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The Mancunian-Canadian Carole Pope – “an icon of
transgressive music” who is a “singer songwriter, agent provocateur pushing the
boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics and the status quo” – asks:
When did it all go wrong?
When did it all go so Francis Bacon?
The fans at Dusty Springfield fansite Let’s Talk Dusty! are puzzled by the
Bacon reference in this song, from Pope’s EP Music for Lesbians, which seems to be about Dusty Springfield. Ms
Pope was for a time close to Dusty. The EP also features
a song called “Vagina Wolf”.
2 comments:
Perhaps it is not a reference to the artist, but to refrigeration's martyr, the first Viscount St. Alban.
To whom Dunedin owes a lot. But I'm pretty sure Ms Pope is referring to the later Francis Bacon, our poet friend Kevin's former drinking companion. All together now: "Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends!"
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