I ended up at this page via one of my daily web stops, The Morning News. The page contains a list of the “10 Greatest Albums of 1981” according to TMN founder Andrew Womack. Since I have oddly enough had a recurring premonition that someone is going to demand to know my opinion on this very critical issue, I of course want to have something intelligent to say. Consider that link clicked. The second item on the list (at number 9, in true “countdown to suspense” fashion) refers to the album “Wilder” by the group The Teardrop Explodes. Here is the part that made me spit my tea all over the place:
When recording the follow-up to this, their second album, “artistic differences” within the band finally caused the Teardrop Explodes to, um, implode. Singer Julian Cope would soon embark on a formidable career as a solo artist, and later as a music critic. Though the chances of a reunion are slim: When asked if the Teardrop Explodes might ever reform, he responded: “Would you ever return to having your mother wipe your asshole?”
Dude. A simple “nuh uh” would have been totally enough.