your music). There's much more to it than that one song. But then to have a flood over the whole (expletive) rest of the other songs, it was like, absurd. "I had one song ("Everything Zen") that had little things, which was Pixies via Nirvana. Gavin: No, it was more meant as the spirit of him. Interviewer: I know "Everything Zen" has been out for a while' Gavin, you sing "I don't believe that Elvis is dead." Well, what do you think happened to him and where is he now? I wanted open cymbal sounds."- Robin Goodridge "'Everything Zen' and 'Little Things' are one style-very much in the Keith Moon vein. "Everything Zen because it started the ball rolling."- Nigel Pulsford (speaking about his favorite song off of Sixteen Stone) ![]() 'That was about all the infiltration of Britpop and mentioning Minnie Mouse is obviously a reference to David Bowie.That's what the 'kissy kiss' part refers to - Suede and Bowie really getting on, being mates, and Bowie going 'and it's just amazing how advanced your songs are for your first record'.'- Gavin Rossdale 'Especially because as a song, it's a statement of intent.'- Gavin Rossdale (speaking about the line 'there's no sex in your violence') Undoubtedly one of my favourite songs by Bush, I can’t help but think where my musical taste would be if I hadn’t managed to stumble upon a ‘forgotten songs’ countdown, only to discover something amazing.'I don't believe that Elvis is dead'."it's the only optimistic statement in a song about disillusionment."- Gavin Rossdale With a powerful nod to the grunge era of the ’90s, and lyrics that referenced David Bowie, Elvis Presley, and Jane’s Addiction, the track seemed to be something of a cultural amalgamation, all delivered in this stunning piece of alternative rock. Thankfully though, when I discovered it, I was amazed by what this group was putting out so early into their career. However, its first single, ‘Everything Zen’, was one of those songs that passed me by for quite some time, never making an impression on me until I heard it on one of those ‘Forgotten Songs of the ’90s’ countdowns. Something of a slow-burning success, the record didn’t really see its peak success until about late 19, by which point the album had been out for over a year. Thankfully though, when I did find it, I was able to discover the majesty of their debut album, 1994’s Sixteen Stone. In fact, I remember hearing their song ‘ Glycerine‘, being unsure of how to spell it, and searching for it for quite some time without luck. I think it was around 2005 or so that I really began to discover Bush. ![]()
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