| "Electric Lash" | |
|---|---|
| Single by the Church | |
| from the album Seance | |
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Kilbey |
"Electric Lash" is a song by Australian alternative rock band the Church. [1] It was released as a single from the album Seance. [2] It was a hit single in 1983. [3] In Steve Kilbey's 2014 memoir "Something Quite Peculiar" [4] Kilbey wrote that then 3XY journalist Jennifer Keyte was "the voice of the girl on the radio" in the song's lyrics. Keyte wrote that "it was one of those lovely early romances you have such fond memories of." [5]
Guitarist Marty Willson-Piper said the song would've have been "a big hit" with accessible lyrics, "but it just sounded meaningless and surreal. We were in this studio where they had man-made carpet on the floor which used to build up static electricity, and you'd get a little shock off everything, even the potted plants, so it became 'electric lashes from trees in the studio'." [6]
References
- ^ "Not Murmur: 36 great but underappreciated records from 1983". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Duran Duran leads fans on a merry chase". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 7 August 1983. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Ellis, Scott (25 January 2015). "Small screen heroes inspire some wild and woolly pop classics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ McMillen, Andrew (17 January 2015). "Steve Kilbey's rock memoir offers juicy details of the Church days". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "The Church's Steve Kilbey reveals TV newsreader Jennifer Keyte his first real love in new autobiography". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ Andy Fife (18 April 1988). ""I wear a purple satin cloak!"". Smash Hits, Australian edition.